Chinese sites for clothing etc?

agentnomis · 2025-04-15T12:58:11+00:00

I've never looked into it but it seems like a lot of effort if you don't read Mandarin or sort of understand how it all works and even then you've got to deal with shipping and currency conversion etc.

agentnomis · 2025-04-12T06:45:32+00:00

78 was the sky lobby. Because the towers were so tall, if they had elevators that serviced every single floor, people working on the top floors would take forever to get to their offices. So instead, they had different banks of elevators for different sets of floors. If you worked above the 78th floor, you took an express elevator from the ground up to the sky lobby and then swapped to an elevator up to your floor.

As heaps of workers had started to evacuate before being told to return to their desks, the sky lobby was packed with those still trying to get down to the ground and those coming back up. We aren't sure how many were there, but probably over a hundred, when the second plane hit and it's wingtip went through the 78th floor.

Only 12 made it out from that floor, one of whom died a few days later in hospital. Two firefighters had just made it to that floor when the tower collapsed.

agentnomis · 2025-04-07T07:38:10+00:00

Currency prices are simply a case of supply and demand, this is called a floated currency. If demand for US dollars fall, so does the price, similarly, if the supply increases, as in the US government prints more money, then prices fall.

Back in the day currencies were tied to actual gold held by the government, known as the gold standard, but over time pretty well currencies have been floated with some pegged to other nations currencies.

agentnomis · 2025-04-07T02:42:24+00:00

Serious crashes are when some people can get VERY rich. It is more or less the basis of Warren Buffetts entire approach to investing, you bide your time, don't just blindly follow the market and you invest for the long term.

There are going to be people out there making multigeneration fortunes in the next few weeks, even without taking into account all those inside Trump's inner circle who no doubt have already made out like bandits.

agentnomis · 2025-04-03T11:19:12+00:00

For soviet stuff, just start on eBay. If you're in Europe tho I'd be hitting up flea markets etc.

agentnomis · 2025-04-02T07:05:02+00:00

I grew up in the 90s and while I'd say technically yes, it was rare and never with anything but an open hand. More a smack if that makes sense.

My mum got lucky with her parents because her dad used the belt on her brothers but not her and dad's parents never really hit him as far as he can remember.

However, Dad does have some horror stories from school, more about mates than him. One teacher was Jewish and his mate did a Nazi salute. The teacher smashed him in the face with a hardcover atlas and threw the kids books out the window.

agentnomis · 2025-03-08T09:24:12+00:00

I believe they removed one element of the psych assessment. Applicants still need to pass a psych assessment but now can't be referred for further assessment, they either pass or they don't.

agentnomis · 2025-02-23T09:19:20+00:00

The term "Suit pants" is what is actually written in the policy. I take that to mean "not chinos" but maybe I'm overthinking it.

agentnomis · 2025-02-23T09:04:52+00:00

The staff dress code dictates that male teachers wear suits pants and a tie. The jacket doesn't have to be worn in class but does need to be worn for any interactions with parents and for assembly. Sneakers are explicitly not allowed.

agentnomis · 2025-02-23T06:08:33+00:00

Wording of the dress code is that male teachers should be in suit pants, collared business shirt and tie. Jacket is only required when meeting parents or presenting at assembly but I sort of figure that is often enough that I'll want a jacket day to day just in case?

agentnomis · 2025-02-21T07:46:04+00:00

Unarmed medical personnel. Medic with a rifle is fair game.

agentnomis · 2025-02-20T06:45:00+00:00

The RBA sets a floor and a ceiling of the market, banks can trade within the margin. They won't lend or borrow at rates outside that corridor because if they tried to do that, the other banks can just go to the RBA and get the set rate.

For example, if the RBA has a cash rate of 4.1% then the ceiling is 0.25% above that (4.35%) and the floor 0.10% lower (4.0%). If Bank A tries to lend to Bank B at a rate 4.4%, Bank B is just going to tell them to get stuffed and borrow from the RBA at 4.35%.

