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Well what been happening ppl ? I vanished off the radar for awhile. My computer hated me but now it seems to not. what have I been missing out on ?

I was bored and surfing the net like usual and found some random funny junk....

The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows!

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
(Ok thennn.... lol)

Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!

Clinophobia is the fear of beds!
(So where do these people sleep then???... )

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
(Lets hope he flew into the deep fryer Kentucky Fried Chicken lol! )

Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!
( This will be my new diet from now on.... )

A whale's penis is called a dork..
(BAAHAHAHAHA!!! !! )

Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.
(If you see me with no eyebrows.. then my cat died.. )

and the last one is...

It's rumored that sucking on a copper penny will cause a breath-alyzer to read 0.
( Whos willing to test this theory????... )

Hi guys its been ages since I have been on here but i have a badly scratched rim. This is courtesy of some idiot ( insert my name here yes I know I hit the gutter and went over a roundabout.. lol) . It is the passeneger side one and i was hoping someone might know if i can get it repaired instead of buying a whole new one as I am not sure Bob Jane sell these anymore.. ( I really cant afford a new one these ones made my bank account cry already lol) . SO If you can help me please let me know or if you know anyone who repairs them would be an exceellent help thanks

Hey Guys.. I got new tyres and wheels put on my car yesterday and have been told i need new cv joints as the car is making this awful thumping sound.. At the moment the best price I could get was 237 dollars a side at Good Year Autocare in Hobart.. I was wondering if anyone knew anywhere that was cheaper or anyone that was willing to help me out for a lower price as Im short of funds at the moment .. Thanks

One-hundred-and three people have been confirmed dead in the ferocious bushfires that ripped through Victoria at the weekend.

The staggering death toll makes these blazes — some of which are still burning — the greatest natural disaster in Australia's history and authorities warn the number of fatalities is likely to rise even further.

"It's now at 108 and still likely to climb unfortunately," Country Fire Authority state duty officer Mark Glover told ABC Television.



A clearly shaken Kevin Rudd has told the Nine Network that if firebugs lit some of the bushfires they are responsible for "mass murder". "What do you say about anyone like that — there are no words to describe it other than mass murder."

"The nation should brace itself for a very challenging time ahead," he said. (Watch Rudd's interview)

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said forensic investigators had begun work in the Churchill region, where police suspect arson was involved.

"At this stage we have a team at the fire at Churchill in the Gippsland Valley, which is certainly one that we believe was deliberately lit," Ms Nixon said.

"Our fire experts and our own investigators have suggested that the way that it happened, how fast that it happened, that there is good evidence to believe that it was lit."

How do you feel about the bushfire crisis? Leave your thoughts below.

The latest death toll surpasses the toll from the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires, in which 75 people died in Victoria and South Australia, and the Black Friday bushfires of 1939, which killed 71.

According to police figures, another 11 people were found dead at Kinglake West, north of Melbourne, taking that community's toll to 20 while another four bodies were found at Marysville taking that town's toll to eight.

Only one building was left standing at Marysville after the inferno swept through on Saturday.

At least 750 homes were destroyed in the fires and more than 330,000ha burnt out, and authorities say some fires could take weeks to contain.

Have you been affected by these devastating fires? Send us your stories and photos

Ingenious place to take cover

As a "fireball" engulfed a home in Kinglake, three residents took refuge in a wombat hole.

"By the time I got my neighbours and got back to my house, we were under full fire attack," she told TODAY.

"I looked out the front or out the backyard and noticed that most of this had burnt by then and thought, 'We just need to run and we need to run now'."

With a neighbouring mother and son and also her dog, she moved downhill to a nearby creek but found it provided little cover.

It was then that a split-second decision to huddle in the wombat hole saved their lives.

"We just made a canopy of wet sheets and curtains that we had with us and just hid [in the burrow]," she said. (Read more: Horse saves farmer)

Mother couldn't save children

Among the other tragic stories to emerge from Kinglake were of a young boy and a girl burnt alive inside their home.

"The kids perished, their mother got out but she couldn't get the kids out," Kinglake resident Mary-Anne Mercuri said.

Ms Mercuri also spoke of sisters in their 20s whose bodies were found in the front of their rented house.

"Two young girls around the corner from me were found in the front of their house. There's no way they could have got out. They would have tried to escape but there was nowhere to go."

The mother-of-three said that when the fire arrived it felt like exploding red burning bullets were being shot horizontally at them.

"These big burning chunks started falling from the sky, there was a lot of power behind them. I guess they were exploding parts of trees," Ms Mercuri said. "We are lucky to be alive."

Kinglake resident Chris Harvey said his daughters Victoria and Ali, both in their 20s, told of a local man, Ross, who lost both his daughters and possibly a brother.

"He apparently went to put his kids in the car, put them in, turned around to go grab something from the house, then his car was on fire with his kids in it, and they burnt," Victoria said.
(Watch more: Survivors' tales of terror)

* If you need information on the bushfires, call 1800 240 667

* If you are concerned about family and friends, call 1800 727 077

Fires still burning

Thirty-one 31 fires are still raging throughout the state with five — at Beechworth, Churchill, Murrindindi, the Kinglake complex and Bunyip — causing the most concern, a CFA spokesman said.

DSE spokesman Geoff Russell said conditions had improved from the weekend with a cooler change coming through with moist air.

A southerly wind is pushing fires in a north to northeasterly direction.

"Our biggest concern at the moment is around Beechworth," Mr Russell said.
(Watch more: Rain falls in Beechworth)

The fire has skirted Beechworth, in the state's northeast, and is heading towards Yackandandah.

"There are seven or eight small settlements in the path of this fire and those residents have been urged to get their fire plans under way," Mr Russell said.

The Beechworth blaze has burnt 30,000ha and continues to threaten the communities of Stanley, Bruarong, Dederang, Gundowring, Gundowring Upper, Kancoona, Kancoona South, Coral Bank, Glenn Creek and Running Creek.
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I think we should organise a cruise of some sort to raise some money for the bushfire relief fund.some ppl have lost everything even family pets and relatives. what you guys think?