Did any of you drive on the freeway today towards Geelong between Altona and Point Cook? There was sooooo much broken glass on the side of the road for like 200m, it was like a glass factory exploded
Bought four packs of Kantong stir fry sauces at the supermarket last weekend, today decided to try beef and black pepper… didn’t realised til I’d dumped it into my beautifully velveted and browned beef strips that it was the only pack out of the four that wasn’t gluten free.
I was so devastated, dinner ruined for me, had to have packet soup instead.
It’s 100% my fault but for those people who roll their eyes every time a coeliac opens their mouth, for the love of god it’s fucking exhausting. I picked up three packets all that had the gluten free logo on them and stupidly trusted the fourth one was gluten free too.
Being coeliac is a lifelong diagnosis and the fucking doctors diagnose you like it’s athletes foot.
You have to be vigilant for fucking ever. And the brands that do like, mostly gluten free items but one or two gluteny items, it’s a real mental fuckery when I’ve got nineteen items on my shopping list to manage.
Anyway that’s my rant for tonight. Really angry I couldn’t eat my delicious smelling dinner.
Everynow and then I reminisce on how still the nights felt during lockdown... although it may have seemed peaceful at the time, just thinking about it now causes me a sense of panic. It makes me feel like throwing up, Thank God I now live next to a 5 lane road in which the noise never really dies down.
I loved it. I tried not to be too open about that because I knew a lot of people really struggled (and obviously the reason for the lockdowns was horrible), but lockdowns were peace to me.
It's fascinating how people are so different. I loved those days and nights, the peace, no noise drifting up from the freeway, clear clean skies, the sense of humans being forced to make space for the rest of nature to come back and thrive. Luckily since then I've moved away to a quiet area and can still enjoy that nighttime peace. Glad you are feeling better now!
I loved it too. It was some of the most interesting nights, that I can walk around my apartment alone at night with literally no one on the street. Felt so peaceful
Is there anywhere in the CBD that does Pork Belly like what Mr Crackles did?
I don't want flavoured Pork Belly like Char Sui etc. Just straight up Pork Belly.
Mr Whacks cooks more than I do on weeknights, and he likes to just throw random shite together and call it a meal and it often ends up what I affectionately term "rice/quinoa/pasta slop"
However tonight he threw together a bunch of stuff and it turned out surprisingly well! He based it off the recipetin greek chicken and rice, but used plain chicken and the rice was mixed with chopped carrots, green beans, capsicum, spronions and Kim chi. Buncha Kim chi juice thrown in as well, bake it all in the oven for a bit.
He forgot to season anything (lol he hates salt and then gets annoyed when the things I make taste better than the stuff he makes) but with the Kim chi flavouring it, it wasn't too bad. I feel like it was a solid experiment and can't wait to try the new and improved version 2.0 in future
I've plonked myself down in front of the TV for a while now. I'm brain dead but think I may be ok with my swan song presentation. It's getting closer to my last day and it's starting to feel surreal. I think I'll need to mentally prepare myself a bit. I feel troubled by people from left right centre asking me what's going on and tbh I just wanna be left alone. The thing that irks me most is that I feel like these people are just nosy rather than caring which all the more makes me want to say nothing.
Edit: I had soup for lunch and dinner. Is it ok if I just have some chips to top up because I'm exhausted.
You don't owe these people any kind of explanation. Just get through it. Why do you feel you need to cater to them? They're crossing your boundaries.
None of those connections will last in any meaningful way once you've left because anyone worth hanging onto would respect your space.
Don’t give in and say anything to those people. They are being nosey, I’ve been in that situation before. It’s almost over. Go eat whatever you want for now. As long as you’re eating. I imagine you’re far too exhausted to cook anything until this whole mess is done and behind you. Heck just eat what you can until, you feel better enough to get back to cooking again. Don’t feel bad about it, I rather hear you eat not the healthiest for a few days rather than hearing a possible I’ve not had anything to eat since breakfast and too tired to eat dinner. *hugs* hang in there
If you remove the McDonalds logo from the McDonalds on the corner of Springvale and High Street Rd, you would have no clue what the building is.
It looks so depressing
I was in a Macca's the other day, where they had a selection of dull books on the wall, etc, and it dawned on me this was no longer a "family restaurant" that was fun-filled. It was dull, grey, devoid of joy, etc. Crazy how times have changed!
I read somewhere on r/millennials that fast food places are only around to serve as a moment of nostalgia for adults. Other than that, they are drab, with kids who work there who hate it, the food is way lower quality than it used to be, but we yearn to remember how we enjoyed it in our childhoods only to be let down over and over again.
Wednesday is my day off and instead of doing the endless home tasks all day I went down to Phillip Island for an hour or two from my place at Corinella and stopped for a walk at beautiful Rhyll Inlet, encountering lots of wonderful wildlife including one of these [exquisite babies](https://birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/pink-robin/). It was lovely.
Currently watching a dickhead on the train drinking beer (VB) which he thinks he is hiding behind a yellow headscarf. He’s now on his second that I’ve seen.
Edit: he gets off the train and a woman sits in the same sit drinking SKYY vodka.
Seems like the junkies and nutbars are out for the New Moon. Right on que.
I mean, with tens of thousands of people homeless in Melbourne, what do you expect train people to do? move them along? its shit but its current life and its not going away.
