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I fell victim to a water vending machine like that in gatwick airport. The thing was 4 people before me did the same thing but didn't bother warning the next sucker. Admittedly a few more people attempted to buy water after me.
Lol there was something about that particular vending experience that left you so jaded you didn't do the polite thing and warn the oblivious.
At richmond station one day i got a coke out of the vending machine. two popped out instead of one, beauty! only problem was, i couldnt open the bloody plastic because they were blocking the space Woulda fooled so many people throughout that day untill someone fixed it...
People vote based on leader because they're stupid and lazy and don't bother to actually look at the issues or their local member or the quality of the cabinet/shadow cabinet as a whole.
The leader does not run the country, and anyone who thinks so is utterly naive. He/she is nothing more than the charismatic figurehead of the party room/caucus whose policy platforms and members you are SUPPOSED to be voting on when you go to the polls. They may be a very influential member of that party room, but a member nonetheless.
If you vote for a party purely because of a leader who was installed by the factional bosses in cabinet, then you have absolutely no right to complain when those same factions give him the arse.
THAT'S what shits me.
Loud, obnoxious kids on their school holidays everywhere at shopping centres. Getting in the way, walking slowly and taking up entire walkways, yelling and carrying on while their equally obnoxious parents turn a blind eye and let them get away with murder.
Wondering why the speed camera is sitting on a 60km hr zone 1km away but cant sit down at the end of my 50km hr street where cars consistently do 60-70 km hr.
The road is narrow but opens up at the end to be wide enough to park a speed camera or even a radar.
Is there any way of influencing where they park?[/quote]
I'm pretty sure there is a bunch or rules.
If a street is too busy, then the car operated speed cameras cant be used as there is too much distraction.
I dont know what the definition of 'too busy' is.
Went to a council meeting a while back and that's what the copper said.
Well, as I noted, looking at your local member is just one factor amongst several. The other key matters being (as you say) the party's position as a whole on key issues, and the quality of the respective cabinets.Party discipline (especially voting down party lines) is so entrenched in Australian democracy that voting based on the values of your "local member" is pretty futile.
You technically elect your local member and nothing more, but the reality, based on the way parliamentary and executive institutions have evolved is that you are voting for the platform of the relative cabinets, of which the leader plays a pretty defining role, even moreso in Rudd's case.
Conscience votes are extremely rare in Australian politics, and members crossing the floor is (unlike America) virtually unheard of. If you vote for a Liberal or Labor local MP under the impression that their individual values will influence the direction of the party as a whole, you are off the mark.
I hosted last match and am $100 down from it
The difference in full fees and concession prices. Went to the chemist to pick up a prescription for medication I need - $32.00. Some peroxided, smelly bogan walks in, flashes a concession card and gets their prescription for $3.10.
I am also completing the Diploma of Management through TAFE. One module on full fees is $227.00, whilst the concession rate is $91.00.
Just sucks is all.
That is my bitch for the day.
I can appreciate that some people need assistance, but when it is given to those who sit on their arse all day producing babies and watching Oprah, just really pisses me off.
When you get on a plane and all the flight attendants are male.
I ordered pizza and in my drunkenness payed myself as it was easier to pay in 50s and scab the change from everyone later. Of course, got carried away and forgot and don't want to be the scab just chasing up people for money. Don't really mind though, under 18 so normally at parties everyone puts in money and people pay that person. All it means is i won't be paying for the next few partiesHow on Earth does this occur. Surely everybody can bring their own booze and you just provide some chips/snacks
Well, as I noted, looking at your local member is just one factor amongst several. The other key matters being (as you say) the party's position as a whole on key issues, and the quality of the respective cabinets.
I don't think that the quality of local members is as totally irrelevant as you seem to suggest, however. You forget that whilst party discipline is strong, the power is ultimately derived from the party room. Thus the qualities of individual members (especially their factional leanings) are very important in shaping policy in the medium- and longer-term. Especially if a member lives in a marginal seat, then he can pull a lot of weight in the interests of his constituents. An MP doesn't have to cross the floor in order to make things happen.
For example, I used to live in the seat of Mitchell. Pending resolution of a few caveats, I am considering voting Liberal in the coming Federal election. However, if I was still residing in Mitchell there is no way that I would do so, because I have no interest in being represented by Alex Hawke or giving him a say in the operation of the federal Liberal party.
If you don't know what they do, get down to your member's office and find out. They'll be more than happy to give you a ton of literature telling you all the great things they do for the community.
Get on the web and look up your member's voting record. Read the local rag, follow the preselections for the major parties. At election time, attend open forums and debates. Democracy is a participation sport.
That's a pretty lazy approach. How about you find out what they're doing and then decide if it's good enough - rather than assuming that because you're ignorant of it, it's therefore not worth consideration?
You elect these guys, FFS. I mean, I'm fairly cynical about politics but even I acknowledge that they work pretty hard. Don't you think it's worth finding out what they do with all that time? Would you hire somebody to work for you without examining their resume?