Picked up my MC prescription at lunch today and it might be too early to call whether it’s the products or just a trick of the mind but things seem brighter already. I’ve taken myself out for dinner and I’ve booked a movie ticket after 👌
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Good night boopy boys
17C now?!!
If no one else is interested, I’ll do the thread for tomorrow.
True to form the least exciting of three pakidge came first. But i has my swanky dragon usb cable at least
Is that a high end usb cable or something more Smaug like?
Although it is also 100w
Of course it’s Aussie Boomers who didn’t have to do their national service, who share facebook support for Rishi’s proposal.
Some boomers did do compulsory national service
It only ended in 1973, so yes the first ~10 years of boomers would have had national service. Even worse: Those kids would have been drafted to go to Vietnam.
Imagine being the last kid called up. Born a day later, you’d be in the clear!
Imagine being that kid born a day later - missing out on the draft to Vietnam by a day!Whether they were personally called up or not, they absolutely were not in favour of national service at the time.
The birthday lottery. Random birthdays were picked out and if you were male and of a certain age you’re off to fight in a war you had no business being in.
My brother being one of them. He missed out on inclusion in the draft by one month and 3 days. FYI: inclusion in the draft was for every male over 18 on January 1st - then there was the lottery for who actually got picked to do national service. You could apply for exemption from inclusion on religious grounds, ill health such as blindness or missing a limb, family responsibilities (elderly parents yes, kids no), attendance at university (free at the time) and employment in essential services (police and doctors mostly but also some engineers). This had to be done before the lottery, so that in theory everyone called up for national service was available to ‘fight’. If you applied for an exemption, but they hadn’t processed your application when your number came up in the lottery, they usually did their best to put you in a non-combat role until the application was processed. So many exemptions were applied for that there were years long delays in processing.
These ones are too young to have to do it.
is a job, not all national service is military, it can be in all kinds of jobs and departments
I would rather they were just guaranteed public service jobs, that might actually help society, jobs like helping the environment and community service
I feel national service would also include community services, clean up, fixing things, elderly care, etc. Not just d-fens force.
I believe in peace not war, but I’m rational enough to know the world just doesn’t work like that and there’s a minimum military that each country needs to maintain. In Australia if we want more people to join the way to do it is to make it a better environment. Examples of military culture like whistleblowers going to jail, Ben Roberts-Smith saga, hazing, attitudes to women etc; it’s not an attractive proposition to most normal people when thinking about careers.
attitudes to women etc
I’ve been seeing a ton of ads promoting women in the ADF, so they seem to be pushing quite hard to change that. Whether they’re actually doing anything in practice, or it’s just a giant marketing budget and a lecture about inclusivity is anyone’s guess. I’m not even a woman, but at least based on my internal stereotype of the average dude in the military, I would feel really out of place and depply uncomfortable, and that’s ignoring the whole killing people thing. Although I could probably be convinced to join a supporting role or something in the DVA
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I have discovered a problem with finally having a really comfy bed…I don’t want to get up. It’s cold out there.
I had the same problem a few weeks back when I finally upgraded my mattress.
a squishmallow pillow and you will be set for life
I have a pretty good pillow fort set up as it is - one of the great joys of single life after 25 years of sharing is being able to make my bed as cosy as I want it
after my rice crackers obsession subsided i am now addicted to popcorn
What flavour? Home made or store bought?
cobs
Some bright spark decided to bring fish for lunch to work and warm it in the microwave.
What’s worse? They decided to eat lunch at their desk.
I’m gonna spoke their water bottle with the crap from the dishwasher filter given a chance.
If they leave their container hanging around fill it with water and put it in the freezer. Hide the lid.
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9 degrees right now? Bullshit. It’s like 3
Got to my accom about half an hour ago, booked tickets for the peace memorial museum tomorrow, there’s a cafe right downstairs which is perfect to get myself going asap in the morning. Think I can get it all done in time. I hate rushing through something so important, but it is what it is. I think 3.5-4 hours should hopefully be plenty for the museum and park.
Have a good time. 😘
Too warm with the oodie on, but too cold without it (even though I have a shirt, and two hoodies on).
I’ve noticed my apartment is weird; the balcony faces north, overlooking the alley, but no view due to the apartment building next door. It is also a taller building than mine, so no sun can hit my balcony until spring/summer when the Earth is closed and tilted appropriately.
Makes for too cold winters and too hot summers. But! I’ve been approved for URGS, so I don’t have to stress about the electricity bills piling up, all aid off now. And since the Anko brand portable heater carked it last year and hasn’t been used, our electricity consumption has gone down by 7kwh on average. That little Anko heater was a fucking power guzzler.
Happy World Otter Day.
( TIL ) The Eagles were truly a band of hoopy froods who always knew where their towels were 🦅👍🗺️🌌 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdZKolMIl0
My mind was blown about a year ago when I realised the band was called “Eagles”. Not “The Eagles”. Just Eagles. None of their albums/posters etc refer to themselves as The Eagles.
Same with Carpenters.
And Hall & Oates… Though they are commonly referred to as Hall & Oates, both members have been adamant about the duo being called Daryl Hall & John Oates – its official name
Well…I guess not the same as they weren’t referred to as The Hall and Oates…but I think I still have a valid contribution.
