Time to go to Aldi, and grab an “Adult Hobby” kit they have on special.

Setka was pretty popular at a grassroots level though. He have enough support to win elections.

They do 6.66% beers, and a few Death Metal flyer artists have done their cans.

The Mill Brewery are taking over the Bendigo Hotel, and keeping the bandroom.

I don’t bother until the very last moment, as I normally have a tax debt.

A retired old man, just like Rod Sims.

5G does have a congestion problem at peak hours as well, meaning that Telstra and Optus won’t sell you 5G home broadband if there’s already too many subscribers in your area.

wolf cafe firebombed this week in Millers Junction Altona.

I remember that cafe was a Covid hot spot, back when contact tracing was a thing.

Thoughts on the rumour that Costco Docklands is closing?

I kind of think it’s a good riddance. The inner city is ill suited for an automotive dependant single story superstore. It’s fun when a V/Line replacement coach gets stuck in the queue of drivers wanting to turn into Costco.

In Japan you have to head well out of the way to visit Costco. The only one in Tokyo is in Hachioji. Otherwise you have to visit Yokohama, Saitama or Chiba prefecture.

Meanwhile they are claiming to the ATSB that a flap issue in the 737-800 is non-safety critical, therefore a change in procedures is not needed.

It’s also going to be interesting seeing the root cause. Tool control is pretty strict in Aviation, and they will be able to identify the exact torque wrench that was meant to tighten up those bolts.

Boeing did have a few crashes in the 1990’s, due to a faulty servo motor in the rudder.

Fuel price in Osaka is 174 yen per a liter. Given the the AUD to Yen is almost at parity, I think we’re being ripped off at the pump.

As an engineer in the Aussie Telco industry, I know a lot of people that work for Telstra, or companies under the TPG group.

However I don’t know anyone that works for Optus.

In Japan is common for a main street in a shopping district to be closed for vehicular traffic on Weekends.

However it’s pretty much only the main street that gets closed.

Japanese law also puts more responsibility for the driver of the bigger vehicle to avoid an accident as well. So streets where vehicular traffic are allowed are somewhat chill as well.

There’s also been a lot of substandard materials used by DoT contractors post Covid, which means that the project supervisors also really have to keep an eye on things as well

However all the good regional supervisors at the DoT have gone into consultancy, leaving their regional offices staffed with a lot of graduates.

I’m also going to say that intersection design is also a bigger factor than road surfaces. Especially as a now banned optical illusion causing intersection style is still rife across the regions. Drivers on the side road think that the intersection is a roundabout. But in fact they need to yield to the main road.

The Chiltern quadruple fatality was caused at one such intersection, and it’s quite easy to see how the intersection can be perceived as a roundabout.

We’re not gonna have the resources to replace every intersection. However it’s almost negligent leaving that style of intersection on the main alternative route into Chiltern.

This fact is also reflected in the tonnage statistics.

For non-bulk freight across the Nullarbor, rail has double the market share of Sea transport. Which then has double the market share of Road transport. It’s not the case for Melbourne Sydney though.

I owe money, so I’m in absolutely no hurry to do mine.