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    Supermarkets and Covid-19

    Supermarkets in Australia have definitely benefited in this, but some of have actually done a great deal of service and quite a lot to help people. So I work at Woolworths in the leafy inner-east Melbourne and in Australia, about a month ago when all the panic buying started it was like...
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    BT Tower. Why is it still closed to the public?

    I guess upgrade expenses are inevitable and would have to be carried out, an expense that would only need to be done once and then maintained there after. The communications equipment, I don't think BT Tower is any different to Tokyo Tower, or the Eiffel Tower that also have commuications...
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    Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

    Happy Guy Fawkes Day!
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    BT Tower. Why is it still closed to the public?

    G'day everyone, I use BT Tower as a point of reference for when I go walkabout and now that it's relatively close to work it made me wonder about going to it and sussing it out. I get there to see a well established sign saying its closed to the public, in several languages. Wondering why on...
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    2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

    Has anyone being following the Commonwealth Games at all? Whole time I've been here I haven't seen or heard anything about it? Back home, it's quite the opposite.
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    World War Three

    I'm not expecting it to rain missiles any time soon, or a nuclear winter either.
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    Uxbridge English Dictionary

    :lol: I don't get it. :s Sycophant: To sink an Elephant.
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    The UK attitude to firearms

    I have fired a gun, seen a gun and held a gun. While Australia does have very tough gun ownership laws, it only took one mass shooting (Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1996) here for the Government to act swiftly and implement a range of new ownership laws, buy back schemes, amnesties and rigorous...
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    Trivia: Names or shortened forms of names which don't give away your gender

    As far as pronunciation is concerned: Billy and Billie. Gene and Jean. Michele and Michelle. Joe and Jo. Peter and Peta. Bobby and Bobbi. Nick and Nic.
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    Abandoned Eurostar Train

    After the inauguration of the high-speed line and the Channel Tunnel, the Eurostar TMST number 3018 today has been abandoned since 2014 to make room for the new models. - Overview of the "NOL" driver's cab. - 13 cars with 2 wagon-bars. - More seats and machines left on the spot. Some...
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    LED lighting concerns

    Interesting discussion. I have found that here in Melbourne, when they replaced the old destination blinds in trams with LED desto's, they are much harder to read from a distance. the same goes for LED destos on trains and to an extent on buses, but mainly trams are the hardest to read. LED...
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    Season of Lent & religion

    I usually give up things like fast food, chocolate, alcohol that sort of thing. I think its nice to have a sort of detox period each year. :)
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    2018 New Years resolutions

    I started a new years resolution Jan 1st 2013 to not eat Maccas, Burger King, KFC etc and I'm still going. This year I plan to be more productive, eat better and get out more among other things.
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    Happy New Year!! All the best for 2018!

    Happy New Year!! All the best for 2018!

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