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But that's a fair cost to reduce the number of visible FTEs so the public don't complain about the size of government, right?

I've been in various State goverment positions for 19 years and never heard of that one!

OldnBroke commented on Can You Turn Left from a Straight Lane?
Perfectly acceptable if you drive a black Honda apparently.

I don't recall the taste of the water being particularly unusual. I do recall the giardiasis though, only ever experienced something like...

They certainly didn't have fees when I went to school. Admittedly that was a long time ago, but at a guess I would say this idea of fees at...

As someone who has been involved in bacterial water quality monitoring for a living I would qualify that statement with a '95+ percent of...

Out of interest, how does the BMW servicing and parts stack up to that for the Kia?

And a lot of people seem to forget these days that the fastest route between A and B may not be to try to pull out of the servo and drive...

OldnBroke replied to
Summoner on Is There Anything You Can Do to Stop People from Parking & Driving over The Natures Strip

Don't talk to them, I never found that useful. Just take photos, give them the location, and they will send someone out within a day or...

OldnBroke replied to
whooah1979 on Is There Anything You Can Do to Stop People from Parking & Driving over The Natures Strip

It is generally Council land. In Brisbane parking on the nature strip is an offence under the BCC Bylaws, hence one complains to BCC about...

OldnBroke replied to
Summoner on Is There Anything You Can Do to Stop People from Parking & Driving over The Natures Strip

Don't complain about damage to grass, simply request that BCC enforce the/ir parking laws. I have always found BCC happy to oblige. Submit...

OldnBroke replied to
Ryanek on Is There Anything You Can Do to Stop People from Parking & Driving over The Natures Strip

I have a similar problem as the OP in my area and use Snap Send Solve. BCC have always responded within a couple of days and reported on...

That was a good one. Did you see the one where a big winner was asked to return to the ticket seller to reenact the day he won for the...

OldnBroke replied to
kingmoron on Gigabyte B550M H AM4 mATX Motherboard $99 (Was $139) + Delivery @ PC Byte

Heaps, it makes a great place to put a CPU.

Same in Qld

OldnBroke replied to
Scrooge McDuck on Putting Restriction on Tenants for E.g. No Smoking, Drinking and Pets

In places like Indonesia beef is commonly substituted for pork in the bacon making process. QT may be accustomed to thinking beef bacon is...

OldnBroke replied to
onetwothreefour on To those who use several tens of gigabytes of mobile data per month, what are you using it on?

Now that's the OzBargain spirit. I can't imagine doing it another way except on the odd occassion when one is ill-prepared.

Hint: Leave the Beamer unlocked in the driveway with the cash clearly visible to provide that little extra accessibility. Write a post on...

Lol, I"m sure most people would make a mint and sleep well at night just chucking the money in an ETF somewhere.

1. I imagine that 95% of people make no choice/s as to how their Super is invested, they just adopt the default Balanced option. 2. Even...

Up-vote for not coming back :)

You have to love a phylogenetic tree with no scale bar. I guess it helps prevent reality getting in the way of a good story.

OldnBroke commented on Oral-B Genius 9000 Electric Toothbrush with 3 Replacement Heads & Smart Travel Case, Purple $139 (RRP $369) + Shipping @ Kogan
Good find, thanks. Might be a good time to replace my 20+ year old unit.

What are these 'strains' of SARS-CoV-2 that you refer to? The genetic variability of the virus around the world and through time appears to...

Plus if medical professionals have no qualms with a treatment one would think it was both reasonably safe and effective.

I've just spent 5 weeks travelling around coastal central and north Qld and accomodation managers have all reported gang-buster business,...

Michellin, for example, have a six year warranty and reccomend replacement after 10 years. Note that even at 10 years there is no real...

Let me guess, you work in a tyre shop?

As someone living in south west Brisbane with ducted AC my opinion is almost diametrically opposed. Why? Primarily because we use ceiling...

I fully expected they would tell you that you absolutely must isolate, at least as far as practical from other householders and entirely...