I need to vent!

[ChlorHex]

mate as a truckie i'm getting fines all the time for some of the most stupid things. 1 i really like is the tie downs are 10mm over length and they go through and give you a 600 fine and 6 points for each 1(20 to a trailer) or you have a bit of dirt on the tow hitch for the dog trailer.

That's harsh mate.
I guess my $250 fine isn't all that big in comparison... It's just the biggest I've received and one that feels so unjustified.

[iamirondude]

all fines are unjustified dude. there just taxes by stealth and there really not there to improve safety on the roads.

[ChlorHex]

I had a similar problem but the individual then started forwarding links to porn sites after a few days of lying low... immediately kicked her out.
I dislike that garbage.

Gee, that really sucks mate - and 9k is a damn fair chunk of change! Dirty buggers!



On a sorta similar (but not really and at least 9k less important) note - if a Zadong Pei attempts to join the Ozformers FB chat group, or any group you run (I run Big Angry Trev's Transformatorium: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1308.../?notif_t=like) do not let them join. I didn't think about it at the time and they laid low for a few months but sure enough today they started trying to flog sunglasses on my FB group!

I thought it somewhat dodgy that some half dressed asian girl with only a half doz FB friends wanted to join my FB group. But then it was a demographic I didn't seem to be catering too and wanted to let it be known all were welcome I think some other similar girl (bet they are pimply male teen spammers in real life) joined that day too, so now just to await her doing the same.

[ChlorHex]

That's bad man... 4 years is a long time and really unfortunate that you have to sort it out with your own cash. That's painful.

Posting this here so hopefully others can see it.

As most of you know, we built-on about 4 years ago using Farrugia Building Services and have had no end of trouble with the builder Anthony Farrugia. It started out when we had the first significant downpour. Water started flowing over the top of our gutters into the eaves creating mould spots / damage to the outside of the house. This was because he blocked off one end of the gutter with the apex flowing toward it. Basically, the rain water had nowhere to go.

To make matters worse, he didn't connect the only downpipe (50 mm in size) which services 3/4 of the roof to the storm water so now we have moisture getting trapped under the slab shifting the foundations of the new room. It has now separated from the rest of the house.

On top of that, there was one side completely missed that has no flushing under the roof tiles near the iron valley so water is basically running back under the tiles and into the roof cavity cracking the ceiling and creating further water stains / damage inside the house.

We had a building inspection done a couple of weeks ago and the assessment made was that the builder was highly negligent in his workmanship. The inspector to his credit stated that we should be going through the Department of Fair Trading (mostly due to the fact that we originally contacted the builder to rectify these issues 4 years ago which he refused to do and became verbally abusive).

Given the storm we had last night which most Sydney-siders would have known about, we now have a lovely water feature running down the door frame of the new room into several strategically placed buckets.

It's come to a point that we simply cannot wait for the Department of Fair trading to make a ruling and have had to proceed with the repairs ourselves which will leave us out of pocket approx. 9k. Our chances of reimbursement are next to nothing.

Word of warning to anyone considering using Farrugia Building Services located in Quakers Hill NSW - stay away. He is a violent scam artist who will take your money and run. Do not make the mistake we made.

[lancalot]

just reading all your vent ..that pretty bad compare to mine .... My internet is stuffing up lately with the rain so im getting disconnected like every two minutes if it actually connects ....is driving me crazy !! I waited for two day for a technician to come out , thinking they were going to fix the line , but he just came to test it!! wtf I could of told him that it wasn't working!! which I did...the first time I call...and they tested the line then also .... now I got to wait for another call to see when they going to fix it....

[M-bot]

just reading all your vent ..that pretty bad compare to mine .... My internet is stuffing up lately with the rain so im getting disconnected like every two minutes if it actually connects ....is driving me crazy !! I waited for two day for a technician to come out , thinking they were going to fix the line , but he just came to test it!! wtf I could of told him that it wasn't working!! which I did...the first time I call...and they tested the line then also .... now I got to wait for another call to see when they going to fix it....

I had a similar issue - not quite to the same extent as you, thankfully - but the guy that came to test the line was able to ascertain exactly where the issue was, and he contacted Telstra (we weren't with Telstra) to advise them. They fixed it - it ended up being a junction box or something that filled with water and the line kept dangling into it, especially in bad weather, shorting it out (or something, I'm not any kind of expert on these things) at random times. Maybe a similar issue for you?

[1AZRAEL1]

I found an albino hair in my goatee the other day. It fell out though after I yanked at it

[Trent]

^You know for every one you pull out, 2 more will avenge it

[1AZRAEL1]

I didn't pull it out. It fell out

[M-bot]

I didn't pull it out. It fell out

...with extreme predjudice.

White hairs in on your head and beard are not so bad. When they appear in... >ahem< ...other places... then you've got something to complain about