The Dump is:
For posting comments that don’t get up at the Drum, and for having a pleasant, mirthful or enlightening off-topic discussion.
It’s not for personal abuse of other commenters.
Please do that somewhere else if you must.
Play nicely or piss off.
However, why doesn’t a poster add a link for us to read and comment on here, much quicker. Maybe we can do a bit more bagging here, not that I speak for the moderators, yet.
NB: Being tiresome and boring, racist, sexist or just plain creepy is not playing nicely.
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The Pig’s Arms exists because a dozen or so years ago our other favourite playpen – the ABC’s Unleashed blogsphere started to go off. Like a sack of prawn heads in the sun. Something had to be done.
Moderation was taking forever. Comments seemed to be rejected randomly – outrageous ones appeared and reasoned ones were pinged. When they released the Drum / Unleashed ….. things actually got worse !
So many pieces from professional writers appear with no obvious merit. And the moderation has become, to put it frankly, appalling.
As a former contributor and a commenter, I was deeply disappointed at the plummeting quality from our pre-eminent media empire. And I resented so many challenging or dare I say, witty or funny posts in which we’ve invested seconds of our precious time – getting the chop.
So here, for all our benefit – is an open slather blog. Copy and paste your best rejected comments here for posterity. Does not matter whether you’re posting on the Guardian, First Dog on the Moon or wherever else.
And sprinkle pointers to the Pig’s Arms amongst your comments. Let’s try to rescue some of the old faithful.
Cheers,
Emm.
Window Dresser's Arms, Pig & Whistle 
WOW. the poison from racists and bullies today !!! …
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The poison gets worse. I think a lot comes from the same posters and they use a few pseuds for themselves. I do feel enraged at that but try to remind myself it comes from a dedicated bank of Liberal members who hate the ABC but spend all day on its website. Reading comments on the Guardian so much better – two different worlds.
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Couldn’t be bothered even attempting to comment. The right wings bowels are open wide today. Dutton needs to hung out to dry, he’s a buffoon promoted too far above his station.
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Poor Helvi has received a bashing today. HPH and I had an encounter or two with Sea Monster and got a lot of twaddle in reply (Menzies).
Seems the Rules for Commenting have disappeared and it’s all open slather.
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What article Viv, haven’t been their today?
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No one burns themselves.
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Fanks, don’t like the Drum much
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I just logged in Vivienne. I ‘ll check it. SM hit the roof again. Or should I say hit the bottom. It’s not my fault if the moderators don’t post my comments. I gathered some information (with facts and figures) from a couple of websites regarding his questions and then I tried to post that information to SM but the mods won’t allow me. Then he blames my efforts of being rude – what ever that means!! 🙂 – He should take his anger and frustration to them. Not to me 🙂 This is the reason why I don’t post serious comments anymore.
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Well SM was plain wrong and arguing from his own imposed fantasy and not facts.
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The blokes a goose. Doesn’t understand the Snowy scheme or that only half of it was built. Doesn’t understand how much electricity it provides and when its finished with it provides irrigation. As for the Opera House doesn’t understand that the Askin Criminal Liberal Government butchered the interior and the sound or the the Min for Public works Davis was a moron. Also doesn’t understand that Carr spent a $1b rectifying many of the mistakes. He’s just a pontificating little smart arse.
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Only looked today. I’ve been on nights, and the bloody internet stopped working at home for three days!
Yes, most of the comments from godbotherer Ben seem to get through, yet reasonable ones don’t. helvi was attacked from all sides. Tried to make a couple of supportive comments, but they weren’t published!
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“not published” oooohhhhhh Big M … you have no idea how I felt last week. Funning Bastards!
Ben is off medication again
Sorry to hear about the internet, But a break away from it is good for the mental health sometimes. Talk about medication: Could you post me some pink, red and blue pills from your work place. I need them badly 🙂 🙂
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We only have antibiotics, inotropes, morphine and miscellaneous stuff.
You will have to self medicate!
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Stop all your porn did it Nancy boy?
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Yes, I had to go and look in the mirror!
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Internets working but the emails aren’t. Junior can solve it at the weekend
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No phone, no internet for three days. No reason and no apology.
