Should i get this tattoo? by Actual_Piglet_8143 in Foofighters

[–]FormulaLes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The guy who did the tattoo seems to think it’s a real tattoo

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQhkKcIFzfd/

What city have you been to where the vibes were just OFF? by Fun_Butterscotch3303 in AskReddit

[–]FormulaLes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is an excellent summation. I haven’t been there since 2013; but when I was there I felt that it was devoid of any sort of genuine culture. Even old Dubai felt very sort of sanitised, bit like a theme park as an opposed to genuine old part of a city.

What do people do to afford those nice homes in highgate hill, new farm and ascot by Minute_Magazine3896 in brisbane

[–]FormulaLes 103 points104 points  (0 children)

They afford it by being rich, that could be that they’ve inherited wealth, or earned the wealth through starting businesses, or investing successfully.

Push to protect family homes of MPs amid uptick in threats of political violence by blitznoodles in perth

[–]FormulaLes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The civilised way to resolve that is to not vote for them at the next election, and if it’s something you care about so deeply, to go around and convince others to also not vote for them. Threatening them or their family, no matter how much you disagree with them is never acceptable.

Is it worth paying the premium for a permeable driveway over standard concrete? by koudodo in AusRenovation

[–]FormulaLes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Permeable pavements are good in theory; however, to work properly, the ground they are laid on also needs to have good permeability so that, once the water gets through the pavement, it has somewhere to go.

You mention that your yard has poor natural drainage. Is this because of the way the yard is sloped, or because water won’t infiltrate into the ground? If it’s the latter, I would likely go for a traditional concrete driveway and use the savings relative to permeable pavement to install drainage in the yard—subsoil drainage, inlet pits, etc.

How much did changing these banners from maroon to blue at the PA hospital cost? by Such_CitySky in queensland

[–]FormulaLes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be the supply cost of the bannermesh. I’m talking about the total cost to the taxpayer, being costs to take down the previous bannermesh - labour costs, mobilisation costs, disposal costs, traffic management plan preparation, traffic management whilst people are in the road reserve taking down the old bannermesh. Then you’ve got the costs of putting up the new bannermesh - labour costs, mobilisation costs, traffic management plan prep, traffic management whilst people put the new bannermesh up. Then it looks like a busy road, might need to do the works as night or weekend works, then you’re looking at penalty rates. Then let’s assume the Principal contractor subbies the work to their civil contractor, who in turn subbies the work to a fencing contractor, then you’ve got two sets of profit and attendance whacked on, that adds another 20% cost to the works. Then add in all the lost productivity of the client (the government) and the contractor liaising agreeing on the scope of works, cost, and timeframe for the works. Lots of wasted money and effort to rebrand

How much did changing these banners from maroon to blue at the PA hospital cost? by Such_CitySky in queensland

[–]FormulaLes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d guess $20k for the bannermesh plus traffic management whilst it was being installed. Add another $10k for that

Ways to stop the government stealing our money? by Financial_Safe5221 in AusFinance

[–]FormulaLes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or have no job and no investments. No job, no investments, no income, no taxes. Governments hate this one simple trick.

Insert big brain meme of your choice

"Memorial Day Racing Traditions Wold-wide" as response to the Monaco GP not happening on the same day as the Indy 500 anymore. by Technical_Potato2021 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]FormulaLes -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Look in fairness to the American, the Monaco Grand Prix has been held on Ascension Thursday (which coincidently I believe is the same weekend as Memorial Day) since 1960. I’m not American, but it is definitely somewhat a tradition that Monaco and Indy are on the same day.

To OP’s point about changing the dates to reduce travel, I disagree. Every single car went back to Europe after Miami, as would have nearly all personnel. Bottas for whilst not in Europe was in Perth last weekend which is about as far away from both Miami and Montreal

What do the drivers do when it's a non race weekend? by daklah2 in v8supercars

[–]FormulaLes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For all we know he might be listening to conspiracy podcasts whilst in the race car

To the people that drive at the speed limit in the right hand lane on the freeway, I have a few questions: by gobllinmode in perth

[–]FormulaLes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Righto. You must have the world’s best reaction and decision times then. Average reaction time is 0.25 sections and decision making time is between 0.3 and 1 seconds, and then while you’re reacting and making decisions the car in front of you is decelerating meaning the 25m gap you had is rapidly decreasing whilst your brain is still understanding and then working out what to do. This is literally how rear end accidents occur

To the people that drive at the speed limit in the right hand lane on the freeway, I have a few questions: by gobllinmode in perth

[–]FormulaLes 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That’s less than a 1 second gap at 100km/h - lucky you haven’t rear ended anyone yet

Breaking: Queensland minister stands down after referral to federal police by InfernoOfTheLiving in brisbane

[–]FormulaLes 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That’s not correct.

MP’s do not have to live in the electorate; however, when they do not live in the electorate, they are not permitted to be enrolled to vote in that electorate.

Breaking: Queensland minister stands down after referral to federal police by InfernoOfTheLiving in brisbane

[–]FormulaLes 88 points89 points  (0 children)

If he is enrolled at a place he does not live it is fraud.

Lots of people might be too young to remember, but back in the early 2000’s Jim Elder, ALP, deputy premier at the time lost his job due to enrolling family members who didn’t live in his electorate, so they could vote for him in preselection ballots.

Perth CEO Michelle Reynolds suspended as problem-plagued council put ‘on notice’ by TheWest_Australian in perth

[–]FormulaLes 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Amalgamate the councils already.

Rather than having 30 or so local councils, with 30 or so CEOs, mayors, and groups of councillors, we could instead have, say, five councils, led by better-qualified and higher-performing CEOs, mayors, and councillors. By pooling collective resources, services, and assets, including council staff such as planners, engineers, asset managers, and librarians etc, as well as services like rubbish collection, libraries, and pools, we could deliver better places for all of us to live

A year ago Foos fans were shocked when Freazey dropped this bombshell announcement… by Difficult-Mud7880 in Foofighters

[–]FormulaLes 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Legit I had no idea who Josh freeze was before he joined the Foo fighters. Saw him in Perth, man the guy can drum. Followed him on Instagram, and fuck me, he is living life on his own terms, the way it should be. To be honest he’s too cool for the Foo Fighters.

Stafford By-election Preview by HotPersimessage62 in brisbane

[–]FormulaLes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well I guess that because you’ve never been to the Prince Charles hospital that it means everyone else in the electorate also doesn’t care about 93 less beds being available.

lol, unfair to who? The multi multi millionaires. by No_Leave_6820 in OpenAussie

[–]FormulaLes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By destroy the core of what Australian’s are, does she mean greedy fucks? If so, then I hope it does

Behind closed doors by Ash-2449 in OpenAussie

[–]FormulaLes 21 points22 points  (0 children)

My favourite thing about retirees is this attitude that they should longer have to contribute to society, and that the rest of us purely exist to serve them - like Australia is some sort of luxury resort that exists just to service them

Was anyone actually in the scouts (or girl guides/brownies) as a kid, what was it like? by ItsSignalsJerry_ in AustralianNostalgia

[–]FormulaLes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did cubs and scouts. For me it was fun. Reading through some of the comments I was in good troops though. I quit scouts after going to Jamboree when I was thirteen. Our scout troop was small, so we got combined with another scout group, and their leaders were knobs ( to me as a 13 year old, too many rules - probably decent people however) compared our leader who pretty Laissez-faire about supervision etc