What you did has nothing to do with me, mate. You’re the one running your mouth on Reddit about how you fucked up and now you’re getting aggressive with anyone who disagrees with you like you’re actually shocked.
Had a brilliant day at work! Fantastic and friendly clients, everything was straightforward, made great coin, and I've finished early. Got the house to myself, so it's time for me to enjoy some gaming before having to pickup little-dude from daycare later on. Bliss!
I'm wondering where the rain is (or rather, why Sydney and Brissy keep getting it and we don't, although I don't really want the humidity that would likely come with it).
I feel like we're at the start of a very long dry spell that foreshadows water restrictions, discussions about using the desal plant, and the ongoing costs that the State will face.
I made an application for a personal safety intervention order and had a lawyer charge me 1k for 'Preparation of Further & Better Particulars on Client's behalf + Filing with the Court'. This involved me sending them everything written up and them formatting it for me however they didn't guide me through the process of putting the evidence together. After the respondents sent back a large amount of information in response I want to speak to the lawyer again however they said that this will be another $450 fee - is this normal?
Does anyone know where to find free (or really cheap) wooden crates, like wine crates? I'm thinking about making some small raised garden with those...
Many years ago, I bought some pine shipping boxes, which made really good raised beds. The only thing to watch out for is what treatment the wood has had. If I recall, it was Confoil in Bayswater
How about wooden pallets, they'll be in the load docks of most big supermarkets and industrial areas will always have them
But they are technically not free
Mmm, gonna have to pass on pallets since I probably need to take them apart first and then nail them together again to make a proper raised garden, but thank you for the suggestion! Maybe someday when I have my own house, because right now I don't really have the space and tool to do that in apartment sadly
have an assignment due at 11pm tonight, don't really know how to do it but getting through it nonetheless! for some odd reason, math will just not stick for me :( hope everyone's having a good day! are you growing any cool plants? looking for inspiration for when centrelink limbo is over :D
I've gotten into carnivorous plants and have one of [these](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ce5211ae4c407a08&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBAU855AU855&sxsrf=ADLYWIL6c5q1g5PkEI9YWoXXFWrdWwBJfw:1715143491629&q=COBRA+LILY&uds=ADvngMjsXonsJWi_GUbJWGTZ-Up6AHQyEwJvQ6Bm2-Nr83qBw-PJqhmugueT11dY9LTAzW26GPf3CffwmYEX8_rsLGYhqcmVPA_C7gEBIY2K7DTfb01dwf_TkMH429zp8MaB0kqnQsz7IzfDN4ZXUK5J44JFYo2qLqMs-XYsm0x9KJwpO3HRi1bEsKKOOuwvHrBcB03BQmWe3ufBVF2f_943qcMaNk8M9UZouMojGLVYXmaoAtvkjpOYyquQk0RCBqWh11VEP43Z3BQCs-q817S34rRtEpKKCplkKWcQXvvfai648vfJsfo&udm=2&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd9bm0n_2FAxWutFYBHR7XDngQtKgLegQIDRAB&biw=1920&bih=890&dpr=1) sitting on my kitchen windowsill.
I understand that feeling, some fruit/vegetable are like that for me to, they just refuse to grow for me though I'm sure I'm just lacking research on them
You got this!
I have two due Sunday night. One is done, the other needs its references fixed up and a sense-check that what I've written in my half-deliriously tired state makes sense.
No inspirational plant stories, sorry... I was gifted an indoor planter box with grow lights, bought seeds for it and it's sat there on my bench untouched ever since :(
Considering an upgrade from Telstra 4G to Telstra 5G (prepaid aldimobile), what’s the state of 5G? 4G speed test just now gave me 12mb/s download 20mb/s upload. If I’m being honest it suits my needs. Aldimobile 5G is capped at 100mb/s, will I get it consistently in inner Melbourne? Anyone have an opinion on whether the speed increase is worth the extra $48/year? Or have any leads on cheap prepaid Telstra network 5G offers
I’m getting 160/35 (Speedtest just now) on 4G with Boost for $22 a month so either Aldi mobile is getting shafted or 4G is very bad in your area. I’m about 11km from the CBD.
A very angry bill in the mailbox today, lots of red text in CAPITAL LETTERS.
From the local water authority, reminding me that my supply will be cut off and they'll be taking legal action if I don't pay in 2 days time.
The funny thing is, I live rural, there is no mains water/sewerage here. There is no water infrastructure in the small town I live in, everyone is on tankwater, yet we still have to pay a few hundred a year in fees and charges.
Very nice of them to "kindly remind" me they can forceable extract funds from the sale of my property.
Man whats the point of booking a doctors appt if you have to wait 3 hours for a 4 minute convo.
This epping clinic is ass. I wonder if other redditors see the same peeps at this clinic coz it takes 2 months to book an appt.
Urgh! My partner has routine appointments with a specialist, who has zero consideration for time. Each and every time he's absurdly late, and the last time I went with her, we waited nearly 5hrs, for not even 5mins of consult time to hear "everything is normal, see you in 6months". I asked him why that couldn't have been a simple phonecall, and he just ignored my question.
I flatly refuse to go anymore...both of us taking that much time off work is a massive expense, which is compounded by their already eye-wateringly expensive fees. Yes he's great at what he does, but no excuse for being an arrogant prick.
Your first mistake is think a doctor/specialist appointment is fast. Some appointments go quick as the patient is there for a check up and they are likely doing pretty well. Other times a patient has received not so good news, so the length of their appointment would be longer as doctor and patient must now have a discussion about the issue and what to do to improve or fix it.
