<![CDATA[Carlton Supporters Club

<![CDATA[Carlton Supporters Club - Blah-Blah Bar ]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:48:19 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Dan’s statue, neo-nazis, local government, potholes and Victoria generally]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6708.html Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:20:57 +1100 DJC]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6708.html <![CDATA[Tarzan is dead]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6707.html Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:31:09 +1100 Lods]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6707.html https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/ce...6cb9f5453c
Sad

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Sad

]]> <![CDATA[Ricky Olarenshaw]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6701.html Sat, 12 Oct 2024 14:46:00 +1100 townsendcalling]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6701.html
"One of his former teammates Wayne Carey – he switched to North Melbourne for one season at the end of his career – has been a regular, with his Instagram full of well-known football identities such as Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin and Ricky Nixon."]]>
"One of his former teammates Wayne Carey – he switched to North Melbourne for one season at the end of his career – has been a regular, with his Instagram full of well-known football identities such as Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin and Ricky Nixon."]]> <![CDATA[Easey Street murders - suspect arrested]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6682.html Sat, 21 Sep 2024 12:47:28 +1000 DJC]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6682.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-21/e.../104379910

At the time it was a particularly horrific and unusual crime that caused great alarm. I lived not far from Easey Street in the 1970s and several family members had lived in that street in the first half of the 20th century.

I understand that the suspect was identified by DNA evidence many years later but fled to Greece where he has dual citizenship. He couldn’t be extradited because Greece has a 15 year statute of limitations. Italy doesn’t have a restriction on extradition and VicPol must have been monitoring the suspect’s movements.

Nice work by VicPol.]]>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-21/e.../104379910

At the time it was a particularly horrific and unusual crime that caused great alarm. I lived not far from Easey Street in the 1970s and several family members had lived in that street in the first half of the 20th century.

I understand that the suspect was identified by DNA evidence many years later but fled to Greece where he has dual citizenship. He couldn’t be extradited because Greece has a 15 year statute of limitations. Italy doesn’t have a restriction on extradition and VicPol must have been monitoring the suspect’s movements.

Nice work by VicPol.]]> <![CDATA[Football Cliches]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6632.html Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:43:06 +1000 Lods]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6632.html )
What's your favourite?
Which ones do you hate?
Got anymore that grate?

"We're just taking it one week at a time."

"They need to lower their eyes" Big Grin

"Injuries are no excuse."

"I wouldn't kick the goals if it wasn't for the blokes in front of me"

"Every team gets injuries"

"We need to learn to play four quarters."

"We knew they'd come hard at us"

"They're a better team than their ladder position"

"Big men don't get smaller as the game goes on."

"He's been training the house down (usually every player pre-season)"

"There's still time" (CH 7 commentators when a side is 50 points down half way through the last quarter.)

"The next goal is important."

"It is what it is"

"Don't blame the umpires" (when it's clearly the umpires fault)

"You know nothing about football" (usually said by someone who knows nothing about football...it's not that simple or predictable and is changing all the time)

]]> <![CDATA[RIP John Mayall]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6600.html Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:15:17 +1000 DJC]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6600.html
Mayall was instrumental in bringing the blues to generations of new audiences. So many great musicians cycled through his bands.

RIP]]>
Mayall was instrumental in bringing the blues to generations of new audiences. So many great musicians cycled through his bands.

RIP]]> <![CDATA[Monkey on your back, stay out of the water!]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6598.html Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:24:34 +1000 LP]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6598.html
In Brazil authorities have found traces of cocaine in several sharks, speculation is rife about how the monsters of the deep got the stuff in their system, but authorities are worried that the drug could have similar effects on Mr Bitey as it does people.

One researcher was heard to comment,

"The hint of cocaine in the water might be the shark equivalent of a curry to a pisshead!"

or something along those lines!

I'm pegging you're going to see a change of background scenery in the social media posts of many influencers!

Surely this research gets a nomination for the Ig Noble Awards.

