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Lid posted:What the gently caress does this even mean? It means they take a holistic approach, which in medicine is good, but everything they practise is bullshit so it doesn't matter anyway.
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How many people who light these fires are members of the CFA? I was talking to someone and they said that it was actually a thing. I find that really depressing 
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Jan 3, 2015 04:56
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Lid posted:What the gently caress does this even mean? It's a common criticism of the medical system that patients with certain types of health problems bounce around from specialist to specialist. The way to solve this is probably through better funded primary health care (more GP involvement!), as well as more acutal generalist physicians. Magic water water dispensed after $400/hour consults is not a good solution. I thought the 30% rebate was for hospital cover only, not extras. When did that change?
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Jan 3, 2015 04:59
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Gorilla Salad posted:Yesterday I saw three sets of traffics light flashing amber because their control boxes, or whatever, had overheated. Never seen that before in my life. You're sure that's why? I've never heard of that, that's nuts. 
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Jan 3, 2015 05:04
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i got banned posted:How many people who light these fires are members of the CFA? I was talking to someone and they said that it was actually a thing. I find that really depressing Yeah it's a thing for firefighters and similar to start fires so they can go put them out. You get a case of it every few years but proportionally it's a tiny nsignificant number of them that actually go through with it. There was a case of it back during the Black Sunday fires iirc.
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Jan 3, 2015 05:11
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Jan 3, 2015 05:15
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Mr Chips posted:Magic water water dispensed after $400/hour consults is not a good solution. Generally it's so diluted it's not a solution at all.
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Jan 3, 2015 05:16
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Anidav posted:Do I see a bachelor in Chinese Medicine Pred1ct posted:Do any of those institutions teach actual medical degrees? Cause the jeering from the real doctors would be hilarious. Actually, yeah, UWS has the people who do TCM on the same campus as the medical school. The TCM guys are actually legit - they're proper chemists who research various things said to work in TCM to isolate the active compounds or combinations of compounds to develop into actual medicines. It's not a PhD in woo, they're just pharmaceutical chemists working within a particular body of research (one that I'm fairly sure attracts some grants regular pharma research doesn't.)
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Jan 3, 2015 05:28
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Pred1ct posted:It's strange but a lot of people seem to think chiropractors are legitimate medical practitioners/specialists like dentists, I wonder how many people even know the basis of how it 'works'. uch I can't tell you how many people I've talked to about their 'chiro' who have no clue what the chiro actually does (or what they think they are doing at least). Chiropractors also ingrain themselves in many sports teams and people use that as an example of authority. They also talk about "finding a good one" - news flash dumbie, if he was evidence-based he wouldn't be practising chiropracty. Good news about homeopathy though, the sooner that goes the way of phrenology and bloodletting the better.
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This thread makes me regret deciding to move to Queensland for a job. Should I live in northern NSW and commute to the Gold Coast instead?
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Chadzok posted:uch I can't tell you how many people I've talked to about their 'chiro' who have no clue what the chiro actually does (or what they think they are doing at least). Chiropractors also ingrain themselves in many sports teams and people use that as an example of authority. One of my friend's has a brother in law who's a chiro and he was definitely of the opinion he was one of the "good ones". I got into a bit of a scrap with him about it when he was having issues with his back (I suggested that rather than just seeing a chiro he should really consult a physio as well), but now that the brother has moved down here from Queensland he's started to realise he is "quite susceptible to quackery".
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katlington posted:You're sure that's why? I've never heard of that, that's nuts. At two of the places - out along the back route past Geelong and out to Lorne - I stopped at some shops just to get off the road as the lovely traffic got even worse when people completely forgot the "give way to the right" rule and reverted to thunderdome rules. Each place said it happens when it gets really hot. Like Predators. i got banned posted:Yeah i thought as much. Apparently her family member was in the CFA and they had to kick a member out because he was asking bizarre questions about fires or some poo poo. A few years ago there was a grass fire near where I was living. Three fire engines turned up to put it out and I noticed one "fireman" looked different. His helmet was actually a stackhat and his "protective suit" looked like a yellow raincoat over yellow work pants. He also arrived on a pushbike. When the cops arrived, they took one look at this bloke and made a beeline straight for him. I wish I knew what they did with him, but at that point I was more concerned about the fire. When things had calmed down he'd vanished. To this day, I'm certain it was him who started the fire just so he could ride up and pretend to be one of the big boys.