Good luck with the emails.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-29/nurofen-maker-fined-$1.7m-misleading-customers/7370022
Gee that’s gonna hurt(choke choke)
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One of the execut.s might have to take a pay cut for a few week, that’ll show em(tongue firmly planted)
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Big Pharma makes billions of dollar$ every year pushing drugs. This is just a drop in the ocean. The best pain reliever is the herb you can grow at the backyard. 🙂
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This made me laugh:
‘R Supwood:
28 Apr 2016 9:51:22am
Howard. my old classmate (you never knew hm) was always and is, a self centred, lookatme, egobashing nobody, a suburban lawyer who never really worked or knew anything, but nagged and networked and nattered his way up, while we weren’t aware of the harm such miniscule mentalities can do.
Woman’s card:
28 Apr 2016 11:57:38am
Whereas you, successfully stayed a nobody.
Well done.
R Supwood:
28 Apr 2016 1:59:34pm
I’m hiding my identity, for good reasons; like you, I’m a nobody, but an honest one.
Alfie:
28 Apr 2016 2:32:49pm
“I’m hiding my identity, for good reasons”
FYI Supwood, putting your head in your bottom is not hiding your identity.
rgb:
28 Apr 2016 4:35:50pm
maybe he was looking for you.’
I have been on nights, so haven’t had much time for the Drum. Nice work from SO as well.
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Alfie leads with his jaw and rjb gives it a wack. Only bit roles for me as I’ve been working away. Not far from you Big in the Upper Hunter.
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Hope you get a chance to pick up some wine. There are still some parts of the Hunter that haven’t been ravaged by coal mines.
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Should have taken the cheese with me. No I was working more towards Barrington Tops but stayed in Singleton (now there’s a town ravaged by coal.
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Is it cold?
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What the wine the cheeses or near Barrington Tops
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Nah, Liberal voters, cold and lonely…
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I saw that but not the follow ups. He does get some good ones up.
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Brilliant ! I almost miss visiting the Drum. There’s some classic reverse trolling here 🙂
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Princes sainthood is almost complete. His backing band has reformed to make money on the back of his death.
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Trump. reply to Andso:
Why should we care? …Because we love sucking up to them. yum yum 🙂
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Manus Island. reply to Barbara Page:
The ABC is good at preserving the Status Quo. “Down Down” 🙂
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Jobs Pledge. My reply to a_boy
The longer he remains unemployed, the more money his Job Network Provider receives from the government.
Do you know how much they get per unemployed per year ?
Heaps..
🙂
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Manus Island. My reply to dafall:
250,000 healthy, but unwanted cats and dogs are killed in Australian pounds each year. That’s 800 a day. Keep that fighting spirit lads…. Build more submarines to stop the boats. Heil Hitler 🙂
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War is business and business is good. 🙂
Oh well, I must as well post here… 🙂
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Someone who has a chip-rolley on his shoulder won’t allow me to comment today 🙂
I tried this on submarine page:
“We don’t need submarines.
We need to manufacture Mining equipment and machinery. When it comes to developing state-of-the-art technology for the mining and minerals sector, the Nordic countries unquestionably punch above their weight. Companies that initially built up expertise in providing the machines needed by domestic markets have grown both organically and through acquisition, such that now there are few mining operations worldwide where equipment from one of the Nordic suppliers is not to be found. — Sleipner, Sandvik, AtlasCopco, Scania, Ruukki, Vacon, Grindex, Dezide, LKAB Wassara, Oy Katim, Fibo Intercon”
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Freedom of expression — Yeah sure, pull the other one! 🙂
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The ABC is certainly f…ed
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-26/women-who-like-hunting/7347150
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Why doesn’t the ABC put up news about people-who-like-copulating with many kinds of animals ? I’m sure there is one or two out there who would be proud to see their photos published on the ABC website. All in the name of Love 🙂 🙂
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I thought this was a good comment (take note SeaM) 🙂
truthnotfaith:
25 Apr 2016 9:53:12am
It appears the overlords are trying to push this discussion in certain directions by disalowing certain comments? Unless there is a restriction on freedom of speech i cannot accept being censored for no purpose on a site i help pay for?!.. it says add a comment, but as many as i find, ABC censorship becomes evident over public free speech. And it is very frustrating in the same waY CORPORATIONS MAKE THEIR OWN rules, thanks abc. Good to see corporate control is alive and well in this important issue and time in our nation. We are just the people you are meant to represent without bias.
