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Member Since 01/02/2013
Last Seen 16/01/2024
Location Victoria

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Yep, 2008 Panasonic plasma going strong at my place in its 16th year. Can control it from my phone using a Broadcom Wifi-to-IR device.…
09/01/2024 - 16:01
I still have the brass-bodied Brother Laser printer my great-grandfather bought to print off invoices in 1948. Those were really built to…
27/11/2023 - 21:40
Have to admire the @Nebula PC responses here; they seem to be giving a very clear and honest picture of why suppliers are opting for…
06/11/2023 - 21:51
All gone now, it seems.
31/10/2023 - 11:56
Nice price for the current generation of top-of-the-line Sony noise-cancellers, which I haven't seen below $500 before. Last week I did a…
24/10/2023 - 12:20
After buying one LIFX light, I decided to go purely Zigbee, using the Home Assistant software and the excellent TubesZB ethernet-attached…
05/07/2023 - 12:33
A reminder that the OP's narrative might not be the whole story. We've just been through 25 years of the Internet hitting the economy and…
08/05/2023 - 17:22
We're all stupid about some things. For some people, those things include the Defender. If those people are a big enough group, they set…
28/04/2023 - 16:26
These comments mostly come from a couple of mechanics I have had, but both reckoned Mazda was one of the few high-reliability brands out…
08/05/2022 - 19:59
Based on all the reports, if you want decent new floorstanders for under $400, these are the ones to get.
26/11/2020 - 12:19
Pioneer SP-FS52 Tower Speakers - $399 a Pair + Shipping @ Kogan
These have a reputation as great cheap floorstanding speakers for music lovers, performing way above their price point. As three-way,…
24/11/2020 - 22:33
My early version of this has also lasted a decade. It's just a super-reliable design, and Brother has been smart to keep it unchanged. -…
04/08/2020 - 09:49
Just so you know, UBank is owned by NAB.
03/01/2019 - 18:29
Interesting claim. Any explanation of how you know this?
02/07/2018 - 09:57
Does this same logic apply to, say, factories? If not, why not?
30/06/2018 - 20:29
"... many of these properties don't have a strong incentive to seek a rental return ..." Your theory seems to be that there's a large group…
30/06/2018 - 20:26
When thinking about this question, bear in mind something that people often forget: every time someone buys an asset from an Australian…
30/06/2018 - 20:21
There's not much evidence of huge amounts of vacant property. And for obvious reasons: it doesn't take much to appoint an agent and rent…
30/06/2018 - 20:15
There's actually a good argument that foreign buying pushes land prices up but property prices down. It certainly adds to the pool of money…
30/06/2018 - 20:10
Yes, this. Loss of sovereignty simply isn't a risk from allowing foreign purchases of property. Foreign property buyers actually face a…
30/06/2018 - 20:08
Thanks OP. I was a little sceptical but we bought the 2nd gen model and are loving what it does to a carpet covered in hair from our newly…
14/06/2018 - 18:26
Fair enough. I'm still none the wiser as to how a $44 watch can have "genuine sapphire glass" that the likes of Seiko - who've driven down…
16/05/2018 - 11:15
Update: The Watch 9 does appear on Lenovo's China site. No idea what Lenovo is doing claiming that a $40 watch has "sapphire glass", when…
14/05/2018 - 13:42
Quite right. I should have said that it doesn't appear on Lenovo.com. Lenovo seem to be selling it only in the Chinese market on the…
14/05/2018 - 12:05
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but the Watch 9 seems quite likely to be a fake. It's just too good for the money. It doesn't appear on the…
14/05/2018 - 10:58
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but the Watch 9 seems quite likely to be a fake. It's just too good for the money. It doesn't appear on the…
14/05/2018 - 10:58
The same sort of thing, with the rider that the Withings product exists and the Watch 9 seems quite likely to be a fake - it doesn't appear…
14/05/2018 - 10:51
It turns out that rechargeable 2032 batteries are a thing. Who knew?! They are called LIR2032 rather than CR2032. See the [Battery Mart…
13/05/2018 - 22:01
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