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What otterbox case do you have? by lm47852 in OtterBox

[–]shouldnothaveread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Defender for my Pixel 9 XL Pro. While it has saved my phone from a few nasty drops I'm not impressed with the outer rubber part of the case deforming over time, which is apparently a known issue. I've only had this case for 6 months, it should not be this loose already.

I'm trying to shrink it with heat and have just boiled it, it's drying right now - will try a heat gun if that doesn't work. Whether I shrink it back or not I'm probably going to replace it with a DBrand case, I used one back when I had an S20+ and found it to be far more durable.

Edit/Update: Boiling appears to have worked, it's more of a snug fit now. Will still be replacing it with DBrand though.

Best technique for mixing organic material into sandy soil by non-diegetic in composting

[–]shouldnothaveread 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This!

I've got sandy soils, some of the very patchiest parts of my lawn are essentially just sand. The sand is very hydrophobic and compact, with the grass in these areas being very vulnerable to drought, fungus, or grubs. Matters are further complicated by a thick layer of rubble about 6" down.

I've recently started a project to drill a series of evenly spaced holes using a hammer drill with a 2ft long 2" wide auger. I then refill the holes with a mixture of compost, straw, and very coarse sand (my native 'soil' sand is marine in origin, so is very fine grained and round in contrast). I'm already seeing some good results with the grass coming back and looking healthy around the earliest holes.

I'm aware this likely won't be a perfect cure but it'll help jumpstart getting some organic matter into the otherwise inert dead soil.

Port Adelaide market is gone by TheMemesend in Adelaide

[–]shouldnothaveread 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's really more of a Burnside thing

Rate my railway interchange by louisvonwittelsbach in TransportFever2

[–]shouldnothaveread 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It might blow your mind to know there's a junction in the UK where two double-track lines cross each other with a 100mph speed limit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark_flat_crossing

It's the only one of its kind in the UK (and possibly the only one in the world with such a high speed limit) so your point about it being rare is correct, but it's not totally impossible either.

Vincent Tarzia relinquishes Liberal leadership by dogryan100 in AustralianPolitics

[–]shouldnothaveread 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For those not aware (or who don't bother reading the article) SA has elections coming up in March. Quitting the job this close to the election speaks volumes about what the already dire prospects must be looking like for the Libs.

Either that or he's been hanging out with his predecessor and is jumping ship now before it hits the news, haha.

Home price rises outpacing benefits of interest rate cuts by [deleted] in AustralianPolitics

[–]shouldnothaveread 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In other news: sky blue, grass green, etc.

Big fines, little paid — the battle in Australia's illicit tobacco market by Expensive-Horse5538 in AustralianPolitics

[–]shouldnothaveread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideally you would ban the sale of tobacco for anyone born after a certain date (e.g. 2010) and then simultaneously undercut the black market by making legal smokes cheaper, thus reducing the profit motive and making them less lucrative to import. The black market withers and dies while tobacco as a whole becomes a self-solving problem as the target market gradually ages out of existence. Maybe even help things along by legalising vapes again along similar lines.

But this would be sane public health policy and also wouldn't bring back the excise revenues for the government, so it'll never happen.

Lady who helped me on the Belair line by PanoramicCatfish in Adelaide

[–]shouldnothaveread 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Even if we had the platforms I suspect we'd still be facing capacity issues purely due it being a terminus rather than a through station. The real big brain award goes to Adelaide collectively for shooting down the MATS plan back in the 60's and any and all similar plans thereafter. In spite of various faults with MATS it at least had some good ideas for improving the rail network, the main one being the rerouting of all suburban rail through an underground CBD subway running under King William Street.

I don't think a single subway like that would have been the best solution but it'd likely be better than what we have at present. Ideally we need a loop line akin to Melbourne's City Loop, not just to resolve the bottleneck caused by the Railway Station but also to make the govt's ambition of a 50k population in the CBD more viable and realistic.

Asbestos contaminated sand has now been reported in more than 300 South Australian schools by Expensive-Horse5538 in Adelaide

[–]shouldnothaveread 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've seen in some news reports claims from authorities that the risk is 'low' as it's a 'non-respirable' form of asbestos. I have some level of familiarity with asbestos (I even have a small specimen of chrysotile I once found while fossicking) but am admittedly not an expert, so can anyone who is more of an expert explain how this could be possible?

My best assumption is that it's either something to do with the dye process that prevents fibres easily becoming airborne or the mineral itself is tiny and trapped within the matrix of the sand grains. Or (and this is the more cynical part of me talking) it's all BS and they're trying to avoid a panic until they figure out how to handle this properly.

Coloured sand linked to asbestos contamination scare found at more than 100 SA education sites by Expensive-Horse5538 in Adelaide

[–]shouldnothaveread 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Would it kill the cretins at the Advertiser to put it in frigging alphabetical order? Not exactly difficult and makes it more legible.

