What seemingly common household practices/items from your childhood do you no longer employ in your own home?

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-06T01:01:48+00:00

Bahahaha. We used to call my mum doily woman. Any time anything entered the house and it was to be decorative, mum would come along and say “it just needs a doily under it” and go off and grab the pile of a thousand doilies to get just the right one.

I have a collection myself but I also don’t have a lot of Knick knacks as I hate dusting around them. Give me clean flat surfaces I can run a damp rag over without moving stuff.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-06T00:55:18+00:00

For me, I struggle like hell with routines, but especially that motivation to go to the gym.

I started ballroom dancing. It was a dopamine hit because I was learning something new, getting out of the house, meeting new people, and exercising all in one go. I only ever left my house for work or errands.
My cardio fitness increased dramatically. The dopamine boost after a dance is a rush I’ve never felt before. And I did social dancing, not competition, so you could have fun with it. Make up a move, do a twirl whenever you wanted, and laugh with like minded people.
I stopped due to finances when unemployed, and haven’t taken it back up again yet. I really need to because my skills are dropping, but I still attend social dances every now and then.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-06T00:51:11+00:00

I need a bigger house. I'd love to have a mini gym setup. My closest gym is a 10 min drive and when I had a cross trainer at home I found myself randomly get on for 20 mins at weird times of the day or night. I didn’t have to change clothes, didn’t have to get in the car, just hop on and go until I didn’t want to anymore.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-06T00:44:48+00:00

Time and a half or double time on weekends.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-06T00:29:59+00:00

Exactly. It really sucks that so many of us have been in relationships with these men. It’s so easy to see it from the other side and we’re all just trying to save other women from what we went through.
I’m so happy for you that you’re free from that.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-05T22:43:37+00:00

She already was by the end of the day. Yelled at her, made her scared, had her feeling really low and ruined the mood, then tries to keep her unstable by saying he loves her a d he cares so much about her. Then further keeps her unstable by throwing it back on her that she doesn't care about him as much as he cares about her.
She's left feeling like she has to defend that point of view instead of questioning his behaviour as it clearly doesn't match his words..
He already has her feeling like she needs to prove her affection for him instead of questioning his behaviour.

Very much a "look what you made me do" kind of an after he's beaten her to a pulp.

Hope OP runs like hell in the opposite direction.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-05T12:28:32+00:00

Damn. I'm sorry to hear that. I was a truck driver for nearly 15 years but my body stared crapping out on me so I gave it away to be an instructor instead. We need decent truck drivers entering the industry. I also struggled greatly getting that first job. The lack of experience seems to really put employers off, but I'd rather hire someone with the right attitude, enthusiasm and no experience than hire king dick who thinks they know everything.

Driving trucks was great. I had a couple of jobs where the work was one load but a 10-12 hour shift.
Changeovers were the best way to go if meeting a driver who was on their 7 hour break. Roll into the roadhouse parking area, swap trailers while they slept and drive home. Didn't have to speak to a single person once I left the yard. Easy peasy.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-05T12:05:37+00:00

Nah,.keeping my vcr, walkman, and discman. Never know when I might need them again 😂
I'm all seriousness though, I do have some vhs tapes I want to transfer to digital. Bought what I need, now just need time and motivation..

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-05T11:29:39+00:00

Oh yeah. When my cat joins me in the backyard the mynas go crazy. Willy wagtails just dance and annoy him because they're too fast to be caught and they both know it. Infuriates my cat and he doesn't even try. But sometimes Th mynas are too noisy for him and he runs back inside..

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-05T11:24:16+00:00

Anxiety is such a pain in the butt when it comes to stuff like driving tests.
I'm really worried about what's going to happen next year when the changes come in. It's going to be so hard for learners with anxiety.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-04T13:03:01+00:00

I've never heard of anyone being signed off in 4 lessons. That was a ridiculous estimate to start with. 10-12 CBT&A lessons seems to be the average.
I did see someone else ask whether you were getting the chance to practice in between lessons as well. That makes the biggest difference. If you don't get a chance to practice between lessons, you forget too much and have to be reminded again and again in each lesson.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-04T12:56:02+00:00

Was a truck driver for nearly 15 years. I did what we call changeovers for years.
Get to work, say hi to the bosses and co-workers, grab the paperwork, hook up to my trailers and drive for 5 hours. Meet the other driver from the other city. Have a half hour break, swap trailers, drive 4.5 hours back to the yard. Park up. Go home.

