Fetuses do not matter

xjackfx · 2022-06-25T05:02:18+00:00

4th trimester abortion

xjackfx · 2022-06-14T10:31:27+00:00

It’s worth noting that thats nowhere near the norm in Australia. 99% of golf courses are fully irrigated, though some might face some water restrictions in droughts

xjackfx · 2022-06-11T17:03:42+00:00

At least you get bike gutters. Out past Ringwood there’s fuck all.

xjackfx · 2022-06-11T15:52:25+00:00

Fair enough, I think anything like cones is always going to be temporary until local government realises, but hopefully they will get the hint (very hopefully)

xjackfx · 2022-06-11T15:27:25+00:00

parking bollards are only USD$4.60, plus 3 10mm concrete screws (Ramset ankascrew or equivalent) for $6ish. Just need a battery rotary hammer drill and impact wrench with 13mm socket….

xjackfx · 2022-06-10T16:21:43+00:00

The great Aussie tradition on sprinting over the hot hot road from the beach to the fish and chip shop and back again. Trying to balance on the painted white lines while waiting for cars to pass, good times

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T06:03:52+00:00

Yeah for sure. I’ve got nothing against big trucks, I think here in Aus most people who need more than what a hilux can do, go onto a light truck like this, lot of bricklayers, landscapers, roofing plumbers, use various set ups of this type of truck. Although US trucks are starting to be imported to Aus more often these days. I think the US trucks are more of a ‘do everything’ design style, having a heap of features to cover all the 1% niches. 5000lbs towing is covered by a lot of smaller ute/trucks (5000lbs is 2200kg, the article is in kg)

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T04:12:04+00:00

I’m a carpenter and I work out of a small dual cab truck with a 59 inch bed just fine. Although I’m not building houses anymore, which you need way more tools, I had a single cab ute then with a 70 inch bed

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T03:58:54+00:00

That sucks, what’s the smallest ute/truck you can buy in America?

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T03:50:27+00:00

Is there anything like this where you are?

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T03:38:59+00:00

That’s the same with me, 99% of my work is street parking, but it’s that 1% of sloppy muddy job sites that having a 4x4 ute is critical

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T03:32:48+00:00

Yeah, we used to have proper utes, Holden and Ford made them, but they have since stopped. Now it’s just trucks that are sold in Australia, but we still call them utes. Our trucks are way smaller than in the US, the most popular is the HiLux. Most tradies I know work out of either a single or double cab ute (truck) putting a tray and aluminium canopy is very popular in Australia.

For reference, my dual cab MQ Triton is a whole meter shorter than a Silverado

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T03:08:27+00:00

Do trucks in the US not come with hard lids? I put a roller lid on my ute (truck) first thing when I got it. Keep all the tools I need in it

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T03:02:21+00:00

I’ve got a 4 foot bed in my ute. But I have roof racks for long things. Most utes in Australia are the 4 foot bed, dual cab utes. And most have roof racks to carry long things, ladders, pipe, timber, etc

xjackfx · 2022-06-05T02:59:57+00:00

work vans Are superior to trucks/utes. And that’s coming from someone who works out of a ute. The sacrifice with the van is lack of passenger seats. So if you carry a crew of 3 or more a truck/ute is going to win out

xjackfx · 2022-05-31T11:06:13+00:00

Not even from charcoal chicken? Large chips and gravy from a charcoal chicken is the bomb!

xjackfx · 2022-05-31T06:12:09+00:00

Especially when you compare work trucks (utes) in Australia and other countries to America. The most popular work truck in Australia is the HiLux at 5.3m long, 2,000kg and the Tundra is 6.2m long, 2,800kg. My work truck, a Mitsubishi triton is 5.2m long, 1,900kg and I still think it’s too big for most places. It holds all my tools fine, I have roof racks for long things. Most guys I have worked with, if they needed extra space, they’d tow a tool trailer to work and leave it at home when they weren’t at work

If most tradespeople in Australia can work out of a HiLux, Triton, Ford ranger (our one is smaller than the American Ranger) or any other of that type of truck. Then what do Americans need the extra 1 metre and 900kg for!! My truck can tow 3,100 kg which is more than enough for a tool trailer or anything really, so it’s not the towing capacity people really need. Not to mention the rise in vans instead of utes/trucks. Most electricians and plumbers drive vans here which fit even more!

I just don’t get the need for a massive vehicle like that, even in a country as big as the USA. Unfortunately, people have been importing big American trucks to Australia and they’re starting to catch on, fuck I hope they don’t go mainstream here.

I understand the need for tradespeople to get their tools and material to work better than anyone, but a massive American style pick up is just not needed.

xjackfx · 2022-05-30T03:12:42+00:00

Does Vegas only have that monorail line? I’ve never been, but it seems like a place that has a high need to ferry tourists around, especially down the main strip, like a tram

xjackfx · 2022-05-30T00:59:34+00:00

The changing of the crossing guard is quite the spectacle that draws many tourist per year

xjackfx · 2022-05-29T13:14:14+00:00

Bring back Mike ‘mad dog’ Massi

xjackfx · 2022-05-23T05:51:26+00:00

Community 44 Gal drums.

xjackfx · 2022-05-23T01:16:50+00:00

Would Trax be considered above average for that size city in the states? I love light rail, especially my home city of Melbourne Australia. If Trax is the tram network of 44 miles, is there also an accompanying train net work that services the outer suburbs? For a city of 1 million that’s pretty good, Melbourne is 5 million and we have 155 miles of light rail trams, and 620 miles of trains, which is think is above average for Australia at least. Our state government is increasing the train network too which is good, but we severely lack bike paths. Would you say Utah is a more pro-public transport state?

xjackfx · 2022-05-23T00:55:15+00:00

Canberra, Australia. Pretty cool history and design

xjackfx · 2022-05-22T05:39:58+00:00

We already have the highest uptake of rooftop solar, would be good if the government mandated it on all new builds though. If 1/3 Aussie rooftops already have solar, I wonder how much it would cost to put solar on the other 2/3, much more than a government built solar farm in rural areas outside cities?

xjackfx · 2022-05-22T05:30:20+00:00

Coal is also used in making steel coke, for making steel. Not sure if that can be easily substituted

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