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    Help solve the current financial crisis.

    Study the story below carefully. It may help solve the current financial crisis. SMILE A WHILE It is August. In a small town on the South Coast of France, holiday season is in full swing, but it is raining so there is not too much business happening. Everyone is heavily in debt. Luckily, a...
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    An out of work Aussie

    I must share this story after listening to this bloke on our national radio station today. This graphic artist is out of work so he has designed this web site and offered his services, surprisingly the majority of his clients are in the US and he is going great guns. Who would have ever thought...
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    If you Don't do the cleaning - this can happen

    KFC stores at Hurstville and Miranda fined $73,000 for poor hygiene | The Australian KFC Villawood twist in sick girl legal case | NSW/ACT | News.com.au I simply cannot understand why this goes on, just plain straight out laziness.
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    7 Canadians

    Have made it to the top 50 finalists for "The best job in the world" so here's your chance to vote them in to the top 10 [I think it is] who will be flown to Hamilton Island and hopefully get the job, there sure has been a lot of world wide interest. The Best Job In The World
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    Frantic Friday

    By the time I post this the fun will have start, every Friday the Airline we fly with emails us [and everybody else] the Friday specials. They bulk send at 3pm, the sale starts at 5pm and finishes at 8pm. It's all good fun :smile: Sale fares It is good when you have no commitments and want to...
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    So who applied for the job

    A $150,000 salary for six months work, free accommodation in a $9,800 a week three bedroom house on Hamilton Island, free airfares and traveling expenses. And what do you have to do???? help clean the pool and tell everyone how nice the Whitsundays and The Great Barrier Reef are. The Best Job...
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    While you guys shiver

    We swelter, it got to 35C today but more importantly, the mango season is in full swing. Once again though, our tree has let us down, it decided to share with the flying foxes and the possum so we will get very few. Last weekend I went for a visit to my home town which is virtually the mango...
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    McDonald's sandwiches

    I guess it had to happen David Adam: Can nobody make a sandwich like McDonald's? | Life and style | The Guardian
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    Stuffed Zucchini?

    Bwwhahahaha!!!!!!! I stole this out of the garden belonging to one of my staff early this morning [but she caught me sneaking off with it :angel::angel:] It's 15" long so I think we should scoop the seeds out and stuff it with :- The left over mashed potato in the fridge mixed with Dry grilled...
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    I could only wish

    I was just in editing my profile and noticed---------"Please contact the Administrator if your date of birth has changed." --------------- So I'm thinking along these lines Dear Administrator If I could I would but if you can would you change my date of birth so's I'm 21 years old again :smile:
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    Cream of wheat cereal for ant control?

    I have a serious ant problem around the yard and apparently the above is an excellent eco friendly way of getting rid of them. The problem is that I cannot find it and the only info I can find is "It is similar in texture to grits, but made with farina (ground wheat) instead of ground corn". So...
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    Black sauce (Worcestershire) with a twist

    Meat pies, black sauce and mushy peas are an Aussie icon, add a six pack of beer and you have the complete meal. My taste, however has gone away from [Worcestershire] black sauce to "Cornwells" Lancashire Relish. Now this is something well worth trying if you haven't already done so, it has...
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    Mince and Cabbage

    This is popular around our house for a once a week budget dish. 1/2 large drumhead cabbage 1/2 kg coarsely ground beef or pork Curry powder and/or soy sauce to suit taste Then we check out the fridge/freezer for any beans/peas etc that might end up being thrown out and add them Cook slowly in a...
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    Sleep over in hospital

    I had a sleep over in hospital last night to check my sleeping habits, but it wasn't much fun. The nurses stuck 10 [I think] wires to my head, 2 to my jaw, 2 to my neck, a microphone to my throat, 1 wire to my shoulder, 1 to my chest, 1 to each leg, a strap around my chest, a strap around my...
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    Chinee apple

    While looking for something else I found this site. Boy!! does this bring back fond memories from when I was a kid, these trees grew everywhere. Shanghi/ging [slingshot] fights with them, the over ripe ones we called snooty gobbles, good source of food when you were exploring the bush but the...
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    Pawpaw/Papaya trees

    For those who are lucky enough to be able to grow these fruit, one problem seems to be that the tree becomes to tall, so the step ladder has to come out. Here's a way to alleviate this problem [1] Cut the parent tree off at say 4' from the ground, put a tin over the stump to keep the water out...
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    Never smile at a Crocodile

    We have just lost another chap in one of our rivers further up the coast. Yesterday morning he walked down to check his crab pots and never returned, so far they've found his watch, one shoe, a piece of broken rope, some large crocodile tracks on the bank and two large crocodiles nearby. At this...
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    Our Supermarkets are Predators

    Australia has more supermarkets per capita than any other country in the world and the two main players, Coles and Woolworths, control 80% of the market. This has led to very unhealthy competition policies from them, they have borrowed that word from Dr Who ---- "Exterminate!!!!!" I hope you can...
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    What to do????

    I have been approached to take over the lease on a Seafood outlet in town that the tenant has had to walk away from due to ill health. He has left all the equipment behind, which the Landlord has taken possession off, and he [the Landlord] wants us to complete the remainder of the lease. There...
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    Everything tastes yucky!

    I haven't had a cigarette for a week and most of my favourite foods taste terrible, will this trend continue and I fall away to a shadow of my original self :rolleyes: The only thing that's holding me together is my Vegemite on toast. :smile:
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    Can your Mother cook?

    My memory was jolted last week when my wife and I paid a visit to my 89 year old Mother in our home town. I left home at 17 years old and returned for a short time to marry but moved away again. I recall the coke/wood stove and having to go down to the railway tracks when Dad tooted the whistle...
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    The opening song

    Starlet Lin Miaoke mimed at Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony | The Courier-Mail After reading this this morning I feel so sad for this poor girl behind the scene, she has a beautiful voice but because she wasn't pretty enough she missed out on what could have been the most important event in...
  23. attie

    Pickling Budhas Hand Limes help

    Also known as 5 Fingered Limes. which I'm about to pick. Here's a recipe that I have but to the untrained eye, like mine, I'm thinking there would be a more simpler way of doing it or is this the way it should be done. All suggestions welcome Thanks Wayne Cut a couple of slits down the lime...
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    So who's going to Beijing

    One of our food wholesalers sent this series of photos of a food court they visited in Beijing in the lead up to the Olympics. Click on the photo to expand it then read what culinary delights you lucky people could be in store for if you visit this popular eatery. Beijing Food Stall - a set on...
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    Testing

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