Today is Juneteenth and also the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict
aargh, my local optician couldn’t fix my glasses, after half an hour of mild cussing seems rayban uses unique screws for their frames and they don’t stock rayban. Couldn’t even wire the hinge as it’s a concealed screw hole. These were fairly expensive.
from now on it’s cheap ass glasses and lots of them
Ugh, what a pain! I’m sorry they can’t be fixed. After an unfortunate incident with Versace specs (hence my advice yesterday to wire them together) I buy the cheap $40ish ones from Specsavers, and keep one for going out and one for work. I have to; the work ones get filthy with flour and passata and potato water lol, you can never 100% clean that gunk out of all the little grooves and nose pads so they just get thrown out every so often. The going out pair gets put to service as a work pair and a new going out pair is obtained.
Go to a mister minute and get a second opinion.
Hmm… my health is deteriorating and it may now be time for invasive medical measures. That’s if I can pester hard enough for them or pay privately. Love that for me
Oh I’m sorry Melba. I hope you’re doing alright
Don’t be afraid to be an arsehole if that’s what you need to do to get the healthcare you need.
Thanks, I’ll do my best to get it asap
Just got rid of a whole lotta concrete at the tip. Nearly died when they were trying to charge $151. Got it for $31.50 instead.
But that was very satisfying throwing it on the pile, loud noises breaking shit. Threw one bit up the top of the pile and caused an impressive concrete avalanche.
But jeez the matress disposal area… most of those were better than mine.
Concrete…chunks?
cries i woulda taken them for free. Crazy paving
That is a wild difference in price, how did you get it so low?
The lady saw how much there was (not really a whole lot) and felt sorry for me heh.
haha nice one.
Anyone else obsessed with Royal Autopsy? They make some leaps I think are a bit big, but the demo models are amazing. Best historical in ages.
Oooh something to watch when i’m done with mythic quest rewatch
Well now I know it exists I will be shortly!
Whoo! I corrupted somebody. Bring on the surfeit of lampreys.
I’m going to bed tonight at 10:30 and I’m going to shut my eyes and not be tempted to use my phone.
(I took these photos on the 7th while I was away, intending to post with a joke but never did. So just pretend today is the 7th)
Even when I’m in literally the middle of nowhere…
I will never forget my Melbourne roots!
It’s too much of a bleah day, and the second night in a row I can’t use my shower because the landlord messed up their emails telling me it was gonna get re-caulked or something yesterday (and I just rolled over and said OK even though I had basically zero notice and can’t use my shower for 36 hours). Too peopled out to ask a friend to use theirs. Just retreating to bed with a cuppa and a pitiful mood and gonna have a yarn to my auntie interstate to feel a bit more at ease
Lemsip is not as bad as I thought it would be.
You probably already know, but just in case, be aware lemsip has paracetamol in it so you can’t take panadol at the same time, as you can exceed the dose.
I ran a short story competition at some schools for the kids to win copies of my books and I’m reading through the entries today and man, kids are morbid. It’s kind of funny how wild their imaginations get.
And one of them had a genuinely sad and depressing ending. It was a story about a girl and her mum and it mentions she doesn’t know where he dad is and how she wishes she had a sister and then bed creatures attack her and kill her mum and she runs away but theres more monsters and she runs back into the house and lays on her bed ending it with ‘why should I save myself. I’ve lost everything I’ve loved.’
Oof, I remember writing some real grim stuff when I was in primary and highschool lol. Scared a couple of my English and Literature teachers.
Kid’s imaginations are wild, untamed places lol
Wowww that’s brutal. How old are the kids? That’s a cool competition though! How will you select a winner?
Primary school age. I don’t have any details on them aside from name (for obvious reasons) but I’d say they’re grade 4 and up.
Well, picking winners was easy for 2 schools. There were going to be three winners from each school. One school submitted 3 stories and one submitted one so they win by default. I’m currently writing each a personal letter congratulating them and some thoughts and writing advice.
The other school submitted 10. I haven’t read them yet but I’m gonna feel bad for the ones who don’t win. I’m almost considering giving them all a copy.
That’s incredibly sad for someone so young to feel.
Right! I’m hoping they are very creative and it’s not reflective of something going on in their lives.
Am sad. Work getting worse. Procrastination for job seeking continues.
