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Just barge in and enjoy the view of the ensuing calamity from your rear view mirrors. Be sure to give them a smiling thumbs-up as they yell at you and gesticulate their appreciation as they then drive past you...
Honestly I would be avoiding the motorway.
If I had to take it then I would match traffic speed in order to merge even if that meant going slightly over and then slow down once safe to do so. There is not always time to wait for a safe space to merge at 90kph
It may not be legal by the letter of the law but it would be safer and common sense. You would be very unlucky to get caught doing it for a few seconds.
Stay at 90. Only merge when there’s a safe enough gap to not have to cause the oncoming vehicle to brake harshly.
Just speed up to what you feel you need to be at to merge safely and comfortably. Doubt any cops will be around and doubt that they would even care if they were. And just slow down after merge.
Merge at whatever speed is required, and then slow-down so you don't get a fine.
P platers have to stay under a limit? I’m on my greens and have never done that
If you ever get pulled over (you won't) just say you came up to the speed of the traffic on the motorway and that you intended to follow the speed limit when safe to do so.
Another well thought out rule. Zero issues. L platers doing 80.
>Honestly I would be avoiding the motorway.
Making P-platers drive slower that the speed limit is such a terrible rule. After driving for 30 years (I have had breaks) I can confidently say that I am not skilled, or experienced enough to merge at 90 km/h onto a motorway.
Good luck.
It woulb be a prick of a cop I they booked them when the traffic is heavy. Especially if you explained the reason. Maybe 100 would be good enough. Either way the 90 rule is not well thought out. Especially for those like the OP and people in country areas.
This is bad advice. You can’t control who’s coming in that lane behind you, and sometimes you only have a very short distance to merge.
Have you seen some of the on way ramps in Sydney? The merging lane is barely 100m long on some. Not enough time to wait around for a safe time to enter slowly
90 now
It would be very rare you would need to do it and even more rare that a cop would be around and then even more rare one would pick you up on it.
Hi. I’m wondering if anyone has any experience seeing starling murmurations (a flock in synchronised flight) in the Central West. I spent a weekend in Bathurst and Orange recently and saw heaps of starlings about and wondered if they are known to fly in murmurations.
I’m working on a video project and would love to film one.
I haven't seen enough of them here in dubbo for a while, but in the past there has been enough for them to form one of these
I saw this years ago just north of Canberra. They were in pest proportions in the city and would fly en masse toward the vineyards near Hall / Wallaroo. Farmers had handed in all their pump action shotties. Gas guns and other noisemakers became ineffective without shooting and the bird netting became like advertising.
Fruit growers just sat on the porch and watched themselves go broke.
That really sucks for the farmers. Are the numbers still like that out there?
I'd maybe ask r/australianBirds. Someone there might know.
I'm near Lithgow, and only see a few starlings every now and then. I don't think there'd be enough for a murmuration.
Indeed we used to get some great murmurations out at Dubbo. Council has been quite diligent last ten/twenty years keeping the numbers down. Anyone out Blainey? Rydal?
I grow up in Trangie and I remember I think late 70's the police closing the main street of Narromine and basically anybody with a shot gun walking up the road and blasting them.
That’s interesting that the numbers seem to be dropping. I guess that’s good from an environmental perspective, but a pity that it’s harder to see these amazing phenomena.
Good idea. Thanks!
Seems like I might be a decade late to the party.
Whoa! That’s wild!
I've heard similar stories!
I almost bought the tickets but my wife talked me out of that at last moment. Sometimes you have to listen to your wife
Wild weather = geoengineering
Theres going to many a case of trench foot
People bought tickets for this festival 2 years ago, it's wild
What a fascinating human you must be
My son and his mate did, 2 years postponed due to Covid, they weren't missing out this year. They're up there now having fun getting muddy, he sent me a photo of his shoes that looked like it came from the Western Front in WW1
"hey there fellow human, we'd like you to give up your fat profits and do something less profitable for the good of the community"
Yeah I see that working.
Nice!
And in further breaking news; people ask Rupert Murdoch to stop being a hate-mongering scumbag.
It’s obviously a scam, but to demonstrate it I googled portions of the message. The exact same message dates back to at least 2013.
Just Google "which is why we contacted you with an internet messaging facility" with the quotation marks and you’ll see it.
Yes definitely a scam. Anything involving people not being able to have access to bank accounts, using cheques or other alternative payment methods are red flags.
There is no such thing as The Australian Army Corps. There are corps within the army such as the Royal Australian Armoured Corps but the overarching organisation is simply the Australian Army.
Yes. It's a scam.