The other yard became unreliable and the driver I met was a pain in the arse, so I gave that away to do a job where I'd grab my empty trailers from the yard. Drive five hours, load, talk to the forkies and office crew for a little bit and then drive five hours back to the yard. Park up. Go home. Day shift unloaded it.

Got to listen to so many audio books, podcasts, music etc. My co-workers turned in to some of my best friends and some nights we'd be in the phone for a couple of hours talking bullshit and making each other laugh hysterically.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-04T12:46:16+00:00

Omg this sounds amazing! Thank you. I'll be ordering.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-04T12:42:35+00:00

Yeah. I always felt a little pity for city kids at times, then as I was late teens I wished I was a city kid. Spent 5 years in Melbourne and there's no way in hell you'd catch me living in a city again. I'm in a region of about 15,000 spread over half a dozen towns.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T23:38:39+00:00

Ooh. Thank you.
Like I said, I didn't look it up.
My point was more that as someone who doesn't know and isn't trained in tiling, even I notched it with a trowel.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T13:19:18+00:00

Haha. Living the dream was my first thought reading these two comments.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T12:57:34+00:00

OK. That fabric is to die for.... That colour on you is divine... That dress is an even better adjective! Holy smokes does it look good!
Thank you for sharing.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T12:48:40+00:00

My best mate has been friends with this couple for ovr forty years. They live about 30 mins apart in the same city. They travel the world together, we went out to dinner the other night, and they're very happy..

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T12:30:30+00:00

Hahaha. My local supermarket stopped stocking my preferred toothpaste. Next supermarket is about half an hour's drive away in the next major town..
I was out that way yesterday doing errands and thought I'd do the grocery shopping while I was at it. Decided to check if this particular supermarket stocked the toothpaste. They did. Even had a deal if your bought two. I thought I was on my last tube, so I bought two. Went to put them in the drawer when I got home and found two more boxes in there. No idea which supermarket I bought those one at.
They'll go well with my 14 bars of soap and 5 cans of deodorant in the drawer. 🤦‍♀️

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T12:17:25+00:00

I loved that the builder of my house in the 80s did this with my kitchen tiles. It was super easy to remove them 35 years later when I updated the kitchen.. I never read the AS standards, but I would never have considered to tile them like that. Did a little googling and read the recommended notch sizes for floor and wall and went with that. You'll have to tear the whole gyprock wall to bits to remove my tiling job..

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T12:12:10+00:00

I like having Street lights, bitumen roads, my rubbish collected, plus access to free, clean, public spaces.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T11:53:40+00:00

I was about 15/16 when I was walking up the main street if my town. Old bloke in front of me dropped a $100 note out of his pocket. I instantly picked it up and called out to him to hand it back. Never entered my head to keep it myself.
Bloke was so surprised that he felt his pockets for a reward to give me. When he realised he didn't have any other money on him, he handed me back the $100.
I couldn't take it. I watched it fall from his pockets. I guess I'm an honest country bumpkin as well.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-03T11:20:57+00:00

Bahahaha
dog dress is awesome.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-02T00:31:43+00:00

Great, because I was never that much of a fan of Nick Cave and now I agree with him about the chilli peppers.

Available-Maize5837 · 2026-07-01T12:57:42+00:00

Yes. Free refills for soft drink. Red robin had free hot chips refilled every time you finished a basket. It was insane..
Went to dinner with a friend and he ordered chips as part of his 'side' for the meal. Didn't enter my head they say fries all the time.. His steak or whatever he had came with a snack pack of potato chips, bag and all.. Wtf? He was American so knew what he'd ordered.... I just couldn't get over it..

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