The Random Question of the Day Thread...

[Bird]

Yeah nah thats it Bird. I'm off to get some pop corn.

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[gronk]

. He is the first president to visit North Korea, and successfully averted a military crisis. He has never taken a salary since being in office, all his wages go to armed services widows and returned servicemen/women.


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North Korea is a dictatorship that talks tough, but has no intention of attacking anyone. All a ploy to keep their poor dumb citizens thinking they are a world superpower. Trump didn't do a thing.
Not taking a salary is a small token of goodwill....why wouldn't you when you are worth over 2 billion.

[xcvator]

specially if you say it twice

I thought he had a bad stutter

[Champin]

Ha ha. Just realised what I did. Yeah right...that was on purpose. Getting my post count up.

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[Pete79]

Not taking a salary is a small token of goodwill....why wouldn't you when you are worth over 2 billion.

Why would you take a salary when your family business is profiting so much from all of this new "official business"....?

Political groups spent more than $1.2 million at Trump properties during the president's first year in office. Prior to President Trump's 2016 campaign, annual spending by political committees at Trump properties had never exceeded $100,000 in any given year going back to at least 2002.

In the first year Trump spent 121 days (1/3rd of his whole first term) staying at his own properties. Obviously that's not Trump on his own, the whole entourage following/protecting him has to fork out for accommodation.
His businesses also profited from 200 visits by executive branch officials, 47 visits by Members of congress and 23 visits by state officials. In just the first year.
Pentagon officials spent half of a president's salary on just one official trip to Trump's own Scottish golf course.

Add to that all of the Mar-a-largo trips and other golf trips with various diplomats all in Trump owned properties.

The slimy son in law has raked in over $90M on his own since daddy-o took office.
There's new Trump developments recently opened/opening soon in the Philippines, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Indonesia and India.

And I hear that Trump tower is Moscow is going to great, actually they say it will the best hotel ever, in the history of all hotels, ever....

So yeah, who would want to lower themselves to take a pissy little president's salary.....



As for the rest of the list of "achievements", have a quick look at any graph from 2009 to 2019 with areas in that list of successes and the trends are very clear.
I think there's an expression for it, it has something about riding on the coat tails of others.....

[Kangaron]

Hahahaha, hook, line and sinker.


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[Bird]

Interesting one....

The transport body said the driver was issued with a defect notice and banned from using the faulty trailer until it was fixed, and asked drivers to spot the flaw.

'Our transport inspectors intercepted this vehicle and trailer after spotting it on one of our major highways,' the post read.

'The driver was issued with a defect notice prohibiting the use of the trailer on the road until the damage was rectified – but can you figure out where the damage was?'

Some immediately spotted the defect and said the drawbar – near where the trailer attaches to the towing vehicle – was bent, meaning the trailer could break and detach from vehicle on the road and cause an accident.

According to Queensland road rules, the drawbar on a trailer must be level with the towing vehicle. (fair nuff if its bent - but if not bent )

In the photo, the drawbar falls below the hitch connecting the trailer to the vehicle.

https://whatsnew2day.com/drivers-are-asked-whats-wrong-with-a-roadside-trailer-in-the-rules-quiz/

[xcvator]

Bit strange, but it is in Queensland. Looks like a commercially manufactured cherry picker, be pretty hard to bend that. Surely it would have had to be inspected prior to registration

[Bird]

Bit strange, but it is in Queensland. Looks like a commercially manufactured cherry picker, be pretty hard to bend that. Surely it would have had to be inspected prior to registration

it is pretty bent though..

[#jonesy]

Looks a bit like it has jackknifed at one point.  Also not sure about the brake reservoir. Looks like an old tin as the lid.

[Bird]

Looks a bit like it has jackknifed at one point.

actually your right there..

[sparksy]

He has never taken a salary since being in office,

And he doesnt take his time off at Camp David, he stays at his own golf course /resort.   But and its a big but, his entourage doesn't stay there for free. He charges full rate for the rooms and meals for all his staff and security.   Now that is a nice earner.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-has-paid-rates-as-high-as-650-a-night-for-rooms-at-trumps-properties/2020/02/06/7f27a7c6-3ec5-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-charges-secret-service-for-protection-hotel-properties-report-2020-2?r=US&IR=T

[Bird]

is this whats called looking after your own?
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/trump-commutes-longtime-adviser-roger-stone-s-prison-sentence-20200711-p55b4a.html
and anyone surprised.... ?

[Bird]

Why the **** are mobile phones so expensive... ?

[paceman]

Why the **** are mobile phones so expensive... ?

define expensive?

model, brand, plan?

[Kangaron]

Why the **** are mobile phones so expensive... ?

They are not expensive.
You can buy a roller or VW.
Both will get you there.

Always buy outright, never ever enter a plan, unless for business.

[Bird]

define expensive?
model, brand, plan?

anything over 500. Lady at work here has to buy 2 for her kids... so started googling...
She just clicked onto JB as an example, and with the majority of them over a grand, up to 4000 for the chinese Government special Huawei ...
just cause its last weeks model, they discount it by $100 LMAO
As Ron says, they all do the same things

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/collections/mobile-phones

[paceman]

anything over 500. Lady at work here has to buy 2 for her kids... so started googling...
She just clicked onto JB as an example, and with the majority of them over a grand, up to 4000 for the chinese Government special Huawei ...
just cause its last weeks model, they discount it by $100 LMAO
As Ron says, they all do the same things

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/collections/mobile-phones

plenty of Nokia, Samsung & LG phones (not bad quality phones for the price) for under $300 (and more (motorola) for under $500)...

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/collections/mobile-phones/android-phones?q=&hPP=36&idx=shopify_products_price_asc&p=0

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/samsung-galaxy-a11-32gb-black
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/nokia-4-2-black
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/lg-k40s-32gb-handset-aurora-black
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/nokia-2-3-with-android-one-charcoal

depends on the usage case...

have also bought from here on multiple occasions, for certified refurbished iphones:

https://www.certifiedtechdirect.com/iphone/iphone-8-8-plus/

[xcvator]

And buy last years model

[Bird]

And buy last years model

thats still $1500...

[Fizzie]

anything over 500. Lady at work here has to buy 2 for her kids... so started googling...
She just clicked onto JB as an example, and with the majority of them over a grand, up to 4000 for the chinese Government special Huawei ...

I got one of these (except it was a black one - which has probably been withdrawn from sale now! ) https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/realme-c2-64gb-diamond-blue, late last year.

It's been fine, & does everything that I need a phone to do

[alnjan]

anything over 500. Lady at work here has to buy 2 for her kids... so started googling...
She just clicked onto JB as an example, and with the majority of them over a grand, up to 4000 for the chinese Government special Huawei ...
just cause its last weeks model, they discount it by $100 LMAO
As Ron says, they all do the same things

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/collections/mobile-phones

Check out most Post Offices, they have them 

https://www.opelmobile.com.au/

[#jonesy]

I'm on to my second "Oppo" and.happy with them
(Lost the first one)

There are as few little quirks but only cost a few hundred.

[gronk]

A year ago I bought a brand new Samsung S5 off ebay. Came in the original sealed box. $180..

1st released in 2014.....got good reports for a phone that still performs well against some of the new phones.

No need for a cloud...you can store all your stuff on the sd card inside.

[xcvator]

thats still $1500...

So stop looking at Rolls Royce if you've only got a Mini Minor buget