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As a child that met not quite all but most ACE criteria, I understand perfectly well your point of view. While the issue at hand seems small, all the problems that lead to this are not.
Unfortunately the government reluctantly and sparingly offers social assistance mainly to stop a riots in the street from the disaffected, but mostly don’t GAF.
The only hope I can give you is that you are still young and you’ve got time to turn things around.
…you’ve got time to turn things around.
This feels uncomfortably close to a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality… 😔
Certainly wasn’t intended as such. You usually need help to turn things around and even more help is definitely needed if you aren’t at a great starting point. Was just saying that while it will take time they at least have time!!
It’s just that you keep putting it on them, as if they need to be the one to “turn things around” when their rant was specifically about external systems prejudicing them. They can’t “turn around” AusPost’s decision to deny them the ability to redirect their mail?
Basically, they are trying to ask these systems for help, and are being denied. So why put it on their shoulders? Why not be outraged that someone is falling through the gaps, through no fault of their own?
I get that you have good intentions here, but I feel like you’re kind of missing the point in a big way…
Because at my age I’ve ran out of energy to be outraged after having to face many of the same things myself.
You don’t know my life so back off and stop attacking me. Thanks.
It’s pretty poor form to call any criticism against you out as “attacking”.
Because at my age…
I guess I shouldn’t expect much from someone your age though. Have a good night mate 🫡
It’s not a small issue, you’ve been cheated of both the supports you should have had but also of the right to do necessary things for yourself.
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I somewhat get it. I moved out as a minor and had some of this nonsense. Difference was I had a lawyer for a father who could hand over a business card and mostly make the shit go away. Sorry.
depending on your spoons, if you’re a big enough pain in their arse and keep pestering them about it, they can and fucking will make exceptions.
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did a bit of digging and they absolutely have special dispensation for DV, deceased estates and victims of natural disaster, but it must be a “special request”
might have to actually call them, or go to the GPO - lpo are franchisees, I don’t see them having the authority to kick it up.
Good night everyone. 😘sweet dreams
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I wish I was able to eat vegetarian. I wish I was able to eat properly at all. I could min max budget vs nutrition so hard.
I really miss when I used to clean my house nonstop and meal prep.
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I was so efficient back before I deteriorated. Especially when I wasn’t constantly being forced to exist under intolerable loads of stress and constantly manage around other people’s dysfunction.
Anyone would struggle to keep up dealing with stress and other people. You’re doing the best you can right now
Thank you. It feels like I’m running in place. My options for moving also weren’t appropriate after all
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So many hugs. You do so much and so well. 😘😘😘
I’m going to start killing and eating the people in my area just to be left alone
Sounds like a plan. 👍
opens pie shop
mmm, shepherd’s pie, with real shepherd
Perhaps your in laws can help. We can add mushrooms
In law pies? Would be too bitter and stringy.
Am trying to snap myself out of my visceral distaste for the kitchen, had a bit of time in between work and appt and ducked into my old f & v store to hurriedly buy a bunch of basic veg. I am flat out until Sunday but I can’t be spending money on another week of premade meals, gonna start making some basic shit even on Sunday itself if I have to.
I have:
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veg: two carrots, two zucchini, two sticks of celery, two small bunches of asparagus, one leek, one green pepper, one broccoli, and a quarter of a red cabbage. Two big onions and a head of garlic.
For carbs, I have pasta, rice, soba noodles. Maybe some old potat (it might be a bit too old, I’ll have to check).
For protein, toor daal, masoor daal, chana dal, moong dal, urad dal, black eyed beans, black lentils. Dried mushrooms. Six eggs. Dried cashews. TVP (chunks and mince).
Have heaps of spices and some dried 'erbs and various sauces and oils.
Time to make like an RPG character/creative uni student and try and craft a few easy one-pot meals out of all the above. Really quite a few options there if I put my mind to it. STILL MOURNING NOT HAVING A DISHWASHER
There are rice cooker meals if you’re interested? I think I saw one recipe with vegetables and cubed tofu. (Savor Delights is on Tik Tok but I refuse to get the app to consistently be able to watch them. So I found a link elsewhere.)
