Why is it.................?

[b0son]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Its because the trucking companies are contracting cheaper drivers from other countries where they have different or no rules to do things like this.

The worst offenders seem to be aussies out here. The truck gets collected, and a car/ute left in its place for a couple of days, then truck is back and car/ute is gone and rubbish left behind. Rinse and repeat. Council dont seem to care.

[Citroënbender]

Who or what is an Aussie, though?

[Itsme]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Its because the trucking companies are contracting cheaper drivers from other countries where they have different or no rules to do things like this.[/QUOTE

Originally Posted by b0son

Why is that trucking companies seemingly no longer need a depot? Our local industrial areas seem to have become the de facto dumping ground for trailers not in use, if not entire truck/trailers between runs. Even maintenance is being carried out on the street, and even old tyres just being dumped on the nature strip (not too mention all the garbage from inside their cabs).

This problem really has nothing to do with trucking companies or drivers from overseas, it is well known fact that most trucking companies will employ independent owner contractors to cover excess work.

It is the independents who cause this problem of parking in the streets, also customer premises not able to accept all loads booked in for the day.
I work in this industry and see this all the time in my own local transport hub area.

PS: As for truck driver dumping rubbish, well yea they are pigs for this, we get them doing this on our site and by God if they get caught, it is instant ban from our company.

[Citroënbender]

Workshop in Perth offering discounts to a Sydney resident…



Do their prices include picking up and returning the vehicle?

[DFB FGXR6]

Why is it tool companies dictate what I should buy?

I'm needing a set of spade drill bits for timber. I can buy each size separately, or a pre-determined set of sizes. The pre-determined set sounds good, but they skip sizes, for example 10mm, 14mm, 17mm, 20mm, 22mm.............and so on.

I would prefer to buy a set and have a nice case to hold them. But, I just know that when I go to grab a drill bit, the kit won't have the exact size I need, which then means I have to go and buy that size separately, then have nowhere to fit it in the fancy case. So, I WANT THEM ALL, not a token selection made by a product planner who probably doesn't even use said tools.

Same concept applies to other drill bits and drivers, screwdrivers, sockets and ratchets......................

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Why is it tool companies dictate what I should buy?

I'm needing a set of spade drill bits for timber. I can buy each size separately, or a pre-determined set of sizes. The pre-determined set sounds good, but they skip sizes, for example 10mm, 14mm, 17mm, 20mm, 22mm.............and so on.

I would prefer to buy a set and have a nice case to hold them. But, I just know that when I go to grab a drill bit, the kit won't have the exact size I need, which then means I have to go and buy that size separately, then have nowhere to fit it in the fancy case. So, I WANT THEM ALL, not a token selection made by a product planner who probably doesn't even use said tools.

Same concept applies to other drill bits and drivers, screwdrivers, sockets and ratchets......................

I don't bother with sets any more, most times you have bits you won't ever use, I just buy the common size I use, been doing this for over 40 years and been really cheap for me in the long run.

OBTW, don't tell your neighbours this, as they are good for borrowing from when you need that odd size.

[Syndrome]

Why is it so many soccer players have been able to get tattoos on their bodies considering their pain threshold is so low?

[Citroënbender]

Maybe they’re the “lick and stick” type tattoos that used to come in packets of bubble gum? You’ll need to get close enough to sniff one, so you can be sure if it smells like lollies.

[Syndrome]

Why is it we only now know why Ralf Schumacher sucks?

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Why is it tool companies dictate what I should buy?

I'm needing a set of spade drill bits for timber. I can buy each size separately, or a pre-determined set of sizes. The pre-determined set sounds good, but they skip sizes, for example 10mm, 14mm, 17mm, 20mm, 22mm.............and so on.

I would prefer to buy a set and have a nice case to hold them. But, I just know that when I go to grab a drill bit, the kit won't have the exact size I need, which then means I have to go and buy that size separately, then have nowhere to fit it in the fancy case. So, I WANT THEM ALL, not a token selection made by a product planner who probably doesn't even use said tools.

Same concept applies to other drill bits and drivers, screwdrivers, sockets and ratchets......................

Well, I ended up with these, mostly because they come in a red case...................

https://sydneytools.com.au/product/m...-spade-bit-set



Because they have a 1/4" hex shank, I used it with my Surge impact driver, nice combo!

[Top_Ghia]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Why is it tool companies dictate what I should buy?

I'm needing a set of spade drill bits for timber. I can buy each size separately, or a pre-determined set of sizes. The pre-determined set sounds good, but they skip sizes, for example 10mm, 14mm, 17mm, 20mm, 22mm.............and so on.

I would prefer to buy a set and have a nice case to hold them. But, I just know that when I go to grab a drill bit, the kit won't have the exact size I need, which then means I have to go and buy that size separately, then have nowhere to fit it in the fancy case. So, I WANT THEM ALL, not a token selection made by a product planner who probably doesn't even use said tools.

