Reads like a Beetoota headline.
trk
joined 2 years ago
Totally true, was more a comment that "plenty of space further out" is starting to come with a disclaimer that "further out" means "really, really far away to the point where its not practical to daily commute to the city".
I'm still more a fan of hubs than relying so heavily on a single CBD, but regardless density needs to change. We can't keep sprawling.
If you want a house there’s plenty of space further out
On the one hand, theoretically thats true...
On the other hand, people are moving out to Park Ridge / Greenbank / Flagstone / Springfield and buying ~300m^2 blocks with a new house for like $800k. It's like the worst of every world! Ages away, tiny and cramped, and expensive.
Housing is sharted.
Dude is completely unhinged
Still rocking LPG? Dang... We had a Triton on LPG back in the earthly/mid 2000s and even then LPG was getting to be a pain to find. It also got to a point where it didn't really stack up cost wise as well as it used to, as LPG prices went up faster than petrol and the price disparity no longer covered the reduced economy.
You'll have to get on the EV train eventually. The way the Chinese are pushing down prices and giving such incredible value for money is such a well deserved kick in the nuts to legacy car makers who have rested on their laurels for the past decade.
Pros:
• Unbeatable bang for buck (a luxury sedan that does 0-100kph in 3.8 seconds for under 70kAUD including on roads!)
• Stupidly comfortable to drive (no noise, no rattles, all the bells and whistles)
• Cheap to run, especially if you charge at home. I use a smart plug with the supplied granny charger so it only charges during free or cheap power times. This means the most it will cost to fill my "tank" - even assuming it only charges in the cheap period with no free usage at all - costs the equivalent of 1c per kilometre.
• Cheap to service (about $150 per 20,000k for the Performance model, less for the lower spec versions)
• No noise or stink if you're parked waiting somewhere. I really notice how obnoxious my diesel is by comparison if I'm outside it.
Cons:
• Everyone else is so damn slow to take off by comparison. It's just a constant source of frustration being stuck behind old sootybois paddling through their gears as their oil burner slowly gets to a point where it makes enough torque to get moving, only to run out of rpm and have to do it all over again using a new ratio.
• Doing stuff like touching fuel bowsers feels about a million times more disgusting now, and spending $100 AUD in one go to only travel 600k (or less) is rage inducing.
• Car noises in general are crazy frustrating now. It's just constantly some revving, or backfiring, or turbo whooshes, or engines screaming, or some other unnecessary audible pollution. When I was participating I didn't notice as much, but now that we're rolling dead silent it's really obvious.
Bro you gotta pick your moment to do epic le reddit headline misunderstandings
When I woke up to the news, my first thought was "oh great, that's 24/7 news coverage for the next month at least. We're not going to stop hearing about this for years"
Might have underestimated things a bit.
Definitely wasn't expecting 25 years of what feels like constant coverage, infinite conspiracy theories, the invasion of multiple countries, and the death of literally tens (hundreds??) of thousands of people.
Also wasn't expecting just how much of an impact it had on security - and not just at airports. We work at the airport and access is such a major pain in the butt now, but even going to ports or train stations has this constant fear that a bloke carting a bag of tools is there to do some terrorism instead of the far more reasonable expectation that maybe they're here to do that job we requested. It's been a quarter of a decade ffs.
"We can't let the terrorists win" was the catch cry, but man they kicked our collective arses and are still doing so.
Download update: 8TB thus far.
Installed Nextcloud today, and started transferring that over. The old install was an out of date snap install using MySQL, and the new one is an up to date docker install using postgresql... So transferring files isn't quite as easy as it could have been.
I am not an IT person so it's lots of learning along the way.
I do so many inductions that I pretty much just skip to the end as fast as possible and do the "test". Here's my number one pro tip: The correct answer in any induction is always the longest one.
Q. Bob is on fire. Do you:
A1) Run away screaming,
A2) Throw your bottle of water at Bob,
A3) Complete a JSA, ATCW, SWMS and liaise with your site contact to ensure all relevant permits and procedures have been documented. Once approval has been given to complete the task, plan a safety briefing with Bob and discuss methods to mitigate risk. Complete your Take 5 and complete additional permits. Arrange for hot work permit (NOTE: hot work permits require a minimum of 48 hours and must be submitted prior to site attendance). Provide proof of competency to hold a fire extinguisher prior to sourcing fire extinguisher. Check expiry date of cylinder and check safety log to ensure fire extinguisher has been tested within testing period. Follow manufacturers instruction to point fire extinguisher at Bob and spray charred carcass. Sign off permits.
A4) Go home early.
Yeah look there's a fair bit of euphemisming going on, but if you're keen on public domain movies this site does indeed have a heap available to peruse:
https://publicdomainmovie.net/feature_movies
You can combine Radarr and that site to ensure everything you grab is free and legal.
Posting on behalf of a group who is mainly volunteers who look after the local creeks and waterways (planting trees to prevent erosion, chasing up businesses that dump waste, cleaning up rubbish, etc)
Thieves are the worst, imo, and stealing from a community group is so low.
We are supported by B4C. OCCA (Oxley Creek Catchment Association) is a similar non profit group based on Oxley Creek.
For those that haven’t heard OCCA had one of its vehicles stolen from the vehicle compound at Archerfield at about 3 pm on Friday afternoon while the gates were open and someone was on site. It appears to be very opportunistic.
It has been reported to police and they will follow up with BCC to get access to any cctv footage.
This is the grey Mitsubishi Triton ute 604 EL9 which unfortunately doesn’t have OCCA’s logo on it. The police report number is QP2401832786.
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Rapidly approaching 12TB of download this month. Wondering if I'll get a "please explain" or not.
Also, FriYAY :D