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Old 06-05-2013, 02:57 PM   #1
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go to enjoy a nice slice of freshly baked bread, aim to coat it with vegemite and butter ......the butter is so bloody hard that it rips the bread and turns an enjoyable childish pastime into an exercise in frustration.

go to watch a sunday night with sir David Attenborough only to find the outlaws have been invited to partake in a meal right at that time!

stupid waste of time post.....yep! I agree.......but it sure beats pummelling your gums about how bad the Ford is!

whack your grizzles in here and waste a bit of time with me!......never know, if you're not careful, you may just have some fun!

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Grrrr. I just can't believe this. I parrallel parked in town last night. Had 2 beers at my watering hole. Headed back across the road to the car. Was somewhat distracted by a dressed up dude who stands outside a restaurant and also, sitting just up the way, a young back packer girl. Hopped in the ute, had to reverse back a couple of meters so as to make clearance to swing out into the road and backed straight into a hire car Camry.
For Pete's sake, totally did not even notice the Camry parked behind me. Total blank on it's presence. First I knew was the clang. Darn. Just a few dents on the bonnet and a cracked headlight, but here goes a few hard earned dollars. If bad, insurance will cover.
Thus ends my gripe. Could be worse, learnt from it, but damn.
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Grrrr. I just can't believe this. I parrallel parked in town last night. Had 2 beers at my watering hole. Headed back across the road to the car. Was somewhat distracted by a dressed up dude who stands outside a restaurant and also, sitting just up the way, a young back packer girl. Hopped in the ute, had to reverse back a couple of meters so as to make clearance to swing out into the road and backed straight into a hire car Camry.
For Pete's sake, totally did not even notice the Camry parked behind me. Total blank on it's presence. First I knew was the clang. Darn. Just a few dents on the bonnet and a cracked headlight, but here goes a few hard earned dollars. If bad, insurance will cover.
Thus ends my gripe. Could be worse, learnt from it, but damn.
Cheers Poppa. You can always get the D.A. dvd or find it on the Net.
Sorry for the big quote, but actually, it was big Nitro CC that distracted me. No wonder I didn't see the other car
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I hate that Nascar can't allow their cars to get wet. Stopped the race at 'Dega yesterday cause a Fairy with a half full bladder and little control flew past!
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It ****** me off that I took a job for less money to increase my chances of a full time job in the mines..only to find out once I've started I'm getting another pay cut and reduced hours.. Then find out the people at blackwater McDonald's are earning nearly as much as me! Now I don't know if I should stick it out or move on.. Like the job, hate the politics..


Also I bought a falcon because I thought hey would be reasonably cheap to do up.... WRONG! My jeep costs less and goes more places


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Grrrr. I just can't believe this. I parrallel parked in town last night. Had 2 beers at my watering hole. Headed back across the road to the car. Was somewhat distracted by a dressed up dude who stands outside a restaurant and also, sitting just up the way, a young back packer girl. Hopped in the ute, had to reverse back a couple of meters so as to make clearance to swing out into the road and backed straight into a hire car Camry.
For Pete's sake, totally did not even notice the Camry parked behind me. Total blank on it's presence. First I knew was the clang. Darn. Just a few dents on the bonnet and a cracked headlight, but here goes a few hard earned dollars. If bad, insurance will cover.
Thus ends my gripe. Could be worse, learnt from it, but damn.
Cheers Poppa. You can always get the D.A. dvd or find it on the Net.
You didn't see the Camry because you saw this:

"and also, sitting just up the way, a young back packer girl"...!!!!!!!!!
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One neighbouring house has either parties or domestics every friday and saturday nights and get away with it but I have three people over for a couple quiet ones on a Saturday arvo and get evils from all the other neighbours.

And they reported my dog to the council for barking, when he's usually barking at the party/domestic neighbours who have stirred him up in the past (so he now hates them).
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Ah, the old too hard marg / butter for ya vegemite sanga - now that does irritate me Poppa lol! Flat batteries for me lately- my AU, while cleaning out the bindys off the floor mats, i unknowingly bumped the light switch & 6 hours later flat battery

My jumpstarter, went to lend it out to old mate & thought better check the charge (full charge a week ago) wouldnt you know it, its flat! Let my Mrs know & she replies umm the kids were playing in there! Say no more ,

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Oh man... this could get interesting....

We have this person at work who insists that when we get take away in those little plastic containers that the only place to put the lid is to flip it around and put it under the container like a coaster...

So, when we get some curries, or salads or dips and the underside of the lid is nicely sloshed they don't fricken get that you then need to wipe the bloody bottom of the container should you want to put the leftovers in the fridge for later....

What else... you try to find a shop or company that actually has a real land line phone number, its great to offer a 1800 or 1300 number, but useless to anyone on the road that have an 'unlimited cap' mobile that does not include the premium numbers.

