Comments by "Marvin De Bot" (@marvindebot3264) on "IWrocker" channel.

  1.  @Braun30  The American education system has a lot to answer for . . .
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  2. Bundaberg Brewing are a great company. Years ago when Bundy had bad flooding 100s of us firefighters were sent up to assist with the recovery. Bundaberg Brewing kept a constant supply of their products turning up at our base (a local football field) every day for weeks. Not just us either but the same happened at the army camp, police, ambulance, SES (State Emergency Service) and others as well as the evacuation centres. It would have been 1000s of cases all up, all free, all to help those who were there to help Bundy recover. This was also from a company whose production facilities had gone under and had no hope of replacing this stock in the short or medium term and yet it came to us, not to retail sale. I'll never forget that.
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  3. Never assume that all Aussie 4x4s are not rustbuckets, we do waaay more beach driving than you guys so buy from at least 500 clicks inland, dusty not rusty. Now yes we get a good deal on 4x4s is=n as much as we have a good selection but prices are not exactly cheap here and if you look t American stuff it's almost all parallel import so for an F250 you are looking at US$150,000 for a base model. Want a late 80s early 90s IROC Camero? that will be US$20,000 please for a half way decent one and not that much less for a shitter. Harley guy? Well, we do have dealers (my local is the oldest non-CONUS Harley dealer in the world) but prices start at around US$27,000 for a base big twin and about 15k for a sporty. Pajero here not Pahero, they wondered why local-based Sth Americans wouldn't buy them 🤣🤣🤣 (if you get it you get it). You won't see a lot of Crewmans, they are rare(ish) even here. Even better, the Adventura, a 4x4 V8 Holden wagon. Up until four years ago there were no AU market 'stangs, they were all imports. Note the insane (for US) pricetag. The Rover IS a Prelude, not a look-alike. About mileage, we tend to do a lot more miles than you guys, it's a big, empty country and especially the first ones from Alice, there are plenty of cattle properties out there where the front gate is 80 miles from the house and it's 300 miles to town, no joke. Next time go to www.carsales.com.au, much better range of vehicles.
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  4. Ploughed? Mate, there are maybe 3 ploughs in the entire country. We only have very limited snowfields where it is going to snow every year and those are mostly on mountains or the high plains of the Snowies and central Tasmania. Katoomba/Lithgow and the area gets some snow most years but that was a heavy fall for the time of year. When it does snow the Blue Mountains are transformed and it's beautiful. The big issue is the black ice, the vast majority of Aussie drivers are not used to ice on roads and it turns into a big mess. Heck, the last time I heard the "road ice warning" buzzer on a car it took me 5 minutes to work out WTF it was 😀
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  5. OK lets get some Aussie stuff laid out. } Target and K-Mart are separate companies to their US compadres but share common ownership and direction, both have been here forever and do very well indeed. On the other hand, Aussie Wendys has NOTHING to do with the US company. In Australia, Wendys is a "middle of the mall" franchise that sells coffee, shakes, hot dogs and doughnuts. It is not at all connected to the American burger chain. We have no Walmart (thank God for that!), around a dozen and a half Costcos (which we love), no Tractor Supply, or Home Depot. Our Lowes is a working man's clothing chain and our True Value Hardware (a purchasing collective of individual-owned stores) has no connection to the US juggernaut. Burger King here is licensed to an Aussie company called Hungry Jacks, there are two remaining actual Burger Kings in Sydney. (the conflict between them is a story in itself). IMHO Hungry Jacks beats the hell outa Maccas and I wish they had the capital when they needed it to compete because, as the advertising says, "the burgers are (honestly) better at Hungry Jacks." Likewise, 711 is wholly Aussie owned, they license the name as do several petrol/gas companies and many in the food game. Just because the name is the same doesn't mean it's the US company.
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  6. There's a wildland fire version as well just so you know. Battlefield armour off, fireproofing on and a big water tank where the foot soldiers would be. Minus the armour but plus fire insulation and firefighting equipment it weighs no more than stock with a 5000-litre water supply and a crew of 5. Edit: OK you covered it
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  7. TBH I am shocked that TimTams are not being marketed in the US. I know they can be got at speciality shops but I mean in general. I think they would be as popular as Bundaberg drinks and probably more so. Yes we get a lot of paper wasps but not too many of the really nasty ones and thankfully, no Murder Hornets. When they say Brisbane they mean the greater BNE area including the Sunshine and Gold Coasts. The reason it is dear up here is Covid when so many people moved north to escape the worst of Covid. That women's family are fecking heroes. An EB is nasty, you need to act very fast and very calmly. You don't get taught how to pressure bandage a snake bite over there? I mean you lived in rattler territory after all. You can buy specific bandages here that have indicators on them to show when correctly tensioned. I thought they'd be standard everywhere venomous snakes were prevalent. I'm on the board of the local showgrounds (think County Fair) and the stuff people flush down toilets would amaze you. It's a large enough expense to feature in maintenance cost reports. That's the same world over, people are pigs. Maximus is a brand of Gatorade-type drink with the same electrolytes but 1/3 of the cost and much less sugar. Yes they come in large sizes but if you are outside working all day in 40 degree heat you need it. These ones aren't bad for you either. No one drinks these at a barbie, they are a drink for outdoor workers and tradies.
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  8. The Christmas one is a special seasonal spiced ginger beer that is to die for. It's the ginger beer with cloves , nutmeg and a touch of cinnamon. The creaming soda is almost as good as A&W (which is the best in the world IMHO, we get it at Costco).
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  9. They are screwing us by putting up shipping prices as well. The cost of a 40 foot (2ICU) container from CN to AU has shot up from US$800 to US$2400 in less than a year. It is hurting them as much as us because Aussie industry can now compete with Chinese industry due to crazy shipping costs. I can now but machinery made here at similar prices to Chinese stuff.
