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10th May 2024, 04:25 PM
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Re: Birkenhead Vittoria dock
#10 Blossoms comes to mind. I’ve been thrown out of better establishments than that.
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11th May 2024, 12:52 AM
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#7 Her husband John having big investments and big interests in the oil industry would be very well aware more so than the average person. They were big friends of the now deceased Dr. ……… Owner and managing director of Occidental and the Piper Alpha , so no doubt she was very well aware of the proceedings and the liability’s there also. However I voted 3 times for her , just because she was better than the alternative on offer at those times. Cheers JS.
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11th May 2024, 01:11 AM
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The problem today is that govt's are stacked with people who are only interested in making as much money as they can in a short time, most politicians should be put in a cage with a gorilla to give them a short time. An example is our Pm who was spouting about the world coming to an end if we didn't end fossil fuels, now that he is in charge he has now endorsed a massive gas exploitation of Australia to sell overseas, tying to convince people its their savior. He is not long back from the Pacific Islands where he was telling the people there that Australia was doing everything it can to avoid rising seas Du.
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11th May 2024, 01:19 AM
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Perhaps the next porky he comes out with Des , as an excuse for such is that the holes left by the gas will fill with sea water and hence lower the sea levels ? There will be gullible people at his own level , who may even believe this . Only hope the islanders in the Pacific don’t. JS.
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11th May 2024, 05:00 AM
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It has been well established now that sea levels are not rising to that level, rather many of the small islands are in fact sinking.
One company has told the gov if we do not expand our own onshore gas supply we will need to import it??????????
Here in Victoria we sit on some of the nations biggest gas fields, but the state premier will not allow them to be used!!!!!!!!!
The problem is not the gas, or the industry, the problem is the polis.
Most are about as useful as a one armed wall paper hanger with crabs.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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11th May 2024, 07:59 AM
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That would be a sight to see , trying to stick a length of wallpaper and attend to an itch at the same time. JS
#13 As for Des’s putting in a cage with a gorilla for a short time sounds feasible , but make the gorilla the opposite sex to the captive and make it an all nighter. . Cheers JS
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