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  1. RobbyNotTheRobot

    Mobile outage disrupts a town's beloved Wildflower Festival—and nobody saw this coming

    Not just Optus, it's Telstra as well. From what I gather Telstra's network bites the dust reporting is not covered enough. And yet we are still forced to use this network to ID ourselves and pay for stuff by waving our phones over a terminal. Its not a question of If, It's a question of when all...
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    Aussie councils under fire as residents fight back against dodgy parking fines

    I used to work in IT as a network engineer and know the difference of a small case o and a capital O and Zero 0. Zero 0 is tall and skinny. And also know the difference of a spoken oh and a spoken number oh when dealing with passwords for instance that is why we are trained to say Zero for...
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    The unassuming road sign that's saving lives across Australia

    I have not noticed the green dots. I do know that these post reflectors are great and would of saved my life a few times when it's dark and knowing when a curve is coming up with just the reflectors showing me the way left or right when cars headlights by themselves can't at speed. The green...
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    Non-profit multiple sclerosis organisation MS Society SA & NT in voluntary administration

    So. even after a $15mil bail out they still went under. There is more not being reported I suspect. As one already commented here that The NDIS is a joke that needed a big shake up ages ago. If fact, 6 years ago I was doing a TAFE Cert IV course in Community Services and even they said avoid...
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    One of the men who helped shape Australian music: Skunkhour's drummer dies at height of band's renaissance

    I never heard of them by name until now. I checked out a song and they sound ok, maybe even good listening to more. Anyway, If there's a rock and roll heaven, you know they've got a hell of a band. That superb 1974 The Righteous Brothers song needs an update, but who can fill their shoes? R.I.P.
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    Shoppers learn surprising truth about keeping their reusable bags clean and safe

    They be like, Arrr a bit of dirt will strengthen the immune system.
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    Shoppers learn surprising truth about keeping their reusable bags clean and safe

    Are those like fishnets that expand when putting more in? Has a round handle. I have not seen those in years.
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    $20 ALDI trolley sold out in hours—now has a Woolworths rival at $40

    My younger brother was an 80s kid and they where also given a kids hotline phone number to call if parents ask too much from them. That led me to joke just as well Cats can't use a phone, they would be calling the RSPCA all the time, my hoooman wont feed me enough, help.
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    When that 'quick stop' across the footpath could cost you $660—and why it matters more than the money

    So easy to deal with repeat offenders. Call the council, they can do with the extra funds for their Christmas party on the mayors boat.
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    Why roadside help keeps vanishing as modern Australia faces a quiet shift

    I can tell you a story about Milat who was working very close by where I lived at the time building a roundabout that I drove passed many times when being built. A couple went missing resulting in one of the biggest police searches in NSW history and one of the murdered backpackers backpack was...
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    Your phone could soon replace your car keys—and it might just make life easier for seniors

    And yet just the other day Optus network went down due to another upgrade that resulted in 3 deaths OOO was down too. And here we are trying to be brainwashed that smart phones are a be all to end all. The Gen Z and this new named Gen Alpha (what a laugh and a wank name) would love this stuff to...
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    That split-second when death came flying: Why one driver's $674 fine should terrify us all

    And people wonder why I hang back a lot further then the 3 second gap when I am behind a truck. a trailer or a packed ute, Yes, I have the option to overtake but that will mean I have to speed to do that like everyone else. Nope, I am not in that much of a hurry to die.
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    Fewer councillors, more money? Why this local government wants to slash 60 councillors

    I only read the headlines and really at my age I don't have to read more. Get rid of all the leaches playing little Hitlers with ratepayers money.
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    Four million Aussies could be renting until they die—will you be one of them?

    I don't know if just one party is to blame for The Family Kangaroo Court. I knew a guy back in the 80s who hated what the Family Court did to his Father and himself, He wanted his father to have custody of him but noooo. The Family Court knew better and gave it to his drunk mother.
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    A new soft plastics scheme is ramping up, but can it solve our recycling problem?

    Albo and his ilk are Red Commies sucking up to the Glorious Chinese State. Now he is spruiking more spew at the UN. And the Victorian Premier is sucking up to the Chinese as well. I thought that sort of stuff had to go through the Feds foreign affairs or industrial relations first for our...
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    David and Goliath in this part of Oz: How 405 residents saved a 193-year-old post office

    Mathinna Falls and those few huge trees there was a bit of a shock to me when I was there from Sydney staying at friends place in St Marys later moved to St Helens. Stayed at both over the years total of 8 weeks. A culture shock and an amazing place. Turned out that I seen more of Tassie than my...
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    David and Goliath in this part of Oz: How 405 residents saved a 193-year-old post office

    I used to have friends who lived at St Helens, moved from Sydney. He supplied the St Helens IGA with Veggies that he grown totally organic. The best I have ever had. At that time that IGA sold fresh full cream milk from a local who had just a few cows and we had to get there really early to get...
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    David and Goliath in this part of Oz: How 405 residents saved a 193-year-old post office

    I have passed through Fingal many times over the 4 times I visited friends who lived on the East Coast back in the 90s. I was from Sydney at that time. A lovely place and there is a park near there that has about 6 of the biggest trees there one could see. The remnants of the logging days and...
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    Leg cramps

    Adding that I got a roller like a knobby rolling pin I use up and down my calfs when stiff and any other muscles that cramped up at times. That and stretching out hamstrings helps heaps too.
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    From $550 to $1,600—THIS Aussie’s bill shows scale of power crisis

    Go green they said. Go solar panels and sell back to the grid for the benefit of all and save they said. It will be cheaper they said. I bet the greenies think they got tickets at the Pearly Gates and feel smug.
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