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US pronunciation of 'Nissan' is closer to the Japanese pronunciation. Neither US nor AUS pronunciation of 'Mazda' are close to the Japanese pronunciation, though.
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Why did the Australian Treasury create a new $5? It looks nice - yes... But all of the machines which can accept notes - can't read the new 5s, yet. (A generalization - I'm sure some machines can use them)
Shouldn't that be the #1 thing to look into before just - changing the damn currency lol?!
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The machines also have problems pushing them out when giving change. I've had two self service machines jam up when giving me change with the new notes.
Apparently the companies operating the machines had a long time of notice before the change was introduced and they failed to handle it.
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Ford screwed the Falcon
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Why is the natural environment full of dirt etc. but it never looks dirty, yet we are forever cleaning our man-made environments to stop them from becoming dirty?
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Why is it the equality is all about evening up numbers rather than removing discrimination?
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#366 | ||
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Why are so many concerned about 'dirt', dirt will still be there long after "detol" no longer works.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: central vic.
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why is it .. that someone who has a holiday house locally on an 80km/h zoned section of country road, and isnt a permanent local resident, petitioned council and had speed reduced to 60km/h on that section of road, now only 2 weeks after the re-zoning has the house for sale?
the 80 zone worked fine for the last 6 years since it was downgraded from a 100 zone which sufficed from the times speed limits were introduced in Victoria. now its just a bloody pain in the **** , and an excellent speedtrap/revenue raising section . my gripe. |
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You can read the For Sale sign easier when passing at 60kmh. That type of thing is very annoying though. |
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I had an Aussie mate not happy with his local council he insisted that he would "march up to city hall" and raise hell. I mean that's not even a thing in this country 😬
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When in doubt, GAS IT!!
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Why is it you can add any number of "accessories" to your car including modifying the suspension, put in a stupidly big and loud doof doof stereo if you like, a big a$$ bullbar, yep , that's ok, gas injection, no problem, but the second you mention you have touched the exhaust beyond putting a chrome tip on it, suddenly the car is uninsureable. Every insurance company except Shannons pulled the pin on me when I told them The BFIII wagon we just acquired was fitted with a full front to back "sports" exhaust. I mean, jeeeeeeez, it's only a set of extractors and a 1/12 inch system on a stock motor.
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When in doubt, GAS IT!!
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RAA insurance in SA didn't reject me but they'll only give market value on the car even though there's over $6k worth of accessories and upgrades listed in the policy statement. After much argument and haggling I got them to up the value by a whole $1000. I've got a cover note with them while I look for a better deal but it's a tough job at the moment.
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Why do people have to talk through the movies.
Yesterday went to see Hell or High Water, a movie about modern day bank robbers and a Texas Ranger trying to catch them. So brother and I go to a tiny little theatre that is still screening it, 4 seats on one side of the isle, 2 on the other and about 12 rows, so quite small. About 6 blokes in there, then 4 women in their late 40s and early 50s walk in and sit right in front of us. Immediately start talking as the movie starts, then like teenagers start texting. Brother gets peed off so goes and sits somewhere else. Then they have to laugh out loud when something slightly humurous is said. Bank robber movie, someones going to get shot, so why gasp in horror when it happens, get a grip. Ruined the whole movie, 3 times I told them to shut up, no response, so then I started imitating them when they gasped in horror, but they didn't get my subtlety. Anyway, rant over, sorry.
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Where to next??
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Is this rejection of insurance on a national database somewhere? Every insurance asks the same question "has any other company declined you insurance for whatever reason?"... I (we??) always say no, but I would love to run through a dummy quote and say yes just to see if they then knock me back. What an odd question to ask anyway?
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Somehow, we are a huge risk to the insurance industry because we choose to fit an aftermarket exhaust. The same stupidity if your car has two doors. Just an opportunity to have different prices & rates, like most things here in Oz, we pay way over the average compared to other countries.
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Ford screwed the Falcon
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Why is it I have the mental strength to stop smoking cold turkey but I do not have the mental strength to overcome my anxiety disorder?
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Ford screwed the Falcon
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Why is it all Harley Davidson riders in the USofA are caucasian? I don't recall seeing any African-Americans riding HDs.
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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Some people only smoke because it's something to do and don't actually get hooked on nicotine. My aunty smoked for almost 4 decades because my grandma always did the quit on the spot. She found other things to occupie her time and has never gone back. I can go for weeks on end with out the need. Go to the pub though, and you only find the interesting people in the crowded smoking area, no one randomly asked is that chair taken then has a chat inside. Anxiety I'm not sure the explanation, it's different in every case. When I got hospitalised at the end of last year due to what the put down as gastro, having not eaten for a week and still throwing up and all the rest, I rocked up shaking uncontrollabley. They asked about anxiety, I replied no, just a high stress job and I've been off for a week and still hear from my manager everyday about things getting worse. They put it down as anxiety. I'm thinking they are right. This year at work was supposed to be different, it's not. Still understaffed. The wife blaming me for her dad's dimentia doesn't help, I didn't take his mind away. But everybody is in a different situation
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Advertising plays on anxiety & insecurity when selling cleaning products. "Dirt is bad'' or ''Children get sick''. Any level headed person knows the more dirt & germs we are exposed to keeps the immune system firing. Same with blue toilet water thingo's. People have been conditioned to think toilets are cleaner if the water is blue like the ocean (which isn't blue at all)
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" The wife blaming me for her dad's dimentia doesn't help, I didn't take his mind away. "
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Its the way the situation comes across to me., out of my control but somehow it's my fault. People deal with issues in different ways, but the wife likes to have someone to blame for everything she cannot explain, kind of like people who sue the council for uneven pavement because they can't sue the tree for growing
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After proof reading what I wrote yesterday this morning, I probably should have worded it a bit better. I was in a bit of a mood at the time and didn't mean it to be read in anyway to be insulting to the condition my father in law has. It was more a reference to the way the wife has gone about the situation. You cannot go out and give someone a condition like that. Can't be done. That man has been more of a father then my own for the past 12 years, not saying anything bad about my dad, but the father in law went a similar career path back in the day and that heavily influenced my direction. My old man is a thinker and I'm a doer. Different paths. Just saying, anyhow back to the original direction of the thread, why is it booker rod comes in 3m legnths, cable tray in 4m legnths and unistrut in 6m legnths? They are all made by the same company, and you need them all to suspend a cable tray from a slab, yet you have to think about how many legnths you need of each to do the job.
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Very sad allround. It is one of the more cruel diseases that any of us can get. As for the threaded rods, I feel your pain. I always end up with heaps of the ones I don't need and 2 or 3 short for the job.
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How many times to people order stuff without part numbers, or incorrect descriptions? And it's normally some young person in their first customer service role, processing orders, who has little product knowledge or experience to know all the quirks. Someone at that company was smart when it came to working out ways to reduce processing errors. If you put down a 6m length, or multiples of 6, they know you want unistrut. Likewise if you asked for a 4m "strip" - then they know you want a cable tray. |
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That for all the months of the year when there's only crap sport ( cricket ) on free tv, the picture is clear and flawless but as soon as semi decent sport ( Aus open ) begins, it's starts to break up and when proper sport starts ( AFL ) it's almost unwatchable..
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