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Old 05-04-2024, 10:55 PM   #2701
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Why is it I can keep spraying the same single fly in our kitchen with Mortein, next morning, there his on the bench. Zap him again, flies of like a drunken sailor, get home from the gym, still in the kitchen on fruit in the bowl.
Honestly, I'd be better off throwing the can at him, bloody useless.
I'm sure they've evolved to be immune, it's not the first time, half a can on one fly.
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Old 07-04-2024, 07:19 AM   #2702
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That,s a Huntsman they won’t hurt you.I have been bitten by 1 that I was trying to rescue.They have a fair bite,but,non venemous.Best inside the house to keep the fly population down
Sorry Tassie, that pic Cav posted is a Tarantula.
We have some huge Huntsman's here living in the red gums, fortunately the local Treecreeper's (bird) keeps the population down.
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Why is it toasters never toast evenly?
One side a nice brown, the other a light tan.
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Why is it toasters never toast evenly?
One side a nice brown, the other a light tan.
Each slot has the inner side with more heat elements than the outside. I'm not sure why the manufacturers haven't clued in to this and reduced the number of elements in the centre to get an even toast rate on both sides.
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Each slot has the inner side with more heat elements than the outside. I'm not sure why the manufacturers haven't clued in to this and reduced the number of elements in the centre to get an even toast rate on both sides.
Or add more elements to the outer sides.

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Why is it the carsales website has become so temperamental of late. I can't recall the last time I was on there without any issues. It's either saying "Login for price", "client side exception" error and won't even load, to countless "are you human" checks.
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Why is it businesses are claiming Thursday's Anzac Day public holiday constitutes a long weekend. Friday is NOT a public holiday, so it NOT a long weekend! Why would you close a business for no reason other than turning it into a four-day weekend. Australian's have become such a lazy society.
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Why is it businesses are claiming Thursday's Anzac Day public holiday constitutes a long weekend. Friday is NOT a public holiday, so it NOT a long weekend! Why would you close a business for no reason other than turning it into a four-day weekend. Australian's have become such a lazy society.
Business should stay open on friday, just run on skeliton staff as most will call in sick or take their rdo to make it a 4 day weekend. Pretty sure thats how it should work.....
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Why is it businesses are claiming Thursday's Anzac Day public holiday constitutes a long weekend. Friday is NOT a public holiday, so it NOT a long weekend! Why would you close a business for no reason other than turning it into a four-day weekend. Australian's have become such a lazy society.
Quite sure all your big retailers, car yards etc are opened, mostly tradies are the ones that may pull the pin on Friday.
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Why is it businesses are claiming Thursday's Anzac Day public holiday constitutes a long weekend. Friday is NOT a public holiday, so it NOT a long weekend! Why would you close a business for no reason other than turning it into a four-day weekend. Australian's have become such a lazy society.
Everyone saving an RDO to make it a long weekend… Same as Melbourne Cup Tuesday.. Don’t know if lazy comes into it? If anything, blame the unions..
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I had an apprentice who wasn't a good one, but he thought he was smart. Planned all his holiday leave, RDO's and sick leave and the yearly allowence every year. He got absolutely stuffed when he did his acl playing soccer. So that was 8 weeks off and he only had 4 days of sick leave. So mo money mo deal with it you ********....
Myself on the otherhand, i only used sick leave if i was nearly dead. When i did myself a good one i was out for 6 weeks but on return still had 3 months sick leave banked.
I have done myself a few good ones in my time, having to get the plastic surgeon in was only 8 days, 2 of which being the weekend so only 6 days sick leave, so not terrible. The left radial nerve paulsy, that sucked.
Anyhows in my view, sick leave, dont use it just because you have it, you never know when you will actually need it.
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Old 22-04-2024, 08:58 PM   #2713
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Everyone saving an RDO to make it a long weekend… Same as Melbourne Cup Tuesday.. Don’t know if lazy comes into it? If anything, blame the unions..
Surprisingly a lot of companies these days allow it, don't see your logic of just blaming the unions when management is in on it with long week-ends.
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Why is it businesses are claiming Thursday's Anzac Day public holiday constitutes a long weekend. Friday is NOT a public holiday
Enough people will chuck a sickie, that it might not be worth opening. I knew at least two my staff would be no-shows regardless, so I figured why chance it if anyone else gets the same idea.
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Enough people will chuck a sickie, that it might not be worth opening. I knew at least two my staff would be no-shows regardless, so I figured why chance it if anyone else gets the same idea.
Well, that kinda confirms my lazy/lack of work ethic theory. And people wonder why things cost so much.
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Everyone saving an RDO to make it a long weekend… Same as Melbourne Cup Tuesday.. Don’t know if lazy comes into it? If anything, blame the unions..

havn't put me hand up for an RDO then ...... company did and i presume it will be the same on Melbum cup weekend.
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Its a conversation in our office.
PMs expect people to be off, here and other sites.
Do the rounds with people and depts, sort as best as possible.
April is always like this, so its not unexpected, and RDO calendar for certain industries does help planning forward.
Im working what I can thru the period, only because Im leaving them one man down for most of May :
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Melbourne cup day was probably the busiest day of the year when i was on the tools. The 1 day of the year offices test out they tv and find out their terestrial connection doesnt work. However, it was also one of the best days of the year too. Whilst i would always get offers to stay for a glass of champas or a beer, i would decline. No traffic so a straight shot home. I dont gamble so the race that stops the nation means you can actually use cruise control in Sydney.
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that another major construction company has collapsed. How or why does not a bank or accountant see the writing on the wall months before hand. This whole corporate thing is crazy. I can create a company, build it up, reregister it as a corporate and if it falls I walk away with clean hands filthy bloody rich while my suppliers loose everything.
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that another major construction company has collapsed. How or why does not a bank or accountant see the writing on the wall months before hand.
Why do you think an overdraft exists? To earn interest for the bank. The longer you're in the red, the better for them. And they're secured creditors, so when it does go bust, they get their share first.
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Power has been out since 2pm. Everywhere else seems fine, neighbours, street lights all working except the block of units I'm in.

