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  On 18/05/2021 at 21:15, R1152 said:

I'd also add in the ever-worsening annual fires in Australia.

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Are you sure they're getting worse. The biggest ever was in 1851 and burned out ¼ of what is now Victoria. There's more deaths and property destruction than before, but that could be owing to people deciding to live in vulnerable areas. Most of Australia isn't really suitable for human habitation, unless you are willing to adopt the same lifestyle as the Aborigines.

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Nice day.  Have errands to run.  Would like to take TPA out.

Not going to happen as I can barely get out of my drive because of the school parking situation, much less shuffle cars around to get anything out of the garage (which is behind two parking spaces worth of driveway).

Really wish we could bump "redevelopment of the front garden/driveway" up the priority list to solve that.  Oh, or indeed find someone willing to come and give us a quote for the work...rather than just sucking air through their teeth and saying "That's gonna be expensive mate!"

Yeah...no shit Sherlock... I'm asking you to basically bulldoze a 30 by 10 metre area and lay a complete new driveway, path, lawn etc, sorting the drainage while you're at it...Of bloody course it's going to be expensive.  If it was a simple one day job I'd do it myself. 

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  On 19/05/2021 at 10:21, artdjones said:

Are you sure they're getting worse. The biggest ever was in 1851 and burned out ¼ of what is now Victoria. There's more deaths and property destruction than before, but that could be owing to people deciding to live in vulnerable areas. Most of Australia isn't really suitable for human habitation, unless you are willing to adopt the same lifestyle as the Aborigines.

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Perhaps I should have said "more frequent" but to me, they do seem to be getting worse. I'm not sure the residents of VIC who lost their homes last year will be terribly comforted to know it was bigger in 1851 but yes, I'm aware most of Aus isn't suitable for habitation - I spent several months working there in the early 00s.

It's not a place I'd choose to live; the popular image is somewhat at variance with the experience I had.

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  On 19/05/2021 at 11:40, R1152 said:

Perhaps I should have said "more frequent" but to me, they do seem to be getting worse. I'm not sure the residents of VIC who lost their homes last year will be terribly comforted to know it was bigger in 1851 but yes, I'm aware most of Aus isn't suitable for habitation - I spent several months working there in the early 00s.

It's not a place I'd choose to live; the popular image is somewhat at variance with the experience I had.

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Yes, I had a friend whose dream it was to live there, who finally made it around 1990, a civil engineer. He hated it and went back to Wales after 6 months. 

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  On 19/05/2021 at 11:40, R1152 said:

It's not a place I'd choose to live; the popular image is somewhat at variance with the experience I had.

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I found that.  It's nowhere near as laid back as I had been led to expect, and there are just as many arseholes there as there are everywhere else.

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Yes, the friend who I mentioned above left because to quote him ,"if you meet four people walking abreast down the pavement they won't make room for you but just push you into the gutter." He felt that epitomised the behaviour out there. He himself was a very considerate individual, without being a wuss.

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  On 19/05/2021 at 10:21, artdjones said:

Are you sure they're getting worse. 

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Yes.  It's been well proven by the CSIRO and many others.  I'm going to stop debating this now, promise.

  On 19/05/2021 at 16:30, wuvvum said:

I found that.  It's nowhere near as laid back as I had been led to expect, and there are just as many arseholes there as there are everywhere else.

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Definitely.  I lived there for six years, it's amazing but the people are no better than anywhere else and my family are back here now.

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  On 19/05/2021 at 16:30, wuvvum said:

I found that.  It's nowhere near as laid back as I had been led to expect, and there are just as many arseholes there as there are everywhere else.

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Exactly my experience: in fact I've not worked in a place so bloody bureaucratic and officious as Australia, and I've worked in France!

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  On 19/05/2021 at 20:39, R1152 said:

Exactly my experience: in fact I've not worked in a place so bloody bureaucratic and officious as Australia, and I've worked in France!

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I think Belgium might give it a run for its money to be fair...

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  On 19/05/2021 at 20:57, wuvvum said:

I think Belgium might give it a run for its money to be fair...