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  10. The 12 hour is a great race and there are classes for everything from Le Mans "Production Prototype" thu the list of greats from Lambo, Ferarri, Porsche, AMG and McLaren down to classes for stock (Brakes, tyres, roll cage and shocks is about all they do) hot hatches. They are actually a lot less "race car" than the Supercars as they need to adhere to various production class regulations, no spaceframes and CF body panels here unless it's on the road car. Oh and the dates are May 13 to 15
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  11. Yes it can but not on the coast. The track is up the guts.
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  12. I'm on my 6th ban, my second 39 day one. This one was for a typo, one previous was for stating after Warnie died that "every pom I know is upset as we are". Pom is, apparently, hate speech.
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  13. The original should have been called "Things About Homes in The USA That Puzzle people from the UK" as a lot of this is not true in a lot of countries. Aussie toilets are low, we have one tap and we love AC as much as anyone.
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  14.  Andrew_koala  Um, no. Army is a word not an acronym. You are the one with much to learn.
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  15. The man is the worst European in all of history but my god, what an orator he was!
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  16. ISEs are not banned, you can still buy them. It's just uncommon.
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  17. it's people like you who keep this country running, thanks for doing what you do.
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  18.  @stuartspencer2161  Way cheaper mate, my local dairy does mil;k in glass and they need to charge $2.50 deposit on the bottle to make it viable. It's incredible milk tho.
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  19.  @bodybalanceU2  This crap is outa hand.
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  20. Ian, Maaaate! Never place any credence in any channel that uses an AI voiceover. If you can't voice ya own channel there's a problem. Cricket: LA has some 30 cricket teams some of which are really, really good and would stand up in a "warehouse" league here (that;'s the top of the amateur leagues). When we can beat y'all in baseball, then I'll be impressed! Lamb: Yeah lamb tastes nice, very nice but the fact is, you are killing something that's had maybe 10 weeks of life, and to me that doesn't seem fair. Same reason I don't eat a lot of veal. That's beside the point tho, who cares who eats more of what? Liveability: how do you quantify that? Yup, a lot of Americans from big cities would think Melbourne was a very nice p[ace indeed, they may even like it over and above their home town but folk from small-town USA would, like me, think it a craphole. It all depends on what you think is ideal living. To me, it's a great place to go shopping but I'll stick to my little Queensland town of some 800 people for living. Snakes, that subject (everything here is out to kill you) is an entire rant on its own so I'm not even beginning now. Peace out.
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  21. No he does not! Australia was not a nation at the time of WW2 ergo, they are covered under the umbrella of "UK" as a part of the commonwealth. He didn't mention the Italians either or the Canadians. Don't get precious.
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  22. None of these were banned, ever.
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  23. I'll give you "pickup" but a truck is a heavy vehicle. I was amazed to learn a while back that aftermarket trays are not a thing in the US. A steel or alloy tray is so much more durable than a style side and is far more popular here. What don't we get? With the exception of Jeep and the Mustang, almost everything American.
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  24. In Queensland a multi-tool or a pen knife is fine.
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  25. I think they played it up a bit, these guys know remote areas as they have traveled the world extensively.
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  26.  @lillibitjohnson7293  Wen have sent over 100 and we still have many more to send.
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  27. If you notice that multi-million dollar jet was donated by the Kidman family who own millions of acres of cattle country such as you saw in the second video.
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  28. I'm old enough to remember when it was an Orchy bottle instead.
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  29.  @Z4Zander  Na, those are from Sth America.
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  30. Milo, CocoPops (just like a chocolate milkshake only crunchy), Sunnyboys, ChickoRolls, Veal and Cheese, meat pies and Cornettos, these are what childhood cool food was made of.
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  31. Not a pinch on the Gen1 MU however, that was an epic little vehicle.
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  32. Wrong, watch again and this time, pay attention.
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  33. No, it's open again, has been for a couple of years now.
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  34. "not a bloody cent", we have successfully converted you sir :)
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  35. He may be shocked how many of us know who Newsome is as well.
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  36.  @RobNMelbourne  That house is on the northwest side of the mountain, that was Brisbane.
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  37. Side anti-intrusion bars are becoming the standard as well, mandated now on fuel tankers and DG vehicles.
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  38.  @IWrocker  Oh, and if you want to understand the Aussie love affair with lamb you need to delve into the iconic Australia day lamb ads, a tradition since 2005. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lamb+ads+australia+day
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  39. As a fellow Aussie I agree but there are places and times I'd like the option of at least pepper spray.
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  40. Second last, his last was a Goodnight wish . . .
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  41. Yeah, America doesn't get the High-Ace? Until the latest Euro vans came in in the last few years every delivery van on Aussie roads was either a Hi-Ace or a Lite-Ace (its smaller sibling). You regularly see them 30 or 40 years old with a half million or more kilometres on them.
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  42. So did Libya (along with free education, universal suffrage, freedom of religion, and interest-free home loans and the highest life expectancy in Africa) before the French and the US buggered it all up.
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  43. The little pizza "chair" went away because it was cheaper to make the box taller to clear the pizza. I still have wire fuzes on my house, plenty of older homes do. Auststar was the first satellite TV company. Cable and sat have never really been big in OZ. Recycled car tyre mats were at every back door. The plates aren't demerit points, that would be either an arrest or a court summons.
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  44. Almost nothing about anything outside of the US.
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  45. I know, it's just bullshit and this week I also learned my dad is unlikely to be with us for more than a couple of months more, 2022 was supposed to be better . . . Life throws you curveballs but these past few years (there was more than the above for me) have been total crap.
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  46. Some thi9ngs should probably be banned but for a country that values freedom so highly America is actually one of the most regulated countries on earth, the people just don't realise it. This is especially true when it comes to small stuff , regulation and bylaws of which there are far more than in most of the world. As for eggs, I refrigerate mine it's just that we are not forced to do so and until they hit my fridge at home I'd prefer they were not for the reasons listed in the video.
