spacesailor Posted March 8 Posted March 8 (edited) Take out a " advantage saver " account @ 5% pa . It will soon be enough for your funeral expenses. Just hang around a bit longer , 2042 ! , Come to my BIrthday party . LoL 2065 to beat the French ladies longevity of 122 years . spacesailor Edited March 8 by spacesailor Can't count
old man emu Posted March 8 Posted March 8 What would the World we live in be like if the bloke who invented the screw thread was left-handed? 1
red750 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 We are being railroaded again. We are being forced to download and use an ap to access our Centrelink and ATO accounts. A direct copy and paste from the myID.gov.au website: When you sign in to myGov using your myID app, you’ll enter or accept a 4-digit code in your myID app. This is instead of using your myGov username, password and security codes.
red750 Posted March 10 Posted March 10 Here is something that is very random. I was flipping Foxtel channels the other night and came across a natural history program called Wild Australia. It covered lots of animals an plants native to Australia, Echidnas, wombats, Tassie devils etc. But it also showed a wildflower I had neve heard of, called a Hammer Orchid. This plant, found in the outback, has two arms. The pollen is stored on one arm, and the other arm has a lump which resembles a female wasp. The plant emits a pheremone which imitates a female wasp to attract males. When the male locks onto the decoy and wraps its legs around it, the 'arm" of the flower has an elbow which enables it to swing the was over and push it into the pollen, ensuring the wasp carries it of to fertilise other plants. 3
red750 Posted March 11 Posted March 11 I didn't take a copy of this, and some will dismiss it as hogwash. But I read an article where a young boy said he was murdered in a previous life. He led investigators to the spot where he was buried. They dug up the skeleton of a child, and the axe he said he had been killed with. He had a long birthmark matching what would have been where he was struck with the axe. There are other reports of people claiming experiences from as former life.
onetrack Posted March 11 Posted March 11 The story is in a book produced by a re-incarnation promoter, a German bloke by the name of Trutz Hardo. The story changes in some places, to the body found, being of a man. The Druze believe firmly in re-incarnation, so it's a re-incarnation promoter seeking out other re-incarnation believers, so he can do more re-incarnation promotion. Hebrews 9:27 in the Bible appears to refute re-incarnation. https://biblehub.com/hebrews/9-27.htm The perfect details on every fact, are all just too good to be true. I have no doubt there are strange things that happen that defy explanation, and have psychic overtones, but this story is too perfect. "The boy, of the Druze ethnic group, was born with a long, red birthmark on his head. According to Druze beliefs, birthmarks are related to past-life deaths. When the boy was old enough to talk, he told his family that he had been killed with an axe blow to his head. As is the custom, the elders took the child to the home of his previous life, to see if he remembers it. And sure enough, the boy knew the village he was from, and once he arrived there, he remembered the name he had in his past life. Locals told the elders that the man who the boy was claiming to be, had gone missing four years earlier. When asked, the boy also remembered the full name of his killer. When the alleged killer was confronted, his face turned white, but he did not admit to murder. The boy then took the elders to where the body was buried, and in that very spot, they found a man's skeleton with a wound to the head that corresponded with the boy's birthmark. They also recovered the axe with which he had been killed. Faced with the evidence, the killer then admitted to the crime. The boy's full story has been documented in the book, "Children Who Have Lived Before: Reincarnation Today" by German therapist Trutz Hardo."
old man emu Posted March 11 Posted March 11 While it would be wrong of me to deny paranormal happenings, as I have no evidence to prove that my denial was correct, it would be as equally wrong to accept them without experiencing them myself. I think that is what is called a Doubting Thomas approach. 1
facthunter Posted March 11 Posted March 11 If you believe a lot of stuff that seems unlikely you'll be in more strife than IF you are sceptical but if you sense a feeling that something is not right It's not a lot of trouble to consider it and look a bit harder at what's unfolding .Prime example USA NOW. Nev 1
red750 Posted March 12 Posted March 12 I meant to post this yesterday, On The Morning Show, Larry Embur made a serious boo-boo which would have upset a few F1 fans until he was corrected. He was reporting that Oscar Piastri had re-signed with McLaren, but read it as resigned. 1 1
red750 Posted April 5 Posted April 5 As mentioned on another thread, my son was flying out orf Melbourne today to attend his mate's wedding in Thailand. His Jetstar flight was due to leave at 3:30,. I had a bit of a look out Sunbury Rd, then had lunch at Macca's. After lunch I had a bit of a look around Esssendon, then went and visited my brother. I got home about 5:45, and my daughter said he had just taken off. They were taxying out then returned to the terminal to offload a couple of passengers. He didn't know the reason, as they were at the other end on the aircraft, a B787 Dreamliner. 1
onetrack Posted April 5 Posted April 5 Probably just the normal Jetstar passenger experience! - fighting with each other, drunk beyond belief, trying to open an exit door - just another regular Jetstar day! 🙄 1
red750 Posted April 15 Posted April 15 A few days ago, I had a regular appointment with my dietician. Her office is opposite Box Hill Centreal Railway and shopping centre with a public car park attached. I arrived early and spent about half an hour sitting in the shopping mall to kill time. I watched people coming and going, normal shoppers, secondary students, young couples, mums pushing strollers, shop workers in uniform, cleaners, security patrols, people in restaurants, etc. I reckon over two hundred or more. In that time, I saw five people who seemed out of place. They were - - Caucasian. The rest were Asian, with a couple of Indians. Down at our local mall, Forest Hill Chase, today, the mix was much more 50-50. 1
onetrack Posted April 16 Posted April 16 Australia is pretty much an Asian society today, and you can play the "Spot the Anglo-Saxon" game if you're looking to kill time, too.