Scam yes definitely. Haven't seen that one. I have seen an oceanographer and work on an oil rig message. Very similar though
If it seems too good to be true, it usually is.
Its a scam
Read the first line, it's a scam
Definitely not a scam. Source: I'm a Nigerian Prince
In 2022 if it’s someone you don’t know personally or a number you don’t have it’s a scam. 100% of the time
No one in Australia says "The Australian Army Corp"
Major scam.
I got that almost verbatim when I sold a car years ago. The car was worth about $900 and they wanted to pay more than that to send it to their kid in WA.
Too much unnecessary information, offering extra money and won't speak to you on the phone or come and see it definitely a scam unfortunately
The shit grammar is a giveaway
Why do you even need to ask?
So. He will pay you the asking price plus $1000. The $1000 is for shipping that he wants you to pay, for "reasons". You will see the money in your bank account, and figure "what's the harm" and pay the "shipping company" he nominated. Car sold, easy peasy.
But. You have been paid with money from a stolen credit card or a fake bank check that took longer than usual to be proven fake. The bank will take the asking price + $1000 out of your bank account. Now you are down $1000, but you probably get to keep the car.
I got the exact same message when I was selling a camera in 2018.
Who doesn’t have access to a phone????
Scam
Scam. Soldier couldn’t write such a long email.
I remember getting this EXACT message (and thinking wtf) when I was selling my car a few years ago.
Scam LOL
Scam. I had 2 similar emails sent when I was advertising a car. They also send the same sort of thing when they post fake ads on Facebook market place
Scam. This one has been going around for ages. I know of it being used for cars and caravans.
Legit advice
Older. I got some hits going back to 2008 with the same dumb "hurrrr I work on an oil rig" type garbage
yeah thanks i got a message first from some simsoma or something that i couldn’t reply to telling me to email the price to the email which seemed sus from the beginning. too good to be true to buy a car without even checking. anything i can do about this?
There’s also no such thing as “Aviation University”.
I’d also add that buying a car (for your “first son” or otherwise) as a “graduation gift” is a much more movie or US-based idea in my experience. Unless my mates were just all povvos, I don’t think anyone got a car after Uni, by then we were mostly expected to be sorting out our own cars.
I find that nearly 100% of these scams and “the Principal at Blacktown Boys High” quotes contain Americanisms and Hollywood tropes. They’re subtle, but there: college, field trips, prom, sidewalk, graduation, medical bills, etc. Keep an eye out for subtle words or phrases you don’t think a native Australian-English speaker would say.
…of course, the words, they are a-changing. C’est la vie ¯\\\_()_/¯
As someone who works on oil rigs I love getting the oil rigs ones :)
just seemed too good to be true and they messaged first as well
what if i make a new paypal acc and move it around accounts and close the original and make it have no ties? does it just mean i’d have taken money from the stolen card or r they able to take it back anyway
When people message me on Gumtree asking me to email them. I always reply with "what's email? My son is helping me sell this". They leave me alone after that.
block the number for a start.
Hahaha that would be excellent to answer those questions actually working on one hahahaha.
I’m very busy but have time to send the worlds longest email.
LOL. Probably not.
There is a reason scammers do all this weird stuff to convert the bank traceable stuff into cash or gift cards.
There's another scam where the scammers literally have control of your computer while you are internet banking but they still have to convince you to pay them in cash.
And then what? Keep the stolen money and not deliver the car?
The scammers aren't dumb, by the way.
I have friends who have chickens, so wondering if we can keep ducks too, and if yes, do I need a license? Thank you
Might be council limits to numbers, but otherwise OK. But they are messy things. They'll turn your backyard into a smelly mud-pit.
No, not an issue AFAIK. They're noisy bastards though -- especially at full moon for some reason.
May I recommend quails, they are super cute, hardly any trouble, and much much less noisy/messy.
I've kept both chickens and ducks at various times - generally if it's okay with the local council to have chickens it's okay to have ducks but check first - and it can vary depending on where you are and applicable zoning to your block - eg I'm in a country town within town limits and I can keep chickens and other poultry but not roosters or geese - and there is usually a limit to the number you can keep, regulations as to their housing - distance from neighbours etc etc.
That being said ducks need a fair amount of space - more than chickens and they very generously endow you with a substantial amount of very sloppy droppings - plus you need very good fences to keep out dogs and foxes.
Ducks a really noisy compared to chickens. Loud and never stop quacking.
Haha yall talked me out of it, i’ll stick to wanting a dog.
May come under similar conditions for chickens in your LGA.
I'd love to be able to do this too, but I don't see how. Won't they just fly away eventually?
Check your local council’s website for details. Each LGA is different.