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  47. And retained value is great as well, they fetch good money at police auction.
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  48. The lights on the back of the SsangYong are high visibility tail lamps, Tasmania gets very heavy fog in which norman tail lights are invisible 20 feet away. The fog lamps are a no cost option so people in country areas and places where there is fog have them included. We do not talk about the Ford Capri. The Hi-Ace is a Toyota legend, it is the original "white van" here, everyone from the local fruit shop to the plumber and just about every courier had one. 92k is OK for the 'cruiser, they hold 100% of their value at the moment because the wait for a new one is between one and two years depending on specs. That one is market price even bone stock and it had a few extras so a good price actually. Not cheap but average.
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  49. @Phillip Banes Sigh, you are either trolling or not reading. Where do I say that McDonalds is not mostly American in presentation and origin? Oh yeah, nowhere. Now that you mention it, however, Mc Cafe is a wholly Australian concept developed in Melbourne. And once again your comprehension appears to be letting you down because the only three companies I mentioned above that have no connection to their US parents at all are Lowes (which is in an entirely different industry, clothing), Wendys and U-Haul and no, none of those three have any connection whatsoever with the US companies of the same name. Lowes (USA) did try to enter the Australian hardware market as a 50% partner in Masters Hardware and lost several hundred million when it failed completely within three years.
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  50.  @CJTheReal  If you are going to do a proper build of course you are going to change the crown gear set to suit your tyre size.
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  51. They are great for diabetics because they have a regulated amount of glucose, there is a specific dose for recovery from an episode.
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  52.  @Tiger313NL  The is a great doco on Millau showing how it was done, incredible engineering feat.
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  53. Also bombing raids on Townsville and Horn Island
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  54. Cloudbreak sits at 447 metres, the other end is at sea level so say, 15 metres so roughly 432 metres over about 280km of line.
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  55. The colour is Walkinshaw Silver (AKA Panorama Silver to the fans)and yes it has a blue/green tint to it. The showroom he's in is one of Grey's Auction centres. Not quite as spectacular as the kind of lineup you see at a Shannon's auction but not far off. And yes, they are a lot of fun to drive especially with the full race spec engine in them. I've had the privilege of driving a few of them that came thru my shop in 80s and 90s. If you have ever driven a Countach the difference between the carbie one and EFI is massive in terms of how much nicer the 6 Webbers sound compared to EFI. EDIT: no it's a more recent one I see. The record price was in 2018 when one fetch 340,000 AUD at Greys.
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  56. Well, at least we got a look in with Train Simulator, lot of Aussie stuff in that game.
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  57. A VW Microbus is a Kombie (it has a K not a C), same vehicle, different market.
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  58. The car was geared with a lower final drive ratio than would normally be used at Bathurst as it had last been raced in the classic series at Eastern Creek. Had it been geared right for the mountain it probably would have caught the SS
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  59. Yeah, try buying a home in a big city now and see what happens. House prices in the larger cities in the US are out of control as are rents.
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  60. Good old IFR (I Follow Roads) huh? 😁
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  61.  @RobB-vz2vo  treetop flying minus the trees. Yee Haw!
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  62. Not at Costco we don't :D Also, some Maccas will have free refills. Post mix drinks are so cheap the cup costs more than the drink in it to the retailer.
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  63. Adelaide water is put thru a reverse osmosis filter, Sydney water is just charcoal filtered thus Adelaide water is pure H2O.
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  64. Yup, I used to work for a third-generation hose removal company.
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  65. Which if you want to get really technical is actually a shooting brake not a wagon as the roofline lowers from the C pillar back. One of the best looking wagons ever. Well apart from that Audi maybe. Hopefully my next vehicle.
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  66.  @xXSinForLifeXx  We used to! I bought my first rifles at K-Mart, Myer used to sell ammo in the sporting goods section.
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  67. 14:56 is a fast response critical care ambulance not a police vehicle. If there is a heart attack or an overdose that needs a very fast response from specialists those go ahead of the main ambulance. Ambulance service is government paid here, it's not something you will get a massive bill for.
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  68.  @Blanchy10  Don't forget the Tassie high plains, that's a big area.
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  69. The exact wording is "Previous speed limit ends, maximum speed not advised."
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  70. In OZ? Not as many, we get vanilla just about everywhere and I've seen lemon and cherry now and again. the rest we need to buy as a US import at crazy prices.
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  71. WTF? $74 for a Ventolin puffer? OMFG! That is just insane.
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  72. The US Cruze is made in Ohio so that may shed some light onto why.
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  73. Cape York is like Florida if Florida was tropical rainforest with almost no population. You can't follow the coat of the cape and the Kimberlies because of the fact that both are broken coastlines. The Kinberlies buy inlets and fjords and the cape by endless wetlands and mangrove swamps. Take a look in closeup on Google Earth, you'll see. Note that the vegetation map is just that, vegetation not always climate. Climate wise a better analogue for Florida would be South East Queensland, mainly the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. The internet map is pure bullshit, it was correct maybe 20 years ago. The thing to remember about record temps is you need a certified weather station to record them and places such as the Saraha and central Australia are mostly desolate and thus have no recording stations. The unofficial record for OZ is generally accepted to be circa 56c and in places where there is utterly no one I would say it's got even higher, the same for North Africa. I've seen 52 in OZ and 56 in Africa personally but these don't count without being taken on approved equipment in controlled situations.
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  74. LOL, yup but he's a Yank, tastes differ.
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  75.  @DStead2239  All would be sweeter probably.
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  76. There is a reason the ice cream machine is always broken in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4
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  77. I'm surprised this isn't a thing in the US.
