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In 1932 Henry Ford made the last 'Lizzie". The following year, I think, he made a lady out of Lizzie by getting rid of the canvas top and detachable side curtains and put wind up windows into an all steel body. My first car was a 'Lizzie', not an 'A Model' , but a 'B' Model. It had four cylinders and an up
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In the 50's motor bikes were the favoured mode of transport. Big ones with 500cc motors at least. Money was, of course, a serious problem. I didn't have any. However that was only a temporary hurdle which was soon jumped. I was offered a 500cc single cylinder Royal Enfield motor bike for the princely sum of t
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As I get closer to my grave I think often of other times in other places. Memory being what it is, I remember the good times best, not the misery and heartbreak that happened along the way. And so it is that we all have the 'Good old days'. As a child I remember the freedom I took for granted and
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The whole world knows of the bushfires in Victoria [Australia ] but how many know of the massive flooding in Queensland ? [also Australia ] 62% of the state is affected by flooding. Growers of sugar cane, bananas, and table vegetables are suffering as much as the farmers, cattle and sheep producers in Q
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Agriculture ... horticulture ... farming generally. In Australia, as in any country, the farmer depends on the weather for the success of his enterprise. Even those who have the benefit of irrigation still depend on rain being there to fill the storage dams and reservoirs. All farmby rbruce on Apr 6 2:58 AM, In Climate change, Life, My own personal thoughts. 800 words. → 2 comments, Add one?
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A slight change in my focus has occurred. Nothing major, just a venture into the realms of fiction. Most of my stuff is real life or based on real life. This is different. What a bummer, I have to make up my characters, their habits, mannerisms and physique; then make them act real and sound real when I r
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I write poetry, reasonably well with rhyme and rhythm; I need to change and expand. I know that. Doing it is another matter. I also write stories, not great but readable. Both types of writing are from life or nature. Where do I go from here and how do I go about getting there ? Questions I can't answer at
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It's february, 2009, NSW, Australia. The bushfire season is on us with a vengence this year. Although we are not near any fires our horizons are hazy with smoke. We watch, we wait, we worry. Will we get one here? Never far from my mind is the fact that it only takes a lightning strike, or some brainless idio
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