Grocery shopping - everything $1 - $2 more expensive. Bring on the review of price gouging.
Over the last year, golden circle cordial has gone from $3.20 to $5. I’d switched from cottees at $5.90 a bottle, and here we are now…
Bring it on. Minipeelers favourite cheese used to cost $6 per block (that was the reason I first tried it, it wasn’t too costly). It is now $10.90. We used to enjoy the odd treat of icecream or some sweet biscuits. They’ve gone up so much in price I can’t justify it. Anything that’s not strictly necessary is out.
I agree and I can’t wait for this.
Sure the prices have increased 25% -35% but we must not forgot averages wages are 1/3 of what they were in the 1970s. If you are earning $3,000 a month now if we had 70s wages you would be getting $9,000.
Bastards in Australia have a way of distracting us from the hard issues and the real culprits.
Employers/news media encourages talk about rent and prices because it means we aren’t talking about wages.
Farmers like talk of global warming because it means we don’t talk about the 100 years of damage farming and farming pollution has done to the environment.
Industry likes it when we talk of household water restrictions so we don’t look at the subsidies and water waste of farming and mining
It would not surprise me if we pushed hard on the issues activists would be bumped off just like are in other countries.
Protests about ten years ago predicting these very issues did get the bum’s rush
There have been protests for 100 years. Writing for 100 years.
It isn’t only about the wages (a lot of it is wages), another huge factor is productivity. With technology and automation, the same number of people can do so much more than they could in the 70’s. Employers are getting far more output from the same number of staff than they ever used to.
7 bucks for 4 oat bars this morning. taking the ABSOLUTE piss.
Good match last night, well done.
CEO - 9. Duenan - 9
Your pick tonight. We have the Heat Vs Scorchers today.
Good luck!
It was a good one. It’s your pick because I picked the Strikers.
Oh my pick? Oops.
Still a bit foggy in my brain. Heheh
Umm ok.
I think I’m going to go the Heat again this time.
It’s gonna be a good game probably even close.
Good luck!
Bin fuckery with neighbour was avoided.
The cheeky fucker swapped his green for recycling last night (saw it when I got home late).
He brought it in right after pick up this morning too (at like 7 am).
I’ll still claim the moral victory.
I’m reading a discussion about reading
and to me the saddest thing about having ptsd was for many years I was too ill and mentally tired to read books. ( other than a few specialist psychiatry books ) So lacking in mental stamina I couldn’t even watch movies
so now when I watch movies I really appreciate it. I still don’t read as much as I used too. This is something that still gives me real grief 😔
abuse takes so much away from a person
Hugs. It can come back eventually. Now I am at the point where when I start to lose interest in music or I can’t concentrate to read that it’s a signal and I know I am gonna need to do something to stop the slide back.
Its an amazing feeling as those things start to come back. I am glad you have movies back.
-big hugs-
These are the small steps to recovery and good on you. You may not read as much as you used too, but you’re also probably living a completely different life that you may not have the time to read as much.
But you read or listen to audiobooks and watch movies and that’s just as good.
time, I have nothing but time 😔
to me reading and watching is also learning , I think about what I have “consumed”
writers and artists put so much effort in the work, they want to entertain or educate ,
first read and watch is for entertainment, the second and further I think a bit more
Mother has advise she will be stopping by to drop off some things and to make sure I am still alive. Not going to lie even if I can only stare at her from a distance I think it will be nice for my brain.
Also on a high note, I opened my curtains a little bit today for the first time since Sunday and have cracked the window for a little fresh air. Still feel disgusting, and it appears my immune system is non-existent as I break out in all sorts of things, but at least I have some freshness coming at me.
Take care mate. I’ve never knowingly had it, but your posts got me thinking about the last booster I had. I could have sworn it was last year, but according to MyGov/Medicare the last was actually June 2022. I’ll be hitting up the local Amcal later for some sweet Bivalent action.
so many gentle hugs, take care, rest and drink lots of water
I have a long, slow cooking day planned today in preparation for a Mexican dinner tomorrow night. I am making carnitas, which is basically pork slow cooked in fat. It will be served in soft tacos, so I will be making an oven-roasted salsa today, then making tortillas and some other accompaniments tomorrow. I am also going to make desserts today - caramel flan, which is similar to a creme caramel, but made with condensed and evaporated milks. I’m taking it all to my sister’s house, so it should work well to be able to heat and serve with minimal fuss and mess there while still being a bit fancy.
yum
Sounds delish! I’ve never tried a caramel flan or Carnitas before
oh god, mexican caramel flan is divine. If it’s on the menu always get it. Tres leches cake is also nice. Carnitas are also good. ( mexican food is soooo good )
Tres leches cake was second on the short list. I have not actually had the flan or carnitas before, although I have had similar. Having grown up with “Old El Paso” being the first and only option for ‘Mexican food’ I am working on slowly increasing my repertoire of from-scratch real Mexican/Latin American recipes.
I miss Mexican Town in Detroit 😭
I’ve never tried them before either, this seemed like a good occassion to try something new.
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Only 22 at the moment, I used to wear hoodies and trackies til 26
poverty
Tonight’s dinner is sorted.
Truffle fettuccini with chicken and field mushrooms in a creamy parmesan garlic sauce
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Why do the politicians even bother.
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Work has been a bit wild, the two new people at work (who joined a month after me) are thinking of leaving.
It’s insane, the phones have been going nuts, they want us to priotise the new inquires while also staying on top of all the emails to complete. But the phones have been going nuts so we’re behind. Shit flows downhill so upper is shitting on middle, shitting on us. They’ve introduced KPIs but averaged it over 8 hours instead of 7 (2x 15 min breaks, 1x 30min lunch) so they don’t make sense.
On breaks, we’re always behind. We have to take them in order, so as the late shift I don’t have lunch until 3pm.
The office is an echo chamber, so quite loud, but they want us in office full-time. Not feasible when clients can hear the other operators so clearly they think the lines have crossed.
I could go on. I think if the other two and I left, it’d leave the business in complete shit. I’m smashing their stupid KPIs, but I want to cry everyday from the utter mismanagement of the call centre. It’s bush week every day and I’m tired
/endrant
Did a big clean out of my personal email. Mass delete of promotional junk mail that seems to turn up regardless of ticking ‘do not send emails’ when making online purchases. Unsubscribed from most. Got a few ‘need 3 days to process your unsubscribe’ or ‘error, unable to unsubscribe at this time’ and other thoroughly bullshit excuses.
If any of them are Australian, that’s illegal here. If an Australian company sends you more junk after you have told them to stop, you can report them to ACMA. The fines they get are not insignificant.
Good to know. I’ll keep an eye on it. If no one reports them they’ll just keep on doing it!
I’m listening to the Oppenheimer soundtrack. It’s so haunting.
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Ten minutes without worrying that Ted Cat is going to bite my bum. Is that too much to ask?
( he’s on the balcony meowing like a sad waif )
make a noise he really really hates every time he bites you. ATM you’ve made it a game for mister bum bitey killypants. Alter the parameters.
A spray bottle might work, too
depends. Some cats like it, the filthy little perverts. And all you’re doing is teaching him to fear the spray. Making noises of protest is how cats communicate NOT FUN!!
Good to know, should I get another kitty. And it is easier to shout than go searching for the sprayer, too
I’d alwatys recommend another kitty
Yes, he’s very playful.
What do you get if you cross a cow and a rooster?
Roost beef.
😐
Dan you are making a laughing stock of this thread. I’m sure we haven’t herd the last of it!
A mate of mine is a nurse and I got him a red crayon that can attach to his lanyard.
Sometimes he needs to draw blood.
