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Given that they're mass-produced to meet a low price, I doubt they can be all that super-secure. I think they're a bit like a club-lock on a car, easy to get past & only used to hopefully make the thief target something that's even easier.

Pretty much. But when considering Melbourne, don’t forget how the devil makes those deals appear so appealing at the outset …

You’re discounting the fact that time is observed differently in hell, and even though your watch might say 3 minutes that time actually travels like 15-odd years of repeatedly listening to Nic Cage doing a solo radio-play production of Sense And Sensibility.

Something-something choosing to do anything via Melbourne to access a particular product-or-service sings really high praises for that product-or-service something-something-something!!

I can't normally do the "hand luggage only" thing ... my most recent trip OS was June in the UK from Brighton up to north of Inverness, I don't think I could've gotten by (short of spending every 3rd day of my holiday washing) without a range of summer & (Sydney-spec) winter clothes!

I guess a Dash-8 has a random number of rows & a random number of seats per row, who knows, the people building them obviously just hammered & glued random bits of aluminium together.

I don’t need to work-up that amount of sheer unbridled rage in other locations!!! 😅

The ‘plane is normally a very good indicator towards how the seats’ll be arranged. Occasionally you can cop a replacement aircraft & be stymied!

^ I’m now worried about who’s driving the bus, if the bus drivers post like an illiterate 14yo …

I have to say yes, but maybe for slightly different reasons than those who’re in the air all the time and know that pretty soon they’ll have sampled all the aircraft operated locally to their airport-of-origin … but as an example, I had us on Jetstar SYD-MEL-HBA and return instead of the quicker...

Ask someone locally where to eat … even if that’s the concierge & I’m in Italy so the answer was likely bought before I asked it, it’s still worked out with a MUCH greater success-rate than sussing it out myself.

It’s the same with anything really … those shootings in the Lindt shop in Sydney, suddenly half the population was an expert on how to stop armed criminals with hostages. Israel - everyone’s an expert. Even that Fischer-Price Titanic-viewing sub.

It’s not just Australia, look at who the Americans voted in as president in an election for which there’s only about a 33% chance of having been fraudulently won.

The speed aerobridges move at, I’m reminded of the Austin Powers steamroller scene …

It makes one wonder whether or not the stuff I have to say around here about <the President> means I'm likely to be denied entry if I try, even though the person denying me entry is probably being disadvantaged by the aforementioned <person> ... ? A general AI search would likely turn this post...

(a) Wow, MSN still exists, these a blast from the past! (b) I'm surprised 2.8% difference, up or (in this case) down, is outside the normal yearly variation just due to general randomness.

I’d do the same. But … Telcos are all TERRIBLE for their customer service, should anything even slightly unusual happen. A mate of mine in the US spent 8hrs over the last couple of weeks on the ‘phone to Verizon renewing their service. I spent 3hrs on the ‘phone to Optus 6 months ago just...

Yep, agreed, the city basically IS the suburb, for an Australian address. The city doesn’t mean anything really … “the bigliest population centre which this location is connected-to by other suburbs” maybe?

Problem is … that message was potentially sent to a bunch of random numbers, many of which aren’t anyone’s ‘phone number … and by replying you’ve confirmed that your number is real.

And what that actually means is another thing … my FIL had two passports, because he visited the USA but also Vietnam & Cambodia regularly, and the USA was very weird about Vietnam & Cambodia. So … Egypt is on the list, if your passport has an Egypt stamp in it and you’re female will Mr Trump...