Just barge in and enjoy the view of the ensuing calamity from your rear view mirrors. Be sure to give them a smiling thumbs-up as they yell at you and gesticulate their appreciation as they then drive past you...

Honestly I would be avoiding the motorway.

If I had to take it then I would match traffic speed in order to merge even if that meant going slightly over and then slow down once safe to do so. There is not always time to wait for a safe space to merge at 90kph

It may not be legal by the letter of the law but it would be safer and common sense. You would be very unlucky to get caught doing it for a few seconds.

Stay at 90. Only merge when there’s a safe enough gap to not have to cause the oncoming vehicle to brake harshly.

Just speed up to what you feel you need to be at to merge safely and comfortably. Doubt any cops will be around and doubt that they would even care if they were. And just slow down after merge.

Merge at whatever speed is required, and then slow-down so you don't get a fine.

P platers have to stay under a limit? I’m on my greens and have never done that

If you ever get pulled over (you won't) just say you came up to the speed of the traffic on the motorway and that you intended to follow the speed limit when safe to do so.

Another well thought out rule. Zero issues. L platers doing 80.

>Honestly I would be avoiding the motorway.

Making P-platers drive slower that the speed limit is such a terrible rule. After driving for 30 years (I have had breaks) I can confidently say that I am not skilled, or experienced enough to merge at 90 km/h onto a motorway.

Good luck.

It woulb be a prick of a cop I they booked them when the traffic is heavy. Especially if you explained the reason. Maybe 100 would be good enough. Either way the 90 rule is not well thought out. Especially for those like the OP and people in country areas.

This is bad advice. You can’t control who’s coming in that lane behind you, and sometimes you only have a very short distance to merge.

Have you seen some of the on way ramps in Sydney? The merging lane is barely 100m long on some. Not enough time to wait around for a safe time to enter slowly

90 now

It would be very rare you would need to do it and even more rare that a cop would be around and then even more rare one would pick you up on it.

Hi. I’m wondering if anyone has any experience seeing starling murmurations (a flock in synchronised flight) in the Central West. I spent a weekend in Bathurst and Orange recently and saw heaps of starlings about and wondered if they are known to fly in murmurations.

I’m working on a video project and would love to film one.

I haven't seen enough of them here in dubbo for a while, but in the past there has been enough for them to form one of these

I saw this years ago just north of Canberra. They were in pest proportions in the city and would fly en masse toward the vineyards near Hall / Wallaroo. Farmers had handed in all their pump action shotties. Gas guns and other noisemakers became ineffective without shooting and the bird netting became like advertising.

Fruit growers just sat on the porch and watched themselves go broke.

That really sucks for the farmers. Are the numbers still like that out there?

I'd maybe ask r/australianBirds. Someone there might know.

I'm near Lithgow, and only see a few starlings every now and then. I don't think there'd be enough for a murmuration.

Indeed we used to get some great murmurations out at Dubbo. Council has been quite diligent last ten/twenty years keeping the numbers down. Anyone out Blainey? Rydal?

I grow up in Trangie and I remember I think late 70's the police closing the main street of Narromine and basically anybody with a shot gun walking up the road and blasting them.

That’s interesting that the numbers seem to be dropping. I guess that’s good from an environmental perspective, but a pity that it’s harder to see these amazing phenomena.

Good idea. Thanks!

Seems like I might be a decade late to the party.

Whoa! That’s wild!

I've heard similar stories!

I almost bought the tickets but my wife talked me out of that at last moment. Sometimes you have to listen to your wife

Wild weather = geoengineering

Theres going to many a case of trench foot

People bought tickets for this festival 2 years ago, it's wild

What a fascinating human you must be

My son and his mate did, 2 years postponed due to Covid, they weren't missing out this year. They're up there now having fun getting muddy, he sent me a photo of his shoes that looked like it came from the Western Front in WW1

"hey there fellow human, we'd like you to give up your fat profits and do something less profitable for the good of the community"

Yeah I see that working.

Nice!

And in further breaking news; people ask Rupert Murdoch to stop being a hate-mongering scumbag.

It’s obviously a scam, but to demonstrate it I googled portions of the message. The exact same message dates back to at least 2013.

Just Google "which is why we contacted you with an internet messaging facility" with the quotation marks and you’ll see it.

Yes definitely a scam. Anything involving people not being able to have access to bank accounts, using cheques or other alternative payment methods are red flags.

There is no such thing as The Australian Army Corps. There are corps within the army such as the Royal Australian Armoured Corps but the overarching organisation is simply the Australian Army.

Yes. It's a scam.

