Today is Juneteenth and also the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict

  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    When I’m alone upstairs at work and so can crunch on my food as loudly as I like without feeling guilty, yisssss. Eating pork crackle, so not hard to get a very loud crunch happening.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    Am alive. Whatever that stomach thing was it can fuck right off. Apologies to those I grossed out on the tram the other day.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I reckon I’m gonna use the peace and quiet to have an early night. Tomorrow’s DT is all yours goonsy 😉

    (Or whoever else wants a chance in the spotlight)

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    It’s so cold my finger is getting sore from typing on my phone screen

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Fingerless gloves, or gloves that can be used on touch screens. For non Touch screen warmth, Possum gloves and wonderfully cosy.

      Edit: also, you can go to a local library or shopping centre to hang out for a bit to defrost if it’s too cold at home.

  • bacon@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Got my compression gloves and hoodie on while working from home. It’s surprisingly cozy.

    Also, the code in the thread title is wrong. It’s BA not AB.

      • Nath@aussie.zone
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        1 month ago

        It’s an old Nintendo console code that Baku is about 20 years too young to have first-hand knowledge of. But it lives on as an Internet meme.

        It’s funny, I keep wondering what tidbits of culture will go on as time goes by. I remember loads of stuff from the late 70’s and early 80’s that nobody else seems to relate to. Things like bits from the Paul Hogan show, “tiny Tina” (a 5-year old Tina Arena), heaps of songs and advertising jingles.

        Other stuff survives. Like the Konami code. Why this code and not “IDDQD”? I can never predict what stuff will get retained.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    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

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      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.

  • ImTheTheatreKid@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    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.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      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.

    • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      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.

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      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.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    My brown fat is generating so much heat this morning but I’m still putting 2 sheets of toilet paper on the toilet seat before jumping on to ease the pain. I know it’s wasteful but we must do what we can to survive this icy blast.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      We have those cheap plastic seats which never seem to get that cold. But this would be so hellish if we had ceramic ones (my bathroom is completely uninsulated, has a skylight, and is generally the same temperature as outside)