Comments by "Ian Montgomery" (@ianmontgomery7534) on "IWrocker" channel.

  1. When I lived in China one of my mates Matt was the chef at the Holiday Inn steak restaurant. A mate and I went for dinner and Matt cooked Australian style hamburgers for us. A couple of Americans saw what we got and came over and asked where it was on the menu. We explained the situation and Matt came out and agreed that he would cook them for the two Americans the next day (they had already ordered from the menu). the feedback was entirely positive.
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  2. When I was in China I complained to one of the Americans about the taste of their chocolate. He said they need to be different to cope with the heat in America. I pointed out that Australia gets hot as does China. Hmm was his reaction.
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  3. Youtube have to get used to the idea that they are International and that we have different ideas and morals to the USA. Some of the problem are caused because machines are involved not humans - an instance is when British people tried to register their address in Scunthorpe and the machine picked up that the four letter word was contained in the legitimate place name.
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  4. When I lived in China I went with my secretary Mei to the hairdressers. The guy was standing behind me but doing nothing. I asked Mei what was the problem and the guy told her he had never cut hair that wasn't black. I got her to tell him to not worry even if he made a mistake it would grow out in a couple of weeks.
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  5. the other thing I can't understand is why registration plates are not compulsory on the front of all cars/trucks.
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  6. The main difference I found is that you can watch the sun set in to the horizon instead of in to smog.
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  7.  @badpossum440  I am 70 today and I have had ate least 200 burned off and ten removed by theatre operations - it doesn't affect everyone but it certainly does exist.
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  8. i think the difference is that a 'way out' takes you to an 'exit' and the 'exit' is where you can actually leave the building.
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  9. Women in bars was new to a lot of people. Many years later there was a really bad storm and a woman was sheltering in the doorway of the pub. I got her to come in to the bar and arranged a cup of tea for her. She was surprised at how civilised it was.
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  10. Georgia is good example of why you need to say the country you are from. If you said you are from Georgia most Americans (and probably other countries too) would not know that Georgia is a country itself as well as having a US State by the same name.
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  11. and he will too!
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  12. Also completely missed the Torana.
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  13. Expensive realestate in Australia depends a lot on location. Sydney harbourside would get my vote as the most expensive followed by the Toorak/South Yarra in Melbourne. The prices for houses have risen beyond the joke though. Land value is often what they sell for if the house can be knocked over and replaced by a couple of units - developers are really busy.
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  14. Really this is not much different from the old days of pigs having worms and passing them to humans because of incomplete cooking.
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  15. This isn't a barn find at all. It is where a collector keeps his cars.
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  16. That worm is a toy one. We also have the Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis) which average a metre in length and can grow to 3 metres. They are found in Victoria
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  17. I love how these old trucks are in such good condition that they don't blow black smoke!
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  18. i am not sure whether I have previously told you but my nephew took his son in to store that sold these collectable models and his son pointed to one and said that it is same as your dad. The guy asked how he had managed to get the model before him as he believed he had the first ones. My nephew says no i don;t have the model - I have the actual car!. the guy freaked. That car has since been sold to an Australian living in America.
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  19. Cow catcher is more often called a Roo-bar here in Australia. The reason for so many unmade roads is flooding - it makes it uneconomic to pave a lot of roads.
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  20. It is mainly for the central business district as in the suburbs you have wider streets and dedicated right turn lanes with arrows.
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  21.  @caw25sha  There are a lot in Australia too. My nephew has an Aveling & Porter roller called Penane.
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  22.  @stanislavczebinski994  i would describe it as arrogant rather ignorant.
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  23. Most of those trucks on the bull catching videos were Toyota Landrcuiser troop carriers.
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  24. Yep a red belly will slither over you feet to get away from you unless you have cornered it and it feels threatened.
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  25. In Australia the ones that aren't street legal can get a special permit which allows them to be driven on the road for a specific time.
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  26.  @jayweb51  yes Ina the USA everyone sits on their fanny but in the UK and Aus only half the population does.
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  27. Really it is not hard. You just wait for the green light to be on in the street you are turning in to. It is no harder than waiting for a green arrow at a traffic light.
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  28. People used to buy a house for security now they treat them as an investment.
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  29.  @johnnyrosenberg9522  Local laws may be the reason The UK specifies that chocalte must contain 25% cacoa mass but the USA has a minimum of 10%.
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  30. gee that Torana box is a very generous gift!
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  31. a mate of mine had an HQ panel van with a 308 and four wheel discs - it was a great cruising vehicle. he called it his virgin conversion unit.
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  32. When is he going to rename 'the President" as "the Dictator"
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  33. I live by myself in Dandenong, which is a suburb of Melbourne, and I spend less than $80 per week on food which includes two nights of take-away. I do shop carefully and are happy to buy bulk and freeze products if that makes it more economic.
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  34.  @GunnarMiller yeah I have heard all the bulldust reasons before and you are right it is almost as bad a reaction as advocating gun control/
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  35. In most recipes that use Golden syrup you could use treacle. I was surprised that when Ilived in China in the 2004-2009 I could buy golden syrup at the supermarket.
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  36. When i worked in Shenzhen China a mate ran a nightclub so one night I took in couple of DVDs for an Australian music night. The crowd loved it and a few of the Americans were blown away especially the ones who happened to be musicians.
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  37. maybe Australia should call the AFL and NRL grand finals the world championships.
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  38. When i worked in China I had a Kiwi visitor who was staying at a major hotel chain in Shunde city (part of Foshan, Guangdong). I offered to take him for a local meal and he was so happy as he was sick of the hotel menu. We had a great night eating Chinese cuisine so the next night we tried a local Japanese restaurant and the girls freaked as they thought we would not be able to order things. I knew enough to get us some beers and then rang my girlfriend who told the girls what we wanted. It so great to try different cuisines no matter where you find them.
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  39. That is a seriously generous gift box. the $1 you held up would be worth over $5.
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  40. i can remember a flight in China where it was -7C when we took off and 34C when we landed. Everyone ran to the toilets to take off their thermals.
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  41. the problem is they require knowledge of, and adherence to the law and a degree of co-operation. In Victoria the only vehicles approaching a roadabout that you have to give way to are trams and emergency vehicles with alarms active, otherwise its just vehicle already in the roundabout on your right.
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  42. My nephew has a 911GT2RS which he drives on the road to track days. It is not gutted out like a race car but it does have performance far in excess of what you can use legally on roads. It sounds delightful coming up my driveway.
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  43. the Monaro colour is called Mandarin Red.
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  44. another good Youtube series for you and your family to look at is "One pack Wanderers" which has a couple doing a circuit of Australia - they are so good that Mazda gave them a ute to use and then a car for Tasmania.
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  45. many years ago (late 1970's) I helped out on a massage control on the Sunraysia Desert Rally when it was run in the Hattah National Park. There was a problem with a motorcycle that hadn't turned up at our checkpoint so we went out to find it. It took a while but we finally found the bike and then we couldn't find the rider immediately. We found him wedged in to a bush and we didn't dare move him after we ascertained that he was alive. We got specialists to come and recover him and he was not too bad as it turned out. A very eventful day.
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  46. Even here in Australia we have people who don't think before asking questions. I had an Afro-American boss here at one stage but he had a few friends who were West Indian. the number of times I heard people ask the West Indians which part of the States they were from was amazing especially considering their accents.
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  47. I can't see why you would bother to take the plug out when you can use the switch to disconnect. That was great presentation by both parties. Well explained and thoughtful questions.
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  48. I expect they wouldn't know that each State has its own constitution either.
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  49. i can remember seeing Rick Springfield playing in Zoot when I was still at school in 1971 .
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  50. I really like your videos and your attitude to things especially about Australia.
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  51. Please send some of the 36C down to Melbourne as we are still a bit cool.
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  52. I refuse to use the self checkout at the supermarket and I always call the person on the register by their name and if it is a name I don't know how to pronounce it I ask and ask what their heritage is (most are born here in Australia but have parents who migrated here). I get a lot of very nice smiles as a result. I encourage people to ask about the person they are dealing with. I had a small skin cancer cut out last week and the plastic surgeon was young woman (late 20's maybe early thirties ) but she was very tall - around 190cm and Asian. She was built very much like my nephew's wife who is Chinese so I asked her about her heritage and it turns out she is Vietnamese. I don't remember seeing a Vietnamese that tall before and gee I had the bandages removed today and she did an absolutely fabulous job and it cost me nothing.
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  53. These appear to be the next generation to the DAF trucks we assemble in Australia which are XF.
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  54.  @dsego84  depends where you are. In Australia out car LPG is not the same as the LPG that is used for BBQ cylinders.
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  55. The Falcon ute is nice. Ford didn't make a GT ute but a couple of dealers optioned them up and did a paint job on them. That dash looks terrific.
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  56. the main impetus for the end of our car industry was the Ford family itself, not the company, the family. They wanted to bring as much manufacturing back to the USA and once Ford decided to stop it became uneconomic for the sub-contractors to continue with only Toyota and Holden as its customers. Holden didn't really fail GM just followed Fords lead. Toyota never wanted to leave as they were exporting Camrys by the boat load from Melbourne.
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  57. I would like to see you do a video where a country is named and you guess the highest selling vehicle in that country - it might throw up some surprises.
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  58.  @Xiroi87  well didn't McDonnell Douglas management technique replace Boeing's when Boeing took over MD. Things are not always as they first seem.
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  59. It makes sense - when you are five a year is a fifth of your life but when you are 50 a year is only a 50th so of course it feels like it has gone quicker.
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  60. My 1999 Ford Falcon (Australian) has amber bulbs with a clear lens.
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  61. You are right. the place I felt safest in was China.
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  62.  @brianbrotherston5940  Not sure aboput -25C but -22.3C on 8 January in Altnaharra.
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  63. @ it did get to -22.3C though -22.3C on 8 January in Altnaharra Scottland.
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  64. I can remember seeing a very darl blue coloured panel van that had a formula 1 as the mural and the vans wheels were the F1's wheels. In the dark it just looked like an f1 was going across in front of you - it was amazing.