You can grate veg instead of chopping to make it cook faster and use less prep space, buy pre chopped or use frozen veg to avoid chopping at all. TVP is a no drain no chop substitute for tofu if desperate.
If you have no rice cooker an electric frypan or a normal skillet does fine
I’ve got a rice cooker but I would die without it (it’s old and second hand but a good brand), don’t want to risk somehow messing it up with anything fancier than takikomi gohan in it once in a while.
With one pot meals, I don’t mind making rice separately to that - one big batch is worth cleaning the rice cooker pot and inserts for (and I never washed them in the dishwasher so I’m used to doing that by hand, at least).
That’s valid. I even used to make one pot meals in a saucepan. Maybe you can get a basic beater you don’t really care about from the op shop and donate it back when you move.
Making separate rice and viands means there will be enough for a few meals which reduces washing.
Storage is annoying… I found saucepans can fit in the oven for storage but I had to take the lids off (as I left the oven racks in). You can hang pots as well
There’s also sites like these to see what you can make
Inspection went fine! Actually had the senior PM come, instead of the newbie from last time. Senior PM said newbie was wrong about the law regarding downlights, lol, and that it does in fact require an electrician that the RE will send out to change 😂 newbie told us it’s the tenants responsibility, but didn’t realise the difference between a screw in bulb and downlights LOL!
so after a year of not having kitchen lights, and six months of not having a normal bathroom one, the RE is gonna get that fixed for us. Senior PM apologised profusely and said we weren’t the only tenants that were given the incorrect info either.
I couldn’t stop laughing! I’m not even mad 😂
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had the senior PM come
Albo?
LOL!!!
If I rang to schedule something on Monday and they said they’d call me back and they haven’t, would today be ok to call back? One thing I hate is seeming to be pushy. Is 2 days enough time? It’s a busy time of year so I totally understand it.
yes. Call away.
I did and got a meeting sorted :D
It really depends on what that something is, but if it’s something like your regular bikini wax it’s totally reasonable. I usually err on the side of calling because delays are usually the result of a fuckup. Gotta be on the ball to make stuff happen.
like your regular bikini wax
I wouldn’t put anyone through that horror :D
Let it all grow free and natural like a 70s porn 😂
The male zucchini flowers are wilting and dying already… despite the fact that some female flowers are budding and will soon open. I’m just hoping that I get a mix at the same time because the longevity on them isn’t looking good.
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The plants also seem a bit young/small to be flowering and fruiting yet. I saw a neighbour’s plants and who knows they could be full sized pumpkin plants, but the plants and blooms looked bigger. I wonder if I’m planting all my ish too late. It’s not like I have full control over that though.
The dishes got soaked in dish soap, bicarb and a kettle of boiling water. Quick scrub then soaked again overnight in dish soap, vinegar and boiling water. I put bicarb down the drains too. Maybe they’re ready for a hot soapy normal wash and air dry.
I tried to strip the bed but furbaby jumped onto it to save the shared scents… she then went to eat so the second attempt was successful.
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When it’s time I keep a clean fitted sheet ready at the end of the bed. When she moves off I unhook the bottom corners, hook the clean ones corners then pull the fresh one up/onto the mattress while rolling the old one up/off in one movement. It’s fast enough that if I wait til she’s distracted I have most of it on before she jumps onto the middle and I can just secure the last two corners.
I really need to vacuum sweep and mop but am really low on energy right now. I’m mainly focusing on laundry
I think you’re doing great!! You don’t have to do ALL the chores in one day, and soaking the dishes is such a great idea (I might steal that when the executive dysfunction plays up again)!
Vacc and sweep can wait till your spoons have replenished! Such a great job! Seriously! 💜💜💜
Chores are all just so backed up because I’ve been really depressed/struggling physically and haven’t had help for a few weeks.
Soaking is great but beware. If you don’t do it in a timely manner the problem becomes exponentially worse by having added the water. This is what happened here.
Ideally you fill the sink with soapy water as hot as you can get it from the tap, even adding a kettleful of boiling water if you like (careful of glass), and then go do something else or rest a little while until it cools to a normal level of hot. About the temp you can wash it with rubber gloves. This will loosen everything up and kill a lot of germs, makes it much easier to wash.
