Things Ain't What They Used To Be

[Lazarus]

Us old farts are always banging on about things not being made as well as they used to be, true in most cases, but not paper towels.

I remember when paper towels were sh!t, fall apart the moment they got wet.
Not Quilton Tuffy.
I accidentally let one get into my twin tub washing machine, it flogs feck out of the clothes.
This towel did probably 20 minutes in there, separated all 4 ply from each other and when dried, were individually usable.
Now that's pretty good, but the kicker is amazing.

When I first started walking my girl Bella, about a year ago, she ate a full Tuffy paper towel.

After journeying through a digestive system that can disolve bones, it came out in one piece, on the side of the road.

12 months on, the turd is just a memory, but that towel is still there.
I'm certain that if I was to wash it, it could be used again.
If I was totally desperate for dunny roll after the zombie apocalypse.

[Oldbloke]

[alexjones]

Sorry to hijack your thread but on the topic of things not what they once were. In the 1990s I remember going to Europe on a $1300 ticket. Now we can still go for $1300(or less). Airline tickets have avoided inflation it appears.

[Larry]

Laz perhaps they were once paper and now are mostly plastic?

I know my body and mind is not what it one used to be. There is no going back.

[Lazarus]

Laz perhaps they were once paper and now are mostly plastic?

I know my body and mind is not what it one used to be. There is no going back.

They certainly last like plastic Larry.
They're a damn good towel, but I reckon they'll survive a long, long time in landfill.

[Lazarus]

Not worth starting another thread for this bullsh!t, so I'll put it here, it is relevant I s'pose.

The report is about Britain, but the lunacy has infected the ban-everything crowd here in Nannystan too.

So called "zombie knives" are already banned here, but there are new laws on the way.
The new rules in Britain;
"".....the new law will mean that blades without images or words will also be recognised as zombie knives if they have other key features, such as a cutting or serrated edge""

Seems the only knives they will allow you is one without a blade.

I can just see the youtube reviews for the latest EDC handle.

FFS, you couldn't make this sh!t up

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 84564.html

[Die Judicii]

WTF,,,,,,,,

I've got a bigger, badder, and more dangerous "handle" than you.

[Oldbloke]

That would make a fishing knife with scaler illegal.

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[Lazarus]

What, I have to ask, will they do when everyghing but kitchen knives are illegal, and the psychos have to start using them?

Oh wait.....

[on_one_wheel]

I carry a knife on my side every day without fail.

As it stands you only need a lawful reason, I have a very long list of those, starting with .... you never know when you're going to need a machete to thrash your way through impenetrable undergrowth.

[alexjones]

Knife crime has risen by 76 per cent in the UK over the past 10 years according to that article. A large portion of the attackers are not ETHNICALLY from the UK. Interesting how that works.....

[Lazarus]

Knife crime has risen by 76 per cent in the UK over the past 10 years according to that article. A large portion of the attackers are not ETHNICALLY from the UK. Interesting how that works.....

Yeah, funny that.

I remember when cops in WA, after there had been a great deal of knife crime committed by gangs of African youths, started randomly searching young African males, the demographic causing the problem.

The usual do-gooders got their vagitalia in a sweaty mess and accused the cops of racially profiling these young men.

It seems that, to solve a problem caused by these young African men, they expected everyone should be searched, just so that those committing the crimes wouldn't feel "singled out" FFS.

The entire purpose of the exercise was to single out the perpetrators, but as usual they were more worried about the stabber than the stabees

[alexjones]

Correct mate. And our quality of life keeps getting lower. Which is why I have disdain for this country because it is not the country I grew up. The Australia I new is vanished to the dustbin of history.

[Lazarus]

Correct mate. And our quality of life keeps getting lower. Which is why I have disdain for this country because it is not the country I grew up. The Australia I new is vanished to the dustbin of history.

Sad as it is, I have to agree.

