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Sims Gone Wild?

I for one, prefer the term SIM Polyamory.

That's not good to hear. I have a Shark cordless vacuum which is quite good (bought it years ago). It seems like they may have pulled out…

> OP why the reluctance to name and shame? *Unified OzBargain Common Law 479.13, Section 3A, Provision 9*: "A poster asking for help with…

Good rule of thumb: everything is prohibited to import into Australia, especially anything remotely fun.

If I had a dollar for every time someone has made that joke on a US-related OzBargain thread, I could fly to the US right now.

*Took a huge dump. I think my life flashed before my eyes and I saw God. AMA.*

In today's instalment of OzBlog: a man travels overseas to do some incredibly boring shopping, gives generic travel advice that anyone…

This is a fairly common defect in new apartment buildings, I've heard of a quite few cases myself from my years in the AEC industry.…

Germany really is a headbanger's paradise. So many world-famous festivals that are host to all of the big names and even the obscure ones…

> Notable models You picked the 3 worst possible choices of all of the models on sale but OK...

You clearly don't know anything about AFOLs or modern day Lego.

Yeah it's definitely a bizarre anecdote. My Merkur must be getting up to 15 years old at this point and I've never once considered…

[Say the line Watchnerd...](https://imgflip.com/i/8vnw4j)

> Those hands look a bit small for the size of the watch (and the general legibility), This is the horology equivalent of the *"elbows too…

> Jesus Christ, you have seen the quality of this car and your suggested solution is to sink more money into this trash? You'd be amazed at…

> this documentation only goes against you tbh. if they're documenting that they see nothing (which may be true or complete BS), I can only…

I was just going to add: the most sensible criteria for purchasing SSDs are to ensure you don't purchase DRAM-less SSDs for those disks…

Are we talking performance-wise or reliability/longevity-wise? There are only 5 main manufacturers of flash NAND used in RAM and SSDs, in…

> I don’t think any of the Pokemon cards you can buy here in 2023/2024 will ever be rare and make a fortune. I could say the same for any…

Shares/stocks are just as speculative. What separates gambling from investing is the person. If you have zero self-control and moderation…

> Just the amount you can win is much lower. You win some you lose more. It's all relative. If you were collecting back in the late…

It also depends a lot on your personality type and how predisposed you are to addictive/compulsive behaviours. If you're an OCD type, then…

Definitely an introduction to collecting/hoarding; that's what got me started back in the day.

> Penalty: Imprisonment for 4 years. Lol, if they actually enforced that law (which they don't) this country wouldn't be able to build…

> That would depend on whats wrong with you… Ignoring some symptoms can have a deadly outcome. Regardless, it's none of the employer's…

It's a valid point. Paying $70-100 dollars just to go into a building and sit surrounded by other contagiously ill people to get a note for…

It's almost as if you can't judge people of past eras with the standards of your time?

> “Working condition, some rust and oxidation” Lol, hard pass.

Lol, you haven't used eBay much I take it? Counterfeit/fake goods of all kinds have been sold on eBay since its inception and all of the…