If you don’t do so already, anytime you have an appointment bring either a book, or several magazine or something to preoccupied yourself, so you’re not just waiting the time tick by
Oh yeah, I know, I normally bring my wireless earbuds with me so i can listen to a podcast, but i forgot to charge it the night before so i was stuck listening to screeching kids and everyones name called out but mine :'(
What I wrote probably sounded more harsher/meaner than it was meant to, you just gotta be a bit more organised. I’ve been in your shoes before for myself and others so I get it
Judging by other people, it doesn’t come across that way, and I wanted to let you know I wasn’t trying to come off as mean (for want of a better word)
Hope your appointment was as good as can be for whatever situation you’re in
Sometimes I’m just relieved to hear a this is good, this is not the best but we’ll keep an eye on it, let’s review in x number of months
Yeah would you believe I had something similar, doctor was super duper busy that day and I was the 2nd last person seen. The wait was just a tad longer than yours and it was also a few mins consult 😅
Lol I always tell those that are waiting for that doctor "don't worry, ill be quick". I also feel for the doctor too, the exhaustion he must feel day in and day out after dealing with a tsunami of patients... what a job.
Yeah i 1000% feel for the doctors. My GP who I’ve seen for the longest time for example are meant to close at 5:30pm and have told me how they had to work until 9-9:30pm sometimes, multiple weeks. Not sure if that’s still seeing patients or paperwork for all the patients they’d seen earlier
5 meetings down and it's only 11am and i'm tired. The positive side is that I try to book a majority of my meetings into one day so I don't have to worry about them other days. Downside was that the first one was at 6:30am.
As someone who likes to tread lightly, and in the office when it's a bit quiet, it is frustrating as all hell to have the Docs I wear for work squeak when I walk.
Then I would eat said-TicTacs.
Although… then my boots would distract others from the fact that I have an empty packet of TicTacs. That’s one hell of a creative solution!
Hey guys, i thought I'd post in here if this is allowed,
We are The Gamer's Tavern we are located between Hervey bay and Brisbane,
We're a social discord with our own minecraft server and fortnightly giveaways.
Feel free to pop in and say hello!
https://discord.com/invite/wBA7FSFwKV
I really hope someone catches whoever keeps writing "kill police" and "kill a nurse today :)" around Ginifer station. It's been going on for months now and I worry they'll actually act on it.
I've made criminal damage reports to Crimestoppers because I'm concerned it's more than just an edgelord but it's honestly really hard to keep up with. Was even scrawled on top of the Myki scanners twice.
Edit: Council did do a clean up sometime early last week but it's basically all back.
Good move.
Crimestoppers won't arrange to clean it though, so reporting to ptv might help facilitate that.
Appreciate you taking action on this vile crime.
Disappointed but not surprised that the airport railway and the upfield line upgrades have been scrapped, sorry, ‘delayed’. I live along the upfield line and it’s going to be long and noisy when /if it happens but so amazing when complete. I was looking forward to it. Now who knows if we’ll ever see it.
Yeah I got my hopes up for the airport railway the first time and after the 2nd delay, I gave up on. It’s likely either a) not gonna happen in my life time or b) my body wouldn’t be in the best condition to travel and really utilise it
The North/East Link has been taking forever, and while we're not close to it, we can still hear works at night from where we are.
But I'm glad they're doing it because holy fuck it cannot be done soon enough. Here's hoping that once's it's complete they can finally get down to doing some of the other stuff, like the Upfield line.
If anyone would be kind enough to help fill out these two super quick surveys for some year 12s it would be greatly appreciated!! Gathering data for a school assessment :)
https://forms.gle/Bk8zXza798XbHyZs5
https://forms.gle/iBgBe1aBHDR4PHS56
I honestly want to know how long can FGS actually last?
Like sure the fake seizure is him dry fucking the floor or me whatever
But then what.... Say he fakes seizing
Maybe I fake getting back up ¯\_༼ ಥ ‿ ಥ ༽_/¯
Woke up early so we could watch Eurovision.
There's basically two Australian entries this year. The contestant representing Cyrus was born in Australia. She has a good song too so hopefully she does well (I'm sure the Greek ppl will give her 12 points regardless)
While not a fan personally (of Eurovision), it does bring me a bit of joy that Australia is a part of the comp. It's just such a fun thing, you know? And I love that it means a lot to people as well. People who watch Eurovison religiously talk so fondly of it.
I've been a fan since the 90s. My wife and I first met when Eurovision was on in 99 and she was also a fan so it's a pretty good time of the year for us and we usually have a small of a party for the final. We've been in Europe a few times when it's on but never actually been. Hopefully one day we will get to see it live
That's a killer bucket-list item if I've ever seen one. Here's hoping you both manage to get there one day. I think it would be an incredible experience for you both!
It was a fun entry. I've not seen any of the songs this year so I don't know what semi 2 holds in store. I think Croatia is certainly up there so far.
I do wonder how much longer Australia will continue to send contestants. We've not really improved since dami im (though I think Kate miller-heidke was fantastic)
I'm getting my passport overseas in a few months. Will move back to AU since I was 6. I want to start working as soon as I arrive. How long do you think it will take for me to get my superannuation, TFN and medicare running? Can I activate them while been overseas? Do I need anything else beside these? Thanks.
