If anyone sees YarraByte tell them they’re not authorised to take a long weekend. That’s next week.

  • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
    6·
    5 days ago

    It’s been a lovely slow day - REA rang to let me know he wouldn’t be here until 3:30pm, so I’ve just chilled out. Then I realised Mt Washmore is still in one of the baskets on the couch… so I’ve stuck it into my car boot for the time being. The rest of the house is looking so good, but I need to clean out a cupboard before the Mountain is scaled, so, ya know, not right now.

    How is everyone else going?

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    4·
    5 days ago

    been a hard few weeks

    cancelled a health check up this week, I don’t need it anyway , absolutely nothing wrong with my boobs and i check them all the time anyway , the checkup was worrying me too much, what with waiting and false positives

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    4·
    5 days ago

    YL is doing volunteer work at the OP shop so it looks good on her resume. The manager told her that was unusual because usually it’s old ladies who need to fulfil their centrelink obligations or community service. I told her not to sneeze in front of anyone because her sneezes are violent.

    She’ll be helping them with their “internet presence”.

    *It’s the MS shop so no church affiliation.

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      4·
      5 days ago

      old ladies who need to fulfil their centrelink obligations

      This is, of course, an absolute disgrace

        • Pilk@aussie.zone
          7·
          5 days ago

          My views are from the understanding that these are mostly women who have historically performed the lion’s share of unpaid labor (raising children etc.), worked historically in lower-paid feminised industries and are actively discriminated against by current employers due to their age. That’s lower lifetime earnings and super. They are being forced into volunteer work in exchange for payments that are about 40% below the poverty line.

          This may be an extreme subset and I am certain there a women that love the community involvement and purpose.

          My critique of mutual obligations goes further but this particular case stands out.

          • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneOPM
            4·
            5 days ago

            Most of what I’ve seen of people in that age group are using it as an early retirement scheme. I saw a lot of discussion in one of the groups I was in with that cohort actively choosing to leave jobs so they could retire with a combination of welfare payments and using a portion of their Super.

            Age/gender discrimination is definitely a problem, but allowing a couple of days of volunteer work instead of having to look for work (and a payment that is higher than younger unemployed people receive) seems a reasonable compromise to bridge the gap until aged pension age.

        • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
          4·
          5 days ago

          Because if you’re in a state where you’re relying on centreline you’re often not ABLE to fulfil work obligations.

          DSP etc are not benefits that allow for much “work” capacity

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      3·
      5 days ago

      She should set the MS shop up with a Depop account and start selling the clothes at second hand fashion prices instead of op shop prices

        • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
          2·
          5 days ago

          I remember an anecdote Adam Spencer said on the radio that instead of taking his clothes to the dry cleaners he would ‘donate’ it to the op shop, let them clean it and put it on the rack for 50c, then go buy it again later. It was cheaper but there was that risk someone would buy your clothes before you.

          Now everything is priced at fashion prices and it’s much less viable.

        • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
          3·
          5 days ago

          You could do an instagram/tiktok showing new things that have come in but that doesn’t actually make you money. Unless you combine that with a CTA at the end saying, “love anything you saw in this video? Buy it on our Depop, but get in now because once it’s gone, it’s gone”

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneOPM
        3·
        5 days ago

        I sneeze in bulk lots with no regard for where or when. Most people who know me have figured out it’s a bad idea to do the whole ‘bless you’ thing because it turns into a major long term commitment.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    Anyone have any recs for stainless steel litterboxes? Looking at some large ones (we have ragdolls and a possible ragooooooon) but hoping someone’s got some heads up on shit brands.

  • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
    4·
    5 days ago

    House inspection day. Grateful to be able to use it as an excuse to deep clean some spots and spend the day at home instead of the anxiety inducing horror it used to be. Helps that I have an okay agent and a lovely owner.

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    4·
    5 days ago

    There are some very pressing reasons for me not to leave the house today. First among them is that I don’t wanna.

    WFH it is

  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    Looks like this arvo’s high tide is going to be a banger down on the ocean coast west of Pt Lonsdale. And tomorrow’s evening high tide will reach right into the bay and impact the north-east part of both the bays. Including inundation of low lying areas. I can see the Eel Drain and Kananook Creek getting a bit fuller than they were planned for. Check out the BOM’s latest vijo.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      1·
      5 days ago

      Thanks for the heads up, I looked at the normal tide forecast and it’s just wrong by 25 cm! The BOM is more reliable.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
    3·
    5 days ago

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