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bee posted:Sounds exactly like Newcastle! Really not comparable at all. Gladstone is the most beige town in Australia
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I meant in regards to the ghost town dead CBD right near the coast. I haven't been to Gladstone so I can't really compare how beige the two are!
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Oct 12, 2020 22:27
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Gladstone is the first place I ever saw a Hooters franchise.
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Oct 12, 2020 23:05
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Nam Taf posted:Gladstone’s the loving worst because the founders were clearly braindead and chose to build the CBD right on the edge of the coast so it inevitably only had one direction the city could expand. This has resulted in the CBD being completely disjointed from the city’s actual population centre of mass, which sits well inland from it. As a result, everyone just sticks to suburban shopping villages and the like rather than the CBD actually representing the centre of the city and thus where people congregate. Because of this, no one ever goes into the CBD except out of some sort of time-honoured obligation that companies must be based there because it’s ‘the CBD’, so the whole place is empty and run-down. lol some of this applies to Sydney CBD
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Oct 12, 2020 23:25
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McSpergin posted:I got a fella around the corner who does knife making and I've been doing a ton of learning about steel metallurgy etc. I'd say I'll be fine tbh. Bloke near me has a heat treatment kiln that he's offered me use of to do that. Yeah, I was just kidding about the Damascus Steel. It's a bit tricky. "These swords are characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water, sometimes in a "ladder" or "rose" pattern. Such blades were reputed to be tough, resistant to shattering, and capable of being honed to a sharp, resilient edge."  I use a ½ metre length of old railway track for an anvil. All the trains running over it has made it super hard. Makes a nice ring when you hit it with a hammer.
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Oct 12, 2020 23:58
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bee posted:Sounds exactly like Newcastle! Newcastle was going ok until the quake and the steel mill shutting down hosed the place over. It's still a great place even with the ghost town vibe to some parts. But, given the Qld town talk, how about Hervey Bay? I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THIS GODDAMN COUNTRY AND I HAVE NEVER, NEVER BEEN SOMEWHERE SO INTERMINABLY BORING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
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Oct 13, 2020 00:11
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My dog had a total freak out when the lawn guys came earlier. She sat there shaking and whimpering and tried to hide under the bed in the spare room. I have no idea why. Normally she sits on my bed and barks at them when they're here.
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Oct 13, 2020 00:27
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Carlos Lantana posted:Gladstone is the first place I ever saw a Hooters franchise. It was Parramatta for me Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:Newcastle was going ok until the quake and the steel mill shutting down hosed the place over. It's still a great place even with the ghost town vibe to some parts. Hervey Bay is one big retirement village where people from South East Queensland migrate to in order to retire and die. It's like a poo poo Bundaberg lmao
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Oct 13, 2020 00:39
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Here is my anvil.
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Oct 13, 2020 00:52
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Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:Newcastle was going ok until the quake and the steel mill shutting down hosed the place over. It's still a great place even with the ghost town vibe to some parts. My in-laws plan to retire to Hervey Bay once they sell their farm. In a pandemic and never ending drought, not sure how long that will take. We already have to drive 3.5 hours to see them now, with another hour added because of the kids. Going to Hervey Bay adds more time and less appeal. FIL loves fishing, and I really think that’s the only reason they’re going there. He got stung by Queensland fisheries a couple of years back for having too much whiting, so I don’t know how he’s going to reconcile his love for fishing with the necessary moderation not to get fined.
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Oct 13, 2020 01:38
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I'm designing a QA camera setup for quality control metrology on some components of mine with one of the I&C engineers at work and it's P cool. The cameras have a +/-0.2mm at 500x500mm accuracy which is dope as. Basically all aluminium extrusion and linear guides and stuff. We're looking at a turntable as well as using a core xy style setup for the top camera and a linear rail for the front rail to get a stand off distance with preset positions. God I love getting to be creative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C_HReR_McQ
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Oct 13, 2020 01:49
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I found the worst psychiatrists office in the world today. It's in Logan.
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Oct 13, 2020 01:51
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that's a list of things that give people breakdowns ... is this psychiatry by the people who throw kids in the deep end to teach them to swim?
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Oct 13, 2020 02:10
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:I found the worst psychiatrists office in the world today. It's in Logan. 
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Oct 13, 2020 02:24
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well why not posted:lol some of this applies to Sydney CBD Yeh I’m not by any stretch claiming it’s only a small town thing, just that bigger cities escape it to some degree because the dislocated CBD becomes just another satellite precinct. In Sydney’s case the aggressive lockout bullshit has atrophied the CBD to the point of near-death. But yeh, why travel from Parramatta to the CBD for a night out when there’s local bars? The issue is especially egregious in Gladstone though because of the general state of the city is already bad and then this just amplifies it. Anyway I’m glad I finally got to actually apply this observation in discussion. I’ve been kicking the theory around in my head for a while now and I think it holds a fair bit of weight.
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Oct 13, 2020 02:38
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:I found the worst psychiatrists office in the world today. It's in Logan. What in the actual gently caress? Is this a real place or a joke website? If they are real, how do they maintain their registration with AHPRA? Oh good, I just looked them up and they are real and they seem to focus on child psychiatry! 
