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9 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said:

I wonder why it's always middle aged women who try to get on packed trains and say "can anyone move down?" when clearly we can't 

It's a desperate, possibly last-ditch, attempt to pick up a bloke for an affair. If she's even passably good-looking give it a go - plenty of good wine in old bottles.

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On 11/05/2018 at 4:48 AM, Jimmy said:

I wonder if there’s anything Donald Glover can’t do.

Been wondering the same for years.

Almost too over hyped now for my liking (no hipster)

Donald Glover music is old news now anyway, its all about GOAT tv show Atlanta.

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6 hours ago, Shahanga said:

In the internet age etc etc why taxpayers still fund a “national broadcaster”?

I never thought that I would defend the ABC, but, despite the concerns with it, I shudder to think of the unrelenting diet of sensationalist unmitigated crap that we would be fed if left with only broadcasts by commercial interests.

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On 14/05/2018 at 9:37 PM, Tesla said:

Been wondering the same for years.

Almost too over hyped now for my liking (no hipster)

Donald Glover music is old news now anyway, its all about GOAT tv show Atlanta.

The Barbershop episode was the best one of the series haha

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I wonder...what do ppl on here think about "My Health Record"? I'm inclined to "opt-out" because I'm not convinced of the value of the information that will be kept there in terms of its completeness, accuracy and relevance, or the security of it.

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4 hours ago, jw1739 said:

I wonder...what do ppl on here think about "My Health Record"? I'm inclined to "opt-out" because I'm not convinced of the value of the information that will be kept there in terms of its completeness, accuracy and relevance, or the security of it.

I opted out but I'm a lawyer who specialises in privacy haha. 

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42 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said:

I took a pretty unorthodox route and work in house. So I get a fair bit more than a typical grad. But it starts OK and rises pretty fast. 

I would have though most grad laywers work in-house?

Anyway I cant wait to go from being a poor student to that sweet juicy grad money

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On 23/07/2018 at 3:25 PM, jw1739 said:

I wonder...what do ppl on here think about "My Health Record"? I'm inclined to "opt-out" because I'm not convinced of the value of the information that will be kept there in terms of its completeness, accuracy and relevance, or the security of it.

If you are seriously ill it will be of major benefit. If you want to change GP it will be of major benefit.

If you have some issues you’d rather keep to yourself it could be a serious problem.

At present based on the above I think I’ll stay in.

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12 minutes ago, Shahanga said:

If you are seriously ill it will be of major benefit. If you want to change GP it will be of major benefit.

If you have some issues you’d rather keep to yourself it could be a serious problem.

At present based on the above I think I’ll stay in.

Even if you opt-out, any info that was previously on your record will not change in terms of access if you were still opted-in

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17 hours ago, Shahanga said:

If you are seriously ill it will be of major benefit. If you want to change GP it will be of major benefit.

If you have some issues you’d rather keep to yourself it could be a serious problem.

At present based on the above I think I’ll stay in.

Records are already portable from GP to GP - as a patient you can insist on it and I have done so. I don't think you need a national database to do that.

I'll accept your first point if the database sorted the wheat from the chaff. So If I could be satisfied that the really important information was being kept accurately and completely, then I'd see a value in the database both for the individual and the epidemiologist.

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I wonder why Indians are always on the phone.

Whether it's on the train, at work, while driving a taxi, while serving you at 7 eleven, etc. They are always on the phone.

Must be a very social culture they have I guess, but still who the fuck do you need to talk to that much.

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2 hours ago, Tesla said:

I wonder why Indians are always on the phone.

Whether it's on the train, at work, while driving a taxi, while serving you at 7 eleven, etc. They are always on the phone.

Must be a very social culture they have I guess, but still who the fuck do you need to talk to that much.

Usually family back home or so I am told.

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3 hours ago, Tesla said:

I wonder why Indians are always on the phone.

Whether it's on the train, at work, while driving a taxi, while serving you at 7 eleven, etc. They are always on the phone.

Must be a very social culture they have I guess, but still who the fuck do you need to talk to that much.

 

1 hour ago, thisphantomfortress said:

Usually family back home or so I am told.

Did a quick bit of research (google search :rolleyes:) when this was posted.

Seems that is the general reason. It's their culture rather to talk then text.  No different to some blonde girl in leggings on the train staring mindlessly at Instagram for hours

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They love mumble whispering to their pregnant wives in Bangalore at 3am while driving me home. 

 

EDIT: Indians act less Indian in QLD. I actually had a ripper convo on the way back from the airport in Brisbane with one Indian dude. On the same day on the way to Melbourne Airport I needed a gas mask to breathe, the bloke was rude as shit and purposely took a longer way. The pressure to fit in up North in bigger therefor they act less like Indians and more like Aussies. #RacismWorks

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On 18/09/2018 at 7:06 PM, HeartFc said:

They love mumble whispering to their pregnant wives in Bangalore at 3am while driving me home. 

 

EDIT: Indians act less Indian in QLD. I actually had a ripper convo on the way back from the airport in Brisbane with one Indian dude. On the same day on the way to Melbourne Airport I needed a gas mask to breathe, the bloke was rude as shit and purposely took a longer way. The pressure to fit in up North in bigger therefor they act less like Indians and more like Aussies. #RacismWorks

Such a large sample size used to strengthen your new case as well.