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i got banned posted:Yeah i thought as much. Apparently her family member was in the CFA and they had to kick a member out because he was asking bizarre questions about fires or some poo poo. Some friends of my parents had a son who was a volunteer firefighter about 15 years ago who was caught starting fires just so he could experience the glory of putting them out.
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BurgerQuest posted:This thread makes me regret deciding to move to Queensland for a job. Should I live in northern NSW and commute to the Gold Coast instead? Never go to the Gold Coast for any reason.
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So far they think this fire was sarted by some immense idiot using an incinerator to burn garbage on a 44*C total fire ban day. I'm in the southern hills, nothing burning down this way.
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The Welfare Lobby posted:Door knocking isn't really about doing this. Mostly you want to get a friendly conversation going where you let people give their views on politics and what issues are important to them, partly because door knocking is about information gathering and partly because it allows you to introduce them to Greens policies that they might not have heard of before and which they might be receptive to. The aim isn't necessarily to persuade people to vote Green from a single encounter; it's more of a long-term strategy of building up interest and support and 'pushing' voters towards the Greens over successive election cycles and campaigns by creating a series positive interactions. Last time I was door knocking we used a scale out of 5 (where '1' was someone who was probably never going to vote Greens and '5' was a voting supporter) Sometimes I'd get someone who was a '4' and the conversation would push them over the line and sometimes I'd get someone who was a '2' and maybe make them a little bit more receptive towards The Greens. Of course there was the occasional '1' with deeply held Labor/Liberal/whatever convictions, but they're generally not interested in talking to door knockers and will just say 'no thank you' and let you move on. Generally though, people were pretty eager to talk and I had a bunch of great conversations, signed up some people to emailing lists, and distributed lots of campaign material. I'd really encourage anyone remotely interested in volunteering to give it a shot.
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Chadzok posted:uch I can't tell you how many people I've talked to about their 'chiro' who have no clue what the chiro actually does (or what they think they are doing at least). Chiropractors also ingrain themselves in many sports teams and people use that as an example of authority. Chiros are good for a backrub I guess, I'd much rather see a physio though because they're actually trained to find a permanent solution instead of just relaxing some tight muscles.
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Turks posted:Never go to the Gold Coast for any reason. I'm hosed then, the office is in Southport.
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Newspoll QLD State: 50 ALP 50 LNP 36 ALP 37 LNP 10 GRN Newman net approval: -13 Palaszczuk net approval: +4 Preferred Premier: Newman 44 Palaszczuk 35  You can do it QLD, kick out the LNP. I BELIEVE
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Anidav posted:Newspoll QLD State: A toxic premier combined with a toxic Federal government might be enough to push Labor over the line.
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Because Australia apparently can't afford to send any real aid overseas anymore:""Our abc" posted:They and other women in the north-east of India who work as tea pickers, also carrying heavy loads, had little hope of relief until a group of Australian chiropractors made a trek to help out. I mean I guess there doing it on their own dime and you know the people probably do appreciate the back rub but... yeah.