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  78.  @terencemcgeown2358  Neighbourhoods are great, eh?
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  79. I'm fortunate enough to know Jamie reasonably well (well enough to have his phone number anyway), the guy is a one-man (and one bathmat) riot. He has an instant comeback to any situation.
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  80. I think the best way to describe it is that coffee shops in Australia are like Cheers but with coffee instead of beer.
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  81. Isn't it 180?
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  82. Pepper spray is illegal in Australia as well. Heck, you can get arrested for carrying a knife with a blade over 3 inches without due cause to have it. As for Singapore, EVERYTHING is illegal in Singaprore. It's as close to a police state as one can get without actually having one. Sick days: IIRC the average number of sick days is 10 to 12 but they accumulate if you don't use them and if you run out its just time off without pay or you use some of your (also accumulating) 4 weeks of annual leave. Anyone who tried firing you for being sick after you run out of days or holidays would end up with a massive fine. I love America and at one stage it may well have been the greatest country on earth but damn, you guys have a crapload of problems nowadays.
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  83. it is, it's now access to the various properties to reduce the number of intersections with the actual highway.
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  84.  @MajorMalfunction  Can't blame him, if the client saw that there could be issues. Folk who work in the industry should know better.
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  85.  @MajorMalfunction  At work they do. When you are being paid for your time it is reasonable that you do nothing to affect the company bottom line, isn't it?
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  86.  @MajorMalfunction  On a salary? All of them, these are not wage slaves but that's irrelevant anyway, it's on their premises and the same way you are master of what happens in your home they are master of what happens in theirs. Do you honestly think it is OK for you to cost your employer a major contract by bringing the opposition's product into the workplace? If so, you and people like you are why so much manufacturing is now offshore because people there realize that respect is a two-way street. If you want respect from your employer you need to give them some.
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  87.  @MajorMalfunction  Oke, at this point I'll assume troll.
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  88. Oh yeah good point!
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  89. Oh and yes, that's a CCTV screen behind the speakers there. This enables battlefield info to be passed to footsloggers such as tactical maps, satellite images intel, etc.And yes, the Ukrainians love them for Thunder Runs as they will do 80 kph off-road. These, no, too heavily armoured to be sold to the civvy market. Ex-army Unimogs are quite common in civvy hands however.
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  90.  @coopsnz1  Dude, there is NOT 100k tax on a TRX, be real. It's somewhere below 80, not 100.
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  91. Because it's gambling and gambling is controlled because too many people are either suckers or crooks. The way it is (mostly) played on ANZAC Day is even odds, the real game has a house element so the house will always come out ahead. BTW, casinos used to hold two-up games 24/7/365 until 1981 when it was stricken from the list of approved games (which is a shame). On ANZAC Day anyone can host a two-up game as long as any house winnings are donated to charity.
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  92. Well said, sir.
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  93. 10 square feet, not 10 foot square. 10 for square is 10x10.
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  94. I'm Australian, I can buy a gun at 16 and none of us choke on eggs (or shoot up schools).
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  95. It's marvelous what a difference Milo makes! Canned Milo? WTAF? I assure you that you can not buy canned Milo is OZ. "Quick" (it's Aussie oldy timey Aussie name) is entirely different from Milo. Quick is closer to chocolate milk than Milo and far more sugary. You guys like a LOT more sugar than we do so the love of Quick is understandable. I'm just happy to see that Milo is available in the USA, I would expect you to like the US version more, it's to your taste so I don't expect you to like the taste of ours best.
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  96. @Phillip Banes No, none of the ones I have listed are master franchises. Mcdonalds' operates as a licensee as does BurgerKing. The rest, as I have said have no connection to the US company, and neither do U-Haul Aust, no connection at all there either.
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  97. Congrats mate! Well deserved.
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  98. Never heard it called downball, this is some company trying to commercialise a schoolyard game to turn a profit.
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  99. Ah, that first ad was South African mate and half of the rest are Kiwi ads not Aussie.
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  100. Ah, almost every main line in the country is electrified, the vast majority of coal and other mining products are moved to ports or processors on electric trains. As for catenary, mate you can't feed power back into the grid where no grid exists, have you any concept of where The Pilbara is and how far from anywhere that part of the country is? The nearest substantial electrical grid would be Perth, well over 1000 km away.
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  101. This channel is severely under patronised. You are doing more to teach America about our country than the entire US school system and for that I thank you.
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  102. Fatso was a pet on A Country Practice IIRC.
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  103.  @keithmottram8755  it's still a Cleavland mate, the same as the Canadian-built ones are Cleavends. Are you going to say the Aussie Windsors are not Windsors because they weren't made in Canada?
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  104. Woolies, IGA and a monthly trip down to Costco for me. At least our cashier staff don't have to deal with the US coupon madness, we just don't do that here.
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  105. If he thinks 2000 pounds in a mid-size truck is impressive no one show him a Holden or Ford one ton ute 😁
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  106. Well, offensive slang. A Pajero is actually a Pampas cat but yeah, you know the other meaning.
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  107. Price doesn't help either, Aussies as a rule won't regularly pay 12 bucks for four donuts, donuts are just not that big a thing here and the average Aussie donut is fried not baked and covered in sugar and cinnamon, the American style ones were almost unknown here before Krispy Kreme. I don't think they failed, I think they got cocky and expected to be welcomed by the masses with the same server as in the US and that was never going to happen.
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  108. It's not a coal mine, it's an iron ore mine.
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  109. Yup, I still have and use the original version, thick un-treated alloy with no non-stick BS. The newer ones are crap.
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  110. The trailers usually have a sheet of 3/4 inch plate steel on the frame to put some weight down low.  @Grumpy-sy7wr 
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  111. Those rentals come with one and a CB
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  112. This is THE song for out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8KQRMoRRTA
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  113. Jamie and Agro are still constants up here in QLD both live (usually with Stacy) and on radio.
