Unfortunately, every workplace has a set of these people. You have to figure out which ones they are and then set face to ‘mild strained smile’ when you see them and avoid conversations that are not work related.
Almost makes you wonder if they're Cennalink plants to somehow force people off jobseeker/whatever just to not have to deal with or be associated with such loons
At least we've determined the transgender downvoter is also the antivaxxer downvoter probably. I'm so vaxxed trans gay and live right next to a 5g tower. I removed my aliminium foil from the cupboard. I also don't like rabbit holes or doing any of my own research.
I am feeling a bit rich today. Just banked the money from my Marketplace sales, it's payday today, I received my tax return a couple of days ago, I got a $50 Bunnings card from my FlyBuys last week and I'm signed up for a study which will pay for my milk for the next four weeks (and give me a $150 Visa card at the end). Why can't all these things happen every week?
Edit: just found out I'm on the fancy A2 milk for the study. Never had that before.
Should not have let myself doze on the couch yesterday, I kept telling myself it'll screw with my sleep schedule. Well it did, and now I've been awake sine 2:50am and I just want the day to end because I feel all thrown about.
First day back at work after 1 1/2 weeks off. Shit didn't catch fire while I was gone which is nice. Have a chat tomorrow with my 2-up boss about how he has treated me (just before I went on leave). Not looking forward to it but I know my worth so whatever happens happens.
Went on a (2nd) date on the weekend too which was great, but also felt like I wasn't supportive enough about some of her concerns about work etc. so followed up today. We'll see how that goes...
Kiddo can now be tickled. And he LOVES it. And honestly, its made my whole year. I had to do the daycare drop off today. I was very brave, and I handed him over and left, but I wanted to run back in, snatch him up and drive off somewhere fun together.
My favorite thing about the first day of kinder was the contrast between the kids who had been in daycare and knew how to play with kids the same age, and the kids who had clearly never been apart from a parent.
The daycare kids were all "bye daddy/mummy" and off to play with kids in one corner, while the others were a wailing mess. Until their parents actually left and they wandered off to the fun corner with the other kids.
I wish I took a photo of the row of mums outside the classroom, standing on the bench peering in the high window at their kids. They were also crying, having never been apart from their babies. It was sweet.
You've done well. Daycare is crazy expensive, but it is worth it for so many reasons. It is good for both of you.
Oh 100% worth it. He is already babbling so much more than he was before he started. He's probably one of the younger ones in the room so I think its probably doing him some good to see the other kids up and moving around.
He's going to pick up every plague and pestilence ever from that hive of disease. He'll bring them home and probably make you sick, also. It's not going to seem like it at the time, but this is also likely a good thing.
With the caveat that I am not a qualified medical professional by any stretch of the imagination: I believe that the earlier that we are introduced to the assorted regular viruses and colds etc, the better our immune systems will be taught to fight them off, yes.
I assume this is a given if your kid is in daycare, but the above is a compliment to a proper vaccination programme, not an alternative to it.
@TinyBreak@Nath I had my daughter in daycare at 3 months (1 day a week) and she caught EVERYTHING in the first year. I got about half the things, a milder version, but with the 3 gastros I was SO grateful for my standing Zofran script as it would have been awful without.
This year so far (she's now almost 2), 3 relatively mild colds (touch wood), I know there will be more things but I vaguely hope the experience of covid has made a tiny dent in behaviour so there is a bit less spread.
The policies at childcare have definitely not swung back to precovid norms, so they are stricter now than before regarding temperature, diarrhoea etc and exclusions generally. So I think maybe that is helping a little? The immune system still gets a workout, but I've been expecting to be much sicker this year than so far has turned out.
Daffodils and jonquils and sunshine, oh my. I'm leaning into all the trite stereotypes about spring being a time of renewal and reenergising and I'm feeling great.
These stupid medications are making my anxiety worse and now im having a panic attack even though the cause of my worry is unfounded. Brain is being mean to me today
It's so interesting that the medication that is there to help you, can in fact, cause it to be worse. Like my anti-depressants can actually make you have suicidal ideation and stuff like that. Like aren't they supposed to STOP THAT?
Yeah, i had the unfortunate luck of meeting a nazi through an old school mate who's new friendship group just happened to contain one. This was almost 30 years ago. He sold drugs, I wanted some drugs. When I went to score, he had a collection of ornamental knives he was showing me. Then there was one he liked, "cos it was one you can use". He gave me a lift back to the train station like the nice guy he was and he and his girlfriend yelled racist slurs out the car window at his pacific islander neighbours. I was terrified and glad I'd moved away from the area in which those fucking bogan scum lords lived. Oh my, people are shit and drug dealers are some of the lowest piles of shit I've ever known.
Land of the free, baby! Yeeehawww! I can get a case of beer and some knives to play with! Meanwhile all I got was a cherry Slurpee and the dude said "is that all you're getting? You're alright then" and gave it to me for free! Currently slurping in the car on a hill at the edge of Moab watching the sunset over the red mountains.
That actually makes sense, though. Those poor people couldn't take their knives on the plane, so they can buy one at the terminal as soon as they land.
Why they have to carry a knife everywhere in the first place, I can't answer. It's a cultural thing.
Grabbed a second hand laptop the other week since mine is about 7 years old and not well. And with all this car BS I figured nows not the time to drop 1k on a laptop. The "new" one is 3 years old and I have to say, pretty impressed so far. Its so much quicker than my old clunker.
Computers have really come a long way in the last few years. It's not as noticeable a leap compared to one from 20 years ago, but there's still a considerable performance jump.
SSDs have helped a fair bit in that area, I've found.
I bought an old toshiba about seven years ago. still works just as well as it did when I got it. it was maybe 5 years old then. it's on windows 8 or something so no new updates to bloat it and I'm running old software on it. cost 130$ I think at the time, I had to buy new batteries at some point. but fuck, toshiba make good stuff.
Indeed I do not use it for that kind of thing. It's mostly a youtube machine these days, still good for running my music software though, which doesn't rely on internet connection.
Okay these side effects are bad enough that I've called up to get a med cert today because I'm pretty much inoperative. Feels like my heart is in my mouth, my brain can't settle and I can't even concentrate on procrastinating let alone any meaningful task. I'm straight up staring into space halfway through a sentence and 15 minutes have gone by. Damn, I thought extended release would be gentler and better than immediate release but it's clearly not working.