Same concept applies to other drill bits and drivers, screwdrivers, sockets and ratchets......................

Buy Snap-On. They come in red and usually do a proper full set without skipping numbers.
There drill bits are amazing. Like dangerous amazing.
You could sell the XR8 and pick up a nice socket set.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Top_Ghia

Buy Snap-On. They come in red and usually do a proper full set without skipping numbers.
There drill bits are amazing. Like dangerous amazing.
You could sell the XR8 and pick up a nice socket set.

Funny, I spotted the goofy Snap-Off truck this morning displaying some real sketchy driving skills.

Snap-On does absolutely nothing for me, a marketing company selling overpriced American junk designed in the 1980's. If we were talking Wera, well that's a very different story.

[Citroënbender]

…Some time in maybe the late eighties, bread makers in Australia decided it was appropriate to ditch “fruit bread” that often included mixed peel and currants, to be replaced with faux-American “raisin bread”. Why?

I’ve been irate ever since.

[prktkljokr]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

…Some time in maybe the late eighties, bread makers in Australia decided it was appropriate to ditch “fruit bread” that often included mixed peel and currants, to be replaced with faux-American “raisin bread”. Why?

I’ve been irate ever since.

Never liked the mixed peel, now the raisin toast with melted butter and vegemite is the go

[HIPO]

Happy they ditched the peel! & no Vegemite on mine thanks!... def. need real butter...

[Syndrome]

Why is it when I went to the bank to pay a credit card using cash via the teller I had to produce ID?

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Why is it when I went to the bank to pay a credit card using cash via the teller I had to produce ID?

Big brother likes to know who's hands cash passes through.

[Citroënbender]

…So difficult to get beige or light olive coloured 2K epoxy automotive primers now?

So they can be applied over replacement panel black e-coat on the inner surfaces of guards (etc) and make a passable impression of the factory primer.

I can get U-pol single use spray cans, else I’d have to get a white epoxy tinted. Years ago there was a PPG beige/olive primer that matched well enough, as sold.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Big brother likes to know who's hands cash passes through.

So the default position is we are guilty until proven innocent?

[AMB]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

So the default position is we are guilty until proven innocent?

Must have been a large sum you were paying off?
Syndrome wasn't joking.
I think by law transactions above 10 grand the bank must enquire, and below 10 grand if they have any reason to suspect you. Do you look scruffy (lol)??
Its all about tax evasion, illegal acivity, and the cash economy. Government don't want us to use cash, they can't track it, so can't tax it.

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Why is it when I went to the bank to pay a credit card using cash via the teller I had to produce ID?

Originally Posted by Itsme

Big brother likes to know who's hands cash passes through.

[DFB FGXR6]

Why is it Falcon's use Imperial 13/16 lug nuts and not metric 21mm? Sure, a 21mm socket works, but there is too much slop for my liking, which means having a separate deep socket.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Why is it Falcon's use Imperial 13/16 lug nuts and not metric 21mm? Sure, a 21mm socket works, but there is too much slop for my liking, which means having a separate deep socket.

What are lug nuts?

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

What are lug nuts?

Wheel nuts = Lug Nuts

[LG17]

Paid off my home loan last week so that account was closed by the bank.
Got a text on Friday asking why I had closed an account...

[Trevor 57]

Why is it people make chocolate Easter buns, nobody eats that shit

[marty351]

It's all about the diversity Trev.

[prktkljokr]

Originally Posted by LG17

Paid off my home loan last week so that account was closed by the bank.
Got a text on Friday asking why I had closed an account...

First off congratulations
Now wait till you start getting the calls to entice you into taking a loan for a investment property, and the we can help you do it.

I remember getting to the point I told my bank if I ever need anything I will call another bank, because of these phone calls, so they would leave me alone, Have had none since.

I remember having to fill something out to actually discharge our mortgage, as the payment of the home loan in full does not discharge the loan for some reason and is still listed on the house?, found this out too when we sold the wife's Mothers house as it was still listed as having a mortgage 30 years after they had paid it out.

[Citroënbender]

Yes, there was a release fee here, a bit over $200 IIRC and then they gave an extract of the electronic title and a letter.

[LG17]

We deliberately haven't discharged the mortgage just in case...
It doesn't cost anything to keep it there.
If we decide to sell (very unlikely) I'll do it then of course.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by LG17

We deliberately haven't discharged the mortgage just in case...
It doesn't cost anything to keep it there.
If we decide to sell (very unlikely) I'll do it then of course.

Never trust banks, and in my opinion close your mortgage, you really don't need it, plus you now have an asset that will cover any type of loan including a mortgage, if the needs arises again.