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I think I think:
25 Apr 2016 11:23:27am
Read the posting rules, revise your comment accordingly, and try again. Its easier than coming up with a conspiracy theory, but may require you to accept some responsibility.
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truthnotfaith:
25 Apr 2016 1:22:07pm
So like the taxation rules we are discussing you are suggesting no conspiracy over the years to get to the prose being discussed/debated at this forum?. Just try getting through to somone in any corporation with a grievance?! Run into roadblocks from the very first step like even a phone number……. smiles.
You are trying to tell me all these woes came aBOUT BY blind bad luck and no maNIPULATION BY ENTITIES designed to enable simple reasons for something NOT occuring.
There is always a conspiracy, just whethewr it matters to your pocket or yourself personally, determines the difference between conspiracy and poor management. e.g. petrol pricing and competition… fair and competative… legal .. sure! you didnt see it so it didnt happen.. keep dreaming in your blue pill ecosystem.
The ABC is the best thing since sliced bread and it is being bleed dry by those who do not like its independence to shine light into places not lit by our LAW.. . But everyone need s a kick occassionly to remin d us all of our obligations. But never believe there are no persns in any organisation that have no personal agendas. That is what transparency strangles, and why corporations use entities to muddy waters. Yes, CONSPIRACIES occur when we do not get transparency.
As corporations use legal built loopholes to do what we are all discussing. Conspiracies!. YEP….
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Well he got that up anyway.
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Yep 🙂
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I’m thinking there is the possibility Mirabella withdraws from the election. She has made the biggest blunder imaginable.
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I agree It might be in the Liberals best interest to dis endorse her. The $10m pork barrel is worth serious votes. If its close its permanently cost her between 5-10%. Knocking others over at photo shoots doesn’t go down well either. In Bennelong a pork barrel in the last week of the 2010 election cost her the seat.
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Of course they’re not known for doing the right thing !
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They’re Lieberals they’re born to rule.
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I couldn’t believe the 10M dollar blunder, analogous to ‘my mum was gonna make lamingtons, but you’re a dick and so she isn’t’.
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Thanks for the support, Algernon. I’m surprised that we didn’t offer a burial ground and a state funeral for the guy. 🙂
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Perhaps a suburb in Canberra
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I thought Prince wrote and performed some good tunes, Would you rate him along side David Bowie or BB King as you alluded to, I wouldn’t. I thought Bobbie Womack was a better songwriter. He hasn’t had singles chart in Australia since 2004 and nothing of note since 1994. Maybe a year later in the states.Albums slightly better. His was popularity was 20 years ago.
What will come next, hagiography after hagiography, other embellishments or possibly a sainthood, who knows.
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My feelings exactly, Algernon.
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I thought him a reasonable song writer for pop songs, although not Sibelius! People say he was a great guitarist, but I’ve never seen him play much live.
Mrs M was just musing about who’s next in line for a posthuous musical sainthood.
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Seems they all get one these days especially if you’ve been around for 40 playing and singing and still going strong. Loved watching him on Rage with my daughters. We had a favourites.
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This jem from R Supwood.
Waterloo Sunsetttt DD:
22 Apr 2016 3:28:45pm
Yes, according to my notes (about the number of for & against bias/partisan), The ABC is hands down on ALP’s side.
They don’t seem to realise what they’re doing. Or, do they?
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graazt:
22 Apr 2016 4:03:47pm
Posting your blather apparently. Which is arguably helping the ALP indirectly.
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R Supwood:
22 Apr 2016 6:00:32pm
You type well, one handed. Don’t blister your sausage.
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Go here for Mirabella’s latest. Sickening, vile……. https://www.facebook.com/SkyNewsAustralia/videos/10153558492386728/?fref=nf
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I’m astounded she can say it with a straight face. Pork barrelling at it’s best.
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She’s deluded. Then again she locks people in sheds and barrels them out of the way in photo shoots
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I can only hope the good folk of Indi return McGowan. Mirrabella is such a revolt person. Totally unfit for public office.
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Anyone seen HOO?
