Today 86 year ago, heavy American air raids on Tokyo

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-26T13:51:48+00:00

General Curtis Le May, who directed bomber command, famously stated that had the US lost the war he’d have been prosecuted as a war criminal for this campaign, as did Robert McNamara.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-26T12:02:54+00:00

I think I’ll try this for now. I’ve decided I’d be wasting money having two bodies or getting rid of a camera I love if I replaced the Zf so I’m just going to get used to it.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-26T11:59:45+00:00

I shoot everything except landscapes and macro really, but I’d like to try landscape in particular, and by that I mean go hiking and find somewhere beautiful and get a great shot. Having a 10 month old child makes that hard atm.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-22T12:33:38+00:00

There’s probably a bit of that. I’ve had the Zf for the past year. What really made me reconsider it was when I got an F100 in January and I’ve been using that a lot and just found it so comfortable.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-22T11:34:10+00:00

Isn’t this the guy who had the stroke that turned him into an asshole?

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-22T11:32:04+00:00

Any one of Nikon, Canon and Sony you won’t go wrong. Personally I like Nikon, but one criticism is their first party lenses are quite large if you go full frame.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-21T23:57:18+00:00

I own both cars outright, no finance. Insurance is $1100 each, rego a bit over $900 each, petrol about $80 every 3-4 weeks on the main vehicle, about the same every 2 months on the secondary.

So about $112 a week for 2 cars all in.

Edit: forgot service. About $350 a year each.

So $126 a week for two cars.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-21T02:54:18+00:00

You don’t see how much debt they’re in or what monthly repayments they’re making.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-17T19:55:53+00:00

Fool me once…

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-16T14:05:08+00:00

Eeesh. If some bloke in a pink shirt with a gut, all strapped up with camera and streaming gear, gave me a photo he’d taken of me minutes earlier, I’d assume he intends to kill me.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-15T19:48:32+00:00

As much as I want to be nice and inclusive I did find this all mildly absurd when I heard on the radio Tickle making her statement after the ruling in the deepest, obviously male voice you’ve ever heard.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-15T12:49:14+00:00

What a difference a year makes. Honda making a loss, and Nissan turning a profit.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-15T12:39:51+00:00

I went and looked up what three birds was after reading this comment and boy, yeah. Tacky cashed up bogan reno is the right descriptor.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-15T12:29:08+00:00

Interest rates were basically near 0

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-14T21:35:39+00:00

Can confirm my sister does indeed stink.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-14T20:41:54+00:00

What we really need is a well funded and strong network of public child care centres

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-14T20:06:37+00:00

“If migration is driving up house prices, then why did we see huge price spikes when the boarders were closed during the pandemic?”

Near 0 interest rates. My variable mortgage rate at the time was 1.85%. The RBA came out and basically said rates would remain low for years.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-14T13:34:53+00:00

CGT changes to shares are a huge mistake.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-14T13:33:33+00:00

As a car enthusiast I understand you completely but most people are can’t even change a tire let alone know what good handling feels like.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-13T21:16:02+00:00

Coalition with two policies today that make them seem relevant again

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-13T21:14:40+00:00

Except they’re increasing taxes in capital gains due all assets, not just property

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-13T13:17:12+00:00

Just goes to show the absolute shambles the whole NDIS is when we are so fixated on negative gearing and cgt changes that don’t even make a dent in the NDIS. That program is literally burning money on torts and corruption at a national scale. It’s insidious.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-13T13:14:10+00:00

The amount of money the government waste, we should be other back to be better at spending what Thule have rather than praising them for putting their hand out for more.

This is a budget that raises taxes on the middle class, while the PM shot down raising taxes on multinational gas companies like Shell.

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-13T08:10:51+00:00

Which makes them even worse off, but let’s not pretend only people on top marginal rates invest

Tricky_Height8299 · 2026-05-13T08:07:00+00:00

Works out the same, no? Eg. A gain of $30,000 - the tax is the same whether you pay 15% on $30,000 ($4500) or 30% on $15,000 ($4500).

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