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Just found the receipt.

The blanket was $76 USD, and postage was $39 USD. Grand total $115 USD. Which at the moment isn't that much more in $AUD

Also got a nifty conversion calculator as a free gift.

I found their customer service to be excellent, with quick replies to emails. They make a 240V version as a standard option to their standard sizes (36" x 6" is a standard size). You just have to look through their catalogue description for it. The Omega part number for mine is SRFG-636/5/240V. That...

Ruth was right. The stapler is a really cool invention!

I got a 240V blanket from Omega in the States. Even with doubling the price due to postage and the much weaker AUD at the time (about 0.75 US), it was the cheapest option around by far. The down side was it took quite a while for them to make it and send it out.

Me too. For a set or two.

It was a shiraz that put me onto the red's, when I had been a white lover. It was a Henschke shiraz. Don't remember the exact details, vut man it was GOOD! It had a real peppery taste that I've been searching for ever since. I lived in Adelaide for a few years and I visited the Barossa quite frequen...

G'day all! I think you're right Martin. We're wading into too-lengthy discussions that require a great deal of study time to keep on top of. And you're right about the use of out-dated material. However, both sides can be accused of the same thing. One last thing Martin. Have you read a book called ...

OK, I haven't built one yet but I'm with Ervin on this one. Those were good little video's. Monocoque construction is the way to go. Build it just stong enough for it's intended purpose and no stronger. If you want a light responsive fingerpicking guitar, make it light. If you want a heavy metal aco...

Hi again everybody! Man! What a story Serge! I'm glad you've found the peace you've been after. Also, the Book of Ester (certainly her story) is perhaps the best book for teaching women how to be good, strong, Godly women. Or so says my stepmother. And she’s a pretty Godly woman. I wouldn’t real...

There's something fundamentally wrong with those pictures.


I think it's the colour of those swim suits. Yep... thats it... the colour...

On the subject of text, the bible in its current form was decided on by a group of early church dudes who got together in a place called Nicea (Spelling?) and had an almighty (get it?) debate about which books, texts or letters should be included. It's no secret that there are many texts that were e...

Hi everyone! I get busy for a few days and look what happens! Kiwigeo, You're right. A few definitions would definitely help at this point. Science = an attempt to understand the natural world. Using whatever terms are necessary to fully and completely explain life, the universe, and everything. (42...

Thanks Serge, glad you enjoyed my post. I get a bit of practice at work. We've each had to learn respect and restraint, particularly on deployment when we live very closely together. I decided a while ago to shift the debate from evolution v creation to the freedom of scientific thought. Freedom is ...

G'day all, I've followed this thread for a while, and found it to be unusually polite and civil (as has already been mentioned. Well done!), while being quite vigorously debated. These discussions generally turn into mud-slinging matches, which is why I stay out of them. But, the extremely open and ...

What is opportunity grade? Is it the same as the 2nd grade stuff you see at lmii or allied lutherie? Is there an Aussie place to get some?

I'm not allowed to comment on the "red hair" thing...

I'll probably use my daughters as it's finer and will probably react faster. And she'll think it's cool that we made a tool out of her hair.

Well, you learn something new every day! Now I need to go out and make a hydrometer... I wonder what colour hair will work best? My wifes red or my daughters blonde?