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  65.  @epimetheaus1214  the girl did though. Australia became a country on 01 January 1901. When it was discovered is a matter of conjecture.
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  66. the problem both governments have is there are two houses of parliament so making a law involves compromises.
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  67. gee I love the cars from Greece - what a collection!
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  68.  @jimb9063  I used to fly from Australia to China and as that is basically north/south I had no jet lag problems.
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  69. A mate of mine called his a "Virgin Conversion Unit". His girlfriends father told him that he had well and truly missed the boat!
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  70. the stat i find interesting is that if you go from Melbourne to Cairns then Brisbane is a little over half way.
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  71. the State flags pre-date the Australian one as the States were colonies of England so they incorporated the Union Flag of England. In Victoria i think the crown was changed from the Imperial crown to the St Edwards crown in 1901 when Australia was enacted as an entity.
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  72. I suppose some don't expect South Africa to be in Africa either!!!
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  73. the magenta lights are used for the various authorities that control heavy vehicles. They have the same status as red and blue on emergency vehicles. Amber lights are warning only so tow trucks and escort vehicles have them.
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  74. Vodafone is fine in the city but less so as you get outside of the metro areas or large regional cities.
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  75. My Mum worked for John Logie Baird before WW2.
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  76.  @larrylongprong5219  Not sure - it years since I spoke to him. If he once cooked for Princess Di then it is him.
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  77. I would think that the guy doing the one armed handstand may have been an Army fitness instructor seeing it was during WW2 or maybe just a soldier on leave.
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  78. the problem is that LEDs direct light straight towards you rather than be reflected like thy are with bulbs. I hate them as headlights and seldom drive at night because of them.
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  79.  @Sydneysider1310  yeah that became Buckley and Nunn after the department store
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  80. Tomato sauce and ketchup have different spices in them - they are similar but not the same. I prefer ketchup on a hot dog but tomato sauce on a pie.
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  81. the crazy thing with the Tassie devil is that a football team in Tasmania had to get permission from Warner Bros to call their side the Tassie devils!
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  82. and JB died recently (the man not the store!)
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  83. there are seven cities in Italy with canals but I think you are right that this one is Venice.
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  84.  @MattyMutilation  yep any sausage can be called a snag except cocktail sausages or the hotdogs. I have even heard Kransky and Bratwurst called snags.
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  85. I have a friend who lives in Karratha and when she hangs the washing out sh stands in two buckets of water so she doesn't get swamped in ants.
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  86.  @Real_Claudy_Focan  the visible bit is 1/3 of the total.
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  87. @ I think you will find it is basically sandstone with arkose content .the iron content of the arkose gives it the rust colour from the iron oxide coating of feldspar in arkose.
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  88. You can get your style switches here. The switches in China were the same as Australia as is the power sockets.
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  89. When I lived in Southern China one of the doctors at the local hospital told me that Japanese Encephalitis is one of the worse ways of dying that he had seen. I didn't ask him for details.
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  90.  @bruizey7319  There are a couple about.
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  91. The ute was completely standard, aside from an extra little bit of negative camber on the front wheels, though Holden says it was still within production tolerances.
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  92. It stops you swallowing flies!
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  93. for anyone interested and who live in Victoria there is an all Holden day being held on Apr3 at Dandenong Show Grounds Greaves Parade Dandenong.
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  94. They make seat belt buckles out of recycled slides perhaps.
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  95. the first dedicated racing track was in Australia - it was Aspendale Park which is about 10K from my place
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  96. It is ging to get even crazier with new EV brands being released. It is hard to keep up with who the parent company is.
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  97.  @eclecticapoetica  yeah 180 for two is not a whole lot different to 80 for one. I too buy free range eggs ($7 per dozen for 700g). I am not a big red meat eater which might make a difference as chicken and pork tends to be a lot cheaper than beef or lamb, which I do occasionally buy. As I have got older I do eat a lot less than when I was in my twenties!
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  98.  @Digger-tw6hq  Don't know where you get that idea from. For the ;last ten years the medical and first aid community (especially the RFDS) have been advising against tourniquets and towards compression bandages. 1. Apply a pressure bandage Wrap a bandage from below, upwards and over the bite site. Extend it as high as possible (e.g. all the way to the groin). Keep the limb still (e.g. don't remove trousers). Use the same tightness as for a sprained ankle. Use a T shirt or other clothing if you have no bandages. Mark the area of the bite on the bandage.
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  99. Here in Melbourne Lindsay Fox has three gullwings in his collection as well as some rare Porsche and Ferrari's. There is also a guy in melbourne who has rhd one (I think he did the conversion himself) -it is a lovely car owned by a great man and he even lets children sit in it at car shows.
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  100. dm is decimetre and dam is dekametre (10metres)
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  101. the Brock/Cleland car shown at 14:42 is a replica. My nephew recently sold the original to an Aussie expat in America so Ian look out for it as i think he intends to race it in demonstration events.
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  102. 195 is about right but two of them aren't strictly countries - the Vatican and Palestine.
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  103. merry Christmas from Australia (39C in Melbourne today but Christmas day was a pleasant 30C), I had a delightful time at my nieces house. there were 15 or so of us. I drank too much red wine so took the train home and went back this morning to pick up the car!
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  104. I heard this morning that they have just found a new species of funnel web spider and its even bigger than the usual one.
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  105. The Chev SS sales were deliberate. they only wanted to sell 15,000 of them. When we did the prototype instrument clusters we were told that the entire run would be no more than 15K so that is why they did not advertise them. I think the reasoning was the overall fuel average for chev vehicles (in California I think) - if they sold more of the SS then it would have increased their overall consumption figure.
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  106. In Australia a lot of our garbage trucks are dual control - LHD and RHD!
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  107. I loved the difference in colouring between the perenties shown. The only lizard I know of that is bugger is the Komodo Dragon.
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  108. Did he say the East Indies? I think he meant the West Indies (unless my knowledge of cricket sides is totally wrong!)
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  109. i think i will start selling sausage rolls. I make a batch of 8 at a time. the sausage mine costs $10/kg and I use 500g. Two eggs $2.00 some breadcrumbs $020 and some sauces about 0.40 and the pastry $1.50 so all up is less than $9 for eight sausage rolls. At that rate i would expect them to be selling for around $5 each to cover labour cooking oncosts and profit.
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  110. I use Firefox as does all the people I work with.
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  111. It surprises me that they didn't use a helicopter in view of the distance- must of been a good reason.
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  112. even station wagons are more practical to SUVs in some circumstances.
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  113. Binfluencers are important here in Melbourne as we have three or four bins with different coloured top. If the binfluencer gets the wrong colour out then a lot of people will have just followed their lead and stuffed whole collection up.
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  114. When are you going to pay us a visit? The weather here is pretty good compared to what the USA is experiencing at the moment.
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  115. we have a group of about thirty living around where I live. Three particular ones come down to our driveway every evening. i can walk withing a metre of them without them taking flight.
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  116. I know of two racing Commodores that have been sold lately, one went for about AUD250,000k (not sure of the auction fees) but another went for considerably more than AUD500,000K and was a private sale.
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  117. Bunya pine is used for acoustic guitars.
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  118. Probably leaves the shutter open for the lightning shot.
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  119. Re Lindbergh - the difference between "first person" rather than "first people".
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  120. Do Japanese prices include all taxes? If not then that may explain the difference. TimTams have recently gone up in price to AUD6.00 for the smaller packet.
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  121. yep to me a pram allows the child to lay down and a stroller lets them see what is going on and they can't lay down.
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  122. the Australian equivalent of the Brazilian Charger would be the VF Valiant 770 V8 two door Mexico (it had the same buttresses).
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  123. The name was what did it - the turn it self is a piece of piss and no harder than waiting for a green arrow.
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  124. You probably didn't get electric frypans because of your voltage only being 110V.
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  125. If you are interested a fellow youtuber called the CarWizard (he is in Newton KS) has one of these and is restoring it so keep an eye out for his videos on it. The only problem with the ID/DS was that they were a little underpowered until perhaps the last iteration of it. they came with a few different engines through their production. They were also assembled here in Melbourne Australia and were called the Parisienne model as they included local content. Nearly all of them were 1900cc manuals but ours didn't have power steering and I think they had a pendant brake pedal (not 100% sure but my mates did). I think ours had an aluminium roof. The DS23 has turning headlights.
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  126. the Mahindra thing might be a way of getting around the Chicken Tax (which is why you don't get Land Cruisers)
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  127. I'll still go to the local fish 'n chippers and pay $9 for one with the lot.
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  128. I remember seeing one that was charcoal in colour and had a formula1 car painted on the side so at night it looked like an F1 car was passing in front of you at the intersection. I laughed the first time i saw it.
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  129. baseball reminds me of rounders.
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  130.  @PhoenixNL72-DEGA-  it amounts to the same in his mind.
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  131. people used to buy houses for security but now they are treated more as an investment.
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  132. I got plenty of chuckles from this video! Thanks.
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  133. A lot of appreciation of wine is down to what you are used to. I like wines from most regions and am currently drinking wines from around 2000 that a mate gave me. They are delicious generally but an occasional one is corked. The Shiraz i opened tonight says it has a black cherry flavour and they couldn't be more right! This video must be a few years old as a 2015 Chardonnay would most likely be past it.
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  134. All the surviving Holden concept cars are now in museums here. effigy, GTR-X and Hurricane are at Birdswood Adelaide, i think.
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  135. You can find the tax spend by department nationally but you have to search for it. I have found it previously but can't remember what I input.
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  136. I live in Melbourne Australia and I never buy water as our tap water is so good. It does sometimes have a slight chemical taste but not often.
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  137.  @rogerwilco2  the problem with the compromises is that we voted a Government in to do specific things and the people that got less votes get to modify what we wanted.
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  138. Two things that make things expensive in Australia- the cost of freighting things from overseas to Australia and the exchange rate.
