What if you lived in Australia?

[Sir Honkers]

Originally Posted by palo5

British man dies after bite from sea snake off Australia's north coast




It's said that sea snakes bite, but almost never inject venom. Did it know the victim was an Engländer?

Although they're as venomous as tiger and brown snakes, underwater they're generally not aggressive. But the general advice is that if you hook one cut the fishing line. This poor bloke was working on a fishing trawler and one got caught in the net he was hauling in.

[Sir Honkers]

In more salubrious news Kevin, Daylight Savings started here at 2:00am this morning. It's funny but when I was one of the working class I hated it with a passion, but now I'm retired I think it should run from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in May. Go figure.

[trailmaster]

Originally Posted by loosegoose

In more salubrious news Kevin, Daylight Savings started here at 2:00am this morning. It's funny but when I was one of the working class I hated it with a passion, but now I'm retired I think it should run from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in May. Go figure.

Kevin here. In Chicago Daylight Savings time ends in early November. Not every U.S. state observes Daylight Savings time. Arizona and Hawaii and our American overseas territories do not observe this. I myself hate it. I wish it was abolished all over America!

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Kevin here. In Chicago Daylight Savings time ends in early November. Not every U.S. state observes Daylight Savings time. Arizona and Hawaii and our American overseas territories do not observe this. I myself hate it. I wish it was abolished all over America!

We are thinking of dumping it here in California. Too many freeway accidents during the changeover weeks for one thing.

[Estreeter]

And in Gee Town, Geelong , not much happened again
That's how it got it's nickname of Sleepy Hollow

But, Peter's Smallgoods which closed down recently after 40 plus years was bought and opened again by what I'm told is an Asian bloke who's name ain't Peter though he kept the store's name (probably cheaper to keep the signage ) and the meat and smallgoods he sells is from what I was told is just as good as old Pete's

There were not 1 but 2 speed cameras operating on the Ring Road on Friday

And Corio Village Shopping Centre is still a dump, but of you thought that might be bad, take my word for it, you should see Labuan Square shops

And, there are now more parking spaces along the shops on Seppo (Separation Street) makes it easier when I manage to visit one of my clubs

That's it

[trailmaster]

Kevin here. Estreeter, loosegoose said that all this info about what's happening in Geelong is stuff you're just making up. I hope that aint true, because if it is it means that I will have to take a trip to Geelong and track you down. You once said that you would not ever want to see another member at your house except palo5. What if someday you get a knock on your door and when you open the door there in the flesh is the one and only trailmaster. You might go bonkers. That being said-now you might have nightmares about me coming out to your private little heaven "down under"!

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Kevin here. Estreeter, loosegoose said that all this info about what's happening in Geelong is stuff you're just making up.

Maybe loosegoose would like to take the short trip from where he lives to Labuan Square and find out Ring Road is a prime spot for revenue raising

Umm, if he wants boring facts, the old Alcoa Aluminium (Aluminum for the Yanks ) power plant at Anglesea was finally demolished last week if that's the kind of stuff you want to know .... boring

Originally Posted by trailmaster

You once said that you would not ever want to see another member at your house except palo5.

I did must have been on some illegal drug if I ever posted that

[palo5]

Is this a hoax? Horse racing ads on the Opera House?



What next? Pics of swimmers on Parliament House?

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by palo5

Is this a hoax? Horse racing ads on the Opera House?

The first I heard of it was yesterday in a news feed, but as it featured tired old Queen, 'shock jock' radio host Alan Jones I avoided reading it.

Quote from readers comments (as per usual the comments are every bit as interesting)_...

Are you enjoying our "democracy" everyone? A place where a belligerent, corrupt radio host can get a state Premier to use our most recognisable national icon as a tawdry billboard for his rich racing mates.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ive-racing-ads

Apparently hypochristian 'Scumo' is all for it also. https://au.news.yahoo.com/premier-de...3508--spt.html
Hardly surprising as Mr Morrison, when Tourism Australia director in the mid-2000s, oversaw the controversial ad campaign 'Where the fcuk are ya'? (or words to that effect).

How much did Racing NSW threaten to withhold from the Liberal Party in political donations for the next state election?

[Sir Honkers]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Umm, if he wants boring facts, the old Alcoa Aluminium (Aluminum for the Yanks ) power plant at Anglesea was finally demolished last week if that's the kind of stuff you want to know .... boring

Is that the one we taxpayers were paying a shitload to subsidise, Good riddance sez I. Anyhoo in more interesting news, I went down to Malop Street this morning to see my Financial Advisor. I had to park miles away up near Johnstone Park and, here you'll sympathise with me Kevin, I had to walk for ten minutes in a bitterly cold 22'C.