Why just this address and not any neighbours?

Apparently Jemena is working on it and estimate fix by 8pm.
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Power has been out since 2pm. Everywhere else seems fine, neighbours, street lights all working except the block of units I'm in.

Why just this address and not any neighbours?

Apparently Jemena is working on it and estimate fix by 8pm.
Probably something along the lines of a water leak that blew the buildings main hrc fuses. Or the building owner has been a bit slack on paying their bills.
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Probably something along the lines of a water leak that blew the buildings main hrc fuses. Or the building owner has been a bit slack on paying their bills.
I thought that too, but we're all individually metered.

Anyway, after many delays, power was restored around 10pm so a box of BBQ shapes became dinner.

Turns out it was a network equipment fault.

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that no one has gone into business doing reproduction foam seating for cars? (Falcons

there is definately a market
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I try not to be competitive, I really do try, but if you subconsciously lay down that type of challenge, or you're are simply not paying attention to what you're doing, then I might as well open up 6000rpm of 4.0L fuel injected grunt & leave you in my wake sucking cat' fumes!!!

Why is it I do this....'CAUSE IT'S DAMN FUN!!!

My why is it is: Why do people stop at an empty roundabout? Grrrr


Your post reminded me of a holiday i went on to Queensland. I was driving from Brisbane to Mackay in a rental Toyota Corolla 1.6 auto circa 1997 98 era. Somewhere along the way there was a guy in a car which I don't remember that just had to be in front of me. Driving at night, around 10 -11pm somewhere between Bundaberg and Rockhampton.
So he passes me, I'm doing 105 indicated, so I decide to pass him back, like a F U, I can beat you, he passes me back.. So I pass him back. This tie I didn't roll of, just kept it pinned, wow, all of a 161 indicated. What a sludge box. He passed me back again. That's it captain, I'm giving it all she's got... this went on for about 5 mins or so.. a car coming the other way suddenly lit up like a Christmas tree, yep. A doughnut in a hwy patrol car (VL Turb from memory) which had the side mounted radar flashed him to pull over, which he did... NOT me tho, I just kept it pinned laughing like a maniac knowing that the wood duck that decided to stop should keep officer blob happy for a while.. 162 in a 100 zone... I felt sorry for the guy, no really. Bet he never wanted to be in front again!!!

Funny stuff.
Great thread. This won't ever die I reckon.
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Here's my list of why is it:


  1. That my partner uses 3000 times the recommended amount of Morning Fresh to wash a handful of dishes?
  2. That all of the things I used to buy that lasted became obsolete? Such as: Gillette shave gel. The old formula
    would last me 6 months a can, and the new "improved formula lasts a month..
    Wilbur Smith boots. I had a pair of hiking boots that I wore everyday for 3+ years, and when it was time to replace them, the lady in the shop said, "oh, we haven't sold those for years"... should have bought ten of them, had I known what I know now...
  3. People stop at empty roundabouts? It's a friggin give way sign ya muppet.
  4. My partner closes all my open Firefox sessions after she checks her email using Windows Live Email? A separate non related bit of software.
  5. That the laptop decides to can out right when I'm in the middle of 6 different tasks all in Firefox.. un saveable. POS
  6. when a customer asks how long it will take to fix the computer and I say 10 minutes, it always takes an hour or more?
  7. That the radio announcer always rabbits on over the end of the favorite song of the moment?
  8. That they never play all of the song More than a feeling by Boston on the radio?
  9. That I have asked Dr Karl 2 questions on 2 different occasions and he said "dunno good question I'll need to do some homework on this one". The questions were, How do they make ball bearings? The 2nd question, how did they measure sea level in Australia?
  10. That in Queensland potato fritters are called Scollops and in SA they are called potato cakes?
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Because there's more money in repo foam truck seating.

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Why is it, that with literally the worlds information at our fingertips in our phones, the human race seems to be dumber than ever before?
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"I have an RTV ute, I know the suspension is what makes them different, but is the dome lamp bulb different too?"
"I have an FPV GT, why cant I find a RHF guard on ebay?"
"y'know that plastic guard around the gearbox on a slasher? how much is a new one? no, I dont know what brand or model it is"
"hi guys, I need to replace **** on my car..... how hard is it?"

no wonder you only find inexperienced counter jumpers at places like supercheap & repco these days..... the experienced people have all left in the interests of their own sanity!
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no wonder you only find inexperienced counter jumpers at places like supercheap & repco these days..... the experienced people have all left in the interests of their own sanity!

The sad reality is that these places dont employ people that are experienced, you can employ 4 fools for the cost of 1 experienced person.
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