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In Brazil authorities have found traces of cocaine in several sharks, speculation is rife about how the monsters of the deep got the stuff in their system, but authorities are worried that the drug could have similar effects on Mr Bitey as it does people.

One researcher was heard to comment,

"The hint of cocaine in the water might be the shark equivalent of a curry to a pisshead!"

or something along those lines!

I'm pegging you're going to see a change of background scenery in the social media posts of many influencers!

Surely this research gets a nomination for the Ig Noble Awards.

]]> <![CDATA[Megafauna on ABC TV]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6554.html Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:14:53 +1000 DJC]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6554.html
It features Australian megafauna fossils in situ and in museums, palaeontologists and other scientists, and convincing CHI representations.

Check out Kakadu Ranger Jonothan Nadji’s CFC cap in episode 2 ?]]>
It features Australian megafauna fossils in situ and in museums, palaeontologists and other scientists, and convincing CHI representations.

Check out Kakadu Ranger Jonothan Nadji’s CFC cap in episode 2 ?]]> <![CDATA[RIP Ross Booth]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6528.html Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:44:20 +1000 DJC]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6528.html
Ross was recently found deceased in his Toorak flat, a residence that Phil would often refer to in order to light-heartedly accuse Ross of being a Toorak toff. Ross was in his early 70s.

Ross was a midfielder for Monash Blues in the 1970s when they were one of the VAFA powerhouses. I probably played in opposing teams but I don’t remember him from those days. I suspect that experience helped to make him a knowledgeable, accurate and entertaining commentator.

RIP Ross Booth.]]>
Ross was recently found deceased in his Toorak flat, a residence that Phil would often refer to in order to light-heartedly accuse Ross of being a Toorak toff. Ross was in his early 70s.

Ross was a midfielder for Monash Blues in the 1970s when they were one of the VAFA powerhouses. I probably played in opposing teams but I don’t remember him from those days. I suspect that experience helped to make him a knowledgeable, accurate and entertaining commentator.

RIP Ross Booth.]]> <![CDATA[Domestic violence and why the government will struggle to attention the problem.]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6487.html Tue, 07 May 2024 03:20:44 +1000 Mantis]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6487.html
My mother came to this country back in 1968. She was pregnant and expecting a child literally 4 months after landing in this country. She was married and her husband sent her here to start a life while he settled some family issues before he was to come from Croatia to join her here in Australia. She lived in a bungalow with other Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian people new to the country. After giving birth she got a job and tried to get her life in order. Her husband never returned her mail. Never answered any communications. It became obvious to her that she would be left alone here in a new country with minimal money and not a great deal of support.

She then met my future step father by chance and they began a relationship. He offered to help her get a rental and help her find her feet. She was overwhelmed with joy. They lived in a rental for 2 years and he offered her to join him in the ownership of a house and live together as a family. Everything was great. While they would argue over small trivial things at times it was only verbal frustrations most families would experience. A few years later she was pregnant again and expecting a daughter to her new defacto partner. She gave birth to a beautiful daughter and life was about to get better. I was around 5 years of age at the time and very excited. Suddenly things started going pear shaped.

I would talk to dad (he was the only dad figure to me and we got on really well), and I asked him why he had a different last name to me and my mother. He said I was what would translate into English as a whores bastard. I was too young to understand what that was. I then asked mum what that was and she explained but insisted I tell her where I heard this term. She had suspected dad said it to me. She confronted him about it after he got home from work the following day as to why you would suggest or call your son this term. He absolutely exploded in rage and claimed I was never his son and never will be. He has a real daughter and doesn’t need me or my mother anymore. She started packing her bags. She said she will never stay in a house where she wasn’t respected or their son. He dragged her into the house by the hair up 4 or 5 steps leading to the front door. Then locked the door. I was stuck locked outside. I have never heard a woman or person scream so much in my life. I heard smashing glass. Loud banging on walls and continuous yelling. Her screaming made me wet my pants. I thought she would die. I sat in the front yard shivering with fear. Not that he would hurt or kill me. The silence in the house made me think my mum was dead. The same might have been with my sister. The door opened and he yelled at me. “Come here”. “ Help the whore clean up my house”. He looked at me from close proximity and said “ if you open your big mouth again this will be the same for you”. I walked in the house and in the kitchen my mother was sitting on the floor shivering with fear. Blood covering the floor beneath her, blood on the walls, and 3 white items on the floor that I picked up. It was her broken teeth. Mum and I cleaned the house and I shivered the whole time for at least an hour and a half. I wet my pants again. I was really scared at what this beast could do. Imagine what he could do to me? Mum was petite. Only 55kg. At my age I was lucky to weigh 25kg. How do you fight a 120kg beast of a full grown man?