I grew up in western Sydney in the 60s, it's totally unrecognisable now.
I was horrified when we moved to the bush in 1970, but within 12 months, I had my first rifle, and the thought of going back to the city was anathema.

Now, I'd rather lick footpaths in china than live in a warren again

[alexjones]

Correct mate. And our quality of life keeps getting lower. Which is why I have disdain for this country because it is not the country I grew up. The Australia I new is vanished to the dustbin of history.

Sad as it is, I have to agree.

I grew up in western Sydney in the 60s, it's totally unrecognisable now.
I was horrified when we moved to the bush in 1970, but within 12 months, I had my first rifle, and the thought of going back to the city was anathema.

Now, I'd rather lick footpaths in china than live in a warren again

Yeah mate it sucks doesn't it. A lot of people feel the way we do which has killed the unity this country once had. The UK is the same too.

The elites want us to just shut up, do what we are told and pay our taxes.

[Lazarus]

I can't imagine what it must be like in Britain and the EU, we get fired up over a few boats, they have a constant tsunami.

It's one of the main drivers of discontent driving people to vote for anyone claiming they can change it.

There have been calls here for a population of 50 million FFS, we can't house what we have now, our roads and infrastructure are all woefully ill kept, and apparently the planners are on mushrooms, if the Roselle interchange is any indication.

I have a friend who is in a NSW government department, he say he lives in Australia but works in "Utopia"


https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/au ... 122-h187ze

[alexjones]

I can't imagine what it must be like in Britain and the EU, we get fired up over a few boats, they have a constant tsunami.

It's one of the main drivers of discontent driving people to vote for anyone claiming they can change it.

There have been calls here for a population of 50 million FFS, we can't house what we have now, our roads and infrastructure are all woefully ill kept, and apparently the planners are on mushrooms, if the Roselle interchange is any indication.

I have a friend who is in a NSW government department, he say he lives in Australia but works in "Utopia"


https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/au ... 122-h187ze

Spot on mate you nailed it. The discontent is far and wide but our so called leaders keep pushing for these changes and we the people just have to deal with it.

[Lazarus]

What do you call 100 politicians on the bottom of the ocean?

A bloody good start.

[NTSOG]

on_one_wheel: 'As it stands you only need a lawful reason, I have a very long list of those, starting with .... you never know when you're going to need a machete to thrash your way through impenetrable undergrowth."

I went into town the other day in my work clothes forgetting I was still carrying my Buck folding knife on my belt. Only when I was in Safeway did I remember the knife on my belt so pulled my coat well down to cover it as I really couldn't think of a 'lawful reason' to carry a razor-sharp knife in Safeway.

Jim

[alexjones]

The gun store I go to has limited parking outside the the store so I have to park about 500m away at the Aldi carpark and walk to the store.

Always get dirty looks and sometimes a comment when I am walking with my soft case gun bags through the Aldi carpark and down the busy main road to the store.

It annoys me how people are socially conditioned to see a public servant open carry a gun as normal yet a private citizen carrying a gun concealed is a big deal.

[bigpete]

My knees definitely ain't whst they used to be....

[alexjones]

My knees definitely ain't whst they used to be....

Same with my hairline.

[Bugman]

Yep. The simplicity of everyday life is gone.

[animalpest]

Yep. The simplicity of everyday life is gone.

What hairline?

[bigpete]

Receding hairline is one thing I DON'T have to worry about

[Lazarus]

My worry is mine isn't receding.

I've been shaving my head for 40yrs, you'd reckon it would have got the message by now

[bigpete]

Watching Mad Max 2.....there something that hasn't withstood the test of time

[Bugman]

Yep. The simplicity of everyday life is gone.

What hairline?

Hair today....gone tomorrow

[Peterwho]

What do you call 100 politicians on the bottom of the ocean?

A bloody good start.

I would have thought “barely enough” is a better response

[Lazarus]

What do you call 100 politicians on the bottom of the ocean?

A bloody good start.

I would have thought “barely enough” is a better response

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