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  114.  @IWrocker  Here's a short look at a Queensland Police highway patrol vehicle, this one is red buy they come in many different bright colours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXK8FPb5Xro
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  115. Of course WA has only one main road into it, 90% of here borders is desert with no population and all of WA has a population of 2.6 million. US cars have never been common here because the US makers have no reason to spend 10s of millions on making RHD cars for a market of a few thousand at best. Those saying we need a decent constitution have never read the one we have, obviously. The cost of high-speed rail is staggering. We are currently getting an inland rail line from Queensland to Melbourne and that is costing 100s of millions. The man behind it (Everald Compton) is a family friend. We don't vote for a PM because a PM is simply the party leader, he has no real power on his own the way a president does. Come to QLD in either June or December and I'll have y'all as VIP guests at the ones I help run. We have Wholefoods here but we don't need Walmart, it's owned by an ass who exploits his employees in the worst possible way. We have a treaty with indigenous Australians.
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  116. If you can get a new Landcruiser in 6 months I'll take 2, cash sale.
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  117. Wot? Citations? No one gives away drugs mate.
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  118.  @LukazRC  Yes they will, just not by you.
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  119. Depending on what US Customs would make of a frozen hamburger it could be done as it is possible to airfreight it in a dry ice pack. No way would it make it into OZ but the US is a lot more lax with quartine requirements (they already have most of the crap we are trying to keep out).
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  120. Wow, that's a young FactBoi, must be an old clip.
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  121. Len was a OG ledgend.
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  122. Also the raids on Townsville and Horn Island, QLD copped it as well.
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  123. Mate, the Hume goes between Sydney and Melbourne, get a grip. Between Sydney and BNE it's the Pacific Coast Highway. Some truckie you are . . .
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  124. And is a tough little bugger for a van.
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  125. yes, they just keep it as low as possible for low centre of gravity.
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  126. Half of what you said is completely inaccurate. I can assure you that aerial ropeway is completely unpowered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RiYXI1Tfu4
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  127.  @IWrocker  Whoo Hoo! someone sent you a frozen parcel or is it Aussie product available in limited stores over there? I ask because the smaller, artisan brands are way better than the mass produced stuff.
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  128.  @SM1075  Well hopefully it's quality product and not Four&Twenty or Uncle Ben's mass-produced stuff.
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  129.  @originalsusser  OZ yes, I use that one but Ozzie is not so common.
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  130. Not in RHD countries they are not, the AWD gear won't fit.
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  131. You shouldn't have to explain this mate, seriously. We'll see you in a couple of years,no stress.
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  132. Water tanks for rainwater. They weigh in at about 600kg each for the big 5000-gallon ones. The trailers have heavy plate on the frame to keep the CoG low.
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  133. Calling that first one a Queenslander is pushing it a bit. The classic Queenslander is single story with wide verandahs all around. Pretty sure it was moved by Mackay and Sons a few years back. It's a bugger to work on steep blocks like that, you end up with 20 feet of cribbing under the rear of the house. Almost all AC is reverse cycle in Australia and has been for decades. All the downstairs is new, it's been built in underneath as the house was originally one level with just battens closing in downstairs. We very rarely measure home sizes but when we do it's in Sq metres. That home given the finish and location would be in excess of 1.3 million, probably more. Like the first one, this is more of a Federation-style home rather than a Queenslander.
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  134.  @matthewbrown6163  A VW Kombie camper is now worth around 80 to 100 k for a decent one. The ones they hire to backpackers these days are old Toyota vans but yeah, same sort of deal.
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  135. Yo did it wrong, the best speed for corrugations is flat chat. They are way less at speed as you just kiss the tops of them.
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  136.  @stuarthancock571  A&W is hands down the best creamy soda ever made and their root beer is as good as it gets as well.
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  137. Yeah but the F1 car was geared for Albert Park, way too short for Conrod Straight. It was also running a LOT of extra height to avoid undertray damage two weeks out from the GP. Had it been set up right it would have been even faster and probably set an all time F1 speed record.
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  138. Yeah, I've hit at somewhere around 50 mph, and that hurts enough, learning how to fall is the most important part of being behind a really fast boat.
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  139. I was there for this, it was fecking epic!
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  140. You do realise you can buy a firearm without a background check from a private person, yes? I'm all for gun ownership but at the same time, checks and balances need to be put in place. Banning guns? wrong and pointless, the entire country is awash in firearms and the bad guys are not going to hand theirs in, are they? Yes, the US is overweight on average and yes your portion sizes are huge and yes, in the EU the typical slice of US white bread would be classified as cake. Prescription drug adverts, why on earth are they a thing? It's your doctor's job to decide what medication you need, not yours. In a lot of countries, Australia included doctors can't even advertise let alone drug companies. At least they stopped the gravy train of gifts, holidays and outright bribes drug companies were until recently giving to doctors who prescribed their products in the US.
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  141. 03:00 It's a curtain sider with slide-back heavy vinyl curtains, the image is printed on them.
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  142.  @IWrocker  As much as I support US 2nd amendment rights the big thing is OZ is a safe place mate. When they go to school you know they are coming home.
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  143. The US has a lot lower axle load limits than we do, 45,000 pounds (20 ton) is a heavy trailer for them.
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  144.  @brettleonard8602  Actually it's a South American cat but yours is a slang meaning.
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  145. The LHD ones are ex European series trucks, they race in Europe (it's a big deal there with a huge following) as well and I'm very surprised to find out that you guys don't.
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  146. And isn't that just incredible?
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  147. I can see both Beerwah and Crookneck from my lounge chair right now (well, I could if it wasn't after sunset).
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  148. One thing that shocked me about New York and LA (and I know neither is a microcosm of the USA) is the garbage, especially in New York, I mean there is just garbage everywhere there piled up in the streets, it's disgusting. LA and other big cities also have more litter around than the average Aussie street, buy a long shot in some places.