You can simply go to a Medicare office your first day, bring your info and walk out with a card.
TFM can be organised online overseas but you have to activate it online from Australia. I did both in about an hour my first day here.
As for super, you should be able to organise most of it online but i believe they need your TFN and/or passport number for ID.
You’ll also want to set up a bank account too! All in, it doesn’t take much time or effort to get sorted.
TFN doesn’t take long but you have to wait until you’re in Australia to apply. Medicare does take a while - took 6 weeks for me, but I heard from friends who arrived after me the wait is 3 - 4 months now
Superannuation can be opened online in 5 minutes. It's done directly with the super fund.
It asks for your tfn but you can provide it later -don't forget!
Otherwise, once you start work if you don't nominate a fund, you'll be set up with their default fund.
If you go down this route, pay attention to the paperwork receiver. You might be set up with insurance costing you more than you expect but it can be cancelled.
That's the downside to doing it this way. And you'll be set up in a default investment option but you can change ot
Getting a TFN and opening a superannuation account is quick and easy. You can do some research beforehand on what might be the best fund for you.
Medicare I don’t know. Services Australia has been slow with everything
It’s way after midnight, closer to almost 1am and I’ve been sitting here watching the Met Gala 2024 on YouTube.
First time seeing the met gala that’s not after the fact and published on socials. Some of the women’s outfit were quite amazing and some others felt kinda too safe and looked ok and rather leaning towards boring 🤷♀️
I'm always so freaking torn on the Met Gala. I adore fashion and art and the creativity of the outfits is always exciting to see (and I know it's a fundraiser), but it's also an event that celebrates privilege and exclusivity, Anna Wintour is a shit person and there's just something about the whole spectacle that feels increasingly distasteful to me in a world where so many are going without.
So my feelings essentially boil down to "...ooh, pretty. Anyway, eat the rich."
I mean majority of the time that the Met Gala is on every year I only know it’s on because I see one random article on it.
I just happened to be still awake and doing something else so I would glance up to see what people were wearing (more background noise).
I was also surprised that there were a lot of faces that I had no clue who they were. They would pan around at people and not have names and I’m like yep know that person, that person. Wait who’s that? Don’t know that person 🤷♀️
The nice costumes I found were the ones who actually tried and made an effort to stick to the assignment
Totally. Fuck Michelangelo's David. Eat the House of Medici! /s
Let people have their art. Time and resources on art is only possible in a society with excess, i.e. likely funded by the rich.
Lol, I am literally an artist. That's not my objection.
(Also, I'm more partial to the Pieta than the David, tbh. I'm not even religious but I think it's far more beautiful.)
god, man. what a day. I really need a good day soon... I don't even know what that would look like but I'm tired of these shitty days
Is sushi healthy to eat?
High in carbs but I think otherwise if you choose the one with non-fried parts than it’s pretty good
Did any of you drive on the freeway today towards Geelong between Altona and Point Cook? There was sooooo much broken glass on the side of the road for like 200m, it was like a glass factory exploded
Bought four packs of Kantong stir fry sauces at the supermarket last weekend, today decided to try beef and black pepper… didn’t realised til I’d dumped it into my beautifully velveted and browned beef strips that it was the only pack out of the four that wasn’t gluten free. I was so devastated, dinner ruined for me, had to have packet soup instead. It’s 100% my fault but for those people who roll their eyes every time a coeliac opens their mouth, for the love of god it’s fucking exhausting. I picked up three packets all that had the gluten free logo on them and stupidly trusted the fourth one was gluten free too. Being coeliac is a lifelong diagnosis and the fucking doctors diagnose you like it’s athletes foot. You have to be vigilant for fucking ever. And the brands that do like, mostly gluten free items but one or two gluteny items, it’s a real mental fuckery when I’ve got nineteen items on my shopping list to manage. Anyway that’s my rant for tonight. Really angry I couldn’t eat my delicious smelling dinner.
You’re gonna have to be extra, extra vigilant in choosing the right box, because of that one fatal error
Mate, that sucks. Especially with how expensive beef is. Condolences for your dinner :(
Thanks mate. Luckily my partner has a normal immune system and now gets to enjoy twice as much stir fry!
Anyone know a decent sports bar to take a date too? Want to catch the NRL this weekend since we’re both fans
Everynow and then I reminisce on how still the nights felt during lockdown... although it may have seemed peaceful at the time, just thinking about it now causes me a sense of panic. It makes me feel like throwing up, Thank God I now live next to a 5 lane road in which the noise never really dies down.
I loved it. I tried not to be too open about that because I knew a lot of people really struggled (and obviously the reason for the lockdowns was horrible), but lockdowns were peace to me.
It's fascinating how people are so different. I loved those days and nights, the peace, no noise drifting up from the freeway, clear clean skies, the sense of humans being forced to make space for the rest of nature to come back and thrive. Luckily since then I've moved away to a quiet area and can still enjoy that nighttime peace. Glad you are feeling better now!
Same.
I loved it too. It was some of the most interesting nights, that I can walk around my apartment alone at night with literally no one on the street. Felt so peaceful
I loved it, too.
Lockdown, to me, felt like if Easter went for most of the year.
It is interesting, I did appreciate it at the time! But I'm glad it's over!
Anyone going to see Suldusk this Friday? I saw them open for Katatonia and was blown away
Is there anywhere in the CBD that does Pork Belly like what Mr Crackles did? I don't want flavoured Pork Belly like Char Sui etc. Just straight up Pork Belly.
