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You can choose to spend the time it takes to load a web page to see where the cheapest fuel is. Or you can not, loading web pages is hard. You can just rock up at a servo and pay whatever it costs.

This is how it works in WA. Remember that "failed experiment" fuelwatch? Well, that was a WA innovation that never went away. It was here first, and is still very popular. You can load the map and immediately see that the cheapest fuel within a few km of the city is Shell Highgate. It's also super handy when you're in a part of town that you aren't familiar with/don't know where the local servos are.

You know these prices are set until midnight, so you can plan your day. From late afternoon, the site will show tomorrow's prices as well. So you can see whether the price is cheaper tomorrow or today. Maybe Highgate is out of your way? You can see the cheapest fuel that is on your way.

I have no idea why this system didn't take on nationally. It is so much better than going "ooh - cheap fuel, I'll fill up on the way home from the shops", only to see it went up 10c in the next hour. I'm out of touch with Melbourne's fuel prices these days, but a few years back Perth was consistently 20c/litre cheaper than Melbourne. Is that still the case?

Well, sort of but not really. Telecom had no 3G infrastructure - it didn't exist yet when the carrier was privatised.

But, I agree with you in essence that Telecom would not have disabled 3G like this. I also do not think they'd have decommissioned the analogue phone network when they did. Which also affected rural customers at the time.

Of course I read the article. But the article adds nothing to the confusion around what is and isn't too revealing.

Where in that line? Who makes that call? Why is this even an issue? I'm saying a pair of speedos is more revealing than a bikini, but they're fine.

There have been several occasions where governments have tried to dictate specifically to women about what they can wear while swimming in public. This reads like more of the same. Nobody complains about what men wear in public, only and always women.

The arguments always seem to come from people who are sexualising women, usually men 'who don't feel comfortable'. That's a you problem, mate. Don't like it? Go somewhere else.

But Speedos are fine, right? Because men?

You may me a touch too old?

The switch is wildly popular among 9-12 year olds. Then they upgrade to other consoles/PC. Pokemon, Zelda, Mario are massive in that age range. 90's kids are probably going in for the nostalgia. Nintendo Online gives them back their old Gameboy games.

It isn't a slight against you/us. It's a slight against Americans.

ATMs in the EU used to have a bunch of flags for the assorted languages, with the Union Jack representing English. US tourists would complain and kick up a fuss that English wasn't an option among the flags, because they are looking for the stars and stripes.

Hey look - we're up that that two weeks of the year where this is a thing, again. Yay us!

3 March would conflict with Labour Day in WA. Not that I'd have much aversion to moving Labour Day to some other day, but you're basically taking a national problem and making it a WA problem if you do that. West Australians would still need to find a date to make a public holiday. We would not be in favour of losing a public holiday. 😃

Personally, I'd like to see a day where we have a real treaty with First Nation peoples, and celebrate that day as a new Australia Day. We're about a generation away from that, I fear though.

I find the "4 Million" number for Perth suspect. I bet the bulk of those numbers are patrons using the line between Perth and Bayswater (the old part of the line) before the branch off to the new section. I'd be delighted to be corrected on this, but "Passengers on the airport line" doesn't mean they're going to/from the airport. The Perth <-> Bayswater corridor is very popular.

Also missed in the video: If you have a smartrider, all public transport fares in Perth cap at $5. Including the airport stations. Which is a bit moot, since all fares are $0 for the summer anyway.

Ha! I had to fly Melbourne to Canberra to do work at CSIRO occasionally. I only needed to do it like 4-5 times, mostly I worked remotely. But that was a commute.

A peek into her mind:

The globe is sadly groaning with debt, poverty and strife
And billions now are pleading to enjoy a better life
Their hope lies with resources buried deep within the earth
And the enterprise and capital which give each project worth

Is our future threatened with massive debts run up by political hacks
Who dig themselves out by unleashing rampant tax
The end result is sending Australian investment, growth and jobs offshore
This type of direction is harmful to our core

Some envious unthinking people have been conned
To think prosperity is created by waving a magic wand
Through such unfortunate ignorance, too much abuse is hurled
Against miners, workers and related industries who strive to build the world

Develop North Australia, embrace multiculturalism and welcome short term foreign workers to our shores
To benefit from the export of our minerals and ores
The world's poor need our resources: do not leave them to their fate
Our nation needs special economic zones and wiser government, before it is too late

Gina, 2012

She wrote this "poem", had it imprented onto a plaque. Then, she placed a massive rock in front of a cheap market/shopping centre in Perth.
https://theworstofperth.com/2012/02/13/la-gina/

IT People: not really big on small-talk. 😀

You may have been registered in your state. Health department and driver's licenses are both state based records. Medicare is national and there are rules about government agencies using data from different departments without consent.

It is better to register your organ donor status with Medicare, as that can be accessed by any hospital in the nation.

There genuinely are visa restrictions on working for some people. They're usually students who can have a maximum amount of paid hours or tourists who aren't allowed to work unless they have a 417 working holiday visa. If they're here on a regular tourist visa, they aren't permitted to work.

How did you find them? Most scams work by approaching you. It's a bit hard to run a scam if you are waiting for people to google you. Not impossible, but less likely.

I think the approach of contacting the UK version and clarifying is good. Just make sure they're legit before you do. 😃

I'd be cautious, for sure.

Nope. I bet this entirely kills sales of those products. I predict it'll be more profitable to just have regular shelves. Even with a percentage of loss through shoplifting.

Let's see if I'm right and this doesn't get rolled out to all the other stores. 😃

I'd love to have a channel to Dav Pilkey. I'm sure he's doing fantastic and doesn't need any sort of reinforcement. My kids are sitting on the couch re-reading Dog Man books, and giggling their heads off.

The neat thing about Dog Man is it is full of puns and pop culture references. When they first read them, they get a tiny fraction of those. My oldest is now 13 and has picked up on loads of word play and cultural references that he's never understood previously. He's probably older than the target demographic, but is loving them all the same.

I'm sure seeing his work bring all this joy to a couple of kids on the other side of the planet would make him beam with happiness. At least it would for me, even if I were a multi millionaire.

Do they not always have eggs? I've clearly missed something Melbourne based, here.

I don't think I've ever noticed Lemmy do this before, but:

Happy Cake Day!

Ha! They'll never let him on-air again. He makes them look too stupid.