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  149.  @comeatmebro3229  No, that is when the country became federated, yes but not fu8ll independent, if England said jump, we jumped. Australian troops were under commonwealth control even when Monash was running the show he still answer to the commonwealth not Australia.
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  150. I'm assuming you do know that eggs don't come out of a chook's arse.
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  151. You seriously did not know that kaput and doppelganger were German?
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  152. Well, it's job is done.
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  153. Buddy, I say pal I say presh (it's an Aussie thing) . . . Please, PLEASE don't use videos with synthetic AI narration, voices it sucks. Millions? 1000s of millions of sparrows not millions. The trade war: They are trying to screw us, our beef, lamb, wine, seafood and other industries are suffering badly as China tries to bully-boy us but Aussies don't take that shit and we don't cave in. If the world gives in to the Chinese bully tactics the world will be in deep shit. Never, EVER give in to a bully.
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  154.  @kriskay5020  In OZ? 1 litre, really? Haven't seen that in QLD for 30 plus years. The small size ones are called "cafe bottles" if you are trying to order it.
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  155. Won't work, we are subject to American morals.
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  156. I get browns in the house but even for me, damn! That's a lot of browns!
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  157.  @anthonypirera7598  Oh yeah, Holden call them a wagon but a bodybuilder or a real carrosserie such as Bertone or Fleetwood would refer to it as a shooting brake. No one cares about such correct terms any longer, people can't be bothered and in a way its sad.
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  158. Very carefully.
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  159.  @IWrocker  Actually long service leave is 16 weeks not 6. It's a holdover from the days prior to plane travel when it was used to go back to "the old country" to see your family and friends for what may well be the last time.
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  160. Ma'am, we most certainly do have guns, don't perpetuate that myth. No, we can't carry but we do have guns.
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  161. They had a couple in the CBD for rapid response (ie: bank heists, that kind of stuff) right up until the end of the 80's because nothing was faster A to B in the tight confines of an inner city.
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  162. Yeah but they don't have third party in theirs.
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  163.  @flamingfrancis  Not in '69 mate
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  164. Maps are fun and educational.
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  165.  @MisfitBecLIVE  Maybe in America . . .
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  166. The one that gets me is the number of Americans who honestly believe we (Australia) are forcibly removing folk who decline to have a Covid shot from their homes and locking them up in "camps" (often described by them as concentration camps) and keeping them there. They seriously, honestly believe this and won't be convinced it's not true. They are usually the same ones who believe that all guns are banned in Australia. Fox has a lot to answer for . . .
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  167.  @automation7295  Ah yes of course. i sometimes forget it covers vans as well as utes.
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  168. Safety triangles come with the car in Europe as does a first aid kit. Half the cars on the road in Australia would have a towbar, my Commodore has a 4400-pound braked tow rating. US tow ratings are crazy low on cars, even a Corolla can tow 2600lbs (braked) in Australia. The unbraked tow rating for anything is 1500 pounds. The "pay before you pump" thing is mainly a sad statement on criminality in the US. The fact people can't be trusted not to drive off is a source of amazement to most people outside of Nth America.
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  169. You said the C word, you offended 90% of Americans so yes, you will be demonetised on this one. Halloween is based on a mix of both English (all Hallows day) and Mexican (Day of the Dead) traditions but yes, the day as we know it now and in all certainly its commercialisation, is pretty much American. Australia is rebelling a bit these days against being taken over by Americanisems. When kids start talking about "candy", "gas stations" and "cookies" we naturally get a bit pissed off. Same when companies start describing themselves as "drugstores" or a " five and ten" instead of Chemist and Cheap Shop. This is Australia and we get a bit annoyed when our culture is replaced with American terms and it's happening more and more. There is an old story from the days of WW2 in India. In early 1942 everyone knew the Americans were coming when the Cha Walla (the local who sold refreshments to the troops) changed his call from "Bun butta lemonade!" to "Cookie candy pop" and sadly, that's only too true. yes, phone numbers do have an area code in front but it's only 2 numbers and there is only one for each state. It's a Holden Cruze here.
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  170. More like 4 weekly
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  171. "If you don't have aircon you will suffer" LOL, he's at Bald Hills on the northern outskirts of Brisbane. It gets warm but the average hot day is probably 32 to 34, the top is 38. That's a lot better than way up north where it's 41 and 90% humidity for weeks on end. If it's something where sauce is mandatory such as a hotdog or a burger you won't get charged for sauce, the little packets are for things like pies, sausage rolls or chips (fries) where not everyone has sauce and those that do apply their own. If you want a coffee after 4 (which is when most dedicated coffee shops close, yes) go to Maccas, the McCafe stuff is actually quite good. In industrial areas, the snack bars (usually called lunch bars or carveries in those areas) will open at 6am (or before) and close at 2pm. This is due to the fact that a lot of workers buy lunch every day and most Aussie businesses (even big ones) don't have in-house cafeterias for staff food. Thus, the main trade is breakfast, smoko and lunch in those areas. A carvery will serve roast meat rolls and sandwiches as well as the usual fast food and burgers, a roast pork and cheese sanga at lunch is always well received especially with a choccy milk or iced coffee to go with it.
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  172. Well, you made your chicken tax bed, you get to ly in it. Anything to prop up US companies. The Landcruiser you will get is the Prado which is a kind of smaller, ersatz 'cruiser wagon. The V8b remains for Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East, everywhere else gets the 2.8 only. The 2.8 has more power and torque than the V8. We get all models BTW, 70, 300 and Prado. If they sold the ute in the US, Jeep would be dead in 2 or 3 years.