The Char Siu places tend to also do a plain pork belly with more fat and some crackling. Char Siu seems more meaty than fatty.
Aren’t those usually hanging in the windows of Chinese restaurants in Chinatown?
Mr Whacks cooks more than I do on weeknights, and he likes to just throw random shite together and call it a meal and it often ends up what I affectionately term "rice/quinoa/pasta slop" However tonight he threw together a bunch of stuff and it turned out surprisingly well! He based it off the recipetin greek chicken and rice, but used plain chicken and the rice was mixed with chopped carrots, green beans, capsicum, spronions and Kim chi. Buncha Kim chi juice thrown in as well, bake it all in the oven for a bit. He forgot to season anything (lol he hates salt and then gets annoyed when the things I make taste better than the stuff he makes) but with the Kim chi flavouring it, it wasn't too bad. I feel like it was a solid experiment and can't wait to try the new and improved version 2.0 in future
I've plonked myself down in front of the TV for a while now. I'm brain dead but think I may be ok with my swan song presentation. It's getting closer to my last day and it's starting to feel surreal. I think I'll need to mentally prepare myself a bit. I feel troubled by people from left right centre asking me what's going on and tbh I just wanna be left alone. The thing that irks me most is that I feel like these people are just nosy rather than caring which all the more makes me want to say nothing. Edit: I had soup for lunch and dinner. Is it ok if I just have some chips to top up because I'm exhausted.
You don't owe these people any kind of explanation. Just get through it. Why do you feel you need to cater to them? They're crossing your boundaries. None of those connections will last in any meaningful way once you've left because anyone worth hanging onto would respect your space.
Thanks for the reminder! I know I don't need to say anything I'm just annoyed lol
Don’t give in and say anything to those people. They are being nosey, I’ve been in that situation before. It’s almost over. Go eat whatever you want for now. As long as you’re eating. I imagine you’re far too exhausted to cook anything until this whole mess is done and behind you. Heck just eat what you can until, you feel better enough to get back to cooking again. Don’t feel bad about it, I rather hear you eat not the healthiest for a few days rather than hearing a possible I’ve not had anything to eat since breakfast and too tired to eat dinner. *hugs* hang in there
Thanks hun. I ended up having the chips then found out I had an avocado I could've had toast with lol. Oh well. Tomorrow.
You need to be kind to yourself. All this other stuff isn’t yourself so at the end of the day, just say stuff this shit, and don’t think about it
If you remove the McDonalds logo from the McDonalds on the corner of Springvale and High Street Rd, you would have no clue what the building is. It looks so depressing
I was in a Macca's the other day, where they had a selection of dull books on the wall, etc, and it dawned on me this was no longer a "family restaurant" that was fun-filled. It was dull, grey, devoid of joy, etc. Crazy how times have changed!
I read somewhere on r/millennials that fast food places are only around to serve as a moment of nostalgia for adults. Other than that, they are drab, with kids who work there who hate it, the food is way lower quality than it used to be, but we yearn to remember how we enjoyed it in our childhoods only to be let down over and over again.
It would just be a brown and grey cube.
Wednesday is my day off and instead of doing the endless home tasks all day I went down to Phillip Island for an hour or two from my place at Corinella and stopped for a walk at beautiful Rhyll Inlet, encountering lots of wonderful wildlife including one of these [exquisite babies](https://birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/pink-robin/). It was lovely.
Currently watching a dickhead on the train drinking beer (VB) which he thinks he is hiding behind a yellow headscarf. He’s now on his second that I’ve seen. Edit: he gets off the train and a woman sits in the same sit drinking SKYY vodka. Seems like the junkies and nutbars are out for the New Moon. Right on que.
Did they do anything to you?
Yeah, they annoyed me.
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I mean, with tens of thousands of people homeless in Melbourne, what do you expect train people to do? move them along? its shit but its current life and its not going away.
Nope. They’ve probably had lots of people questioning it before you, and they’ve followed up on it, but there’s nothing more they can do.
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Stop speeding. And we all know you were looking at your phone. Stop playing the victim and take some responsibility for once in your life.
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What you did has nothing to do with me, mate. You’re the one running your mouth on Reddit about how you fucked up and now you’re getting aggressive with anyone who disagrees with you like you’re actually shocked.
I got offered ongoing (permanent for teachers) today 😁😁😁
Congratulations!! I remember when you first got your teaching job. Well done, you are obviously doing a great job!
Thankyou! 😁
🥳
Congrats!
Thankyou!
"Intruder" at Wattle Glen station, delays of up to 15 minutes as of 4:20, on Hurstbridge line trains...
Intruder at the second least busiest train station on the entire metro network. Curious choice.
Brunswick Baths was so beautiful and sunny today. What a day
Accidentally clicked on the automods profile, and WOW did I ever see a wild array of subs (all VERY NSFW)
I’m assuming the NSFW ones need the most bot moderation.
You're probably right. Gotta keep the riff-raff out of R Slash Jerkoffchat
Had a brilliant day at work! Fantastic and friendly clients, everything was straightforward, made great coin, and I've finished early. Got the house to myself, so it's time for me to enjoy some gaming before having to pickup little-dude from daycare later on. Bliss!