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But Belgium has a redeeming feature that Australia never will; and that is excellent beer.

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And Ypres, which is a fantastic place to visit if you get the chance. When I went there 3 years ago it was excellent from morning till dusk.

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  On 20/05/2021 at 10:19, chaseracer said:

And frites au mayonnaise, which is the food of the gods.

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One assumes you have at some point tried Patat met Fritessaus when in the Netherlands.

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  On 20/05/2021 at 10:24, Fumbler said:

And Ypres, which is a fantastic place to visit if you get the chance. When I went there 3 years ago it was excellent from morning till dusk.

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Did you stay till 8pm for the firemen giving the Last Post at the Menin Gate?  That's an experience...

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  On 20/05/2021 at 10:41, Talbot said:

One assumes you have at some point tried Patat met Fritessaus when in the Netherlands.

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@Inspector Morose has introduced me to several interesting comestibles while in the Low Countries at various times, and that may well be one!

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  On 20/05/2021 at 10:42, chaseracer said:

Did you stay till 8pm for the firemen giving the Last Post at the Menin Gate?  That's an experience...

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Indeed I did. Surreal it was.

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The horn keeps sounding on the vectra. No hazard lights or siren. We have had a "safeguard" message since we bought the car indicating something is wrong with the alarm. It has to remain unlocked all the time.

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  On 20/05/2021 at 10:19, chaseracer said:

And frites au mayonnaise, which is the food of the gods.

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Moules-frites for me

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Fuck and bollocks....

 

Does that look like a radiator leak, folks ? Checked all the hoses and they're all good.

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  On 20/05/2021 at 14:31, clayts450 said:

Fuck and bollocks....

 

Does that look like a radiator leak, folks ? Checked all the hoses and they're all good.

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Yep..

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  On 19/05/2021 at 20:39, R1152 said:

Exactly my experience: in fact I've not worked in a place so bloody bureaucratic and officious as Australia, and I've worked in France!

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  On 19/05/2021 at 20:57, wuvvum said:

I think Belgium might give it a run for its money to be fair...

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Belgium previously held the world record of 548 days, functioning without a Government, so I reckon their bureaucracy is pretty good.

Either that, or Belgium works despite its Government rather than because of it.

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  On 19/05/2021 at 20:39, R1152 said:

Exactly my experience: in fact I've not worked in a place so bloody bureaucratic and officious as Australia, and I've worked in France!

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  On 19/05/2021 at 20:57, wuvvum said:

I think Belgium might give it a run for its money to be fair...

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I recommend you come to Spain. But not for H&S . That aspect is  abysmally regulated.

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The trimmer who has my Rover seat delaying it.. another week. 

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What the fuck. Remember when Saab had a night panel button for turning off all the unnecessary dash lights? How have we gone full circle

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Who needs to see out?

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  On 20/05/2021 at 17:48, Spurious said:

What the fuck. Remember when Saab had a night panel button for turning off all the unnecessary dash lights? How have we gone full circle

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Tell me that's not real. 

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  On 20/05/2021 at 18:36, Dick Longbridge said:

Tell me that's not real. 

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Course it is.  Coming to you via your favourite social media influencer on Instagram.  Seems like it was a tacky car built for them.

Remember when the S class used to have poineering safety features? 

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  On 20/05/2021 at 17:48, Spurious said:

What the fuck. Remember when Saab had a night panel button for turning off all the unnecessary dash lights? How have we gone full circle

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"Disco  disco  disco!"

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  On 20/05/2021 at 10:24, Fumbler said:

And Ypres, which is a fantastic place to visit if you get the chance. When I went there 3 years ago it was excellent from morning till dusk.

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Couldn't agree more.  Took a big group of school kids there back in 2017 and it was wonderful.  Great restaurants too (other than the obvious 'Ypres' stuff, which is tragic and interesting).  Went there when I was in Year 9 back in about 2001 and it was just as interesting when I returned.

EDIT:  Come to think of it, Bruges is great as is Brussels.  Honestly felt very at home there.  We were staying in Ostend, which I also liked.  Just liked all of it to be honest.

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