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I have a framed Zimbabwean $100 trillion note, which I bought for AU$5 including shipping. If the T1 is launched in Australia, I am very…

You can absolutely install solar powered heating in a rental, it just takes a long time to grow the trees to stick in the fireplace.

Tell me you don't understand stochastic data without telling me...

Youtube (and the entire internet, really) was a much better place when it wasn't there for making money.

uBlock Origin on the PC and phone (android w/firefox) SmartTubeNext on the TV Sponsorblock on everything Youtube can stuff its ads and its…

Parentheses commented on I Am Going a Solo Trip on Round The World
The deal is so not worth the cost... even if everything was perfectly fine in your relationship, you've just planted an incredible seed of…

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burningrage on What’s The Point of Wage Rise if Everything Else Is Rising More?

There are many such forums, from public forums like this one, to secret group chats. The reason clickbait merchants like to talk about them…

Everything won't be going up by the same rate. Labour is a component of costs, not 100% of the costs - if you give everyone who is on…

Nah, for most of these they assume you will own your primary residence unencumbered (i.e. not renting and no mortgage). Even then they…

Parentheses commented on How to Gift a Property with Lowest Cost?
At these values it becomes cost effective to engage an actual accountant or financial planner specialising in real estate. This is the…

A subscription to an internet service provider and a healthy appetite for piracy is easily the best value for money in the country. There…

Korean Fried Chicken has been the better KFC for a long, long time. Colonel-style KFC is even trying to channel some of that Korean energy…

Parentheses commented on I’m Looking for Advice on How to Persuade a Client to Let Me Work over The Weekend
The sorts of clients that will work best are those who deal with you as a human, not a business. When an employee of a business is sick,…

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kickling on Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky 700ml $260.99 + Delivery ($0 NSW C&C/ $300 Spend excl NT) @ Uptown Liquor

Their style is trying for classic Speyside, because Glenfiddich was their primary business inspiration when they started ramping up to try…

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kickling on Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky 700ml $260.99 + Delivery ($0 NSW C&C/ $300 Spend excl NT) @ Uptown Liquor

They are indeed producing whisky to a style that suits. A generic and forgettable style, even if they do it very well. But just like wine,…

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rumblytangara on Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky 700ml $260.99 + Delivery ($0 NSW C&C/ $300 Spend excl NT) @ Uptown Liquor

The two best places for scotch aren't places you can drive to, unless you count a car ferry (Orkney and Islay). And most tourists never…

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Krayzii on Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky 700ml $260.99 + Delivery ($0 NSW C&C/ $300 Spend excl NT) @ Uptown Liquor

It just doesn't make sense. Yes, the Japanese do whisky as close to scotch as anybody but the Scottish, but that still leaves scotch the…

Parentheses commented on Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky 700ml $260.99 + Delivery ($0 NSW C&C/ $300 Spend excl NT) @ Uptown Liquor
Man, it really wasn't that long ago you could buy these for under AU$70. I even picked up an 18yo for $150. I want to say 2015ish? I just…

The people who say that and think the way you do are nothing but blind to all the other luck that exists. How wealthy or connected your…

>if land is used to produce income Please think deeper about things before launching into your existing position, because it's clear you…

Depends on your starting value I suppose. That's the problem with working with percentage and percentage points interchangeably. If you…

More, until the problem is resolved.

I won't be buying these for myself as I would wake up tomorrow 24 deep and wondering why my tears smell sweet - but for anybody who is…

Except the context of this discussion is 'is it justified to provide more support to people buying their first home by increasing tax on…

So what you're saying is that because people can choose to destroy their bodies, costing them millions in potential income over lost years…

If that's what you're eating, you're essentially making worse investment choices than someone who is taking rolling payday loans each week.…

Eh, the native Australian ecosystem is better at being drought resistant than anything we might do to help it. Though sucking the rivers…

Forget 'deposit' - you aren't getting a loan, period. No bank will touch you with a 100-foot pole. Your idea that you can just 'improve…

>if rent is 200$ a week for a studio It isn't. Renting your own place is a luxury you can't afford in Sydney on min wage. Most who are…

Um. Look, I had a whole back and forth of snappy one liners here cause I thought people might need a laugh, but you've completely eclipsed…
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