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  1. Vet543

    Backyard Incinerator

    Almost every yard had one. Generally placed in the yard near a horrid neighbour ... Sunday Smoke out Neighbour Day. How could anyone forget that? Most of them were disassembled and moved to a suitable location for a BBQ
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    Canberra footpaths blocked by construction, making streets inaccessible and causing safety risks

    What amazes me is that we pay, by way of taxes, for the best skiled engineers. THEs we have to advise them through these sites and other AI sites on H9W TO MAKE A SITE SAFE. I think they should pay the people that advise them on these sites a very large remuneration for their services... OR GET...
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    What's on your current reading list?

    I will have to get that book, The Mustache, You have my curiousity working overtime now. I haven't long finished Highway and Byways by Jimmy Barnes I had a lot of time and admiration for Jimmy and I a somewhat disgusted with his blatant disregard for the road rules by jokingly writing about...
  4. Vet543

    Underground Forts

    It is extremely dangerous without shoring. And so sad that kids lost their entire lifetime because they were not informed or properly supervised
  5. Vet543

    Fishing For Food

    Many years ago, We had a beautifu baby girl in Nth Qld. Money was hard to accumulate so on Saturday I joined a concreting team and was paid in cash. Sunday I gave the pay less a few dollars to a fishing boat owner and went fishing with the local fishing club We caught lots of fish and I only...
  6. Vet543

    Underground Forts

    Never ... Never. In Queensland about 19 47 at Redcliffe we were stopped and told NEVER DIG CUBBIES IN THE WALLS OF SAND. Apparently, two kids did so, on the Gold Coast and the whole lot collapsed on them and suffocated both. So digging holes for cubbie houses was band. Whether it was the Gold...
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    Grandma’s got a gadget: Seniors embrace smart tech for everyday life

    yep At 82, the bigrest asset is being able to remeber what happened back in the 60s and 70s (World's best decades.. If I forget things like Gough Whitlam getting sack by the Governor General I get a reminder online... even thoough it may be a bit bit distorted it helps to remember. That is...
  8. Vet543

    Shocking delivery move leaves parcels stranded minutes from home

    This is true... It goes to the Nambout mail exchange and back to Maryborough who, I believe, has a machine that read the Postcode that we put in litttle squares for easier recognition. That was closed down and the mail now goes in trucks daily sorted by extra staff at Nambour then sent back for...
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