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  1. Kiwi Phil

    New Zealand Mining Disaster.

    6 days ago there was an underground explosion, and rescuers couldn't enter the mine due to gasses (methane, CO2 etc), and yesterday boom!!, a bigger explosion still. They have now declared all 29 men couldn't have survived. 2 did manage to survive, but they were in a different area. Interesting...
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    T2F. Weeds and Gravel Driveways.

    Thought I had best start a new thread as i don't want to divert from the other one. OK, here is a suggestion T2F re weeds on your drive. Maybe this will give others ideas too. Instead of spending big bucks on a couple of loads of gavel chip to cover the area in front of the boat barn, think...
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    What pets write in their diaries

    WHAT PETS WRITE IN THEIR DIARIES Excerpt from a Dog's Diary........ 8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing! 9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing! 9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing! 10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing! 12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing! 1:00...
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    Yamaha Raptor 80

    I am seeking a set of rings for a 2002 Yamaha Raptor 80 YFM80WR. Down here they want $88 + freight + GST for them. I found a US site and this is what they quote me 55X-11610-00-00 PISTON RING SET (STD) $19.12 They are hard to do business with. The word Australia just throws them. Who do...
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    Stern Bracket ? E-Tech 50

    Evinrude E-tech 50hp. ID & #'s in photo below. Picture #1. Bottom left corner what I think(??) is called the Stern Bracket is corroded (white), but below bolt, part of the alloy has actually broken off just below the bolt, from probably from 7 o'clock to maybe 9 o'clock. You can see the bolt...
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    new pup (your there Escape?)

    We got this mini schnauzer on sunday. Company for the Scotch Terrier. I said to the wife initially, 'this thing should still be with it's mother, it's so small and frail". 4 days later, I am convinced it should be with its mother. It is systematically taking things apart around here. A good rug...
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    Just got a Call from Tennessee

    Just got a phone call from a Pen Co. I buy promotional pens from for my customers. I am pretty sure they come from Tennessee. The poor bloke on the other end of the phone, I mean, he is very well spoken and polite, with a real American drawl, and when I speak, he sort of stops-dead in his...
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    Essay writing services.

    Has anybody here had experience dealing with the Essay and Assignment services that are advertised on the internet for students in all categories. I guess you could be a client (student purchasing essays), or actual writers (paid for writing them), or teachers-lecturers (marking these papers)...
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    American Identity

    My mate Tex around the corner sent me this. It doesn't stir me, but i do appreciate it is part of your identity, culture and heritage, so for those that haven't seen it, hope you enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5MtdIO23MKM Cheers Phillip
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    Dog And the School Bus

    Just to lighten your autum day up a bit. Hayden. (our 16yo) travels to school on a bus. We are sort of live in the country, so this is the type of bus usually on his run. At one farm property, the resident dog loves to race the bus. He is inside his fence, bus on the straight road, and it is...
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    COLONOSCOPY. Who hasn't been there?

    (abbreviated) ABOUT THE WRITER Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald. Colonoscopy Journal: I called my friend, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy...
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    Fender Bass Guitar questions

    I'm not sure what to do. I am left handed and want a new Bass Guitar. I seldom get anything for myself, so Anita said, "Phillip, go buy what you want and get the best". Love the Fender, and would like an American Made, but from what I can learn from here in Aussie is, they only make L/H in 2...
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    The 7 Menopausal Dwarfs

    Cheers Phillip
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    Audit time

    The wife and I are sitting here like a couple of stunned mullets. It has been audit time again, for our Quality Assurance Program. Auditor was here for 6 hours, and although you don't get grilled, you get questioned on 'everything', and answers must be 'quantitative' (have firm documentary...
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    5 Dec 1917 Halifax Disaster

    Are all of you familiar with this disaster. I had heard of it but never read a good detailed account. Must have been a mother-of-all-bangs!! If it interests you, then here it is. Cheers Phillip Halifax Disaster In Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), there is a natural deep harbor. It is ice free...
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    3 dog nites

    Does this ring a bell with any of you blokes? Watched the video, rehearsals, interview and then performance...really good to see normal kids having fun. Great!! (so sick of the Paris's of this world) (I could send the link if you wish?) If you'r unsure of my cryptic message, then maybe these...
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    Truck crash in my yard

    2 hrs back...screech-thump, and this is what we found at our front gate. Kid (20 y/o apprentice) was ok, thank god, but really worried when I told him I was calling the cops. Stunk of booze. Tried to talk me out of it. Uncle tried (on phone) to get me to cancel the cops...."we will fix...
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    For The Love Of Mrs. Brown

    I have seen a preview of a comedy show (theatre) called "For The Love Of Mrs. Brown". I am pretty sure Mrs Brown is actually an Irishman comedian called Brendan O'Carroll. I also understand it is about to tour Canada or America. Has anyone here been to the show?, and if so, did they enjoy...
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    Cheese....in Wisconsin

    The kid always watches a (long running) weekly program on cheese making.....fascinates him.....(me too!)....he has followed this show all thru Europe, and tonight: IT WAS IN WISCONSIN...remember the discussion we had here about 'cheeseheads'!! What a great place! Countryside is beautiful...
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    BBQ Biker Hits a Snag.

    I reckon there would be a few here who would appreciate this blokes lateral thinking. http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/4060762/Barbecue-biker-hits-snag Cheers Phillip
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