Ben Langan

Writer, Socceroo fan, coach, amateur know it all, professional smart arse.

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@JamesEisen1891 I like it.

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@TheRealALM Who will be laughing during the Japan Australia semi-final!

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@TheRealALM I'd rather Egypt.

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@MichaelWestBiz Retailers have to notify customers of the best offer they have. It is up to the customer to sign up to the deal. People with bill hikes will still be paying less than the DMO because that's the rule.

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@mick_soh Be 7am by the final whistle. Still early on a Saturday.

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@robot_slug Brilliant art doesn't require a deep analysis to sell itself. Any layman can see the Mona Lisa is a good painting. You need an art history lesson to be told why Blue Poles is good. Not the same. Not accessible. Star Wars is meant to be Romance not Abstract Impressionism.

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@RossCameron4 Why should income from investments not be taxed as much as income from work? My fortnightly wage gets taxed heavily, why should a multimillionaire who doesn't work but invests pay significantly less tax on investment income. That's unfair to me.

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One of the oldest Christian communities in the world is in India

The St. Thomas Christians of Kerala trace their founding to 52 AD, when the Apostle Thomas is said to have landed on the Malabar Coast

When the Portuguese showed up in 1498, they found a Church already 1,400 years old, worshipping in Aramaic

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@anishmoonka It's imagination. They lack imagination. To question requires the imagination to step outside yourself and what you currently know and wonder about something else. Can't do that without imagination.

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@SirSnipeyy I, Jedi

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@MovieFlameProd Yeah book 1 is an absolute work of art.

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@evcricket Not enough roof space and not enough sun. I can only fit 11 panels, 3 face south and add up to 4.8kw.

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@evcricket That's what I'm saying. In Vic for winter, a small battery really won't help a household much. Plus it is unlikely we get enough winter sun to fill a big battery anyway. Need rooftop wind.

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@evcricket That's just one head. I have 5 heads in my 3 bedroom two living room house. 31kw of heating in total... Reverse cycle electric. Still cheaper than gas heating.

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@evcricket I and a lot of others have an 8kw electric heater, battery would be drained in 45 mins. Sun goes down at 5pm so 6 to 9 I'm drawing from the grid.

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@Bullengarook @OldAndGrumpy3 @solarpapst The little ones and the ones that use the spot market. But the spot market ones are only good for people with dispatchable batteries. The market is constantly changing though. To save the most you need to review your deals every month or so.

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@OldAndGrumpy3 @solarpapst Retailers are usually a year behind due to how most of them buy power. The gas turbine price rose dramatically in 2022 and 2023, we still have those prices. Expect a kwh cost decrease this September.

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@PokeMarr Like ancient white classical sculptures, they were meant to be painted but the renaissance copies are all just white marble.

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@RaxRazing Korra is a great show. Aang wasn't a shitty dad he was just not perfect. It would have been stupid if he was flawless. He never had a father of his own.