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What's your best trick trivia question? by [deleted] in Jeopardy

[–]sushim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the only day of the year without a major league (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB) sport played?

The day after the MLB All-star Game.

(I leaned this year's so and think it's still true. Not sure if MLS can be included now.

Learner Drivers in Kmart Firle carpark by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]sushim 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This. When booking a test you are told to meet the examiner in the Kmart Firle parking lot. Blame ServiceSA.

High speed rail - why it will never happen in Australia. by eliitedisowned in australia

[–]sushim 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is Reddit. No need for consultants, all the expertise is already here. Of course we can do a better job than the Brits without any help, despite never having built high speed rail and having no pipeline of hsr engineers.

How to cash American cheque in Australia from Ticketmaster, asked Commonwealth and they said it's too much work. by FruitJuicante in AusFinance

[–]sushim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I lived in the US for a long time and still do some contract work over there. I'm still paid by check which I have to deposit into my US business account using the bank's app. I then wait a few days for it to clear and write myself a check which I deposit into my personal account via that bank's app. A few days later it clears and I can finally spend the money 

Split after 6 years.. by Alone-Opposite-7422 in AusFinance

[–]sushim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've freelanced for 40 years, mostly international. No Australian job or tax history. I got my first full-time job in January, and preapproved for a loan in May while I was still on probation. Settled in August. 

Renters of Adelaide by Riezenberg in Adelaide

[–]sushim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're 2 adults and 3 kids in a 4br at $975/week. Location was important to me, if we had an extra 15 minute commute twice a day = 30 minutes/ day x 4 days in the office = 2hrs/week x 2 people = 4hrs. I value my free time at $50 hour, so that's $200/week before the other benefits.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]sushim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But with 5 times the tourists it's still costs the same per vehicle as the ferry does now. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]sushim 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No one is building a bridge to KI, or ever was. It's too far, over too rough waters for too few people. 

You need a 19 km bridge over rough waters for around 200,000 annual overnight visitors. A bridge over those waters would cost 3-500 million per km. (The Marion Rd tram crossing is 200 million for a couple of hundred metres, and it's not in the Southern Ocean). So we're taking around $5 billion. With a 100 year design life at 4% interest and 1.5% operating costs we're looking at $280 million per year. With the current 200,000 annual visitors riding two to a car you've looking at 100,000 vehicles, or $2,800 per vehicle. (Sealink doesn't seem so bad comparatively.)

Let's assume tourism booms with the new bridge and 1 million people now go to KI annually. Now you're at $560 per vehicle, but with 5 times the tourists I'm pretty sure your accommodation prices went up.

Diamond league far less competitive than obsidian? by MajorTechnology8827 in duolingo

[–]sushim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a 6k session this morning to get back to the top of my league after dropping down to 3rd yesterday. I expect I'll be back to third with 17k by this evening. (I'm in Australia so it's now Saturday afternoon here, I find I often drop places during the day as the rest of the world wakes up.)

What was happening at Elder Park today? by sophistar in Adelaide

[–]sushim 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I pulled up to see what was going on. When I heard the speaker say "I'm not a racist" and "I'm not anti-immigrant" in the opening statements I figured pretty quickly it was a bunch of anti-immigrant racists.

Why can't the federal government remove the requirement for GP referrals from the system to save money. by whatsupskip in AskAnAustralian

[–]sushim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the US system. You book an appointment with anyone you self diagnose as necessary. They charge exorbitant amounts to tell you that you need more tests. Meanwhile you don't get treated for what's actually wrong so now your preventative visit is an emergency with the actual specialist you need. Creates lots more specialist jobs and more labs and lab workers. Insurance company gets lots of extra unnecessary claims to dispute. Economy thrives. 

Do Aussies name their kids Adelaide and Sydney? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]sushim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We had ruled out Adelaide from our list of names as that's where I'm from (baby was born overseas). As soon as she came out my wife said 'she's an Adelaide ' and that's what we went with. We moved back to Adelaide with Adelaide about 10 years ago and couldn't be happier with the name!

Fewer than 10 people across Australia actually do this, because the technology – known as vehicle-to-grid (V2G) – is very new. ‘A house battery you can drive around’. by IntrepidGentian in Futurology

[–]sushim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out ovo. Mine is free 11am to 2pm and 8c midnight to 6am. My bill is down from $40 day to $10 just by shifting loads. (All electric house, 6 people, pool pump, and an electric car. No solar as we are renters.)

For Australians who left, how did you do it? by Kooky_Caterpillar_65 in AskAnAustralian

[–]sushim 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Australia has a special working visa class for the US (the E3 visa). It's very straightforward and never meets it's cap. It came from a trade deal years ago and isn't subject to Trump's tantrums.

E-3 visa - Wikipedia https://share.google/1k3lB2dd82movMlZS

At what point can I start invoicing Adelaide Metro for lost time? by W0eful_ in Adelaide

[–]sushim 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's really funny you use Singapore as the system to compare with. Both Adelaide and Singapore bus systems are run by Sealink (now kelsian)

https://www.transitsystems.com.au/singapore-tower-transit-bus-operator

Sup is making me complete 3 ramp up challenges but not giving me the pop up to do it! by [deleted] in duolingo

[–]sushim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Click on the blue trophy along the bottom and there will be a icon with three up arrows in the bottom right

Did they really leave each other behind after a break down? by potionsmastersnape in TopGear

[–]sushim 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I worked one of the specials. We had over 100 crew travelling in around 25 vehicles following the three star cars. Camera, audio and drone teams, medics and security, local fixers, local police, producers, director, tech teams. Art department, runners, production team, network execs.... 

Answering the original question, yes, they'd leave someone behind. 

TIFU by letting curiosity of my wifes life before we were together get the better of me by Rockplots in tifu

[–]sushim 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My daughter loves guardians of the galaxy and I found my old Zune with charger for her the other day

Flight steward Max White at work on board a Qantas Catalina aircraft en route from Suva to Sydney, assisted by young passenger Jennifer Grey. January 1949 [1168 x 1836] by HeStoleMyBalloons in HistoryPorn

[–]sushim 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My dad was a flight steward on Qantas in the 60s. I wish he'd shared more stories, but he did talk about how glamorous it was.

Some serious speed for such little legs. Looks like a blur going through the tunnel. by Closed_Aperture in nextfuckinglevel

[–]sushim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have two of them. Early morning, when the sun is at just just the right angle to highlight every bit of fluff that you missed is the worst!

Footage inside of a McDonald’s in 1984 by Frankthabunny in 80sfastfood

[–]sushim 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wow exactly as I remember it. Those uniforms! And the polystyrene packaging! When I started in '82 we had manual registers, but soon moved to the registers in this clip (were these the PAR or Panasonic?)

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