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ACTEWAGL today announced that the Bendora dam would be back on line. Bendora has not been able to be used since April and so Canberra has relied on Googong for all of its water. Even the recent rain has not helped as Googong did not receive it. However the increase in water quality at Bendora has now allowed it to be used. This will allow ACTEWAGL to access the 40 000 ML currently in Bendora system.

Source ACTEWAGL

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So how do blondes print Word documents? More...

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Well the letter came home on the weekend. Stage three water restriction will be introduced from the 1 October. No sprinklers at all, no washing cars at home, only at exempted commercial car washes. no filling ponds, even construction sites must now use a trigger hose.

Despite recent rains falls and increasing overall dam levels Stage three has been introduced as the Corin Dam system is still clogged with mud and Ash from the January bushfires. The only other dam system Googong is still emptying out. They want us to keep our daily consumption to less than 127 mega litres. But heading into Summer with our typical daily consumption of 300-450 ML it will be pretty dry at only 127.

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An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked.

As they went along they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding.

The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions. Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk."

They then decided they both would walk! Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride.

So, they both rode the donkey. Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey.

The boy and man said they were probably right, so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed the bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned.

The moral of the story? If you try to please everyone, you might as well kiss your ass good-bye.

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Can you see my house from this satellite view. Earth View

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A 28 year old Swedish man was detained at Sydney Airport for having eight snakes down his trousers. The Justice and Customs Minister is proud to have stop the snakes getting into Australia, but I would have been more concerned by the possible terrorist threat. Imagine letting snakes lose on board a plane or if he threatened the crew with them.

Source BBC News

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1. THINGY (thing-ee) n.
   Female — Any part under a car's bonnet.

   Male — The strap fastener on a woman's bra.

2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.
   Female — Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.

   Male — Playing cricket without a box.

3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.
   Female — The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner.

   Male — Leaving a note before taking off for a weekend with the boys.

4. COMMITMENT (ko-mit-ment)
   Female — A desire to get married and raise a family.

   Male — Not trying to pick up other women while out with one's

   girlfriend.

5. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n.v.
   Female — A good movie, concert, play or book.

   Male — Anything that can be done while drinking, and ends with sex.

6. FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n.
   Female — An embarrassing by-product of digestion.

   Male — Source of entertainment, self-statement, and male bonding.

7. MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n.
   Female — The greatest statement of intimacy a couple can achieve.

   Male — Call it whatever you want just as long as we end up in bed.

8. REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n.
   Female — A device for changing from one TV channel to another.

   Male — A device for scanning through all 175 channels every 5 minutes

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You have just got to read this poor guys story about re-install Win XP. I like his idea that each version of Windows has a half life before requiring a re install. Note to self: I must reinstall my windows.

Dive into Mark

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The Internet Software Consortium produces a software product called BIND that is used to power 80% of the world's Domain Name Servers. It has announced an emergency patch to block the the Site Finder problem launched by Verisign. The main problem is that it is now difficult to see if spam mail has a spoofed address and every domain now has a web page.

Source Wired News

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Here's a story for all consultants or people who have had to use them.

A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?"

The shepherd looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing flock and calmly answers, "Sure. Why not?"

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his AT&T cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. More...

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Someone is having a big free BBQ soon, after 10 pallets of beer were stolen from the Carlton & United Breweries depot in Queanbyen. Authorities have asked people to be on the look out for cheap beer.

Source NEWS.com.au

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Sun Systems is on the tip of a discover to bypass circuits to move data between microchips. Engineers have found that data can be moved 60 to 100 times faster by placing the chips next to each other, thereby doing away with the traditional circuits.

Source CNet news

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The first conviction for breaching the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act has been found in Los Angeles. A 38 year old man has been found guilty of selling hardware to access free satellite TV.

