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Sean is starting to look like he's 84, instead of 64. It must be the result of the effort in shagging a 30 yr old girlfriend. I really cannot understand why young women shack up with much older men, apart from the money.

I've been totally digital for ages.

Yeah, the old whooping cough is a nasty complaint. I had it when I was about 5, there was a whooping cough epidemic swept Australia in the early to mid 1950's, most kids in that era caught it. It's a dreadful disease, I can still remember gasping for breath. It can lead to pneumonia. I read where there was a National programme for whooping cough vaccination for kids since the 1940's, but I don't remember being vaccinated against it. Maybe it wasn't compulsory then, as many of the early vaccinations are today. I must look up my old vaccination card to see if it's listed there. I didn't start school until I was 6, and I do recall school vaccinations, so maybe I caught WC before I was vaccinated under the school programmes. https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/303c1ab7-9b04-4544-9c5d-852c533ac87a/aihw-phe-236_whoopingcough.pdf.aspx

Well, there's an upraised digit to the brain teaser judges.

We're having a party for my stepdaughters partners father on Sat. He was 90 in July, but the party was postponed, possibly because he wasn't well at the time - and he wanted a party in warmer weather! He's not in too bad a condition, he was a carpenter all his life, so a pretty fit bloke. But he's had a few "downs", such as a bypass operation a few years back, and now his heart is apparently only pumping at about 35%. He keeps plugging along, but I'll be surprised if he lasts any more than a couple more years. He's a great musician and will go to any show where he can get up on stage, play an instrument, sing, and be the centre of attention. It must keep him going. His son's musical too, he's a drummer with his own Irish country/folk band, and the old bloke wants a jam session on the weekend! It's going to be a really nice day, 12° to 24° and cloud clearing.

Petrol fumes igniting in boats have destroyed a lot of boats, and caused many serious injuries, and even fatalities.

Yeah, and the Hondas, and many other small engines, don't hold a lot of oil in the crankcase.

How unbelievably dangerous is that bloke standing on the handrail of the scissorlift! Look at all the cardboard boxes he could've stood on, instead!!

Happy Birthday, Peter, you're now officially a GOF, a Grumpy Old Fart.

She's an angry, nasty piece of work, and operates on the same principles as Trump, sowing division and hatreds. But she's happy enough to take as much of our white money as she can get.

The pre-pay bowsers have a dollar amount that you select, this dollar amount is taken as a "holding charge" against your credit card, but when the tank is filled, the dollar amount actually taken is recorded, and the holding charge on your CC disappears after a day, to be replaced by the exact amount of fuel purchased. Costco operate on this basis all over Australia, they do not handle any cash.

And combustion also produces a considerable amount of acids, which do serious damage to engine internals. Oil contains additives such as detergents that deal with acids from combustion by neutralising them.

So, what you're implying, is ..... the head count often failed to come up correct, when flying out of Tassie?? 😄

They worship Guns, Money, and God in that order. They claim to trust God, but their real trust is shown to be in guns. They even take guns to their churches, showing their lip service to their God. They put God on every single note of their currency, but once again, it's lip service, and the real God is money, worshipped by the vast majority of Americans. It's interesting that in the Biblical records, God became angry with the Israelites for turning to worshipping Baal, symbolised by the Golden calf. Baal represented wealth, prosperity, and the acquisition of gold. It's no coincidence that Wall Street has a massive statue of a bull as its centrepiece, and it's no coincidence that Trump worships gold like no other American does.

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I never buy anything but Roma tomatoes if I can. They're "meatier" with more flesh, than the other varieties.

Bruce, salt in the air from ocean spray rarely carries any further than about 20 to 40 kms inland. Nev is correct, the salt is still leaching out of our soils, because we have the youngest continent of all the continents. In planetary ageing terms, it only popped up from under the sea yesterday.

Yeah, but ... you gotta remember, "some people just need killin'!". You have to shake your head at the Americans response to their "family protection" problem. They can never see the elephant in the room. Get a read of "Mauro Martinez's" attitude towards "justifiable homicide" and the Australian Michael Hewitts reply, in the Quora discussion below. https://www.quora.com/What-are-Stand-Your-Ground-laws-Do-any-Australian-States-have-laws-like-this-If-so-how-does-our-system-differ-from-theirs-and-why#:~:text="Stand Your Ground" laws allow,case by case%2C emphasizing proportionality.

Who does it better?? .... Australia or NZ? ..... https://www.facebook.com/reel/497516849649674/?s=single_unit&__cft__[0]=AZXJI_tvX3PjR5bTsBO2xWObYpWCGEHXFB5NG3aAkSbXSwR3UYEPjwNQS7-NIWD-yEn4zBnx5WZW-7d7yeWImTbekSU8kuauMlzqs010iCVBl2ap6AafZqe-eNHcD7mTII-VAUHmoBsGfobPFj35uPRWYkmX_zOEr6MTeND9w8pt7v3mha7SwTPFVDOQt-BGBvk&__tn__=H-R

This stunt of NK troops turning up to fight against Ukraine must be ringing alarm bells in every Western military strategists office. It's ramping up the war to a whole new level. This should mean Ukraine can strike NK or any of its ships at any time, as the two countries are now at war. Little Fat Wun obviously sees this as a precursor to taking on SK and the U.S., and their Western Allies.

I was always taught to leave little engines on compression, to prevent valves sticking, when leaving them for any length of time. Yes, the Hondas are bad for valves sticking open when left in moist or humid conditions.

Lemon-scented gums and Marri (Redgum) are the two worst trees for SBD that I know of. I never walk under any Lemon-scented gum without looking up, and I knew a number of fellers who would never sit in the shade of a Marri any time. Just recently, a big Lemon-scented gum dropped a limb in our local Kings Park that overlooks Perth, and it seriously injured several people. The main route into Kings Park, May Drive, is lined with huge Lemon-scented gums, and I trust none of them. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-26/wa-several-injured-as-tree-falls-in-kings-park/103395646 I see where a young bloke was killed by a big Whitegum that fell on him and his swag in Victoria. They'd had recent rain and strong wind, no doubt they were factors in weakening the tree. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-19/victoria-kevington-tree-collapse-man-dies/104493314 I also knew a couple of old farmers in the wheatbelt, they were bachelor brothers in their 70's. They had a big tree by the front gate of their farm, that they'd driven under, for probably over 60 years. In an incredible turn of events, they were returning to the farm from town one day, the brother driving stopped at the gate, and the other brother got out to open the gate - and as the bloke opened the gate, the big tree by the gate fell on him, killing him instantly! Talk about, "come in number 99, your times up!" 😞

Falling trees and logging have to be about the most dangerous occupations you could ever get involved in. I never cease to be amazed how many older, professional loggers are killed by trees and logs. Those trees and logs are out to get you every minute of the day, and you only need a few seconds inattention, or make a mistake, and they've nailed you.

Nev, what happens to the Honda after 15 mins at full power? Does it overheat?

Proper loggers use steel wire rope and D-shackles for logging, and they always have a braking method for the log. Dragging one end on the ground isn't such a silly or power-wasting idea, it does stop the log from getting away from you. Even a small slope can become dangerous if you have no way to brake a trailered log. Loggers spend all their time thinking about, and ensuring log stability. A log can roll on you right after it's released from restraints. Think one step ahead, and work out all the potential danger scenarios.