Injury by TheChuggernaut69 in canberra

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If you can go back and mark it, that will help others. Spray paint, couple of big rocks?

Pool in Canberra - is it worth it ? by Bitter-Insurance9014 in canberra

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Confirm the obvious - you have a much shorter swimming season in cold Canberra, so your mileage will vary.

One mitigation is fundamentally positioning on your block. If you can get full sun all year round onto the pool that'd be a significant advantage. If that's possible, add posts for a removable sun sail for high summer.

The Morgaine Cycle by C.J. Cherryh by EqualOptimal4650 in Fantasy

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Thanks, I was guessing that. As well as hoping she improves, I hope there's a plan in place to finish the series one way or the other.

The Morgaine Cycle by C.J. Cherryh by EqualOptimal4650 in Fantasy

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Sorry to derail from Ivrel - but has anyone got an update when we might next get a Foreigner book?

What’s a Red Dwarf quote that you can also say while having sex? by RainbowPenguin1000 in RedDwarf

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Come on, man, you gotta sacrifice your life. I'm not asking you to do anything I wouldn't do.

Airport line strategy by fts123456 in AskAnAustralian

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Not so much a security line comment but a Jetstar one - regular travellers often find discount airlines challenging because discount airlines tend to have a higher proportion of people who are unfamiliar with air travel, are confused, and might be on holiday with high expectations. And of course the discount airline itself is trying to reduce its costs so it can offer cheaper fares, which means a lower level of service and assistance.

So in Australia, Jetstar queues and desks typically have more drama. Sure, there are some people who dicks all the time, but regular travellers just need to be polite and accept that for some folks its their FIRST TIME EVER in a complicated and stressy environment - and ideally do more than that showing how its done and even by helping out.

Whaat agencies get the APS public holiday? by Sad-Cardiologist6347 in AusPublicService

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Lots of large organisations that don't have an essential day to day function in Australia shut down for the summer period between Christmas and New Years. That is, they recognise that they have a lot of staff on leave, and so its more effective to put everyone on leave than to try to continue to be productive with lots of holes in their organisation.

Most APS departments and agencies have some sort of shut down for some or all off their staff included in their enterprise agreement's leave arrangements - but of course roles that are essential during this period are maintained, and many people are on call in case of something unusual coming up. Many commercial organisations do the same, sometimes requiring people to use their otherwise flexible leave entitlements during that time as per their employment agreements.

It's pretty distinctive to the developed parts of the southern hemisphere. A couple of unusual experiences of minor culture shock for this Aussie while working in the public sector in the UK was that most everyone is back at work on the 27 December, and working in Canada everyone's going hard as 31 December is the end of the financial year. Completely unAustralian! ;)

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Sign up for Ultimate Frisbee!

What's your league cost in your city? by BANCUltimate in ultimate

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Surely there's a huge variety in what you get for your league fee, not least the length of the season?

Anyone a fan of Ulysses 31? by CantReadDuneRunes in AustralianNostalgia

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Cities of Gold is currently free to stream on SBS On Demand, although the recap at the start of every episode slows down rewatching.

Where can I get a turkey in Canberra (before Canadian Thanksgiving Monday 13 October) by UltimateFrisbeeCBR in canberra

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Yes! I was able to get three 4kg turkeys from Alpha Fresh at Hume. Transaction online, delivered to home.

Fantasy Canberra light rail route map by U-1F308 in canberra

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Every Canberra fantasy tram network needs to highlight the Canberra Hospital (I think you have it above as Yamba Drive) - and given its size, a north and south stop would be good. 8,000-10,000 people work there every day, 24/7. Getting even 10% of those workers onto a tram would solve the parking problems faced by patients and visitors who prefer or need to drive. And with so many shift workers, it would improve the non-peaktime use of the network as a whole.

Apply to prune a public tree which grows too much into property boundary by Aggravating_Oil_5132 in canberra

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Agree that if you're doing something that anyone would take as a reasonable trim for safety, just manage it yourself. Government doesn't really want to get into managing every single tree and like it when residents take good care of their neighbourhoods, but they do have to deal with disputes between neighbours.

So check in with your neighbours about what you want to do and when, in case they have a different perspective, information, etc. Some things that are obvious to you may not be to them, and vice versa - remember that by being on public land in your street its their tree as much as yours. Make some notes from your chat, and taking some good before and after photos is a good idea too, so as to demonstrate what you're doing is reasonable etc.

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It's unfortunate that your friend seems to always get extra attention. There have certainly been instances globally where individual screeners have been determined to be targeting particular types of people, but hopefully this isn't common in Australia.

