Randomly Rusted
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Australian. Alas, no cat!
I retreated to the airconditioned bedroom yes.
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I retreated to the airconditioned bedroom yes.
Note for Australian women especially of a larger size. Tradies do bamboo "long leg no chafe" boxers. A lot of boxers I tried didn't go below the natural curve of my thigh and tended to rise up and bunch up. They are closer fitting though so test to see if they give enough circulation for you.
December 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Note for Australian women especially of a larger size. Tradies do bamboo "long leg no chafe" boxers. A lot of boxers I tried didn't go below the natural curve of my thigh and tended to rise up and bunch up. They are closer fitting though so test to see if they give enough circulation for you.
Oh boy are you going to hate it if you have to move back down to the Great Australian Heat Island of Sydney. BOM says Campsie got down to 24 last night, I think the weather station at Canterbury racetrack might have but the rest of the place not so much.
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Oh boy are you going to hate it if you have to move back down to the Great Australian Heat Island of Sydney. BOM says Campsie got down to 24 last night, I think the weather station at Canterbury racetrack might have but the rest of the place not so much.
Was he American? I have seen Americans saying plumber is middle class and while a boss of a plumbing firm might be in Oz the one with his hands in the sewer pipe is working class.
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Was he American? I have seen Americans saying plumber is middle class and while a boss of a plumbing firm might be in Oz the one with his hands in the sewer pipe is working class.
Off the top of my head: need for highways in the first place. Amount of money going on roads majorly used for private cars compared to money on public transport (with a side order of freight: how much, where, and why). Motor (oil, metal, pollution) vs active transport. Sprawl vs community.
December 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Off the top of my head: need for highways in the first place. Amount of money going on roads majorly used for private cars compared to money on public transport (with a side order of freight: how much, where, and why). Motor (oil, metal, pollution) vs active transport. Sprawl vs community.
and actually exist. My mother found a pair of trousers with zippered pockets. Except no... no pockets just non functional zips pretending to be pockets.
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
and actually exist. My mother found a pair of trousers with zippered pockets. Except no... no pockets just non functional zips pretending to be pockets.
you would have to in Oz too. The medical stuff is covered more or less including some rehab but things like a decent wheelchair, house mods, and continuing care not so much.
Big incident like Bondi then Govt steps in, but everyone else has to cope. Some Govt things like NDIS but still not much.
Big incident like Bondi then Govt steps in, but everyone else has to cope. Some Govt things like NDIS but still not much.
December 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
you would have to in Oz too. The medical stuff is covered more or less including some rehab but things like a decent wheelchair, house mods, and continuing care not so much.
Big incident like Bondi then Govt steps in, but everyone else has to cope. Some Govt things like NDIS but still not much.
Big incident like Bondi then Govt steps in, but everyone else has to cope. Some Govt things like NDIS but still not much.
Not just in the US. Parents attacking children who are umpiring is a problem in Oz too. At least they are mostly being banned from games. Problem is if they show up, who will remove them? Bit hard to tell the kid they can't play till their parent leaves.
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Not just in the US. Parents attacking children who are umpiring is a problem in Oz too. At least they are mostly being banned from games. Problem is if they show up, who will remove them? Bit hard to tell the kid they can't play till their parent leaves.
Free parking is indeed a bad idea.
Has to be paid, and needs to be a lot more connecting buses. And a lot more bicycle infra. With secure bike parking of different price levels cos ebikes will be serious theft magnets.
Has to be paid, and needs to be a lot more connecting buses. And a lot more bicycle infra. With secure bike parking of different price levels cos ebikes will be serious theft magnets.
December 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Free parking is indeed a bad idea.
Has to be paid, and needs to be a lot more connecting buses. And a lot more bicycle infra. With secure bike parking of different price levels cos ebikes will be serious theft magnets.
Has to be paid, and needs to be a lot more connecting buses. And a lot more bicycle infra. With secure bike parking of different price levels cos ebikes will be serious theft magnets.
Long time ago in Perth you could park in lots well away from the main areas and your parking ticket was also a bus ticket. Some were into the CBD some into other main areas.
What Tullawong et al need is decent bicycle infra and an aggressive rent-to-buy provider of ebikes.
What Tullawong et al need is decent bicycle infra and an aggressive rent-to-buy provider of ebikes.
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Long time ago in Perth you could park in lots well away from the main areas and your parking ticket was also a bus ticket. Some were into the CBD some into other main areas.
What Tullawong et al need is decent bicycle infra and an aggressive rent-to-buy provider of ebikes.
What Tullawong et al need is decent bicycle infra and an aggressive rent-to-buy provider of ebikes.
I am not sure it's a useful commute route given the location. Most places are up from it and those are easier to get to other ways.
Also way to widen it so no real way to engineer it.
Also way to widen it so no real way to engineer it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I am not sure it's a useful commute route given the location. Most places are up from it and those are easier to get to other ways.
Also way to widen it so no real way to engineer it.
Also way to widen it so no real way to engineer it.
No. Which is OK as long as both are being sensible but unfortunately walkers tend to move away from each other as much as they can and away from edges. Meaning often taking up most of the path. Which is OK if they can hear and react to a bike bell but headphone wearing is also common.
