I have been fighting with auspost literally for years. Finally just submitted a complaint to the ombudsman, sent the reference number to AusPost and my issue was miraculously fixed and I received two different apologies.
According to auspost there is no driveway and even if we had one it would not be safe to use at any time of the day.
well 1) I'm standing in it right now and 2) I got six pages (now) of logs from aramex, fastway pet circle, tnt, temu, couriers please, budget direct, amazon, soilworx, civic, eco247, DHL and indeed, Auspost yourselves that says you are fulla sheeeeeet
Definitely feeling the mileage today. And that's without taking one of the clients to Oakleigh for escorted shopping. 😂.
In other news, the cops asked me yesterday if I had a spare key so they didn't have to call in a locksmith, so I took it down to where the car's being held and had a chance to look at it - it looks fine from the outside aside from missing number plates. They've taken a few things that were inside the car including the bluetooth thingy, but I couldn't tell if the radio was still there.
Just gotta wait for forensics to go over it, and then the insurance company will get it and go over it, and then all being well I get it back!
I have successfully completed two tasks today that required phone calls. I am really terrible at those - I'm not sure if it's because I will take any excuse to delay a phone call or because the times I like to sit down and do organisation type stuff generally fall outside of business hours.
Doing my best to stay out of this "doctor killed in home invasion" and "Old man pushed into water" stories. Not doing a good job, I admit... but man what is going on here lately?! Be interesting to see how this plays out politically. Andrews would've already called a presser, announced another well-meaning-but-ultimately-useless-taskforce. If Libs had half a brain cell to share between them they'd be attacking the Allan government on being soft, and I hate to say it but that'd be a pretty easy picture to paint at the moment.
It's also a classic example of the availability heuristic.
Two notable youth crime events happened recently; therefore, youth crime must be increasing. It's a non sequitur. But it does unfortunately work on the populace -- and has since time immemorial.
I'm not saying crime is up. I'm saying high profile things are up. yes it sells news, but then again, a doctor being killed in a home invasion probably should be news.
Correct. But government write the laws. They invest or ignore public housing or rehabilitation programs, drug policies.
edit: Also need to point out that facts have not baring on a channel 7 "special "investigation""
I find it depressing. Yeah I know they are young, but there are zero real consequences for their actions, the kids are probably laughing and boasting of their horrific acts thinking they are top shit. It’ll be a slap on the wrist, released on bail and free to go do some more pushing off piers, bashing, robbing, murdering. Our government has decided this is acceptable because it’s not happening in their own back yards, so there’s no plans for rehab programs, penalties, interventions etc. It’s awful.
iirc, REs/owners can't deny the request unless they can prove to vcat they have a good reason.
"Renters who want to have a pet in the property must ask their rental provider (landlord) for permission. Rental providers must have a good reason to refuse the renter’s request. Rental providers can apply to VCAT for an order to refuse permission."
Last night was a rough one. I got up to pee, then once I got back to sleep Melbcat stood on my locked but open laptop to restart a loud video. I settled her but a while later she was sick on the carpet, then she was fussy and got me up to sort her biscuits out a few times. I slept in stretches.
This morning she was straining for a little pee so I need to try and get a sample or sort a lift to the vet :(
Thanks. I'm not doing crash hot myself so I'm hoping to get a urine sample at home to drop off. I've prepared the trays in a way that has let me get a sample before - now we wait. 🤞
Melbcat hates the special beads so I got the urine sample by sprinkling a handful of the usual litter pellets into all the freshly washed trays - just enough for her to feel it under her feet, but so little that the pee pooled on the plastic.
I hope they accept it in a small new plastic container and gathered with an old but washed and boiled syringe. Kind of got caught short on supplies here. I’ll ring and ask, see if I can drop it off tomorrow morning.
It’s annoying that it happened after closing time because being refrigerated might create crystals and maybe make it less good for analysis
Took today off work to try and shake the last of this cough. Codral Original seems to be kicking its ass which is good. Noticeable improvement since I started taking it yesterday.
Went to the Pancake Parlour for some breakfast for lunch and then saw The Beekeeper at the movies. That movie is dumb as hell but it means to be so that's ok. I do like that they're bringing a real issue to more people's attention and I hope lots of middle age/older people see it and learn from it (the bad guys are phishing scammers and it shows how they do it, in an easy to understand simplified way).
Jason Statham sure does kill and maim a lot of innocent people who are just doing their jobs though... but we look past that because it's a silly shoot-em-up movie.
anyone have the good word on where to buy a (good quality, nice looking) sofa bed? must be a good sofa AND a good bed, but emphasis on the sofa part. I also want to be able to see & sit on it before I buy it. Price not really an issue.
We bought a Tammy sofa bed (but not from this store, I just did a quick search) because it felt like a nice couch and the bed is very comfortable. The cover isn't removable, so you can't throw it in the washing machine, though.