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Oct 13, 2020 02:46
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Nam Taf posted:Yeh I’m not by any stretch claiming it’s only a small town thing, just that bigger cities escape it to some degree because the dislocated CBD becomes just another satellite precinct. Smash schooners then glass a oval office at Bojangles, then back home for a bit of a nudge on the glass saxophone
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Oct 13, 2020 02:50
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http://chng.it/HDzc4rccPm South Australia: killing gays is ok Also south Australia: bad boy bubby is a normal film with a normal plot feel free to make it here
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bee posted:What in the actual gently caress? Is this a real place or a joke website? If they are real, how do they maintain their registration with AHPRA? Oh good, I just looked them up and they are real and they seem to focus on child psychiatry! Yeah at least two people who did medical school go to this place to work it's absolutely mind wrinkling
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Nam Taf posted:Yeh I’m not by any stretch claiming it’s only a small town thing, just that bigger cities escape it to some degree because the dislocated CBD becomes just another satellite precinct. Nice insight my dude.
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Oct 13, 2020 03:05
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can't sleep, psychiatrists will eat me
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Oct 13, 2020 03:07
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McSpergin posted:a bit of a nudge on the glass saxophone See thru didgeridoo is my current favourite but it's entirely dependent on the company you're with understanding that you aren't being racist and just use rhyme to elevate slang.
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Oct 13, 2020 03:09
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It's pretty common but firing up the glass barbie is still my favourite way to describe your mate's habits.
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Oct 13, 2020 03:13
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16hr solo on the bikie trombone. E: any time someone says "devils lettuce" or "jazz cabbage" I say "bad boy bok choy" Laserface fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Oct 13, 2020 |
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Oct 13, 2020 03:26
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Oct 13, 2020 03:34
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Laserface posted:"bad boy bok choy" 
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Oct 13, 2020 03:44
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:I found the worst psychiatrists office in the world today. It's in Logan. this makes me think of the hotel from The Shining which we all know is great for mental health
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Oct 13, 2020 06:26
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Fire has gone down quite a bit despite some gnarly wind and now it's nice and still so I'm gonna try to slip in a cheeky mow of the worst parts of the back so I can tick it off the prep list
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Oct 13, 2020 06:30
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Sounds like you need a lawn mowing beer
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Oct 13, 2020 07:11
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:I found the worst psychiatrists office in the world today. It's in Logan. I have to give them props for effort. And possibly trying to make sure they have repeat business.
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Oct 13, 2020 07:26
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I cropped it out for comedic effect but one thing to their credit is they will let you bring your dog into therapy which is something I have inquired into and been knocked back on multiple occasions previously and it's completely reasonable but I always want to ask in case they ever say yes
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Oct 13, 2020 08:00
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Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THIS GODDAMN COUNTRY AND I HAVE NEVER, NEVER BEEN SOMEWHERE SO INTERMINABLY BORING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I grew up in Maryborough and we used to travel to Hervey Bay for an exciting day out. I guess maryborough must have been even worse cause we loved those trips. I remember dad complaining about all the roundabouts. Maybe they were a novelty at the time? Don’t think maryborough had any.
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Oct 13, 2020 08:26
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Regional South Australia again seems like a strong contender here, but I'm not sure there's any winners there. Unless you really, really, REALLY like fishing.
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Oct 13, 2020 08:40
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Regional South Australia again seems like a strong contender here, but I'm not sure there's any winners there. Unless you really, really, REALLY like fishing. I would happily go to SA and then proceed to eat and drink myself through the hills and maclaren vale and poo poo.
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That's a good plan. But I'm not talking the hills or even Barossa, I'm talking REGIONAL
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Oct 13, 2020 09:22
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Granite Octopus posted:I grew up in Maryborough and we used to travel to Hervey Bay for an exciting day out. I guess maryborough must have been even worse cause we loved those trips. I remember dad complaining about all the roundabouts. Maybe they were a novelty at the time? Don’t think maryborough had any. See Maryborough has character, points of interest, history. I found it a stunning old town to look at. Complete opposite of Hervey Bay. McSpergin posted:Hervey Bay is one big retirement village where people from South East Queensland migrate to in order to retire and die. Basically this. Time slows down there on the will of coffin dodgers alone. Ghost Leviathan posted:Regional South Australia again seems like a strong contender here, but I'm not sure there's any winners there. Unless you really, really, REALLY like fishing. I have spent time in Fowlers Bay, the isolation is otherworldly, stuck between Port Augusta and the Nullabore about 10 k off the highway, nothing but fishing huts and sand dunes. But the fishing... THE FISHING One night a bloke rocked up in an old Land Cruiser, said to be a regular to the area, anyway he pulls in to the camping/caravan park after spending the day fishing off a rocky point some ways west from the settlement and caught so much salmon from the rocks that he had enough to give a whole fish over to every campsite. And strike me the gently caress down if that wasn't the best goddamn fish I have ever eaten. (Barely worth mentioning that we spent some time in Ceduna after that. The town where they first trialled the Indue Card on the unemployed.) Maximum Sexy Pigeon fucked around with this message at 10:18 on Oct 13, 2020 |
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Oct 13, 2020 10:16
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Yeah, for whatever reason, Aussie Salmon is looked down upon as an eating fish, but it's pretty tasty, and really fun to catch and land as its big!
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Kharnifex posted:Yeah, for whatever reason, Aussie Salmon is looked down upon as an eating fish, but it's pretty tasty, and really fun to catch and land as its big! Snobs and wankers.
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Tragically this cheese and garlic pull-apart will be spending the night on the streets
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