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Old 19-03-2024, 04:22 PM   #6121
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Birthday last week. Got some lotto tickets and scratchies.
Checked them today. Won 2 lots of $18 and $20 on the scratchy.
Also sold some militaria pieces for $360.
Beers are on me.
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Old 19-03-2024, 08:23 PM   #6122
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Saw a dual cab Jeep ute today, apparently he’d not sufficient funds for roof bars or a tail flag after splurging on a body kit. 2x4s bundled together, some overhanging the tailgate admirably (and unflagged), others poked through the rear screen hatch to rest on the passenger side dash - driver holding them down as he drove. One panic stop and it would be off to Windscreens O’Brien.

I felt good about having a ute that cost far less, which can carry real loads more safely/easily than this “toy”.
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Traffic cops could make a killing sitting off at Bunnings catching these dummy's.
Insecure load, no red flag, load projecting etc.
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Old 20-03-2024, 07:55 PM   #6124
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Saw a dual cab Jeep ute today, apparently he’d not sufficient funds for roof bars or a tail flag after splurging on a body kit. 2x4s bundled together, some overhanging the tailgate admirably (and unflagged), others poked through the rear screen hatch to rest on the passenger side dash - driver holding them down as he drove. One panic stop and it would be off to Windscreens O’Brien.

I felt good about having a ute that cost far less, which can carry real loads more safely/easily than this “toy”.
Not being rude, but what is your definition of a real ute?
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It’s by no means an exhaustive list, but a few thoughts:
  • One that can fit a full-size cast iron bath (still crated from the supplier or coater) in the tub without overhang.
  • One that can carry 750+kg of loose building materials uphill at freeway speed, or brake safely but heavily from these speeds with such a load.
  • One which can carry 2400 studs in the tray with little or no overhang.
  • One where you can access all goods in the tray or on the racks without needing a permit for work at heights.
  • One that’s well supported in spare parts and has good repairability.
Lots of non-Falcons fill the above brief. But not a dual cab Jeep - with or without body kit.
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Old 20-03-2024, 09:31 PM   #6126
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Not being rude, but what is your definition of a real ute?
One that doesn't need you to tow a trailer to carry all the stuff that doesn't fit in one of those tiny dual cab tubs/trays.
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One that doesn't need you to tow a trailer to carry all the stuff that doesn't fit in one of those tiny dual cab tubs/trays.
Yeah be interesting to see how much dual cab ute sales would drop if the ATO decided they would no longer be classed as commercial vehicles
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So i check out tomorrow from the hotel im staying in. Anyhows, turned the lamp on at 230am this morning and on the wall was a huntsman. Not a big one by hunstman standards. Palm sized not full hand size. They're harmless so i named him frank and left him alone. Come morning i said to the housekeeper 'come meet frank'. She freaked. Then he disappeared for a while. I told the lady on the front desk, not as a complaint, but i said after i check out they can play god as the next person in that room will probably blow up if they see frank.
Anyhow, he showed up later so i did the right thing and got him with a glass then slid a sheet of paper under that. On taking him downstairs and outside i introduced the lady on the front desk to frank. Yeah, she freaked out. Anyhows went for a bit of a walk and frank now lives in a tree.
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I already miss frank. He kept about his own business. But i relocated him the humane way, because his other options would have been mortein or a shoe.
Still kind of funny of how terrified some people are of hamless hunstman.
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Swap you.

I was bitten in bed by a proper bull-ant on the weekend. That didn’t make me feel good!
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I was bitten in bed by a proper bull-ant on the weekend. That didn’t make me feel good!
Wasps, bees, spiders, anything that can give a decent sting or bite. Yeah they get stomped on in my view. But huntsmen are harmless.
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I already miss frank. He kept about his own business. But i relocated him the humane way, because his other options would have been mortein or a shoe.
Still kind of funny of how terrified some people are of hamless hunstman.
My late brother was one of those big macho people who could look after himself in any situation, except for spiders, the big pussy would go to jelly at the sight of a spider. I was always the sucker in having to remove them, sometimes I chased him with a spider for fun.
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Just had a drive of a Hyundai Ioniq N5, holey moley.
0-100 in 3.4 seconds,
448 kw in normal mode
Just feeling that instant torque when you stab the throttle.
And does it look good or what.
Only about 110k.
Very, very nice car.
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If you want the world to survive,don’t kill bees
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Just had a drive of a Hyundai Ioniq N5, holey moley.
0-100 in 3.4 seconds,
448 kw in normal mode
Just feeling that instant torque when you stab the throttle.
And does it look good or what.
Only about 110k.
Very, very nice car.
The only electric car I'm interested in but thought it was closer to $120k? Really like the look of even the normal Ioniq 5 but N is just better again.
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