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No Mark, but Hoo keeps knocking on the door? I won’t open it until I know Hoo is there. 🙂
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Back on deck friend, will have to write some stories. 🙂
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Good to see you again. The pub was a bit quiet lately! Must be the weather 🙂
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Yeah, tell us a bed time story.
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What? Who? No, where the fuck have you bin?
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Bin in the bin
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Now you are bin free you can write us all a really nice story.
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Yes. I will try two right a nice story, you know, one that starts at the beginning and finishes at the end, sort of.
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PS:My sister read an episode of Foodge and had me sectioned after she stopped laughing.
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Sounds like an Oosterman story, full of words in a certain order.
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Old bloke great to see you back. Keeping well
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Pretty good now thanks young fella, still not sleeping well but otherwise good. Pain under reasonable control but have to be careful about what I do.
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Tunes is an idiot. Young Liberal on duty. All thick as bricks.
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Oh! I’ve seen this ‘looney tunes’ many months ago – last year. I think he is a regular conservative liberal party warrior on the drum using a different screen name.
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There’s another piece of filth there today, Jerome. A Bernardi drone by the looks.
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So Bronnie has been dumped from Mackellar what a shame. But really its a win for the power man behind the winner. Just like the one installed in Berowra.
Bronnie will be no great loss achieved sod all when she was in politics in fact really achieved sod all generally. But she was entitled . Just like all good tories, born to rule and stuff the rest.
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It was an honour to serve …… blah blah. You’re right Algy. A Liberal blot on the human landscape.
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I was speaking with my well connected Liberal (who won’t be voting for them) mate last night. He talked about some of the truly revolting and nasty things she has done in her wasted 30 year career. She is no different to so many of them from the past,
Served who, herself first and always.
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Gotta love The Drum. First post up almost instantly, then the mods turn their computers on and it goes back to nothing getting up.
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Mondays are the same…
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The all got up but there’s no rhyme or reason to it
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Seems most were whinging about the state of public transport today. When you scratch the surface most of them didn’t use it but were experts about it. Others were complaining about using a card instead of being able to buy a ticket.
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Algernon, the state of public transport is different from suburb to suburb and city to city. The standard of service went down since privatisation and became more expensive for users.
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True, but this lot were bagging public transport yet the didn’t use it. I do however I do choose to use express services. I would chose not to yet the milk run services. Strathfield to Penrith which I use at least once a week is 36 minutes on an express train 51 on a limited and over an hour on the all stops.
Privatisation would be a worry by that’s what Baird appears to be moving towards.
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I agree, Algy, I used to hate public transport until the cost of parking the car at a Sydney hotel went from free, or part of the hotel price, to well over a hundred bucks a night. Plus the cost of the train has dropped by 80% over 20 odd years!
SoZ made Alfie his bitch:
‘Alfie:
15 Apr 2016 1:06:49pm
“You have an adult life?”
Yes, some of us do Zaky. Some of us also work so that some of you can have jelly, ice-cream and even red cordial at you birthday party.
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Son of Zaky:
15 Apr 2016 2:35:40pm
I had the most recent party just over two months ago, and just assumed that Mr Dribbles the Clown was you moonlighting away from your day job. I had no idea you’d chipped-in for the refreshments as well. I’m impressed, and very grateful. The other residents at my care centre also send their best.
Loved the magic trick where you took common sense and made it disappear – I still haven’t worked out how you did it.’
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A nice piece of work by Zaky. Of course Alfie is a fuller. Claimed he drove to the city couldn’t slum it with the plebs. You’d have to have a car spot as part of your package otherwise parking is the city is prohibitive. Even early birds are around $30 a day, casually it can be $160-180 a day.
I rarely used it for a number of year because a had a work vehicle. I found I’d have to chill after driving. Now I just sit there read a paper, look at the smart phone. Talk to people and arrive home relaxed. Even my Penrith can be like that.
Where I do agree though is the trips should be faster. In this day and age a train trip from Newcastle should be at least as fast as driving and faster. Even the suburban runs could be faster than they are.
Half the time I think its snob value not taking public transport.
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I have to admit to previously being a bit of a snob about PT, and I still drive most places in Newcastle, but I’m starting to dread taking the car into Sydney. I still don’t understand most of the objections to the Opal card, etc. It speeds up the entire process, is cheaper, and can be linked to your credit card.