A month went by and everything went back to part normal but not really normal. We had some visitors from interstate come to see us. For a long weekend. Mum cooked and cleaned and had some evidence of bruising to her eye. The visitors kept asking how this injury took place. The interrogation of questioning came to a point that mum lashed out and said ask him, pointing to my dad. He walked over to her an punched her so hard in the face that she had the biggest black eye I have ever seen. Her eye was instantly closed not even seeing a slit. The visitors got up, and packed their belongings and set off back home. Dad gave mum an myself that look. The look of you are finished. Once they left, we were both in real trouble. Mum, my sister and myself hide in the spare bedroom. Dad came back after a couple of hours. He found us. He took my sister which was his daughter to his bedroom and put her to bed. He then came into the bedroom with us with a rolling pin and we both copped a complete beating. Like you would see in the movie “Once were Warriors “.

This never ended. We would see 2 to 3 weeks for the moment to settle, but mum would open her big mouth again and we would experience a moment where she would say stop being an idiot and shut the gate otherwise the kids will run out onto the streets. Dad didn’t like someone challenge his thought process. He walked from the rear yard into the house and could see trouble starting again. Scared like anything I threatened to kill him with a butter knife in my hands. Shivering with complete fear. He picked me up and threw me through the front yard lounge window. When mum came in to protect her son, he slammed her into the wall. I ran onto the house and he was stomping on her head. I thought she was dead again. Blood everywhere. I ran like I have never run before out of the house. I had no idea where I was going. I guess it was just to get out of there. I am getting sick of the blood. The clean up. The living with fear. This went on month after month. For 22 years with mum and myself having more broken teeth and broken bones that you can’t imagine. This had to end. I had to be selfish. I had to start a new beginning. If I didn’t leave, the rest would live in a safe space. My sister was fine. She was the daughter. However the remaining family members weren’t. My memory of being hit by a hammer or a piece of steel was not something new. Hence why I thought why did we endure so much?

No real support. No family or friends to accept am knew life. A new beginning. Sure back 30 plus years ago it didn’t exist. These were once or twice a month violence activity at an extreme level. 3 or 4 times on what might be medium level. Fear of death. How many freak of death periods to the do young kids experience ever in life? Anxiety. I still don’t sleep at night without some weapon in close grasp. Why did I get exposed to this lifestyle? Why? What will the government do to help the situation? Short term money to help. Short term housing. Everything shows a typical result. Coming back home without the ability to set themselves free. That is what my mother couldn’t do. Money talks and bullshit walks. Long term money.]]>
My mother came to this country back in 1968. She was pregnant and expecting a child literally 4 months after landing in this country. She was married and her husband sent her here to start a life while he settled some family issues before he was to come from Croatia to join her here in Australia. She lived in a bungalow with other Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian people new to the country. After giving birth she got a job and tried to get her life in order. Her husband never returned her mail. Never answered any communications. It became obvious to her that she would be left alone here in a new country with minimal money and not a great deal of support.

She then met my future step father by chance and they began a relationship. He offered to help her get a rental and help her find her feet. She was overwhelmed with joy. They lived in a rental for 2 years and he offered her to join him in the ownership of a house and live together as a family. Everything was great. While they would argue over small trivial things at times it was only verbal frustrations most families would experience. A few years later she was pregnant again and expecting a daughter to her new defacto partner. She gave birth to a beautiful daughter and life was about to get better. I was around 5 years of age at the time and very excited. Suddenly things started going pear shaped.