Nice truck DJM83, battery or petrol?
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I was following an XR6 Turbo with P plates this morning.
LH brake light wasn't working so I pull up beside him at a set of lights and say, "Gidday mate, your LH brake light isn't working."
I've done it before (I'm nice sometimes) but have never been given the finger and a F off as a reply. :(
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I was following an XR6 Turbo with P plates this morning.
LH brake light wasn't working so I pull up beside him at a set of lights and say, "Gidday mate, your LH brake light isn't working."
I've done it before (I'm nice sometimes) but have never been given the finger and a F off as a reply. :(
That's sad. I'd like nothing better than a fellow driver point out a bad light or indicator, or any other fault. Hope that dude gets picked up asap and spanked hard.
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People that can not pull up right behind others at red lights.. The lights will be red for ages then one moves up then the next then the next. If your back in the line you end up driving 10 metres 2 minutes after you've been stop. Every set of lights. Annoying when you in an old Manual or have a trailer load of gear for home reno's
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Picked up some long awaited tungsten pitching chisels this morning, didn't even get 10 minutes into dressing some granite. Geeze I hate that.
Been buying this stuff a long time now and I'm noticing the quality "Made in the USA" is starting to slide. Its rare to actually split the tungsten itself.
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Been buying this stuff a long time now and I'm noticing the quality "Made in the USA" is starting to slide.
I used to use a fair bit of Milwaukee hand tools, not the power tools, but am swapping out as needed. Their quality has not been the same for a while now, even their tape measures don't last.
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I used to use a fair bit of Milwaukee hand tools, not the power tools, but am swapping out as needed. Their quality has not been the same for a while now, even their tape measures don't last.
Yeah agree, they are not as good. As I only use hand tools, I'm sticking with U.S Vaughan one piece hammers. Estwing are rubbish. See pic 6 weeks old.

German, Rexid make quality Tungsten tips chisels which I love but are getting harder to source lately.
There is a French company making tungsten stuff that ain't so good. Sorry CB.
Trojan once made good stuff but are junk now, Made in China.

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F#@% staff should just do their jobs...grrrrrrrrrr!

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Oh wow, I've got plenty of 'pet hates' to dish out but it will take me hours, so ill give my top 3 lol

1: For some reason I hate when people (people i dont know, neighbours visitors) park out the front of my house. It's perfectly legal and its not my property but it just grinds my gears!

2: I hate getting into cars that are full of rubbish. I hate that everytime you turn a corner all you can hear are empty bottles rolling and empty rappers crunchy. I understand its their car but doesn't the filth of half eaten foods in a confined space get to you at all?

3: My wife makes a tea then proceeds to put the used tea bag in the sink. Now 400mm away from the sink is the food waste bin... Why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone and throw it in there straight up!? Everytime i go to wash up I gotta throw out multiple tea bags... Probably no biggy to most but unfortunately does my head in!

Lol I feel a little better now
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Oh wow, I've got plenty of 'pet hates' to dish out but it will take me hours, so ill give my top 3 lol

1: For some reason I hate when people (people i dont know, neighbours visitors) park out the front of my house. It's perfectly legal and its not my property but it just grinds my gears!

2: I hate getting into cars that are full of rubbish. I hate that everytime you turn a corner all you can hear are empty bottles rolling and empty rappers crunchy. I understand its their car but doesn't the filth of half eaten foods in a confined space get to you at all?

3: My wife makes a tea then proceeds to put the used tea bag in the sink. Now 400mm away from the sink is the food waste bin... Why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone and throw it in there straight up!? Everytime i go to wash up I gotta throw out multiple tea bags... Probably no biggy to most but unfortunately does my head in!

Lol I feel a little better now
I hate tea bags without strings, why the hell do people buy bloody tea bags without strings!!!! For tea bags without strings there has to be a spoon involved which means a totally unnecessary extra implement.
Then of course this thing has to be washed.....the whole business becomes very labour intensive when there's no string attached (excuse the pun).
Whoever invented stringless tea bags should be sent to Gitmo for a bloody good water boarding with stringless tea bag tea!!!!!!

Oh....and I hate people who give way to me when they have the legal right of way, they think they're being courteous but in actual fact they're creating a confusing situation from which an accident could likely ensue then guess who'll be at fault!! ******!!

And!.......I hate drivers in front of me who slow down for green lights at an intersection.....for f..ks sake!!! What's that about???!!!
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go to put the pants on in the morning only to find my knees wont bend........then its the old "dance around the bedroom with the leg stuck in the trouser leg" routine!

kids who drink half a can at parties then open another one!.....good job I love every one of them to bits....

dogs who leave their bones on the back mat right where I step out in bare feet!
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Managers at work that are ******* ******* and don't know what they're doing. So they blame the younger people
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Not sure if it's just me or most people are finding this, but I find the older I get the less I can tolerate poor service or being ripped off and feel that it happens quite a lot…..everything from grocery shopping, eating out at a restaurant to getting a tradie in to do some work around the house.

There was a time i'd let things like that go and not let it bother me, but these days I get quite irrate about it,
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Not sure if it's just me or most people are finding this, but I find the older I get the less I can tolerate poor service or being ripped off and feel that it happens quite a lot…..everything from grocery shopping, eating out at a restaurant to getting a tradie in to do some work around the house.

There was a time i'd let things like that go and not let it bother me, but these days I get quite irrate about it,
Although .... I think as I get older .... I find its harder to find good ol' fashioned service anymore.

Maybe that's why you are noticing it more and more .... I know I am.

Never used to be this bad.
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Drivers that drive along 80-90km/h in 100 zone in areas you're unable to pass.. hit the overtaking lane, all the sudden these little matchbox cars are able to do 110-120+km/h.. then drop back to 80-90km/h...
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Drivers that drive along 80-90km/h in 100 zone in areas you're unable to pass.. hit the overtaking lane, all the sudden these little matchbox cars are able to do 110-120+km/h.. then drop back to 80-90km/h...
I hear ya, this makes my blood boil. Everytime this happens i wish i had a big big flamethrower on the front of my car.
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Old 06-05-2013, 08:58 PM   #30
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I hear ya, this makes my blood boil. Everytime this happens i wish i had a big big flamethrower on the front of my car.

a flame thrower behind me.....that'd do wonders for my arthritis!
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