Why is it.................?

[Charliewool]

Appreciate the plastic ramifications.. However, a little more ingenuity could have gone into the open-ended cardboard afterthoughts?

[Tonz]

the books that kids write in at school are called exercise books? they dont do anything.

[ford71V8]

Originally Posted by Tonz

the books that kids write in at school are called exercise books? they dont do anything.

Today its all lappys and touchscreens.

Its the kids that dont do anything now.

[Charliewool]

Why is it that 6 o’clock TV news readers stand up for the first 10 minutes?

[Citroënbender]

Not enough Viagra?

[roKWiz]

ABC classic playing Christmas carols just now.

[ford71V8]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

ABC classic playing Christmas carols just now.

If it is anything like Adelaide ABC, it's another wrong button pushed.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by ford71V8

If it is anything like Adelaide ABC, it's another wrong button pushed.

Funny, it was a radio listen app from Brisbane, Its great getting QLD local news and weather, 1 hour late !
Stupid Google nest won't pick up a Vic station here.

[Syndrome]

Why is it an increasing number of businesses which operate 24 hours per day are introducing night windows? I refuse to use any business which treats me like a criminal.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Why is it an increasing number of businesses which operate 24 hours per day are introducing night windows? I refuse to use any business which treats me like a criminal.

How is the business to know you're not a criminal? It's not like the crims wear a big sign announcing who they are.

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

…Most people complain about government taxes and levies - yet when a fiscal benefit is extended to them without dire need, have little compunction about using it up?

That has to be a rhetorical question, right CB? I think we all know you know the answer to that one!

It's all about me.

[Citroënbender]

…Our much-vaunted Antarctic research and resupply icebreaker, why is it still broken?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-...tion/101913218

I’d have thought they could have long done a “worst case scenario” audit of its risks and programmed work in a logical order. Instead, it lurches from unexpected failure to unexpected failure.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

…Our much-vaunted Antarctic research and resupply icebreaker, why is it still broken?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-...tion/101913218

I’d have thought they could have long done a “worst case scenario” audit of its risks and programmed work in a logical order. Instead, it lurches from unexpected failure to unexpected failure.

Or the Dutch/Romanian shipbuilders could have done it properly the first time.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

How is the business to know you're not a criminal? It's not like the crims wear a big sign announcing who they are.

If you did some research you would discover most people in Australia are law abiding citizens.

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

If you did some research you would discover most people in Australia are law abiding citizens.

Not really an issue for law abiding citizens. Another barrier to stop those who want to rob and/or assault the workers though. No ****en way I'd want to work in a servo.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

If you did some research you would discover most people in Australia are law abiding citizens.

I don't need to do the research to understand that, as irrelevant to the discussion as it is.

The reason a business takes measures to protect itself (and it's staff) from crims is because the risk is there (risk being both a function of likelihood AND consequence). Just as a business takes out insurance to protect itself from actions that may have a significant impact on it, despite the likelihood of the event occurring being relatively low. Or the same as all cars having seat belts, despite the majority of drivers never having to need them in their lifetime.

But, you have the right to feel aggrieved by the measures a business takes to protect itself, its staff and its customers. You also have the right to shop somewhere else where you don't feel so aggrieved.

[DFB FGXR6]

Why is it some people seem to lack the ability to put two and two together?

Forum member makes a post about the horrible noise emanating from his engine. You know the sort, thud thud thud, tap tap tap tap. Clearly something is very wrong.

The usual assortment of suggestions follow as to what it could be, along with a number of questions to the OP. The OP then slowly starts adding quite telling information, piece by piece, post by post.

So, the owner ended up rebuilding his engine at some point, ignoring the importance of measuring tolerances, while also adding a number of aftermarket parts. He then had it tuned, allowing him to rev the engine to 8100rpm, stating that he "would be revving higher but the car doesn’t make more power." Keep in mind this is a Gen-2 Coyote V8 that has a factory 6,800rpm rev limit.

So, an engine rebuilt by a novice not following procedure, tuned and then revved up to and beyond 8,100rpm. Well, derrr! No bloody wonder it's got terminal sounding rod knock.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

You also have the right to shop somewhere else where you don't feel so aggrieved.

And I did. Went to three places until I found one which let people inside their premises. They got my money.

[Tonz]

sound similar to navy ships built in or for Australia, cheapest tender available gets the contract.

[MITCHAY]

Why is it every useless **** just wants to be in the right lane for no reason at all? The last couple of weeks I have had some very special ones

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Why is it every useless **** just wants to be in the right lane for no reason at all? The last couple of weeks I have had some very special ones

Why is it if the police saw you, instead of issuing an infringement notice to the guy in front for not keeping left, they will more likely give you an infringement notice for "tailgateing"!

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Why is it if the police saw you, instead of issuing an infringement notice to the guy in front for not keeping left, they will more likely give you an infringement notice for "tailgateing"!

I can be right up someones **** and they are completely oblivious, forget the cops they are almost non existent around here

[jaydee]

Or you're coming up to traffic lights, no one in front of you so you'll get the white line.
The guy in the other lane who also will be first decides he wants your lane.
Oh that's OK, maybe he wants to turn right up the road a bit.
Nope, just sits in that lane like a dummy holding me up for no reason.
He's looking in his rear view mirror seeing me mouth "WHY?" at him.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Why is it every useless **** just wants to be in the right lane for no reason at all? The last couple of weeks I have had some very special ones

Originally Posted by jaydee

Or you're coming up to traffic lights, no one in front of you so you'll get the white line.
The guy in the other lane who also will be first decides he wants your lane.
Oh that's OK, maybe he wants to turn right up the road a bit.
Nope, just sits in that lane like a dummy holding me up for no reason.
He's looking in his rear view mirror seeing me mouth "WHY?" at him.

