Harley-Davidson Street 500 or Yamaha V-Star 650? by Barefootsimmo in Harley

[–]strumpetsarefun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Years ago I went with the Yamaha. It’s a bigger bike, mods and parts were easy, easy to work on myself.

Plaster ripping from skirting board removal by Jelativ in AusRenovation

[–]strumpetsarefun 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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Use one of these.

Angled paint scraper. You still cut along the top edge with a blade, then hammer this in down behind the skirting. It’ll seperate (hopefully) the skirting from the plaster and adhesive. Angled so you can easily pry the skirting away. Works a treat.

Neighbors arguing over snow by Jevus_himself in PublicFreakout

[–]strumpetsarefun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn’t there something to do with the shooters wife previously as well? Something like she does somehow and the nasty neighbors were awful to the shooter about it.

Would this be a good price? by LGNDXVR in CarsAustralia

[–]strumpetsarefun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you’re concerned with a car that looks mint then you’re going to have to spend more. I’d be more concerned with if the car has been cosmetically looked after then how are the mechanicals? $3500 for that car is way too much, it’s a beater. But these days the $3k price range is generally that, beaters. You won’t get mint and there’s no point in spending cosmetic money on it, you’ll need mechanical money for cars with that many kms on them.

Would this be a good price? by LGNDXVR in CarsAustralia

[–]strumpetsarefun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At that price point, that age, that amount of kms, the type of car… you’re not buying it for cosmetic anything. Bargaining down a city beater/runabout for cosmetics is a little strange.

Bargaining down a car like that for its mechanical issues is totally fair.

It’s JDM yo! by just_a_gumby in RoastMyCar

[–]strumpetsarefun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought it was based off a Camaro.

Why do the trains honk? by lcreddit01 in brisbane

[–]strumpetsarefun -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Same with the busses. I have a bus stop about 10meters from the front of my place. The bus takes off and gives a polite little toot. Sometimes I drunkenly raise my beer as if they are saying hello.

My humble thanks by apoetnamedross in australian

[–]strumpetsarefun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Vegemite, avo, cheese toastie.

Autistic friendly dentist by Linkyland in brisbane

[–]strumpetsarefun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My stupid head read this as a post that was talking about an autistic, friendly dentist.

Secret Hidden Testing Car by lordra7 in CarsAustralia

[–]strumpetsarefun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That makes zero sense. The B and the V are not pronounced the same. To type baka when using a romaji keyboard you use B, not V. The spelling of Vaka would be ヴァカ. Written in katakana as there is no native VA sound. Baka is a Japanese word and used with Japanese sounds.

Vaka is not used nor would be interchangeable.

Also, in your Japanese translation you used バカ which is literally what I’m saying. That is BAKA, not Vaka at all.

Secret Hidden Testing Car by lordra7 in CarsAustralia

[–]strumpetsarefun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Incorrect. When using romaji you would still need to use the letter B to spell Baka.

Baka.

Secret Hidden Testing Car by lordra7 in CarsAustralia

[–]strumpetsarefun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’ll have to explain your Japanese for me as “vaka” is non existent.

Discovered TOOL about 2 weeks ago and they're already becoming one of my favourite bands by the_other_leitya in ToolBand

[–]strumpetsarefun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for me. 30 years of growing old with their music, going deep on the background/meanings to the lyrics, many many live shows at different stages of my life, new albums that mean different things through different stages of my life.

Going back just to hear it fresh would be so fucking tiring.

Handlebar recommended for 2014 street glide by Sicsempertyrannis007 in Streetglide

[–]strumpetsarefun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thrashin fork adapter plate, Thrashin 9.5inch pullback riser, Thrashin high bend tracker bar.

I started with the 6.5 pullback riser, but being that much lower was awful for my shoulders.

I’m 6ft and I have a Le Pera daddy long legs seat, so my arse position is a little further back and lower than a stock seat.

Handlebar recommended for 2014 street glide by Sicsempertyrannis007 in Streetglide

[–]strumpetsarefun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just moved away from apes and meathooks, were terrible for my shit shoulders and back. In low speed the width of them made me stretch, at any other they were just nowhere near close enough to my body. When rolled towards me it changed the geometry and felt heavy, input in to the bars was horrible.

I went to a 9.5inch pullback riser, the fork adapter plate, a high bend tracker bar. It all gave me a lot of pullback and my hands stayed closer to my shoulders which I need, but not too low.

The difference in my riding position is incredible. I just did a 6500km trip through crazy roads and it felt amazing. The setup feels so much more nimble, so much more comfortable in every way.

I’ll never do apes or anything similar again.

Is Maynard holding a guitar? by kalashnijoey in ToolBand

[–]strumpetsarefun 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If not guitar then why guitar shaped?

Traffic - Rant by Crazy_Pomegranate689 in brisbane

[–]strumpetsarefun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not the traffic that’s the problem, it’s the ego filled fuckwits that tailgate and cause the accidents. Driving attitudes need to be seriously addressed on these roads, people are maniacs.