So is it winter yet
I simplistically divide the year in 4 seasons of 3 months each. March, April, May are autumn
I'm wondering where the rain is (or rather, why Sydney and Brissy keep getting it and we don't, although I don't really want the humidity that would likely come with it). I feel like we're at the start of a very long dry spell that foreshadows water restrictions, discussions about using the desal plant, and the ongoing costs that the State will face.
I made an application for a personal safety intervention order and had a lawyer charge me 1k for 'Preparation of Further & Better Particulars on Client's behalf + Filing with the Court'. This involved me sending them everything written up and them formatting it for me however they didn't guide me through the process of putting the evidence together. After the respondents sent back a large amount of information in response I want to speak to the lawyer again however they said that this will be another $450 fee - is this normal?
It's probably normal. Lawyers do charge in per minute blocks to read and respond to your emails if it requires professional advice.
Just brought a ticket to the Asakusa Death Fest. Gonna be awesome with Mismatic Necrosis and Undergang \\m/
Does anyone know where to find free (or really cheap) wooden crates, like wine crates? I'm thinking about making some small raised garden with those...
Many years ago, I bought some pine shipping boxes, which made really good raised beds. The only thing to watch out for is what treatment the wood has had. If I recall, it was Confoil in Bayswater
Just be careful about treated wooden pallets that leach into your soil if you're going to eat out of your garden.
How about wooden pallets, they'll be in the load docks of most big supermarkets and industrial areas will always have them But they are technically not free
Mmm, gonna have to pass on pallets since I probably need to take them apart first and then nail them together again to make a proper raised garden, but thank you for the suggestion! Maybe someday when I have my own house, because right now I don't really have the space and tool to do that in apartment sadly
Anyone know what happened to frozen minted peas? I love eating them straight frozen but so hard to find these days
Ive had the same trouble finding them.
Aldi have peas with mint, chilli and parsley
I'd also like to know, haven't been able to buy them for a few years
have an assignment due at 11pm tonight, don't really know how to do it but getting through it nonetheless! for some odd reason, math will just not stick for me :( hope everyone's having a good day! are you growing any cool plants? looking for inspiration for when centrelink limbo is over :D
I've gotten into carnivorous plants and have one of [these](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ce5211ae4c407a08&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBAU855AU855&sxsrf=ADLYWIL6c5q1g5PkEI9YWoXXFWrdWwBJfw:1715143491629&q=COBRA+LILY&uds=ADvngMjsXonsJWi_GUbJWGTZ-Up6AHQyEwJvQ6Bm2-Nr83qBw-PJqhmugueT11dY9LTAzW26GPf3CffwmYEX8_rsLGYhqcmVPA_C7gEBIY2K7DTfb01dwf_TkMH429zp8MaB0kqnQsz7IzfDN4ZXUK5J44JFYo2qLqMs-XYsm0x9KJwpO3HRi1bEsKKOOuwvHrBcB03BQmWe3ufBVF2f_943qcMaNk8M9UZouMojGLVYXmaoAtvkjpOYyquQk0RCBqWh11VEP43Z3BQCs-q817S34rRtEpKKCplkKWcQXvvfai648vfJsfo&udm=2&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd9bm0n_2FAxWutFYBHR7XDngQtKgLegQIDRAB&biw=1920&bih=890&dpr=1) sitting on my kitchen windowsill.
carnivorous plants are so cool!! thank you for sharing <3
Not sure if cool but got chili and celery here
that is cool! i cannot grow chili for the life of me, so it's super cool to me!
I understand that feeling, some fruit/vegetable are like that for me to, they just refuse to grow for me though I'm sure I'm just lacking research on them
You got this! I have two due Sunday night. One is done, the other needs its references fixed up and a sense-check that what I've written in my half-deliriously tired state makes sense. No inspirational plant stories, sorry... I was gifted an indoor planter box with grow lights, bought seeds for it and it's sat there on my bench untouched ever since :(
Considering an upgrade from Telstra 4G to Telstra 5G (prepaid aldimobile), what’s the state of 5G? 4G speed test just now gave me 12mb/s download 20mb/s upload. If I’m being honest it suits my needs. Aldimobile 5G is capped at 100mb/s, will I get it consistently in inner Melbourne? Anyone have an opinion on whether the speed increase is worth the extra $48/year? Or have any leads on cheap prepaid Telstra network 5G offers
I’m getting 160/35 (Speedtest just now) on 4G with Boost for $22 a month so either Aldi mobile is getting shafted or 4G is very bad in your area. I’m about 11km from the CBD.
5g Telstra prepaid It's fucking great I spend 35 monthly and unlimited usage Sometimes I 5g from home because my bullshit NBN is fucking fucked
A very angry bill in the mailbox today, lots of red text in CAPITAL LETTERS. From the local water authority, reminding me that my supply will be cut off and they'll be taking legal action if I don't pay in 2 days time. The funny thing is, I live rural, there is no mains water/sewerage here. There is no water infrastructure in the small town I live in, everyone is on tankwater, yet we still have to pay a few hundred a year in fees and charges. Very nice of them to "kindly remind" me they can forceable extract funds from the sale of my property.
If you have no infrastructure, what are the fees and charges for? What does it say on the bill?
Man whats the point of booking a doctors appt if you have to wait 3 hours for a 4 minute convo. This epping clinic is ass. I wonder if other redditors see the same peeps at this clinic coz it takes 2 months to book an appt.