IR has been much better for me so far despite the odd sinusy feeling, I'm definitely going back to that, I can't afford to have so many unproductive days right now.
I think the meds will only be out of my system by about 4-5pm (as designed). Gonna take it extremely easy and set up all the relaxing stuff as soon as the tradies are gone and all the sounds aren't jangling my nerves even further. and I'm writing an email to the psychiatrist. At least I know the previous meds worked better for me.
After the shit experience of four antidepressants I really shouldn't have accepted another change when I found something that was mostly working for me
It’s hard to know, isn’t it?! The new one might be better, but you won’t know until you try it, and then the transition process takes ages. I finally found one that wasn’t too bad, but still the side effects weren’t great so I’m having a break. Why isn’t there a magic pill that just fixes it all!
Dear God. Phoned into Cennalink to get my current med cert tagged and even when calling in at 8 on the dot I was on hold for over 40 minutes.
Then we had a line with an echo in it. Then the line dropped out when the CSA was asking me some follow up questions.
At least the med cert was tagged, but my head feels like I'm up in a bell tower while those bloody big bells are being rung.
They truly are the worst, arnt they? We're still chasing our childcare subsidy that we logged last month. They dont reckon they'll have an update till mid september. Meanwhile, we're having to pay totally out of pocket and having to people moan about how we need more women in the workforce. How about either pay them what you pay men so dad can stay at home, or actually have universal childcare to enable more mums to go back to work!
I know! And nine times out of ten, the people at the coalface are doing their best; it's whoever set up the system to be as discouraging as possible for people who are seeking help plus, as StudSpud is currently experiencing, useless 'job providers' with their snouts in the trough taking money to do bugger all.
I'm hoping that by the time this certificate runs out I'll be well enough to work enough hours that I won't have to jump through those hoops ever again. Fingers crossed...
So, because I have been jobseeking for a while, Workforce Aus are making me do an employability course for the next 4 weeks via Zoom. I'm trying to remain positive, that I will learn something that may help me, but I just feel so worthless having let it get this far. Sigh.
"Uh oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!"
A few years ago they tried something like that and when I asked it if that meant watching someone read out powerpoint slides about how smiling during job interviews is good I warned them against wasting more of my time with some bullshit training that they'd get paid for. Then they sent me for a forklift ticket.
I was so prepared to argue with the instructor about how useless a "be sure to smile in interviews" type training program was. I feel my JSA person saw just disruptive I was prepared to be and did their se instructor a favour and put me elsewhere.
Ugh, I hate that sort of stuff! My last lot did nothing, I got the job without help from them. Then they kept ringing me and insisting on appointments so they could get paid for it! What a rort.
I'm sorry to be a Debbie Downer but man those things suck. I took one back in like 2016 and it was one of the most demoralising things because it's like "yes I know to be nice to a customer... like why do I have to go get lessons for this???”
I'm so lucky I didn't have to do it under disability employment services. But man.
I run so hot, but start off really cold. So I wake up under a blanket and doona absolutely soaking in sweat, take the doona off, then I get cold from it evaporating so I put the doona on and the cycle repeats.
I have decided to name my new mulcher Chomp. We spent the last hour reducing every stick in the backyard into woodchips. It did a great job, I'm really pleased with it. The sunflower stems from last year were paticularly satisfying to see munched up. I'll give the rose prunings a few more days to dry off a bit before I tackle those.
Today's the day I let my assistant reply to emails and such. I've told her that I will be here for questions and such. And happy to take over when she needs it.
But so far it's going good. Also I decided to wear shorts and a short sleeve shirt today with no jacket and I regret the jacket. And I had my appointment with my job seeker person who let me get another uber gift voucher. I feel so bad asking for it, but like the fact that I spent $400 on uber last month kills me.
I can't wait to get my own car, I mean $400 will be going to the car as well, but at least it's on my time and not someone else's.
I partly blame the idea of the "internet generation" (and increased obscurity) for the younger ones not knowing. At some point, knowing how to use a computer was thought to be common knowledge, so no-one bothered to teach them how to do more than the bare basics.
Coupled with modern user friendly hiding the uglier inner workings, and only people who are interested in the things will delve that deeply.
I would not be surprised if there are people today who think of the internet as a series of apps, rather than a series of websites accessed via apps and tubes.
It is WILD how Computer illiterate younger people are. And I'm not saying this is a "bahh humbug" person (I don't believe in the whole 'generational' divide b.s. it was a way to make money and make money it did. But I'm in that weird spot where I'm either a baby Millennial or a elderly Gen Z), but kids now believe everything said on the Internet even if it's easily proven false, they don't watch out for scams and such, also a lot of kids aren't given computers anymore.
Like obviously, your mileage may vary, not every kid is going to be like this, but too many are and it is just absolutely wild.
They never grew up with the paranoia that was the early internet, possibly because the modern paradigm of social media is to use it as an extension of yourself, rather than treating it as a separate thing.
You would have been beyond foolish to list your age, location, sexuality, and various psychological vulnerabilities on the internet back in the day. Even A/S/L was pushing the line some.
Two more broccoli heads vanquished! 🥦 ⚔ grating the broccoli was a bit of hard yakka though. Doesn't look very appetising but tastes great. Cheap and filling and nutritious.
::: spoiler pasta in a weird looking sauce of grated broccoli with chilli flakes, garlic, anchovies and tuna plus lemon
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In traditional DT fashion, I went indoor skydiving today after The Hivemind mentioned it a few weeks ago- I think it was Danwritesbooks? So much fun and I now feel an odd urge to go to the next level of adrenaline rush and actually jump out of a plane. Which is not something I ever thought I would do.
Ooh very exciting and please do it if you can. There is no falling sensation in your stomach because the plane has that momentum already. You won’t regret it!
I've done it and it's really nice. Less thrilling than I thought and more chill. I've been bungie jumping a few times and that was much more thrilling I found. Rather than being shuffled out of the plane by your tandem diver, you're all alone in the edge and have to convince yourself to jump! It's intense
Last night I was watching the home shopping channel and the dickhead was demonstrating the Power xl 12 in 1 which is a fancy airfryer that bakes, grills, blah blah and he's fluffing around making shit. So he chucks in potato gems, sausage, cheese, egg etc and I thought why can't I make this in my airfryer.
