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  1. Re: I've been watching a documentary on the Dark Ages

    ^ I see from the credits it's a "Patrice Pooyard Production".
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    Re: Strangest pizza ever?

    Durian, like Bombay Duck are an acquired taste but both are sublime. Andrew might have something to add on the matter.
  3. Thread: Fallow Deer

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    Re: Fallow Deer

    Looks like a real bitch slap to me.:D
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    Re: Woodenboat Forum attire?

    ^ I mean lounging attire, my old yard workwear would disgust even a whole chapter of the HA.
  5. Re: Products that didn't sell and some that don't advertise much

    AKA "Cockie's Joy". (it's an Oz thing)

    For me it's Cornwalls Malt Extract on toasted crumpet.
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    Re: Woodenboat Forum attire?

    Summer means a banana hammock
    Autumn a pair of cargo shorts and a T
    Winter a pair of cargo shorts, a T, some greenyfleece and neoprene sailing boots
    Spring is any combination of the above
  7. Thread: Fallow Deer

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    Re: Fallow Deer

    Beware, fallow (Fealwe? in Celt) can be very aggressive during the rut. BTW the Romans imported then from the ME to Britain. There are a number of sub species and taxonomy is divided if those are...
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    Re: Oz Politics... the resurrection

    Button's industry review was his magnum opus. Pity they wimped it.
  9. Re: Products that didn't sell and some that don't advertise much

    Whiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnny.
  10. Thread: Piss Jugs

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    Re: Piss Jugs

    In polite society they're known as beakers.
  11. Thread: Dogless

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    Re: Dogless

    A good innings for her.
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    Re: SILVER HEELS in FRANCE !

    Ca Va?

    Rapelapente,

    The initial soundtrack, Jean-Luc Ponty perhaps?

    We will be in the region mid August (Sanary, Cassis etc). Thoughts on who and where to meet?

    A bientot
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    Re: Terror attack in London

    ^ Mine was but an explanation of perceived motivation and ideology. No more, no less.
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    Re: Can someone please explain Wagner to me?

    Obviously.
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    Re: That was weatherly.

    ^ try a post op S. aureus infecting meninges and the post op craniotomy bone flap. BTW the flap of abt large orange size was thrown away. Usually a mortality rate of 48% for aureaus.

    Meh.
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    Re: Terror attack in London

    Think it through fellahin. Nigeria Biafran conflict circa 64 over economic and social issues thus colonial mercenary intervention, northern border issues, conflictive religious issues and economics,...
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    Re: Can someone please explain Wagner to me?

    Zo Herren hunds Bach und Offenbach were giving a Haydn to Debussy nein?
  18. Re: I've been watching a documentary on the Dark Ages

    Looks like an antiquarian gay bar to me...
  19. Re: We bought hundreds of Night Crawlers, and set them FREE!

    If I wore snapping turtle slippers I'd be worried.

    Now for snapping turtle other bits I'd defer to "Candy" for advice...
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    Re: So you think you're tough

    boring as batcarp.
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    Re: Bob Irving, Port Orchard, WA

    Oh dear, but why the rabbeted faux planking lines?

    You want grp, then get grp.
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    Re: Strangest pizza ever?

    I love durian but there are many restaurants in Oz that refuse to serve it in case of offending the farang/ Gwai Lo.

    Truly a sublime fruit especially as a semifreddo coconut ice dessert
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    Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

    No doubt as we were all in the very buff. BTW we did a week's Halvo 36 footer hire abt 97 with a Canadian national (Oesterreich born). I chased a lizard up a tree and told Matthias "now for some real...
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    Re: Can someone please explain Wagner to me?

    ^All that adolescent Sturm und Drang eh?
  25. Thread: Giro d' Italia

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    Re: Giro d' Italia

    Up the Stelvio Pass?
  26. Re: What does the political and constitutional future hold for the British Isles?

    Devolution of such a small geographic area means you lose economies of scale and gain duplication of services thus disadvantaging all.
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    Re: Do you wear a watch?

    Do you mean Crouton, the baker's model?
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    Re: Terror attack in London

    post colonial angst?
  29. Re: I found something that will solve Paul’s boredom

    I prefer Ken Nordine.
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    Re: Oz Politics... the resurrection

    Meanwhile Ford is shutting up shop (design and manufacturing) in 2016. On ABC now.
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    Re: Oz Politics... the resurrection

    Both sides are very quiet on implementing the Henry tax reforms in full, moreso Hockey at yesterday's National Press Club lunch.
  32. Re: Can anyone in US help re sourcing Brno Match sights?

    Older BRNOs were threaded for a moderator (only once legal in South Oz) but these appear to be 1. a target front sight 2. a standard front sight attached to a free bored and threaded barrel end. QD...
  33. Thread: Michele Bachman

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    Re: Michele Bachman

    Obviously not a moorsoleum.
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    Re: Can someone please explain Wagner to me?

    ^ Correct, Mallory it was.
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    Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

    Very nice. BTW I recommend stopping off at Gunyah Beach. Lots to be seen including some very large goannas.
  36. Re: What does the political and constitutional future hold for the British Isles?

    ^So when do the "United States" fragment into economically viable (or not so) zones?
  37. Thread: Roundup Tofu

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    Re: Roundup Tofu

    FWIW I did a gig at a UNESCO (WIPO) talkfest on TK/IK some time back. There are remedies in using heritage seeds but the big end of town is being a collective pain.
  38. Thread: Michele Bachman

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    Re: Michele Bachman

    Quite. BTW do the remnants of the Lincoln Brigade know about this?
  39. Thread: Roundup Tofu

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    Re: Roundup Tofu

    ^Rob,
    You have nailed it precisely, moreover that GM seeds have a once only useage, combine with neighbouring crops and bind the primary producers into economic serfdom.
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    Re: For P. I., Will Cameron loose his job?

    ^" Easy solutions" sounds familiar eh?
  41. Re: I've been watching a documentary on the Dark Ages

    ^In my day at the NSW Heritage Office we referred to them as the Friday fruit loops; either that their meds had run out or the new ones were over strength. (the ley lines from Stonehenge to Uluru...
  42. Thread: Michele Bachman

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    Re: Michele Bachman

    So who are the mensch of Minnkota or do they troll silently?

    Enquiring minds y'know.
  43. Thread: Mud

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    Re: Mud

    Do a U tube for comedic relief.
  44. Re: I've been watching a documentary on the Dark Ages

    ^ Touche mon ami...
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    Re: Do you wear a watch?

    ^ serious bling. BTW for the ideologically sound folk it's Timex "Ironperson".
  46. Thread: Mud

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    Re: Mud

    Do Flanders and Swan know about this?
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    Re: Do you wear a watch?

    ^I agree mate. I do a lot of work outdoors as you know, always could know what was happening. BTW was talking about them other furriners that live in those parts. Off to there in August, only the...
  48. Thread: Tornados

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    Re: Tornados

    A shocking toll!
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    Re: For P. I., Will Cameron loose his job?

    Are you thinking of the Mitfords and Bloomsbury Set?
  50. Thread: Michele Bachman

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    Re: Michele Bachman

    This is the best thread ever. There's a Ph. D in sociology in it!
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