Geez! I hate that!

[EBSXR6]

Originally Posted by Trendseeker

Woolworths and Coles both do that occasionally with soft drinks. Eg. Pepsi Max 2.0L bottle is on special for $2.00 while the 1.2L bottle is $3.10.

Edit: the 600ml bottles in the refrigerated section are always more expensive than both the 1.25L and 2.0L.

Many years ago we had a Milk Bar down the street and the owner told me that Diet Soft Drinks have a very limited shelf life.
The Plastic Bottles are not totally air tight and that the Sugar Replacements in Diet Soft drinks go off quickly when exposed to air and taint the taste.

[HIPO]

The lack of nest building skills, of our resident Tawny Frogmouths. :(

[Tonz]

you can give your opinion, I can give mine. I will be willing to admit in 12 months time I am wrong but very concerned for the next 3-6 months.

[mad2]

Originally Posted by Tonz

you can give your opinion, I can give mine. I will be willing to admit in 12 months time I am wrong but very concerned for the next 3-6 months.
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i'm wondering if our pollies stuffed up with getting 'our' subs from usa.... just saying.

[onemanempire]

when delivering a pallet of double stacked plastic kegs... having to resort to this:



to keep it from falling over... for the THIRD TIME!!!

DOH!!

I love my job...


One Man

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

when delivering a pallet of double stacked plastic kegs... having to resort to this:

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to keep it from falling over... for the THIRD TIME!!!

DOH!!

I love my job...


One Man

Let me guess, the people who load the truck don't actually drive and unload the truck?

[onemanempire]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Let me guess, the people who load the truck don't actually drive and unload the truck?

No no, nothing like that. It was more a case of:
The people who requested the transport of the pallet of kegs, didn't want to pay for 2 pallet spaces, so double stacked the kegs. Not a problem usually, as the other pallets of goods provide it additional support (blocking).

As this was the last job of the day, it needed to go to Victoria, so I had to lug it around most of the day, and drop it back to the depot so it could be loaded onto a truck bound for Victoria.
The people driving in front of me approaching an empty roundabout decided at the last minute to brake suddenly for no apparent reason, forcing me to either make an insurance claim... or do my best to avoid a rear ender (which I did)... at the time expense of re-stacking the pallet.
Oh, let me add that the driver probably spoken really good chinglish.
The pic you see is what it looked like when unloaded from my truck. Just a hassle.

So.. all good in the hood as they say.


Cheers,

One Man

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

I hate that the rule for turning into the lane nearest you when entering a multi-lane road was removed. Every time I have someone enter the multi-lane road I'm on as I approach the road they are entering from, I get worried they may not have seen me and will enter my lane. Or, they enter into my lane and force me to change lanes or slow down for them.

In particular, I'm talking about 100km/h highways.

[X-AHH]

I hate when developers shut down lanes or complete roads at all times of the day so they can have delivery vehicles, cranes, concrete trucks etc access the worksite to ensure that another ugly multimillion dollar pile of dog boxes gets built to line their pockets.

The most annoying thing is that all of the signs refer to "Roadworks" and the roads aren't being worked on.

Councils should be forcing them to only get road and lane closures at night with the least impact on road users.

I have no issues with road and lane closures for actual road works

Surely there's a better way.

[Citroënbender]

Feel sorry for the copper speaking to reporters, barely holding back his own distress.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Feel sorry for the copper speaking to reporters, barely holding back his own distress.

I can relate to this, part of my early working career when in Vic public transport, I use to attend train accidents, it did my head in after 11 years seeing the same thing, time after time, I do, really feel sorry for the emergency workers of all fields attending these accidents, you never forget the horrors & nightmares as to what you experience.

[Itsme]

Started to fit new door levers to my house replacing the doorknobs since my wife suffers arthritis to her hands, the general door handles are 70mm from the edge, no problems the new levers are adjustable, except for the privacy levers, 60mm fixed. This means two new doors to be fitted, geeze I hate that!

[Citroënbender]

You can’t get new locks with different backset?

Are they mortise type locks or the 22mm edge bore type?

[prktkljokr]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Started to fit new door levers to my house replacing the doorknobs since my wife suffers arthritis to her hands, the general door handles are 70mm from the edge, no problems the new levers are adjustable, except for the privacy levers, 60mm fixed. This means two new doors to be fitted, geeze I hate that!

