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Join Date: May 2013
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Is it just me or is coles slogan "prices are down" absolute boosheet.
All I see is prices going up...I'm not getting paid any extra at work though 'eh! All coles brand... tomato sauce up, margarine up, fly spray up, sausages up, devon up, coffee up, deli meat up, fruit & veg up, 1kg SUGAR DOWN.....WOOOHOOO, meat pies up....D'OH!!! cheese up....DAMMIT!!! Why don't they just have a huge guy stand at the front of the store, & when you finish shopping he can flip you & shake sh-t out of you to make money fall out!!! |
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#963 | ||
When in doubt, GAS IT!!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Lower Eyre Peninsula, SA
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Haven't you figured out the cycle yet?
Pump the prices up every few months till it hurts sales then drop them back to where they were + a bit more than inflation, and then pump out a big advertising campaign claiming huge discounts and permanent price drops. Once the sheep get used to the prices and stop complaining so much, start the cycle again.
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#964 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2012
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I got stopped by a lady as I was leaving a servo.
I looked up when I heard an "excuse me" thinking someone needed help. She thrust an ipad in front of me and wanted me to do a survey. Really? Not interested, I'm only here for fuel and don't care about anything else, sorry. She got really mad. ?? Meanwhile people are pushing to get passed, others trying to get in, because she does this right in the middle of the only doorway. Moron. |
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#965 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: outback S.A...hiding in a workshop
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why do di.......heads.....er I mean silly folks cross the street in front of the car and van when they bloody well know they haven't got time to make it.
too much of this crap going on.
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#967 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Bunbury WA
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Gang, I made a comment in the FG thread, I'll repeat it here...
Only looking at the last several years or so, but I find roadside information signs, and I'm talking about dark country roads, are extremely bright, even when driving on low beams. I can imagine driving in the city or urban environment, sign is okay. Get out on the country road though, and the same sign is as good as a mirror. It blinds me to what is beyond it. I close one eye to try and preserve half my night vision. I often dip from high beam to low when approaching signs, even then, the reflected light messes with your night vision. Dangerous stuff.
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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So, point A to Point D is 189km along the freeway... Then you are offered to turn off at point A to go through a historic town or other attraction (point B and C)... Would it bloody hurt to give some indication of the distances these places are away from the freeway? That way at least you know your detour isn't going to add 3 hrs and 200km to a trip, and if it does, you were pre-warned!
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When in doubt, GAS IT!!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Lower Eyre Peninsula, SA
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My pet hate for the week - The morons who compile and put out the phone book. We got ours yesterday and it's physically about 15% smaller than last years with the accompanying smaller font which is now so small it's unreadable by anyone who needs glasses because of age. And guess who is most likely to actually use a hard copy phone book these days, yup, the old farts like me who need glasses to read because our eye muscles won't pull a tight focus any more.
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Isn't it obvious?
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going to the sefvo and getting hit up by the peanuts selling something that you spray on the windscreen that does something or other
not interested thanks and they spray it on the windscreen anyway and then give you a look of astonishment when you scream at them' hey did i say you could go anywhere near my ******* car with that ****' ********* second one rocking into work and some pratt in an old f250 has decided to take up 3 ******* car park spots near the front of a rather big work car park, instead of backing into a car park down the back having the nose hanging out the front where there is plenty of room and not many people park so no chance of him getting hit wonder if he saw the comment that was finger written in the dirt on the drivers door after work??
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#971 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: outback S.A...hiding in a workshop
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you wouldn't believe it............. the grey headed lycra brigade have struck again........if you remember a while back my wife had a feller on a pushbike run up the backside of her parked Nissan Micra.
well one of another (or maybe the same) mob has hit the side of our caravan........PARKED......stuck the handlebars into the side panel leaving a pair of dents and scraped some stickers off. don't ask me how, the bike would have to be at a right angle to the van, I didn't see it, I was inside at the time. bloody amazing is all I'll say. Madaya I know what you're saying about those signs, simply blinding then add ten million cats eyes and overheads as well as split lanes that change direction according to time and I'm totally blinded and bamboozled.......I'll have to start wearing sunglasses at night.
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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Till a guy in a pickup truck or something pretty big parks next to him 'correctly' so his passenger door and mirror are mm's away from the drivers door of the other car. The guy then sets up a camera and watches the driver of the dodge parked car return and spend 10 minutes trying to get back in... really funny to watch. Will try and find it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsOgDkhuIqo
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YE-US! Wait. I don't know
Join Date: May 2010
Location: in the turkey...
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When you ask a nice woman to watch her bag so the buckles don't scratch your paintwork and she looks at you like your insane, then doesn't give a **** anyway.
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Join Date: May 2013
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I really hate this...
Spend a day fitting nav' & interior lights to the boat only to blow up the 12V power pack when testing the system!!! On an earth wire a sharp bit of solder had pierced the insulation tape & touched a positive wire. 5AMP fuse blew so I upped the anti...should've checked the wiring after the first fuse blew!!! |
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#979 | ||
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Join Date: May 2013
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I really love this...
The owners of the neighboring rental house refuses to prune trees that overhang my fenceline...& they grow really, really fast &&&& drop leaves everywhere! I havn't actually asked but the lack of maintenance is obvious. I've rented here for 10 months & pruned my side 3 times. What's this, the tenants are moving....sweeeeet!!! After the agent checks over the property I get the pole hedge trimmer, pole saw & the 8ft step ladder out & prune like mad over the fence line. Great big pile of green waste on the ground now....don't look at me! (fistpump) |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brisvagas
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Why werent you over the fence with the drill and the tree killer at the same time? Its not like the next tennants will care.
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Honestly though, it'll be years before anyone see's the cuttings as I dumped it in a gap in the shrubs that I cleared which is overgrown anyhow, by then it'll all be part of the landscape though!
I do however have this drum in the storeroom. It was here when I moved in & contains a chemical strong enough to melt the rubber on your shoes (I used it to kill weeds once & stepped on the spillage). Maybe I should spray a little bit of that over the fence for the next few weeks. |
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I totalled my XR6
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Australia
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People who don't have the integrity to be honest. Can't stand it.
Just say what you mean, not what you think I want to hear. VENTING.
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Isn't it obvious?
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When u get two streets away from leaving home to go to work and the ute just decides to stop.
Won't start on fuel or gas. And the raa will be there within the hr. Just had it serviced about 1000km ago. Gee I friggin hate that.
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Looks like its the coil.
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Buy a cheap car as a daily that you may use for a tow car for your race car ... then proceed to tell the wife that it will stay stock
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
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Parents come home to my Falcon in the driveway once.
Then once I lent my old man my car and he seen a $14K bank transaction slip in my car and he went mental, couldn't sneak that one home. Was gonna bring it home on a,tow truck while he was at work |
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Sydney, NSW
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I had the guys coming around with the waterless car wash crap the other day. I was literally on a job site, ear muffs on while drilling a hole with a power drill. Guy taps me on the shoulder saying he only needs 2 minutes of my time... Now because he went out of his way to bother me for 2 minutes I thought I should waste a further 40 minutes of his time.
I convinced him to use his crap on every panel, window and tyre on my work Ranger, got him to show me why it's different to other products. After spending 15 minutes working out a package that works for me (terry cloths, cans of his crap etc) we went to the interior of the car to try a few more products so naturally we had to change the package. After knocking off a further $20 off the custom package I simply said "oh look at the time, it's been 40 minutes and that hole I was doing is still not done, better get back to it".... Bother me for 2 mins again mate |
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