I had no idea what it was called so I googled the ingredients and it came up as a "tater tot casserole" and "breakfast casserole " which made me laugh. Anyway I'm gonna try and recreate this abomination. I wish I had some foil trays but instead I'm gonna have to make my own.
I've got some Italian sausage I'm willing to sacrifice. The one that I watched last night had bright orange cheese so I might pick up some red Leicester. Hahaha.
I think their bright orange cheese is an easy melting one - monterey jack or some such name. Not red leicester which is not the world's best melting cheese. The orange cheese is sort of half way to processed cheese.
Wow, so I lost a friend who I thought I'd just put on hold, who I bitched about then the very next day gained a new one who's a real gem. Language barrier has been overcome. We're already making plans and though she's been in transition longer, she's super nice about giving advice which is good for a change, I'm sort of used to feeling a bit bullied or condescended to by trans women. The hangover from the toxic masculinity they showed as a mask or a defence mechanism is real. We're getting dinner on Thursday and probably working together again soon as well. She's just as excited to meet another super positive and proactive trans woman. We all struggle with shit from time to time, but I've mentally been living in my gratitude for all the good things I have recently. Could be the weather, could be the extra oestrogen, could be transition, could be the sobriety, could be the job, could be finally feeling attractive and loving my new body, could be the good food, could very well be the journalling. All these things are supposed to bring happiness. Maybe I should just admit I have big crushes on about six people at the moment and keep daydreaming about them all. woo. time for some vitamin d uptake. I'll also brave the salvos looking obviously trans cos fuck them.
Thanks and so do you! Just had a call from a bestie and she's a lot better than on the weekend. No jewellery worth getting at salvos or the greeves st opshop, but geez it was a nice day for a walk and obtained my favourite reduced price cheat meal, woolies chicken skewers. 10k walked all up after all the pacing while chatting. Also decided to eat honey and not (x) mite on my late for me night time rice cake binges. Too much salt leaves me dry af in the morning and honey is cheaper by the 100g. Unless I have sleep apnoea. I really hope I don't have sleep apnoea. That's bad.
Argh… I keep ruining things through fatigue and not paying attention. Things that cost money. My hair scissors have rusted because I left them on the sink and water splashed. Maybe if I remove the rust with vinegar and try to put the edge back on the blade where it got eaten at… though I’m not amazing at it.
And it would probably come back. I should have got a little thing of sewing machine oil when I ordered something else
don't use vinegar it will eat them even more. Depending on rust levels you can just make a lil' ball of alfoil and gently polish with that, also fold alfoil into several "layers" and chop away with scissors to restore the edge.
I mean, you don't need much, it will still soak into the metal it'll dry out before it goes rancid and by then you'll have singer oil. Alternatively, use the oil from your car's dipstick. Also yuck, but please like, subscribe and hit that notification button down there.
People keep acknowledging my NFL Raiders hat and all I can do is give them a point and wink when they say "Raider Nation!" to me. I'm not brave enough to give the finger guns in this country, they might shoot back.
Extensive anthropological research conducted between 2021 and 2022 for a doctoral thesis determined that the optimal response to the salutation "Raider's Nation!" is infact, "Raider's Nation, baby!". This response commonly yielded big smiles, raised fists, and hoots of joy. \
"Raiders Nation, baby!" was never met by a gunshot during the study, however one unfortunate (and perhaps unwise) study participant was shot in the shoulder after responding "Go fuck yourself buddy" to the common Raider's salutation.
Yeah it's not even a joke. Guns are pretty normalised in a lot of people's lives. I have a couple of friends who have stories of very close calls where there were guns, arguments, family drama and lots of booze. It's pretty easy to pull a trigger and lots of people carry them. Fuck, I would.
Exercises completed, except I did a beginners level because I had a mini exercise buddy this morning and didn't want him to be discouraged by it being too hard.
Waiting on more self watering pots so I can plant round little carrots and leafy greens. They were pricey but I know standard ones would probably be forgotten and dry out. If I don’t wreck them I can just keep planting short lived herbs or veg.
The grass isn’t up but it’s only had a few days of light.
I wish I had the space, money and physical capacity for a real vegie garden. And a catio so the furry puddin could sit outside with me without doing a runner
Basically I swapped potato gems for the hash brown, spicy sausage for the bacon, added spring onion, extra cheese, cream, chilli flakes. Omitted the capsicum.
The foil basket was easy. My secret - extra long alfoil. Make a cross, fold the corners in, roll the top down.
Oh. It's just that they say you can put cake tins and ceramic (oven proof vessels) in the airfryer and because mine's small it's hard to find them so I thought why can't I make one out of alfoil?
More largesse has come my way today - a local food cupboard had a donation of bbq food that needed to be taken ASAP, so I grabbed a packet of burgers and some coleslaw. They are catering packs, so that's 20 burgers! I just had one for lunch, the rest are in the freezer. I'm going to have some awesome toasties over the next few weeks.
way fewer birds on my balcony this year. I think there are two reasons. One, the local currawongs have eaten all the sparrows, two, I stopped putting out food because my neighbour hand built outdoor furniture for his balcony and it would be a shame if birds messed them up.
I'm in the shittest mood today due to unexpectedly noisy builders out back where I'm staying (I thought they wouldn't be coming while my friends were away), stupidly braindead and frankly insulting client request for a job I thought I'd finish off this week, and the extended release formulation of these meds giving me bad anxiety. I want to delete everything (except the cat).
They've moved from angle grinders and random bashing around to that PLUS an excavator moving around back and forth in close proximity with reversing beepers going on and off. I really didn't think there'd be this much work happening while my friends were away. The cat is keeping me sane - although she too has moved away from all the noise even though that end of the house is freezing
E: however, none of that is nearly as bad as pile drilling, my sympathies go out to you 😭
Cool concept. It's very reminiscent of their retrofuturistic posters of housewives being able to just hose down all the furniture in the living room to clean it.
I've been working out hard the last month - maybe there's results I'm not seeing but my weight is around the same range. I snack too much! What are some healthy snacks? I need to cut out on chips 🥲
These snackshave been my go to since the kids were little. You can usually pick them up at Colesworth for $2 a pack but occasionally on sale for half price. Tasty, healthy, and simple.
Need to go into the city for an event that starts at 530pm on a weekday and goes into the evening.