Source CNET News

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The Accidental Spy is a Jackie Chan movie where he plays the only descendant of his father. As part of his final words he gives Jackie a challenge to find his inheritance. As with all of Jackie Chan's movies he performs spectacular stunts himself and the fight scenes are the usual, amazingly co-ordinated "dances". Due to a cold I have at the moment I fell asleep, but from what I did see the plot was a little thin and most of my friends that saw it agreed that this was not his best.

More information at IMDb
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

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Verisign has implemented a service where by any mistyped domain names ending .com or .net will be redirected to their Sitefinder web service. This will try to suggest the correct web site. Now given that Search engines like Google has been able to redirect users to the correct site for years, this new "service" looks to become the bane of users. More...

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This is what my brother gets up to at his work. He is responsible for updating about six of the maps and helping on about 10 others. More...

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The latest thing to do is to mod the case of your PC so that it reflects more about you than the manufacturer. It a little like people who modify cars by adding Play Stations and DVD players along side mag wheels and turbo engines. Well it has become an extreme level when you check out these examples. Everything from V8 motors, kegs of beer and and an Atari look a like

PCs are a marvel of engineering on the inside

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A medical student was doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control centre. A woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. The medical student quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. The student told the mother that she better bring her daughter in to the Emergency room right away. More...

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Finding Nemo is a animated movie from the produces of Toy Story and Monsters Inc. The story is set in Australia, starting in the Great Barrier Reef. Nemo is the only remaining son of Gill, who is very protective of Nemo. Nemo tries to prove to his Dad that he is growing up but get caught by divers and is taken away. The story then follows Gill trail though the ocean meeting all types of creatures to find Nemo. Nemo having been caught by the diver is to become the birthday present for the divers niece. Placed into an aquarium while waiting for the birthday the other fish try to get Nemo to help them to escape.

This is a great movie with Pixar's usual mix of humor and story line. Well worth viewing.

More information at IMDb
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The father of five children had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present. "Who is the most obedient?" he asked. "Who never talks back to mother? Who does everything she says?"

Five small voices answered in unison. "Okay, dad, you get the toy."

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For the ultimate in time wasting, simply roll your mouse over the bubble wrap to see and hear a satisfying 'pop' as the bubble bursts.

Trouble is, the bubbles come right back after a bit, so it is - we are proud to announce - well and truly useless!

PERPETUAL BUBBLEWRAP

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I saw the movie Flubber over the weekend and I must say that I was impressed with the movie. I was expecting a bit of a kids movie, using a lot of visual effects. But I can say that the movie had more substance than the Flubber. With a bit of slapstick humor, Robin Williams plays a absent minded professor who misses his own wedding and creates a new energy source Flubber. This substance magnifies energy and will save his University School from closing. It it light humor with some jokes for parents.

More information at IMDb
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Well once again Mark Webber continues to hold he own in Formula One racing. Webber qualified 11th, and he conceded that this was not his best result, especially given his qualifying position in the last Grand Prix. He finished in the points in 7th position one lap down on the leader.

As for other local driver, Neil Bates was racing this weekend, even thought there was no ARC event. More...

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I noticed at the shops last night that Capilano Honey have put stickers on their jars saying that due to the drought they have to use imported honey. I guess even the bees are drying up!

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A four-year-old boy called emergency services because he did not like his grandmother's cooking.

Source ABC

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Now I hear that water restrictions will be in place in Sydney as they prepare for this years summer. Dam levels are still well above the usual restrictions levels but being the start of summer Sydney Water is taking pro active measures.

Tough water restrictions for Sydney

It is the first time in nine years that the region serviced by Sydney Water has had to endure compulsory water restrictions.

Dam levels within the Sydney Catchment Authority have dropped to 60.5 per cent, still above the 55 per cent level when mandatory restrictions are normally applied.

But NSW Premier Bob Carr said with the start of warmer weather it was responsible to introduce water restrictions now. Source Yahoo AAP

As for Canberra there is little hope that things will change in time for the start of this years summer. Googong dam is still below 40%.