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  139. wrong historically. Tea should be made with water just before it boils ( same with instant coffee). You will seldom if ever get boiling water used to make tea in China who are the experts on tea drinking. If they boil water they will use it to pre heat the tea pot but not pour it on the tea itself..
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  140.  @esmeralda3858 I totally disagree. I spent four years living in China and no one there used boiling water to make tea and the price of some the tea was mind blowing. I go along with them and my favourite tea is Oolong and I never use boiling water and let it brew for four minutes or so but I am happy for you to do it your way.
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  141. Seats facing the street should be for passengers for buses or trams as they need to see the oncoming traffic.
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  142. Thanks for your concern - it is appreciated. The big problem for this recovery will be that there is shortage of a lot of things from cars to furniture and this will make it even worse.
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  143. It is able to raise itself up to go over speedhumps. The jump is probably not intentional.
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  144. "Capsicum annuum". is the scientific species name for them.
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  145. the dark green military vehicle looks like an Austin Champ.
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  146. years ago when i lived in China I could easily buy TimTams in any city that had an expat population (ie Shenzhen, Shanghai )
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  147. I knew what the eye wash is and i have one.
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  148. happy New Year
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  149. I find it strange that they can't afford extra pay but they can afford to lose $50million in sales.
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  150. any chip that is greasy is a result of the oil was not hot enough.
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  151. When I was young (many moons ago) chips were similar to french fries just thicker and the ones you buy from Lays/Smiths were often called crisps (Smiths crisps was their ad at one stage.) Nowadays there are wedges and chips and fries but crisps seems to have gone out of fashion. i thought it made sense as they are crispier than a french fry
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  152. The lady who thinks it is illegal to take someones photo without their permission should have a talk to a lawyer. A NSW judge in fact said in a court case that “a person, in our society, does not have a right not to be photographed” of course there are exceptions like taking photographs of children. The fact that the self service checkouts have cameras show that there is different rules in different places. I am surprised that the CEO didn't tell her employee to butt out.
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  153. When I was in China I saw that in Guangzhou the fire brigade had a fireman on a motor bike who went ahead of the truck to scout for problems and to work out how to approach the fire so that the guys in the truck could immediately know how to set up.
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  154.  @RoverIAC  I think only cars 2 to 31 had the hump for homologation.
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  155.  @MrTallpoppy58  400 was the number of XC Cobras made not anything to do with the engine. 200 were 351 Clevelands and the second 200 were 302 Clevelands except for serial number 351.
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  156. I call AAMI stadium in Melbounre the "Bubble bath" as that is what it reminds me of from street level. The MCG also hosted Taylor Swift concerts and had over 96,000 fans each night for three nights. It used to hold 120,000 but it has been reduced to 104,000 (95000 seats and the rest standing)
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  157. My eldest brother had a Hillman Imp which he modified. It was a great little car.
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  158. When i lived in China I found I preferred their Coke to the Australian one. It was slightly less sweet.
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  159. Another interesting name is that Wal mart is already registered in Australia by a guy whose name happens to be Wal Mart! he trades under the name Economy Bolts.
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  160. We get US navel oranges when ours are out of season. They may be more orange but orangeness does not mean they are any better. Green oranges taste just as good as they are changing to the orange colour.
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  161. The owners of the Bluey copyright should send a cease and desist for this.
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  162. I have a couple of boxes of StHugo1997 Cabernet which i should sample again. last bottle hadn't reached a peak yet but that was over a year ago.
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  163. When i left school in 1973 (7 years after we changed to dollars and cents) a box of matches cost 2C (4 halfpennies)
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  164. Australia also had the Morris Marina but we also made a version with a six cylinder motor unlike the four cylinders in the UK.
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  165. My neigbourhood magpies fly past me at full speed and about a metre away - they are not swooping just going about their business. i can walk within a metre of quite a few of them.
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  166. if you do any reactions to John Farnham then please use live clips as they are the best. he also does a terrific duet with Jimmy Barnes - When Something is Wrong With My Baby
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  167. 1.5litre bottle is family size.
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  168. The ginger is a little expensive but it depends whether they are in season. A typical ginger bulb that you buy would be around 100gram
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  169. ian - I suppose next you will tell us that there is a correlation between France and French.
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  170. the Brock/Plato Commodore now resides in the USA.
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  171. The car in the Victorian segment was a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit.
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  172. gee that is a nice chassis on the young lady with the shorts and Aussie flag!
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  173.  @IWrocker  I agree a ute is sedan based. Toyota did make a Crown ute as far back in 1963 (called an RS46).
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  174. Sinbins or virgin conversion units!
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  175. of course jingles work. think back at the old songs that you still remember the words to.
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  176. You can now buy Starbucks coffee in our Coles supermarket.
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  177. I use Clive of India rather than Keens but I also use S&B for a Japanese curry. I sometimes add sultanas but that depends on the mood I am in.
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  178. I like Fosters but find it hard to buy so I am drinking a 1996 Shiraz instead (well it is Australia Day)
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  179.  @seant2373  No they were V8 but their power was limited to 291kW and was strictly controlled.
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  180. When I worked in China I had to do some testing of a toaster that had provision for bagels. Well guess what is hard to find in Shenzhen - yes bagels. I eventually rang the Four seasons Hotel and spoke to the chef and he said he would make a batch for me. I got them (he didn't charge me either) and it worked pretty well. Subway are also in China and found them quite good but especially because they had wasabi mayonnaise which I now make myself back in Australia.
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  181. In my experience the high cost wines are usually worth the extra expense for an occasion but not for general drinking. there are plenty of mid range wines that are superb but of course it depends on your taste. When i was working in China I was asked my opinion of a bottle from the vineyard of my host (without seeing the bottle). I tasted it and suggested it was a two year old Cabernet Sauvignon and was from Australian winemaker. It turns out I was 100% correct and it was a great mid range wine.
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  182.  @heatherharvey3129  thanks -you saved me finding the actual years.
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  183. The ACT and NT flags were developed relatively recently so the Union Flag was not included.
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  184. She probably would have freaked if you told her that Australia is wider than the diameter of the moon (4000km to 3400km roughly).
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  185. I quite like Red Rooster but I haven't tried the potato or gravy.
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  186. The reason alcohol is expensive is that it is highly taxed - around $0.52 per litre for standard strength beer
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  187.  @70snostalgia  yes we do. William Buckley was an escaped convict who lived around the Bellarine peninsula and they thought he had no hope of survival.
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  188. The thing that gets me, and its not only Americans, but people generally do not consider Russia to be part of Europe. Sure most of it isn't but the part West of the Urals is.. I am glad she included it.
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  189. and the chicken tax
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  190. Ian have you contacted the originator of the 80s Australian video to see if they got demonetised as well.
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  191. I wonder why they put cactus in the mural?
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  192. The Pizza Hut liveried team may be Freightliner.
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  193.  @Liggliluff  perhaps they worked for a Dutch airline?
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  194. I find that makes them a little too sweet.
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  195.  @fergulator7297  i can't remember the last time I got cooked pineapple on a hamburger in victoria. I imagine it happens but I have seldom seen it done.
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  196.  @PhantomFilmAustralia  That is exactly what I do.
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  197. he has a sickness for quickness!!!
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  198. Isn't one of his kids called Sydney.
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  199. Portland was the first settlement in Victoria.
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  200.  @gusdrivinginaustralia6168  yep Our family had a house in Eyre St many moons ago.
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  201. I had a friend who did the same here in Melbourne. he ended up with a stuffed shoulder from working on the garbage trucks.
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  202.  @Obi-J Australia's superior tasting alternative for people like me who don't like Marmite.
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  203.  @brigidsingleton1596  the French usually pronounce it nooga (they only hint at the "r" at the end and it is their word.
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  204. Its bloody cold (13C at 17:40) in Melbourne today and intermittent rain. My worst experience of changing temps was leaving Baotou China at -8C and arriving at Shenzhen China a couple of hours later at 34C.
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  205. Well in their defence a lot of old masters are a lot larger than the Mona Lisa is.
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  206. Ian - try looking for a TV show called "Outback Truckers".
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  207. MG are selling a lot of cars in Australia now.
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  208. That Cybertruck must be on a special permit as they are illegal here as there is no physical connection between the wheels and the steering wheel.
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  209. A lot of people are struggling to survive but I would hope that they still learned when they were young.
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  210. anything you can do in a gym you can do at home using isometric exercises. I go for a 2k walk every day and do some basic exercises.
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  211. If I went to the US I would ask to see the owner/manager and straight out ask them why they don't pay their staff properly.
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  212. Seeing the USA had the Ranchero and the ElCamino did they really miss out on the ute?
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  213.  @sandgroperwookiee65  AUD39million
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  214. It seems like the only thing you can't buy in Walmart is a politician!
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  215. Ian - if you ever get the chance try pickled octopus - it is delightful. merry Christmas to you and your family.
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  216. I like the air-conditioner control - handy for defogging windows.
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  217.  @williamborg4974  crissed as a picket perhaps.
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  218. You were right - an Amorak is a pick up truck not a ute but the youngsters are steadily changing it.
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  219. its appropriate to use a fork when just sampling the pie or sausage roll but when eating a whole one then pick it up.
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  220.  @AUmarcus Most people would have thought they were using the Federal one.
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  221.  @vanessagoddess1  same here.
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  222.  @trevoranderson2905  I use 500g pork sausage mince (you can just take the casing off of a sausage. I add 200g breadcrumbs, one egg oyster sauce, 20 g tomato sauce, dash Worchestershire sauce.and a half a teaspoon of curry powder. you can add salt and pepper if you wish.
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  223. When they ran out of panel vans they started painting wheat silos!
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  224. the $10 is per kilogram but the $11 is for the product which is more than a kilogram.
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  225.  @janis7077  yes you are right I didn't see the very small print at the bottom
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  226. I see quite a few Suburbans and RAMs being used as tow vehicles for large boats or racing car trailers.