Just repair the existing holes in the door filling them with some pine and wood glue, I had to do this when I replaced my front door handles with a electronic keypad lock so the home care people could let themselves in and out without us.

Was a pretty simple fix, I just made a piece that slipped inside the old lock hole and glued it in, then filled the handle holes with some pine I cut with the hole saw glued in place, sanded it and wood putty, you would never know

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

You can’t get new locks with different backset?

Are they mortise type locks or the 22mm edge bore type?

Mortise type

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Just repair the existing holes in the door filling them with some pine and wood glue, I had to do this when I replaced my front door handles with a electronic keypad lock so the home care people could let themselves in and out without us.

Was a pretty simple fix, I just made a piece that slipped inside the old lock hole and glued it in, then filled the handle holes with some pine I cut with the hole saw glued in place, sanded it and wood putty, you would never know

10mm difference I know, to partially fill a hole is a PIA job, I found it easier to buy new doors for $45 each & refitting door accessories, btw I was also repainting every door as I go, new doors were my easier option.

[Citroënbender]

Run Auto Parts.

They’ve recently paired with a third-party platform to process online sales, only it doesn’t give you a guest checkout option. No way was I handing over nine-tenths of my identity and financial details to an entity I honestly was unfamiliar with, who were going to “securely store” my data. Run Auto Parts can say goodbye to $225 in sales this morning, and my ongoing business.

[John 13]

Originally Posted by Trendseeker

Woolworths and Coles both do that occasionally with soft drinks. Eg. Pepsi Max 2.0L bottle is on special for $2.00 while the 1.2L bottle is $3.10.

Edit: the 600ml bottles in the refrigerated section are always more expensive than both the 1.25L and 2.0L.

"SARSAPARILLA" On the subject of soft drinks. Here in Perth WA, it recently appeared that Kirks Sarsaparilla is no longer stocked. Tried the Bundaberg brand, significantly more expensive and much less flavour.
Contacted CCA in Sydney and was told that apparently the Kirks brand Sars is no longer being produced. Help !

[Citroënbender]

It sucks when big corporations do this - you reminded me of Marty here complaining when his favourite chinotto went off the market. And I haven’t forgiven Golden Circle for icing their sliced pickled cucumber, it was next level - Eskal pickles just aren’t the same.

[John 13]

EUPHGEMISM's. are creeping into our vocabulary. In my opinion one of most vague is Bathrooms. Rest room was bad enough. In the bathroom, when does one use, the basin, the bathtub or can the shower recess be used for everything ?
At Elliott on the Stuart Highway the dunnies at the hotel were categorised Ewes and Rams, which was which, work it out. (unintentionally leading into the story of the accountant who suffered from constipation. He used a pencil to work it out.)

[onemanempire]

when cranking around some downhill corners in the truck when the accelerator pedals jams at WOT... scarey.

Hit the key real quick wondering like WTAF just happened. Being a fly by wire truck, I figured it was having a brain fart.. as they can do... but NO, turns out it was a whole lot simpler.

I broke my barrel ratchet strap bar a while back and had the broken bit beside my seat.. it somehow, in all the excitement of fangin an empty truck through the hills, the broken bit of rod found it's way here:



Scarey, but I saved it.

Cheers,

One Man

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

when cranking around some downhill corners in the truck when the accelerator pedals jams at WOT... scarey.

Hit the key real quick wondering like WTAF just happened. Being a fly by wire truck, I figured it was having a brain fart.. as they can do... but NO, turns out it was a whole lot simpler.

I broke my barrel ratchet strap bar a while back and had the broken bit beside my seat.. it somehow, in all the excitement of fangin an empty truck through the hills, the broken bit of rod found it's way here:

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Scarey, but I saved it.


Cheers,

One Man

Should not have happened, some of my work associates would say you are sloppy on truck housekeeping, they thoroughly clean the cabin at end of shifts with the vinyls being wiped cleaned.

[Citroënbender]

Bumped the tailgate of my tray into an outward-leaning melaleuca bough this afternoon, annoyingly close to one corner - so it tore the metal.

[MITCHAY]

Body corp managers, they are useless. All I need is an invoice to chase shit up myself even though they should be doing it and they can't even give me that!

[onemanempire]

When trying to log on to Ebay to be faced with this drama 3 times.. then realising that it was a dud address...









I understand why it's called Windows now.. as the Fsckin thing nearly exited by one..

Daaauum...


One Man