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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 9 Dec, 2011 12:56 am
@dlowan,
I think something bad happened up the road.....several very excited policevcars went past a while back. Don't want to check the news in case it's a semi ploughed into cars on the freeway.
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hingehead
 
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Reply Fri 9 Dec, 2011 03:03 am
@dlowan,
Ha - I am so **** with snailmail - I only just opened it....
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msolga
 
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Reply Sat 10 Dec, 2011 10:10 pm
http://images.theage.com.au/2011/12/10/2831378/lettersLW-420x0.jpg


Funny comment, but I also feel quite sad about time catching up with poor old Fletcher Jones .... inevitable, but sad anyway ....


Quote:
Fletcher Jones under administration after 100 years
From: AAP
December 08, 2011 11:19AM

ICONIC Australian clothing retailer Fletcher Jones has been placed in administration after almost a century in business, becoming the latest victim of the retail slump. ... <cont>

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/12/08/1226217/063265-stan-clapton-fletcher-jones.jpg
Fletcher Jones, left, and Stan Clapton in their hawker cart near Ballarat in 1918. Source: News Limited


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/fletcher-jones-under-administration-after-100-years/story-fn91v9q3-1226217061852

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hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 19 Dec, 2011 06:36 am
Does anyone else love the First Dog On The Moon?

https://p.twimg.com/AhAUgCSCIAABs2c.jpg
msolga
 
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Reply Mon 19 Dec, 2011 06:39 am
@hingehead,
Yep.
I do. Smile
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margo
 
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Reply Mon 19 Dec, 2011 08:32 pm
@hingehead,
Don't know First Dog...

What am I missing?
hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 19 Dec, 2011 08:39 pm
@margo,
You're missing lots Margo:
http://www.crikey.com.au/firstdog/

Sadly some is behind crikey's paywall but much is not
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 19 Dec, 2011 08:47 pm
@hingehead,
I meant to ask you, hinge.
Is that your Christmas tree?
hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 19 Dec, 2011 09:42 pm
@msolga,
No, some guy who's friended first dog on Facebook - or was that Twitter?
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Prickle
 
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Reply Thu 29 Dec, 2011 01:42 pm
@msolga,
msolga wrote:


Quote:
Fletcher Jones under administration after 100 years
From: AAP
December 08, 2011 11:19AM

ICONIC Australian clothing retailer Fletcher Jones has been placed in administration after almost a century in business, becoming the latest victim of the retail slump. ... <cont>

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/12/08/1226217/063265-stan-clapton-fletcher-jones.jpg
Fletcher Jones, left, and Stan Clapton in their hawker cart near Ballarat in 1918. Source: News Limited


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/fletcher-jones-under-administration-after-100-years/story-fn91v9q3-1226217061852

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No wonder they are in receivership. You think they would have had a motorised van by now.
msolga
 
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Reply Thu 29 Dec, 2011 05:58 pm
@Prickle,
On the credit side ....at least those valiant, weary horses will finally get a rest! Smile
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msolga
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 04:58 pm
The hottest day (so far) of the summer predicted for today. (40 C degrees)
It's going to be scorcher.
Almost 30 C already in Melbourne close to 10 am.
It'd be much warmer in the country areas in the north of the state.

Let's hope we see nothing like what occurred in country Victoria last summer.
Fingers tightly crossed.
Those hot northerlies are a real worry.
And let's hope police are keeping a close watch on known arsonists.
<sigh>


Quote:
Soaring temperatures spark fire warning
9:35AM Monday Jan 02, 2012/the AGE

http://images.theage.com.au/2012/01/02/2868849/169f-408x264.jpg

The Country Fire Authority warns that conditions will become tinder dry today due to hot northerly winds.

A total fire ban has therefore been issued across most of the state today, including in suburban Melbourne where the mercury is forecast to top 40 degrees. ...<cont>


http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/soaring-temperatures-spark-fire-warning-20120102-1phl2.ht

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Dutchy
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 05:07 pm
@msolga,
Same here msolga, 41.6 yesterday, something similar forecast for today. 9.30am and it is already 35! Hottest ever start for over 100 years to the New Year.
msolga
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 05:42 pm
@Dutchy,
I guess we'll just have to keep as cool as possible & keep our fingers crossed that there are no repeats of last year's fires, Dutchy.

Strange,(I think) I read that Sydney has had a pretty cool summer so far, by Sydney standards. Confused
hingehead
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 06:43 pm
You guys should move closer to the equator - we usually max out at 33....
msolga
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 06:47 pm
@hingehead,
Cairns.
The cooler summer experience. Smile
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georgeob1
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 07:49 pm
Where would we all be without the weather to complain about? Here in California we say we have two seasons ... mudslides and hill fires.The truth is both coastal California and south Australia have generally very pleasant climates. (Still, 40 deg C ... is very hot).
msolga
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 07:57 pm
@georgeob1,
Quote:
Where would we all be without the weather to complain about?

We'd have absolutely nothing to talk about, George! Smile

I believe my state (Victoria) & southern California share some rather unfortunate bush fire records?
georgeob1
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 08:56 pm
@msolga,
msolga wrote:

Quote:
Where would we all be without the weather to complain about?

We'd have absolutely nothing to talk about, George! Smile


My confidence in your ability to overcome such obstacvles is very great ! Wink
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 1 Jan, 2012 09:45 pm
@msolga,
msolga wrote:

I guess we'll just have to keep as cool as possible & keep our fingers crossed that there are no repeats of last year's fires, Dutchy.

Strange,(I think) I read that Sydney has had a pretty cool summer so far, by Sydney standards. Confused


I've been out and about in it. Only 39 C last time I looked. A walk in the park! it's windy in the hills...but still pockets of green. Hope we don't get the big one this year.
 

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