facthunter Posted April 16 Posted April 16 I just LOVE the real Thai Food. . There was always some Anglo's around that didn't show a good side to shout about. Nev 2
Marty_d Posted April 16 Posted April 16 Attitude matters, race doesn't - that's my philosophy anyway 1 2 1
red750 Posted April 16 Posted April 16 I have never had any desire to travel overseas, not in recent years anyway. But reading new rules and taxes makes it a definite no-no. Read this startling report - https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/warnings/major-crackdowns-on-foreigners-across-the-world-aussies-warned/news-story/c72cce90ef29500280e37413b43ca49c?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=News.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers 2
onetrack Posted April 16 Posted April 16 (edited) Did you see the story about the Australian tourist denied entry to the U.S. simply because of his "circuitous" travel path to the U.S.? The Aussie traveller took a circuitous route to the U.S., because he was taking advantage of good airfare deals on routes less travelled. The Americans deemed his travel route "highly suspicious", and deported him on the spot!! The bloke says he lost $15,000 for a cruise he was going to take from Florida, which he could no longer take, because he was denied entry to the U.S. - and the cruise company refused to refund his money! https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/an-australian-was-denied-us-entry-for-bizarre-reasons-he-s-not-alone-20250403-p5lov8.html I'm so glad I did a lot of overseas touring in 2010 to 2014, because it was easier, less costly, and I was younger and fitter. Plus at my age now (76 next month), I'm going to have a real battle getting affordable travel insurance, and many car hire companies won't hire cars to people over 75. Edited April 16 by onetrack
Jerry_Atrick Posted April 16 Posted April 16 I traveled to Pittsburgh about a week after 9/11. When I was leaving, I presented my boaridng pass to the check in, which was the return leg to London. The check in clerk asked me for my onward ticket home. I was a little perlexed so I asked her if I needed to show a pre-booking for a taxi, or a train ticket or something.. She said, "No, sir. You have an Australian passport. We would like to see your ticket home." Dumbfounded, I responded, "I live in London.. Doesn't America allow temporary work visas?" She had to call her supervisor to validate it was OK to let me get on the plane. A couple of weeks later I had to go to San Francsisco (head office of the company I was working for). On the way out, as one passed through security, there were a bunch of home guard fellas dressed in their fatigues and wielding M-16s. Obviosuly, if someone was found to have a fork in their carry-omn, they were to have it confisgated, and I guess they were there to make it known if you try a runner, you aren't going to get very far without being shot. After I collected my laptop bag, I walked past them to the gift shops, many of which were selling pocket knives amongst other implements. The US has always been nuts when it comes to travel. 1 1
ClintonB Posted April 17 Posted April 17 My Wife has booked a cruise for 2026 to San Francisco to fly home afterwards as it was a good deal and she wants to see Alcatraz and a few other things there. We spoke about it since the orange one came into power along with the inspection of phones/computer content at security and have decided not to go. It looks like the deposits have to be forfeited-which is new for carnival cruises that far out. i would say a lot of people are dropping out of USA travel, so they changed their policy. I would be immediately kicked out with some of the stuff i have commented on or reacted to just on this forum alone, without checking my You tube history. I don't want to be any where on that continent with all the crazy's running around there. 2 1
facthunter Posted April 17 Posted April 17 Only about 35% of Australian now believe the USA is a trusted ally. Not bad in 100 days. Nev 1 2
red750 Posted April 17 Posted April 17 3 hours ago, ClintonB said: i would say a lot of people are dropping out of USA travel, A report on Seven this morning said that tourism to the USA was down 7% on this time last year. 1
red750 Posted April 17 Posted April 17 An ad on TV today, possibly a sendup of the various flavours availble, talked about baked bean flavour and sushi flavoured hot cross buns. No thank you. 1 1
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