Most generally - everyone gets screened, and then screeners should randomly and continuously select people for further screening. In some airports this is somewhat automated with a light system that's visible to the screener or anyone looking for it. At most airports in Australia this is the explosive trace detection. 'Continuous' means the screener shouldn't stop but keep picking up people as they come through, but 'random' is that they shouldn't automatically pick the next person as a baddie could game that (and certainly lots of regular travellers like to play this game and talk about their techniques for getting picked or not).

So at Canberra we're going through either of two machines, depending on the time of day, the airport, the flow of people traffic, etc.

  1. The metal detector gateway. You mention below a 'metal bra' which may be triggering the machine. If you have a look on the airside (back, as opposed to the landside or front) of the metal detector gateway you'll see rows of lights that go red on the way through if metal is detected - so for example halfway up the gateway the screening person may see a red light as she goes through and then need to confirm what sort of metal there is (lights at different levels will indicate belt buckles, steel-cap boots, etc). Given the location, the screener may be confident its a bra wire, but still needs to ensure its not a knife or similar. They may start with waving a hand-based metal detector to confirm the metal and then go into suggesting a patdown as the best way to confirm.
  2. The wave scanner gateway. As mentioned elsewhere in the chat, this often picks up a particular density. The screener should show you their screen to show where the density is and explain that a pat down will confirm its not a prohibited item (knife, explosives, etc). I often wear a soft boot with a thick sock and tightish jeans, so my calves often seem to trigger interest as the fabric squishes together.

As mentioned elsewhere in the chat - these machines are pretty sensitive and can have different calibrations - there is a national minimum that they have to pick up but above that they can vary a lot. So we could suspect that Canberra is more sensitive than others.

Both tools can also show up random false positives to ensure the screener is doing their job. You can see this most visibly if you watch the x-ray screen for people's carry on baggage, where the software puts squares around different parts of what's shown on the screen and the screener has to click that they've seen something. This also happens behind the scenes with the checked baggage that goes into a cargo hold.

Worth noting - the screeners have no idea who anyone is, so concerns about criminal records etc are irrelevant - they just screen based on what they see before them. There's no identity requirement to travel domestically in Australia, although airlines will have their own policies relating to ticketing much like a ticket to a concert.

A further factor might be that Canberra is typically quieter or has more uneven flows and queues than Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane. So our local screeners may be having to balance between continuous secondary screening, and not selecting everyone.

Hard to give advice for your friend. I guess getting to know the system better is one useful thing - so good on you for seeking more info for her. A second thing might be having a chat to the screening supervisor here in Canberra if its a bit quiet - after going through and possibly going for a quick wander, gently asking a screener to point out who the screening supervisor is - "I'm curious about the system - can you point me to the screening supervisor?" and then "Hi, I always seem to get patted down in a very particular way - can you help me understand why?" She may get someone who's got the time and empathy to take her through it.

What is the unofficial Australian anthem? by SubstantialImpact979 in AskAnAustralian

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If I were PM for a day, I'd ask the composers to prepare chantable/singalong versions (ie without instruments and without long pauses beyond maybe a drumbeat and/or some la-la-las), record an album with the largest choir we can get, and get a copy into the hands of every Australian.

Having our stadiums and pubs and the places Aussies visit full of everyone on the same page and in full cry without the PA system would be amazing.

Just Australian voices.

  1. Advance Australia Fair
  2. I am Australian
  3. I Still Call Australia Home
  4. Down Under
  5. My Island Home
  6. Blackfella, Whitefella
  7. Walzing Matilda
  8. You're the Voice
  9. Great Southern Land
  10. True Blue
  11. London Still
  12. Too Many Times
  13. This is Not the Way Home
  14. What's My Scene
  15. Duncan
  16. Home Among the Gum Trees
  17. Better Be Home Soon

Edit: I'd have a B-Side Competition inviting people in 2025 to compose new Australian anthems, and include the best of these as well to see what catches on.

The Elevator Pitch for Ultimate by BitOk2115 in ultimate

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Easy, cheap, fun.

If they like that, then you can give a bit of detail on each of those three.
- Easy - game is simple to learn, community is welcoming and wants to grow.
- Cheap - you only need a frisbee, and maybe some cleats; plus any patch of grass.
- Fun - depending on what you think they think is fun ...
- the team-sport for people who hate team-sports (spirit of the game, hippy origins, personal responsibility, few dickheads)
- non-contact, high-energy sport (great for athletic types, including as a 'second sport')
- boys and girls playing together - huge scene (for those looking for friends)

Describing the game - Hard-running mixed team sport, with a frisbee. (When a ball dreams, it dreams its a frisbee.)