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Svaran :(( https://youtu.be/a9VMdB49b4c?si=ETEQsXu58PMU6GGZ And Quentin, of course. RIP Coogee.. I know FruitnVeg was suffering from cancer but when did he pass away? What about Svaran? I remember he wasn't a fan of Mungoballer either, posting in the League global contraction thread. Svaran died wi...

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^ Too obvious

Plus his ego is too big to be a mere spy

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I joined, coincidentally enough, the day after the 2003 final. Same - some Kiwi guy I worked with came over and told me to go to the forum for the lolz Ironically, I'd been using the match ticker on Rugybrugby/Planet Rugby since 2000 but the forum button was hidden in plain sight due to the l33t co...

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I live next to Chinatown in Sydney so no difficulty for me, but good pies on the other hand are very difficult to find, I only get good pies two or three times a year when I go home. Best in Sydney IMHO is The Upper Crust at Long Reef. Got to get there fairly early though. Fvck that, having to go t...

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UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:39 pm
I live next to Chinatown in Sydney so no difficulty for me, but good pies on the other hand are very difficult to find, I only get good pies two or three times a year when I go home.

Best in Sydney IMHO is The Upper Crust at Long Reef. Got to get there fairly early though.

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I have to say my eyes lit up at the prospect of such a tasty and inspiring phred, only to realise as I read through the posts that it was populated by Steak & Cheese fanciers. A sad indictment of the society's malaise , IMO. Us old school pie specialists know that you start with the basics- Savoury...

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Took a beating on Lithium (after a dream run) on my playing platform. Fun to watch it swing so fast Do you have shares of companies/funds that invest in Lithium? I think it's very risky putting all your eggs in one basket. Mining companies, and no, I don't put all my eggs in one basket. This was ju...

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I have to say my eyes lit up at the prospect of such a tasty and inspiring phred, only to realise as I read through the posts that it was populated by Steak & Cheese fanciers. A sad indictment of the society's malaise , IMO. Us old school pie specialists know that you start with the basics- Savoury...

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Muscovy has long used hurrah patriotism to distract the lumpen proletariat from the shitiness of their own circumstances. It's a positive feedback loop, because when they go West to war and see that the people that they are told to consider lessers are materially and culturally better off than them...

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Can 60 F16s really have such a game-changing impact on a frontline saturated with air defences and against a Russian air force which (even after the absurd amount of losses) would still outnumber them by at least 15-to-1? Russia actually doesn't have many Multi-role aircraft on that front. 60 is a ...

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GDP too narrow... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/14/for-the-first-time-im-beginning-to-think-britain-is-finishe/ For the first time in my life, I’m now beginning to think Britain is finished The country’s self-image as tolerant, decent and hard-working is being smashed. It’s only going to...

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Auckman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:54 pm Can’t believe this guy is still alive.

Lech Walesa

He must be quite depressed with the Ukraine situation

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Took a beating on Lithium (after a dream run) on my playing platform.

Fun to watch it swing so fast

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I'm stuck with single phase but as mentioned, it's all about cost neutral AC an Pool Pump.

Battery will be added when they stop being stupidly priced.

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Is that 7.4 kW ac or dc? As in what is your inverter rated to? My A/c is so bad because it is an old ducted system that cools the whole house and it’s a big house. It really sucks the juice. But I do export quite a bit just the tariff has plummeted. 7.48kw Panels 8Kw Inverter rating In NSW, you're ...

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He was mandatory listening back in the early 90s - remember Mr Spoons and Arnold Slackenbladder?

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Is that 7.4 kW ac or dc? As in what is your inverter rated to? My A/c is so bad because it is an old ducted system that cools the whole house and it’s a big house. It really sucks the juice. But I do export quite a bit just the tariff has plummeted. 7.48kw Panels 8Kw Inverter rating In NSW, you're ...

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Unless you have three phase (and I doubt it) you probably have 5 kWac (so maybe 6.6 kWdc) installed, so for a normal house in summer you would have excess. I have 10 kWac but my a/c is ridiculous and I have a pool heat pump as well which runs between 9am and 5pm, so I use what I generate typically!...

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towny wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:02 am
Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:45 am

You can pay me for the advice if you want
But you don’t seem to have any…/

Lol, first rule of Contracting, nothing for free mate

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MungoMan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:24 am Turns out AI has the proven ability to conflate, miss-state and flat out make shit up in providing advice.