I would talk to dad (he was the only dad figure to me and we got on really well), and I asked him why he had a different last name to me and my mother. He said I was what would translate into English as a whores bastard. I was too young to understand what that was. I then asked mum what that was and she explained but insisted I tell her where I heard this term. She had suspected dad said it to me. She confronted him about it after he got home from work the following day as to why you would suggest or call your son this term. He absolutely exploded in rage and claimed I was never his son and never will be. He has a real daughter and doesn’t need me or my mother anymore. She started packing her bags. She said she will never stay in a house where she wasn’t respected or their son. He dragged her into the house by the hair up 4 or 5 steps leading to the front door. Then locked the door. I was stuck locked outside. I have never heard a woman or person scream so much in my life. I heard smashing glass. Loud banging on walls and continuous yelling. Her screaming made me wet my pants. I thought she would die. I sat in the front yard shivering with fear. Not that he would hurt or kill me. The silence in the house made me think my mum was dead. The same might have been with my sister. The door opened and he yelled at me. “Come here”. “ Help the whore clean up my house”. He looked at me from close proximity and said “ if you open your big mouth again this will be the same for you”. I walked in the house and in the kitchen my mother was sitting on the floor shivering with fear. Blood covering the floor beneath her, blood on the walls, and 3 white items on the floor that I picked up. It was her broken teeth. Mum and I cleaned the house and I shivered the whole time for at least an hour and a half. I wet my pants again. I was really scared at what this beast could do. Imagine what he could do to me? Mum was petite. Only 55kg. At my age I was lucky to weigh 25kg. How do you fight a 120kg beast of a full grown man?

A month went by and everything went back to part normal but not really normal. We had some visitors from interstate come to see us. For a long weekend. Mum cooked and cleaned and had some evidence of bruising to her eye. The visitors kept asking how this injury took place. The interrogation of questioning came to a point that mum lashed out and said ask him, pointing to my dad. He walked over to her an punched her so hard in the face that she had the biggest black eye I have ever seen. Her eye was instantly closed not even seeing a slit. The visitors got up, and packed their belongings and set off back home. Dad gave mum an myself that look. The look of you are finished. Once they left, we were both in real trouble. Mum, my sister and myself hide in the spare bedroom. Dad came back after a couple of hours. He found us. He took my sister which was his daughter to his bedroom and put her to bed. He then came into the bedroom with us with a rolling pin and we both copped a complete beating. Like you would see in the movie “Once were Warriors “.

This never ended. We would see 2 to 3 weeks for the moment to settle, but mum would open her big mouth again and we would experience a moment where she would say stop being an idiot and shut the gate otherwise the kids will run out onto the streets. Dad didn’t like someone challenge his thought process. He walked from the rear yard into the house and could see trouble starting again. Scared like anything I threatened to kill him with a butter knife in my hands. Shivering with complete fear. He picked me up and threw me through the front yard lounge window. When mum came in to protect her son, he slammed her into the wall. I ran onto the house and he was stomping on her head. I thought she was dead again. Blood everywhere. I ran like I have never run before out of the house. I had no idea where I was going. I guess it was just to get out of there. I am getting sick of the blood. The clean up. The living with fear. This went on month after month. For 22 years with mum and myself having more broken teeth and broken bones that you can’t imagine. This had to end. I had to be selfish. I had to start a new beginning. If I didn’t leave, the rest would live in a safe space. My sister was fine. She was the daughter. However the remaining family members weren’t. My memory of being hit by a hammer or a piece of steel was not something new. Hence why I thought why did we endure so much?

