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factotum started the topic in Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 at 11:12am

Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank

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flollo Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 8:03pm
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Exxotixjeff Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 8:32pm

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indo-dreaming Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 9:40pm
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https://youtu.be/EqaQWR-sM3w?si=skOAYXVa_13ix3f7

This video is much better, how's the first bit with the women with the potty mouth, classic.

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Dazzza Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 9:44pm

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seeds Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 9:58pm

Put your whistle away Indo

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Supafreak Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 10:26pm
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indo-dreaming Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 10:33pm
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https://youtu.be/NHLWgKbV4TE?si=__22DQ3V8l2PG_wB

Hi jeffy

Ha ha that was my first thought .

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etarip Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 10:42pm
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Didn’t you say ‘arrests the robber’?

Just to be clear; i guess he could be considered an ‘auditor’. Or something similar. Would love to see the charter, terms of reference, scope of practice, accountabilities etc. Something more than “we won the election”

But not a law enforcement officer in any literal or tangential interpretation.

Yes, we are playing with words, but you get my "drift".

Yeah, nah.
It’s not just semantics. Just wasn’t a great metaphor tbh.

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Dazzza Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 10:46pm

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US of A

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Supafreak Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 11:00pm
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US of A

Goodnight jeffy

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basesix Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 11:02pm
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https://youtu.be/NHLWgKbV4TE?si=__22DQ3V8l2PG_wB

Hi jeffy

Ha ha that was my first thought .

fuck, I hope not. every time I wrangle a half decent exchange from the guy, he shape-shifts and denies his previous guise. ..starting to take it personally ; )

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Dazzza Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 at 11:23pm

Is that Paul Kelly and his cool guitarist
busking at S SW
Must have moved from St Kilda to Kings Cross.

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 2:15am

President Musk changed his X account name yesterday to Harry Bolz

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 6:40am
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indo-dreaming wrote:
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Dazzza wrote:

https://youtu.be/NHLWgKbV4TE?si=__22DQ3V8l2PG_wB

Hi jeffy

Ha ha that was my first thought .

fuck, I hope not. every time I wrangle a half decent exchange from the guy, he shape-shifts and denies his previous guise. ..starting to take it personally ; )

After the last few post and hours posted, i think we can confirm it's Jeffy with a new profile.

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 6:44am

And todays big Trump news.

"Live updates: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree negotiations to end Ukraine war will begin 'immediately'"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-phone...

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Fliplid Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 7:56am

Even better news

"Entities behind President Donald Trump’s crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks,"

"At least fifty of the largest investors in the coin have made profits in excess of $10 million each on the $Trump coin, according to Chainalysis. At the same time, some 200,000 crypto wallets, most with small holdings, lost money on $Trump on the exchange"

https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/trumps-meme-coin-made-nearly-...

KaChing baby!!!

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Supafreak Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 8:21am
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Even better news

"Entities behind President Donald Trump’s crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks,"

"At least fifty of the largest investors in the coin have made profits in excess of $10 million each on the $Trump coin, according to Chainalysis. At the same time, some 200,000 crypto wallets, most with small holdings, lost money on $Trump on the exchange"

https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/trumps-meme-coin-made-nearly-...

KaChing baby!!!

The party faithful will be chanting that DT & EM aren’t drawing a presidential salary. They’re doing it for free , so gotta make a buck where ya can …..eh

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Supafreak Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 8:23am

I think Dazzza has had a big night on the turps, won’t be surprised if Shazzza has grounded him .

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 8:53am
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I think Dazzza has had a big night on the turps, won’t be surprised if Shazzza has grounded him .

Ironic an Indonesian talking about turps!
Possibilities of a Class Action by the US people, against Musk and his teenybopper Doge
For accessing and holding citizens private data, without authorisation.Treasury department data is only allowed to be accessed for taxation purposes,
And the private data, belongs to the people,
Not to an unelected bureaucrat ,billionaire .
Twitter owner !

