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Ok soapbox one more time
The mining tax, look at it this way. If you boss came up to you and said I am going to pay you an extra $100,000 a year but only on the condition that you give $40,000 of it to the Government would you take the money or tell him to stick it and go and work else where?
Of course you would take it and the same for the mining industry, they are not going to sacrifice 10 billion dollars in profit (arbitrary figure but not out of the realms of possibility) just because they have to give the government 400 million of it. That’s why they are campaigning so hard against it, they know if it comes in they wont go elsewhere (where operating costs will be cheaper) they will still do what they are always ahve and rape the land for everything they can get and they WILL pay it.
Back off said box
Disclaimer: My humble opinion only and not necessarliy that of the site owners, moderators and users
For mine, it’s easy to sit and point. Yes some of what he did or tried to do failed (in some cases spectacularly)but he had a go at least. I get a bit tired of hearing people blame the pollies for things they can’t control. Yes the housing insulation scheme ended up a mess but was it Peter Garretts job to check every house to ensure it was done properly? Was it his job to go around and make sure that all installers were properly trained? It’s like the CEO of Holden having to go and sell the cars himself, people down the line failed in there duty ( and I am talking about government departments ere not politicians) and those same people will still be there when the next Goverment comes along.
Another example was the rego stickers in Victoria falling off due to substandard glue being used and people calling for some pollies head to roll, was it really his job to check all the stickers and make sure they stuck on?
They’re not all angels but they’re not all sinners either.End of Soapboxing
Like the guy says, they weigh f@#$k all and don’t take up much space, I don’t need circlip pliers for my bike but you should have pretty much everything you b=need to carry out trailside repairs in your kit.
I can’t really remember if I have changed the bearings in the time I have had the bike. I can remember changing wheel bearings but I’m not sure if it was this bike or the previous one. The bike had clocked a bit over 10,000 km’s in all sorts of terrain in wet and dry and including the 3 hour run up the Pacific highway to Wauchope at speeds of up to 120km/h. So definately should have changed them earlier and again it was somethiong I was GUNNA do and didn’t.
(oh and this is in the Adventure riding section xy so yes longer trips especially
)Why didn’t I take more notice of this post before, it was something I was always “gunna” get but never got around to it. Same problem, different result.
Now I have to get it welded and machined and new bearings.Carry them spare bearings people.
I didn’t realise Aldi sold crappy bikes
itsagas wrote:
Quote:This is going to sound stupid, but how do I send them a pm.Cheers
Dean
Don’t worry about that dean, Mick’s good at stupid.
:woohoo:Sorry Mick, couldn’t help myself
Capt. Furious wrote:
Quote:Oh Dear God what a saga.Arghhhhh I just want to ride it.
Also spotted one of these at Beard Bros. today. For some reason I really like this helmet.
Better calm down and get used to it Cap, it’s the life of a KTM owner
Good taste in helmets though mate.
I thought you were refering to your last trip to Wauchope there Holeshot but that was RSL’s revenge that kept you up all night
Nasty Business that,,,,,,,,,,,and this.
Maybe Blue you could bring Warlock along as a display unit for some other unit
aido wrote:
Quote:I just got home and im still seedy as hell.I dont know how i got back to the hotel,i fell asleep on the monorail dont know how many laps of town i did.I got in at 9.30 and was sent straight to the sofa bed.i woke up at 2.30 and chucked my guts up for the next three hours.my wife being the compasionate person she then made me go on a harbour ride this morning.and to top it off i have lost my mobile. more to morrow.Sorry to hear that Aido but on the bright side you gave me a good laugh. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :woohoo:
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