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A place to discuss politics and things related to Govts
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by Karearea View the latest post Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:48 pm
Agony Aunt
By Popular Request - Modded by the Girls of Ops-Normal.
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by OFSO View the latest post Sun Oct 30, 2022 7:35 pm
Ops-normal Projects & Bashes
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by Woody View the latest post Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:40 pm
Where Are They Now
Lost forever.
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by Hydromet View the latest post Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:09 am
We Band of Brothers
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers who have taken the Oath, worn the uniform & even loitered in harm's way occasionally.
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Birthdays

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Congrats to Pinky! :ymparty:
How do/did you celebrate?

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Thank you for all the Happies, much appreciated..
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Photos of Everybody

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What would Jet Blast be without photos.

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Here's one taken the day that Dushan was inducted into the Right Wing...

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Sadly life is too short. If someone wants a specific smiley send me the image and I'll see what I can do.
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HM Queen Elizabeth

Last post by llondel « Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:25 am
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At this time, with our Queen probably breathing her last few breaths on this Earth, do you REALLY think that now is the time to continue being rude...

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Imagine Tony Bliar as President!
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On the plus side, it appears he wanted to exile Wimbledon football club to Belfast.
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Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:25 am
Absent Friends

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Alison - I thought this would be a suitable place to keep absent friends' memories alive - somewhere we could visit to just, well, remember. You may...

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Why are my ears hot and why has this resurfaced now?

Having survived the Kerry experience I have left O-N in the capable hands of my ‘cruise...
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The SICK Joke Thread

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by admin2 » Sat Aug 12, 2023 4:47 pm

This now resides in the 'Members only' section, 'General members only stuff'.

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Well it happened.

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For many of our UK residents and ex-pats BREXIT is probably one of the most momentous events to have taken place in decades. I suspect there will be...

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IIRC in the USA the most highly recommended treatment for COVID was a bleach enema.

The nations of Niue has a population of about 1,650, do you...
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Rules for this forum

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This is how it is to be for now in this forum:

All members signed up and agreed to the following when they joined:

“You agree not to post any...

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The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

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I am currently lying in hospital (planned) awaiting 3:30 tomorrow ...

Best wishes, G-CPTN, hope all goes well.

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I haven't talked to the...
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Australia

Last post by Karearea « Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:48 pm
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Guardian: Sydney stabbing: seven people dead, including attacker shot by police at Bondi Junction shopping centre

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Seriously? Is that the kind of totalitarianism Australia has become? Wow!!

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Guardian: eSafety...

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Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:48 pm
A grave mistake

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:33 pm
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No doubt a harsh etaliation is in store for Hamas.....

Yom Kippur stared Oct 6th 1973, todays festivities 7th Oct 2023....Hamas will have a lot of...

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There appears to be an awful lot of secret intra-governmental horse-trading and blunt threats going on behind the scenes.

The United States...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:33 pm
It has been a wet April!

Last post by Woody « Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:59 pm
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by John Hill » Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:44 am

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We have had a bit of rain this month in NZ!

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They’ve had some in DXB today as well :ymdevil:

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Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:59 pm
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Uschi Van Der Leyen, shiny new non-pisshead (yet) president of the EU Commission, is reported at being horrified at EU Member States proposals for...

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BBC News - National Conservatism Conference: Police told to shut down right-wing Brussels event

So much for freedom of speech.
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Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:01 pm
Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

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Electric Cars II - Not Silly!

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:40 am
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Hertz to buy up to 65,000 electric cars from Polestar

Swedish electric car maker Polestar is selling up to 65,000 electric vehicles to Hertz...

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Jaguar is quietly retiring it's I-Pace, very soon..
..of course that's completely unconnected to the unexplained full throttle accidents.

It's...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:40 am
Friday Jokes

Last post by ricardian « Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:30 pm
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To kick off, here's one that had 'em rolling in the aisles (although I admit it was my Kindergarten aisles.)

There were four skunks: daddy skunk,...

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Cats have a long history of annoying the human race
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Last post by ricardian
Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:30 pm
The Great Economic Reset

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:18 pm
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
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Migrants

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The Spanish government has announced it is sendng warships to collect the 500 Africans from the two charity-funded rescue boats currently moored off...

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Ooh err, missus! From 'The Times'

Britain has entered talks to replicate the Rwanda migrant deportation scheme with Armenia, Ivory Coast, Costa...
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Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:53 am
Cruising SH1 in New Zealand

Last post by Karearea « Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:44 am
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by John Hill » Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:03 am

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A nice run out in the fine weather

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^ South Canterbury: from Arowhenua Station Road, then from around 10:00 north on the main highway.

The river at around 20:00 is the Opihi River just...

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Last post by Karearea
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:44 am
My first car

Last post by ExSp33db1rd « Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:31 am
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A recent survey suggests that the first car you owned is as memorable as your first kiss.
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On moving to NZ initially bought a cheap car advertised privately. On the test drive all seemed well except that something didn't seem right ? I...
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Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:31 am
The Capetonian WOE Thread

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:55 am
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The continuation of The Smokin' Hot Where On Earth Thread Mk III .

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Didn't look...just a guess thanks to the clue.
OH as I have nothing ready.

PP
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Baltimore bridge collapse

Last post by probes « Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:26 am
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by probes » Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:11 am
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Gosh. Should a massive bridge collapse like that?? - I mean, they're supposed to be more robust?
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The scale of these huge things, compared to eachother, is somewhat incomprehensible. Well, for me at least :) .
Baltimore bridge cleanup seen from...
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Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:26 am
What Song Is Your Current Soundtrack?

Last post by Karearea « Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:50 am
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Often, the day starts with a song in our head or the events will suddenly cue up music that seems the perfect soundtrack. Share yours here.

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As heard in The Avengers , Series 3, episode 24, 'Concerto' -

Chopin - Polonaise, Op. 53 (Evgeny Kissin)
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Last post by Karearea
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:50 am
New Zealand

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Man shot dead as police respond to west Auckland Countdown attack

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Prime Minister says Auckland knife terrorist was violent...

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A key rail connection being severed by a washed away pier is another warning shot investment is needed in South Island infrastructure, Ashburton...
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Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:46 am
Departed During 2024

Last post by Hydromet « Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:09 am
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First one in for this year, it seems. Niklaus Wirth compiled his last on 1st January.

Known for his work on various programming languages.

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I thought it was that men died WITH prostate cancer rather than because of it.

Only if it's detected early enough.
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Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:09 am
Trivia Question of the Day

Last post by Opsboi « Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:52 am
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I thought I'd start this topic as I'm sure all of us stumble across interesting 'trivia' as we peruse the media or indeed our own brains.

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Ooops, sorry
Which “poor man’s Sherlock Holmes” drove a bulletproof Rolls-Royce named “The Grey Panther”?
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