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Old 28-01-2018, 12:47 PM   #631
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Why is it that sometimes random Zooper Doopers semi defrost even after being in the freezer for days while others don’t?
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Why is it I’m unable to refill the ice tray without flooding the kitchen?
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Why is it Castlemaine is "Kassel-Mayne" to some, and "Car-sall-mayne" to others?

Shouldn't the "Castle" part of it be pronounced like a king's "Castle"???


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Why is it (on 2 occasions) I've heard Australians say "aloominum" instead of aluminium?
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Why is it (on 2 occasions) I've heard Australians say "aloominum" instead of aluminium?
It's the abomination of bullshyte on youtube that all the kids are watching these days...

7 year old comes out the other day, with a pathetic American accent, and says to me "when y'all go shoppin, can yer grab me some Elmer's glue?"

I asked WTF for, and she replied "so ahh ken make some slarme" - she'd be watching some southerner doing DIY slime making on youtube....
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Why is it that the road rules dont seem to apply to drivers of dog and tippers? With all the construction going on theres a lot about but red lights seem to mean nothing. I get it that the pay structure is probably similar to that of a porn star where the more loads you take in a day the more you get paid, but some of the risks taken i see on the roads are nuts.
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. I get it that the pay structure is probably similar to that of a porn star where the more loads you take in a day the more you get paid.

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Totally agree. Friday evening is normally the worst for it - changing lanes onto cars on the freeway when there's not enough room, running red lights, and pulling out when it's not clear to do so.... but last Thursday took the cake - had one pull out of a T from a side road, onto an 80km/h rural arterial, in front of me going 1 way, and another car coming the other. I still don't know how I managed to steer down the broken bitumen & gravel shoulder & pull up beside the slowly rolling rear axle of the truck without wrecking a rim or going bush.

And it wasn't like he was still rolling into the T intersection and had speed on to pull around - he'd been stopped for a good 10 seconds or more that I'd seen him, but just thought "F-you, I'm pulling out" and then it was how the F do I wash off 80km/h and avoid this fool.

The only reason I had to go around that way was because the road I normally take was blocked - one of his cohorts also in a tip & dog had splattered a car who couldn't pull up in time to avoid ploughing into the side of the dog trailer after he turned right in front of him.

I bet they're all big & tough in the truck, but when they get home they hand their balls to their wife.....
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I can understand being loaded and attempting to stop for an orange light but just running the red because you cannot stop safely, but when i get a green light and take off in my own time to have 3 trucks in convoy come flying through 5 seconds of red light with no f's given thats irresponsible. Im sure the truck drivers will be fine, but someone in a normal car wont fare as well if they dont look both ways 200m up the road and trust the green light.
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Why is it that a small pizza tastes better than a family of the same type...
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Why is it that a small pizza tastes better than a family of the same type...
I questioned the same thing on friday when i ordered a 9 inch pizza at my local pub. It must be one of lifes mysteries.
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Totally agree. Friday evening is normally the worst for it - changing lanes onto cars on the freeway when there's not enough room, running red lights, and pulling out when it's not clear to do so.... but last Thursday took the cake - had one pull out of a T from a side road, onto an 80km/h rural arterial, in front of me going 1 way, and another car coming the other. I still don't know how I managed to steer down the broken bitumen & gravel shoulder & pull up beside the slowly rolling rear axle of the truck without wrecking a rim or going bush.

And it wasn't like he was still rolling into the T intersection and had speed on to pull around - he'd been stopped for a good 10 seconds or more that I'd seen him, but just thought "F-you, I'm pulling out" and then it was how the F do I wash off 80km/h and avoid this fool.

The only reason I had to go around that way was because the road I normally take was blocked - one of his cohorts also in a tip & dog had splattered a car who couldn't pull up in time to avoid ploughing into the side of the dog trailer after he turned right in front of him.

I bet they're all big & tough in the truck, but when they get home they hand their balls to their wife.....
As an interstate driver I can see that you now know why we refer to them (local drivers) as RTC's................

