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> ALDI & Coles range cheaper And cheaper again if you buy their non-foaming soft soap, dilute it with water, and use it in your foaming…

Thanks for the insight, I think I'll wait until 60 days before the July-September BAS is due before I apply. The BAS due this month is too…

> This saves me from paying credit card charges to ATO. How does that work? According to the table on this page, every type of credit and…

How long did it take though?

> $4k Min. Spend in The First 60 Days By my reading of the T&C's, payments to the ATO do qualify. If you have a quarterly BAS, it's due in…

So the one in this deal is counterfeit? Or at least, it's showing a picture of a counterfeit watch? The picture doesn't change if I select…

When you ask for the raincheck, Coles will ask you how many you intend to buy, and note that down along with the price. When using the…

I'm no expert in watches, but the red "WR" on the bottom-right of the face differs from the picture on Amazon. There's no red line around…

> All of the solar panels and batteries are all made by our most likely enemy. Incorrect, in both cases. There are a couple of Australian…

I just tried a random couple of dates at end of January 2025, and it came up $950 return with a Jetstar/Scoot combo from Adelaide to…

I'm pretty sure it'll be Telstra, as the wires are connected to Telstra equipment at the exchange. I can't find the exact details quickly,…

You're misunderstanding the "cheaper" bit, it's not about the price of uranium versus thorium. It's about the complexity and difficulty of…

For areas that are only covered by NBN satellite, landlines are going to stay forever. Unless I've missed an announcement in the news?

The Telstra touchtone should work in theory, but I suppose there must be a maximum range from the exchange before the wire resistance…

> Thorium Salt Fission I'd like to believe that will work, but real-world performance says no. India has huge thorium reserves, and have…

You left out a negative: having a small number of power stations makes you completely vulnerable in the event of a war. Seven nuclear power…

> from your own comments, there needs to be additional management overhead I did not say that. There is no management overhead, as I said…

That's not what bottom feeder means.

That's what I said above. So finally you're agreeing that there is no extra expense to keeping 3G going, and the Telcos are only stopping…

> after the power goes out (which stops the landline from functioning immediately) Landlines don't stop working when the power goes out,…

> you no longer need to check if any device is 3G or make allowance for this Stop making stuff up. There is no such check, and no…

3G and 4G are ways of modulating data and voice onto radio signals, so only exist between the basestation and the mobile devices, nowhere…

> It still needs to be maintained There is no maintenance for 3G nor 4G, it's not like Windows. I've designed equipment that goes in…

> offset by the savings in not maintaining the 3G network. That's not how it works. The modulation (3G/4G/LTE) is done in software, using…

I can see plenty of flights, starting at around $1050 with an Australian carrier (Virgin), or cheaper with overseas carriers. Mid-March is…

Yeah, many of the names that are used to describe leather are really deceptive.

Obligatory comment that "genuine leather" probably does not mean what you think it means. From Wikipedia: > The term "genuine leather" does…

While some are joking, most simply don't know that "alcohol" is the description of a lot of different chemicals. Only if you studied…

Dunno. Does it correspond with peak skiing season in Japan? I have known people who fly to Japan to ski, they say the all-up cost is…

Here are the symptoms of IPA poisoning, from Wikipedia: > Symptoms of isopropyl alcohol poisoning include flushing, headache, dizziness,…