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Frogman

@frogman18

Grumpy retired IT professional, grandfather and Cold War Veteran enjoying a sea change.

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Frogman
@frogman18 May 8, 2019, 2:31 AM UTC

Australian Federal Election 2019 Week 6 ~ Faites Vos Jeux

These are the betting odds for each party as collected by Frogman. Note that the odds are determined by the betting patterns more than the opinion polls. Always gamble responsibly. Party/Bookmaker Be…

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Frogman
@frogman18 May 1, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

Australian Federal Election 2019 Week 5 ~ Faites Vos Jeux

These are the betting odds for each party as collected by OddsChecker: Note: The only party with a candidate in each seat is the United Australia Party. Fellow blogger buggedout suggests "I also foll…

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Frogman
@frogman18 Apr 23, 2019, 11:42 PM UTC

Australian Federal Election 2019 Week 4 ~ Faites Vos Jeux

The opinion polls have often been unsuccessful in predicting the Federal election outcome. The usual results are in favour of a Labor victory and the preferred Prime Minister being the Coalition lead…

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Frogman
@frogman18 Apr 18, 2019, 1:34 AM UTC

Climate Change Reality ~ I Reject Your Reality And Substitute My Own

There are many people rabbiting on about 'the science of global warming' what they are really saying is 'I reject your reality and substitute my own'. I for one am becoming impatient with the stupidi…

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Frogman
@frogman18 Apr 17, 2019, 12:04 AM UTC

Federal Election Week 3 ~ Faites Vos Jeux

The election is officially up and running. The various parties can use all the bus's, cars and planes that they decorated in the party colours for the NSW election, just finished. Already the party l…

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Frogman
@frogman18 Apr 11, 2019, 6:08 AM UTC

Federal Election 2019 ~ Week 2, Mes amis font votre jeu

The Labor Party and the Coalition are out on the hustings (stump in the US) for the next few weeks and babies will be kissed, flesh pressed, protesters arrested, candidates egged and media events sta…

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Frogman
@frogman18 Apr 9, 2019, 2:00 AM UTC

How Long Is A Lifetime?

One often hears people saying things like 'once in a lifetime event' or 'it will last a lifetime' or 'not in living memory'. This got me thinking that a lifetime is very insignificant time when you c…

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Frogman
@frogman18 Apr 5, 2019, 10:26 PM UTC

Dont Flag Without A Comment

I had a small message from @freezepeach offering a solution to flagging "If you feel you've been wrongly flagged, check out @freezepeach, the flag abuse neutralizer. See the intro post for more detai…

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Frogman
@frogman18 Apr 5, 2019, 3:40 AM UTC

Federal Election 2019 ~ Place Your Bet While The Odds Are Still Good

I votes according to me conscience, and them that tips the most! Punch circa 1800 Now that the NSW election has tested the water for the main political parties its time for an Australian Federal elec…

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Frogman
@frogman18 Apr 3, 2019, 11:07 PM UTC

Another Victim Of Global Companies

Kimberly Clark announced on April 3rd that they were closing the Australian Huggies factory with a loss of 220 jobs. Obviously service providers lost contracts and jobs as well. Just as well they did…

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