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I hear the term "mud carter" thrown around a lot too. And boy, doesn't the UHF light up when one of them is flipped over.
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Why is it that sometimes random Zooper Doopers semi defrost even after being in the freezer for days while others don’t?
Unpack them and lay them out in the freezer, don't just stuff the whole pack in there as-is.
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I’m not talking about not being able to freeze properly, they can be frozen 1 day then semi thawed the next, it happened to 3 of the 5 remaining zooper doopers in the freezer today, it’s bazar
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Speaking of truck and dog tippers, 1 fell over during December in Lynbrook in south eastern Melbourne, just so happened that the car it fell on was being piloted by an old flat mate of mines father, he survived, just, took 3 hours to get him out of the car, broke most of his ribs, both arms and legs and a list of other things she said that I can’t recall..
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Why is it I’m unable to refill the ice tray without flooding the kitchen?

Try when your sober....maybe end of this week.
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Why is it people can't take responsibility for their mistakes and be decent human beings?

On my way home from the skate practice on Wednesday night, some guy in a lifted Hilux rolled backwards at lights into my car. I realised it was happening and luckily was able to move back a bit, but he still tapped my bumper with his tow bar.

He then got out, denied it, told me it must have been me hitting him because his foot was on the brake, and when I said we needed to exchange details, he said "I'm not giving you nothing, my car isn't damaged".
I took pictures of his car (plastered with his mobile number, and business name), and when I tried taking a picture of him - knowing he'd likely deny he was even there, or knew who was driving, he covered his face, jumped back in the ute and took off.

Within 5 minutes of getting home, I had googled the business name. Found his ABN, searched ASIC, and found his full name as a sole trader and his registered address.

Went to the police on Thursday to report him for failing to exchange details, and they called him, forcing him to exchange details then and there.
It's not worth going to insurers, and it's his word vs mine, no evidence, no witnesses, so I'd get nothing anyway. It was just the principle. He thought he could get one over on me, or brush me off as I was a lone female in the car. If he'd been decent about it, I'd have let it go.
Man up, admit he was distracted or whatever, apologise, and offer a slab of beer or a bottle of whatever, for the boys that fix it for me. That's it. But he wanted to be a jerk, and I can play that game too. Maybe he'll think twice about it next time (I doubt it).

99% of the damage will buff out, and I have plenty of friends in the business who do that stuff for a living that will tidy it up in 20 minutes or so, making it all but invisible. There's a bit of a chip in the plastic, which is what I'm most ****ed off about, but I'll see what my boys can do, and possibly get a workmate who is a retired cop to give him a call about it.
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I questioned the same thing on friday when i ordered a 9 inch pizza at my local pub. It must be one of lifes mysteries.
Must be something to do with surface area, they seem denser - especially an Aussie with one egg on a small.

Plus the best bites are the first and the last couple and they're closer together than a large piece.

First-world problems.
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If the word ‘phonetic’ basically means, spelt the way it sounds, why is it that it’s not?
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The joys of the English language..... like the old punctuation.
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Why is it that movie makers continue you put sound effects in space? Space has no atmosphere, therefore it is silent. Everything inside the spaceship yes, everything outside the spaceship no

Why is it that movie makers that use light based weapons ( lasers ) don’t understand that a light based ranged weapon would be releasing its laser rounds at 299,792,458 meters per second ( the speed of light ), way to fast for us to see, the good guys would be dead before they realise the bad guys pulled the trigger, Obi Wan ain’t deflecting that s**t with a lightsaber.
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Why is it that movie makers continue you put sound effects in space? Space has no atmosphere, therefore it is silent. Everything inside the spaceship yes, everything outside the spaceship no

Why is it that movie makers that use light based weapons ( lasers ) don’t understand that a light based ranged weapon would be releasing its laser rounds at 299,792,458 meters per second ( the speed of light ), way to fast for us to see, the good guys would be dead before they realise the bad guys pulled the trigger, Obi Wan ain’t deflecting that s**t with a lightsaber.
Why is it that I can hear skidmarks on dirt, gravel, ice, mud, and any other non-skidmark surface?
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Why is it people can't take responsibility for their mistakes and be decent human beings?

