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lol Baconer, sounds like you have it pretty easy :( I'm at home (ugh) and I pay $500/month, and they increase it each year (26yo, getting out soon!)

As for what bugs me: Mismanagement at work and resulting wasted time/resources. Won't name the gov department, but I'm not surprised they are way over budget and way behind schedule.

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I'll throw one out there: the idiots that made the call on the 'new' AFP builing on Constitution Ave'. Quickly: "Yep; we'll take it, and all the free car parking that goes with it. Let's renovate it at a cost of taxpayers' XXX $millions for the next year or two and...Oh, wait. Now it's almost done,we don't want it. Turns out, it's too small for us. Oops. A slight oversight, sorry..." F**KBAGS.

Taking the farmers land of them to make 72,000 new houses and 15 suburbs around the Coppins crossing area. Bah what happen to open planning or Canberra and the poor farmers who have been there for 100's of years (yes well before Canberra was here)

Thought it was about the land owners signing a contract that declared them owners for 100 years, 100 year contract runs out in the next year or so and the government will not renew it so they loose the land.

gtrydaz forum... i used the word "shit" in a sentence "i think they should clear the brembo's fine as there is a shit load of space" and i got a WARNING!!!... stupid automated system that must be set to pick up on swear words...

Nails/Screws in Tyres.

This must be at least the 10th time in 3 years that I've had to a deflated tyre due to Screws and Nails. Serious where do they come from? can't imagine that many falling of the back of a truck.

Hey yaf28f - I just read what it says under your avatar... If you want to change your user name send Shell a PM asking if she can change it and the user name that you want to change it to and she'll do it for you. :D

People who overtake me on the left then get pissed when i nearly wipe them out... Anyone who has ever driven a truck knows the blind spots are massive on the right side and on the left it is nearly impossible to see. Whenever i turn right off a roundabout and then need to turn left at the next intersection some jerkoff always seems to decide he must get there before me, he zips past on the left after i've checked its clear, i nearly wipe him out then i get flipped off, beeped at, cut off and then he slams the brakes on infront of me while the truck is full, all because this yuppy f**kwit in his goddam BMW has to get back to the office to sit around batting off to whatever porn he has discovered can make it past the work filter because he isnt getting any at home as his wife is busy f**king his goddam brother cause he's such a goddam small cocked bastard!!!

Angry!!!

People who overtake me on the left then get pissed when i nearly wipe them out... Anyone who has ever driven a truck knows the blind spots are massive on the right side and on the left it is nearly impossible to see. Whenever i turn right off a roundabout and then need to turn left at the next intersection some jerkoff always seems to decide he must get there before me, he zips past on the left after i've checked its clear, i nearly wipe him out then i get flipped off, beeped at, cut off and then he slams the brakes on infront of me while the truck is full, all because this yuppy f**kwit in his goddam BMW has to get back to the office to sit around batting off to whatever porn he has discovered can make it past the work filter because he isnt getting any at home as his wife is busy f**king his goddam brother cause he's such a goddam small cocked bastard!!!

Angry!!!

c'mon Alex... don't beat around the bush... tell us what you really think. ;)

I get people tailgating me at night. I cant see behind my rear doors when they are that close. Thats why im putting "reverse spotties" on, with a switch to be able to use them when im not in reverse. I only get slower when they get closer.

I get people tailgating me at night. I cant see behind my rear doors when they are that close. Thats why im putting "reverse spotties" on, with a switch to be able to use them when im not in reverse. I only get slower when they get closer.

I have so wanted to do that! My luck would be the first car I blast for tailgating would be the Police officer about to pull me over...

What annoys me is when customers at my work walk up and I ask what bowser (I work at Shell next to Epic) and they blink, turn their head to the forecourt and say while pointing at the TicTac stand "The car over then..." and then proceed to swipe their credit card and wonder why the machine isnt reading it... Apart from that tailgaters, Area Managers and alarm clocks... :dry:

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