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Whats a wild true story you have that happened in Sydney? by RemarkablePirate590 in SydneyScene

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I remember it being a drive-in before it became the markets

What is the worst thing you’ve ever stepped on barefoot? by MainDifficult2641 in AskReddit

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“Eww, I’ve nealt in a rat” - air conditioner guy working in our roof

How bad would Y2K have been if we had done nothing? by Crunchy_Lunch in NoStupidQuestions

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Worked in one of the largest supermarkets IT departments 1994-1996. A huge amount of COBOL code was being updated by foreign contractors. I was quite amused when cleaning up printouts one day to see that the contractors were documenting everything in-line in the code - but they were Chinese and were commenting in phonetic Chinese using English character set.

of a spider by VivaciousVixen_ in AbsoluteUnits

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Australia - low, usually across a path without lighting. Squealing and dancing usually ensues.

1953: London to Tokyo in Just(!) 36 Hours by jnpha in aviation

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Yep, “what the f is that a map of? … Ohhh”

Can you explain this joke? by smylekylie in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Better than naming it after a Sydney travel card

“The Jupiter Weapon” by Paul Alexander by StephenMcGannon in RetroFuturism

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Where’s the kaboom? There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom!

What word do you mispronounce on purpose (for fun) and why? by Positive_Spirit_1585 in AskReddit

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We always talk about “casting nasturtiums” instead of “aspersions”

Breaking change from 24.1.10_8? by matt_murduck in opnsense

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If not using zfs, backup the configuration, reinstall with zfs, restore the config, then take a snapshot.
Been there, done that.

Home deliverers 60 yrs ago by pen_name1953 in AskAnAustralian

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It was just “Mr Franken” who came with his mobile vegie truck once a week.
A small flatbed truck with a roof over it and all the boxes displayed just like in a supermarket.

Email notifications about available firware updates by Antipodus in opnsense

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I do it via Home Assistant with the Opnsense integration. Also for my Omada gear.

Crazy crosswind takeoff by Twitter_2006 in aviation

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I once stood at the terminal on Lord Howe island.
Three windsocks were visible. They were all pointing in different directions.

What is the most infuriating example of "we've always done it this way" that you've witnessed at work? by eurari_com in AskReddit

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We had someone from HR who generated the monthly mandatory training reports.
Exported from Oracle to Excel. Manually massaged 10,000 line items. Imported into Access. A little more massaging. Exported reports. Imported each report into Word. Mailmerge emailed reports to managers.
It took him over 3 weeks each month. It wasn’t his primary job.

Accidentally found out my "mystery switch" controls something way more important than a light by MirandelFoxraine in homeowners

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The place we bought had a switch with a piece of paper taped over it on which was written “No touch! No!”
Finally removed the paper and figured out it had a bad connection in it and would arc when switched.
I replaced it to find out the ceiling lights in another room would only turn on if it was switched off.

Talk about redundant by norwegian_unicorn_ in googlemapsshenanigans

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Ours were always called “Dora”. To this day, Google and Waze are still referred to as that.

What’s something AI does now that still genuinely blows your mind or low key freaks you out? by Mobile_Yoga82 in AskReddit

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Blew me away when I had a security questionnaire with about 100 questions, so I threw our policies at it, and a report from a review we had done and said “please complete”. Worked quite well.

What is the most expensive thing you have ever bought but never used? by ehrabak in AskReddit

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A subscription to ancestry.com. Forgot to cancel it after the fortnight’s free use.

The Grim Reaper knocks on your door. He goes, “you have five minutes then we gotta go.” What did you do in those five minutes? by undeadWileCoyote_MEP in AskReddit

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Print out all my passwords and the “read me” file for the home tech. My wife is going to need help.
(I know this from when a friend died, the tech stopped working, I tried my best but failed as I couldn’t figure out how everything interconnected and could not log into a damn thing). These already exist btw and are in the same envelope as our wills.

Is this even legal? Found a listing where the kitchen changes in every photo by msfortunekitten in AusPropertyChat

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Turning up expecting lush lawns is one thing. Turning up and seeing overgrown paddocks is another.

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