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With only weeks to go before the 3G network is shut down for good, the authorities have determined there's still at least 60,000 handsets out there, still running on 3G, which become useless the instant the 3G network is shut down. I note the article below says nothing about other 3G devices still relying on the 3G network, that aren't handsets! Note also, the number of people still complaining that a 3G shutdown is going to leave them worse off, as regards communication, even if they have upgraded to 4G (and even 5G) handsets. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-16/3g-switch-off-phone-reception-check-devices/104478336

Remember when rabbit was regularly referred to, as "underground mutton"?

Here's a good news article, about a family of German tourists, who came across a big pod of dolphins (about 40 of them) "surfing" at a beach off Albany, W.A. The family managed to catch the light and water clarity at the right time, and the photos and videos show the pod playing like regular human surfers, travelling along in the wave ahead of the break, and leaping out of the water above the breaking wave. https://au.news.yahoo.com/travelling-family-captures-extraordinary-aussie-scene-nothing-like-it-back-home-201231692.html

It looks like I've had a FB Messenger scam perpetrated on me. I don't trust anything on FB at the best of times, but I thought Messenger was reasonably secure - but obviously not. I got this official-looking FB message via Messenger, reportedly from a FB moderator, that told me this .... We have detected unusual activity on your account due to you violating META's policy terms. To avoid your account being restricted and permanently blocked, please verify and follow the instructions. The message then showed a FB Marketplace listing I'd put up for some tyres I have for sale. I have never provided FB with any personal, important ID, only my phone number. I even use an incorrect FB name, same as millions of other FB users do. The message showed me a link to click on (this was on my phone) to verify my ID. I ignored it until I got home, then I typed in the link on my desktop to see what was there. Up came a very professional-looking META webpage that would fool anyone. I typed in my username and password, as requested, and up popped a window saying I had to verify the login with the SMS/email code that had been sent to me, to proceed. But there was no SMS, nor was there any email, with any passcode. So I have to presume the whole thing was a cunning scam. I've found plenty of websites that advise you on common FB scams, but no mention of this type of scam. So I promptly changed my FB password, and uninstalled Messenger from my phone, I'll install the app again later, and take care that the Messenger app I install isn't a scam app!! It's a constant battle trying to keep in front of the scams. I should have been aware of redirects after typing in a web address - but the redirect was very fast and smooth. This is the link that appeared after I typed in the Messenger address link - but it's not the link address I was given, nor what I typed in. It changed subtly and smoothly in the redirect. http://www.buidinessloginncheck9556.click/logiin1

No, no ... you've got it all wrong. Scott will be quoted, right after the initial launch failure, saying, "I don't hold the match, mate!"

OME, I beg to differ. The user wasimtariq323 has joined for no other purpose than spamming. These people put up a first seemingly innocuous post which has all the hallmarks of being written by ChatGPT, and which post shows no "humanity" or personal touches to the posting. Then they continue to lurk, so they can spam and possibly indulge in misinformation later. The post doesn't past the "genuineness" test, based on my tuned internet instincts, developed from 25 years of forum use, during which I've come into contact with nearly every variety of spammer, scammer, troublemaker, attention-seeker, and even several Aspergers Syndrome users. Today we have to deal with increasingly devious misinformation spammers, and we have to stay alert.

We have identified a professional hoarder in our midst!! 😄

I dunno why you blokes are replying to a blatant spammer in the form of wasimtariq323.

Scott knows a lot about Space. He's got plenty between his ears.

Is there a part number on the correct one? GM parts nearly always have the part number cast, embossed or stamped into them. I'll have to dig out my old 1930's Chevy master parts book and see what I can find by way of numbering. Yes, there's always a staggering range of parts differences in GM/GMH vehicles, even though you think they should be the same part. But GM always swapped parts between models and makes, and often, after the part had become "obsolete" on the initial model. Not many people know that FE/FC Holden interior door handles, are the same as the '57 Chev cars interior door handles. The late 1950's Bedford trucks used the same cabin as the late 1940's/early 1950's Chev trucks. And I've seen an example where a stainless steel door trim was used on the upper door of one GM model (can't recall if it was Oldsmobile or Pontiac), and a couple of years later, the same trim was used as a lower door trim on the opposite side of the Chevy. I've read where doors, glass and boot lids can also be interchangeable between GM/GMH models. A Slav-ancestry mate is a crazy, obsessive hot-rodder, and he has a 1950 Oldsmobile hot rod. He found an EJ Holden front seat was a perfect fit for the rear seat in the Oldsmobile!