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  227. The big problem with 3D printing is that people think that because you can 3D print it you can mass produce it but if it requires injection moulding to mass produce it then you really have to understand that process before you bother 3D printing the proposed part. That was great part they made though
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  228. Ask the North Vietnamese what they think of 'we allow you to exist'.
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  229. @ read up on it - it is of course iron oxide but that is part of the arkose/feldspar not an iron ore deposit> Are you aware that at some stage in its history Uluru turned 90deg!
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  230. I certainly haven't noticed food going off. I am now living by myself so stuff doesn't get finished as quick.
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  231. hey Ian - has anyone told you what an Australian Kiss is - it is the same as a French Kiss but done down under!
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  232.  @davidgatt8721  Well there was more than one factory there. there was the Explosives factory and the Ammunition factory next to each other. Also underneath there were tunnels that were used as shooting ranges to analyse the ballistics of the ammunition.
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  233. Dandenong Angels is my local club. Our local gridiron side is the Casey Spartans
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  234. Givernment charges usually are just referring to registration and compulsory third party insurance.
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  235.  @janeenharris3074 (and John) largest foreign investors in Australia are 1 USA 2. UK 3. Belgium 4 japan. 5 Hong Kong 6.Singapore 7 Luxembourg 8 Netherlands 9 China 10 NZ (as at 2020 which are the last figures posted). the savings guarantee is 250,000 and covers banks, credit unions and building societies and is still in force.
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  236. My nephew has some 5 litre race cars and he gets them painted rather than taking the short cut of just using a wrap.
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  237. the VE Commodore is a Sports Sedan rather than a V8 Supercar
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  238. the last bus I was on in Melbourne had voice announcements for the next stop. It may depend on who runs the busline. if in doubt you can always the bus driver to give you a shout when you get to your stop. If the bus is crowded then just ask a fellow passenger.
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  239. NeeSan is how the Japanese pronounce it so stick with it for Nissan.
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  240. They used a system like this when they built the Westagte Bridge in Melbourne but the sections were much smaller. It is a fairly common system these days but no less amazing.
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  241. There is a festival held in Karratha that is called the fenacling. This stands for iron (FE) salt (Nacl) and (NG) is natural gas. i wonder if JC heard of it and liked the sound of it.
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  242. the most common deadly animla you will come across in the cities are spiders - white tail or red back and funnel webs
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  243. Hungary are similarly corporate registered.
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  244. I will always take an espresso coffee over a dripolator one. I used to occasionally use them when I was in China but that sometimes that was so i could use their toilets. We even brew our own coffee at work (we have an espresso and plungers available). things ahev changed over time here too. 20 years ago you couldn't get a good coffee at local sporting events. Now it is common to get espresso coffee at sporting events- my local Aussie rules football club sells it at its canteen.
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  245. i don't think that there is any history of sandwiches in China as they tend to fill buns or dumplings so they didn't make bread as we know it.
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  246. When I lived in Shenzhen they destroyed an intersection of 4 lanes each way and re-configured it over a weekend and we used it on Monday morning.
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  247. the amber glass was a big styling feature.
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  248. You don't get beware of wombat signs anywhere but Australia! I found the signs in China were easy to interpret once you learned a couple of their characters and Australian ones I am used to. I do think that picture ones are the best. Ian - does the US have "no parking" as well as "no standing" signs? They are confusing to visitors to Australia as they you can stop at a no parking sign to pick up or drop off a passenger but you can't do that at a no standing sign.
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  249.  @YeahNo 1.3billion Chinese who invented drinking the stuff can't be wrong. In over four years living there I did not see anyone boil water to make the actual tea and some were drinking very expensive tea. Some boiled water and used the it to heat the tea pot but they didn't use it for the tea inside the pot. I traveled around a bit too so it was not just in one city.
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  250.  @ClownWorldSurvivor_Cass82  really it is no harder than doing a u-turn. You just have to look and obey any signals
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  251. there would have polling places at the US Consulates in State for any US voters here in Australia at voting time.
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  252. My brother had a LC GTR and I thought it was a great car. I got to drive it on L Plates a couple of times but after I got my licence he had sold it.
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  253.  @kevanwillis4571  There is Tasmania!
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  254. If you fry them in butter with just a hint of garlic they are delicious - just don't mistake bardi grubs for them as they taste horrid.
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  255.  @joandsarah77 Well i am fairly philosophical about it -and adventurous. If someone else seems to enjoy it then I will try it. When i lived in China my girlfriend and i paid for a young girl to get English lessons from a friend of ours. Her family were farmers and were able to live Ok but not afford to pay for extra education. They invited us out to the farm for Christmas dinner and we had various pig products including pigs tripe done in a hot pot. I had never even heard of pigs tripe but i tried it and enjoyed it. It was similar in texture to calamari.
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  256.  @martyollier7536 well the government stations are not covered by the same censorship rules as the commercial stations.
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  257. Fireworks in China on Lunar New Years day is a sight to behold. Walking from the town square to my apartment I could not see any of the buildings 5 metres away for the smoke from the fire crackers.
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  258. if you want good videos on Citroens then check out Hubnut (he owns a 2CV) and CarWizard (who has a ID-19.
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  259. if you are shift worker then different rules apply and different companies may have an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement which will be different to each other but they must comply with the Federal minimums etc.
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  260. I am Australian and these days I don't bother even knowing who the State Premiers of the States are.
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  261. The photo may have just had a lens filter.
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  262. Regarding the tennis - some of the matches go to 3am local time.
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  263. yeah they are actually similar creatures but have differences like claws and the roundness to their back IIRC.
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  264. Air Supply were huge in Asia - really huge.
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  265. if I make hamburgers at home I slice the pineapple much thinner than canned pineapple - it makes it easier to eat.
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  266. new Zealand has gone on holidays with Greenland.
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  267. My nephew, here in Australia, has an Escort Cosworth which is ex Carlos Sainz. Its a great car.
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  268. I suppose a lot of Americans think that USAF fought in WW2.
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  269. there is a taller bridge but it is a railway one in India - 394 metre
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  270. It would be interesting to see the same chart with the current Canadian bushfires.
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  271. Snakes squeeze their muscles to grip the tree (similar to how you grip a rope when climbing). It is described as concertina motion,
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  272. before you even start to make this machine you have to imagine the entire process! That in itself is incredible.
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  273. 48/215 were only FX if they had the suspension mod that was FX.
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  274. Seeing they made just less than 500 Lancia Stratos that was a good turn out.
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  275. XE's were Clevelands from the factory.
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  276. the thing that drives the pricing of number plates is self managed super funds. They are seen as an investment and seems to be self generating. I remember that one plate got auctioned in Victoria and went for over 1million - just two guys big noting themselves.
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  277. I think the wheel cap is just so the brand is right way up when it is parked.
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  278. Re online tipping - they probably think that if people will fall for scammers then they are fair game.
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  279. Is that mexican border fence there to stop women going to Mexico for abortions?
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  280.  @FaithlessDeviant  Russia is still part of Europe so the Caucasus Mountains take the first few places so their answer is wrong. It is common mistake. I can't understand how they got Mt Elbrus right as the highest mountain in Europe but didn't get the mountain range question right - makes no sense to me.
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  281. You would love a truck my nephew has. It is a 1919 Garford Lorry with delivery miles only. It is right hand drive but was built in the USA (Garford sold chassis to Studebaker but became part of Willys-Overland). he bought it from an English auction and brought it to Australia. It is a great old vehicle. If you search Bonhams : 1919 Garford Model 25 Open Back Lorry Chassis no. 25770 you will get a photo of it.
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  282. 2022 has been cancelled. I hope it returns in 2023. Holden day is Apr03 in Dandenong. Ford day has already been held this year.
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  283. Its no wonder people have confusion when you have the UK, Britain, England,British Isles etc. all referring to the same region but include different countries in their make up.
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  284. I must admit living in China changed my views on some foods. I enjoy duck tongues for instance. the one I didn't eat was pigs anus which is known in the US as chitlins.
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  285. Interesting data I found about Australia Data supplied to Drive shows 13.5 per cent of new 'light commercial vehicles' (utes and vans) sold in 2022 were fitted with manual transmissions - compared with 3.9 per cent of passenger cars ...
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  286. Citroen had the Traction Avant (front wheel drive unibody car) model from 1934 through to 1957.
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  287. as one who has had a similar experience to yours and similar heritage i wish I had the same outcome. I have mentioned elsewhere in the comments that I have had at least 200 burned off and more then ten requiring surgery in hospitals (including a ten centimetre patch on my nose which I ma glad was so well done its hardly noticeable.
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  288. You can't but Holden Colorados new any more since GM abandoned RHD vehicles totally.
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  289. I heard that the Tesla pickup has made an appearance finally.
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  290. I prefer the front on the roadster. I wouldn't mind a Gullwing with roadster headlights.
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  291.  @helmydemeester6304 
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  292. Hi ian. This tells you where the USA government spends its money https://www.usaspending.gov/agency
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  293. Also a guy whose name is Wal Mart has the name registered but i guess that would just be a matter of money.o
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  294. i write the date in Chinese format wherever possible 2025/07/28.
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  295. I have been known to sleep on the floor when the overnight is over 33C.
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  296. i enjoyed the Harry Potter guy - genuine joy.
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  297. A simple example is TimTams they are now $6 per packet at Coles and Woolies. Sure the price of chocolate has gone up so has the exchange rate.
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  298. A mate of mine has a couple of X5 BMWs which were built in the USA. He has only ever found one screw in it that is imperial.
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  299. A rfiend of mine, who is no longer with us, loved those jelly beans for his sugar kick for his diabetes.
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  300. The top is not called a targa it is just called a sunroof and probably was made by Webasto.
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  301. I wonder why they don't send the ambulance from the other direction - ie the wrong way down the road. Its not as if traffic is going to be using the road past the emergency. Of course this only works if it is a car accident on the rat road.
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  302. doughnuts are often called berliners if they don't have holes and have jam inside.
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  303.  @michaelmclachlan1650  The main problem is that no two speedos agree with each other. They can differ by up to 9kph and be legal.
