Im afraid to look at Kinglake :(
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lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 0:22,
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No Video From Kinglake
www.abc.net.au/news/audio/2009/02/08/2485286.htm
But here's an audio interview from Kinglake. Doesn't sound too good.
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 0:31,
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Just when I thought you signing all your posts with "cheers" couldn't get less appropriate I see this message.
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gronkpan, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 0:46,
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After
Edit: After the news tonight I agree with you mate.
But I really feel for those poor bastards who've lost everything. I heard of one report of a farmer who was trying to move his stock to safer ground. He said:
"I had to leave when the cattle started bursting into flames"
So I think that "cheers" isn't necessarily inappropriate - it's raising a metaphorical glass for the people we've lost and the lucky survivors. And, most of all, in thanks for the firemen and women who've been working themselves to death for other people.
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 0:52,
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I know that you're new to this country so I won't patronise you
honestly though, this happens every 5 years or so. This is a particularly nasty heatwave but it's nothing new to anyone who has lived here for a while.
My family moved to Tassie after the family home burned down in '87. Almost everyone I know has lost something or someone in a bushfire at one point or another. It's a big part of the nation we live in.
I don't even know where I was going with this, I have two fans on me any my feet are in a tub of water.
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gronkpan, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 2:20,
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Patronise Away - I Don't Mind
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Coming from England, I'm just astounded at the sheer size and scale of the fires - and the ferocity.
And the current heatwave floored me a bit. I just couldn't go outside - my eyeballs started to shrivel. Luckily, we bought two portable aircon units when this started. They work OK. The big one kept the main room at around 34 when the temperature outside was 46. The little one keeps my computer room at about 29. Hot, but not unbearable.
But you're right - it's something I'll eventually get used to. Both the heat and the bushfires. It's a small price to pay for living in Oz. There's loads of things I just love about this country.
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 2:38,
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:(
Hope the worst is over now and the change helps them put out the fires.
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lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 1:03,
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The Change
hit Melbourne at about 6 last night. Dropped 15 degrees in ten minutes. Now, it's about 20 degrees outside whereas yesterday it was 46.
At least the cooler weather will mean the firemen and volunteers fighting the fire won't be dropping with heat exhaustion.
Two more things I'd like to add. The radio have just issued an appeal asking "Fire Tourists" to stop trying to get into the danger areas so they can watch the fires. - WTF?
And..
There are reports of fucking arsonists trying to relight the fires in areas where the fires are under control. If I had my way, I'd stake the arsonists out in front of the path of the fire and let 'em fry..
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 1:12,
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Dude
Why do you always end your posts with with cheers, it seems a little weird
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Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 1:29,
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It's
my tagline.
Some people have catch-phrases, I have my tagline.
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 1:34,
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Yeah there are some serious nobends that come out in fire season
Its so hard to catch these pricks though, fire usually takes care of the evidence.
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lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Sun 8 Feb 2009, 2:19,
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