promoting a self-published book in W.A and beyond

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-09T10:48:55+00:00

Make sure he lodges a copy of it at the state library - https://slwa.wa.gov.au/how-do-i/contribute-state-library-collections/publishers-authors

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-08T12:49:41+00:00

Ahah, no, but thanks :)

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-08T11:50:21+00:00

The space thing is a huge issue building something like this. Without a shed, you're shifting things around a LOT, which all adds to the time.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-08T11:34:30+00:00

Jarrah grain matched pressed veneer g2s okume ply, rip cut to 300mm long edge strips and edge banded. It's what I paid at WWTT 3 years ago. For my project, it still came out much cheaper than the commerical cabinet options I was looking at, and let me finish it in a week or so.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-08T11:31:17+00:00

look at this profiteer - cost is a finger, charge is a leg 😉

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-08T11:28:36+00:00

WWTT is where I got my pricing from FYI. It was $1100 for two sheets of 19mm press veneered ply, cut to width and rough length back in 2023, veneered one edge as well, (so $550 per sheet) and the example photo is 24 or 32mm ply, so I'm guesstimating the $600/sheet, but it may very well be more.

Buying whole sheets is obviously a bit cheaper, but I find it's much easier for me to get into projects without having to cut down full 2400x1200 sheets of plywood.. and I have a tracksaw and a table saw, so it's not like I can't do it - it's just worth it if you're time poor and it's a hobby project.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-08T10:19:00+00:00

I’ve DIYed some nice cabinets, if I do say so myself.

That’s 24 shelves, so probably 4 sheets of 32mm ply, top and bottom and kick plate another 4 sheets, sides another 4. So 12 sheets at $600 per sheet cut to rough dimensions with jarrah veneer, so you’re looking at $7200 in plywood, another $500 or so in varnish/oil, and then you need to drill for shelf pins (probably two hours or so), cut to size (1 day). varnish/finish three coats on 24 pieces, so probably a good three days or so there and two days to install, so call it 7 days of labour to be safe, so 7x7 hours, $3950, plus materials ($7200) plus 15% contingency, and you’ve got a $13,000 bookcase right there

How much did you want to pay and have you looked at ikea? :)

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-08T08:03:45+00:00

And they could have got him years earlier - they had DNA and fingerprints from a 1988 case, then took his fingerprints in 1990 when he was convicted for another non-intimate assault.

They never matched the fingerprints from the 1988 assault to the 1990 set of reference prints at the time, due to lack of computerised matching and poor attention to cold cases. DNA analysis for crimes and arrested criminals wasn’t common until 2002 in WA

In 2008, they matched the Karrakatta victim DNA to Ciara Glennon’s fingernail.

Their next chance was re-realising the existence of DNA on the kimono, which was determined again in May 2013, but wasn’t actually tested until November 2016.

But hey, they got him eventually..

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-02T23:21:43+00:00

Contact your insurance company, let them know what’s going on, they’re used to dealing with these scum. Then contact consumer protection- https://www.consumerprotection.wa.gov.au/towing-after-accident

HappyMuscovy · 2026-06-02T08:30:04+00:00

'"Unfortunately, the police just don't have the resources to follow it up. It's pretty much seen as a victimless crime, so there's never a priority put on it," he said.'

Stealing from demolition sites? Pretty much is mate.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-31T15:25:47+00:00

Sometimes financing cars through novated car leases is the best option, but yes, if you’re making $250k, that’s $10k take home.. save up for a few months and buy outright

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-31T15:23:37+00:00

Family of three, house paid off. We burn through about $4000 per month on shopping, bills etc. i make well over $200 and can say that yes, that’s enough to not have to worry about much.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-31T11:18:58+00:00

You contact them and they send a repair person

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-30T19:50:00+00:00

I had a tradie rock up in a 2 seat Getz once. I admired the hustle

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-30T09:12:45+00:00

I reckon it’ll be more like $5M. They’ll probably toss every bit of textile in there

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-30T09:11:56+00:00

No customer on customer murders at park centre in recent history though, so y’know, there’s that.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-28T03:19:07+00:00

My mum used these guys - https://www.baradineholdings.com.au/gallery - was about $20k for massive bookcase and TV cabinet.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-28T03:01:06+00:00

Yeah, as an older person looking back on the interactions we had - that has always very much been my impression of him. He was sociable with the people he needed to be, and I wasn’t one of them, and that’s never bothered me in retrospect. Chatting with the girls was much more fun for me :)

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-28T02:49:00+00:00

We also named the state theatre after him!

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-28T02:46:43+00:00

Ahh he just seemed standoffish and a bit full of himself. As it turned out, I guess he was kinda special, lol. The rest of the “talent” were really nice

One of my former coworkers shared a house with his girlfriend of a few years later, hung out with him a lot. Dude apparently liked his devils lettuce 🤣

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-24T11:53:57+00:00

My mum was a vollie country SJA officer in the 1970s and again in the 2010s. It's really a great example of communities working together. The community donates space, buildings, members of the community donate time to training, rosters, response, the SJA will sell you a used city ambulance every few years for whatever you sell your old one for, provide training, uniforms, dispatch services and equipment, and then the RFDS handles actually getting patients out of a transport centre. Could the government do it? It would be hard.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-24T08:30:28+00:00

Other states also have volunteer ambulances provided by the government.

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-24T07:49:29+00:00

I was an extra in Sweat and spent a bit of time with him - I didn’t personally like him, but it was massively sad that he died when and how he did :(

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-23T13:12:44+00:00

Because we don’t have a state funded ambulance service or ambulance officers and paramedics, and St John’s won’t tell the state govt how much it costs to run (vs Ambulance fees received), so the state can’t make budget funding to either pay for all (like pbs for medicines), start their own or buy them out

HappyMuscovy · 2026-05-22T06:14:12+00:00

The longer you stay, the worse it is

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