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A welcome drop, in the ocean of plenty.

The irony and genius of Dick’s gesture will be lost on Halfwit; but, with a little more fancy footwork through the paperwork, there will be a benefit or two. Let’s see - $AUD 160,000 at current rate of expenditure. Checks diary:-

Wednesday – Golf 1030 – 1300 hrs; lunch at the club 1330 – 1600 hrs; sun bed, massage and hair colour 1700 – 1830 hrs; power nap 1900 – 2000 hrs; casino 2100 -2400 hrs.

Thursday – 0030 -0100 hrs cathouse selection menu study; 0130 – 0330 dungeon games; 0400 recovery, shower and nightcap; 0430 just enough money left for taxi home.

Aye, it’s a tough life, at the top; where mediocre people are always – at their best,

Toot ) chuckle ( toot.

Sometimes "K" you out do yourself in wickedness - Luv it

In a further update to Dick's (self-confessed) mad moment, courtesy of the Oz:

Smith puts focus on safety

12:00amSIMON KING

Dick Smith has donated $160,000 aiming to trigger the installation of weather cameras.

In what, by his own high standards, he describes as one of his “madder moves”, Dick Smith has donated $160,000 to government body Airservices Australia in a bid to trigger the installation of what he believes are lifesaving weather cameras.

“It is one of the most eccentric and maddest things I’ve done, but how else do I get them to do something?” he said. “It is so frustrating that other countries have these weather cams — they’re just normal and an absolutely fantastic service for aviators and we have nothing.”

Mr Smith said he hoped Airservices Australia would use the money to look to replicate those cameras operated by Nav Canada and he pinpointed “known risk locations” such as Mount Victoria in NSW and Kilmore Gap in Victoria as ideal candidates to begin the program.

“It’s incredibly important — one of the most common forms of accident is a weather-related accident,” Mr Smith said.

“Around the world, the US, Canada, they’ve started putting cameras on mountain passes.

“They’re absolutely fantastic — before you leave you have a look and see a picture of when the weather’s good and the current conditions.

“It would help country aviation and would improve safety drastically.”

As of publication, Airservices Australia said it had not received Mr Smith’s cheque. The donations were part of more than $4.1 million Mr Smith is making from the sale of his Cessna Citation aircraft.

As well as $1m to the Rotary Australia Benevolent ­Society, he is donating heavily to organisations that improve aviation safety and participation.

On the list are the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ($30,000); Recreational Aviation Australia ($30,000); The Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia ($20,000); the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame ($10,000); the Scouts Air Activity Centre at both Camden, NSW, and Moorabbin, Victoria ($10,000 each); the Sport Aircraft Association of Australia ($10,000); the Australian Ballooning Federation ($10,000); and the Australian Women Pilots Association ($10,000).

The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society received $125,000, the Royal Flying Doctor Service Canberra $100,000, the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society $125,000 and the Angel Flight, Careflight Westmead and Southern Region Westpac SLSA helicopter are all receiving $50,000.

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