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
No. Which is OK as long as both are being sensible but unfortunately walkers tend to move away from each other as much as they can and away from edges. Meaning often taking up most of the path. Which is OK if they can hear and react to a bike bell but headphone wearing is also common.
I thought no one ever used it because people living East of Sydney would never be caught going to "Sydney's West" which starts at Ultimo if you live in Double Bay?
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I thought no one ever used it because people living East of Sydney would never be caught going to "Sydney's West" which starts at Ultimo if you live in Double Bay?
Problem with that is the the Oracle database software powers everything If you are any kind of biggish company your systems are using Oracle. Transport. Telco. Bank. Yeah there might be postgres, might be the odd IBM big iron and DB2 but your petrol and phone and bank account? Oracle.
December 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Problem with that is the the Oracle database software powers everything If you are any kind of biggish company your systems are using Oracle. Transport. Telco. Bank. Yeah there might be postgres, might be the odd IBM big iron and DB2 but your petrol and phone and bank account? Oracle.
19 on a technicality as AOL was not available in Oz. Not sure what the equivalent would be, possibly BigPond which was run by the main telco.
But I didn't have that either, used a local ISP. So still 19.
But I didn't have that either, used a local ISP. So still 19.
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
19 on a technicality as AOL was not available in Oz. Not sure what the equivalent would be, possibly BigPond which was run by the main telco.
But I didn't have that either, used a local ISP. So still 19.
But I didn't have that either, used a local ISP. So still 19.
Makes your gun club a nice target with a big payoff. So you have to spend a lot of money to protect it only to have an insider let the bad guys in.
100 guns in 100 diff places mean one or two get nicked, 100 in one place...
(several reports of thefts from security companies for example, inside jobs)
100 guns in 100 diff places mean one or two get nicked, 100 in one place...
(several reports of thefts from security companies for example, inside jobs)
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Makes your gun club a nice target with a big payoff. So you have to spend a lot of money to protect it only to have an insider let the bad guys in.
100 guns in 100 diff places mean one or two get nicked, 100 in one place...
(several reports of thefts from security companies for example, inside jobs)
100 guns in 100 diff places mean one or two get nicked, 100 in one place...
(several reports of thefts from security companies for example, inside jobs)
Me too! I thought epitome and appitomy were synonyms...
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Me too! I thought epitome and appitomy were synonyms...
Heard an interview with a man who had been a boy living near an American air force base during the war. He said a young lad could get quite an education if he wandered the woods in the evening after a dance at the base.
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Heard an interview with a man who had been a boy living near an American air force base during the war. He said a young lad could get quite an education if he wandered the woods in the evening after a dance at the base.
He didn't. His father did.
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
He didn't. His father did.
Wanna bet the gunman had his registered for hunting on some property that heaps and heaps of people are also registered on?
It is possible that there are checks for this but I don't know and don't see anything that says there are. So someone charges you $100/yr/gun for an address on paperwork.
It is possible that there are checks for this but I don't know and don't see anything that says there are. So someone charges you $100/yr/gun for an address on paperwork.
December 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Wanna bet the gunman had his registered for hunting on some property that heaps and heaps of people are also registered on?
It is possible that there are checks for this but I don't know and don't see anything that says there are. So someone charges you $100/yr/gun for an address on paperwork.
It is possible that there are checks for this but I don't know and don't see anything that says there are. So someone charges you $100/yr/gun for an address on paperwork.
A few years ago I was on my motorcycle travelling along a road in the backblocks of New South Wales at 9am on a Sunday. And met with a random breath test setup. Apparently there had been a big birthday bash at a nearby property and the cops were waiting for those still drunk from last night.
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A few years ago I was on my motorcycle travelling along a road in the backblocks of New South Wales at 9am on a Sunday. And met with a random breath test setup. Apparently there had been a big birthday bash at a nearby property and the cops were waiting for those still drunk from last night.
When my co-worker transitioned the women were welcoming and helpful with clothes and makeup and coping in a tech env as a woman. (The differences surprised her!)
The guys coped OK although some seemed a bit disturbed but the women were absolutely onboard.
The guys coped OK although some seemed a bit disturbed but the women were absolutely onboard.
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
When my co-worker transitioned the women were welcoming and helpful with clothes and makeup and coping in a tech env as a woman. (The differences surprised her!)
The guys coped OK although some seemed a bit disturbed but the women were absolutely onboard.
The guys coped OK although some seemed a bit disturbed but the women were absolutely onboard.
Emily Wilson wrote about this
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About "polytropos" and how various people have translated it.
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About "polytropos" and how various people have translated it.
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Emily Wilson wrote about this
emily613.substack.com/p/on-complic...
About "polytropos" and how various people have translated it.
emily613.substack.com/p/on-complic...
About "polytropos" and how various people have translated it.
I first came across it in r/sydney
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I first came across it in r/sydney
I love my 1973 motorcycle but it is nothing like the 2006 version also in the garage as regards comfort and features. Especially brakes! (and its brakes were the best production motorcycle brakes in the world at the time)
Nice for a relaxing ride, not a daily rider.
Nice for a relaxing ride, not a daily rider.
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I love my 1973 motorcycle but it is nothing like the 2006 version also in the garage as regards comfort and features. Especially brakes! (and its brakes were the best production motorcycle brakes in the world at the time)
Nice for a relaxing ride, not a daily rider.
Nice for a relaxing ride, not a daily rider.