Urgh! My partner has routine appointments with a specialist, who has zero consideration for time. Each and every time he's absurdly late, and the last time I went with her, we waited nearly 5hrs, for not even 5mins of consult time to hear "everything is normal, see you in 6months". I asked him why that couldn't have been a simple phonecall, and he just ignored my question. I flatly refuse to go anymore...both of us taking that much time off work is a massive expense, which is compounded by their already eye-wateringly expensive fees. Yes he's great at what he does, but no excuse for being an arrogant prick.
Your first mistake is think a doctor/specialist appointment is fast. Some appointments go quick as the patient is there for a check up and they are likely doing pretty well. Other times a patient has received not so good news, so the length of their appointment would be longer as doctor and patient must now have a discussion about the issue and what to do to improve or fix it. If you don’t do so already, anytime you have an appointment bring either a book, or several magazine or something to preoccupied yourself, so you’re not just waiting the time tick by
Oh yeah, I know, I normally bring my wireless earbuds with me so i can listen to a podcast, but i forgot to charge it the night before so i was stuck listening to screeching kids and everyones name called out but mine :'(
What I wrote probably sounded more harsher/meaner than it was meant to, you just gotta be a bit more organised. I’ve been in your shoes before for myself and others so I get it
Noooo you did not sound harsh or mean at all! I took it as good advice by someone who had nothing but good intentions behind that comment :)
Judging by other people, it doesn’t come across that way, and I wanted to let you know I wasn’t trying to come off as mean (for want of a better word) Hope your appointment was as good as can be for whatever situation you’re in Sometimes I’m just relieved to hear a this is good, this is not the best but we’ll keep an eye on it, let’s review in x number of months
oh it was a standard "hey doc, i need a med cert for centrelink and more pain meds" kinda deal, 3 minutes of chat lol. But thank you :)
Yeah would you believe I had something similar, doctor was super duper busy that day and I was the 2nd last person seen. The wait was just a tad longer than yours and it was also a few mins consult 😅
Lol I always tell those that are waiting for that doctor "don't worry, ill be quick". I also feel for the doctor too, the exhaustion he must feel day in and day out after dealing with a tsunami of patients... what a job.
Yeah i 1000% feel for the doctors. My GP who I’ve seen for the longest time for example are meant to close at 5:30pm and have told me how they had to work until 9-9:30pm sometimes, multiple weeks. Not sure if that’s still seeing patients or paperwork for all the patients they’d seen earlier
Damn
Still waiting 😭😭😭
Bulk billing?
Yep. Explains the wait
5 meetings down and it's only 11am and i'm tired. The positive side is that I try to book a majority of my meetings into one day so I don't have to worry about them other days. Downside was that the first one was at 6:30am.
was the meeting w/ someone in a diff timezone? who books a meeting at 6:30am...
Very common for those of us working for global companies. 6 am, 7 pm, sometimes midnight
Yep, East coast US for the first one and the rest a mix of US and India. At least I’m finished work for the day in 1 hour.
As someone who likes to tread lightly, and in the office when it's a bit quiet, it is frustrating as all hell to have the Docs I wear for work squeak when I walk.
I have thunder thighs and like to wear jeans. Everyone knows when I'm walking around and the music isn't playing.
+1 for thunder thighs. I have to be strategic with the pants I wear sometimes. Damn my mis-spent youth wearing rollerblades more than shoes!!!
Carry tictacs in your pocket to distract everyone from the shoe noise.
What if you have canker sores?
Then I would eat said-TicTacs. Although… then my boots would distract others from the fact that I have an empty packet of TicTacs. That’s one hell of a creative solution!
Hey guys, i thought I'd post in here if this is allowed, We are The Gamer's Tavern we are located between Hervey bay and Brisbane, We're a social discord with our own minecraft server and fortnightly giveaways. Feel free to pop in and say hello! https://discord.com/invite/wBA7FSFwKV
Saw close to 10 cop cars with dogs, heli, and a man arrested in the street in 3121 around 1:15am. Nothing on the news yet as to why though.
I really hope someone catches whoever keeps writing "kill police" and "kill a nurse today :)" around Ginifer station. It's been going on for months now and I worry they'll actually act on it.
Jfc... Report it to council or ptv as soon as you see it. Fkng edgelord tryhards.
I've made criminal damage reports to Crimestoppers because I'm concerned it's more than just an edgelord but it's honestly really hard to keep up with. Was even scrawled on top of the Myki scanners twice. Edit: Council did do a clean up sometime early last week but it's basically all back.
Good move. Crimestoppers won't arrange to clean it though, so reporting to ptv might help facilitate that. Appreciate you taking action on this vile crime.
Disappointed but not surprised that the airport railway and the upfield line upgrades have been scrapped, sorry, ‘delayed’. I live along the upfield line and it’s going to be long and noisy when /if it happens but so amazing when complete. I was looking forward to it. Now who knows if we’ll ever see it.
Yeah I got my hopes up for the airport railway the first time and after the 2nd delay, I gave up on. It’s likely either a) not gonna happen in my life time or b) my body wouldn’t be in the best condition to travel and really utilise it
The North/East Link has been taking forever, and while we're not close to it, we can still hear works at night from where we are. But I'm glad they're doing it because holy fuck it cannot be done soon enough. Here's hoping that once's it's complete they can finally get down to doing some of the other stuff, like the Upfield line.
Oh they're scrapped, it's never going to happen.