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basesix Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 8:59am

do you have a preferred eno/bowie album @Dazzza? Low, Heroes, Lodger..? I reckon they're colloquially referred to as the berlin trilogy. I liken them to the '81-ish Cure records (faith, 17 seconds, pornography), not sound-wise, just in terms of mildly-inaccessible and experimental introspective pop albums.

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:11am
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do you have a preferred eno/bowie album @Dazzza? Low, Heroes, Lodger..? I reckon they're colloquially referred to as the berlin trilogy. I liken them to the '81-ish Cure records (faith, 17 seconds, pornography) in terms of mildly-inaccessible introspective pop experiments.

I actually stopped following a lot of music,
Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Bowie etc
When I started roaming around the country,
For better or worse.
Neil Young depressed me with
Out of the Blue and into the Black, on certain herbs , so I stopped following him, and there’s not many record shops at Cactus or in an orchards.

Triple J has always played a lot of good new music though.
And YouTube is now infinite.
The Cure , A Forest live, is one of the best,

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Supafreak Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:05am

Dazzza has come out swinging this morning . It must have been one helluva party with juliang , heeby , jeffy & dazzza , no wonder shazzza is pissed .

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burleigh Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:05am

I dont think turps is Jeff’s drug of choice.

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Supafreak Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:11am

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Supafreak Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:11am
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I dont think turps is Jeff’s drug of choice.

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:14am

Oh no , now supa is going to have to delete all his saved Jeffy masterpieces.

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basesix Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:26am
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Neil Young depressed me with
Out of the Blue and into the Black, on certain herbs , so I stopped following him, and there’s not many record shops at Cactus or in an orchards ,
Triple J has always played a lot of good new music though.
And YouTube is now infinite.

yeh, its getting back to local bands playing for shits and giggles and having a day job, the way it should be. I bought 2 records at Bar Open on Brunswick St (great little side hustle in records, 3 curators: jazz, punk, eclectic): Gut Health's stilletto (singer Athina on spick'n'specks last year, she came across quite well) and The Stems' 11 Nov live Adelaide recording (on wally meanie's label, cheersquad).. both ex$$, but unreal albums, and astounding quality vinyl.

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Supafreak Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:22am
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And todays big Trump news.

"Live updates: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree negotiations to end Ukraine war will begin 'immediately'"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-phone...

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:38am
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Neil Young depressed me with
Out of the Blue and into the Black, on certain herbs , so I stopped following him, and there’s not many record shops at Cactus or in an orchards ,
Triple J has always played a lot of good new music though.
And YouTube is now infinite.

yeh, its getting back to local bands playing for shits and giggles and having a day job, the way it should be. I bought 2 records at Bar Open on Brunswick St (great little side hustle in records, 3 curators: jazz, punk, eclectic): Gut Health's stilletto (singer Athina on spick'n'specks last year, she came across quite well) and The Stems 11 Nov live Adelaide recording (on wally meanie's label, cheersquad).. both ex$$, but unreal albums, and astounding quality vinyl.

Yes sounds like you’re a lot more into the local live, music , than me,
Which I hope is still going with pokies and everything.
Seems like maybe the Taylor Swifts and
Pearl Jams etc stadium tours are cutting into the festivals around the country,
And rent food and other expenses.

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basesix Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 9:51am

pokies were the final nail. add cbd gentrification and drink driving finally being not-tolerated.. astounds me that the golden era of pub rock may well have been the 80s, but the whole 'thriving live scene' she-bang in SA was a mere 30 years long:

The story of Masters Apprentices leaving variety-show Australia for the UK in '69 after Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds, returning to find house-bands playing three sets in pubs was the beginning for me.

The pokies taking over SA at the end of the 90s was the end.

(yep to above, a mate and I were discussing how the fuck could young people possibly afford to go see bands and drink beers three nights a week like we used to? even if there were thriving local live scenes..)