Can’t drive in - car too big for car parks (had to sell the small car due to cost of living and my OG struggles with the city car parks so I have no chance), can’t get dropped off as OH is away on work, not sure if train station will have any car parks free at 4pm? Bus to train station would be a 4km walk each way, and not safe in the dark on the way home. A taxi/car service cost me $150 last time I had to go into the city (one way). Estranged from family, no help there.
Fml. It’s a job related event, not for fun. It’s not run by my employer.
I have a secure parking spot in Brunswick, if you want to drive here and take the 19 Tram into the city. I'm home all the time so I can let you in and out. Send me a DM if this may work for you :)
No Ubers or taxis in the area. ~45km from cbd. Been a pain when dropping cars off for servicing or airport trips. Saves money on not having ubereats though.
It's quite a nice day out today. Depression's been eating me alive for the past few, so the sunshine is a welcome distraction.
Also tried a Banh Mi for the first time, from the place at Chadstone. Probably not the best you can get, but it was quite nice.
Welcome to flavour town
Good fucking grief! These two anti-vaxxers are now discussing how climate change is fake and that the phasing out of gas will reduce quality of life.
Fucking fuck fuck this shit
Edit: i already feel so "job ready" listening to these two knuckleheads. 🙄
Edit: these men love hearing themselves talk, fucking UGH UGH UGH 🤮🤮🤮
Edit: one of them just told the trainer her qualifications don't matter... her PhD doesnt matter... i cant even. This is actually wack af
Unfortunately, every workplace has a set of these people. You have to figure out which ones they are and then set face to ‘mild strained smile’ when you see them and avoid conversations that are not work related.
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Huh? I’m unfamiliar with the hate for the guy
Edit: Has he become the new Pepe 😬
Where is that? I love that guy! He has large coffees. Is he an incel icon or something?
Almost makes you wonder if they're Cennalink plants to somehow force people off jobseeker/whatever just to not have to deal with or be associated with such loons
I wonder! They're just so... cliché lol. One of them I would say attends those 'protests' in the city haha
Honestly, there is nothing you can say to convince climate deniers.
We're at the find out stage.
I'm just sitting on mute with my camera off, playing BG3. Have completed the 'activities' already lol. I ain't saying shit to them haha
Maybe they're trying to nutball their way out of training too.
That doesn’t work. If they’re insane they don’t have to do it - but if they don’t want to they’re sane, and have to do it.
At least the class sounds boring.
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FYI if this is meeting on teams, you can mute other participants.
Do what you will with this knowledge.
At least we've determined the transgender downvoter is also the antivaxxer downvoter probably. I'm so vaxxed trans gay and live right next to a 5g tower. I removed my aliminium foil from the cupboard. I also don't like rabbit holes or doing any of my own research.
I am feeling a bit rich today. Just banked the money from my Marketplace sales, it's payday today, I received my tax return a couple of days ago, I got a $50 Bunnings card from my FlyBuys last week and I'm signed up for a study which will pay for my milk for the next four weeks (and give me a $150 Visa card at the end). Why can't all these things happen every week?
Edit: just found out I'm on the fancy A2 milk for the study. Never had that before.
Drove 11 miles out of town to get away from the lights. How's the serenity?
Should not have let myself doze on the couch yesterday, I kept telling myself it'll screw with my sleep schedule. Well it did, and now I've been awake sine 2:50am and I just want the day to end because I feel all thrown about.
First day back at work after 1 1/2 weeks off. Shit didn't catch fire while I was gone which is nice. Have a chat tomorrow with my 2-up boss about how he has treated me (just before I went on leave). Not looking forward to it but I know my worth so whatever happens happens.
Went on a (2nd) date on the weekend too which was great, but also felt like I wasn't supportive enough about some of her concerns about work etc. so followed up today. We'll see how that goes...
Kiddo can now be tickled. And he LOVES it. And honestly, its made my whole year. I had to do the daycare drop off today. I was very brave, and I handed him over and left, but I wanted to run back in, snatch him up and drive off somewhere fun together.
My favorite thing about the first day of kinder was the contrast between the kids who had been in daycare and knew how to play with kids the same age, and the kids who had clearly never been apart from a parent.
The daycare kids were all "bye daddy/mummy" and off to play with kids in one corner, while the others were a wailing mess. Until their parents actually left and they wandered off to the fun corner with the other kids.
I wish I took a photo of the row of mums outside the classroom, standing on the bench peering in the high window at their kids. They were also crying, having never been apart from their babies. It was sweet.
You've done well. Daycare is crazy expensive, but it is worth it for so many reasons. It is good for both of you.
Oh 100% worth it. He is already babbling so much more than he was before he started. He's probably one of the younger ones in the room so I think its probably doing him some good to see the other kids up and moving around.
He's going to pick up every plague and pestilence ever from that hive of disease. He'll bring them home and probably make you sick, also. It's not going to seem like it at the time, but this is also likely a good thing.
Oh he's 10 steps ahead of you there. We're all crook thanks to him. Do you reckon our immune systems get better as a result too?
With the caveat that I am not a qualified medical professional by any stretch of the imagination: I believe that the earlier that we are introduced to the assorted regular viruses and colds etc, the better our immune systems will be taught to fight them off, yes.
I assume this is a given if your kid is in daycare, but the above is a compliment to a proper vaccination programme, not an alternative to it.
Of course. I sort of hated when the MCH nurse asked us about vaccines as if we were gonna argue with her or say no, but I guess they get that a lot.
@TinyBreak @Nath I had my daughter in daycare at 3 months (1 day a week) and she caught EVERYTHING in the first year. I got about half the things, a milder version, but with the 3 gastros I was SO grateful for my standing Zofran script as it would have been awful without.
This year so far (she's now almost 2), 3 relatively mild colds (touch wood), I know there will be more things but I vaguely hope the experience of covid has made a tiny dent in behaviour so there is a bit less spread.
The policies at childcare have definitely not swung back to precovid norms, so they are stricter now than before regarding temperature, diarrhoea etc and exclusions generally. So I think maybe that is helping a little? The immune system still gets a workout, but I've been expecting to be much sicker this year than so far has turned out.
When they start laughing and playing games it's magic. 💗💗💗🤗🤗🤗
Daffodils and jonquils and sunshine, oh my. I'm leaning into all the trite stereotypes about spring being a time of renewal and reenergising and I'm feeling great.
