The Australian Zeitgeist Tracking Thread

oh jeez

got our highly specific and helpful smart meter installation scheduling information, telling us that we will lose our power for an hour inside a very specific TWO WEEK PERIOD

so, at some point within a fortnight our power will be cut without notice

not that we regularly work from fucking home or anything

I think you can refuse them being put in or something? Also hows it work when you rent? My house is old and my wiring is way dodgy, I admit I'm a bit worried about the fires some ppl have had from this shit :/

I dunno, I think the meter is outside but y'know telling us the actual day that it will happen would be useful, not "guhhhh before the rapture"

cocks

there is a very real danger of you not even knowing this has happened until after it's over:((((

<3

first world problems

I don't see why they can't run a schedule, basically

My best mate was working for the company that was developing the smartmeters and the wimax network and thanks to that, and some shit he's told me, frankly I dont want one anywhere near any house I live in, in the state theyre in right now. Trust me on this.

I trust you

The disorganisation I heard about was o_0.

think we've already had dem smarterermeterers installed at the block - nothing exploded as yet

give it time

big concerns round my way:

- evil non-residents using the apt block bins
- evil non-residents taking the limited parking spots
- couch that mysteriously appeared in ground floor lobby, stayed a week, then disappeared again -> wtf even is this

My guess: someone nicked it off hard rubbish, realised they couldnt get it up the stairs, couldnt work out what to do with it?

Haitch where u gonna fit another couch in your joint?

it seemed 'placed' to forma a horseshoe with the other two (much nicer) couches, but!

xp lol

Hi S, whats the haps!

what the fuck is "OZBAMA"

the new ozomatli lp

the 'z' is silent

as is the second 'a'

Sydney's useless monorail under threat of being torn down in four years if the Government stumps up $60 million to buy it back from the owners, to facilitate redevelopment of Darling Harbour convention centre.

Along the way, it had beaten some other, more radical alternatives. There had been a serious proposal with the support of the National Trust and others for the monorail to be replaced with a ''Lazertube-Skywalk''.

This was 1980s-speak for a moving footpath from Town Hall, dipping underground in places. The Royal Australian Planning Institute thundered in the pages of the Herald in 1987 that it was a far more ''cost-effective'' option.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SgELYKeB4GU/S2hmoGK4ONI/AAAAAAAAAvI/GX7SjfNJCP0/s400/vlcsnap-2010-02-02-08h45m02s140.png

Sydney, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook

xp aghhh fuck

Bahahah!

I've been to Syd quite a bit since that thing was built and never been on it. Does anyone actually use it apart from tourists as a novelty?

I used it once, as a tourist

i went on it once. you can't even see out of the windows, because they're covered in ads. fuck that monorail.

"how can we monetise this monorail going forward"

the monorail episode of the Simpsons is funny because it's true

I hopped on the Monorail and scored this exclusive picture:

http://images.wikia.com/simpsons/images/c/ca/Biteyandmarge.png

hey guys hey guys LIGHT RAIL DOWN GEORGE STREET

(eventually, one day, we promise, cross our hearts, don't bring up "Sydney Metro")

what the fuck is the puppy thrown out the window story my mom half explained to me on our weekly sat call????

They better not put a tram line down George Street. I lived in Edinburgh during the construction of their delayed and over budget tram to the airport. For the entirety of my stay there were road works, road closures and general chaos from the main drag being ripped up for tram tracks. It was horrible and if Sydney decides to do the same thing I'm leaving until it's finished.

lazertube skywalk otm

what the fuck is the puppy thrown out the window story my mom half explained to me on our weekly sat call????

Someone threw a puppy out the window (that's roughly the point at which I changed channels)

btw, today's Oz headline:

HYGIENE LESSONS WILL HELP MIGRANTS INTEGRATE: COALITION

When I stopped using deodorant the usual stink went away in a matter of weeks. Putting all those quickly absorbed chemicals under your armpits every day does nothing for your long term health. DON'T USE DEODORANT!!!!!

Commenter
robby
Location
melb
Date and time
January 10, 2012, 7:17AM

clearly a migrant

Australians are generally assertive enough to growl at those who push into queues. Migrants learn quickly.
As for deodorant... ever smelt the average Aussie tradie on a 40 degree day?
Darron | Melbourne | 10 January 2012, 6:54AM

Why are you sniffing tradies ??
Kel | batmania | 10 January 2012, 7:42AM

"Darron"

http://i.imgur.com/UPoXz.gif

wha'happen? not the Star W4rs painter dude who got outraged that a comic book for grown-ups had a breastfeeding scene with no exposed boob and that this made it unsuitable for children I assume

no that's from a crikey reaction toon to deodorantgate

*googles*

To be honest I really wanted to get some more Jack Daniels steak sauce but I have a bunch of different kinds of steak sauce that I had got to try and didn't really care for but I knew if I tried to push for steak sauce it would be Deodorantgate all over again. So I decided not to press my luck. It all worked out. I had to give up my surge protector to make my dad's DVD player work but he's all set up now.

oh ok

heavens

wtl;tr

Am so depressed by the general commentariat on deodorantgate, too. I mean ya rly, aussies be all idiots, but fuck its like playing racism bingo with all the comments of "pc correctness", "pc gone mad", "there I said it", "she just said what we're all thinking" and "lol taxi drivers stink". &Y^&%&^

we smell like cheese to azns

tbf, I do eat cheese like Nate Dogg smokes weed