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basesix wrote:

pokies were the final nail. add cbd gentrification and drink driving finally being not-tolerated.. astounds me that the golden era of pub rock may well have been the 80s, but the whole 'thriving live scene' she-bang in SA was a mere 30 years long:

The story of Masters Apprentices leaving variety-show Australia for the UK in '69 after Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds, returning to find house-bands playing three sets in pubs was the beginning for me.

The pokies taking over SA at the end of the 90s was the end.

I left Oz in 1999 from the Goldie and there was a good local rotation of live music and JJJ was great to listen to.
Got back in 2015, different country, JJJ was not recognizable to me, guess no longer could consider myself youth :). Started listening to 4ZZZ, but too much swearing for my kids.
Have been to see a few bands lately and mainly oldies, James Reyne, Richard Clapton, Hoodoo Gurus, Bad Religion, SD all oldies, except a couple of weeks ago Amyl and the Sniffers who were great.
Also hard for young crew if a tinny of beer at a venue is $12 minimum.
Anyway get back to the USA theme....
Looks like Putin has had a win, will see.

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pokies were the final nail. add cbd gentrification and drink driving finally being not-tolerated.. astounds me that the golden era of pub rock may well have been the 80s, but the whole 'thriving live scene' she-bang in SA was a mere 30 years long:

The story of Masters Apprentices leaving variety-show Australia for the UK in '69 after Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds, returning to find house-bands playing three sets in pubs was the beginning for me.

The pokies taking over SA at the end of the 90s was the end.

There are still a lot of lesser known artists touring around to various venues,
I think they’re all from Byron Bay .
I think the Valley in Brisbane still has live venues,
Then there’s Greenmount Surf life Saving club, with its weekend cover bands , entertaining everyone.
Although the Sunshine Coast did have a lot of bands spinning off from the Woodford Folk Festival, which is still going,after Christmas.

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basesix Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 10:08am

On ya Dazzza, fuck america. hook up with @seeds, he'll get you barneyed at a decent feral hinterland rock n roll gig. just have a strong tea before hand and promise not to talk to him. but yeh, if you're into nag champa dudes with a stompbox or loop pedal, there's always some of that schtick around. thankfully there's been a revival of proper folk music recently. woodford contributes to that - I really hope woodford doesn't start to program more 'blues and roots' to fill the byron void.

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basesix Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 10:36am

rugged front page language, soz. ummm... oh, here's a group i've posted before, talisk. they're at womad this year (elephant sessions having a break, haha). hope these guys are on a small stage and do a few shows and don't nick off to port fairy after saturday.





edit: bugger, yep nicking off to port fairy folk festival, have to chalk them in on fri or sat...

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Dazzza wrote:
basesix wrote:

do you have a preferred eno/bowie album @Dazzza? Low, Heroes, Lodger..? I reckon they're colloquially referred to as the berlin trilogy. I liken them to the '81-ish Cure records (faith, 17 seconds, pornography) in terms of mildly-inaccessible introspective pop experiments.

I actually stopped following a lot of music,
Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Bowie etc
When I started roaming around the country,
For better or worse.
Neil Young depressed me with
Out of the Blue and into the Black, on certain herbs , so I stopped following him, and there’s not many record shops at Cactus or in an orchards.

Triple J has always played a lot of good new music though.
And YouTube is now infinite.
The Cure , A Forest live, is one of the best,

Dazza,...Quad here, hows your Beatle collection?

Do you listen to your song very often?

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 11:34am
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basesix wrote:

do you have a preferred eno/bowie album @Dazzza? Low, Heroes, Lodger..? I reckon they're colloquially referred to as the berlin trilogy. I liken them to the '81-ish Cure records (faith, 17 seconds, pornography) in terms of mildly-inaccessible introspective pop experiments.

I actually stopped following a lot of music,
Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Bowie etc
When I started roaming around the country,
For better or worse.
Neil Young depressed me with
Out of the Blue and into the Black, on certain herbs , so I stopped following him, and there’s not many record shops at Cactus or in an orchards.

