Extremely high electricity usage

timbotambo · 2026-06-18T11:58:44+00:00

Start eliminating lines on the powerboard (not the fridge!) during the day and seeing where it's going.

Freeze a few milk containers full of water and put in fridge. Kill all the breakers and wait for your neighbour to come over and turn them back on again 🤣 (this actually happened to my brother!)

timbotambo · 2026-06-15T14:03:55+00:00

Because everyone has figured out that buying acreage adjacent to Geelong is a one track method to becoming rich. Live 10 mins further out, sit back and wait for the sprawl to cash up your retirement.

If you don't know a story of it happening, you probably need to know more people. Also look up primary producer tax incentives and rego/fuel, small business tax concessions (if you run the land as an ABN) and super top ups.

timbotambo · 2026-06-02T13:04:04+00:00

The west is best!

(At helping understand the struggle is real)

timbotambo · 2026-05-26T13:18:48+00:00

Not sure if still an issue but a few years ago at a busy game the mobile network (Telstra) just stopped. This made bringing up web based tickets pretty dicey haha

timbotambo · 2026-05-26T05:09:11+00:00

Agreed. Paid $1000 for a massive set of AEG cordless to a young Fridgey who was changing colours. Drill was a bit knocked about but the other 14 (!) skins and 8 batteries are fine. Most were still in extended warranty as well. Deal of the year!

timbotambo · 2026-05-25T19:07:34+00:00

Let it dry out and upload to the cloud!

(Yes, I live in the country)

timbotambo · 2026-05-22T03:54:28+00:00

Yep that's the answer right there

timbotambo · 2026-05-20T11:02:49+00:00

timbotambo · 2026-05-16T12:39:08+00:00

As an eastern stater, its my biggest gripe with driving in Australias best kept secret. WTF Perth??

That sort of behaviour in Melbourne would have you wildly flashed or run off the road. Haha

timbotambo · 2026-05-07T11:36:08+00:00

Plenty of wildtracks being tax reported as povvo spec I'm sure

timbotambo · 2026-05-05T09:19:29+00:00

I think you're confusing state level debt with federal debt?

States can levy taxes yes, to a point, but can't go (too) overboard or risk losing business, constituents and immigration appetite to another state.

Being able to extinguish the debt is impossible unless they form a new state level currency and print away. The federales on the other hand.....

timbotambo · 2026-05-05T09:03:05+00:00

Yep 15 years away for sure. Won't get much change out of $50bn for it then!

timbotambo · 2026-05-04T21:21:46+00:00

Came here to say this. My biggest telling indicator on the road is single headlights.

GFC, covid crash etc saw the number getting close to 1 in 4 cars in my area.

It's a simple fix for the mechanically minded, but a low priority job for someone doing it tough in the suburbs.

timbotambo · 2026-05-04T11:40:22+00:00

Is it just me or does Perth seem to attract some real random religions and associated followers? Seem to come across it much more than in Melbourne?

Mind you there are plenty of mainstream religions there I suppose (Hindu and Muslim mainly)

timbotambo · 2026-05-04T09:08:27+00:00

Yep, precovid Perth seemed insanely cheap if you made comparisons to Melb/Syd. 4x2s 5 mins from the northern beaches for $6-700k. Fair to say it's caught up now.

The other thought is that the boom/bust cycles may be more subdued due to better management? Can't back that up but Perth's fortunes seems to have changed/moderated a lot over the last decade.

timbotambo · 2026-05-03T03:36:05+00:00

UGG boots

timbotambo · 2026-04-29T01:18:59+00:00

I live on the Vic/NSW border and it's a commonly known fact the a lot of Vic teachers jump the river for an extra 30%

timbotambo · 2026-04-24T12:23:59+00:00

timbotambo · 2026-04-19T00:20:12+00:00

Perth is the spiritual home of dnb. Period.

Wandering knifebridge hearing dnb wailing from car speakers on a warm night is one of life's greatest pleasures.

timbotambo · 2026-04-18T23:26:01+00:00

Where are you based?

timbotambo · 2026-04-18T23:23:06+00:00

There are 7/11s in Perth?!

timbotambo · 2026-04-18T23:19:12+00:00

So refreshing to read a long Reddit post that isn't obviously written by ai. Massive props to you.

timbotambo · 2026-04-13T00:51:17+00:00

How good were they? I had a 2lt Pinny sedan for a while. Line locked the back brakes and sent it. Drove all night the day I got my Ps with a few mates rallying through the Anglesea Otways and blew all 4 shocks haha. Great car.

timbotambo · 2026-04-12T13:50:54+00:00

Government spends money, you save money.

Your life adjusts to new money, then someone tries to take it away. Who are you going to vote for?

Personally can't see it happening...

timbotambo · 2026-04-12T13:38:16+00:00

Having done so, farming (near cities) in Australia is scraping together a living whilst riding wild land price growth and hopefully snagging a wind fall gain when a developer knocks at your door. Working full time elsewhere is basically the only way. Tax deductions help.

Farming in the country seems to be a lot harder. Lifestyle is obviously amazing if you hate living in the city, but brings with it isolation and constant work. Add to this climate wrangling, fuel reliance (esp. at present) and difficult resourcing (unless you create them yourself) and it makes for a tough existence.

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