This is my commute home every single day.

Same situation, selfish, incompetent drivers who sit in the lane they want to turn from for kilometers before they actually need to turn. To add to the frustration, usually these fools will do 10 kph under the limit.

Another one that annoys me is on a particular road that runs alongside a housing estate, an 80 kph road that leads into a 50 kph zone further down the road. Someone will pull out in front of you, and instead of getting on with it and getting up to speed and therefore not end up a) causing an accident or b) not inconvenience those already at the speed limit, they dawdle up to 60 kph and then stay at that speed. Then when they hit the 50 kph zone, they don't slow down, they just keep sailing on at 60 kph.

So, they go from being 20 under the limit to 10 over the limit. Classic case of an inattentive, incompetent and selfish driver. Usually by a man or woman of a certain age, or certain nationality. You could call that racist or sexist, but it's just the reality.

[Late braker]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

This is my commute home every single day.

Same situation, selfish, incompetent drivers who sit in the lane they want to turn from for kilometers before they actually need to turn. To add to the frustration, usually these fools will do 10 kph under the limit.

Another one that annoys me is on a particular road that runs alongside a housing estate, an 80 kph road that leads into a 50 kph zone further down the road. Someone will pull out in front of you, and instead of getting on with it and getting up to speed and therefore not end up a) causing an accident or b) not inconvenience those already at the speed limit, they dawdle up to 60 kph and then stay at that speed. Then when they hit the 50 kph zone, they don't slow down, they just keep sailing on at 60 kph.

So, they go from being 20 under the limit to 10 over the limit. Classic case of an inattentive, incompetent and selfish driver. Usually by a man or woman of a certain age, or certain nationality. You could call that racist or sexist, but it's just the reality.

Car(s) of choice exhibiting this?

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Late braker

Car(s) of choice exhibiting this?

Anything and everything really.

[stock1991]

Of course, other drivers are annoying. Myself I remind myself everyone is crazy on the road and psycho drivers I either drop way back or speed up ahead depending on the opportunities. Either way I try to relax because , that seems to make the most sense

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by jaydee

Or you're coming up to traffic lights, no one in front of you so you'll get the white line.
The guy in the other lane who also will be first decides he wants your lane.
Oh that's OK, maybe he wants to turn right up the road a bit.
Nope, just sits in that lane like a dummy holding me up for no reason.
He's looking in his rear view mirror seeing me mouth "WHY?" at him.

Thats why, for your reaction,which is why they're looking back at you in the mirror.
Drivers seem to be falling into one of two catagories, the perpetually outraged who see you pull out in a satisfactory gap, who will then speed up behind you before losing their **** because you're holding them up.
Or
The ones you mention who'll manouvre infront and then deliberately hold you up with eyes in the rear vision waiting for a reaction.

I tend to slow down for the former and ignore the latter, flips it on its head and drives them nuts.

Had an idiot pull the latter on me this morning running up our Southern expressway, Im piloting a B11 Coach Concept, about 4m high and 12m long worth $700k give or take, hard to miss.
Trucks going slow in left lane on the climb so I stay in the middle, these things will pull up there doing 100 without breaking a sweat.
This idiot in a Yaris pulls out from behind a truck doing 40 right in front of me, I lift, retarder on 3 kicks in, hard on the picks, nowhere to go as right lane flying and im not doing to them what he did to me, old mate then proceeds to sit next to the truck doing maybe 45.
I clear the truck and move left, old mate pulls away still looking in the mirrors.

If id hit him at full tilt they'd still be scraping him off the road/my bullbar.

[Tonz]

those returning home from work wombats that travel 10k under but the joys of LPI FG Iam usually doing 140 when i pass them on country highway roads mind you. The pleasure of passing 2 road trains in one go is a buzz

[1970XW351]

... That sellers on marketplace can be such raving wastes of skin... Saw a fairmont on there the other night, in my town, same colour as mine, 100,000km less on the clock and the price, not too out there.

In fact, the only differences seemed to be a general lack of cleaning, a few broken bits and a six in the engine bay instead of the proper V8 accoutrement.
So, I bite and messaged the bloke Wednesday night, expressing my interest to view (four hours after it was advertised). Get a message yesterday morning, "yep come and have a look".

Great, I thought, told him I finished work at five, he retorted that he finished at six, so I asked if he'd let me know when he got home and I would come and view it then.. All good. Then a couple hours later he sent a heap of pics of the interior and said it needs a bit of a clean... (An understatement if ever I've read one). I thanked him for the pics and awaited news of when I could check it out in person.

In the meantime, I was getting delerious thinking of all the nice spare panels I would have, the barra to put in a track car, all of the bits I could sell....

Cue me getting home. Check the messages and the add pops up as SOLD... No further messages from old mate, just SOLD.

Is there no common decency any more??
Fair enough if he had other people lined up first... But maybe say that?? Or maybe because I didn't transfer money immediately, sight unseen he thought I was not serious... Either way, a courtesy "sorry mate, I've sold the car out from under you, no hard feelings" would've been appreciated.
Bah, says I!

[prktkljokr]

My motto is if the car has chrome trim, chrome wheels look ok, if the car has blacked out trim, the rims are ok black, if the car has silver trim, alloy is the go, but mixing it up is a no no.