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  304. I call Pringles crisps and French fries chips but context usually covers any identification problems. When i was in China a mate had a restaurant and to solve the problem we had a picture of both sorts on the menu and you waitresses just pointed to confirm what you wanted. It was actually easier to use Chinese names for them.
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  305. this guy has a hole in his cheek caused by his tongue!
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  306. for anyone else but an F1 world champion I would expect.
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  307. Lancia and SAAB had V4s but they are the only ones that come to mind except in motorcycles.
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  308. the Torana is another Sports sedan rather than 5.0litre supercar
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  309. US also stands for Unserviceable - should we just call you broken?
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  310. Top Gear want their ute back.
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  311.  @helenlecornu1651 yeah the Americans pronounce it Awl-bany and it is the capital of New York State so Ian has just gone with the flow.
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  312. It will be in the Warrnambool Motor Museum when it finally opens.
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  313.  @jecos1966  I just rounded the figures rather than searching for the exact figures. I think they got rid of most of the standing room.
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  314. maybe the spectators are the residents of the local houses- they would need to be notified.
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  315. My nephew had "9R" as the plate on his Porsche. I don't know what it cost but it would be small changed compared to the GT2RS!
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  316. My car runs on gas and petrol. It is dual fuel LPG (propane) and I run either E10 or 91 RON in it but could 95 RON but it gives no advantage.
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  317. the first part of this reminded me of video games!
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  318. The problem with serviceable plugs is that untrained people shouldn't try and fix them. You need to be able to service the UK one as it has the fuse which may need to be replaced. Australian houses don't use ring circuits.
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  319. If you had a pet kolala you would call it either Cheech or Chong!
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  320. The structures on the side of that building may be sun shades for the hotest time of the year.
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  321. Perhaps not a miracle but a testament to engineering.
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  322. garage was what we used to call them in Australia as petrol pumps were outside mechanics premises. My car runs on both petrol and Liquid petroleum Gas (LPG).
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  323. There are heaps of brands that have disappeared to like Alvis, Riley, Rover etc. Members of my family have a couple of good ones - a Lagonda M45 and Caterham F1 car (without an engine) , three Rolls Silver Ghosts and a Phantom1 a derby Bentley from 1938 (I think). A nephew had a Lister racing car and 3 litre Bentley but he sold them to get a Porsche GT2RS.
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  324. not so sure about Istanbul as some of the city is in Asia.
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  325. the Duge Bridge is now taller (ie deck above water)
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  326. We have desalination plants but they are expensive. We built one in Victoria to drought proof our state but it still sits idle.
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  327.  @baird55aus  had another look and it could be an LTD or Galaxie - not sure.
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  328. Ask Lord Sandwich - he invented sandwiches and they didn't have buns.
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  329. Elevators can be a challenge for really tall person.
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  330. they made 400 XC Cobras all white with blue striping. the first 200 Cobras were 351 Clevelands and the second 200 wer 302 Clevelands except for number 351 which yes you guessed it- was a 351.
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  331. I guess Vlad told Donald that he needed to buy Greenland.
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  332. You should check out the Wheeler dealers episode where they added an extra wing to the version that had two wings.
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  333. You could look at Geosciences Australia for further info on gold.
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  334. size is important for people with sight difficulties. Australian notes even have braille like dots on them to assist the visually impaired.
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  335. Found this for you Ian Although a vehicle-mounted 16mm motion picture camera was used as early as 1973, the technology was first developed in the late 1970s by the Seven Network in Australia, who introduced it for the 1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 endurance race
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  336. I'll have to keep my eyes open for PopTarts. According to kellogs they do sell them here but I have never noticed them
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  337. Have you ever looked at the UN flag.
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  338. i think they are just releasing a supercar too.
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  339. I think manuals are cheaper than autos in Australia (if you can find one to buy).
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  340.  @skeeta71  In Australia the Land Cruisers with seats on the side have always been called Troopies in my experience. They are definitely not Utes as that is short for coupe utility which is based on a sedan - like falcons or Commodores.
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  341. We have baby showers in Australia but I have had a friend who lost a child the day they were supposed to bring her home from hospital and one who had a still born baby.
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  342.  @Trex0Pol  Same here in Australia
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  343. The turning headlights were not available for US ones as it was not allowed . The same applied to the Citroen SM.
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  344. Even the colour or number of digits will assist. NSW has yellow plates as the regular colour,
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  345. When I was much younger I used fang around this road in my Alfa-sud. It was a tremendous road in 70s as there was no speed limit and much fewer traffic. My sister lives in Apollo bay but I use the inland road these days as the GOR is like driving in a traffic jams a lot of the time. Eventually you will be able to visit the Warrnambool Motor Museum when my nephew finally gets around to opening it!
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  346. I find it strange that driving whilst wearing headphones is not illegal in Victoria. It should be (ear buds are probably OK.
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  347. 2CV have ponypower rather than horsepower!
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  348. Go down south with your mouth - to a map of tasmania.
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  349. I go barfoot to the supermarket at times but not often as I usually shop there after work when I have shoes on.
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  350.  @IWrocker  Years ago I had visitor come to where I was working and his best friend had a winery in the Nappa Valley. We took our visitor to the pub for lunch and did a tasting of a couple of mid range Penfolds wines. He loved them and we arranged a mixed dozen bottles for him to take back to the US. The next order for ICs came in a tube with a couple of bottles from his friends vineyard. They were exceptional and it surprised me that they were in an Australian style but I guess that was why he was interested in Penfolds wines.
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  351. the 70 series would attract Chicken tax wouldn't it? That would make it uneconomic.
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  352. I wish I could get goose but when it is available you have to be a full goose which is the size of a turkey. I ate it a lot when I lived in China and even had ten of them on the fish farm fattening up but I never got to eat them-bugger!
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  353. In Australia we have 91 RON, 94RON (E10), 95RON and 98 RON. The LPG is use in my car is 110RON. As my car is dual fuel I rin three or four tanks of LPG and then one of E10. Sometimes this changes because of pricing - it LPG is over half the cost of E10 then i will use E10. Current prices around Dandenong (part of Melbourne) are E10 AUD1.85 and LPG is 0.80 although my last tank was 0.717.
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  354. What a lot of people don't realise is that there are two types of echidna. the long nose one lives in Papua New Guinea (there are three types of long nose there) and are a monotreme like the short beaked one.
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  355. Los Angeles and Sydney have that in common. I enjoyed this.
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  356. the funny thing about that is that the dome of St Pauls really is a dome unlike the Capitol which isn't.
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  357. Don't know if anyone else has mentioned it but the tall building with gold top is the Eureka Tower. It has an observation deck near the top. The Eureka name comes from the Eureka Stockade which was where miners battled police over the cost of miners rights - they got a small are for the same price as a grazier got thousands of acres.
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  358. This the Phillip island circuit where MotoGP have their race each year. Its a couple of hours drive from Melbourne.
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  359.  @googleaccount4159 I wouldn't have a problem with that as the load is being shared equally between customers.
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  360. When you go on Google maps from Australia it show as Gulf of Mexico but has Gulf of America in brackets underneath.
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  361. are the authorities opening civic buildings that are air conditioned so you can get some relief?
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  362. I notice that people see the EU as Europe when in fact Russia is in Europe too geographically.
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  363. Aluminium is not unusual. Jaguar XK120 and Mercedes 300SL Gullwings had some made from it and other vehicles have used it for the bonnet and the doors.
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  364. When i lived in Shenzhen China I used to drink with a doctor who worked for SOS. He had previously spent five years as an RFDS doctor. he was South African. he said it was a very professional outfit to work for.
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  365. Sounds like it may have a blower too.
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  366. if you think back to the Army ducks that have been used for years then this all that surprising.
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  367.  @greggabel7238  yeah I guess so but we just call them utes.
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  368. Now that you have mastered the hook turn let me introduce you to the "P turn". I think this exists elsewhere but I am not sure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIREzujqOUg
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  369. yes the Coupe never made it to volume production. I think they produced 14 to test the assembly process. I got to drive one on my 21st birthday in 1976 but only a short distance. It was quite OK to drive but not so sure on its exterior looks (didn't mind it but wouldn't rave about it)
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  370. Don't get near a randy male koala - they are a force to be reckoned with.
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  371. he is working with Scania themselves so his import is an evaluation import.
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  372. Not sure you are aware of it but we also has Fairlanes which were long wheel base..
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  373. Ford are stuffed in the head. When we built falcons they were specifically told that they could not design it to be LHD.
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  374. I love the colouration comment. Since when do you 'speak' when you are writing on your keyboard. Americans and English pronounce the word the same way don't they. I would send that American guy to gaol (I refuse to spell it jail!)
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  375. the second one isn't totally sarcastic. They got Canberra right!
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  376. I had a couple of mates with HQ panels vans. One was a 253 with the front modified to look like a Statesman nad the other was a 308 with four wheels discs (not original).
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  377. A coupe referred to the sloping roofline.
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  378. I am not 100% sure but i think this Commodore was near me on Sunday. I assume it had been raced at the historic meeting at Philip island and a near neighbour of mine has a few racing cars and room to store a couple for other people. They took the Commodore off a trailer and drove it in to his place - it sounded glorious. This is a VL Commodore and my nephew owns the VP Commodore that Brock raced.
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  379. its 31C in Melbourne at the moment but the weather bureau have issued a storm warning for up to 100mm of rain tomorrow.
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  380. It is much harder being a passenger as you don't have the steering wheels to brace against.
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  381. Hi Ian do you know what a Porsche GT2RS and GT3RS cost in the USA.
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  382. WTF = Wednesday, Thursday Friday
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  383. The other great spinner was a Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan
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  384. Great reminder for me to replace the vest in my car. I have a Ford Falcon Fairmont wagon and I tow trailers at least a couple of times a year. It would handle a medium sized van provided it wasn't overloaded.the towing hitch also prevents some car park damage!
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  385. at 10:52 there is a no U-turn sign on the post.