Scam yes definitely. Haven't seen that one. I have seen an oceanographer and work on an oil rig message. Very similar though

If it seems too good to be true, it usually is.

Its a scam

Read the first line, it's a scam

Definitely not a scam. Source: I'm a Nigerian Prince

In 2022 if it’s someone you don’t know personally or a number you don’t have it’s a scam. 100% of the time

No one in Australia says "The Australian Army Corp"

Major scam.

I got that almost verbatim when I sold a car years ago. The car was worth about $900 and they wanted to pay more than that to send it to their kid in WA.

Too much unnecessary information, offering extra money and won't speak to you on the phone or come and see it definitely a scam unfortunately

The shit grammar is a giveaway

Why do you even need to ask?

So. He will pay you the asking price plus $1000. The $1000 is for shipping that he wants you to pay, for "reasons". You will see the money in your bank account, and figure "what's the harm" and pay the "shipping company" he nominated. Car sold, easy peasy.

But. You have been paid with money from a stolen credit card or a fake bank check that took longer than usual to be proven fake. The bank will take the asking price + $1000 out of your bank account. Now you are down $1000, but you probably get to keep the car.

I got the exact same message when I was selling a camera in 2018.

Who doesn’t have access to a phone????

Scam

Scam. Soldier couldn’t write such a long email.

I remember getting this EXACT message (and thinking wtf) when I was selling my car a few years ago.

Scam LOL

Scam. I had 2 similar emails sent when I was advertising a car. They also send the same sort of thing when they post fake ads on Facebook market place

Scam. This one has been going around for ages. I know of it being used for cars and caravans.

Legit advice

Older. I got some hits going back to 2008 with the same dumb "hurrrr I work on an oil rig" type garbage

yeah thanks i got a message first from some simsoma or something that i couldn’t reply to telling me to email the price to the email which seemed sus from the beginning. too good to be true to buy a car without even checking. anything i can do about this?

There’s also no such thing as “Aviation University”.

I’d also add that buying a car (for your “first son” or otherwise) as a “graduation gift” is a much more movie or US-based idea in my experience. Unless my mates were just all povvos, I don’t think anyone got a car *after* Uni, by then we were mostly expected to be sorting out our own cars.

I find that nearly 100% of these scams and “the Principal at Blacktown Boys High” quotes contain Americanisms and Hollywood tropes. They’re subtle, but there: college, field trips, prom, sidewalk, graduation, medical bills, etc. Keep an eye out for subtle words or phrases you don’t think a native Australian-English speaker would say.

…of course, the words, they are a-changing. C’est la vie ¯\\\_()_/¯

As someone who works on oil rigs I love getting the oil rigs ones :)

just seemed too good to be true and they messaged first as well

what if i make a new paypal acc and move it around accounts and close the original and make it have no ties? does it just mean i’d have taken money from the stolen card or r they able to take it back anyway

When people message me on Gumtree asking me to email them. I always reply with "what's email? My son is helping me sell this". They leave me alone after that.

block the number for a start.

Hahaha that would be excellent to answer those questions actually working on one hahahaha.

I’m very busy but have time to send the worlds longest email.

LOL. Probably not.

There is a reason scammers do all this weird stuff to convert the bank traceable stuff into cash or gift cards.

There's another scam where the scammers literally have control of your computer while you are internet banking but they still have to convince you to pay them in cash.

And then what? Keep the stolen money and not deliver the car?

The scammers aren't dumb, by the way.

I have friends who have chickens, so wondering if we can keep ducks too, and if yes, do I need a license? Thank you

Might be council limits to numbers, but otherwise OK. But they are messy things. They'll turn your backyard into a smelly mud-pit.

No, not an issue AFAIK. They're noisy bastards though -- especially at full moon for some reason.

May I recommend quails, they are super cute, hardly any trouble, and much much less noisy/messy.

I've kept both chickens and ducks at various times - generally if it's okay with the local council to have chickens it's okay to have ducks but check first - and it can vary depending on where you are and applicable zoning to your block - eg I'm in a country town within town limits and I can keep chickens and other poultry but not roosters or geese - and there is usually a limit to the number you can keep, regulations as to their housing - distance from neighbours etc etc.

That being said ducks need a fair amount of space - more than chickens and they very generously endow you with a substantial amount of very sloppy droppings - plus you need very good fences to keep out dogs and foxes.

Ducks a really noisy compared to chickens. Loud and never stop quacking.

Haha yall talked me out of it, i’ll stick to wanting a dog.

May come under similar conditions for chickens in your LGA.

I'd love to be able to do this too, but I don't see how. Won't they just fly away eventually?

Check your local council’s website for details. Each LGA is different.