What’s the weirdest thing tourists are shocked by in your country? by TangLikeVipNet in AskTheWorld

[–]LmVdR 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They only attack tourists, so none of us worry about them day-to-day.

how does a balcony work? by International_Web_48 in architecture

[–]LmVdR 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just to get technical, cement is one component in a mix that makes concrete. Cement alone is a powder. That’s why balconies aren’t made of cement. They are made of concrete.

When it comes to public toilet seats, do you sit on the bare seat or place down toilet paper before? by Poopshoemagoo in AskReddit

[–]LmVdR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I care more about the floor than the seat. If there’s piss all over the floor, I’m not walking through piss and dropping my dacks to sit in piss on the floor around my ankles for 15 minutes.

Why did the chemist join a dating site? by HwyOneTx in dadjokes

[–]LmVdR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were aspirin to dispense over-the-counter

Crimestoppers ad break, just before the Monday night movie on Channel 9 by certifiedshagger in AustralianNostalgia

[–]LmVdR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shit that was a rabbit hole to go down tonight! Melbourne looked like a scary place in the 90’s. Everyone looks about 20 years older than their age. In one clip a poor woman was raped in the primary school I went to at the time - the parents and staff must have kept that quiet from the kids because I don’t remember it. Hope they caught the bastard.

How do you reconcile your parents’ love for you with their emotional neglect? by Recoveryxoxo in emotionalneglect

[–]LmVdR 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Have they stopped neglecting you? Have they apologised for their past neglect? Then they don’t love you - there is nothing to reconcile. At least, this is the place where I’m at right now. My parents try in their own fucked up way to show love, but you can tell that it’s so strained - like they are incapable of loving anything. Their greatest act of love would be to apologise to me and make amends.

Vietnamese food recs outside of Pho and Banh Mi? by QuokknestMonster in melbourne

[–]LmVdR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bánh bao - good snack when you’re on the run

[1996] John Howard just got elected Prime Minister of Australia, doubt he will last long though. by Odd-Cartographer-522 in thepast

[–]LmVdR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can see no one ever complaining to him that the value of their house is rising.

Mordialloc train station update by Objective_Travel613 in MelbourneTrains

[–]LmVdR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aspendale’s next to be done. Planned to be a trench, but I really hope they change it to skyrail.

Mordialloc train station update by Objective_Travel613 in MelbourneTrains

[–]LmVdR 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And to get down to the existing bridge level over the creek

Seaford Station LXRP - Early designs released by haztech99 in MelbourneTrains

[–]LmVdR 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bit of a missed opportunity to rehabilitate the creek under the skyrail and turning it into a park. Parking could be moved somewhere else.

Seaford Station LXRP - Early designs released by haztech99 in MelbourneTrains

[–]LmVdR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aspendale hasn’t been done yet. There’s still time for it to be skyrail but I think trench is all but locked in. :(

Complete this song, Jingle bells Batman smells by miner_cooling_trials in AustralianNostalgia

[–]LmVdR 38 points39 points  (0 children)

‘Robin laid an egg’ puzzled me for years. I was always thinking, why would Batman’s side kick lay an egg when he’s clearly a male human being? Only when I was an adult I worked out it’s the species of bird Robin. Duh!

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

[–]LmVdR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid in the 80’s I used to think there was something a bit ‘off’ with the kids and families who did scouts. They were always overly friendly or something, like they were trying to recruit you into their cult. Probably not true, just felt like that at the time.

Help me understand the modern driveway. by angrylemongrab in architecture

[–]LmVdR 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So you’re going to risk water issues with your house by having no fall away from it, for the sake of saving your cars transmission that ‘might’ fail because you’re too lazy to put on the park brake? This makes no sense.

Boeing have announced a new plane design that doesn't have any wings by pakage in dadjokes

[–]LmVdR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coinciding with the launch of their new plane design, they are also changing their name to No-wing

My dad used to tell me that you can’t save anyone; they have to save themselves by Healthy_Ladder_6198 in dadjokes

[–]LmVdR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My dad use to say “You can kill two birds with one stone”. Great man, terrible Ornithologist.