No real support. No family or friends to accept am knew life. A new beginning. Sure back 30 plus years ago it didn’t exist. These were once or twice a month violence activity at an extreme level. 3 or 4 times on what might be medium level. Fear of death. How many freak of death periods to the do young kids experience ever in life? Anxiety. I still don’t sleep at night without some weapon in close grasp. Why did I get exposed to this lifestyle? Why? What will the government do to help the situation? Short term money to help. Short term housing. Everything shows a typical result. Coming back home without the ability to set themselves free. That is what my mother couldn’t do. Money talks and bullshit walks. Long term money.]]> <![CDATA[Laws, bans, $]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6480.html Wed, 01 May 2024 12:19:38 +1000 LP]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6480.html
Firstly, offering cash for abused women you'll get as many spurious claims as you get genuine, some may claim the cost is for the greater good, but really it's just another loophole that will make the process unmanageable. What victims of domestic violence need is physical protection, not a nice dinner before being beaten to death. Pieces of paper are ultimately worthless as defence against weapons or fists.

Banning deep fake porn seems to be a confusion of revenge porn, I'd assert there are as many women making a living out of the deep fake stuff as are being harmed by it, so in that regard a blanket ban probably analogous to banning prostitution. All it will do is send the industry underground making it harder to police. In any case is the producer of deep fakes is doing so for nefarious reasons, the laws related to fraud already exist, and apply not just to porn but also schemes like the misrepresentation of celebrities in online Ponzi schemes.

Finally, bans in general tend to be a lure rather than a deterrent. The people who won't do this stuff don't do it already, and the people likely to do it are almost encouraged by making it harder to do and effectively more lucrative. If you want to stop people doing this stuff, find a way to demonetise it.]]>
Firstly, offering cash for abused women you'll get as many spurious claims as you get genuine, some may claim the cost is for the greater good, but really it's just another loophole that will make the process unmanageable. What victims of domestic violence need is physical protection, not a nice dinner before being beaten to death. Pieces of paper are ultimately worthless as defence against weapons or fists.

Banning deep fake porn seems to be a confusion of revenge porn, I'd assert there are as many women making a living out of the deep fake stuff as are being harmed by it, so in that regard a blanket ban probably analogous to banning prostitution. All it will do is send the industry underground making it harder to police. In any case is the producer of deep fakes is doing so for nefarious reasons, the laws related to fraud already exist, and apply not just to porn but also schemes like the misrepresentation of celebrities in online Ponzi schemes.

Finally, bans in general tend to be a lure rather than a deterrent. The people who won't do this stuff don't do it already, and the people likely to do it are almost encouraged by making it harder to do and effectively more lucrative. If you want to stop people doing this stuff, find a way to demonetise it.]]> <![CDATA[Congratulations Crippa & Monique]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6446.html Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:12:35 +1100 Baggers]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6446.html
Once upon a time there were two terrific people, Crippa & Monique... now there are three. Wishing all three many wonderful things.

Rest up and enjoy... then get working on a boy!]]>
Once upon a time there were two terrific people, Crippa & Monique... now there are three. Wishing all three many wonderful things.

Rest up and enjoy... then get working on a boy!]]> <![CDATA[Convert VHS to Digital format on Mac]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6391.html Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:51:46 +1100 Gointocarlton]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6391.html Cheers
G2C ]]> Cheers
G2C ]]> <![CDATA[The EV thread]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6389.html Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:46:52 +1100 DJC]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6389.html
Robert Pepper is an automotive journalist who is more of an acquaintance than a mate (I have met him through a 4WD club and we are FB friends). He doesn’t play favourites and conducts his own research to test manufacturers’ claims. The following is his take on the recent Dakar rally:

Quote: An EV has won Dakar! No it didn't, it's not an EV!

So which is it? An electric vehicle, or a petrol vehicle? The opposing camps are each claiming the vehicle as their own.

The answer is both and neither. It's a hybrid. Similar in fact to Nissan's X-Trail e-Power.

So the Audi RS Q e-tron is indeed pure electric drive. It has an electric motor on the front axle, and another on the rear. The "centre differential" is software, virtual. This is just like Rivians, AWD Teslas including Cybertruck and the other AWD EVs. There is no gearbox, single-speed. Watch my EV AWD powertrains video for more on all of this.