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The next Bali bomber has been convicted and although it will go to appeal, Samudra wants to die so the death penalty will give him his wish and encourage others to continue the terrorism. This is yet more reasons to abolish the death penalty. I am disappointed that the Australian Government will not oppose the death penalty even though it is outlawed here.

Samudra to appeal death sentence Extract

The 33-year-old Afghan-trained fighter was convicted of planning, carrying out, and financing the nightclub bombings in Kuta last October.

Although Samudra has said he wants to die as a martyr, his lawyers said they planned to appeal against the verdict. Source Yahoo AAP

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What is a Cat?

1. Cats do what they want.
2. They rarely listen to you.
3. They're totally unpredictable.
4. When you want to play, they want to be alone.
5. When you want to be alone, they want to play.
6. They expect you to cater to their every whim.
7. They're moody.
8. They leave hair everywhere.

Conclusion: They're tiny women in little fur coats.

What is a Dog?

1. Dogs spend all day sprawled on the most comfortable piece of furniture in the house.
2. They can hear a package of food opening half a block away, but don't hear you when you're in the same room.
3. They can look dumb and loveable all at the same time.
4. They growl when they are not happy.
5. When you want to play, they want to play.
6. When you want to be alone, they want to play.
7. They leave their toys everywhere.
8. They do disgusting things with their mouths and then try to give you a kiss.
9. They go right for your crotch as soon as they meet you.

Conclusion: They're tiny men in little fur coats.

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Do you have trouble know how to write or express your thoughts. Well imagine having to learn English again! This article highlights some of the problems you may never have noticed. More...

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One Hour Photo is a Thriller staring Robin Williams. Robin plays Sy, a mini lab technician who collects the photos of a local family. He does not have any family of his own and so values these customers as his own family. His boss fires Sy for the difference in the click counts and the number of photos sold, so when Sy discovers the Husband cheating on the wife a bizarre chain of events takes place.

I felt the ending left a little out but that is the nature of thrillers. I had a particular interest from photographers point of view, especially the scene inside the machines.

More information at IMDb
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Women think they already know everything, but wait; training courses are now available for women on the following subjects.

1. Silence, the Final Frontier: Where No Woman Has Gone Before
2. The Undiscovered Side of Banking: Making Deposits
3. Parties: Going Without New Outfits
4. Man Management: Minor Household Chores Can Wait until After The Game
5. Bathroom Etiquette I: Men Need Space in the Bathroom Cabinet Too.
6. Bathroom Etiquette II: His Razor is His
7. Communication Skills I: Tears - The Last Resort, not the First
8. Communication Skills II: Thinking Before Speaking
9. Communication Skills III: Getting What you Want Without Nagging
10. Driving a Car Safely: A Skill You CAN Acquire
11. Telephone Skills: How to Hang Up
12. Introduction to Parking
13. Advanced Parking: Backing Into a Space
14. Water Retention: Fact or Fat
15. Cooking I: Bringing Back Bacon, Eggs and Butter
16. Cooking II: Bran and Tofu are Not for Human Consumption
17. Cooking III: How not to Inflict Your Diets on Other People
18. Compliments: Accepting Them Gracefully
19. PMS: Your Problem . .. . Not His
20. Dancing: Why Men Don't Like To
21. Classic Clothing: Wearing Outfits You Already Have
22. Household Dust: A Harmless Natural Occurrence Only Women Notice
23. Integrating Your Laundry: Washing It All Together
24. Oil and Petrol: Your Car Needs Both
25. TV Remotes: For Men Only
26. Getting ready to go out: Start the day before.

Please register immediately as courses are expected to be in great demand...

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Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out"?

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp which no decent human being would eat?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the car pool lane?

If the professor on Gillian's Island can make a radio out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?

Why does goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours?! They're both dogs!

What do you call male ballerinas?

Can blind people see their dreams? Do they dream??

If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?

Why is a person that handles your money called a 'Broker'?