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  386. Years ago I used to be responsible for Sales Tax in the company I worked for. I made one mistake that was 4.000 dollars. the auditor said it was not a problem as he could see why the mistake was made and he said I was one of the few who totally understood how to work out Sales tax (most people paid too much)
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  387. You comment at the start is spot-on. Mr Trump is throwing out thought bubbles to stop people addressing the real issues.
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  388.  @borismcfinnigan3430  I wasn't told the name of the buyer - just that he is an Aussie expat.
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  389. I had completely forgotten about the statehood referendum. A lot of Australians probably don't realise that out States have their own constitutions and that the federal one was about how to refer powers to the federation and didn't address individuals at all like the US one does. Our local government is covered by the State constitutions rather than the Federal one.
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  390. Why would you drink water if there is wine to drink?
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  391. Fitting room is where you get fitted at a tailor or perhaps for a bra. If it is off the rack then it is just a change room.
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  392. have you tried the alcoholic ginger beer? I remember being very surprised back in 2008 when I found Bunderberg in a convenience store in Hangzhou China!!
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  393. these features are similar to Australian notes but our side markers are not as obvious also ours are plastic not cotton paper.
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  394. They used to be popular in Australia too but there are only a few available these days (Passats etc) I still run a 1999 Ford Fairmont AU1 Wagon of which there was only 2,200 made as it was the top of the range. i can fit my dining table and chairs in the back, back ing the day ford replaced the wagon with the Territory which was a great alternative. Subaru's website in Australia shows the Forrester, Outback and Crosstrek as SUVs.
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  395.  @DeteCT0R thats good. My ford has 382,000k at the moment but is doing a lot less now that I have stopped working
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  396. My car runs on gas - LPG and petrol. Gasolene is a trade name so its like the Poms calling vacuuming Hoovering.
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  397. looks like a funeral procession!
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  398. We are just heading in to magpie swooping season.
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  399. i spent a couple of weeks in Karratha visiting friends who live there. I think it would have been march and the temp didn't get under 30C at any time during my stay. Just as well i don't have problems sleeping in the heat. Even Melbourne is fairly hot at the moment 35C today and 24C overnight - must be fun for the tennis players!
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  400. the hardest thing to do as a driver is to work out what is happening when you have two or more emergency vehicle sirens happening at the same time. I was teaching a girl from work to drive and we heard a fire truck siren so I told to wait in case there was a second - it was not far behind.
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  401. Well its 38C in Melbourne today so we do have our moments. I just looked and places in the outer Western suburbs like Laverton are 40C.
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  402.  @maureeniustini2219  you should try one then.
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  403.  @IWrocker  yeah I bought the electronic components for the instrument cluster prototypes and lead-ins for the VF and Chev SS. The cluster was roughly based on the Chev Malibu and so it shared a lot of components.
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  404.  @johncunningham4820  I don't think we got the GTE though did we?
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  405. lanslide - local area network slide.
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  406. maybe it is as simple as we don't have child labour so children stay at school.
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  407. I am Australian and i seldom use ice except perhaps when its over 40C.
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  408. I don't like him saying they are right when they aren't
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  409. The surcharge bullshit has tp stop and the most effective way is to use cash only. Then you just pay what you are prepared to pay. Public holiday surcharge is fair enough as they have to pay overtime rates.
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  410. The wall is called a urinal. You stand on the grate so that any bad aim does not need to be mopped up.
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  411. I have a test for Chinese restaurants here in Melbourne Australia - I ask if they have duck tongues. If they do then they are the real deal (and I happen to like them!)
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  412.  @Nianfur  they were specifically instructed to make Falcon so that it couldn't be LHD.
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  413. Only 20C in Melbourne today and will be the same for a couple of days then it will go back to mid 20s and then 37C on Monday. Up and down.
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  414. Winter is not far away. We have cool to cold nights but delightful days in Melbourne this week but a cold front is coming temp toady went from 8 to 18C with no clouds so it was a nice day to take a stroll. I think I did about 3 kilometres today.
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  415. The centre of a divided highway is called a median strip here as far as I am aware.
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  416. CRB may be Country Roads Board and it might have been a plate for a steam roller or other plant equipment.
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  417. My second name is Baird. My mother worked for him before WW2 and the name also has history in my family (and I can't remember where in our history it comes from)
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  418. Kenworths are made by PACCAR in Melbourne suburbs. macks are built in Brisbane suburbs.
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  419. Putting different engines in cars has been going on for years in Australia. My nephew has a Bugatti with a Holden six in it and he has a Bugatti engine for it but he may keep it with the Holden 6 as it is part of its history - it was an Australian GP car.
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  420. I have koalas like the one on the left. he was a big male and he was rutting! i think there are actually three species of koala
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  421. Yes you only go to gaol now but the interesting thing I find is that in law "Cattle" included sheep and pigs. I don't know whether this has ever been changed to use "Livestock" instead.
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  422. Iveco had a factory in Dandenong, where I live. I assume that they imported the chassis and build up from there. the stopped building trucks recently.
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  423. The interesting thing is that now you can buy Starbucks products in the supermarket so you can make your own coffee at home.
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  424. Seat is a Spanish VW brand.
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  425. We had the 3000 including wagon but not the Charger.
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  426. I like the latching system but we don't have it here in Australia. A guy I knew lost his two year old daughter who managed to stick a metal comb handle in to a socket that had been left switched on. Fortunately with RCDs now fitted that is less likely to happen as they are almost instantaneous in cutting the power. our live and neutral are insulated and the earth is longer too.
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  427. My nephew recently sold one of his collection - the VP Commodore that Brock and Cleland ran at Bathurst. there are still a lot of these old racing cars around.
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  428.  @datwistyman  not quite right. In Victoria after twelve months you can drive a manual without further testing
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  429. The show that launched Norman Gunston!
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  430. when i make sausage rolls I put oyster sauce and tomato sauce in the mix.
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  431. Tassie is about 250k from Wilson's Promontory. Bass Strait is about 70metres deep so a tunnel would have to be around 100metres deep.
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  432.  @anthonyj7989  yeah but a RAM1500 gets similar consumption to an AU Falcon
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  433. Loved the bear comment!!!
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  434. I'm old two - I remember pounds as well. My dad was a bank manager when decimal currency came in and they delivered the new currency in armoured vehicles with Army armoured vehicles as escorts.
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  435. That small Moro looks like it has come out of a Cadbury Favourites box.
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  436. XE V8s were either 4.9 or 5.8 litre Clevelands.
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  437.  @AS-np3yq  I am glad we don't have it and I hope we never need one again.
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  438. here is another large load over 600 tons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWJB_VhV6x8
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  439. In Australia we pick our doctors but often rely on their recommendations for surgeons and other professionals.
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  440. Vodafone sponsor the 888 V8 Supercar team and the signage is pretty in your face so i expect that is one place you will have seen it ian.
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  441. Tata are the Indian company that owns Jaguar. That's probably where you have heard of them.
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  442. Great video Ian - I got a few giggles from it. My father had a 1961 Chrylser Royal which was similar to a Plymouth but not an exact copy of an American or Canadian spec. He replaced it with Chrysler VC model Valiant (which he won in a raffle) Again this was not a model that you guys got but our earlier model valiants were the same as yours (except RHD)
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  443. The normal traffic going parallel to the race cars really does show up how small they are.
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  444. there are even differences within Australia - in NSW they have scallops which are made from potato. In Victoria we call them potato cakes to differentiate them from the mollusc.
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  445. the whole censorship by Youtube and Facebook is hard to understand. I recently complained to facebook about a post which said we were getting extra social security when we weren't. I checked with my local MP who confirmed we werent getting this extra payment. facebook would not take the post down even though it was fakenews and deliberately misleading. Of course they don't tell you the reason for their decisions.
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  446. Is it just a very clever move by Arnotts marketing?
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  447. There is a Chrysler on the Murray event on the weekend of the 18 March and an all Ford day at Geelong.
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  448. China uses YYYYMMDD which is how i do it except where the Government want it in DDMMYYYY
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  449. I had a similar reaction when i bought some when I was in China. I liked Chinese chocolate bars.
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  450. If you want some fun about 2CVs then check out Hubnut and his channel. He has one and also has an Australian Ford Falcon Fairmont in Wales.
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  451. Capsicum is the scientific name for it.
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  452. The 48/215 got a modification called FX so not all 48/215s were FXs.
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  453.  @aGyngaGamer  yeah any recipe that uses beef or vegetable stock.
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  454. No as one who has skin cancers this may be out of date info but it did apply and people are paying for it.
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  455. yes they do. In Melbourne they do hospital transit services.
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  456. can you get these in Canada?
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  457. In Australia a lot of houses still don't have AC. My house doesn't and I don't really need it as i don't mind hot weather.
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  458. The one problem with education system is that they teach you what is dictated by Governments. I remember when i went to work in China I had all sorts of expectations that were soon proved to be completely false.
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  459. the map predates Portland (the first settlement in Victoria but does show Western Port Bay. Portland was named in 1800.
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  460. i used (2008) to have an occasional drink with a guy who was setting up Walmarts new stores in China - They are huge stores there too.
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  461. the windows thing is probably because they see their reflection and are pecking at the 'threat'.
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  462. It started as a Alfa-Sud Sprint.
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  463. Every country will have people like this. I have met a few fellow Aussies that would qualify. we have children who go to school but don't want to learn.
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  464. ferral cats usually beat snakes from what i have seen,
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  465. 67grammes of sugar is about 3-1/2 tablespoons of sugar!!! Gulp.
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  466. My nephew owns the No8 Brad Jones VL Commodore in its Coopertools colours.
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  467.  @gavincrispin1436  one corporation? Last time i looked JP Morgan, HSBC , Citigroup and national Nominees held a fair chunk of our banks.
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  468. Interesting fact about Luxembourg - it is the 7th largest foreign investor in Australia (larger than China!) and I bet a lot of Australians would have little idea where it is either.