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Better singalong for the op: Once a scummy Liberal Camped by a parliament Using the law to get power for free And he said to his mates who he gathered in that parliament Who'll come and gently caress up the country with me gently caress up the country gently caress up the country You'll come and gently caress up the country with me And he said to his mates who he gathered in that parliament You'll come and gently caress up the country with me Down came a budget To revenue that parliament Up jumped the Liberal and grabbed it with glee And he laughed as he snuck that budget to his crooked friends You'll come and gently caress up the country with me gently caress up the country gently caress up the country You'll come and gently caress up the country with me And he laughed as snuck that budget to his crooked friends You'll come and gently caress up the country with me Up rode the Senate, tearing up his budget bills Down came electors one two three Where's our loving budget you hid for your crooked mates You'll go and gently caress up the country for me gently caress up the country gently caress up the country You'll go and gently caress up the country for me That's our loving budget you hid for your crooked mates You'll go and gently caress up the country for me Up cursed the Liberal and dashed to a revolving door "I'll sit on boards for a fat salary!" And his whine can be heard cos he's now a Murdoch columnist He hosed our country and got off scot free gently caress up the country gently caress up the country He hosed our country and got off scot free And his whine can be heard cos he's now a Murdoch columnist Who'll come and gently caress up the country with me
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Firechat: I've seen this map going around that someone has put together using google maps so that the CFS website doesn't get slammed. loving crazy to look at, and last updated at 1:30pm. https://mapsengine.google.com/map/viewer?mid=zc7SwTahwmNE.kNGs0c5FmX6Y
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Mad Katter posted:Firechat: I've seen this map going around that someone has put together using google maps so that the CFS website doesn't get slammed. loving crazy to look at, and last updated at 1:30pm.
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Nuclear Spy posted:I just read online that the fire went through a Boarding Kennel & Cattery, no cats survived but at least 40 dogs were saved - I'd hate to think about the owners having to call up each pet's owners and break the news... Dude from the kennel is on 891 right now. So hosed up. Saying that they had to evacuate without taking any animals, 2/3 of the dogs survived, but all the cats died.
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Mad Katter posted:Dude from the kennel is on 891 right now. So hosed up. Saying that they had to evacuate without taking any animals, 2/3 of the dogs survived, but all the cats died.
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Nuclear Spy posted:Ok, I just made the mistake of checking out their Facebook page and seeing posts with photos of the cats and dogs in question... Yeah, what you posted was all accurate, just an FYI about the radio story.
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wowSA Country Fire Service posted:CFS receiving enquiries from public regarding someone doorknocking in northern suburbs collecting cash donations. The SA CFS does not doorknock for cash donations. Please report to SAPOL if you are approached.
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WronG thread Australia sux
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Haters Objector posted:WronG thread Australia sux quote:
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I wasn't saying your post was in the wrong thread, I made a post about cricket and edited it into my feelings about Australia and its body politic
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I didn't see this posted yet which is weird because it's tonyabbott.txt:quote:Prime Minister Tony Abbott reveals he was a good sledger
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That's the CAPTAIN who can't play cricket but he's good at insults. FMD what an arse.
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100% of people who consider themselves "good at sledging" are in fact poo poo at sledging and uniformly disliked by their teammates
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Yeah... this unfortunately isn't that unusually. People can be absolutely fuckers. In these situations its always best just to think about good stuff people do, cos yeah... people aren't always unrepentant assholes.  Nuclear Spy posted:Going back to the penalty rates/small business talk, I had a look at the Greens policy for small business and I wonder why it's not getting more attention than it currently is (i.e. none). Have you tried talking to an orgs. like small bushiness Australia. . At the end of the day the org. will almost certainly support the libs, if not for anything else but out of habit, but if you send them something they can republish about how small business are currently getting currently getting screwed over -maybe referencing Hockey not cracking down on international business tax rorts -leading to small business being massively disadvantageous due to actually needing to add the tax they tax they pay to their goods and services- They may publish that sort of thing. Also sending through a graphic with the positions the greens polices supporting small business vs the other major parties may be something they would print, if nothing else to try and pressure the other major parties to adopt similar stances. But at the end of the day even if they weren't meaning to give support people are going to see it. Hell just chucking a comparison like that up on Facebook/twitter may be a good start. The one media avenue the greens can really compete with labour/lib is in social media as you don't need money just passionate people. Also just write a poo poo load of letters to places like the herald sun (you know newspapers people still read). If you want letters published its always best to write them in response to an article or another letter. Also keep them short and funny if possible (particularly with a more tabloid joint like the Herald Sun.) Its actually not that hard to get published like that. At one point my mom and dad had a competition between themselves who could get published more in a month. My dad got three in the age, my mom one in the herald sun. She still claims she won as more people read it. Anyway this was probably far to long a reply to what was most likely a rhetorical question. dr_rat fucked around with this message at 11:02 on Jan 3, 2015 |
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