Mega Thread The Questions Thread - Part III

[Beerfish]

Why are 4WD owners putting reflective material on their dashboard these days? Seems to correlate strongly with having unused bright orange maxtrax, personalised number plate, “diesel soot gets the m**t” bumper sticker and raised suspension.

To keep their tiny brains cool so they don't overheat in cbd traffic.

 

[Chief]

reflective material on their dashboard

What does this look like?

 

[Beerfish]

What does this look like?

Exactly how it sounds. A strip of reflective material across the bottom of the windscreen. Like one of those sun blinds you put across your windscreen but just dash height and it's there all the time.

 

[Quivorir]

I do a bit of 4WD and can't say I've ever heard of or seen it...

 

[Chief]

Exactly how it sounds. A strip of reflective material across the bottom of the windscreen. Like one of those sun blinds you put across your windscreen but just dash height and it's there all the time.

Silly me - I was there thinking "like, laying on the dashboard? Even just a piece of paper gives me too much glare."

 

[Chief]

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Also interested in that sticker mentioned...

 

[Wormkilla]

Exactly how it sounds. A strip of reflective material across the bottom of the windscreen. Like one of those sun blinds you put across your windscreen but just dash height and it's there all the time.

Might be just a Perth thing

 

[Pistol Night]

Why are 4WD owners putting reflective material on their dashboard these days? Seems to correlate strongly with having unused bright orange maxtrax, personalised number plate, “diesel soot gets the m**t” bumper sticker and raised suspension.

Agree on all the other w***er features apart from the suspension which is a must if you're an actual four wheel driver

 

[Wormkilla]

Agree on all the other w***er features apart from the suspension which is a must if you're an actual four wheel driver

What about for parking on curbs at shopping centres?

Forget to add obligatory Kings accessory kit and Yeti stickers.

 

[Pistol Night]

What about for parking on curbs at shopping centres?

Forget to add obligatory Kings accessory kit and Yeti stickers.

Haha nah probably not necessary for a weekly trip up to Cotton On i wouldn't reckon

 

[Gough]

Do channel 9 know Plastic Bertrand is Belgian not French?

 

[Over The Post]

One of my pet peeves from in my teens. It's a French song so he must be French, right?

A bit like saying Abba are an English band because they sing in English.

 

[Chief]

Pretty sure I changed Wikipedia to show that he is French.

 

[Billy ray]

Is Andrew’s hamburgers in albert park still pretty good? Been about 10 years since i went

 

[Plugger35]

Do channel 9 know Plastic Bertrand is Belgian not French?

Whoever came up with that Channel 9 Plastic Bertrand promo for the Paris Olympics either don't know he is Belgian or don't care.

That being said I tried to go on a tour of the Stade de France when I was in Paris and the tour was cancelled that day due to a concert being rehearsed there and none other than Plastic Bertrand was rehearsing there at the time playing his one and only hit.

The French try to claim him as their own just like the Australians try to claim Crowded House as their own when Neil Finn is a Kiwi.

Is Andrew’s hamburgers in albert park still pretty good? Been about 10 years since i went

I've never been there but Roco and Finey used to rave about their hamburgers on the Footyology podcast.

They were one of their sponsors though so they had to talk them up.

 

[The Dice Man]

Whoever came up with that Channel 9 Plastic Bertrand promo for the Paris Olympics either don't know he is Belgian or don't care.

That being said I tried to go on a tour of the Stade de France when I was in Paris and the tour was cancelled that day due to a concert being rehearsed there and none other than Plastic Bertrand was rehearsing there at the time playing his one and only hit.

The French try to claim him as their own just like the Australians try to claim Crowded House as their own when Neil Finn is a Kiwi.




I've never been there but Roco and Finey used to rave about their hamburgers on the Footyology podcast.

They were one of their sponsors though so they had to talk them up.

Reckon Roco has hit the Burgers pretty hard over the last few years if you compare photos... or it could be something else....???



jibby

 

[Billy ray]

I went yesterday to Andrew’s burgers and yeh. Still good.

 

[the_interloper]

If someone has lost weight by lap band surgery or Ozempic do you think less of them? I don’t personally, if it works who gives a shit right?

I know someone who used Ozempic and lost a fair bit, have heard the odd comment “oh but she used Ozempic though”, I think that’s unfair tbh.

 

[MP_]

If someone has lost weight by lap band surgery or Ozempic do you think less of them? I don’t personally, if it works who gives a s**t right?

I know someone who used Ozempic and lost a fair bit, have heard the odd comment “oh but she used Ozempic though”, I think that’s unfair tbh.

As someone who has struggled with weight their whole life I certainly don’t begrudge anyone who chooses those options to lose weight. I’m looking at trying ozempic however I have found the keto diet to be helping. The only issue I can see with those options is they don’t necessarily teach the person healthy lifestyle choices and changes and as such they can still fail.

 

[Gough]

When did they stop giving the barometer reading on the weather forecast? I never really understood what a millibar was and why I should care if it was rising, falling or steady but it was a reassuring presence.

 

[the_interloper]

As someone who has struggled with weight their whole life I certainly don’t begrudge anyone who chooses those options to lose weight. I’m looking at trying ozempic however I have found the keto diet to be helping. The only issue I can see with those options is they don’t necessarily teach the person healthy lifestyle choices and changes and as such they can still fail.

The way I see it is that the best way to lose weight and maintain the loss is through exercise and proper diet. Achieving this is basically impossible for a lot of people for a variety of reasons.

Things like Ozempic and even keto are not sustainable long term imo, but it might give you a head start and sometimes weight loss can inspire you to make changes that can be sustainable. Of course you can just stack it back on after keto/Ozempic but it's better to try something IMO.

 

[Chief]

Ozempic showing some dangerous side effects too.

 

[the_interloper]

Ozempic showing some dangerous side effects too.

My wife is currently on it, apparently it's safe and whatever, I don't know. She did have nausea and generally lethargic early on but there are some tablets you can take which appears to be working (I suppose the tablets are safe too).

 

[Gough]

The Kate Moss 1990s inhale only diet is underrated. Vast quantities of ciggys and coke doesn't come cheap but what wouldn't you pay to look like that?

 

[Chief]

My wife is currently on it, apparently it's safe and whatever, I don't know. She did have nausea and generally lethargic early on but there are some tablets you can take which appears to be working (I suppose the tablets are safe too).

I've seen some unsettling stuff about impacts on the gut and especially brain. It really doesn't look studied well enough.

Possibly dampening mental enthusiasm for food - and maybe many other things that we enjoy. But of course not everyone suffers the worst side effects.

Interesting video about effects and issues, but I'm not up for getting into a bigger discussion about it at the mo. Maybe another day, but no doubt there's a discussion in another thread somewhere.