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Another massive excavator.

This would give kids nightmares

Our house is virtually falling apart. The kids want to pull it down and rebuild. I told them they'll have to wait till I'm gone. It would probably require rewiring. I don't have the money to fix it up and it would only be putting a bandaid on a shipwreck.

I hate copping a bill for $300 or more. Usually lands when other big bills arrive. I pay $40 or $50 fortnightly out of each pension. I can keep tabs on how much credit I have built up, and how much I'm likely to pay. I can increase or decrease my fortnightly payments as required. Then when the bill arrives, it is usually $0 or a very small amount. Helps budgeting.

And visiting a public toilet. https://www.facebook.com/reel/919947626869498

Here's another one, describing how and why Americans modified the English language. An oldie but a goody. https://www.facebook.com/reel/884607186859703

Silent letter language. Sound up. Michael McIntyre. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1996855887752696

If you are making a right hand turn from the centre lanes of a street with trams, you have to stop on the tramlines till traffic coming the other way clears. This holds up trams going in both directions. Pulling left as shown in the video lets trams travel through. Then, when the lights change, you complete the right turn.

Today (4/11/2025) Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease In a statement, his family said the 84-year-old was surrounded by his wife Lynne, daughters Liz and Mary, and other family members.

They are always on about how fit and healthy he is. It's his mental acuity that's the problem. He may be able to swing a golf club, (I don't see him walking the fairway), but he can barely string two coherent words together. And he can't understand or recall facts.

Maybe these videos will help. Roundabouts. Hook turns.

Spacey, the above illustration is a bit more complex that your average two road intersection. However, let us assume you are in the red car at the bottom and intend to follow the red line. You are most unlikely to collide with a vehicle in front of road 'e' and less likely with cars at b, c or d, so it's safe to enter the roundabout. Cars at f are the ones you need to concentrate on. A car entering from b could well exit at d, or f, so there is no likelyhood of a collision, and you don't have to wait for them to exit. If you want an intersection that confuses interstaters, come to Melbourne and try a hook turn, where you turn right from the left lane. These are designed to allow trams through progress without interruption. The turning car waits for the lights to change.

Golf ball sized hail was bad enough. I saw video on the news of tennis ball size hail. Hate to cop one of those on the head.

The thing I like about a smart meter is that the power co website can show on a daily basis how much you've used, what you bill to date is, and estimates what your next bill will be. You can make progress payments so that the actual bill is zero. No bill shock. I wish the gas co could do the same thing.

Marty is correct.

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Thing - the hand in the box from The Addams Family. I can't believe I ate the whole thing.

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Very good, Nev.

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That was quick.

Correct. Bay (leaves), bee U can (USB) drive M-eye car.