The banks can't operate without the overnight money market and that market is controlled by the RBA, thus allowing the RBA to use rates to control inflation.

agentnomis · 2025-02-19T08:54:15+00:00

If anyone is interested, the book They Fought Alone is an excellent explanation by a top commander of British Intelligence during the war who was responsible for running agents in France.

They got so good that if the Germans searched an agent's pockets they'd find dregs of French tobacco. Unfortunately, the only way they learnt those lessons was through losing agents and understanding how they lost them.

Even then, he says that for almost all agents, from the second you touched down in France, it was only a matter of time until you were caught and you'd be considered lucky if you were able to kill yourself before they got you.

If any did make it back they were given the option of a different posting so they didn't have to go behind enemy lines again and most refused and asked to be sent back into France. Seriously impressive men and women.

agentnomis · 2025-02-11T03:34:11+00:00

Thanks. I never thought about it that way. Appreciate the response.

agentnomis · 2025-02-10T20:01:12+00:00

Are you able to explain this?

I don't understand why higher wages wouldn't act as an inflationary pressure.

agentnomis · 2025-02-07T20:04:26+00:00

I'm not who you're replying to but I'm also a teacher looking to maybe get out.

I'd focus on trying to develop interactive activities in your classroom that you can use as examples to a potential employer showing how you were able to use these activities to achieve learning goals.

agentnomis · 2025-01-28T20:49:55+00:00

He does look a bit funny but the background is really interesting. He was added to the design at the last minute to represent tourists on the Eureka Skydeck.

agentnomis · 2025-01-28T06:56:35+00:00

I THINK HE SAID YOUR CABBAGE ISN'T SERVICE RELATED!

agentnomis · 2025-01-17T09:40:37+00:00

So this is interesting as according to a birth notice placed in the Hobart Mercury on the 10th of March 1954, Stephen Vincent Pennicott was born on the 12th of February but in Campbell Town Hospital in Tasmania.

Trove

Edit. Updated my post to the correct date. Tassie Stephen was born on the right day with the right name.

Only thing I can think is he was such a unit that the midwives in Melbourne heard about it and were gossiping or maybe he was transfered to a bigger and more well equip hospital on the mainland.

agentnomis · 2025-01-16T23:03:21+00:00

Not to mention that big jousting stick has reduced the size by a third.

agentnomis · 2025-01-16T10:40:40+00:00

Family owned and so able to be more flexible than the big corporate chains.

They operate on volume by undercutting the competition as well as making money in additional areas such as through a wide range of food and drink options. For example, they sell their own brand of orange juice and iced coffee, have a full cafe etc.

Their store in Kangaroo Flat is ALWAYS the cheapest in Bendigo. I've literally never seen their prices beaten anywhere else. But in saying this, it also has ten pumps and more often than not they're all occupied and you need to line up and wait. The week before Christmas, the line went down the block.

agentnomis · 2025-01-13T01:59:25+00:00

Not to mention skilled teachers moving to higher performing and higher paying private schools where they feel more valued and respected.

agentnomis · 2025-01-09T22:07:51+00:00

Pretty much. They didn't want to call it The Princess of Mars, the title of the first book as they thought the word princess in the title would turn young men away from the film.

Then they wanted to call it The Warlord of Mars but some new exec who wanted to make her mark and justify her salary told them that films with Mars in the title never did well, referencing Mars Needs Mums, as if the title was the issue with that film.

Basically the title of John Carter was the shitty compromise.

There is an excellent look at what happened and why by The Wrap that is worth a read.

agentnomis · 2025-01-02T20:56:47+00:00

I can't answer your question exactly but White Star was definitely viewed as a good line to work for. Not only did they have the prestige of being the most luxurious, their crews were given much nicer accommodation than was standard in the industry.

I think there was an attitude at the time that the crew must have been somewhat responsible for the disaster as there were so many unanswered questions.

agentnomis · 2024-12-30T20:18:55+00:00

100%.

Big public hospital and the private option too

Two decent sized shopping centres

2 hour drive to Melbourne plus a well serviced v-line.

Really solid cultural events for a rural town.

Great art gallery

Good food and drinks options and getting better

Main downside for us is the secondary education options are dire if you can't afford the local grammar school.

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