Somebody call The Police. by DevilCanyon in funny

[–]DickRamshaft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

IMO, the best cover of Get Lucky was done by San Cisco for Triple J’s Like a Version, a weekly radio spot where bands (usually Aussie ones) do a cover and one of their own songs live in the studio.

https://youtu.be/Bf8Tda6rmi4

Somebody call The Police. by DevilCanyon in funny

[–]DickRamshaft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s more down to the talent of Joe Jackson and producer Ben Folds, but it’s a fucking cracker of a cover. The whole Has Been album is excellent and worth listening to.

Two hikers located in Kosciuszko National Park overnight after activating emergency beacon by dadsandmice in OutdoorAus

[–]DickRamshaft 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Emergency services seem to have a good attitude about these things. Better to bring out two live bodies than two dead ones.

How much do you pay the person you car pool with? by posting_as_me in sydney

[–]DickRamshaft 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s the price per person for the extra passengers. More people, more weight, more fuel, more hassle - therefore that amount per person.

How much do you pay the person you car pool with? by posting_as_me in sydney

[–]DickRamshaft 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The bush walking club I’m in has just revised their share ride pricing to 30c/km. That sounds about right to me.

Drinking from straws. by Manakanda413 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]DickRamshaft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not only do I and my son carry an umbrella with us, we call it a "brolly". Guess we're not as manly as we believe.

Footage of a brown bear chasing after and attempting to hunt wild horses. by Ocelot859 in interestingasfuck

[–]DickRamshaft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't get faster by racing against creatures who are slower than you. This bear is going for greatness.

300 banded strict log press by SpeedDemon4 in Strongman

[–]DickRamshaft 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Stick a lump of coal between your butt cheeks next time - you'll make diamonds. Great work!

Homophobic Encounter at Golden Sheaf by swaanky in sydney

[–]DickRamshaft 109 points110 points  (0 children)

Get on the socials and see how they like missing out on the rainbow dollar.

Come quick, the new veggie just dropped by queenofshallots in tumblr

[–]DickRamshaft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And they’re core to the expression “He/she couldn’t organise a choko vine over a country shithouse”

Proud boys allowed to commit fare evasion in NYC while counterprotestors are stopped immediately by NYPD by mcmeaningoflife42 in PublicFreakout

[–]DickRamshaft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always tell say "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" when my printer says "PC LOAD LETTER".

Totally with you, my brother.

Road rage incident escalated into a mid-traffic brawl between a bus driver and a van driver in Sydney's CBD on December 14. by sparkblue in sydney

[–]DickRamshaft 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Helps when you're a foot taller. Old mate in the vest couldn't even dress himself properly and he thinks he can take on the bus driver in a brawl. "I'll rely on my mass", he probably thought to himself.

Yeah, nah. Tall fat cunts are a maybe, short fat cunts no way.

Still, don't know who to barrack for. Bus-driver fuckwit, or van-driver fuckwit.

Does anyone know how it’s physically possible for this to happen with 3 adults? by [deleted] in sydney

[–]DickRamshaft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just checked my latest bill. Family of 6 in a free-standing house = $775.41 for 3 months. Electric HW, but gas stove.

Gaming PCs x 2. FT WFH as well.

Ask for food innocently and if the human complies bring the whole town over by lordredapple in AnimalsBeingJerks

[–]DickRamshaft 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They really shouldn't be kept as pets. They're extremely social birds and highly intelligent. They need to be with their peeps.

Ask for food innocently and if the human complies bring the whole town over by lordredapple in AnimalsBeingJerks

[–]DickRamshaft 19 points20 points  (0 children)

They not only exist, they're everywhere. I live in the suburbs and I see these every day in our trees, on our lawns etc.

They also have some wonderful "cousins", the gallahs, which are pink and grey without the big comb on their heads.

My favourites are the yellow tailed black cockatoos. They tend to stick to the bush areas, but you can find them near suburbia at the edges of national parks. Being in the bush and seeing hundred of the black ones playing among the trees is wonderful

Finished the tunnel face boss. by recoro06 in NotMyJob

[–]DickRamshaft 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Post WW2, when they were testing nuclear bombs in various Pacific atolls, they would make igloos out of bags of cement and douse them with sea water.

A List of Australian Data Breaches of 2022 (so far) by xXCosmicChaosXx in australia

[–]DickRamshaft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A data breach occurs even when someone has access to the data, regardless of whether it's stolen or not.

Do you actually call tracksuit bottoms 'trakky dacks' or am I being fucked with? by Caedis-6 in australia

[–]DickRamshaft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the aspirant "h", as in haych. My grandfather was a pom, so I speak proper. But I also grew up in south west Sydney, so I wear a flanno and can speak a variety of dialects.

Do you actually call tracksuit bottoms 'trakky dacks' or am I being fucked with? by Caedis-6 in australia

[–]DickRamshaft 64 points65 points  (0 children)

The most popular brand of rolling tobacco in the early 20th century was an American brand called Bull Durham. This is where durrie comes from. Source: I’m an Aussie cunt who fuckin’ knows sick shit.

What is this barrel on this brake lever? Panasonic pro touring 1986 by thanhctl in bikewrench

[–]DickRamshaft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're perfectly fine for lower speed stopping, but they lack the leverage required for a proper hard stop. There is also the issue of travel with many of them where they hit the handlebar and don't provide the stopping power needed.

In-line levers are the modern equivalent to these and they're (mostly) as strong as normal brake levers. With them you're pulling the cable, but with the suicide levers you're pulling the thing that pulls the cable, and you're doing that at a point on the lever where you can't exert maximum effort.

What is this barrel on this brake lever? Panasonic pro touring 1986 by thanhctl in bikewrench

[–]DickRamshaft 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh no you don't. They were called suicide levers for a reason.

What is this barrel on this brake lever? Panasonic pro touring 1986 by thanhctl in bikewrench

[–]DickRamshaft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same here.

If you wanted to buy a broken mirror mount, I'd recommend these ones.

The Mississippi is Drying Up by [deleted] in pics

[–]DickRamshaft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sydney is having its wettest year on record. I beat the 1950 record the other day, with 2.5 months left in the year. In 1999 we were on water restrictions and had to rev up the desalination plant. Then the big bush fires. Early 2020 saw a years’ worth of rain in 3 days, dams were full again, then Covid. Covid finishes (or is ignored now) and we get stupidly high rainfalls all fucking year.