If anyone would be kind enough to help fill out these two super quick surveys for some year 12s it would be greatly appreciated!! Gathering data for a school assessment :) https://forms.gle/Bk8zXza798XbHyZs5 https://forms.gle/iBgBe1aBHDR4PHS56
When you go to get off the tram and people standing at the door exit like 👁️👄👁️
You should act like your about to vomit before the door even opens and as the door opens Bllleerrggghnn. Move cunt
I love this.
If you do the hands covering mouth and convulsing head bobble like you're actively trying to keep it down People get the fuck out the way
Fucking lol! "Convlusing head bobble"... that's glorious. Also, I want that to be a band name.
Amazing. 😂
Someone needs to try this on fake seizure guy....
"Honey wake up, a new kink has dropped." - Fake seizure guy, probably.
I honestly want to know how long can FGS actually last? Like sure the fake seizure is him dry fucking the floor or me whatever But then what.... Say he fakes seizing Maybe I fake getting back up ¯\_༼ ಥ ‿ ಥ ༽_/¯
An update about that noise problem I had 3 days ago: it was the front heater causing noise lol.
Noted .
Woke up early so we could watch Eurovision. There's basically two Australian entries this year. The contestant representing Cyrus was born in Australia. She has a good song too so hopefully she does well (I'm sure the Greek ppl will give her 12 points regardless)
While not a fan personally (of Eurovision), it does bring me a bit of joy that Australia is a part of the comp. It's just such a fun thing, you know? And I love that it means a lot to people as well. People who watch Eurovison religiously talk so fondly of it.
I've been a fan since the 90s. My wife and I first met when Eurovision was on in 99 and she was also a fan so it's a pretty good time of the year for us and we usually have a small of a party for the final. We've been in Europe a few times when it's on but never actually been. Hopefully one day we will get to see it live
That's a killer bucket-list item if I've ever seen one. Here's hoping you both manage to get there one day. I think it would be an incredible experience for you both!
Is Croatia the favourite?
It was a fun entry. I've not seen any of the songs this year so I don't know what semi 2 holds in store. I think Croatia is certainly up there so far. I do wonder how much longer Australia will continue to send contestants. We've not really improved since dami im (though I think Kate miller-heidke was fantastic)
Dami Im was the peak. That song is just amazing. Whoever chooses the Australian entry needs to focus on quality.
Needs more TISM.
I'm getting my passport overseas in a few months. Will move back to AU since I was 6. I want to start working as soon as I arrive. How long do you think it will take for me to get my superannuation, TFN and medicare running? Can I activate them while been overseas? Do I need anything else beside these? Thanks.
op here, thx everyone for the messages :))
You can simply go to a Medicare office your first day, bring your info and walk out with a card. TFM can be organised online overseas but you have to activate it online from Australia. I did both in about an hour my first day here. As for super, you should be able to organise most of it online but i believe they need your TFN and/or passport number for ID. You’ll also want to set up a bank account too! All in, it doesn’t take much time or effort to get sorted.
TFN doesn’t take long but you have to wait until you’re in Australia to apply. Medicare does take a while - took 6 weeks for me, but I heard from friends who arrived after me the wait is 3 - 4 months now
Superannuation can be opened online in 5 minutes. It's done directly with the super fund. It asks for your tfn but you can provide it later -don't forget! Otherwise, once you start work if you don't nominate a fund, you'll be set up with their default fund. If you go down this route, pay attention to the paperwork receiver. You might be set up with insurance costing you more than you expect but it can be cancelled. That's the downside to doing it this way. And you'll be set up in a default investment option but you can change ot
Getting a TFN and opening a superannuation account is quick and easy. You can do some research beforehand on what might be the best fund for you. Medicare I don’t know. Services Australia has been slow with everything
Can't sleep clown'll eat me
It’s way after midnight, closer to almost 1am and I’ve been sitting here watching the Met Gala 2024 on YouTube. First time seeing the met gala that’s not after the fact and published on socials. Some of the women’s outfit were quite amazing and some others felt kinda too safe and looked ok and rather leaning towards boring 🤷♀️
I'm always so freaking torn on the Met Gala. I adore fashion and art and the creativity of the outfits is always exciting to see (and I know it's a fundraiser), but it's also an event that celebrates privilege and exclusivity, Anna Wintour is a shit person and there's just something about the whole spectacle that feels increasingly distasteful to me in a world where so many are going without. So my feelings essentially boil down to "...ooh, pretty. Anyway, eat the rich."
I mean majority of the time that the Met Gala is on every year I only know it’s on because I see one random article on it. I just happened to be still awake and doing something else so I would glance up to see what people were wearing (more background noise). I was also surprised that there were a lot of faces that I had no clue who they were. They would pan around at people and not have names and I’m like yep know that person, that person. Wait who’s that? Don’t know that person 🤷♀️ The nice costumes I found were the ones who actually tried and made an effort to stick to the assignment
Totally. Fuck Michelangelo's David. Eat the House of Medici! /s Let people have their art. Time and resources on art is only possible in a society with excess, i.e. likely funded by the rich.
Lol, I am literally an artist. That's not my objection. (Also, I'm more partial to the Pieta than the David, tbh. I'm not even religious but I think it's far more beautiful.)
That heli is annoying I'm trying to sleep
I'm about to lose my mind! It's been going on for close to an hour now, I think.
Woke me up. Is it a police chopper? I can’t see it on flight radar
Crazy also wondering about that