The Audi RS Q e-tron also has a battery which weighs around 370kg and has a capacity of around 52kWh, which is pretty small for even a roadcar EV. Total weight is 2100kg without drivers.

Now as you can imagine a 52kWh battery isn't going to get a 2100kg sand racer on 37" tyres very far. Which is why there is also a 2.0L, four-cyclinder turbo petrol engine which acts as a generator, or energy convertor - it generates electricity which either powers the motors at the axle, or charges the battery. The battery can also be recharged via re-gen when the vehicle slows. And that's exactly what the X-Trail e-Power uses. Older hybrids used the ICE motors to directly drive the powertrain as well as the electric motors.

So is the Audi RS Q e-tron an EV? Yes, and also, no. Yes as it has electric motors which drive the car, and that is the technical definition of an EV, which doesn't preclude how those motors have their power supplied - from a generator driven by petrol, hydrogen, or just a big battery, or even solar. A "hydrogen car" is also an EV as it uses electricity to power its engine, just that electricity is generated by a hydrogen powerplant. The definition of an EV doesn't mean it has to have a battery.

But in popular parlance, most people think of an EV as what is actually a BEV, or Battery Electric Vehicle which has no ICE (petrol/diesel) engine at all, and the Audi RS Q e-tron is not a BEV as whilst it has a battery, it also has a petrol engine.

Hopefully that clears it up. You can go back to shouting at each other now which should make everyone feel better.

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Robert Pepper is an automotive journalist who is more of an acquaintance than a mate (I have met him through a 4WD club and we are FB friends). He doesn’t play favourites and conducts his own research to test manufacturers’ claims. The following is his take on the recent Dakar rally:

Quote: An EV has won Dakar! No it didn't, it's not an EV!

So which is it? An electric vehicle, or a petrol vehicle? The opposing camps are each claiming the vehicle as their own.

The answer is both and neither. It's a hybrid. Similar in fact to Nissan's X-Trail e-Power.

So the Audi RS Q e-tron is indeed pure electric drive. It has an electric motor on the front axle, and another on the rear. The "centre differential" is software, virtual. This is just like Rivians, AWD Teslas including Cybertruck and the other AWD EVs. There is no gearbox, single-speed. Watch my EV AWD powertrains video for more on all of this.

The Audi RS Q e-tron also has a battery which weighs around 370kg and has a capacity of around 52kWh, which is pretty small for even a roadcar EV. Total weight is 2100kg without drivers.

Now as you can imagine a 52kWh battery isn't going to get a 2100kg sand racer on 37" tyres very far. Which is why there is also a 2.0L, four-cyclinder turbo petrol engine which acts as a generator, or energy convertor - it generates electricity which either powers the motors at the axle, or charges the battery. The battery can also be recharged via re-gen when the vehicle slows. And that's exactly what the X-Trail e-Power uses. Older hybrids used the ICE motors to directly drive the powertrain as well as the electric motors.

So is the Audi RS Q e-tron an EV? Yes, and also, no. Yes as it has electric motors which drive the car, and that is the technical definition of an EV, which doesn't preclude how those motors have their power supplied - from a generator driven by petrol, hydrogen, or just a big battery, or even solar. A "hydrogen car" is also an EV as it uses electricity to power its engine, just that electricity is generated by a hydrogen powerplant. The definition of an EV doesn't mean it has to have a battery.

But in popular parlance, most people think of an EV as what is actually a BEV, or Battery Electric Vehicle which has no ICE (petrol/diesel) engine at all, and the Audi RS Q e-tron is not a BEV as whilst it has a battery, it also has a petrol engine.

Hopefully that clears it up. You can go back to shouting at each other now which should make everyone feel better.

]]> <![CDATA[Happy New Year 2024]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6379.html Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:42:54 +1100 crashlander]]> http://new.carltonsc.com/thread-6379.html