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

If a man is talking in the forest, and no woman is there to hear him, is he still wrong?

Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse?

Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, ! Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?

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Well the rain has finally made a difference to the usable dame levels. ACTEWAGL is finally reporting an increase in the level of Googong dam, however it is still well within levels to maintain water restrictions. The main problem continues to be the silt built up in the other dams.

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When the driver of a huge trailer lost control of his rig, he ploughed into an empty tollbooth and smashed it to pieces. He climbed down from the wreckage and within a matter of minutes a truck pulled up and discharged a crew of workers.

The men picked up each broken piece of the former tollbooth and spread some kind of creamy substance on it. Then they began fitting the pieces together. In less than a half hour, they had the entire tollbooth reconstructed and looking good as new.

"Astonishing!" the truck driver said to the crew chief. "What was the white stuff you used to get all the pieces together?"

The crew chief said, "Oh, that was tollgate booth paste."

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So much for tight security around airports and heightened awareness. It appears the good old social engineering trick worked again. Just look like you know what you are doing and you just might get away with it.

Sydney airport computers stolen

Australia's top security agencies are to conduct emergency damage audits following the theft of computers from Sydney Airport's intelligence centre.

Customs officials have told The Sydney Morning Herald the stolen computers held thousands of confidential files, including top-secret communications between customs investigators, Australian Federal Police and ASIO.

The newspaper reports two men of Pakistani-Indian-Arabic appearance presented themselves as computer technicians and were given unfettered access to the airport's top security mainframe room on August 27.

"Inside, they spent two hours disconnecting two computers, which they put on trolleys and wheeled out of the room, past the security desk, into the lift and out of the building," the newspaper reported.

"The Australian Federal Police and ASIO, the two chief guardians against terrorism, fired off angry memos to customs officials, demanding to know the extent to which their top-secret operations have been compromised."

The theft is being investigated by the AFP.

Source Yahoo

Customs computers stolen from Sydney Airport

Australian Federal Police are investigating the theft of computer equipment from the Australian Customs Service at Sydney International Airport.

It is believed two men were involved in the high-level security breach.

The AFP are investigating the theft of two file servers from a Customs building at the airport last week.

A spokesman for Customs Minister Senator Chris Ellison says extensive testing of the system is now being conducted to determine whether it has been compromised by the theft.

He says there is no evidence to indicate there has been any intrusion.

He says Customs has been advised the servers did not contain any information about national security.

Senator Ellison has requested a report into the incident.

Source ABC

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TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:

• You have two cows.
• You sell one and buy a bull.
• Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
• You sell them and retire on the income.

AMERICAN CAPITALISM (or Enron-capitalism):

• You have two cows.
• You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.

• Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release.

• The public buys your bull.

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION:

• You have two cows.
• You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
• You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION:

• You have two cows.
• You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION:

• You have two cows.
• You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce 20 times the milk
• You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION:

• You have two cows.
• You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

A BRITISH CORPORATION:

• You have two cows.
• Both are mad.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:

• You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
• You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:

• You have two cows.
• You count them and learn you have five cows.
• You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
• You count them again and learn you have 12 cows.
• You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION:

• You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
• You charge others for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION:

• You have two cows.
• You have 300 people milking them.
• You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the
• newsman who reported the numbers.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION:

• You have two cows.
• That one on the left is kinda cute...

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A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large beautiful parrot. There was a sign on the cage that said $50.00. "Why so little," she asked the pet store owner.

The owner looked at her and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of prostitution, and sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff."

The woman thought about this, but decided she had to have the bird anyway. She took it home and hung the bird's cage up in her living room and waited for it to say something. The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said, "New house, new madam."

The woman was a bit shocked at the implication, but then thought, "that's not so bad."

When her two teenage daughters returned from school the bird saw them and said, "New house, new madam, new girls." The girls and the woman were a bit offended but then began to laugh about the situation.