But if you don’t… prepare for a feculent mouldering swamp, much remediation and even discarded items
April next year has Neck Deep, State Champs and (separately) Greyscale in Melbourne. Punkrock heaven!
My manager said I’m good to work from home this week until my ankle heals up. It’s the sort of thing that puts you in that weird spot where I can work but I can’t deal with the hassle of getting to the office.
I’ll arrange a tele-appointment to get an x-ray referral just to make sure nothing’s wrong as it still hurts
ankles are the worst, rest up and plenty of ice
hope you get better real doon
When able to weight bear, you could lookup some ankle proprioception exercises to increase your ankle dexterity, reducing chance of re-injury.
I’ll do that and add it to the list of exercises I should be doing. I might be able to stick to exercises if I have more of a routine to go through
Ankle proprioception ex can just be using a tennis ball at your desk and trying to write the alphabet with your foot. Or standing on some form of wobble board.
I’ll do that. It can give me something to focus on whilst working
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The patch
Seems like being away for a month didn’t impact shit too heavily. No ferts in the last month either and the watering seems alright with no drama / edema. Phew.
That piece of mind the watering sys. gives is priceless.
Also saw about a dozen ladybugs so aphids are a non issue (for now).
Lots of smaller self sown chilli plants from last year just popping up now was a nice surprise.
Looks good! Everything is cracking on
tbh this was the best time to be away, it’s sunny / raining / sunny / raining so the garden needs very little intervention if you’ve got your soil right
Also saw about a dozen ladybugs so aphids are a non issue (for now).
And you didn’t think to take photos of these!? 😭
Well done of the veggie patch though! Fantastic stuff! 😍
heh I will next time!
Such a relief it held up for a month not being there. I would’ve cried if the chillies didn’t make it.
I would’ve cried too jsyk :(
Today has been a weird day.
I met a friend at Melbourne Central (can I just say how much I dislike Melbourne Central?) and someone said I dropped $10. All of my bag zips were closed, unless I was seeing things and they actually weren’t? I told the guy it wasn’t mine, so he picked it up and walked into Coles. If it was mine, free treat for him.
Then on the bus ride back, a lady kept eyeing me and then yelled at me and all subsequent non-Myki tappers, “Tap on or get off.”
Should be the new inspector slogan. She was telling the driver how she would stand out the front of the bus and say that to people. Distracting the driver much?
I rarely tap on on that bus route, so if I get doxxed here, maybe put more AOs along the way. Apparently they use myki for patronage data so they can upgrade the system in areas that need it.
Karens will karen I guess.
I would totally pick up money off the ground, say thanks buddy, and stroll away. AITA?
Yeah I probably should’ve done this :))
Lol! Sounds like that woman got rejected from being an AO 😂 would of told her to kick rocks, stupid cunt.
Besides, it’s a fuckinf bus, the driver dgaf about whether you tap on lol.
I laugh everytime I see a post on AustralianSpiders, where OP posts a picture of a black spider with a red stripe and asks “iS tHiS a ReDbAcK???”
The clue is in the name, my guy 😂😂😂
And yes, it was, and she’s gravid - enjoy OP! 😂😂
I like the ones where OP will show a bit of leg skin with a small welt and ask What bit me?
Um definitely something small and bitey 🤷♀️
Then you get the replies such as: Go and see a GP to Get to the Emergency Room immediately because my best friends dentist’s next door neighbour had that same bite and their leg fell off. This is no joke.
chances are you have been bitten by a redback and dismissed it. Generally it’s just swelling and feeling seedy af
Even then, if one has a suspected bite from a redback, don’t ask Reddit 😂
And it could be that nothing bit then! They could have just grazed their leg slightly and it raised a welt 😂
Why ask Reddit? They’re not psychic time travelling detectives looking to solve the mystery of your minor injury 😂
I’d rather do surgery on myself blindfolded than ask reddit for medical advice.
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Might try to angle going home at lunch due to not feeling well… Barely slept last night
Cherries are all pitted and in the freezer.