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  173. You think Dot was freaky? Did you watch The Wizard of OZ as a kid? That movie scarred so many kids and imagine showing it to 8-year-olds these days? Telegrams, there was a time when someone on the block getting a telegram was a big deal. I was born in '64 and I can remember clearly the neighbourhood telegraph going into overdrive when that happened and everyone hoping that all was OK because telegrams only arrived for the best of events (births, marriages etc) or the worst (usually a death). Phonebooks: Phonebooks were far superior to looking it up on the web when it came the the Yellow Pages, it was way easier to find a suitable business flicking thru p[ages than taking at face value whatever the Yellow Pages (digi version) algorithm throws at you. Pocket TVs were for the rich and if you had one as a kid, man, your dad was loaded! It was the 80s. If Hungry jacks had Ren and Stimpy Burger King would have had the same. Same parent company of course so same major promotions. Yes, Lube Mobile (pronounced "mo-beal" in OZ BTW) still exists, there are lots of mobile (mobile on its own is pronounced "mo-bile"m same as you do, don't ask . . .) mechanics in OZ, is it not a thing in the US? I was involved in the very start of the business, we helped them set up their dispatch and parts ordering systems. There is one local to me who even has a car lift built into a trailer that can do exhausts, he has the pipe on his roof rack and a bender mounted on his 4 ton truck. There are guys who do tyre service the same way, order your tyres online and he turns up and changes them in your driveway. Rosella Savory Rice, A staple of the 80s. Look for the Paul Hogan sketch about it. Yup Cheerios, Savoloys or Little Boys, depending on your state. An Aussie kids party staple and still a comfort food for me. Oh god yes, my last tube TV was the largest Trinitron set Sony ever made and it weighed some 80 kilos plus. It was so massive it had recessed hand holds in the sides so it could be moved. Incredible picture quality tho and I wish it hadn't died because it was the prime way of playing old video games. Glucojel are the best jelly beans ever but they have a much more important role. They give a measured dose of glucose to assist with diabetics. I forget the amount per bean but two of these every ten minutes until recovery in the dose if they are having an episode. They are only sold at pharmacies and are beloved by Aussies, especially the black ones (you can even buy packs of just black ones). Yeah, Kerrigans were woking class, not poor. Nowadays they'd be lower middle. Times have changed and not for the better. The world needs more Michael Kerrigans. It's a very good point. Those slides weren't even chrome here, we just used them enough that they stayed polished. No shredded rubber at the base either, you landed on dirt at best, and concrete at worst. Kids these days are soft and it will come back to bite them. Orange was the colour of the 70s. the benchtop Laminex (I think Forminaca was the most popular US brand name) was orange, the carpet was orange and so was the tint in the glass. The only decision was burn, or bright. Yup, the cardboard ring, the horrible styrofoam box and now the cardboard box. I still think the ring and a wrapper was the best and the most "green". Milk crates, the most "appropriated" (read stolen) item in history. They learned eventually, the new ones are nowhere near as strong but they still hold PLs perfectly. I still have a copy of XP just like that CD. Yes, that's Big Brother. Our version would never have been allowed on US TV and the "after dark" (late nigh spicy clips) would have been a scandal. Even here, the full-frontal nudity and barely concealed sex pushed the limits. Ah, the mighty Sunbeam electric frypan, a wonderfully useful device, almost every home had one and a lot still do. Yeah, lollies were 2.3 or 4 a cent and the corner store had a whole counter full of boxes of them. An iceblock (ice cream on a stick) was 10 cents, a soft drink (soda) bottle was 10 cents and the "pinnie" (pinball machine) was 20 cents for five balls. Steak sangas, a thin steak with whatever sealed and cheese you wanted was a staple of the local snack bar (milk bar to you guys). Both are sadly a dying breed now, much like the traditional corner store. A half kilo of chocky peanuts for under three bucks? LOL, now that's like 12 bucks minimum. great video mate, so many good memories there.
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  174. Sorry, I know that's a long post but so much there worth some commentary on.
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  175. Our Bunnings has them during the week as well. The best bit is so many charities do so well out of these. Last one our Volunteer fire brigade did we made a couple of grand on a Saturday.
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  176. Remember last year when Maccas bread rolls in Ireland got classed as cake instead of bread by the health authorities due the huge amount of sugar in them? So yeah, most American food is over-sweet for our tastes.
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  177. As of last week they are now standardised countrywide and will have 4 divisions only.
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  178. I live just outside of Maleny (google it) and while I know that we have some great businesses in this town we wouldn't have if it weren't for tourists when it's 10 am on a Saturday and literally 3/4s of those in town are either tourists or day trippers and I can't find a park at the IGA (forget the main street, that's a lost cause) to shop because it's full of out of towners or I can't have breakfast at a cafe because it's full of the same I do get peeved off. Even on weekdays, 50% of those in town are tourists, just fewer day-trippers. When this happens you do look fi=ondly back on the days when we were a little dairy village only appreciated by the locals and a few hippies from the Frog Hollow Comune. Where the line at Naggy's (the local snack bar/cafe) was at most two deep and you could park right out front. Tourists are a blessing for some but a curse for the rest of us. Left (ie: slow) lane overtaking is as frowned upon here as anywhere. While it isn't illegal hogging the right lane on roads with a speed limit above 80kph is. Vegemite and cheese scrolls are to die for! Schoolies is no worse than Spring Break. Toolies are older kids (19 to say, 24-year-olds) who gatecrash schoolies usually males with evil intentions on female schoolies. Mind you, I'm sure cougars decent on Surfers during schoolies with the intent of deflowering male schoolies as well as those of other sexual persuasions also intent on trying their luck on the legal but tender masses. The Gold Coast and Florida are very much the same. Money, sex, drugs and rock and roll. The Nullarbor is pretty unique anywhere outside of Africa; even the most desolate of American roads have jackshit on the distances on that run so yes, you wave. Of course, if you really want to experience the desolation you shun the blacktop and take the old road north from Port Agusta and hang a left on the Gunbarrel Highway instead. Jack Bedell's masterwork will show you the real Australia that few Aussies have even seen. Maines is an expression I have never heard of, to me it would just be cruising (ie: like in American Graffiti). I grew up in small towns out west and it (doing blocks which is the more well-known name for that) was never a big thing because the cops get tired of it. We just grabbed the gang, went out of town and had a bonfire instead. Propper lawn bowls enthusiasts love barefoot bowls because it brings people into the clubs (some of whom have trouble staying afloat) and introduces new blood to the sport. The barefoot thing: This is overplayed on YT. We don't go barefoot that much really, we usually have at least thongs on and in fact, a pub will chuck you out for being barefoot (glass, ya know?). While few other places would chuck you about for it, it's not really common to be barefoot but thongs sure are. Hell, I even fly in Crocs fishing sandals (which I pretty much live in) and the airlines are happy as long as you at least have thongs on (like the pub, it's a safety thing). Aussies will often fly in a tank top, shorts and thongs, who cares? I'm dressed better than that because I fly for business but it's still only a polo, shorts and sandals on my feet. Why be uncomfortable?