Possibly being on annual leave is helping.
These stupid medications are making my anxiety worse and now im having a panic attack even though the cause of my worry is unfounded. Brain is being mean to me today
It's so interesting that the medication that is there to help you, can in fact, cause it to be worse. Like my anti-depressants can actually make you have suicidal ideation and stuff like that. Like aren't they supposed to STOP THAT?
I'm sorry your day is starting off poorly.
I thought you may like to know, your username reminds me of an old YT song by Mr Weebl (14 years ago 😱)
Narwhals Narwhals
JUST DONT LET THGEM TOUCH YOUR BALLS
INVENTORS OF THE SHISH KEBAB!
All done for the day; now to scrub my brain of all the inanity spewed by the other participants bleh
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Pretty sure that's illegal. You should report them.
Don't mind me, everyone.. just popping down to 7-11 to grab some.. knives?
Well... that is highly illegal. I'll take a rainbow one please.
Edit: Oh yeah you're in the US
That fluoro one is very curious to me
that looks nasty, a palm knife you put on your pinky and slash with
Thanks for that visual. I'll gut you like a pig
Yeah, i had the unfortunate luck of meeting a nazi through an old school mate who's new friendship group just happened to contain one. This was almost 30 years ago. He sold drugs, I wanted some drugs. When I went to score, he had a collection of ornamental knives he was showing me. Then there was one he liked, "cos it was one you can use". He gave me a lift back to the train station like the nice guy he was and he and his girlfriend yelled racist slurs out the car window at his pacific islander neighbours. I was terrified and glad I'd moved away from the area in which those fucking bogan scum lords lived. Oh my, people are shit and drug dealers are some of the lowest piles of shit I've ever known.
Came for the diner food, stayed for the cheap blade.
Is that legal over there?
And are they intended for self defence or are they like camping/hunting pocket knives?
Land of the free, baby! Yeeehawww! I can get a case of beer and some knives to play with! Meanwhile all I got was a cherry Slurpee and the dude said "is that all you're getting? You're alright then" and gave it to me for free! Currently slurping in the car on a hill at the edge of Moab watching the sunset over the red mountains.
They have very different self defence laws than we do in some states.
Ooo please get the patriotic one.
probably can't take it on a plane.
Can't even bring it into our country!
They're very colourful. Like the old plastic safety knives/scissors you had as a child, which cut about as well as a cricket bat.
US is a godamm crazy place sometimes, there was a knife shop at Denver airport!!!
That actually makes sense, though. Those poor people couldn't take their knives on the plane, so they can buy one at the terminal as soon as they land.
Why they have to carry a knife everywhere in the first place, I can't answer. It's a cultural thing.
Caught up in meetings and actual work all damn day, didn't get to enjoy any sunshine. Time for a walk and damn the consequences!!!
Well not all of them, I still need a job and all that.
Easterly wind is a bit chilly.. the sun makes for a nice mood though !
Tonight is rogan josh.
Just got all the bits for the raita and the whole time walking that mission I was just thinking of this skit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a-CVGbUUjQ
I'm not sure if that'd stand up today though.
Grabbed a second hand laptop the other week since mine is about 7 years old and not well. And with all this car BS I figured nows not the time to drop 1k on a laptop. The "new" one is 3 years old and I have to say, pretty impressed so far. Its so much quicker than my old clunker.
Computers have really come a long way in the last few years. It's not as noticeable a leap compared to one from 20 years ago, but there's still a considerable performance jump.
SSDs have helped a fair bit in that area, I've found.
I have a "refurbished" one as a secondary for $400, 3 years old and works really well.
I bought an old toshiba about seven years ago. still works just as well as it did when I got it. it was maybe 5 years old then. it's on windows 8 or something so no new updates to bloat it and I'm running old software on it. cost 130$ I think at the time, I had to buy new batteries at some point. but fuck, toshiba make good stuff.
A security risk.
Hope you're not doing any sensitive activities like online banking or emails (connected to important apps etc).
Indeed I do not use it for that kind of thing. It's mostly a youtube machine these days, still good for running my music software though, which doesn't rely on internet connection.
Yeah I went a Lenovo for similar reasons. Unfortunately I cant replace my battery though.
What did you get and how much you paid?
t480s, I think i paid 350? Wasnt the cheapest but it had a couple of months warranty on it.
Okay these side effects are bad enough that I've called up to get a med cert today because I'm pretty much inoperative. Feels like my heart is in my mouth, my brain can't settle and I can't even concentrate on procrastinating let alone any meaningful task. I'm straight up staring into space halfway through a sentence and 15 minutes have gone by. Damn, I thought extended release would be gentler and better than immediate release but it's clearly not working.
What are you taking? I think i missed it
Methylphenidate
Oh yep i know the feeling, rough as guts
IR has been much better for me so far despite the odd sinusy feeling, I'm definitely going back to that, I can't afford to have so many unproductive days right now.
Oh that’s no good. Hope it settles down and you’re feeling better soon
I think the meds will only be out of my system by about 4-5pm (as designed). Gonna take it extremely easy and set up all the relaxing stuff as soon as the tradies are gone and all the sounds aren't jangling my nerves even further. and I'm writing an email to the psychiatrist. At least I know the previous meds worked better for me.
The trial-and-error part of finding the right meds is no fun
After the shit experience of four antidepressants I really shouldn't have accepted another change when I found something that was mostly working for me
It’s hard to know, isn’t it?! The new one might be better, but you won’t know until you try it, and then the transition process takes ages. I finally found one that wasn’t too bad, but still the side effects weren’t great so I’m having a break. Why isn’t there a magic pill that just fixes it all!
Quiche! It’s an easy, foolproof recipe that doesn’t take too long, and now I have lunches sorted too
The herbs and spring onions (?) on top are very pretty 😍 \
Edit - Wait is it broccolini stems and florets? Either way looks like an art piece!
That's perfection. My quiche never look like that.
It is! And some chives
Dear God. Phoned into Cennalink to get my current med cert tagged and even when calling in at 8 on the dot I was on hold for over 40 minutes.
Then we had a line with an echo in it.
Then the line dropped out when the CSA was asking me some follow up questions.
At least the med cert was tagged, but my head feels like I'm up in a bell tower while those bloody big bells are being rung.
