Marty_d

Probably deliberate, given that people start leaving his shindigs when he arrives.

14 hours ago, onetrack said:

...and many complaining they never even got a thank you, or a cuppa from the dealer!

 

Not sure how that has anything to do with the quality of the car.  You don't buy a car for a free cup of coffee.

FAT (no offence)

Remind me to politely refuse any dinner invitation Spacey.

Battles

Taste, diagonal as well as across 

Imagine being stuck in a space ship for 6 months with Elon Musk,only to realise you still have to live with him in a small habitat for the rest of your life when you get there. Hell!

This morning I saw an EV with Tas government plates, which is good - means they'll be available 2nd hand soon.

Still think Nomadpete's idea of a transaction tax is the best idea.

On 08/10/2024 at 12:15 AM, Jerry_Atrick said:

Those Tim Tams neve make it to the border..

 

The government is now asking why Tim Tams are more expensive here than in the UK.  

(the link is for the daily blog so you may have to scroll down to see the article).

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/oct/11/australia-news-live-house-prices-scam-prevention-laws-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-670873d28f08c777d3008a59#block-670873d28f08c777d3008a59

At the risk of not letting anyone else have a go... B

1 minute ago, red750 said:

Correct Marty. I think you enjoy the questions. 

 

 

 

B, he's an alliterative aficionado.

Here's one from Radio National this morning.

Jane is walking in a train tunnel.  

She is a quarter of the way through the tunnel when she hears the horn of a train behind her.

If she runs either forward to the far end, or back to the start of the tunnel, at her top speed of 20km/h, she will avoid the train.

How fast is the train going?

20m.

Well, it's a bit fowl.

17 hours ago, willedoo said:

One thing I don't like about local government is their trumped up big brother attitude towards the shire residents. Our local council employs two people full time to study satellite images of our properties. That's their only job, to make sure we're 'complying'. They study one property at a time and compare it to the stored images from a year or two before. Nothing better to do than spy on people obviously. It would be good if they just got out of our lives. I can't see the sky falling in if someone on a rural property puts up a chook house or garden shed without a very expensive permit.

I'm grateful that they're only at that stage.  
 

Comparing stored images is donkey work.  It shouldn't be hard to set up automation of that so it automatically flags any new structures (this is well within the bounds of current machine learning).  Then cross check the latitude/longitude with title records, check for DA for that title, if there's any mismatch then spit it out to a council enforcement goon.

Neighbours of mine got council approval to extend a room by a couple of metres.  Cost them an absolute bomb and they're not made of money.  I understand why they have planning offices - you don't want to end up with slum suburbs and disease outbreaks - but it should be nuanced especially in rural areas where the addition of a shed makes absolutely no difference to the area.

15 hours ago, nomadpete said:

When it gets that hot in Tas, we put the A/C on.

And I run out of clothes to take off (to cool down).

Which is not appreciated by the neighbours.  It puts their chooks off the lay.

Naked around the neighbours' chooks?

You really are turning into a Huon Valley local!

Ah. On my phone screen I read the days for each as 5, instead of 8 and 5. That makes sense.

I found this article illuminating.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/07/donald-trumps-hitlerian-logic-is-no-mistake

I think this article sums it up quite well.

I'd certainly trust Laura Tingle over anything published in the Australian.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-05/laura-tingle-on-middle-east-politics-and-dutton-albanese-divide/104433752

Not to mention the US bailouts of banks during the GFC - some of which got spent on multi million bonuses for the very people who caused or contributed to the problem.

5/9