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Member Since 28/11/2013
Last Seen 19/06/2025
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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…
19/06/2025 - 12:24
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.
16/06/2025 - 10:03
Tell me you don't understand stochastic data without telling me...
16/06/2025 - 10:01
Youtube (and the entire internet, really) was a much better place when it wasn't there for making money.
14/06/2025 - 20:18
uBlock Origin on the PC and phone (android w/firefox) SmartTubeNext on the TV Sponsorblock on everything Youtube can stuff its ads and its…
14/06/2025 - 20:17
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…
10/06/2025 - 10:37
There are many such forums, from public forums like this one, to secret group chats. The reason clickbait merchants like to talk about them…
05/06/2025 - 23:59
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…
05/06/2025 - 21:22
Nah, for most of these they assume you will own your primary residence unencumbered (i.e. not renting and no mortgage). Even then they…
02/06/2025 - 01:14
At these values it becomes cost effective to engage an actual accountant or financial planner specialising in real estate. This is the…
01/06/2025 - 21:23
A subscription to an internet service provider and a healthy appetite for piracy is easily the best value for money in the country. There…
30/05/2025 - 22:26
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…
30/05/2025 - 22:15
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,…
29/05/2025 - 22:19
Their style is trying for classic Speyside, because Glenfiddich was their primary business inspiration when they started ramping up to try…
26/05/2025 - 00:15
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,…
25/05/2025 - 23:29
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…
25/05/2025 - 22:31
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…
25/05/2025 - 22:03
Man, it really wasn't that long ago you could buy these for under AU$70. I even picked up an 18yo for $150. I want to say 2015ish? I just…
25/05/2025 - 21:53
The people who say that and think the way you do are nothing but blind to all the other luck that exists. How wealthy or connected your…
18/05/2025 - 20:06
>if land is used to produce income Please think deeper about things before launching into your existing position, because it's clear you…
15/05/2025 - 23:56
Depends on your starting value I suppose. That's the problem with working with percentage and percentage points interchangeably. If you…
15/05/2025 - 22:49
More, until the problem is resolved.
15/05/2025 - 18:28
I won't be buying these for myself as I would wake up tomorrow 24 deep and wondering why my tears smell sweet - but for anybody who is…
15/05/2025 - 16:39
Except the context of this discussion is 'is it justified to provide more support to people buying their first home by increasing tax on…
15/05/2025 - 16:06
So what you're saying is that because people can choose to destroy their bodies, costing them millions in potential income over lost years…
15/05/2025 - 14:25
If that's what you're eating, you're essentially making worse investment choices than someone who is taking rolling payday loans each week.…
15/05/2025 - 12:58
Eh, the native Australian ecosystem is better at being drought resistant than anything we might do to help it. Though sucking the rivers…
15/05/2025 - 12:55
Forget 'deposit' - you aren't getting a loan, period. No bank will touch you with a 100-foot pole. Your idea that you can just 'improve…
15/05/2025 - 00:29
>if rent is 200$ 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…
14/05/2025 - 23:53
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…
14/05/2025 - 23:31
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