It's the first time I've ever seen a Police patrol car look small! Normally, they loom twice the size of any any other car, in the mirror!! 😄

And if you want up-close and clear photos of the BIG Chamberlain, just to understand how BIG it really is, then the Guardian has them. You'd have to admit, the steel workmanship is pretty impressive. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/08/giant-red-tractor-carnamah-wa-australias-big-things

Product Review is a good place to see real customer opinions about the products they've purchased. Look up BYD cars on P.R. Discount all the 5 star reviews, as they're company shills, and look at all the remaining owner reviews. A lot of very unhappy customers, with complaints ranging from poor driving qualities, lack of warranty support, excessive amount of faults in the cars, breakdowns, poor dealership and company backup, and many complaining they never even got a thank you, or a cuppa from the dealer! https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/byd-australia

7 - 4 girls and 3 boys.

Nothing that any of you are saying, disagrees with my previously stated opinion of Albo, long before he was elected - he's not a leader, and he's certainly not a Statesman.

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If you ever smash one of those Twilite glass lenses, contact me, I have several of them that I collected many decades ago. The Americans ask around US$65 each for them, and the postage cost is about the same amount.

I bet the person who assembled it, didn't miss a beat.

We had our big Jacaranda in our backyard pruned several months ago. It was done by a team of three arborists, two young blokes and a young girl. They were extremely professional and hard working, using a heap of professional tree climbing equipment, because there was no way they could get a cherrypicker into the backyard. The bloke doing the lopping trimmed several overhanging branches (into neighbours yards), and cleaned out a pile of dead branches in the middle of the tree. They supplied a truck and big chipper, they mulched everything, and took all the mulch away. The eldest bloke and the girl lugged all the branches and trimmings out to the front, and put them through the chipper. They quoted (estimated) $2500, but said it could cost less, depending on what they ended up having to do. They were very efficient and finished in a few hours and charged us $1841. After they left, they got a heap of work from others around the area who saw them working - including a deadbeat demented neighbour, who got them to cut down nearly everything in his backyard!

It's interesting that the '32 Chev truck used the '31 car bonnet. The '32 car bonnet has 4 small hinged doors in the side panels, not louvres. Those Twilite headlights need the reflectors resilvered. It looks very nice, wooden framed cabs and bodies are a pain to rebuild. They built the wooden frame, then took the panels and hammered them into place over the frame. Every panel was a different size, you can't take a door off one wooden bodied vehicle and fit it to another, they're made to fit the particular body they came off. Everyone thinks the factories were really particular on their choice of wood, but that's rubbish. The factories used any wood that would do the job, and when wood supplies got tight, they'd gather up fallen dead timber, and saw that up.

The earlier GM diesels weren't too bad on fuel because they ran at 1800-2000RPM. But the later models ones were "souped up" to meet the increased output of other engine manufacturers and they started pulling 2400-2800RPM. Once you go over about 2200RPM with a diesel, the fuel efficiency suffers - diesel is a slow-burning fuel, and at high speed, it doesn't get time to combust fully.

I saw a good name on a boat today - "In A Meeting". I reckon another good one would be "My Way". When you get a call, and the caller asks, "Where are ya?", you could honestly say, "I'm on My Way!" 😄

The undercurrent of racism and hatred of people who "don't belong to our tribal group" is always there, in every society on Earth. "You ain't from around here, are ya, stranger?? It bubbles up into poorly-aimed anger by those feeling like they're being overrun by "different" people with different colour skin and strange cultures. It's fomented by people with an agenda and a need to gain power. We had a local bloke by the name of Jack Van Tongeren, a "lower socio-economic type" of Dutch ancestry, who felt oppressed by the number of Asian immigrants he didn't like. He formed his own little Nazi group and gathered up a bunch of poorly-educated simpletons who were prepared to listen to and follow his aggrandising speeches and meetings and printed literature. They tried to pull Nazi-like oppression and plastering their nasty messages around the place - but when he did a firebombing of an Asian restaurant, and indulged in criminal actions such as robberies to finance their group operations, it brought a swift reaction from law enforcement. The group eventually murdered one of their own followers who "grassed" on them. Van Tongeren served 13 years of an 18 year sentence in jail - but he never recanted his position as an Asian-hating Nazi, and probably still spreads his poison today. Van Tongeren joined the Australian Army as a young man and served in Vietnam, which might have affected his mental outlook, but I think he was warped from a young age. Unfortunately, his Army training and Vietnam War experience made him quite dangerous, and if he hadn't had that training and experience, his whole setup would simply have been amateurish. We have to watch those with Nazi leanings who have military experience and training, as they can be quite skilled in many areas relating to overthrow of civil society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_van_Tongeren

David Brown made pretty good transmissions and gear trains, but when they tried to extend their skills to building entire tractors, they couldn't match the tractor manufacturers who'd been in the business of designing entire tractors for multiple decades.

Willie, what's that horizontally opposed donk you've got there, it's not a Lycoming is it?