They truly are the worst, arnt they? We're still chasing our childcare subsidy that we logged last month. They dont reckon they'll have an update till mid september. Meanwhile, we're having to pay totally out of pocket and having to people moan about how we need more women in the workforce. How about either pay them what you pay men so dad can stay at home, or actually have universal childcare to enable more mums to go back to work!
I know! And nine times out of ten, the people at the coalface are doing their best; it's whoever set up the system to be as discouraging as possible for people who are seeking help plus, as StudSpud is currently experiencing, useless 'job providers' with their snouts in the trough taking money to do bugger all.
I'm hoping that by the time this certificate runs out I'll be well enough to work enough hours that I won't have to jump through those hoops ever again. Fingers crossed...
So, because I have been jobseeking for a while, Workforce Aus are making me do an employability course for the next 4 weeks via Zoom. I'm trying to remain positive, that I will learn something that may help me, but I just feel so worthless having let it get this far. Sigh.
"Uh oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!"
A few years ago they tried something like that and when I asked it if that meant watching someone read out powerpoint slides about how smiling during job interviews is good I warned them against wasting more of my time with some bullshit training that they'd get paid for. Then they sent me for a forklift ticket.
I'd rather get a forklift license than do this, but I only have my learner's driver's license still so I dont think i can lol
I got curious now I'm off the phone.
Google says you don't need one, so the only problem would be getting to and from training and worksites.
I was so prepared to argue with the instructor about how useless a "be sure to smile in interviews" type training program was. I feel my JSA person saw just disruptive I was prepared to be and did their se instructor a favour and put me elsewhere.
Ugh, I hate that sort of stuff! My last lot did nothing, I got the job without help from them. Then they kept ringing me and insisting on appointments so they could get paid for it! What a rort.
I'm sorry to be a Debbie Downer but man those things suck. I took one back in like 2016 and it was one of the most demoralising things because it's like "yes I know to be nice to a customer... like why do I have to go get lessons for this???”
I'm so lucky I didn't have to do it under disability employment services. But man.
Omg there's a few anti-vaxxers in this course 😂 ugh talkings about reproductive organs
Wtf is this 😭😂
Taking or presenting?
Lol, talking. Better not start presenting - I've seen enough penises, I don't need to see anymore haha
Start an argument. You might get kicked out.
Please please please tell them about your transgender woman pal from an internet site, who's coming to convert their kids. Might stop them attending.
I run so hot, but start off really cold. So I wake up under a blanket and doona absolutely soaking in sweat, take the doona off, then I get cold from it evaporating so I put the doona on and the cycle repeats.
Sleeping is really quite an ordeal sometimes
I have been, it's been disrupting my sleep so much.
what happened this time?
Trespasser shut down the Sunbury line.
Big yikes. Not good!
I have decided to name my new mulcher Chomp. We spent the last hour reducing every stick in the backyard into woodchips. It did a great job, I'm really pleased with it. The sunflower stems from last year were paticularly satisfying to see munched up. I'll give the rose prunings a few more days to dry off a bit before I tackle those.
Chompo for an Aussie name. 👍
I don't know, sounds a bit Spanish. El Chompo.
It's family name is Ozito, so I think it will be Aussie enough with just Chomp. 🙂
Fair enough it's your Chomp. Maybe consider Chompa.
Chompsie - much more ozzie.
Chompo..
The mulch must flow.
i love hazy sunshine
Today's the day I let my assistant reply to emails and such. I've told her that I will be here for questions and such. And happy to take over when she needs it.
But so far it's going good. Also I decided to wear shorts and a short sleeve shirt today with no jacket and I regret the jacket. And I had my appointment with my job seeker person who let me get another uber gift voucher. I feel so bad asking for it, but like the fact that I spent $400 on uber last month kills me.
I can't wait to get my own car, I mean $400 will be going to the car as well, but at least it's on my time and not someone else's.
This trainer is so unorganised, the poor woman, I'm cry-laughing. Ugh. Monday hates us all.
Least I can keep my camera off and browse the net while she fiddles around heheh
It's amazing so many people of all ages still struggle to use a computer.
If I make an UberEats style tech support, I could probably make a bank from that lol.
I partly blame the idea of the "internet generation" (and increased obscurity) for the younger ones not knowing. At some point, knowing how to use a computer was thought to be common knowledge, so no-one bothered to teach them how to do more than the bare basics.
Coupled with modern user friendly hiding the uglier inner workings, and only people who are interested in the things will delve that deeply.
I would not be surprised if there are people today who think of the internet as a series of apps, rather than a series of websites accessed via apps and tubes.
It is WILD how Computer illiterate younger people are. And I'm not saying this is a "bahh humbug" person (I don't believe in the whole 'generational' divide b.s. it was a way to make money and make money it did. But I'm in that weird spot where I'm either a baby Millennial or a elderly Gen Z), but kids now believe everything said on the Internet even if it's easily proven false, they don't watch out for scams and such, also a lot of kids aren't given computers anymore.
Like obviously, your mileage may vary, not every kid is going to be like this, but too many are and it is just absolutely wild.
They never grew up with the paranoia that was the early internet, possibly because the modern paradigm of social media is to use it as an extension of yourself, rather than treating it as a separate thing.
You would have been beyond foolish to list your age, location, sexuality, and various psychological vulnerabilities on the internet back in the day. Even A/S/L was pushing the line some.
Well since everyone is sharing... I only have an after picture though
::: spoiler spoiler :::
Haha. Nothing like a beef pie!
Hot 🔥
I'd describe it as slightly warm
😬
Two more broccoli heads vanquished! 🥦 ⚔ grating the broccoli was a bit of hard yakka though. Doesn't look very appetising but tastes great. Cheap and filling and nutritious.
::: spoiler pasta in a weird looking sauce of grated broccoli with chilli flakes, garlic, anchovies and tuna plus lemon :::
That looks delish.
Broc + anchovies + lemon is a good combination. Although maybe next time I might not go for the mushy grated option and use a food processor instead
Next I suggest broccoli, bacon and zucchini slice
In traditional DT fashion, I went indoor skydiving today after The Hivemind mentioned it a few weeks ago- I think it was Danwritesbooks? So much fun and I now feel an odd urge to go to the next level of adrenaline rush and actually jump out of a plane. Which is not something I ever thought I would do.