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  469. Brissy is getting storms often at the moment. It may be a result of the cyclone up North affecting the weather pattern. In Melbourne we have had a few storms.
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  470. A mirror is as likely to get broken as a camera is to fail.
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  471. the UK is strange - they drive in mph but fill their cars with litres.
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  472. the coffee shop in Oxford was where coffee was introduced in to England in 1650. It has moved a couple of times but the business now is a wine bar
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  473.  @isaiahbrown7905  I don't know whether it still applies but I queried whether you could do a u-turn across double white lines in WA and got back a letter from the Minister for Transoprt advising me that it was legal. I hope this has been changed to the same as the rest of the country.
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  474. the $1 and $2 coins replaced notes and are made of different metals. I expect it would have been different if we had introduced them with decimal currency back in 1966.
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  475. there have been roughly 44 million Corollas sold.
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  476.  @optimusmaximus9646  If you are familiar with melbourne then the suburban pubs were often coach stops. The Bush Inn in Malvern Road is one of these even though it is less than 10k from the city.
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  477. an FX ute can go from 20k for one in reasonable condition to 60K in concours condition but it depends on two people wanting the same vehicle or none wanting it!
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  478. That is the car my nephew owns. Considering that none of them are comedians that was pretty funny.
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  479. We are so used to not having a one or two cent coin that some people now want to get rid of 5cents! - I disagree with that though.
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  480. ketchup has more spices than tomato sauce. My new favourite is mayo with wasabi mixed in with it.
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  481.  @darthwiizius  A mate of mine has a 250 Daimler which is a Jaguar Mk2 with different motor and grille.
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  482.  @scraverX  That's Australia wide now. It can be posted on roads with speed limits 80 or lower but is rarely done (I haven't seen one). The thing that confuses some people is the "speed limit over 80" Some people seem to think that it includes 80 but it doesn't. Queensland uses 90 or over which includes 90 but really that is the same thing but written differently.
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  483. i would think that the Chev PPV which came from Australia would be the only overseas car used by US police unless there are some Mexican built ones.
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  484. You are right about trying to hit the stumps (also called wickets). The common ways of getting a wicket (dismissing the batter) is hitting the stumps, getting a fielder to catch a ball that has been hit and carries to the fielder on the full and by catching the batters out of their crease.
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  485. getting rid of the cent makes a hell of difference. Nearly all Aldi items cost ends in a 9 and of course they are rounded up. Think how much they make when you consider how many items they sell in a day.
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  486.  @baird55aus  thinking about it the till is where the money gets put and the register keeps track of what is going in to the till. There were tills before there were cash registers.
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  487.  @chrisbermingham4050  I agree but it if it just flipped over and then immediately taken off I am happy.
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  488.  @BESHYSBEES  Well there are four fish 'n chippers in my area and none cook the pineapple.
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  489.  @PhantomFilmAustralia  I don't use salt when cooking but the paprika sounds fine. Also it depends on the type of pineapple some are much sweeter than others.
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  490.  @PhantomFilmAustralia  It still depends on what breed of pineapple you get. These days I always buy fresh ones and there is a vast difference in colour and sweetness between the varieties. When i lived in China the pineapples grown in the town i lived in were almost too sweet and the one I just finished, which I bought at Dandenong market, was very sweet too but didn't get sweeter when cooked..
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  491. Way too much irony is almost and understatement.
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  492. i think that probably the most widely used Australian invention was the disposable latex glove invented by Ansell. Continuing the medical theme - spray on skin and the heart pacemaker.
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  493. the language difference can be quite important. When i worked in China we had an American, two Englishmen, a New zealander and two Australians and the translator/interpreters had to cope with the differences. Of course we realised that and made sure they were given time to digest what we were saying until they got used it. My Chinese girlfriend once got accused by a Canadian of speaking perfect Australian with a slight American accent.
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  494. the shopping mall near me is hanging on but it certainly more down market than it used to be but that is partly because our area hosts a lot of refugees. i can't remember the last time I went to Chadstone!
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  495. i think if you picked the right area you would get similar results in Melbourne but there are also plenty of areas that would get it right.
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  496. Yeah before it got remodeled the MCG had 121,000 for a Aussie Rules game and 99382 for a soccer game.
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  497. they were sold as 770's not 550's
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  498. i think the Plandemic car may be for a bush bash which is a fund raising drive for charity.
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  499. I like the description 'giving way to circulating traffic'.
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  500. years ago I worked at GAF which assembled the RAAF F/A18A and B aircraft. As a special treat for our staff and our next door neighbour Hawker de Haviland we got the test pilot to fly an F/A18A up to where our factory was in Melbourne and do very tight turns at a low level - just above the level of the west gate bridge which was nearby. Evidently Melbourne Air Traffic Control were not impressed but were told here to go. It was truly remarkable how tight a turn that aircraft could achieve. the staff really appreciated it as they seldom saw the final assembled aircraft flying as final assembly was done at Avalon Airport (which we owned at that time). i was fortunate that my job allowed me to visit avalon reasonably often so i saw them a lot. Avalon host our biggest airshow every second year.
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  501. When i was growing up in country Victoria you could buy a gun or ammo at a department or hardware store. Now it is only specialist gunshops where you can buy them.
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  502. They are all male magpies too. magpies are like bikies - you usually only here about the bad ones! I have a friend who has three maggies that frequent her back yard.
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  503. I wonder what Arab writing would look like on a don't walk sign.
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  504. the power of water is best explained using metric measures. A cubic metre of water weighs 1 tonne (not much different to an Imperial ton). When it is moving it pack a punch.
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  505. Another car that is in a league of its own is the Mercedes-Benz 600
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  506.  @wazzabanzook5028  Like most things that get bought out. Thats why five companies own most of the food brands.
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  507. The whole of Christmas traditions gets me. If Jesus was born in Israel on December 25 then the weather would have been around 20C so why do we insist on snow?
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  508. it would have been a calculated decision. What do we expect to pay in a fine against what revenue will it create.
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  509. Road trips in China can be fun too. I went on one where we spent an hour and a half traveling at 160kph on a brand new expressway.
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  510. I am surprised that people would take videos or photographs in a rest room.
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  511. Interesting fact about China. You have to have intercourse for it to be deemed prostitution ie hand massaging is not against the law.
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  512. Must make an appointment with my doctor! Thanks for reminding me. I think Australia's system is a good compromise from a totally free for everyone to having those who can afford it take out health insurance (after you earn 90K per year). I had a cataract operation that was done in a private hospital but under the auspices of a public hospital so it cost me nothing extra to my annual medicare contribution through tax. i do pay for tablets though they are not horrendously priced. The reason for the strange figures which have both dollars and cents is that they are indexed by CPI so they go up by a percentage that isn't rounded up or down. I wish our system got extended to cover dental.
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  513. the Airforce also had some strips that are called staging posts that have reserves of fuel for emergency situations. not sure if they still do.
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  514. yep the government changed the rules and you do pay for some blood tests but not all.
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  515. In China the Hiace is known as the Jinbai and is made under licence.
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  516. the Buick shown looks the same as the last model Holden Commodore.
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  517. just had a look and there are around 10 bio-luminescent mushrooms
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  518. We are now calling it the Scarred Spangled Banner
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  519. Not the street to live in if you have a wheelchair or mobility scooter!
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  520. It might be handy to have some of these in New South Wales and Queensland at the moment. (thoughts are with those flood affected people)
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  521. i am glad about the invention of plastic surgery. I has a skin cancer on the end of my nose and it was cut out a 1cm skin graft put in. They did a brilliant job and my local doctor had to look really close to see where it was done.
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  522. I would not pick up a bat without wearing leather gloves. They can carry viruses which can be fatal.
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  523. I have always thought of military time as being Greenwich Mean Time as that is what is used in Australia's military.
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  524.  @rattywoof5259  with the size of their military and all the ex servicemen and women I am surprised it is an issue.
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  525.  @dfuher968  yeah its even bigger than A3 but still not huge.
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  526.  @txipiron  Thanks.
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  527. the American theft that sticks in my mind is the weaving machine processes.
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  528.  @MrWo-qj2yh yes I am aware of that but they are selling well in Australia. They have sold 3959 up to the end of March (which is the latest figures i can find)
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  529. I was in China when the UK Woolworths bit the dust. Overnight over 3,000 glass blowers in China were now unemployed.
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  530. In Australia we call the foam 'the head'. I prefer a beer to have a head on it when poured but if it disappears then I don't worry as it often just that the glass wasn't rinsed properly. We even have a brand of beer glass called a Headmaster that has etchings in the bottom of the glass that gives a consistent head. When I lived in China I got used to beer that does not have a large head as most of the beer in China does not form large head , if any head at all! It gets interesting when you are taking beer from a barrel as the dispensing gun and the gas pressure can make a significant difference.
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  531. I remember stopping a 5 year old from picking one up in his bare hands - lucky child!
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  532. The main problem with aluminium is where it meets another metal and you get electrolysis - you have to put a gasket type material between them..
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  533. Seeing you have just had an election where the vice president stood for the presidency then it doesn't surprise me that people do know. Until about six months ago I wouldn't have been able to name the VP without some deep thinking.
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  534. If they are empty do they still need the combustible sign on the back or should that have been closed.
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  535. I think 190cm sounds OK to me..
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  536. They are in it to make coin like all of the dealers are.
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  537. Yeah they are made in Thailand.
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  538. I live in Dandenong Australia and at our last census there were people born in 152 different countries living here (I would think some may have doubled up due to name changes ie Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia may have been treated as two contries)
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  539.  @THEROADSMITH  Well change it to 450SEL with 6.9 but it came out in 1972. It had a top speed of 147mph. the 6.3 was in a 300SEL and had a top speed around 137mph.
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  540.  @skullandcrossbones65  They are pretty well signposted but if you don't look around i guess you could miss them.
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  541. I remember when i was working in China one of my colleagues got an e-mail she couldn't understand. I had a look at it and said it was French and I knew enough French to tell he roughly what it about. Seeing I only did two year of French at school I was pretty pleased with myself when we got it professionally translated I had I had got it right. (On line translations were not really common in 2005 by the way)
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  542. I seem to remember seeing that the LandCruiser will have optional fronts in Australia. I think it will be more like the USA version.
