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InsurgoFormica, to random
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Ah, Gosford, may you never change 🤣

https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2024/05/major-development-in-gosford-stalled-after-being-deemed-unsafe/

timrichards, to Trains
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Lunch aboard the Spirit of the Outback. What would you choose?

cc @diningcar

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InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards @diningcar I love spinach and feta, so I'd go that and the custard 🍮

InsurgoFormica,
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@HardBeingGreen @timrichards @diningcar I can feel a Queensland train trip coming on

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards @Rowena @diningcar see, every suggestion is a marketing opportunity!

timrichards, (edited ) to brisbane
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Right I'm at a pub in Southbank and have ordered lunch. Nice weather in Brisbane, mid-20s. My plan is to kill a few hours here before the train from Roma Street. Might be a few drinks before then. 🍻

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards I'd love to be doing what you're doing. Both the pub and the train trip

dgar, to random
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US election is like choosing between Xitter and Facebook.

InsurgoFormica,
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@dgar best version I heard was it's a choice between Bernie from Weekend at Bernies, and McMurphy from One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

timrichards, to random
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I'm heading to the Outback next week. This is going to be very easy weather to pack for.

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards I'm planning a holiday there. Is this a writing trip?

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards there's a sleeper, Brisbane to Longreach? I didn't know that.
More research on my part required obviously.
Thanks.

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards Are you going to visit some of the attractions while you are there, and perhaps visit Winton?
That's what I'm planning.

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards great, thank you!

InsurgoFormica, to random
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Dutton just said we've never had civil conflict as part of our history and I'm wondering if they had schools in Queensland in the '80s

timrichards, to music
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Really appalling how much public liability insurance has risen for these venues. Could do with a government inquiry into the insurance industry.

The ‘capitalist nonsense’ killing Melbourne’s live music scene

(maybe paywalled) https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-capitalist-nonsense-killing-melbourne-s-live-music-scene-20240412-p5fjez.html

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards and an enquiry into public liability costs

perkinsy, (edited ) to melbourne
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It has been a big gardening planning weekend. We are in peak autumnal gardening season after bunkering down during the hot, dry summer. My mother and I made a list of tasks to do. We are organising a working bee. Hopefully some interested neighbours and family will join us in a week or two.

This afternoon I surveyed our street garden. Lots of nasturtium seedlings have popped up after the big rain. I moved them to fill empty spaces. The earth that has been dry as dust over summer has now been replenished after the rain. The trowel sinks in easily.

I had a chat with a hospitality business owner who runs his business next to our house about our progress and planting strategy. He has put an application into the local council to get funds for planting on the street corners to deter rubbish dumpers.

InsurgoFormica,
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@perkinsy or really spikey

InsurgoFormica,
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@perkinsy yes, it sounds fabulous, I am jealous 😄

dgar, to random
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InsurgoFormica,
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@dgar As soon as you see it, the Darth Vader theme

mightyspaceman, to random
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2020 was over...4 years ago?

InsurgoFormica,
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@mightyspaceman yeah wow, I had visions of the roaring '20s and how great it would be.
Yeah, nah, it hasn't been like that :-(

timrichards, to Tasmania
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Labor and the Greens in the end have more seats together than the Liberal Party - why the hell is Labor not interested in trying to form a government? Cowards.

Who are the new and familiar faces of Tasmania's incoming parliament — and who didn't make the cut? - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-06/tasmanian-lower-house-2024-state-election-new-mps/103666470

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards can I suggest because they promised before the election that wouldn't?
I'm not in Tas so have no skin in the game

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards maybe, but given they did, they are condemned if they honour it, and condemned if they don't.
Democratic elections aren't rational imho when the electorate are either uninformed or apathetic

timrichards, to Cruise
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Crikey. Moral: don't be late.

Norwegian Cruise captain refused to let eight passengers who were late reboard ship https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/stranded-cruise-ship-passengers

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards imagine if cruise ships waited for every self entitled boomer. Anarchy.
(Not saying that's what happened here)

melissabeartrix, to random
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You would think this guy would just give up already ... What a fool

Hugz & xXx

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/lehrmann-defamation-case-taylor-auerbach-documents-published/103661616

InsurgoFormica,
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@melissabeartrix yes, but an entitled fool. The worst kind

perkinsy, to melbourne
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Big day in the garden today - taking advantage of the glorious autumn day in .

We cut off a big non-fruit producing branch growing straight up on the left of the lime tree and then cut a big branch on the right to give the tree better balance.

I also upended 2 bags of heavy, wet soil on the bed to top it up and provide more substance to the very light sandy soil in this garden bed.

I planted an impatiens plant I had purchased at last week's garden show on the right of the lime tree. I then topped off this part of the garden bed with bamboo leaves from last Spring's prunings. I had laid the bamboo prunings on concrete so the leaves could dry off over summer and to stop the concrete from absorbing so much heat.

InsurgoFormica,
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@perkinsy love the cat randomly turning up in some photos 😄

InsurgoFormica,
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@perkinsy ❤️

18+ HardBeingGreen, to auspol
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We should never have gotten into this position but it's now a genuine crisis that needs urgent action

Easiest way to increase supply quickly is to get homes back into the long term rental market. Limit negative gearing to long term rentals, vacant property taxes, etc

Potential Airbnb ban, 'no deposit' home loans and rent subsidies: Radical policies show how housing might swing elections
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/airbnb-ban-no-deposit-home-loans-landlord-subsidies-tas-election/103584528

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards @HardBeingGreen absolutely agree, the problem though is Shorten took this to an election and the electorate chose Morrison instead 🙄

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards @Susan60 @HardBeingGreen my constant theme is that media is an important cog in the democracy wheel, but the media is currently performing poorly in that role. Democracy is compromised as a result.

timrichards, to random
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Hmm presumably a way to avoid these fines is to not speed or drive an unregistered car. Just a thought.

Victoria is the fines capital of the country, expecting to rake in almost $1 billion in 2023-24 https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-is-the-fines-capital-expected-to-rake-in-almost-1b-this-financial-year-20240317-p5fcz6.html

InsurgoFormica,
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@timrichards yep, that headline could just as easily been, "Victoria is the offender capital of Australia".
A great example of unconscious media bias imho

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