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[Sun Ra]

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Beautiful mate.

 

[Mowman]

Premier league darts is great to watch

 

[gringo2011]

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I'm no expert on Brian Setzer, but didn't he have a Gretsch White Falcon? That looks like a signature model?

I'm jealous still. I had a chance to buy a couple of vintage Gretschs back in the day and didn't and always regret missing out.

 

[sunny3193]

Anyone else find it odd that the Russians, in their current war against “The West”, use the Latin alphabet letter “Z” (pronounced Zee) as their motif rather than the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet letter “3” (also pronounced Zee)?
Confused?

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Anyone else find it odd that the Russians, in their current war against “The West”, use the Latin alphabet letter “Z” (pronounced Zee) as their motif rather than the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet letter “3” (also pronounced Zee)?
Confused?

Why do the British and Australians pronounce it Zed?

 

[Dard Ball Get]

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[Sully111]

I'm no expert on Brian Setzer, but didn't he have a Gretsch White Falcon? That looks like a signature model?

I'm jealous still. I had a chance to buy a couple of vintage Gretschs back in the day and didn't and always regret missing out.

Setzer's main guitar was always a '59 6120.

He's had many Gretsch signature models over then years.

This one is "Brain Setzer Smoke" model. It's a 6120. I think they came out a few years ago.

I like Setzer a lot... he's a beast of a player... but that's not why I bought it. I bought it because it's the best sounding and playing Gretsch I've ever played. I've become completely enamoured with the Gretsch sound.

The pickups are unbelievable. It has a really thin nitro finish. Love the neck. It plays flawlessly.

I've replaced the truss rod cover with a plain black one. The one it came with had his name on it. I may replace the pickguard at some point. Not sure.

Gonna flick a few guitars. This one is my baby. I'll see how long I can stay faithful

 

[sunny3193]

Why do the British and Australians pronounce it Zed?

Some Australians pronounce it your way, not all.
And, no, no idea why that’s the case.
Maybe a derby/derby thing like in WA.

 

[Mat Mann]

I’m a tradie who has lost money, and the system is so ed, it has literally made me cry in my Ute on my way to work for *** weeks! Man tears too, the kind you quickly wipe dry so nobody can see, because you have to be strong, and end up just bottling it all inside.

One business asked me to deliver materials on a Friday, knowing full well that their gates were getting padlocked that day, and that I would never get paid for them. ******* criminal imo.

Another I was working 5 stories up and had all my tools locked up on site and had to literally fight the administrators security just to get them back so I could get to another job and try to patch together some semblance of a cash flow.

On another job the owner builder asked me to do something post build that was off plan (he wanted an attic space) and once I’d formed it he refused to pay because it wasn’t shown on the plan. He was a lawyer in a ******* mansion in Nedlands overlooking the Swan. He had money coming out his ears, and chose not to pay me because he thought he could get away with it. What a campaigner.

i get so many clients who think I should throw in extra work for free just because they’re paying me for work done. It’s like St Kilda asking the trainee receptionist to vacuum the floors because theyre doing him the favour of paying his receptionist wage. Then they get affronted if you have the dignity to say no.

But worst of all are the liquidators. They send me a document introducing themselves which includes a schedule of rates. The work experience kid that is just packing s**t in boxes and who aspires to get an accounting degree they charge out at nearly $60 an hour. The rates go up on a sliding scale to the head honcho who is getting paid upward of $500 an hour. When all is said and done the final report always somehow shows that the liquidators fees miraculously match the entire cash in bank held by the bankrupt entity. And we get asked to accept 3 cents in the dollar as final payment. Meanwhile everything from that business has been sold at auction for a pittance. I was owed $27k for material and labour on one job and called the liquidator and said that I would gladly write that off if I could just get back my unused material on site (worth maybe 5 or 6k). No surprise the answer was no and likely because they know they can screw me even further.

On the 5 storey job, the developer ended up engaging a new builder and they rang me to finish the job. I asked will I be getting paid for the material and labour previously supplied and invoiced, but they said no. I didn’t want to go back to a site that literally made me nauseous so I declined and they paid someone else to finish the job using my material. It makes me feel outraged to this day.

