Zane

Could it be environmental? Any creeks, stormwater drains or water treatment plants nearby?

I live in inner Melbourne and sometimes when the wind is coming in the right direction the area just stinks.

It's gotta be something from Our Kylie;

Kylie Minogue - Padum Padum https://youtu.be/p6Cnazi_Fi0?si=2gK5W93-kGwL4elZ

Does the song need to be of the past 12 months, or any Australian song?

The vintage market will vary depending on where you are. If you want vintage, try to shoot for the sweet spot between the 70s and mid 80s. Japanese turntables we very reliable and the market hadn't been overrun with cheap plasticky P mount decks yet.

I've bought all of my decks from FB. I try to stick to Japanese decks because that's what I have experience in, and my current deck is a Technics SL-Q3, with a Q2 as backup. I payed $150 AUD for each of them, both needed a little TLC cosmetically, but are rock solid performers and sound fantastic with a nice cartridge.

The SL-D2 is also a good option and there are plenty around, but JVC, Kenwood, Yamaha and Sony all made good stuff too. Even Akai made a few gems that still fly under the radar so can be particularly affordable.

Audiokarma is your best friend for information, but they will almost always direct you towards vintage rather than buying new.

PS. If you go vintage and want to use the edifers, you'll likely need a preamp. I have a Project Phono Box E that was cheap enough and sounds fine to my ears, but I prefer to use the built in pre amp in my stereo amplifier.

Bottom left- "et pluribus anus"

I get where you're coming from, and I can always relate to any scepticism around corporate policy. To clarify, specifically, my thoughts around the workplace, they're entirely dependent on my own experience in small to medium sized companies in Australia with strong culture and policies around this sort of thing.

I recognise that other regions would have differing levels of enforcement and while not every social situation is equitable to expectations at work, in my personal view it's pretty cut and dry- you shouldn't need a rule in a social club specifically banning uninvited sexual comments, it's just a given that you don't do that.

I'd suggest, also as a male, that it's a red flag. He's a new member and his first instinct is to sexually harass a female member, and then double down when he doesn't get the response he's looking for.

In any workplace I've been in, he'd be sacked. Why should he be given more leniency in a social situation?

"And that's not because ancient Romans and Greeks weren't living to a ripe old age.

Per the article: "While average life expectancy before the common era was roughly half of what it is today, the age of 35 was hardly considered 'old' for the time. The median age of death in ancient Greece was, by some estimates, closer to 70 years, which means that half of society was living even longer than that. Hippocrates himself, the famous Greek physician and so-called father of medicine, is thought to have died in his 80s or 90s."

Great timing, thanks for posting. I'm beginning my own journey with a Bachelor of Archaeology today with equal parts excitement and apprehension.

Time to start practicing then! Try to get out on a couple of grade 3's in your area before you head over.

I did it with hiking shoes because that's all I had with me, but I'd recommend hiking boots with good ankle support instead. There's a short scramble towards the top but it's not overly difficult.

Another favourite of that trip was the Old Man of Storr up at the Isle of Skye. It's a less technical hike but much more exposed to the elements and can get windy.

Also, I'm by no means a photographer. Scotland is just so stupidly pretty that you struggle to take a bad photo- get over there!

I took a hike up in to the Lost Valley in Glen Coe on the recommendation of a very drunk Scotsman at a nightclub in Edinburgh. It was the absolute highlight of my trip and I'm so glad I made it.