That’s my old job gone, then. Got out just in time.

It's still not so good at Obfuscate so I'm hanging on!

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You failed to answer a simple question. I’ve fortunately been able to have some leadership training in the military; however I don’t enjoy management positions and am not in one at the moment. Can you answer the simple question? What types of training do you believe managers should ask for? You eit...

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Dunno how common it is - and not everyone even grows wisdom teeth ... But it seems more than half of people who do have problems with them. https://www.joms.org/article/S0278-2391(12)00589-7/fulltext Looks like you are right about the contribution towards loss of 6 or 7 teeth... doesn't seem such a...

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Hellraiser wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:22 pm
Soon.

Iron Eagle V - Electric Boogaloo!

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You got further tham me, I found S1 a drudge that even Gleeson could save. Didn’t mind series 1 , as soon as it went all psychic ghostie , eject ! yeah, seems like we're all on same page ; pity (i did enjoy Brendan Gleeson's shout out to "Clonakilty" as God's country !) I've only one episode left o...

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MungoMan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:39 am
shanky wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:59 am Coalfalls?
That's where I was, yes.

The measurements were from BOM, Amberley; about 5km in a straight line.

BOM since their hack in 2018 are terrible - they're radar is not correct at the best of times

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:roll: So, we can see what kind of manager you are then! :blush: :lol: To be honest I don’t even understand what being a manager means. People either know how to do the job or don’t. What are you managing? Expectations mostly..... And keeping the bonus/payrise down enough to earn yours.

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:roll: So, we can see what kind of manager you are then! :blush: :lol: You failed to answer a simple question. I’ve fortunately been able to have some leadership training in the military; however I don’t enjoy management positions and am not in one at the moment. Can you answer the simple question?...

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towny wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:43 am

So, we can see what kind of manager you are then!

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towny wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:46 am

Like you, I’m not convinced an MBA degree helps a manager better manage people at all.

What training should one ask for in your opinion?

Whatever they want - if they are not empowered enough to request it, you guessed it, they shouldn't be anywhere near a managers position

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Those that enjoy being managers shouldn’t be allowed to be in management. Since leaving the army, I don’t think I’ve worked for more than a handful that were competent. And why shouldn’t they be terrible? There is little to no training. Have you not had to work with/under the avalanche of sh i t MB...

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That's quite a privileged POV and doesn't reflect what it's like for a lot of workers. I do the same as you but am cognisant that I'm not like most. I agree that there is a degree of privilege however I do think a lot of people don't even consider trying this. Most worry about losing their job over...

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And yet there is still a need for 40+ hour weeks...... That's probably more a function of middle and upper management being in the >45 age bracket, thus not having a fúcking clue about anything other than their own experiences of the office in their early to mid 20s. laughs in 49..... But I've alwa...

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Yes. I end up changing jobs every few years and ensure early on that the dynamic doesn't include responding outside of work hours. Once you set early precedents of answering emails out of hours it becomes a slippery slope. That's quite a privileged POV and doesn't reflect what it's like for a lot o...

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It's proof that most humans are not really different to lab rats.... Sad really :| I agree and it is a bit sad. I’m running a financing process with banks for an asset we own at the moment. We don’t use investment bankers (rent seekers) so do all the work in house by ourselves. Given the systems we...

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ROLDY wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:20 am
Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:12 am And yet there is still a need for 40+ hour weeks......
Yeah exactly my point

You just find other ‘problems’ to solve. Real or perceived…

It's proof that most humans are not really different to lab rats....

Sad really

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LOL: ‘None of these candidates’ wins Nevada Republican primary in embarrassing blow for Haley Las Vegas: The “none of these candidates” option has won in Nevada’s symbolic Republican presidential primary contest, an embarrassing result for Nikki Haley, who was the only major candidate on the ballot....

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And yet there is still a need for 40+ hour weeks......

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Brumbie_Steve wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:03 pm The triumph of the finance types over the engineers.

It's just another chapter of the MBA Book Club.

Charlatans

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And brown snakes everywhere!

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Auckman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:57 pm
Gerringong Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW

Whilst I'd love to go there, have you read what it's like?

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