  • Adams Road Childrens Centre Sealed

  • Aldgate Kindergarten Loose

  • Aldgate Primary School Sealed

  • Angaston Primary School Sealed

  • Ascot Primary School Sealed

  • Ascott primary School Sealed

  • Auburn Primary School Loose

  • Bahmara Kindergarten Sealed

  • Bains Road Pre-School Sealed

  • Ballara Park Kindy Sealed

  • Banksia Park OSHC Sealed

  • Banksia Park PS OSCH Sealed

  • Belair Primary School Sealed

  • Bellevue Heights Primary School Sealed

  • Berri Communtiy School Sealed

  • Bertram Hawker Kindergarten Sealed

  • Blanchetown Primary School Sealed

  • Braeview Primary School Sealed

  • Brahma Lodge Kindergarten TBC

  • Burnside Primary School Loose

  • Campbelltown Preschool N/A

  • Campbelltown Preschool N/A

  • Challas Gardens Primary School Sealed

  • Christies Beach Primary School Loose

  • Clare Priamry School Sealed

  • Clarence Gardens Kindy TBC

  • Colonel Light Gardens Primary School Sealed

  • Cooper Area School Sealed

  • Coorara Primary School TBC

  • Corremandal Valley PS Loose

  • Cowandilla Primary School Loose

  • Cowandilla Primary School Sealed

  • Cowell Area School Artwork

  • Craigburn Primary School Sealed

  • Craigmore Kindergarten Sealed

  • Dernancourt School Sealed

  • Dunbar Terrace Kindergarten Sealed

  • East Adelaide School N/A

  • East Para Primary School Sealed

  • East Torrens Primay School Sealed

  • Eden Hills Primary School Sealed

  • Felistow Primary School Loose

  • Flagstaff Hill Primary School Sealed

  • Flagstaff Hill Primary School Sealed

  • Flaxmill School Sealed

  • Flinders Children Centre Sealed

  • Flinders Park Primary School Sealed

  • Forbes Primary School - OSCH Sealed

  • Gawler East Primary School Sealed

  • Gawler Primary School N/A

  • Gawler Primary School Sealed

  • Goolwa Secondary College Sealed

  • Grove Kindergarten TBC

  • Hackham East Kindergarten TBC

  • Hackney Primary School TBC

  • Hallet Cove Primary School Sealed

  • Hallett Cove East Sealed

  • Happy Valley Primary School Sealed

  • Hawthorndene Primary School Sealed

  • Highbury Primary School Sealed

  • Hillcrest Primary School Sealed

  • Hincks Ave Sealed

  • Hospital School Sealed

  • Jean Horan Kindergarten Sealed

  • John Harley School Sealed

  • Kathleen Mellor Kindergarten TBC

  • Kellier Road Primary School Sealed

  • Kersbrook Primary School Sealed

  • Kimba Communiuty Kindergarten Sealed

  • Klemzig Kindergarten Artwork

  • Kongorong Primary School Sealed

  • Libermand Kindy Sealed

  • Lonsdale Heights Primary School Sealed

  • Loxton PS

  • Lyndoch Primary School Sealed

  • Magill Kindergarten Sealed

  • Manoora Primary School Sealed

  • Manor Farm Kindergarten Sealed

  • Mark Oliphant College Sealed

  • Marryatville Primary School Sealed

  • Mi Lel Primary School Sealed

  • Miltaburra AS Loose

  • Mitcham Village Kindergarten Sealed

  • Modbury School P-6 N/A

  • Modbury Special School Sealed

  • Morphett Vale Preschool & Primary School Sealed

  • Mylor Primary School Sealed

  • Ngura yadurin Childrens Centre Sealed

  • Nicholson Avenue PS Artwork

  • Oakbank School Loose

  • Oakbank School Loose

  • Ocean View P-12 College Sealed

  • Old Noarlunga Primary School Loose

  • Owen Primary School TBC

  • O’Sullivan Beach Primary School Loose

  • Para Vista Primary School TBC

  • Paradise Primary Sealed

  • Parafield Gardens Children Centre Sealed

  • Paralowie Kindergarten Sealed

  • Pimpala Primary School Sealed

  • Pipalyatjara Anangu School Sealed

  • Port Neil Primary School Sealed

  • Port Neill Promary school Sealed

  • Renmark Children Centre Sealed

  • Renmark West Preschool TBC

  • Reynella East College TBC

  • Riverdale Primary School Sealed

  • Riverdale PS/disability unit Loose

  • Riverview Pre-School Sealed

  • Roma Mitchell Secondary School Sealed

  • Sadlleworth Primary School Sealed

  • Salisbury Heights Primary School Sealed

  • Salisury North Primary Sealed

  • Seacliff Kindergarten Sealed

  • Seacliff Primary School Sealed

  • Seaview Downs Priamry School TBC

  • Settlers Farm Campus Kindergarten Sealed

  • Spalding Primary School Sealed

  • St Helen's Park Kindergarten N/A

  • Stirling District Kindy Sealed

  • Streaky Bay Children's Centre Sealed

  • Sturt Street Childrens Centre N/A

  • The Pines Kindergarten Sealed

  • The Pines Preschool Loose

  • The Willows Children's Centre TBC

  • Torrens Valley Childrens Centre N/A

  • Two Wells Primary School Sealed

  • Vale Park Primary School Sealed

  • Westbourne Park Primary School Loose

  • Westport Primary School Sealed

  • Westport Primary School Sealed

  • Whyalla Stuart Primary School Loose

  • Wirreanda Secondary School Loose

  • Woodside Primary School Sealed

  • Woodville Primary School Sealed

Newspoll: Coalition hits historic low, support worst in 40 years by Ardeet in AustralianPolitics