Ooh very exciting and please do it if you can. There is no falling sensation in your stomach because the plane has that momentum already. You won’t regret it!
I've done it and it's really nice. Less thrilling than I thought and more chill. I've been bungie jumping a few times and that was much more thrilling I found. Rather than being shuffled out of the plane by your tandem diver, you're all alone in the edge and have to convince yourself to jump! It's intense
A bit chill sounds lovely.
Yum!
Very nice!
What sort of dumplings are they?
Yummo. What are the three things at the top left that look like they have a crumbed coating?
Last night I was watching the home shopping channel and the dickhead was demonstrating the Power xl 12 in 1 which is a fancy airfryer that bakes, grills, blah blah and he's fluffing around making shit. So he chucks in potato gems, sausage, cheese, egg etc and I thought why can't I make this in my airfryer.
I had no idea what it was called so I googled the ingredients and it came up as a "tater tot casserole" and "breakfast casserole " which made me laugh. Anyway I'm gonna try and recreate this abomination. I wish I had some foil trays but instead I'm gonna have to make my own.
I've tried that! the one I made had a cheesy sauce and mince meat through it. It was... okay I guess? But i never understood the appeal of soffy gems.
I've got some Italian sausage I'm willing to sacrifice. The one that I watched last night had bright orange cheese so I might pick up some red Leicester. Hahaha.
I think their bright orange cheese is an easy melting one - monterey jack or some such name. Not red leicester which is not the world's best melting cheese. The orange cheese is sort of half way to processed cheese.
Haha. I just keep telling myself it's red Leicester over again.
Don't worry I'm gonna hit with red Leicester and pizza cheese. 😂
It could be cheddar, if it was orange. The partially processed cheese tends to be more your stereotypically yellow cheese.
Wow, so I lost a friend who I thought I'd just put on hold, who I bitched about then the very next day gained a new one who's a real gem. Language barrier has been overcome. We're already making plans and though she's been in transition longer, she's super nice about giving advice which is good for a change, I'm sort of used to feeling a bit bullied or condescended to by trans women. The hangover from the toxic masculinity they showed as a mask or a defence mechanism is real. We're getting dinner on Thursday and probably working together again soon as well. She's just as excited to meet another super positive and proactive trans woman. We all struggle with shit from time to time, but I've mentally been living in my gratitude for all the good things I have recently. Could be the weather, could be the extra oestrogen, could be transition, could be the sobriety, could be the job, could be finally feeling attractive and loving my new body, could be the good food, could very well be the journalling. All these things are supposed to bring happiness. Maybe I should just admit I have big crushes on about six people at the moment and keep daydreaming about them all. woo. time for some vitamin d uptake. I'll also brave the salvos looking obviously trans cos fuck them.
So happy for you. You deserve all the happy you can get. 🤗🤗😘😘
Thanks and so do you! Just had a call from a bestie and she's a lot better than on the weekend. No jewellery worth getting at salvos or the greeves st opshop, but geez it was a nice day for a walk and obtained my favourite reduced price cheat meal, woolies chicken skewers. 10k walked all up after all the pacing while chatting. Also decided to eat honey and not (x) mite on my late for me night time rice cake binges. Too much salt leaves me dry af in the morning and honey is cheaper by the 100g. Unless I have sleep apnoea. I really hope I don't have sleep apnoea. That's bad.
Thanks. 😊
Got a nice little rude shock from my power bill this morning, the usage rate seems to have gone up by quite a lot.
My maths are a little bit off but it's almost an 33% increase in usage charges.
Really sucks and starting to put more strain on things.
Argh… I keep ruining things through fatigue and not paying attention. Things that cost money. My hair scissors have rusted because I left them on the sink and water splashed. Maybe if I remove the rust with vinegar and try to put the edge back on the blade where it got eaten at… though I’m not amazing at it.
And it would probably come back. I should have got a little thing of sewing machine oil when I ordered something else
WD-40 removes rust too
This is the way. Also prevents rust. Whenever I use the garden saw I give it a rinse, dry it then spray wd40. No rust ever.
don't use vinegar it will eat them even more. Depending on rust levels you can just make a lil' ball of alfoil and gently polish with that, also fold alfoil into several "layers" and chop away with scissors to restore the edge.
Oops. Taking it out of the vinegar now
I’ll give foil a try
Olive oil will work in a pinch.
Wouldn’t it go rancid? Maybe I’ll try baby oil
I mean, you don't need much, it will still soak into the metal it'll dry out before it goes rancid and by then you'll have singer oil. Alternatively, use the oil from your car's dipstick. Also yuck, but please like, subscribe and hit that notification button down there.
After a big nap I feel much better. Mettwurst for dinner tonight 🤤
It's been too long since I've eaten sausages. Going to buy some tomorrow!
I have cocktail frankfurts in the fridge. Is that close enough?
I’ve never tried it though the closest I’ve come to it is when they burst accidently.
Yup, I'll take em!
People keep acknowledging my NFL Raiders hat and all I can do is give them a point and wink when they say "Raider Nation!" to me. I'm not brave enough to give the finger guns in this country, they might shoot back.
Extensive anthropological research conducted between 2021 and 2022 for a doctoral thesis determined that the optimal response to the salutation "Raider's Nation!" is infact, "Raider's Nation, baby!". This response commonly yielded big smiles, raised fists, and hoots of joy. \
"Raiders Nation, baby!" was never met by a gunshot during the study, however one unfortunate (and perhaps unwise) study participant was shot in the shoulder after responding "Go fuck yourself buddy" to the common Raider's salutation.
Haha I'm gonna give this a go and pray that no further questions are asked
Yeah it's not even a joke. Guns are pretty normalised in a lot of people's lives. I have a couple of friends who have stories of very close calls where there were guns, arguments, family drama and lots of booze. It's pretty easy to pull a trigger and lots of people carry them. Fuck, I would.
Exercises completed, except I did a beginners level because I had a mini exercise buddy this morning and didn't want him to be discouraged by it being too hard.
Waiting on more self watering pots so I can plant round little carrots and leafy greens. They were pricey but I know standard ones would probably be forgotten and dry out. If I don’t wreck them I can just keep planting short lived herbs or veg.
The grass isn’t up but it’s only had a few days of light.