One good thing about these mid winter days is that the angle of the Sun is perfect for streaming into my kitchen windows. It warms it up plus is a mood lifter.
What a weird system. Went to the post office to have my mail held. What an annoying little system the post office has. They need 3 full business days notice, so it wouldn’t start until the day before I get back. Then he said he couldn’t give me the concession rate because I need a concession card. I showed him my concession card and then he said his system doesn’t allow concessions for people under 18…
Ended up not bothering with it. I’m just gonna hope my mail doesn’t go missing
I honestly thought the mail would be held at the local post office, but apparently they hold it at the sorting facilities
Okay, I signed up specifically to ask this question…
Does anyone have recommendations for a travel debit card please? Need mostly GBP & EUR for this trip, but there’s a couple other European currencies too.
From what I’ve researched, the Wise & Up Bank cards are coming up a bit, and the Macquarie one is too. I have an account with Macquarie already, but anything else I’d have to open a new account, which I’m not against for the best option.
Have a look at BankWest’s everyday account. They have no foreign transaction fees, free ATM withdrawals (excluding ATM operator fees) and importantly, no minimum deposit or use requirements to activate these benefits. With ING, last I looked, you need to jump certain hurdles to get the foreign use benefits.
Macquarie’s everyday account may have the same benefits as BankWest, double check this because then you don’t need to open a new account.
I also take a credit card as a backup and I use it for any hotel or car rental security deposits that get refunded - look at Latitude 28 Degrees. No foreign transaction fees again.
Most cards charge a percentage of currency exchange of 3%. Some cards also charge an international transaction fee as well, which is bullshit. I’ve got a 3% card, so when I tapngo $1000 bucks on random holiday shit, I pay and extra $30, which is okay for me.
In reality you should take two cards on your trip just in case you lose one, or one doesn’t work.
For me I used my ING card, which provides 100% full fee rebate on the first 5 eligible fee incurring ATM withdrawal transactions made on the account in that month (excludes International ATM operator fees).
My second card was a wise card. You can load the currency you want on the card and use wise set exchange rate, which is very reasonable. In terms of fees, each calendar month you have a free withdrawal allowance (varies by currency and country) — you can withdraw money up to that amount without any variable fees .
A variable fee changes based on how much you withdraw (and the country). For example, if your card was issued in the EEA, your card has a 1.75% variable fee. If you withdraw 100 EUR, then the variable fee would be 1.75 EUR.
Wise charge the variable fee for every withdrawal on your Wise card over your monthly allowance, regardless of how many times you made a withdrawal that month.
Whatever card you use, often the biggest fee is the foreign atm charging like a wounded bull that your financial institution has no control over (I’m looking at you Thailand and your 7 dollar withdrawal fees).
Before you go, check which banks in the destination country charge the lowest ATM fees for foreign cards.
Something else to be aware of is Aussie banks rejecting foreign transactions. Recently overseas I tried to pay for a hotel with an ING card and ING kept rejecting the payment despite me telling them I was overseas. In this scenario I used my Wise Card instead and all was good, so just be aware that Australian Banks in general can be really annoying when you are overseas.
Anyone else follow the Farside Lemmy? The cartoons by Gary Larson?
My dad has two of his books of comics and I used to read them all the time as a kid. The Lemmy for it is so damn nostalgic lol
yeah, Larson books used to be popular gifts for blokes. 😀🦖🚬
Also Footrot Flats
I had all the footrot flats books! I still regret taking them to the oppy in a fit of decluttering
That is the risk. Get rid of something and suddenly want it umpitty years later.
Such a far cry from the days when it was hard to find Far Side comics online because Gary Larson didn’t like it. The genie has long since been out of the bottle. We had a big collection at home growing up and there are so many cultural/environmental references I only began to understand in my 20s.
question: Anyone know the sale name of those amber warning lights that go off when a truck is coming out and are there any specific laws against running one on your own driveway?
Would something like Car Park Pedestrian Warning System, Car Warning System, or vehicle exit warning sign answer the first part of your question?
In terms of law… no idea… but noise regulations during night hours is the first thing that comes to mind.
Thinking more the amber beacon, no audio needed
If it’s just the lamp itself, probably “beacon light” or “strobe light”.