Triple J has always played a lot of good new music though.
And YouTube is now infinite.
The Cure , A Forest live, is one of the best,

Dazza,...Quad here, hows your Beatle collection?

Do you listen to your song very often?

You really are a narrow minded, one dimensional character,
You play the pokies ?

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 11:45am
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rugged front page language, soz. ummm... oh, here's a group i've posted before, talisk. they're at womad this year (elephant sessions having a break, haha). hope these guys are on a small stage and do a few shows and don't nick off to port fairy after saturday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5Dpe6OGuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKkYkUIgZj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRX2ykf7GGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknSJwYdayI
edit: bugger, yep nicking off to port fairy folk festival, have to chalk them in on fri or sat...

Good idea,
Port Fairy Festival has been going for a while,
Good luck
Missy Higgins , Cat Power Don Walker
Jeff Lang is a must see. !

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Supafreak Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 11:52am

Tulsi has been voted in . If any woman is to become the first president of the USA it will be her in my opinion , very very popular with voters . https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/senate-votes-confirm-...

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basesix Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 11:54am

one of the few USA bands at womad, nice, accessible pop-folk to get reflective to.


(I posted Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer's absolutely stunning 'Tam Lin (child 39)' once..)

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Tulsi has been voted in . If any woman is to become the first president of the USA it will be her in my opinion , very very popular with voters . https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/senate-votes-confirm-...

Obviously the Republican Senators voted her in for Trump,
I wonder how much trust the ex ally
governments will have in her and sharing classified information, with her links to Russia?
The more unqualified, incompetent people they put in , the better,
More likely to crash the government.

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 12:10pm
basesix wrote:

one of the few USA bands at womad, nice, accessible pop-folk to get reflective to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGhsf8l9k9g
(I posted Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer's absolutely stunning 'Tam Lin (child 39)' once..)

Looks like they’d be good live,
Good vocals and strumming.

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Supafreak Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 12:12pm

When you live & breathe MTN , you become Delusional Dazzza . There’s a reason Tulsi switched political parties , the dems really blew it with their treatment of Bernie & Tulsi , you can thank killery & co for that blunder . Trump probably wouldn’t have been elected in 2016 if Bernie had ran with Tulsi as VP . Just my opinion.

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When you live & breathe MTN , you become Delusional Dazzza . There’s a reason Tulsi switched political parties , the dems really blew it with their treatment of Bernie & Tulsi , you can thank killery & co for that blunder . Trump probably wouldn’t have been elected in 2016 if Bernie had ran with Tulsi as VP . Just my opinion.

When you live and breathe Fox/X
That’s all you believe,
That’s why they took so long to confirm, all the questions about visits to Syria and Assad
And links to Putin , but Fox might not mention that?
The first CIA officer to ever be elected to the US senate , Elissa Slotkin might disagree with
@supaloopa , but I’m sure he thinks he knows better than her .

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burleigh Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 12:38pm

Did EroticJeff get banned Dazzza? or you switching personalities for a day?

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Dazzza Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 12:40pm
burleigh wrote:

Did EroticJeff get banned Dazzza? or you switching personalities for a day?

I don’t know what you’re talking about?

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thermalben Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 12:51pm

EroticJeff and Dazza have left the building.

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fitzroy-21 Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 12:51pm
Dazzza wrote:
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Did EroticJeff get banned Dazzza? or you switching personalities for a day?

I don’t know what you’re talking about?

Jesus, you must think we were all born yesterday.

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EroticJeff and Dazza have left the building.

Finally some good news in this thread. Good work team.

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Optimist Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 1:55pm

Thank the good Lord…..and Ben.

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Hiccups Thursday, 13 Feb 2025 at 1:57pm

Anyone from the Trump/Elon lovers/apologisers camp wanna touch this? Bit of a hot potato I know, but give it a shot!

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Reverse Robin Hood strikes again. Jeez you'd have to one eyed to try and defend this. Anyone here with their red-hat on wanna tell us all how this is good for anyone but the rich?