The whole system feels like it is setup to protect the former employees (fair enough) and then the liquidators. Get ****ed I say.

Now people get stroppy with me when I ask for materials to be paid prior to delivery. Or if I stop work because labour invoices haven’t been settled in a timely manner.

I swear to god tradies are underwriting a massive chunk of a lot of builds.

I had friends hit in The Porter Davis collapse, they wer hit up the week prior the collapse offering about 30k worth of extras added to their build if they could prepay 100k (build was due to start imminently). So they paid……. And have lost it all.

criminal what happens to the subbies and clients

 

[George]

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Poor bloke looks like he's been cooked for 15 years going by his IG

 

[Verdun]

Advice - will be in Melbourne for the Round 6 game against Carlton. Not our home game.

Best way to get some good tickets for a bout 4-6? Club have stated the obvious go to Ticketek.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Big day fishing planned for today boys. y

 

[gringo2011]

Advice - will be in Melbourne for the Round 6 game against Carlton. Not our home game.

Best way to get some good tickets for a bout 4-6? Club have stated the obvious go to Ticketek.

Yeah book through them. Just overrule the best available if they keep offering crap ones up. Get in early for a Carlton game.

 

[Verdun]

cheers mate - that will be my job for tomorrow, about to head to my brother in laws 50th which will be fairly big.

If I come on here spouting shiiiiite later; that is the reason and all excuse me in advance!!

 

[my name was taken]

random question.

How long does a tradie have to issue an invoice?

Had a local plumber out (actually lives behind me), was cheap and had good reviews in the area. mrs asked him for an invoice a week after the work so we could actually pay.

Obviously want to pay because he's a neighbour but it has now been a month. Should just be $130 for an hour of time that he told us before they came out.

 

[Mowman]

random question.

How long does a tradie have to issue an invoice?

Had a local plumber out (actually lives behind me), was cheap and had good reviews in the area. mrs asked him for an invoice a week after the work so we could actually pay.

Obviously want to pay because he's a neighbour but it has now been a month. Should just be $130 for an hour of time that he told us before they came out.

I issue my invoices daily when i get home
If I'm being really slack end of week

 

[my name was taken]

I issue my invoices daily when i get home
If I'm being really slack end of week

Yeh its a bit weird, the response to asking was, 'yeh will get around to it eventually' lol

half expecting it to arrive July 1

 

[Mowman]

random question.

How long does a tradie have to issue an invoice?

Had a local plumber out (actually lives behind me), was cheap and had good reviews in the area. mrs asked him for an invoice a week after the work so we could actually pay.

Obviously want to pay because he's a neighbour but it has now been a month. Should just be $130 for an hour of time that he told us before they came out.

Was expecting a cashie was he ?

 

[George]

Some good fights on today

Long weekend gets even better

 

[PoppedCorn]

Bang

Nite nite says stylebender

 

[Sully111]

Watched "beef" on Netflix. Not bad.

 

[StFly]

So, at present I have been awake for 26hrs straight, sitting here, at a PC trying to work, failing dismally as meh, bright lights and my left hip decides randomly to crack and release pressure.

Imagine you're just chilling in a comfy chair, reclined and randomly you stick you foot in a live electrical socket, that was my feeling when that happened and my twitch as you can imagine managed to whack the underside of my desk. Today hates me...

 

[George]

So, at present I have been awake for 26hrs straight, sitting here, at a PC trying to work, failing dismally as meh, bright lights and my left hip decides randomly to crack and release pressure.

Imagine you're just chilling in a comfy chair, reclined and randomly you stick you foot in a live electrical socket, that was my feeling when that happened and my twitch as you can imagine managed to whack the underside of my desk. Today hates me...

Everything going downhill since that godforsaken Domino's pizza...

 

[StFly]

Everything going downhill since that godforsaken Domino's pizza...

Nah, I'm still handsome and can open some jars, I'm blaming the full pack of lamingtons that was empty this morning as night me got hungry for cake.

 

[bergholt]

I don't know shit about UFC but a mate sent me this vid, fascinating to watch the way he thinks about it