I wish I had the space, money and physical capacity for a real vegie garden. And a catio so the furry puddin could sit outside with me without doing a runner
🎼🎶 Stay calm-a if you want to harm a llama, call a llama farmer!🎶
I s2g if i get Pachacuti stuck in my head again there will be a squirrelling.
My dinner of tater tot and spicy sausage airfryer casserole.
And in its original form
Guys it was pretty good. 5/5 yum yums.
Wow 5/5 ! How does one make that? and also the whole alfoil crucible of food erotica seems a bit fiddly?
https://airfryerworld.com/air-fryer-shredded-hash-brown-casserole/
Basically I swapped potato gems for the hash brown, spicy sausage for the bacon, added spring onion, extra cheese, cream, chilli flakes. Omitted the capsicum.
The foil basket was easy. My secret - extra long alfoil. Make a cross, fold the corners in, roll the top down.
Hm thanks.
Is there a problem?
Nah but the alfoil thing puts me off a bit. That’s a me problem. I’m sure it tastes amazing though.
Oh. It's just that they say you can put cake tins and ceramic (oven proof vessels) in the airfryer and because mine's small it's hard to find them so I thought why can't I make one out of alfoil?
Yeah I was watching the video and saw the little tin and thought why not just dump it right in the airfryer thingo. Surely it’s dishwasher safe?
Should've used egg cups
Oohh love me a sausage but that tater tot looks fantastic.
Potato forever!
Imagine a world where everyone got this for dinner. World peace, instantly
More largesse has come my way today - a local food cupboard had a donation of bbq food that needed to be taken ASAP, so I grabbed a packet of burgers and some coleslaw. They are catering packs, so that's 20 burgers! I just had one for lunch, the rest are in the freezer. I'm going to have some awesome toasties over the next few weeks.
Half falling asleep on the couch at 5:30pm on a Monday, guess I'm the dad now.
A new jigsaw puzzle has been obtained.
::: spoiler spoiler :::
That looks hard!
Usually this time of year birds wake me up. Hasn't happened yet.
Sort of an eerie lack of bird noise in the morning and I don't know if I'm imagining things.
I've been hearing them around 4am the last few mornings at both home and my bf's place.
Hrmm.. I must be going deaf then :(
butters probably scared them off.
Butters has an interesting relationship with birds.
He knows he's supposed to do something, but he's not sure what that is.
way fewer birds on my balcony this year. I think there are two reasons. One, the local currawongs have eaten all the sparrows, two, I stopped putting out food because my neighbour hand built outdoor furniture for his balcony and it would be a shame if birds messed them up.
They must be all outside my window then... Been woken up by stupid early rising birds almost every morning all winter.
You can have the wattle birds that go off like alarm clocks where I live. I still associate them with the lockdowns.
I feel like I'm not hearing the range of birds that I used to. Just wattlebirds, magpies and Ravens. And in the afternoon some lorikeets.
One of those yeah nah days..
I'm in the shittest mood today due to unexpectedly noisy builders out back where I'm staying (I thought they wouldn't be coming while my friends were away), stupidly braindead and frankly insulting client request for a job I thought I'd finish off this week, and the extended release formulation of these meds giving me bad anxiety. I want to delete everything (except the cat).
They've moved from angle grinders and random bashing around to that PLUS an excavator moving around back and forth in close proximity with reversing beepers going on and off. I really didn't think there'd be this much work happening while my friends were away. The cat is keeping me sane - although she too has moved away from all the noise even though that end of the house is freezing
E: however, none of that is nearly as bad as pile drilling, my sympathies go out to you 😭
Here’s my dinner for tonight.
It was so yummy and it was nice that I was able to have a cheapish cauliflower today.
I present hash browns with tempura t-rex chicken and some cauliflower with some soy sauce.
::: spoiler Photo of Hash Brown, t-rex bites and cauliflower :::
I really wish you'd set out the dinosaurs and trees a little better like a diorama. Now I feel like t-Rex's.
Oh damn. The presentation.
I’ll see what I can come up with tomorrow, as long as the food doesn’t get cold!
Of course.
I did some cleaning today… someone do something with those patents for a self cleaning house
Cool concept. It's very reminiscent of their retrofuturistic posters of housewives being able to just hose down all the furniture in the living room to clean it.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
A big flat white, and the house cat to come sit on my lap and receive pats while I drink it.
🥛☕️🐈
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May I please have a coffee, a croissant, and the willpower to survive the day? 🙇♀️
☕️🥐🦑
Sweet sweet ambrosia
After that phone call can I put in an order for a fishbowl margarita? And some painkillers for the resulting brain freeze.
🔮🐟🍹 💊💊
Good morning chef. I'd like the sample platter of you rarest and least edible emoji
🚦⛲️🧲💈🚯
Exquisite as always
Brains.
And a salad on the side
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All of rows 6 and 7, please chef. The healthy eating starts tomorrow
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I've been working out hard the last month - maybe there's results I'm not seeing but my weight is around the same range. I snack too much! What are some healthy snacks? I need to cut out on chips 🥲
I love the salt and paper cashews from Aldi. But that's probably not the healthy ones now are they 😞
They don't need to be perfectly healthy, only healthier than the thing you're replacing them with.
If you can replace your chips with some cashews, that's a decent start.
Fruit n Nuts are my healthy snacks.
These snackshave been my go to since the kids were little. You can usually pick them up at Colesworth for $2 a pack but occasionally on sale for half price. Tasty, healthy, and simple.
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Need to go into the city for an event that starts at 530pm on a weekday and goes into the evening.
Can’t drive in - car too big for car parks (had to sell the small car due to cost of living and my OG struggles with the city car parks so I have no chance), can’t get dropped off as OH is away on work, not sure if train station will have any car parks free at 4pm? Bus to train station would be a 4km walk each way, and not safe in the dark on the way home. A taxi/car service cost me $150 last time I had to go into the city (one way). Estranged from family, no help there.
Fml. It’s a job related event, not for fun. It’s not run by my employer.
I have a secure parking spot in Brunswick, if you want to drive here and take the 19 Tram into the city. I'm home all the time so I can let you in and out. Send me a DM if this may work for you :)
Thank you for the kind offer, I’m outer east so not sure if that would work
Uber or taxi to the station and back?
No Ubers or taxis in the area. ~45km from cbd. Been a pain when dropping cars off for servicing or airport trips. Saves money on not having ubereats though.
hey, I'm feelin' good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3XE0LcdBzM
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