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14 hours ago, HeartFc said:

I've lived in QLD for nearly a year now and I travel from Brisbane to Melbourne once a month, using taxi's to get around when I land. If there was a expert on comparing "Indianess", I'd be the guy. 

Why dont you just write "Illness"... it captures perfectly the tone of your sentence and it is also a real word.

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On 9/18/2018 at 0:00 PM, Tesla said:

I wonder why Indians are always on the phone.

Whether it's on the train, at work, while driving a taxi, while serving you at 7 eleven, etc. They are always on the phone.

Must be a very social culture they have I guess, but still who the fuck do you need to talk to that much.

I always assumed they all have side jobs as an IT support worker

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23 hours ago, Begbie said:

I always assumed they all have side jobs as an IT support worker

They barely do their day job in IT let alone a side job...

That's why the actually fit well in the Melbourne workplace culture :up:

They also drink unlike a lot of other immigrants (eg Chinese don't really drink), which is a plus.

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I wonder...whether all these (expensive) advertising campaigns about stopping domestic violence actually have any impact? There's now going to be one about "boys being boys." I question whether the actual perpetrators of violence are going to take any notice?

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4 hours ago, jw1739 said:

I wonder...whether all these (expensive) advertising campaigns about stopping domestic violence actually have any impact? There's now going to be one about "boys being boys." I question whether the actual perpetrators of violence are going to take any notice?

The best they can do is get neighbours, friends (external people) to report it if they think DV is happening. Problem is domestic violence is domestic, hence most of the time it occurs inside away from external eyes.

 

But hey at least they are trying to do something about it. TBH I can't think of a better way.

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1 hour ago, haz said:

The best they can do is get neighbours, friends (external people) to report it if they think DV is happening. Problem is domestic violence is domestic, hence most of the time it occurs inside away from external eyes.

 

But hey at least they are trying to do something about it. TBH I can't think of a better way.

Remove FTB A + FTB B, remove increased centrelink payments for dependent children. Essentially remove any social policies which encourage having children.

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6 hours ago, jw1739 said:

I wonder...whether all these (expensive) advertising campaigns about stopping domestic violence actually have any impact? There's now going to be one about "boys being boys." I question whether the actual perpetrators of violence are going to take any notice?

The anti drink and driving push had a two prong approach one of which was advertising. And if you recall in 1970 the Victorian road toll was over 1000 per year back then. The first driver found guilty of killing someone because of drunkenness was in 1977 and the next one was in 1985 and thereafter a whole lot of drunks were jailed.

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17 hours ago, NewConvert said:

The anti drink and driving push had a two prong approach one of which was advertising. And if you recall in 1970 the Victorian road toll was over 1000 per year back then. The first driver found guilty of killing someone because of drunkenness was in 1977 and the next one was in 1985 and thereafter a whole lot of drunks were jailed.

I didn't come to Victoria until 1991, so I'm not familiar with past history and performance in this State. Personally I'm super-saturated with government advertising, however worthy the topic is.

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On 03/10/2018 at 7:28 PM, NewConvert said:

The anti drink and driving push had a two prong approach one of which was advertising. And if you recall in 1970 the Victorian road toll was over 1000 per year back then. The first driver found guilty of killing someone because of drunkenness was in 1977 and the next one was in 1985 and thereafter a whole lot of drunks were jailed.

Well it’s been a crime for pretty much ever so that’s no change. The thing is the fuckers who do this know it’s not acceptable so they are cunning as to when they act. 

The ad gets me in that despite the wide variety of people I have hung around with in my life, I’ve never been in a situation where a conversation like that bloke is having on the phone happens.

If it helps good o, but I just think it’s not as cute as that and nowhere near as easy for a 3rd party to be aware of it.

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On 10/5/2018 at 7:40 PM, Shahanga said:

Well it’s been a crime for pretty much ever so that’s no change. The thing is the fuckers who do this know it’s not acceptable so they are cunning as to when they act. 

The ad gets me in that despite the wide variety of people I have hung around with in my life, I’ve never been in a situation where a conversation like that bloke is having on the phone happens.

If it helps good o, but I just think it’s not as cute as that and nowhere near as easy for a 3rd party to be aware of it.

Not sure whether you are referring to killing by drunkenness or not. Just in case, John Cain changed the laws in 1985 to create the charge of killing by drunkenness which is why more people have been charged and found guilty. Prior to that the standard defence was "there but for the grace of God goes I" and precedence. 

Unfortunately in my life it has happened three times. The first two were just violent fuckers who just liked blueing with anyone including their partners. They were poor company and the intersecting circles vanished quickly. The third time was a good friend of mine that I had no idea what was going on until one day I witnessed it. We had a fairly strong change of words and he sought counselling.

 

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I wonder if anyone else just randomly remembers some of the shit this club has done over the years and gets mad about it. Like today I was just sitting there at work and I remembered when city were trying to stamp out all red and white from the stands and they had that promo where you would bring it your heart kits and get a discount on city merch and I just thought "fuck this club! Why am I still here?!"

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