• Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Lesson learned: do not let man with poor eyesight that’s been up 15 hours install window film

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    13 days ago

    I just got confirmation the car dealer has received my bank transfer. So I can now stop stressing & the pickup tomorrow is ready to go.

    Now I’ll have to get used to the blinkers being on the other side. Plus the fuel tank is on the opposite side to what I’m used to. At least it’s not as much of an adjustmant as Mr Woof will have to make, he’ll need to get used to travelling in a crate instead of having the whole back seat.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      13 days ago

      I’ve got a harness and a clip leash that clicks into the passenger seat belt receiver, but also my dog is little.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        13 days ago

        Mr Woof is fairly little too, but I believe the air bag can make the passenger seat unsafe for dogs (like it is for children).

        I’ve been trying to figure out if it would be unsafe for a cat in a carrier, but the info I find is all self-contradictory AI garbage and clickbait websites copying each other rather than anything that seems like it is actually trustworthy.

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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          13 days ago

          I’m not sure if this is best practice. But when Melbcat goes in the car I put her carrier side-on in the back seat behind the driver and use the bottom of the seatbelt to secure it.

          • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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            13 days ago

            That’s always been Miss Meow’s position. I believe either there or on in the footwell behind the front seats is the best place, but I won’t have any back seats in the new vehicle. If the front seat is safe for her that would work well, otherwise she will need to be strapped down in her carrier in the back. She’s going to hate it either way, although the sedatives the vet gave us should help.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Regarding the fuel tank side…when in doubt, there should be an arrow on your fuel gauge showing you where the tank is.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        13 days ago

        There is. But it’s on the opposite side to the car I have now (and I think every car I have ever had) so I’m sure I’ll autopilot to the wrong side at least once. I’m guessing the 3d or 4th time I fill up.

        • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
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          13 days ago

          I’ve had my car 18 months and I don’t fill up that often, maybe once every three or four weeks. I have to check which side every single time. It’s getting annoying.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      13 days ago

      you get used to the indicator pretty quickly, its only an issue if your driving 2 cars that have indicators on different sides to each other.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        13 days ago

        I used to drive a Volvo, so have done the indicator switch before. I still occassionally do the wrong side for absolutely no reason. When I drove my Mum’s VW for a week I got it right about 90% of the time.

        • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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          13 days ago

          yeah the mrs had a ford that was the oposite as well. Try driving 2 cars with different handbreak locations. The amount of times I start the manual without putting the clutch in (or go to press an imaginary clutch on the auto) is insane.

          • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
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            13 days ago

            I’m currently driving 2 cars, 1 with auto handbrake and one with manual. I’ve tried to drive with the manual handbrake still on more than once

            why isn’t the car moving?! What’s that odd noise?

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    12 days ago

    dusk view from my balcony 🙂 meh, for the cables but there are cables everywhere

    the trees are lovely here 🙂

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    Just went out and there’s a for sale sign on the house across the road. The caravan, the trailer, the two cars are gone. This is the same cunt who floors his hotted up torana down the street every weekend and then revs his car outside my place while his wife moves the 2 cars so he can put precious back in the yard. He also yells at his 2 little kids aggressively. Fucking hero. Best day ever.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      13 days ago

      The dietician has taken ham and salami off my wife’s menu to address cholesterol. It should likely apply to me also, but I’m not organised enough to book things like “check ups” and dieticians. So I bought a large whole chook last weekend and we roasted it. It’s going into sandwiches this week (and will likely be a weekly thing for the foreseeable future) instead of ham/salami. So far, everyone likes the change. It works out far cheaper also: over 2kg of chook is about he prices of 500g of ham/salami.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        13 days ago

        but I’m not organised enough to book things like “check ups”

        Alright consider this an order to GET organized. This is your health ffs. Nothing else is more important.

        This is the second time today I’ve had to tell someone “yo you should REALLY see a doctor”.

      • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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        12 days ago

        A whole chook in the instant pot for 40 mins is easy peasy and you get left over stock. I do it for curries, chilli and apricot chicken.

        The chook also wont have the nitrites found in ham and salami so there’s another health bonus.

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    I’m at the ED at hospital. My mum was in a really bad car accident. Thankfully it’s just bruising but it could have been much, much worse. Her car was totalled. Driving up to the accident seeing all the police / ambulance / fire truck lights and then her totalled car was truly scary. I’m just thankful she’s OK. Waiting to do scans to make sure nothing is broken, then I’ll drive her home.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    I remembered it’s my birthday today so I got the breakfast banh mi as a treat on the way in to work. I think I’ll check my emails and head down to the nearby shopping centre during lunch to collect up as much free/discounted birthday stuff as I can

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    Outside of here the internet is so loudly full of young teens and children. I avoid anywhere they might be expected to hang around and move to places for adults - but they are also there and that’s actually worse.

    Not a new thing but now they don’t hide their ages and in fact they make it your problem. The behaviour is also much more inappropriate and disruptive.

    Please just let me enjoy my downtime or occupy myself when unwell. -_-

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    switched to vodafone. Seems to be working ok so far, but they did screw me on that bonus data. Good thing I took some screen caps of the chat promising that the data would be honored if I activated later.

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
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      13 days ago

      It is confusing but the bonus data has always been from the first recharge of that prepaid plan (i.e. in a year). It’s still good value without it though. But by this time next year there might be a Boost offer to move back to. 😁

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        13 days ago

        if I make it last 10 months it’ll only cost me 15 bucks a month with 22 gig of data. Really not bad. test will be how good that roaming onto optus works when I go out into the country.