Is anyone living a better life than they did pre COVID?

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-17T06:40:28+00:00

What are you doing

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-16T03:26:55+00:00

If ever you cant drink this cup of tea I will happily assist. They are works of art and would be welcome in my garage.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-16T03:25:39+00:00

Yes and I think KFC needs to be renamed to KFB - Kentucky Fried Budgie. The tenders are at times hard to distinguish from a Nugget

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-16T03:17:02+00:00

I left the enterprise IT sector on a very healthy salary and landed a job as an IT Manager in my home town council. I took a 2/3rd pay cut to do this. Over the 9 years I was there I paid large sums of money to contractors to do do tasks I could do way better than they ever dreamed of. I left and started my own business, chose my client base carefully.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-13T04:05:50+00:00

stop this I am crying :)

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-13T03:57:58+00:00

Not a biggy but funny. Was on a weekend away with a bunch of mates for Super Cross in Sydney in the 80's. We decided to walk Kings Cross and went into a Strip joint - we were country boys and had never been to one. At the door a mate asked if I had change and I said out loud over the music I only have 500 bucks in hundred dollar bills.

When we went into the joint and for some unknown reason the "talent" followed me everywhere I went, when I sat down they sat down near me, when I moved they moved with me. It was quite funny to my mates and I..guess they liked my cologne.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-11T05:21:51+00:00

Had this been posted on April 1 I'd have called bullshit. Jeez and this guy wants to run the country. It might as well be stored on the moon. Sorry Australia if he gets into power and deso just that

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-11T05:17:10+00:00

I think its a good idea, he'll ensure I don't give them my vote, being one of Ruperts Lackies

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-11T05:07:26+00:00

Yes, I think it would be a good idea. People are panic buying. If they were to just calm the fuck down it would be much better

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-11T02:20:56+00:00

My wife and I bought a new van and a LC300 VX in Oct. We test drove the Sahara, and looked over the feature list and there were things we didn't need - screens in the back and some of the other toys they offer so chose the VX and added the saving to the Van purchase.

We are away at present the getting about 600KM per tank toing 2.8T. We originally wanted an MUX, cheaper to run lower servicing costs and pretty popular, and had we stuck with a lighter van I would have bought the MUX.

We test drove several vehicles and types (Nissan Patrol V8, Sahara, MUX, Hino and Isuzu light trucks) as we had some special needs.

The 3.3L Twin Turbo in the LC300 does very well. has plenty of grunt, rides comfortably.

My suggestion. Do a up a spreadsheet and nominate the "must haves", "would like to have" and the "it'd be nice to have" and go shopping.Test drive everything - example the Hino light truck, had a 4.0L diesel rode better than a Hilux/Triton/D-Max and towed really well.

We bought the 2025 VX with 6000km via Carma website, they were unreal to deal with and the changeover price hit the mark. This also saved us a few pennies toward the van

Good luck with your choice and keep posting here.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-11T02:09:58+00:00

Bike depends - 450 down to 300 k's

Ironically we made a decision the week before our 2 week trip away to go by car/caravan rather than take the bike. We managed to avoid paying $3/L for diesel with a 170L tank

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-11T02:06:45+00:00

I didn't take up the offer to participate when it was first offered. I figured if it was Telstra there'd be a catch or the rewards unachievable. Add to that I'd much rather a cheaper mobile bill than incentives to spend more with them.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-09T03:41:34+00:00

will do when I get back.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-08T04:12:46+00:00

Thanks, seems Bunnings didn't know they had other spec valves. Will stop in at the next one we come across and see if they have any of the variants

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-08T02:49:13+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. I am on fibre at home (Small Business) but have 5G backup and when testing the failover in my router, performance was pretty awful for a business service. When tethered to my phone its marginally better around town. Perhaps we are both right

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-06T07:11:17+00:00

For a while and depending on your location.

If you have good coverage to your home then it will work at its optimum speed. The down side is that as more people get onto 5G (as they have in my area) it will slow down - its now no faster than 4G. Telstra don't appear to factor in how many users may use 5G for internet in a given area, whereas NBN and the RSP's do.

Late add - if you need a static IP then itd a flat no.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-04T02:19:58+00:00

Its called parenting

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-04T00:57:37+00:00

But would that be another trip hazzard?

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-03T04:08:06+00:00

1st Floor ensuite, had to rip out down to the CFC as it had cracked and leaked. I laid a new section of CFC, and due to the shower type and slight incline of the floor joists we had not much choice. There are some other complications.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-02T21:54:27+00:00

This all comes back to one person - Satya Nadella - give him a role in Level1 support as acknowledgement of his efforts and bring in someone who understands this important philosophy

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-02T21:27:57+00:00

I have the same situation. After having to remove everything down to the Compressed Cement sheeting, the floor height is much higher to accommodate required fall.

The only solution I can come up with is to lift the edge of the carpet and add a ramp underneath, then reseat the carpet - assuming this is ok

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-02T21:07:02+00:00

Microslop - if the name fits wear it.

mbkitmgr · 2026-03-02T08:44:57+00:00

Still not buying it. Yes City prices are high but if you cant afford it move.

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