Yes, Newcastle to Sydney should be less than two hours, in fact, when the Sydney Olympics were on, it was down to less than that, so they can do it!
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I really find the objection to the Opal card strange. i resisted at first due to my bus 10’s being cheaper over a fortnight by about $4.50. But once I started using it the extra expense didn’t worry me. I don’t have to find anywhere to buy a ticket and I can use it on all types of transport. On weekends I’ll drive even to the city where parking can be as little as $12 for the day. Its those on the seniors version that seem to complain the most but I wonder if it was that under the old paper system many of them scammed it whilst still working full time.
I wonder if its an age thing Big. Some places I don’t enjoy driving to and prefer less to drive at night. Mrs A hates the M1 and would dread having to drive north. Even yesterday we went up to Brooklyn. She was terrified unless we had clear road in front of her. She’d cope better if she drove but still hates the road. All stems from an accident we had some years ago when some idiot stopped in the middle lane for no reason.
It was amazing during the Olympics not only where the trains frequent they were fast. How come they can’t do that all the time
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Funnily enough, my mother has embraced the Opal card, but she reckons that the card readers on the bus malfunction quite often, so don’t charge for the ride, and the drivers don’t really care.
I don’t mind driving anywhere, anytime, but hate paying for parking (just about everywhere is free except for the CBD in Newcastle), and hate paying for the toll roads that our taxes have already, and continue to be, paid.
The M1 can be daunting. I think it should be six lanes, and the speed limit lifted to 130k, but, unfortunately, there are too many morons who are allowed to drive, such as the bloke who caused your accident.
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She’s right about the card readers. I never mind when they’re not working on my short weeks. Was pissed off recently though, when the Friday trip by bus and ferry was wrecked by a card reader not working the day before on what would have been my 8th trip making the ferry trip and bus trips free, instead i had to pay. One good thing is I have to see someone at Dee Why every few months. If I get it right one trip to Dee Why then the return trip provided its in the hour then the trip home all for $4.50. It would have been three trips with the old tickets.
I don’t mind driving most the time but I’m noticing some trips I’d prefer not to take. The accident on the freeway was caused by a Chinese driver. Living where I do should tell me they can’t drive. Even my Chinese friends say these recent lot can’t drive.
I agree the M1 should be double the size however it would give those arseholes who can’t drive extra lanes to be a danger to others. I don’t get why at 110kn they have to sit one car length behind you. I tend to just touch the brakes whilst accelerating then watch them jam on the brakes. I agree that M roads as a rule should be 130 or even 140 km limits. They’re designed to over 200kms.
The M2 is a classic case of a Liberal Party fuck up which we still pay for and will for another 25 years.
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There are only a handful of people who can understand my humour and “V” ain’t one of them. Pity. 🙂
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Thanks hph. I gave Crisplion a swipe back but it didn’t make it. I figured it could be old Forrest G. I’m surprised the mods have let his comments through. The Rules are not being applied !
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Anytime dear Vivienne.. That is, if the mods allow me.
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See the shit the mods allow re migration. Discussion pouring scorn and muck on our Indigenous – once again. Makes my stomach turn.
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And they call this “providing balance” in discussions/debates !
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23 comments by JoeBlog so far…. wtf?
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timestamp of your comment: 2:27, timestamp of my comment: 2:30 and just now your comment shows up! Go figure! ..coffee boy is confused today 🙂
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Nice work, you two.
Too much bullshit and too many wankers.
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Crazy – suddenly comes up way after I turned off computer. Stupid mod.
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Big Ben:
12 Apr 2016 1:16:29pm
I’m glad I’m not mixed up in my own head enough to be a republican.
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Son of Zaky:
12 Apr 2016 1:59:09pm
You’re mixed up in your own head just fine Ben.
Don’t let anyone bully you or tell you that you’re not mixed up enough. You just be your own mixed up man and be proud of it.
And if you ever want to marry another mixed up man, I’m with you on that one too.
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heh heh heeee
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🙂 🙂 Poor old ben the wanker
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He’s back after another therapy session.. blue pills, red pills.. 🙂
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Action and Reaction:
11 Apr 2016 12:45:25pm
Turnbull protectors are at it again, eh, ABC. It won’t make any difference – he’s a boring dickhead with no principles and the sooner he is gone the better. 🙂
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