Goodbye Bronwyn

[Burt de Ernie]

You can't buy happiness... but you can rent a reasonable approximation for a while.

Actually you can't. Lots of studies have shown that as we gain more in material possessions, our level of happiness goes down. the only people who gain happiness from more stuff are the ones who have absolutely nothing.Once basic needs are met and we are comfortable, extra stuff doesn't make you any happier.

What does bring happiness are family, a sense of belonging to a strong community, a sense of purpose in what you do, a level of autonomy in controlling your life, gaining mastery in skills.

All the things we now devalue in favor of making more money to buy more **** that just makes us more miserable....

Obviously this study was undertaken by someone with no coin.

 

[spog]

Huge shortage of brickies at the moment. Good tradies are getting up to and over $1 per brick and can do 1300 bricks per day standing on their ear.
Sadly for young folk, you dont get to start on 100,000k per year so you may have to put in the hard yards for a while.
But never mind. Sure there will be a bunch of contractors only to happy to sponsor foreign workers on 457 visas to fill the gap while your time doing a B of A and taking a gap year.

1300 per day would be " roughs" not face bricks,face being the finished product,roughs being unseen.
1300 a day is a cracking pace and not having a go but , I have never in my years in building seen any brickie lay 1300 in a day ,never.

 

[manticle]

Obviously this study was undertaken by someone with no coin.

Maybe you should try reading it.

 

[Tropico]

52 pages. WOW, it looks like Bronwyn is more interesting than beer.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Beer....what do you mean....what is this beer you speak off

 

[butisitart]

52 pages. WOW, it looks like Bronwyn is more interesting than beer.

bronwyn is not more interesting than beer.
another comment like this and i shall be morally obliged to report you to a higher authority.....
the MODERATOR

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

bronwyn is not more interesting than beer.
another comment like this and i shall be morally obliged to report you to a higher authority.....
the MODERATOR

There worse than politicians....mods have actual power

But we have spent 52 pages on this thread, which is probably more than all the beer threads on here put together h34r:

 

[Tropico]

Frick, I spent so much time reading here .... I'm almost out of beer!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

You wouldn't even raise a thirst just reading the beer threads...

 

[manticle]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0koz0lGfyrg

 

[shaunous]

Jeez you guys dribble ****.

 

[Dave70]

1300 per day would be " roughs" not face bricks,face being the finished product,roughs being unseen.
1300 a day is a cracking pace and not having a go but , I have never in my years in building seen any brickie lay 1300 in a day ,never.

That did sound on the high side when I looked at it and figured it was just my memory predictably failing. Then I dug up this article that puts the figure even higher.
Even for 1300, that puts it at around a brick every 24 seconds for an 8 hour day, 1500 gets it down to around 1 every 20. Thats straight laying, no smoko or counter lunch included.

Could the Tele be (gulp..) guilty of not checking their facts?..

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/huge-demand-for-brickies-much-moolah-to-be-had-for-willing-workers/story-fni0cx12-1227245387308

That meant getting paid per brick laid, up to $1 a brick, and with good brickies capable of laying 1500 bricks a day, the money mounts up.

Unless the brickie had 'super hands' that is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usAWvTKplIs

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Could the Tele be (gulp..) guilty of not checking their facts?..

Never. Its only the ABC that dont get their facts right.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

lololol

 

[booargy]

Is that the truth or is your news limited

 

[Dave70]

Never. Its only the ABC that dont get their facts right.

How come you never see them on Media Watch then?

 

[seamad]

How come you never see them on Media Watch then?

they copped a bit of flack for the abbott loves anal tweet on Q&A last week or so. He does bunk up with AFP and walk funny, might be something init.

 

[Dave70]

they copped a bit of flack for the abbott loves anal tweet on Q&A last week or so. He does bunk up with AFP and walk funny, might be something init.

Why not give them flack over the whole streaming tweets concept in the first place. If some of the chair moisteners making up the panel arent bad enough, we can all ways rely on a constant stream of dross provided by no life fucktards excited to see their half wittery flash up on the telly. My god i hate it.#aussiehomebrewer

 

[sponge]

Why not give them flack over the whole streaming tweets concept in the first place. If some of the chair moisteners making up the panel arent bad enough, we can all ways rely on a constant stream of dross provided by no life fucktards excited to see their half wittery flash up on the telly. My god i hate it.#aussiehomebrewer

Sounds like the words of a die-hard Q&A fan if you ask me h34r:

 

[RobW]

Why not give them flack over the whole streaming tweets concept in the first place. If some of the chair moisteners making up the panel arent bad enough, we can all ways rely on a constant stream of dross provided by no life fucktards excited to see their half wittery flash up on the telly. My god i hate it.#aussiehomebrewer

It's the cult of celebrity. The 15 milliseconds of fame to paraphrase Warhol.
They see their handle come up on the bottom of the screen and suddenly they reckon they're up there with the Kardashians.