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Old 09-24-2010, 07:48 AM   #1531
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Merc, is this connected to what happened to the Brady bunch with that Tiki thing?
Yea, that.
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Old 09-24-2010, 08:28 AM   #1532
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I know you wouldn't, I was practicing my sarcasm.
Mebbe you should ask SN where he hid it.
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Old 09-24-2010, 05:44 PM   #1533
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Spexx, I'm scared by Peter Garret's dancing. He's now a (junior) federal minister, despite having been in charge of the most bungled of our stimulus projects.
I was talking to someone who works for the state gov., but in that industry (i.e. environmental engineer putting together policy and projects for encouraging the masses to use their electricity more wisely). His take on it was that the insulation industry are basically cowboys and always have been and that this is well known and the scheme basically gave them carta blanche to do whatever they felt like.

Now, this one I'm not sure about, but I thought I also heard that there were concerns prior to the whole thing blowing up (i.e. people dying when installing insulation) and Peter Garrett flagged them and was shouted down. In short, this last paragraph basically ends up being political gossip, so until we've verified the truth of it, no constructive comment can really be made.

On a personal level, I wonder for Peter Garrett if it would have been better to gracefully retire from the role he had as frontman of Midnight Oil - the music was just a sideline really, from what I can see, it was getting their message out that was the most important thing for them-and perhaps go and work for an NGO, rather than become involved in government. As much as I agree with Zen on this point, I hope that people do remember Peter Garrett for more than the insulation bungle because Midnight Oil were hugely influential in bringing issues like Aboriginal Land Rights into the public consciousness in a way that a talk fest never could have done.
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Old 09-24-2010, 05:51 PM   #1534
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Hmmm ... was planning to split the drive in Coober Pedy, it is about half way. It's 1578 km to Uluru and 847 to CP. Motel in town on a Friday evening, maybe visit a pub or two ...
Bit of nostalgia here-I think my earliest memory is the Coober Pedy drive-in (that, a purple valiant and a round 1970s caravan somewhere in the desert around CP)

I haven't been to Coober Pedy since 1998, but last time I was there, there were postcards available depicting a reminder to miners against having explosives in their boots (translation: trunk) when at the drive-in.
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Old 09-26-2010, 05:37 AM   #1535
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Hmmm ... was planning to split the drive in Coober Pedy, it is about half way. It's 1578 km to Uluru and 847 to CP. Motel in town on a Friday evening, maybe visit a pub or two ...
I did that on the way up, Zen. Scariest fucking night of my life with 2 little kids!!!!

On the way back, drove straight through from Uluru to Port Augusta...no way I was staying there again and yes, Casi, we stayed in a dug out.

Still a shit hole!!
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Old 09-26-2010, 08:27 AM   #1536
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Still a shit hole!!
That's my opinion of Port Augusta!

BTW Zen, have a great trip. Will look forward to the pics when you get back (with native fauna-not invisible unless you wish to call on my superior wildlife identification skills. Speaking of which, on my way back down from the foothills this evening, I saw a dead kangaroo. This is nothing unusual, except it was on the side of a road in what is pretty much a suburban area ).

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Old 09-26-2010, 08:50 AM   #1537
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Old 09-28-2010, 12:43 AM   #1538
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Been three weeks for SamIam, hope she isn't having trouble with her meds again.
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Old 09-29-2010, 08:13 AM   #1539
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I was wondering about where she was as well.
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Old 09-29-2010, 08:20 AM   #1540
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I just booked a room in Coober Pedy.
The only information they took was my given name.
This is for a dorm room 6 metres underground, mind.
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Old 09-29-2010, 08:21 AM   #1541
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I just booked a room in Coober Pedy.
The only information they took was my given name.
That was Suzette?
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Old 09-29-2010, 08:46 AM   #1542
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Why are dorms rooms in Coober Pedy six meters underground? Do I need to wiki Coober Pedy?

Never mind, just read up on CP
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Old 09-29-2010, 08:48 AM   #1543
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Why are dorms rooms in Coober Pedy six meters underground? Do I need to wiki Coober Pedy?
Yes, foot. You do. You'll find it interesting.
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Old 09-29-2010, 12:12 PM   #1544
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Cooter Petey must be some dwellar I ain't never done heard of, who has gone missing.

So, anyway, where has Redux been?
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Old 09-29-2010, 01:30 PM   #1545
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Coober Pedy is Redux spelled backward.
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