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Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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Someone would be surprised
(a.) That the partner they demeaned, insulted and generally treated like rubbish would one day up and leave, and (b.) That I seemed to lack sympathy when they wanted to bleat about it? |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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we have metric socket sets but still 1/4, 3/8 drive.
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DIY Tragic
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Why can’t speed cameras send a signal to every nearby toll tag when they’re tripped? Even if it’s not you, it’s a much more timely reminder of the cameras than advertising blather.
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Kicking back
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Location: Western sydney
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Yeah, why over complicate things. Ratchets, breaker bars, impacts, typically they're ¼, ⅜, ½ inch drive. Who gives half a crap about the non metric about that. Its sockets where the imperial makes less sense.
Same with measuring stuff. On a tape measure a number like 1659mm is a lot easier to process then say 56 inches and 12 sixteenths. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Perth
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Tyre widths are metric, profiles are percentages but rim sizes are still imperial..... Why.....
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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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Nothing a chisel and lump hammer wouldn't fix.
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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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#2771 | ||
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Why is it that a builder builds, a painter paints, a developer develops and a writer writes, but a barber doesn’t barb?
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Sharper than a marble
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After buying a new pair of boots you always step in dog shit?
What's worse is when you don't know you have, jump in the car with the heater on face and floor to be greeted by the putrid aroma of dog turd.
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Shenanigans..............
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Did you bless the floor mats, carpets and door sil?
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I'm up in Yeppoon QLD, plenty of roundabouts, as I approach, I have other cars entering, right indicator on then change to left to dive straight through, WTF.
I can understand the use of left indicator leaving roundabout by why the right one if not turning right? |
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Shenanigans..............
Join Date: Mar 2007
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The typical stereotype of a Volvo driver still exists.
Now watching one parallel park his V70 station wagon in front of me. Gets out twice to check distance behind him, then for reasons unknown, whips out his laptop, does something, gets back in and straightens up a little more. And he looked exactly like Alan Davies. |
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Thank goodness you are indicating before hand. Is it part of driving instruction to turn indicators on when actually turning, or is this proof that so many knobs cant do 2 things at once?
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When I went for my licence in the 80's you didn't have to indicate unless you were leaving the roundabout, indicating right was only a courtesy thing, now its to show what you are doing, the dual carriage way ones are a bit worrying for some people that don't understand that if you are in the inside lane you need the outside one to leave
https://streetwise.rsc.wa.gov.au/rul...hoC2zMQAvD_BwE Queensland has similar rules https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/saf...ad/roundabouts |
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I get so annoyed when approaching a roundabout and the oncoming car indicates right, so i slow accordingly or stop, only to find the idiot is gong straight through, makes no sense at least to me it dosen't. |
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What I seen the other day was so confusing. |
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Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
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…So many unjoined dots in e-commerce. You can’t buy “focused” gift vouchers (online or at a post orifice) for stuff like energy bills, passport renewal, driving licences, penalty notices, registrations, council rates, yada yada. As in, not simple preloaded debit cards, but coupons for use against a specific type of payment only.
TBH I’m a bit surprised at how widespread this deficiency is. I was sniffing around to see if I could gift a friend interstate $100 specifically towards her passport renewal so she doesn’t just spend the money on her grandchildren. But it’s seemingly not possible. Strange. |
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Ford screwed the Falcon
Join Date: Sep 2013
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My idiot brother does if because he left Melbourne at 23 and lived all over Australia for a couple of decades. Now he is back living in his birth state he refuses to return to Victorian habits.
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Falcon: 1960 - 2016 My cars Current ride 2016 FG X XR6 - 6 speed manual Previous rides 2009 FG XR6 - 6 speed auto 2006 BF MkII XT ESP - 6 speed auto 2003 BA XT V8 - 5 speed manual 1999 AU Forte - 5 speed manual 1997 EL Fairmont - 4 speed auto 1990 EAII Fairmont Ghia - 4 speed auto |
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Time to put a non negative post up..Why is it that every time I hear a particular song it reminds me of a place in time doing fun things with fun people. Bring back the 80's I say. Here's some of my fondest memories...
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Shenanigans..............
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Not being welcomed to my country every time I go to footy, cricket or some other significant event.
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Kicking back
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This still baffles me. So there was logic to me purchasing the learner burner to get me bike licence, as in get done speeding you lose all your licences as L's there is no tolerance for that. I didn't sell the learner burner to my brother, he handed me an envelope with what the purchase price was. So im not a bike person, and yes a few dollars were into it, as in full stainless zorst, tyres and cheapst being service. 1 plug and 1L of oil.
But the baffling thing is why would a person with a 1043cc kawasaki purchase a honda cbr125r and daily that? Fuel efectiveness maybe, but its only slightly faster then any uber eats person. |
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He understands the risks of riding a bike around the city and wants to protect his little brother from an accident?
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