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[SaintsSeptember]

The ones buying the section with the big dam are going to have fun building

The venice of the South East

 

[gringo2011]

The ones buying the section with the big dam are going to have fun building

you mean the ornamental lake that you devote some shit landscaping to?

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

I had the flu shot this morning. 10 minutes after it I sure knew it was running around the body.

The venice of the South East

It was 9 years ago:

 

[CaptainRisky]

I had the flu shot this morning. 10 minutes after it I sure knew it was running around the body.

It was 9 years ago:

Your coming from Narre Warren north towards Fountain Gate ?

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Your coming from Narre Warren north towards Fountain Gate ?

Other way. From Narre South towards Fountain gate. That set of lights is Centre Road.

 

[CaptainRisky]

Other way. From Narre South towards Fountain gate. That set of lights is Centre Road.

Ah , im always at the other end , get to bunnings now and then but thats about as far as i go , thats a fair way from North Narre

 

[jwikked]

I had the flu shot this morning. 10 minutes after it I sure knew it was running around the body.

It was 9 years ago:

I had mine 2 weeks ago, and the next day I was rooted. Still, one day a little off is better than 4 days of full flu.

 

[CaptainRisky]

I had mine 2 weeks ago, and the next day I was rooted. Still, one day a little off is better than 4 days of full flu.

Last year i got a clod the day after the injection, maybe i was just unlucky , this year all good

 

[plugger66]

Last year i got a clod the day after the injection, maybe i was just unlucky , this year all good

All I got was a sore arm for a couple of days.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Ah , im always at the other end , get to bunnings now and then but thats about as far as i go , thats a fair way from North Narre

I'm normally much closer to the station. That day because every bloody road was flooded we had to go the very very long way.

 

[pebblesofsand]

The ones buying the section with the big dam are going to have fun building

Yep - no doubt it will happen just as it did for the block I purchased - the developer will get the approval of the council to do the subdivision conditional on filling and compacting the dam, then fill it with unconsolidated fill which the Building Surveyor will sign off on without looking and the Council won't follow up on.

Then they'll sell it to some poor smuck like me who then gets stuck with an extra $20K bill for the foundations. The house and what we later found out was directly beneath the only spot we could build on the because of the prohibitive bushfire ratings.

Lucky we love the block!!!

 

[CaptainRisky]

Yep - no doubt it will happen just as it did for the block I purchased - the developer will get the approval of the council to do the subdivision conditional on filling and compacting the dam, then fill it with unconsolidated fill which the Building Surveyor will sign off on without looking and the Council won't follow up on.

Then they'll sell it to some poor smuck like me who then gets stuck with an extra $20K bill for the foundations. The house and what we later found out was directly beneath the only spot we could build on the because of the prohibitive bushfire ratings.

Lucky we love the block!!!

That sucks

 

[pebblesofsand]

That sucks

Nah - that was the easy bit of our build - the solution was simple - engineering and money.

Potted history of our build - a scenario that Kevin McLeod from Grand Designs would have killed for.

Bought the block (3000m2) in 2008 just before Black Saturday bushfires when we living on Kangaroo Island.

Started to get serious about building early 2010, building surveyor told us that the newly introduced bushfire building regs meant the block was effectively worthless because it was too close the bush.

Spent the next 18 months arguing that they didn't know what they were talking about and eventually got agreement that we could build on a 15 metre strip furthest from the bush.

Engaged a builder, paid a $10K deposit only to find out that the builder was going broke, so pulled the pin.

Got Consumer Affairs to get the builder to agree to refund me only to have the builder renege and CA then tell me they've done there job - we'd now have to fight him in court to get our money ( he went broke owing $5M - so no chance.) Kiss that goodbye!!!!

Engaged another builder - spent 6 months designing with only one criteria - we will not spend over X dollars -told him that so many times - first costing of project - $70k over budget - so told him to f**** off!!!!

By this stage the relationship was getting a bit rocky and getting a house was such a priority that one day we were going for a walk and saw an auction happening and we very nearly bought a house we'd never even looked at!!

Anyway then engaged the 3rd builder only to find out about the dam!!!!

Thankfully these builders were great - redesigned the house, shifted a few things around, made it smaller by being smarter and eventually after 4 years of crap we started building.

Been in for 6 years and love the spot.

 

[CaptainRisky]

Nah - that was the easy bit of our build - the solution was simple - engineering and money.

Potted history of our build - a scenario that Kevin McLeod from Grand Designs would have killed for.

Bought the block (3000m2) in 2008 just before Black Saturday bushfires when we living on Kangaroo Island.

Started to get serious about building early 2010, building surveyor told us that the newly introduced bushfire building regs meant the block was effectively worthless because it was too close the bush.

Spent the next 18 months arguing that they didn't know what they were talking about and eventually got agreement that we could build on a 15 metre strip furthest from the bush.

Engaged a builder, paid a $10K deposit only to find out that the builder was going broke, so pulled the pin.

Got Consumer Affairs to get the builder to agree to refund me only to have the builder renege and CA then tell me they've done there job - we'd now have to fight him in court to get our money ( he went broke owing $5M - so no chance.) Kiss that goodbye!!!!

Engaged another builder - spent 6 months designing with only one criteria - we will not spend over X dollars -told him that so many times - first costing of project - $70k over budget - so told him to f**** off!!!!

By this stage the relationship was getting a bit rocky and getting a house was such a priority that one day we were going for a walk and saw an auction happening and we very nearly bought a house we'd never even looked at!!

Anyway then engaged the 3rd builder only to find out about the dam!!!!

Thankfully these builders were great - redesigned the house, shifted a few things around, made it smaller by being smarter and eventually after 4 years of crap we started building.

Been in for 6 years and love the spot.

Glad it worked out in the end

 

[MUFKilda]

Sorry to read the thread about Keg On Legs leaving the forum. I hope all is well with him and that he returns soon.

 

[triggering bro]

Sorry to read the thread about Keg On Legs leaving the forum. I hope all is well with him and that he returns soon.

That’s not good what happened?

 

[George]

Watching the burger eating championships on ESPN.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Watching the burger eating championships on ESPN.

They have The Ocho running again?

 

[George]

They have The Ocho running again?

No idea, I think it was an old event. Some Japanese guy won it, ate 95 burgers in 9 minutes. I'm chuffed if I manage to down three.

 

[MUFKilda]

That’s not good what happened?

No idea, I just read the 'Free keg of beer' thread. Hopefully he's okay.

 

[jwikked]

Watching the burger eating championships on ESPN.

I spent this morning watching an American Cornhole championship. It was oddly satisfying.

 

[CursingFijian]

Human Nature on Netflix is very interesting and really well made.

 

[gringo2011]

This is a really good article. It articulates why Trump is both popular and unpopular in equal measures.

The Coming Collapse | Common Dreams

It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve of implosion.

www.commondreams.org

 

[Moral Decay]

This is a really good article. It articulates why Trump is both popular and unpopular in equal measures.

The Coming Collapse | Common Dreams

It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve of implosion.

www.commondreams.org

Yeah nah, it's a lot of words.
I've watched the US all my adult life constantly amazed that it holds itself together yet it does and will do until there is enough people that want genuine change it will keep going, for the time being there are enough people that enjoy the way it is.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

This is a really good article. It articulates why Trump is both popular and unpopular in equal measures.

The Coming Collapse | Common Dreams

It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve of implosion.

www.commondreams.org

I get the feeling with Trump, Morrison & Johnson they won because the working class has felt left behind and betrayed by the parties that are supposed to represent thier interests.