The totally off-topic thread

[Milboo]

I know some good IP lawyers...I'm sure I can get that challenged on the grounds of wrongness somehow!!

 

[Pushka]

Paper towels like the picture - left to right.

Toilet paper from the back not the front - that's just how it was growing up. I have a friend who turns it the minute she visits my house - which I actually find very rude!

How do you know that?

Grabbing the paper that sits against the wall = grubby wall.

 

[JohnK]

There have been signs on the M4 for ages re the toll coming back for that section - I head out that way around once a month and think it has been since about June/ July? Especially when they were doing the testing and tags would beep (but not charged) - plus they built the big toll gantries.

I used the M4 on 24 September and today. I only noticed the signs today and then checked the big signs to see TOLL. It was a shock to me as I have not heard any discussion about M4 tolls reintroduced except for the West Connex stretch.

I hate paying for something I've already paid for. Quite happy to go from Homebush Bay Road to Parramatta Road to Church St and then M4 and same for return.

When I checked Google earlier plenty of stories of additional heavy traffic on Parramatta Road as people avoid the toll.

Does anyone know what's the administration fee for not paying the toll? $10? $20? Or more?

I'll be sending some negative feedback too.

 

[Bindibuys]

Add me to the list of using "hatchings/matchings/despatchings = the only time these days I go to a church service.
Paper towel roll stands on it own under the kitchen sink, don't know why..... it just ended up there.

Having a laugh about the things we did when we were MUCH younger.
Back in the late 70's there was a show on channel 10 Sydney called "Thank God It's Friday at the Zoo" hosted by the then very popular radio 2SM dj Mr Ian Macrea & the Hon Nick Jones.
I was a regular on the show, now trying to see if I can find copies of the 10 or so episodes we made. Not having much luck so far........

 

[Denali]

I'm considering spending $50 on a mulberry silk sleep/eye mask.

My life has come to this...

 

[Milboo]

How do you know that?

Grabbing the paper that sits against the wall = grubby wall.

How do I know that she turns it around? Because I walk into the bathroom and it's turned around...

Least if it's against the wall - it's not collecting the bacteria floating around! Don't know about you but my bathroom walls get wiped at least weekly!

 

[Milboo]

I used the M4 on 24 September and today. I only noticed the signs today and then checked the big signs to see TOLL. It was a shock to me as I have not heard any discussion about M4 tolls reintroduced except for the West Connex stretch.

I hate paying for something I've already paid for. Quite happy to go from Homebush Bay Road to Parramatta Road to Church St and then M4 and same for return.

When I checked Google earlier plenty of stories of additional heavy traffic on Parramatta Road as people avoid the toll.

Does anyone know what's the administration fee for not paying the toll? $10? $20? Or more?

I'll be sending some negative feedback too.

Think the admin fee is $10.

Why send negative feedback? There seriously has been plenty of notice about it - including on the radio and signs on the M4 saying it will be payable. It came into effect in August.

 

[Pushka]

How do I know that she turns it around? Because I walk into the bathroom and it's turned around...

Least if it's against the wall - it's not collecting the bacteria floating around! Don't know about you but my bathroom walls get wiped at least weekly!

Not here. No need to wipe the walls that often.

 

[Milboo]

The joys of small bathrooms - top to bottom clean of everything takes 15 mins only!

 

[JohnK]

Think the admin fee is $10.

Why send negative feedback? There seriously has been plenty of notice about it - including on the radio and signs on the M4 saying it will be payable. It came into effect in August.

So if you're not a regular user of the M4 or don't listen to radio it's tough luck?

There are enough warnings about paying TOLL on M5, M2, M7 etc. I did not see any warnings on Homebush Bay Road that the M4 between Homebush and Parramatta now has a toll other than the sign M4 Motorway which I ignore as I have turned there many times and know it's the M4 Motorway.

I think it's deceptive.

Oh and I can handle paying ~$38 for my silly oversight.

 

[cove]

Thanks JohnK......just think of the shareholders!

 

[Milboo]

So if you're not a regular user of the M4 or don't listen to radio it's tough luck?

There are enough warnings about paying TOLL on M5, M2, M7 etc. I did not see any warnings on Homebush Bay Road that the M4 between Homebush and Parramatta now has a toll other than the sign M4 Motorway which I ignore as I have turned there many times and know it's the M4 Motorway.

I think it's deceptive.

Oh and I can handle paying ~$38 for my silly oversight.

No - you pay attention to signs as there are warning notices and the sign says TOLL. FWIW - I use it once a month and barely listen to the radio but still knew. The big toll gantries they spend months constructing also give it away.

Not sure which way you're turning from but the whole area has been reconfigured - including complete relocation of the south bound (to go west bound) ramp in the last couple of months. Always good to be an alert driver when there have been significant changes!

 

[JohnK]

Always good to be an alert driver when there have been significant changes!

I am an alert driver. The mind sees what it wants to see. I'm coming from Hurstville side and using the ramp just past the Parramatta Rd and Sydney Markets exit.

There needs to be warnings there is now a TOLL.

For what it's worth I used to use same ramp for many years, get off at Silverwater Rd and then get back on Church St. There were plenty of warnings this was last exit before TOLL. Just like there is on the M5 ciming from Liverpool and I get off on Milperra Rd.

I'm against the concept of tolls.

 

[whatmeworry]

Add me to the list of using "hatchings/matchings/despatchings = the only time these days I go to a church service.
Paper towel roll stands on it own under the kitchen sink, don't know why..... it just ended up there.

Having a laugh about the things we did when we were MUCH younger.
Back in the late 70's there was a show on channel 10 Sydney called "Thank God It's Friday at the Zoo" hosted by the then very popular radio 2SM dj Mr Ian Macrea & the Hon Nick Jones.
I was a regular on the show, now trying to see if I can find copies of the 10 or so episodes we made. Not having much luck so far........

Bad news time. The tapes of those shows have probably been taped over or destroyed.

You could contact the station directly but their is also issues of copyright.

Contact – Television.AU

Television | NFSA

 

[whatmeworry]

Great tribute to Las Vegas victims and Tom Petty on SNL.

 

[Milboo]

Thanks for sharing - the link I'd had for the cold open and tribute (official SNL one) doesn't work (due to distribution delays).

 

[cove]

We don’t have toll roads, daylight saving nor pubs with gambling machines in WA.

 

[whatmeworry]

We don’t have toll roads, daylight saving nor pubs with gambling machines in WA.

Has anybody done a study estimating how much $$$ the East has subsidised WA?

 

[drron]

Actually WA has been subsidising the rest of Australia apart from NSW-
States prosper at WA's expense

 

[cove]

That figure would be a minus if you only go back 20 years WMW. If you go back 100 years WA would still owe a little bit.
Now that Victoria has lost car manufacturing, Portland looking like it could close and a need to fix quite a bit of infrastructure spending I am starting to worry about what is happening over there.