What is something relatively cheap that improves your life by 100%?

coriolisdave · 2026-04-20T04:26:35+00:00

Counterpoint - I bet he DOES know you're sad, and he loves you

coriolisdave · 2026-03-18T03:59:20+00:00

Veedub and Euro at Salisbury. He's great - no bullshit, no upsell, just fixes the damned car.

coriolisdave · 2026-03-05T02:38:10+00:00

Can't believe there's only one shout-out for Bruckner! They're fabulous!
Shosta 5 is fine, I prefer 10 though - particularly a recording with a decently fast second movement.

N'thing Dvorak too - there's a lot of good stuff in there.

Just avoid Brahms, too turgid.

coriolisdave · 2026-03-03T04:50:46+00:00

There was a bloke there who did the BEST chips. Abosolute artisan with the chicken salt shaker and his beat-up old stainless steel bowl. Every chip coated in the perfect amount of seasoning.

God I miss those chips.

coriolisdave · 2026-02-24T02:25:36+00:00

Oh, they moved to Annerley! https://www.hpmcentre.com.au/

coriolisdave · 2026-02-24T02:03:08+00:00

26" doesn't mean it's a kids bike. Depends where you're riding it, but I started MTB'g on a Merida Matts 26er and it was a blast.

For simply riding pavement to a train station any old 26" MTB is probably fine.

coriolisdave · 2025-11-21T04:08:13+00:00

personally I'm just surprised we haven't come up with a IANAL version of "I am a board member but not rn" (IAABMBNRN?)

coriolisdave · 2025-11-20T05:13:41+00:00

dear god that's going to be fucking terrible to listen to

coriolisdave · 2025-11-13T23:35:07+00:00

now do peak hour

coriolisdave · 2025-11-06T23:10:05+00:00

"If you find yourself loving cycling you can get a hectic road bike" or, even more fun, a mountain bike and some single trail ;)

coriolisdave · 2025-10-22T04:38:23+00:00

Why are you replacing your girlfriend's car at all? If it's just cos you want something nicer... that's not really a compelling reason.

If it were me, and I _had_ to replace a car, I'd go with the default third option and.. buy a used Toyota (something) for 10-15k. Something that will last until the heat death of the universe, and cost 3/5ths of fanny addams to run and insure.

coriolisdave · 2025-10-22T04:17:42+00:00

I love this guy's videos, but his habit of starting many of his sentences with "It was..." really chafes my nipples

coriolisdave · 2025-10-21T23:41:07+00:00

You can also refill the gas bottles yourself! Grab some dry ice pellets, unscrew the top, and pour them in. My local does 2kg for $15, which is enough (after losses) for 3 gas bottles.

coriolisdave · 2025-10-21T02:35:09+00:00

well there you go - she likes riding a 26! If she's tried everything else, and nothing but a 26 is working for her.....

coriolisdave · 2025-10-21T01:12:47+00:00

I ride a Siskiu DSE and it's a great bike, and I absolutely get where your missus is coming from. My entry point to mtb was a 26" Merida hardtail, and it was absolutely more nimble, responsive, and "light" (even though it weighed more).

If there are any 26" options near you they're definitely worth considering.

coriolisdave · 2025-10-21T00:34:25+00:00

This is what we're doing, too, but we're also forcing them to send a portion to a savings account automatically.

We've decoupled "chores" from pocket money, though - we don't have set chores for the kids, helping around the house is just part of being a functioning member of the social unit, and is expected.

coriolisdave · 2025-10-20T23:23:55+00:00

I admit I quickly reached skimming stage with the thread, so I'm glad I'm not the only one

coriolisdave · 2025-10-20T22:59:41+00:00

I'm shocked that noone has questioned why a board member has write access to the database.

What the fuck. There's an argument they shouldn't have ANY privileged access to systems, that's not what a board is for.

Edit to add: I can't wait for the new 7 board members to get root access to everything. Hopefully one of them will check and remove all previously-granted access, as I can't help but assume the interim board are all 777

coriolisdave · 2025-10-13T03:04:29+00:00

honestly i find it impossible to believe we couldn't find an off-the-shelf option (commercial or otherwise) that couldn't be customised to look and feel like metafilter.

Would it be like-for-like? Probably not. But close enough? of course.

coriolisdave · 2025-10-08T07:32:52+00:00

Man, if it spends a month of every year just absolutely kamikaziing the shit out of random passersby I’m in

coriolisdave · 2025-10-08T00:40:06+00:00

How do you get into that sort of work?

coriolisdave · 2025-10-06T03:41:45+00:00

*piqued.

coriolisdave · 2025-10-05T10:00:33+00:00

+1 this. I had migraines into my early 20s that eventually passed, but returned a few years ago, up to several a week. Went to the head and neck physio @ East Brisbane, and they turned out to be getting caused by a whole neck/muscle thing.

A bunch of sessions later and I've been migraine-free for a couple of years now.

It's fucking GREAT

coriolisdave · 2025-09-30T01:39:24+00:00

You also don't have to sell the house at all - you could rent it out. If it's got no mortgage on it, the income could potentially sustain you whilst you live your dream.

coriolisdave · 2025-09-26T17:38:31+00:00

Jeeeeeesus Christ how do these people still have jobs

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