On my way home from the skate practice on Wednesday night, some guy in a lifted Hilux rolled backwards at lights into my car. I realised it was happening and luckily was able to move back a bit, but he still tapped my bumper with his tow bar.

He then got out, denied it, told me it must have been me hitting him because his foot was on the brake, and when I said we needed to exchange details, he said "I'm not giving you nothing, my car isn't damaged".
I took pictures of his car (plastered with his mobile number, and business name), and when I tried taking a picture of him - knowing he'd likely deny he was even there, or knew who was driving, he covered his face, jumped back in the ute and took off.

Within 5 minutes of getting home, I had googled the business name. Found his ABN, searched ASIC, and found his full name as a sole trader and his registered address.

Went to the police on Thursday to report him for failing to exchange details, and they called him, forcing him to exchange details then and there.
It's not worth going to insurers, and it's his word vs mine, no evidence, no witnesses, so I'd get nothing anyway. It was just the principle. He thought he could get one over on me, or brush me off as I was a lone female in the car. If he'd been decent about it, I'd have let it go.
Man up, admit he was distracted or whatever, apologise, and offer a slab of beer or a bottle of whatever, for the boys that fix it for me. That's it. But he wanted to be a jerk, and I can play that game too. Maybe he'll think twice about it next time (I doubt it).

99% of the damage will buff out, and I have plenty of friends in the business who do that stuff for a living that will tidy it up in 20 minutes or so, making it all but invisible. There's a bit of a chip in the plastic, which is what I'm most ****ed off about, but I'll see what my boys can do, and possibly get a workmate who is a retired cop to give him a call about it.
Some people cannot admit they made a mistake - but it's a mistake to let them get away with it. If they learn a hard lesson - next time maybe they will consider a different behaviour. I fully support you taking it to the police - I would do the same thing - just for them to give him a call and disturb his untruthful life.
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Why is it that my shed cost me more to build than the total worth of the stuff in it. Maybe i should buy better stuff
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...that 4 Zooper Doopers are never enough...

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In a row beastie probably more than enough.
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Why is it people can't take responsibility for their mistakes and be decent human beings?

On my way home from the skate practice on Wednesday night, some guy in a lifted Hilux rolled backwards at lights into my car. I realised it was happening and luckily was able to move back a bit, but he still tapped my bumper with his tow bar.

He then got out, denied it, told me it must have been me hitting him because his foot was on the brake, and when I said we needed to exchange details, he said "I'm not giving you nothing, my car isn't damaged".
I took pictures of his car (plastered with his mobile number, and business name), and when I tried taking a picture of him - knowing he'd likely deny he was even there, or knew who was driving, he covered his face, jumped back in the ute and took off.

Within 5 minutes of getting home, I had googled the business name. Found his ABN, searched ASIC, and found his full name as a sole trader and his registered address.

Went to the police on Thursday to report him for failing to exchange details, and they called him, forcing him to exchange details then and there.
It's not worth going to insurers, and it's his word vs mine, no evidence, no witnesses, so I'd get nothing anyway. It was just the principle. He thought he could get one over on me, or brush me off as I was a lone female in the car. If he'd been decent about it, I'd have let it go.
Man up, admit he was distracted or whatever, apologise, and offer a slab of beer or a bottle of whatever, for the boys that fix it for me. That's it. But he wanted to be a jerk, and I can play that game too. Maybe he'll think twice about it next time (I doubt it).

99% of the damage will buff out, and I have plenty of friends in the business who do that stuff for a living that will tidy it up in 20 minutes or so, making it all but invisible. There's a bit of a chip in the plastic, which is what I'm most ****ed off about, but I'll see what my boys can do, and possibly get a workmate who is a retired cop to give him a call about it.
Dash cam. Why is it you need one? Because of idiots in your story....
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Some people feel the need to be twats they are usually morons who go on the attack to hide the fact they are in fact they are stupid!
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