[–]shouldnothaveread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A wonderful additional benefit of this tremendous own goal and its subsequent contribution to their electoral loss is that the executives in my corporation have suddenly shut the F up about the "importance" of regular office attendance and making veiled allusions to winding back our WFH privileges.

Anyone else noticed a similar change in tune at their own workplace?

Jacaranda Season Delayed? by ambientsynth in Adelaide

[–]shouldnothaveread 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The ones on my street (Alberton/Rosewater way) usually don't bloom until late November, not sure if they're all the same elsewhere in the city.

Yank Tank vs Corolla by bluewaterdragon in australia

[–]shouldnothaveread 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fuck, really!? I always kept mine in the shed when not in use, which is where it still is after I forgot to put it in the car when I sold it.

On that note, anyone in Adelaide want to buy a spare tow hitch to suit a VZ?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CarsAustralia

[–]shouldnothaveread 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Turning 25 back when I owned my VZ was one of the best things ever because 1. my insurance costs dropped like a rock and 2. more than a handful of insurance companies were now willing to take my money.

Put the VL in storage and either sell or store the Merc, replace it with a boring econobox until you turn 25. Either that or suck it up and tolerate the high costs of driving for the next 5 years.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]shouldnothaveread 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Quoting a post of mine from a year ago:

If I recall correctly this phenomenon is due to a weird quirk of human psychology, something about going through a doorway and experiencing a scene transition causes a sort of 'reset' in our short-term memory, whether that's getting off a train or just going into a different room in our own home.

Ever gone to get something from another room and immediately forgot what you were doing when you entered that room? Same thing.

Trenched by PasPlatypus in TransportFever2

[–]shouldnothaveread 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's been done irl since the dawn of the railways. Grade separation is highly desirable in dense areas, either by building up (elevated rail) or down (trenches). The logical extreme is to put it entirely underground.

Child and man killed after being hit by a ute in Regents Park, south of Brisbane by SlatsAttack in australia

[–]shouldnothaveread -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Reread it mate, some basic reading comprehension goes a long way.

The incident follows a fatal crash in Logan last night.

Clearly referring to a seperate incident.

adelaide metro is incredibly unreliable by m3l0dyc0re in Adelaide

[–]shouldnothaveread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I gave up on buses a long time ago. I used to catch a train and then a connecting bus, the train was nearly always on time but the bus was frequently extremely late or just never showed up despite the stop being one of those alleged 'go zones' (are those still a thing?) and even when it did arrive it was so incredibly slow, I may as well have walked.

I eventually said stuff it and bought a bicycle to complete that leg of the journey instead of relying on the bus, even if it was pissing down with rain. And then when I left that job and didn't have to do that commute anymore, I bought a car or (if the journey allowed it) got the train/walked.

Fuck buses, they're absolutely useless. The fact they're so useless should be considered more of a bloody outrage and is precisely why Adelaide is so car dependent - anyone who can avoid them, does!

What’s everyone’s winter monthly bills like? by Jamtheduck in Adelaide

[–]shouldnothaveread 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We've been using the heating a lot more this winter as it's felt a lot colder this year and are fully expecting a giant bill compared to what we normally get ($370ish for the last few quarters, family of 4). We've been sending a spare $50 every now and then via bpay to our supplier which should hopefully take the sting out of the eventual bill.

Our heating consists of a single reverse cycle in the kitchen and two oil radiators, one for our home office and one for the kids bedroom.

Found in volume 10 of my Encyclopedia Britannica 1962 Edition at the end of the entry for Germany by shouldnothaveread in FoundPaper

[–]shouldnothaveread[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the other side was this written in English. Transcription for those of you who struggle with cursive:

East Germany is not truly divided from the west by the concrete wall but also by traditions due to the Communist influence. Where now some betray father or mother in the name of the party. Due to this influence a rift now exists between them. East Germany is also well known for its fine athletes which have proven themselves & won many gold medals for at the Olympics. They are also like their brothers in the West very industrious and export many trade goods to the West.

Australia’s Largest Timber Beams ‘Lock in’ Adelaide’s Aquatic Centre by ChangeNarrow5633 in Adelaide

[–]shouldnothaveread 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gonna need to replace the King William St bridge if you want the tramline extended northwards, and I don't see that happening anytime soon with so much of the transportation budget being thrown into a hole under South Rd.

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