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Never hope to not be able to drink beer, unless you replace it with wine (and yes I had to use translate to understand this comment!)

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Well, Iā€™m hoping to be able to go full robot one dayā€¦ And donā€™t really enjoy drinking so Iā€™m perfectly fine with not having a digestive tract.

Now being a meatbag and unable to eat or drink certain things would suckā€¦

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I am with you but am so keeping my taste budsā€¦ Wine, steaks; cooking is my passion. It is almost as good as implants.

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Then move to France. :yum:

I dislike cooking, itā€™s a chore to meā€¦ Not having to cook or do laundry would be awesome.

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That :point_up_2:

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Excellent advice, Gents. I will try to follow it and invite you both to lunch in a few years when I get there! I will cook.

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Trueā€¦ In this case I had complained about problems with the door of that elevator for several months as it often jammed when closing.

I think that mentioning that the alarm/intercom thing wasnā€™t monitored when the incident happened or that the security guards ignored it thinking that it was a false alarm was particularly damming for those in charge.

Well, it seems common in this community. Cyborgs arenā€™t mediocre conformists from what I can tell:

I grew up in a cult and I struggle to talk back to people like that. Although mocking them in a humorous manner sounds even better.

Getting some crazy vibes from these

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As in you feel them with your magnets?

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Yeah, less strong than the library ones but so much range :heart_eyes:
Edit, here is the brand

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Thatā€™s dumbā€¦ Locking blades should be significantly safer.

Unless your hands look like my avatar, in that case they just help avoid scratches.

I have a Victorinox Midnite Manager but itā€™s missing the belt clip, just like most of the brand.

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Thatā€™s nice. I wish we could carry this sort of thing here but itā€™s not with the hassle. It would come in so handy.

The offence for carrying a knife requires you to prove reasonable excuse where I live.

Plus they have now introduced ā€œwandingā€ (hand held metal detector search) at shopping centres, event venues, public transport and a tonne of other places. No warrants required, it can be approved by a Sergeant of Police and everyone subjected to it.

Welcome to Australia where only the crims have guns, knives and rights.

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Same for me:

Every person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000 who, in any public place, without reasonable excuse, ā€¦

I have carried a knife since I recived my first at 5 years oldā€¦
Iā€™d claim it as a part of myself and my religion or some shit.
My knife can identify a sikh kirpan or scottish skene-dhu

A knife is a tool, its the intent that makes it a weaponā€¦

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Oh, FFS!

Have you two considered stabbing, or better yet, shooting your politicians? Thatā€™s fusking ridiculous!

I donā€™t think Iā€™d be able to tolerate the wanding treatment for long before deciding to move to another country and I donā€™t carry a knife very often.

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Lol. Me too. My dad got me one at the old ā€œAmbulance Standā€. They used to sell stuff to fund their services as the Govt didnā€™t fund them back then.

Yeah, I agree itā€™s a utility. I am confident of defending myself if charged but it is a real hassle if I was charged (and I am former police, so know they will simply charge and let the court sort it).

I need to have an authority to work in my profession and any charges trigger a reporting requirement which in turn can lead to suspension pending trial. So t is simply not worth the risk to me.

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I donā€™t really have an issue with the gun laws here. I think they need to be loosened a bit so the average punter can do some hunting etc but we are used to them now as a country.

The knife stuff arose because of juvenile crime. They are out of control at the moment. I wish though, the law allowed people over 21 or so to carry a knife for utility purposes which would still address the juvenile issue.

Truth is bikies etc make their own guns now and only the crims carry. Our police shootings have also gone through the roof. Normally we would have one every few years. Now it is 4 or 5 a year. I know this is nothing for the US, but here itā€™s really over the top (I should add the shootings have all been completely justified and lawful. Nothing like the issues in US).

And donā€™t get me started on the great policy which puts the seriously mentally ill back I to the community with pretty much no supportā€¦ But hey, we spend a fortune on 'welcome to countryā€™s ceremonies, so I suppose itā€™s all good.

Just like Colombia with itā€™s gun controlā€¦ But the Colombian police is easy to bribe so they donā€™t often get shot, they make some extra money insteadā€¦

I voted with my feet on a significant amount of ā€œgreat policiesā€.

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Re the police, we donā€™t really have that problem and havenā€™t for over 30 years. However the current crop are very much touchy feely and I would not bother calling them if one of my family were hurt.

Re voting with your feet, I agree. Unfortunately I have kids and a life style (read great wine and food) which I simply donā€™t want to leave.

I expect to move to Europe though when I retire and the kids are finished uni. Not sure where yet but I speak German and am slowly learning French so will likely be around thereā€¦ Plus I love Italy but not sure if that is just me being a tourist. Living there could be different.

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This some kind of brand name clothing store?

Yup. Shoes or something, wasnā€™t paying attention, I was too obsessed with the good vibes. Pun intended

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