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Hard though it may be to believe, I doubt there was as many wilful or deliberate acts of malice. I have seen too many IT systems that the users thought were crap, but senior management believed were wonderful, partly because they were never told how poor they actually are. The practice of 'only goo...

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ROLDY wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:57 am The price of coffee in Brisbane is out of control.

$6.5 for a strong FW versus $5 in Paddington, Sydney. Crazy

Same as Newcastle.

Almost Perth levels of Usury

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In the Uk they really should have taken the billions spent on say the HS2 train line , and properly invested in home building programme across the country to increase supply and create jobs across the market not just in London. Its not so tin foil hat to realise there an awful lot of people who ben...

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Thomas wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:25 am

He's applied for Maccas but, even though they advertise, they give those jobs to friends and family of staff.

"but nobody wants to work!"

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No idea to be honest! Unemployment rates are at or near all time lows, but who really knows what that metric means anymore. I take it you and Zakar have never worked in Hospo? First job at 14 and 9mths (legal age to work) was flipping burgers at McDonald’s. held that job until the end of year 12. T...

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ACS is not relevant at all to the topic but I'll humour you. Firstyly, I wasn't in Australia in the early 2000's. I got here in the second half of the noughties. I've only been working in corporate IT since 2019. Prior to that I worked in digital and ecommerce for 15 years. I found out about ACS ab...

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ROLDY wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:28 pm

No idea to be honest! Unemployment rates are at or near all time lows, but who really knows what that metric means anymore.

I take it you and Zakar have never worked in Hospo?

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[ Tend to agree with this. There are a heap of jobs ‘white’ Australians just won’t do, then complain about immigration… I don’t have a sense of what the right level is. But you need people coming in to fill gaps the local population won’t do. Pay them properly and people will do the job. As a socie...

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I work with a lot of folks from mostly India in IT. Most of them are immigrants in the last 20 years and a number who are quite recent and in their 20's. My suspicion is the young people coming from over there are a lot more resilient, mentally tough and willing to work harder than a lot of kids co...

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[ Tend to agree with this. There are a heap of jobs ‘white’ Australians just won’t do, then complain about immigration… I don’t have a sense of what the right level is. But you need people coming in to fill gaps the local population won’t do. Pay them properly and people will do the job. As a socie...

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I work with a lot of folks from mostly India in IT. Most of them are immigrants in the last 20 years and a number who are quite recent and in their 20's. My suspicion is the young people coming from over there are a lot more resilient, mentally tough and willing to work harder than a lot of kids co...

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The real hope is that modern technology and working habits will allow people to live in more remote (read cheap) areas of a country. A longer commute is doable if it's only once or twice a week. Useless Middle-managers and Boomer C-suite are all about coming back into the office 5 days a week - all...

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The pret thing is obviously a joke but I see younger colleagues easily spending €15 a day on coffee and lunch - that’s €3,500 a year I don’t think people realise that all of these little decisions add up to a large amount of money That 3500 is really going to make a dent in the deposit needed.... H...

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The pret thing is obviously a joke but I see younger colleagues easily spending €15 a day on coffee and lunch - that’s €3,500 a year I don’t think people realise that all of these little decisions add up to a large amount of money That 3500 is really going to make a dent in the deposit needed.... H...

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Clearly it's all Albo's fault.....

Perhaps if negative gearing was only allowed on new builds, new houses might be built?

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What's wild is I haven't checked out your article but I know that real estate investment groups are buying houses just to keep selection small and increase prices overall. In Oz it's family trusts hoovering up assets to negatively gear. We just went regional from Sydney and had to increase our budg...

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Tehui wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:11 am What is it with old guys getting nostalgic for TV programmes in the 70s and 80s?

Makes mental note to pull up Tehui on any nostalgic post ......

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:52 am Don't give up on us Baby

Man of many talents

I remember my mum having a poster of him in her wardrobe circa 1978

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Hey boomers, as you get older plenty of minor TV stars will die. Much as im sure he was a top bloke, give these threads a rest I was about to claim this for Gen X, but I checked and S&H finished when I was 1. Even The Professionals I must have only seen on repeats. Dukes of Hazard and the A-Team we...

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John Pilger may have lost it a bit at the end but there is no doubting his skill as a journalist He broke so many stories that people wanted to remain hidden He went the same way a Seymour Hersch. He may once have been an actual journalist of moral integrity, but in the end he he became a fully pai...

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John Pilger may have lost it a bit at the end but there is no doubting his skill as a journalist

He broke so many stories that people wanted to remain hidden

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I picked up a ham for half price from the local butcher

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And don't forget making Pea and Ham soup from the leftover bone

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You'd be one of those guys who'd de-bone a whole Serrano ham!

I like the pageantry of carving - and I'm good at it. I do, as mentioned, carve enough for a few days (usually just me eating it anyway!).

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A game changer for me, was to slice it up and store in plastic containers in the fridge straight after Christmas lunch. It takes a bit of time and effort, but you then minimise fuss and maximise snacking potential over the next few days. You don't need to do anything except eat it. Doesn't that rem...

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UncleFB wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:55 am
Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:33 am
UncleFB wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:33 pm
I just watched the last season. Awesome show, gutted that it's ended.
Haven't seen it yet but just finished Black Wind on SBS - very good
Dark Wind?

Trapped wind evidently

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UncleFB wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:33 pm
Eugenius wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:56 pm Reservation dogs is quite unique and often very funny , last series on now .
I just watched the last season. Awesome show, gutted that it's ended.

Haven't seen it yet but just finished Black Wind on SBS - very good

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Loving this

Karma always wins out!

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Possibly Cheap Trick in Feb

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Rising house prices causing the modest home you bought in your 20s for pittance to mean that you’re a millionaire without having done anything special other than cripple a whole generation of young people to a life of paying extortionate rent. Or so I would imagine. Combining this with the bit abou...

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Yeah, I've been reading lots of reviews.

I cut a lot of services prior to moving and will likely go the rotation route from now on

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MungoMan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:34 am
Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:32 am
MungoMan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:06 am

Lounge, armchairs and small table upholstered in African big game pelt. Perfect for a chap to relax with a brandy and a cheroot.
And hopefully, a spot of tiffin!
Damned good show!

Rather!

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MungoMan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:06 am
Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:11 am
Bindi wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:05 pm
Goes without saying. I have a safari suite.
I am confused
Lounge, armchairs and small table upholstered in African big game pelt. Perfect for a chap to relax with a brandy and a cheroot.

And hopefully, a spot of tiffin!

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Looks like, fresh after dropping the ball on the poor lady who was Tasered, the Chief of Police is now claiming there were never any investigations agains Jones..... Despite several being published....

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Bindi wrote: ↑Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:05 pm
Goes without saying. I have a safari suite.

I am confused

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It's an age old tale when you outlive your protectors

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TheBouncer wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:07 pm Slow Horses is just wonderful, crazy quality given how quick they’re churning it out.

May have to get Apple TV for month to binge it

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Tehui wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:19 am Nobody in my Spotify top 5 list for 2023 made anybody else's top 5 list on this thread.

I'm not going to put my list up. Hell-to-the-no.

In fairness, my listening is all over the place.

Surprised Francoise Hardy didn't crack the top 5

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So moved up north, tuned the TV, now I get Sky News FTA.....

I'll be voting One Nation next election

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