Moments later, the woman's husband, Keith, came home from work. The bird looked at him and said, "Hi Keith."

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Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to convert or leave Italy.

There was a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal.

He would have a religious debate with the leader of the Jewish community.

If the Jews won, they could stay in Italy, if the Pope won, they would have to leave.

The Jewish people met and picked an aged but wise Rabbi, Moishe, to represent them in the debate.

However, as Moishe spoke no Italian and the Pope spoke no Yiddish, they all agreed that it would be a "silent" debate.

On the chosen day, the Pope and Rabbi Moishe sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.

Rabbi Moishe looked back and raised one finger.

Next the Pope waved his finger around his head.

Rabbi Moishe pointed to the ground where he sat.

The Pope then brought out a communion wafer and a chalice of wine.

Rabbi Moishe pulled out an apple.

With that, the Pope stood up and declared that he was beaten, that Rabbi Moishe was too clever and that the Jews could stay.

Later, the Cardinals met with the Pope, asking what had happened.

The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity.

"He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there is still only one God common to both our beliefs.

"Then, I waved my finger to show him that God was all around us.

"He responded by pointing to the ground to show that God was also right here with us.

"I pulled out the wine and wafer to show that God absolves us of all our sins.

"He pulled out an apple to remind me of the original sin.

"He had me beaten, and I could not continue."

Meanwhile the Jewish community was gathered around Rabbi Moishe.

"What happened?" they asked.

"Well," said Moishe, "first he said to me that we had three days to get out of Italy, so I said to him, Up yours! "

"Then," said Moishe, "he tells me that the whole country would be cleared of Jews and I said to him, Mr.. Pope, we're staying right here."

"And then what," asked a woman.

"Who knows?" said Moishe, "he took out his lunch, so I took out mine."

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As I lay on my bed, thinking about you, I feel this strong urge to grab you and squeeze you, because I can't forget last night. You came to me unexpectedly during the balmy and calm night, and what happened in my bed still leaves a tingling sensation in me. You appeared from nowhere and shamelessly, without any reservations, you laid on my naked body... you sensed my indifference, so you started to bite my body without any guilt or humiliation, and you drove me crazy while you sucked me dry.

Finally I went to sleep. Today when I woke up, you were gone, I searched for you but to no avail, only the sheets bore witness to last night's events. My body still shows your marks, making it harder to forget you. Tonight I will remain awake waiting for you... as soon you appear I will quickly grab you and won't let you go, will hold you with all my strength so you won't disappear. Won't rest until l squeeze your blood out... you damn mosquito!

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Despite recent heavy rain falls Canberra is still having to move to the next level of water restrictions. The recent rain has made the water in half of the water supply to muddy to filter for drinking. So come the first of October we will move to level three restrictions.

ACT water restrictions still on

The introduction of stage three water restrictions in the ACT and Queanbeyan in New South Wales will still start on the first of October despite an increase in dam levels.

Dam levels in the ACT are now at 48 per cent, 8 per cent above the level that would normally trigger stage three restrictions.

ACTEW says Bendora Dam is now 100 per cent full and Corin Dam which feeds it, is at 56 per cent.

But Googong Dam, which is currently the ACT's sole supplier of water, is at just 38 per cent capacity.

Source ABC

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The Canberra International Airport has offered its services as a second airport to overcome problems at Sydney airport with issues like noise and night time curfews. However there is always the fog issue to content with and the local government planning issues.

Canberra 'a Sydney airport option'

Canberra has offered itself as an option, asking in its advertisements: "Is the solution to Sydney's second airport still 20 years away?"

The answer: "Less than three hours actually."

Source The Courier Mail

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Did you know...

• It is impossible to lick your elbow.
• A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
• A shrimp's heart is in its head.
• In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
• It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
• A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
• More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
• Horses can't vomit.
• The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
• If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
• If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.
• Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
• Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
• If the US government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
• In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
• A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
• 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
• Most lipstick contains fish scales.
• Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
• Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

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