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  543. i think the new one will be better but we will get an indication when the Formula 5000 race about now.
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  544. In Australia we just call it the accelerator.
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  545. the only thing i don't like about roundabouts is that in my State- Victoria pedestrians do not have right of way to cross at them. (not sure if this is an Australia wide rule)
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  546. watching bicycles in China is an experience too. After six months of living there I found it very easy to navigate being a pedestrian.
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  547. Those big trucks have a place but supermarket car parks is not one of them. The one in the video has at least 100kg too much metal.
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  548. I am Australian and I remember years ago being asked why dope was sold by the gram and cost $20. I said it is no accident as an Australian $20 note at the time weighed a fraction over 1 gram so if you had balance scale you would put your purchase on one end and your payment on the other.
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  549. i don't think hailing a bus is common. I have never seen it in Victoria except where the stop covers multiple bus routes and you hail the one you particularly want.
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  550.  @Obi-J if you had vegemite first then you may have said the opposite.
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  551. I've never seen a college cup.
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  552. it rhymes with Farex - which sums it up perfectly in my view (but there are alot owrse around).
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  553.  @Dr_KAP  OK thanks - then why don't more people have kettles too.
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  554. I'm still waiting for the Texas wildlife video as everything is bigger in Texas.
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  555. the Diplomat was a DeSoto. Are you now Dodgy!
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  556.  @RoryNettleton  Well I am just shy of 70 and a ute is made from a sedan and the tray area is not separate from the cab (ute is just short for coupe utility) - if it is separate then it is a pick up truck = BA falcons are technically not a ute but as I suggested the young people don't know.
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  557.  @Guvament_bs  Those terms are both American terms for their pick up trucks you can add step side to it too,
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  558. @ yep plenty of people get it wrong but I suppose now that no one actually makes a ute it is less of an issue.
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  559.  @Guvament_bs  None but the Americans had them in Ford F150 and Chev C10 and I have seen a few of them around .
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  560.  @RoryNettleton  which is still wrong - that is my point, but as we don't make utes anymore I guess it matters less.
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  561. Australia has a store called Boating,Camping Fishing or BCF and their ad revolve around having BCF'n fun. A friend from England laughed when he saw the first one and said you would never get that on UK TV which surprised me considering the swearing we see on UK sourced TV programmes.
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  562.  @bestof8099  "Thanks China" They have done nothing other than react to the threats the USA offers to them.
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  563. To give you an idea of what can be on Aussie roads https://www.nhvr.gov.au/files/201707-0577-common-heavy-freight-vehicles-combinations.pdf
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  564. It appears there was a cock up in an upgrade at a third party company,
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  565. JAC is another Chinese brand.
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  566. Just looked at the 1966 50 cent. It is worth just under $20!
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  567.  @jimlofts5433  I think the Poms own sausage rolls but really meat wrapped up in a pastry like substance goes back to early Greek times.
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  568. i can remember when the BA Falcon was being introduced. I was working on buying the parts for the pcb in the instrument cluster. Our engineer went to Ford at the Youyangs to do some tweaking to the software and got to both drive a barra turbo and be a passenger. His normal ride was a BMW1200 bike. He came back and said it was the first time he had been shocked at the speed of a vehicle. Ford realised they had to 'wind back' the turbo Barra as it was both faster and quicker than the V8 version (non turbo). and ford being ford couldn't have an i6 being faster than their V8.
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  569. The 50.7C was repeated in 2022.
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  570. Even some cities in China have lots of open spaces. Where I lived in Zhuhai it was policy to have 28.8 sq metres per person. Doesn't sound much until you multiply it by 2million people then it adds up.
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  571. Even after 50 years some clothing is still sized in imperial. I went to buy a pair of jeans the other day and I had to work out what my size might be in inches before I picked one to try on.
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  572. the only time I remember being in a pizza hut was in Baotou China!
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  573. and whether you have daylight saving or not.
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  574. One of my nephews has a new range Rover and it has a problem and the dealer has found the only stock of the spare is in China (and they only have one). It is being airfreighted to Australia.
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  575. I like your random thoughts - they are sensible questions!
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  576. I loved it when I lived in China as I was not much bigger than a Northern Chinese so sizing was no problem and things were very cheap.
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  577. Yes prawns and shrimps are different.
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  578. I think some are not sure of the VPs name as Kahmala is similar too Camilla (Queen ) and being a foreign language I would give them a pass for either.
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  579. I am surprised that the heat from Burning Mountain hasn't been harnessed in some way to produce electricity
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  580. In Australia seat belts were introduced by State so Victoria led the way in 1964
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  581. The Gulf of America is that large body of hot air between Mr Trump's ears.
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  582. the Rover 800 was sold in the US but it had a different name - i think it was called a Sterling.
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  583. I lived in China for over four years and it took me ages to get used to East and West.
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  584. the main users of route numbers are freight (either trucks or buses). For most people it makes no difference. i can't see any particular reason for any urgent action. We do have toll roads and they can be expensive depending on your vehicle. On Melbournes Eastlink a falcon ute is more expensive that a Commodore ute because the cab is separate.
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  585. Evidently a Bobcat is a specific type of Lynx-also called a Red Lynx. I have learned something today!
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  586. I have tried to buy Fosters lately and haven't been able to find any.
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  587. When i was at school we had an allegiance to the Queen and country. I think we may have grown up since then.
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  588. Canberra has over 220 of them and 431,000 people.
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  589. I have had kangaroos around a couple of times whilst playing golf and they are inquisitive but you just hit over them. Like any wild animal you have to judge them as you see them. A big buck defending a group would be a good reason for a hasty withdrawal.
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  590. I might have some hope with Victorian LGAs but I would have no idea of them in other States.
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  591. Bum bags - In Australia only half the population sits on their fanny. (We are the same as the UK on this).
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  592. lockout laws no longer apply in Sydney but if violence starts happening they could get re-introduced.
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  593. They will have either converted it using a G8 or an SS. They didn't build utes in LHD tp my knowledge. We certainly didn't allow for any when the clusters were produced.
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  594. I thought your logo made you a four star general!
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  595.  @RealLoki  Nope it is methanol unless the temperature is low and they mix unleaded with methanol.
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  596. its not just Queensland. The North of new South Wales has also copped it badly. It has also affected wildlife a lot - I have even seen a photo of a platypus that was struggling. We have a guy who does some design work for us and he lives in Queensland. He got 1000mm of rain in 4-1/2 days. that is a metre! Still if you gave me a choice between this and the events in the Ukraine I would take this!
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  597. I love lamb but i think that the taste of cold lamb fat might put some people off. the best friends of lamb are rosemary and garlic during cooking and mint sauce after cooking. I actually prefer older sheep - two tooth is the best but even slow cooked mutton is delicious.
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  598. this one that went past within 250metres of my place. It was bloody huge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR-eHcVT6w8
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  599.  @emceeboogieboots1608  then you would get thousands and millions!
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  600. Ian - you nailed it with your comment about the grip being important. Shane had different grips for different types of deliveries. It was obviously hard for batters to pick what he was about to bowl.
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  601.  @Batfink11 I had fried crickets and scorpions in Beijing. They were OK. Didn't get offered spiders live or cooked.
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  602.  @Batfink11 thanks for that. Poor tarantula.
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  603.  @raymondsvensson4667  I just looked at the Toyota US website and the Prado is missing in action. They have Tacoma and Tundra pick ups and a new 4Runner expected.
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  604. i got a lot of them but not all. I did know DC though. I am Australian.
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  605. A Durometer measures the hardness of plastic or rubber items. Small value is softer.
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  606. I buy a type of apple called a Rockit which was developed in NZ and it is a 'snack size' apple to encourage children to eat them as it is more their size.
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  607. Did you get a lot of "Hello Ians" on halloween?
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  608.  @southaussiegarbo2054  there has been an exemption for changing fuses and light bulbs for years. It also states in the law that inserting and withdrawing a plug is exempt (I posted an extract from the law in a previous answer)
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  609. Mexican Embassy employee perhaps?
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  610. We have another large load coming up this weekend. A generator from LoyYang power station is going to the docks so it can go to Germany for servicing. It is 615 tonne 6 metres wide and 125 metres long.
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  611. without hill start assist you just use the handbrake.
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  612. i thought it was so they could drive Army trucks!!!
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  613. Blame the chicken tax!
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  614. I can't stand the smell of Maccas burgers. I have eaten other things from them though.
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  615. You need to know the exchange rate to your currency.
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  616. Coolant also stops some build up of scale etc.
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  617. Well hamburgers don't have ham so what is the problem.
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  618. i used to have a friend who came from Barbados and if you called him Afro-American toy better be [prepared to duck. he absolutely hated that description seeing he was West Indian.
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  619. yeah TAA finished in 1992.
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  620. pizza sizes change from outlet to outlet. A MEDIUM size pizza at Pizza Hut is the same size as a SMALL size pizza at La Porchetta and an EXTRA LARGE pizza at Domino’s Pizza is the same size as a LARGE pizza at Johnny Boys.
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  621.  @ray73864  Wesfarmers sold out of Coles.
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  622. is it ground clearance or water depth clearance?
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  623. The biggest problem is marketing have decided that wagons are no longer flavour of the month and doing everything to reinforce that view.
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  624. Chinese water towers look like giant golf tees! They are mainly in factories there in case of fires.
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  625. GWM stands for Great Wall Motors and surprise surprise it is a Chinese brand. They also make Haval vehicles too which are becoming more popular.
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  626. I think that the Chev HHR truck reminds me of an FJ ute.
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  627. The current flag of the Australian Capital Territory was officially adopted by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 1993.
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  628. the crank is also handy if you want to adjust the engine to top dead centre or even if you just want to move the car a small amount - take of coil connection, put it in first gear or reverse and wind it using the crank.
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