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  179.  @resolecca  I do think it;'s a lot yes and 2k a month for insulin is just as crazy. If it wasn't for Walmart a lot of diabetics would be dead but even at their vastly reduced cost it's still a lot.
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  180. I used to work for Mackys back when Robby's dad owned it.
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  181. The reason you are told "China is invincible" is because of the fact that China owns so many US treasury bonds that they could foreclose on the country any time they feel like it. Like it or not, they own yo ass quite literally. No kid, if China called in all US government debt the US could not repay it. Doubt me? Look it up! Australia wasn't that stupid and limited Chinese investment 20 years ago.
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  182. And we did, still the greatest moment in Aussie sport, ever! TBH it may well be sports' greatest moment ever full stop. The longest winning streak in sporting history, broken by a complete underdog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E89laeyHtEg
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  183. Negitive, that was the CEO of Woolworths on a store visit, it's been all over the news.
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  184. Hungry Jacks beats the crap out of Maccas for taste and quality. Yes, the stupidity from Burger King helped but Maccas won out because of advertising/promotion and money the same way they win out everywhere. I eat Hungry Jacks because I like it, I eat Maccas because I'm hungry and that's all there is. Our Wendy's BTW is mostly a mall-based franchise that does donuts, hotdogs and shakes, no burgers. Oh and Jack Cowen? Really nice guy who does a lot for charity.
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  185. You mean the Terri Irwin Tourist Trap? I loved Steve, can't tolerate that woman, worst decision of his life.
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  186.  @xymonau2468  Yes they project a nice image, the reality isn't the same.
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  187. Banned? WTF? Why on earth does anyone think these would be banned? Maaaate, did you do ANY research on this before leaping in? Not a single one of these is "banned" and in fact, the "bugger" series is almost iconic. If you want a classic down under ute advert google "Mitsubishi New Zealand Free goat ad" now THAT is classic humor at its very best. PS: Half a dozen people did in fact take the "goat pack" option. I enquired with Mitsu NZ afterward and got a personal reply from their national advertising manager (you have to love NZ). The red one you want is an '83, the first year of square headlights and the year after the pick on them, the '82 whichis the cream as it has the R22 engine, the round headlights and the heavy-duty bed.
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  188.  @gregoryparnell2775  I still do
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  189.  @Z4Zander  Ah yes, I'd forgotten Hawaii was in the middle there. Worst idea ever.
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  190.  @MrsStrawhatberry  Not their fault, Americans are taught pretty much nothing about the world outside of the US in school, the American Bubble is real.
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  191. 272kph in a Porsche 930 Turbo on the same highway. Realistically tho 160 is the absolute top cruising speed while 130 to 140 is more like it and even then you need to be VERY careful of the wildlife. Hitting a roo at those speeds can kill you.
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  192. I still use one now and again, I collect nice inks.
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  193. And ain't we lucky it does?
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  194. It is, about a half-million quid prototype class Dakar racer. It was here to run the Australian Safari as a shakedown run.
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  195. The ASX is only there because rental companies buy 1000s of them. Over half that 12,000 would be rentals. Not a bad little car, we drove one around Tasmania and even in rental trim it was peppy enough to be fun.
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  196. You can buy a garbage disposal unti in OZ (in sink-erator being the leading brand by a long run) but they are not common, maybe 6 or 7 percent of homes may have one. No, very little Black Friday in OZ in fact most people will not have heard of it here. After all, why would we have a sale before a holiday we don't celebrate? Our big sales here are the Boxing Day (the day after Christmas) sales. Solo cups are not a tradition here but you can certainly buy them at the supermarket. They are generally called "college cups" here. After all, how else would one play beer pong? Yes, you flag wave much, much, MUCH more than anywhere else. You plaster your flag over everything and usually in a way that is actually against the flag code and disrespectful. We don't feel the need to play up our country, we know it's great without chanting it or plastering our flag everywhere.
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  197. And just much fun is to blow unsuspecting muscle cars into the weeds with an SUV :D
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  198. Sorry for your loss, love the punk goat!.
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  199. LOL
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  200. 4 weekly, not monthly.
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  201. The castle was released in the US, they just changed a few words in the script here and there.
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  202. Trust me, it can't get any hotter than it already is in that area.
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  203. Cor-de-al, it's pronounced cor-de-al but almost as one syllable. Charterboat, what charter boat is one of the adverts in the last 15/20 years or so that have introduced a phrase into the Aussie language. It is now the default reply to anyone who has missed the obvious. As for Louie the fly, I can only suggest you google the phrase, he is a part of our culture as much as Rita the Eta eater or Mage (eventually you will understand these, Grasshopper).
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