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  1. My ' across ' the road neighbours are leaving this weekend as their rent has gone to $ 650 weekly .

    The thing is , they had the " whole house & garden " .

    For a bit less than their current rent.

    Now they have a new granny flat in the back , $550 weekly . 

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  2. nomadpete 

    Just how tall are you,

    As I'm the runt of my family,  at 5' , 10" at school . ( no taunting at school only at home ).

    Now , " too many washes later " ,  I shrank to 5'8"  if lucky.

    My elder bro 6'4" , with an uncle at 6'7" . ( mum was over 6' ).

    Sorry no French metric. 

    spacesailor

     

  3. me !.

    2042 big party .

    To watch a ' century go past ' is ten decades of memories 

     ' the Time Machine ' .

     

    2062 , four or , five years to that ' world record ' ,

    That the French Women set . Nasty to be denied that record ,

    On the accusation ' she took her older sisters identity ' .

    Jeanne Louise calment 122 years old . Road her bicycle at 90 .

    Sold her Parisian apartment,  with a live in contract .

    That the purchaser,  gave back, for her 100 birthday .

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  4. A lot of ' poorer ' people are refused bail . As their lawyers don't seem to care  when working for poor pay. 

    They seem to stay in jail longer before bail application. 

    Also less chance of getting acquitted. 

    Than a wealthier crook. We , often see, on the media , of wealthier crooks getting ' community service' instead of Jail time .

    spacesailor

  5. Out here in this city suburbia. 

    An empty block incurs,  land tax,  unimproved valuation rates, water charges , sewerage charges. 

    And if have the adjacent block with house & pool, you have to pay penalty water rates , for excessive water use. I told one owner to have the water put on the spare block, just for the pool filling & car washing . Saved lots of money & arguments over those pool parties , as well as washing friends cars . 

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  6. Untamed trailer!.

    In NZ a company , made a tow hitch with a large friction disc to combat swaying when towing .

    I went to their demo .

    And . The caravan was badly loaded,  with almost flat tyres . Without their hitch , it was ' deadly ' .  With that hitch it was like everything was corrected .

    I wonder what happened to it , as not found by Google. 

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  7. Not the original.  That had the ' glass ball ball ' in a tube encased by a rubber mound ,

    Stray light came in & was reflected back though the eye

    Which shone brightly . Like an animals eye .

    spacesailor

  8. But

    Those in-need of solar, plus EVs . Are not eligible. 

    As most live in the ' suburbia ' & state housing or rental.

    The Oldies have long-ago learned to live ( within their pp-pension ) , so do not qualify for subsidised solar .

    Who got the first for those big rebates . I suspect the richer part of town , who have surplus money. 

    115 klms daily trip , lots of CO2 produced by one car in 10s of thousands . ( Penrith/cbd ).

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  9. The future of one product,  and no alternative. 

    Is always,  pay through the nose .

    Until

    That alternative comes back to cut the profit of the router.  Then the price drops to keep any profits it can .

    Cats-eyes in the European road centre line , were sold for " one halfpenny each " .

    Road makers complained of ' excessive profits' ,  

    And took the cats-eye maker to court . 

    The judge agreed the maker couldn't lower the price as it was the ' lowest coin ' available. 

    Now we have a cheaper alternative, 

    Has anyone seen a " cats-eye " road marker  lately. 

    spacesailor

  10. " untrained and inexperienced operators " .

    Some ' operators ' are ex truck drivers.  With the best experience they obtained before retirement. 

    A lifetime of driving,  without " Causing " an accident. 

    Plus 50 years of operating a car & trailer combination. 

    Without killing myself , should count for something. 

    But  alas Bureaucratic rules,  take presidence over logic .

    If regulated to 100 kph ( 60 mph ) on the motor-way .

    Stop pushing them to go faster . Just because you're allowed 110 kph .

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