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New records set

Highest temperatures in years, highest 10 year averages, sea ice thinning and first ships through the NW passage.

UK think group states that 4 deg C temp rise are well ahead of their previous predictions and they may well be the norm by 2060 instead of 2100

I guess we have the politicians we deserve [...]

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China spammers try hard

Last couple of days I have had over 50 new subscribers sign up, they all come from domains ending in cn and have random names that make no sense.

Have now tried an IP deny range to see if that makes any difference.

The Board is Back !

A restore has been done, a few days are missing but given the overall trauma of this event that is fine.

Geoff

Of course …

There is always Rambles as a quality (of sorts) backup? Always after good contibutors? Got a story or some expertise? Use RAMBLES

The Board is dead ?

Long live the Board, no point going there just yet as it is in a state of non going. Restore will breath new life into it as well as bring back some quality.

How to kill a pollak 6 port fuel valve (3)

Don’t destroy your pollak using dirty vegetale oil [...]

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Global roaming SIM card a great hit

Global roaming SIM card a great hit.

We have been handling these SIm cards for a while now, the biggest selling point is that you can receive calls for free in over 65 countries and receive calls with some conditions in over 160 countries.

Check them out

www.worldsim.com

Then come back to Telepoint to buy [...]

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How to kill a pollak 6 port fuel valve (2)

I posted yesterday how a pollak can be destroyed by a lower than rated voltage in your vehicle.

The Pollak switching requires a full 12 volts to drive the valve into the completed contact position to prevent a partial contact which can cause the switch to burn out.

While a strong unit, it is preferable [...]

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How to kill a pollak 6 port fuel valve (1)

Pollak fuel valves are a very effective and strong fuel valve for vehicles with 2 tanks systems.

It is a popular item for people who run their vehicles on straight vegetable oil SVO or WVO or UCO.

Such a valve reduces the purge time for the system and reduces excessive mixing of the fuel types, [...]

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ABC pushes to make online content free

The ABC has called on the federal government to pass laws to enable consumers to view publicly-funded content for no charge on the national broadband network (NBN).

The Australian reports that ABC managing director Mark Scott has said that as the government is funding much of the rollout of the national broadband network, that carriage [...]

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TVs Blog and DVD info

Well worth a look at this blog -

http://www.tvseriesgalore.com/blog/index.php

Check out the blog and then ahve a look at what he has available

http://www.tvseriesgalore.com/

Glad that is over…………

After a bit of playing and a re install the errors that suddenly appeared on this blog have gone.

It seems it is a reasonably common wordpress issue that has not be fully explained or resolved (or at least any that I could find)

code is poetry ?

the joy of being alive?

A Saturday is the start of a new week. Hang in there and all is good.

World Rally Championships Northern NSW

The protestors to this event had a valid claim in that there is really concern about the changing or writing of new legislation to allow the running of the event through National Park.

The furphies about breeding and danger to some animals may have some merit, but even blind freddy can see that this impact [...]

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current special 20 plate fphe

only a few days left for this special @69 be quick

Telstra expands Twitter presence

Telstra is expanding its presence on Twitter after the telco managed to recover its profile from a cybersquatter.

The company’s social media team has been running a Twitter profile for its internet BigPond service for some time, answering queries, promoting offers and interceding on behalf of unhappy customers who tweet about it.   

The same service has [...]

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