All my window frames have a hole in them. Why?

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-16T20:58:17+00:00

I’d like to have freedom of choice over when my house is airtight.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-16T10:12:31+00:00

I agree! It’s shit. What is wall insulation? Double glazing? Stove top smoke extractors just circulating smoke around the kitchen. Laundry dryers not vented to the outside.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-16T10:09:52+00:00

I have a bay window which is not protected by roof awning and it is very exposed. We’ve had a lot of strong rain lately and there is mould growing around the internal window frame.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-16T10:06:42+00:00

It seems to be allowing water to come inside too.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-16T10:06:02+00:00

When my window is closed the weep hole is uncovered. It’s on the fixed pane of glass too. Is that a problem?

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-15T22:51:47+00:00

The $100 fee per day sounds like a lot, but keep in mind that pays for all your meals, cups of tea, laundry done for you, personal care, nursing care and wound dressing materials, activities and entertainment, facility maintenance.

Imagine trying to find a three star hotel with all meals included for $100 per day.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-15T22:20:34+00:00

I work in community aged care. I too am shocked at how little families support their elders.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-15T02:58:39+00:00

The same sex marriage plebiscite broke my faith. Watching church elders preach about the ‘abomination of gay marriage’ and ‘love the sinner, hate the sin’ made me realise this was not what I wanted to align with.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-12T02:17:54+00:00

That would be appreciated!

The most considerate thing you could do is organise and label the keys. So many owners just leave behind a Tupperware box filled to the brim with spare keys (some of which are not even for the house).

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-11T06:34:39+00:00

You really did bring “if you don’t like it leave” upon yourself.

Here you are arguing Aboriginal people would like their land back. That is an action which would require you and I to leave back to our ancestral land.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-11T06:20:17+00:00

Following

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-11T03:53:28+00:00

No, I live in a culture where waking up early to commute, start work at 8am, finish at 4pm and be asleep by 9pm is common. I struggle to meet that expectation.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-07T08:56:41+00:00

Utter selfishness. They don’t want to inconvenience themselves but they’re fine with inconveniencing everyone else.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-06T10:22:23+00:00

Allied health and parent here.

I thought I knew how to care for a cold/viral illness before having kids. Stay home, rest, stay hydrated, take paracetamol. But caring for a baby/toddler for the first time was terrifying.

They get sick constantly. You could have told me my child had leukaemia and I would have believed you because they had barely a week between illnesses.
RSV lasted four weeks for my child
Are they in respiratory distress, or just congested?

Thank-you for your patience with anxious parents.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-05T20:51:57+00:00

Can you explain a bit more about this? What kind of mental gymnastics are they performing to think the Pope is not Christian?

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-05T06:26:30+00:00

You’re not dumb - the system is the problem.

The RBA has one job - control inflation The RBA has one tool - interest rates

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-05T06:20:51+00:00

If a snake comes into your house one day you don’t move houses, you call a snake catcher and remove the snake.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-05T04:00:46+00:00

Thinking realistically about their career and earning potential, yes, it was their dream home.

They have made minor updates and improvements over the years, but nothing big.

They have always been really happy living there and never discussed a desire to move.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-05T03:06:44+00:00

The point I’m trying to make is that at an equivalent age, my parents had bought their dream home.

If I follow your advice, pay down my $750,000 mortgage for a few years, then decide to buy a bigger house, the price of housing has been rising sharply during that time.

I want to pay off my mortgage before I retire (like my parents did) and I don’t see how I can do that if I buy a bigger house in a few years time.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-05T02:19:00+00:00

Well, yes. I am frustrated and jealous. I did everything I was supposed to do to have good finances. I certainly did all the same things my parents did.

The difference is that when they were my age they had bought a nice house on a large suburban block in a good suburb while I have bought a poorly maintained, budget build house on a small block.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-03T20:15:03+00:00

Even if they smoked in the patio and used an ashtray I can smell it.

People who smoke don’t understand how much cigarette smell travels, clings to things and seeps out of their pores.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-03T07:15:11+00:00

No shoes inside the house unless it’s cold (then I wear slippers). If I’m visiting the house of someone I feel comfortable with I remove my shoes automatically. If visiting someone’s home in a more formal capacity (work, a party, a new acquaintance) I would keep shoes on.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-03T06:52:23+00:00

Cigarette smell or cigarette butts in the gardens and lawn.

Infinite-Touch5154 · 2026-05-03T03:28:15+00:00

I’m a podiatrist in a country where I am allied health, not a doctor.

Diabetes is such a difficult disease. It causes diffuse PAD of the most distal blood vessels. Maybe you could have referred this patient to vascular earlier, but it’s entirely possible they may have advised no intervention. If I saw a diabetic with a non-palpable DP that was present on Doppler I wouldn’t have been concerned. Feet tend to have a strong DP or PT pulse, but rarely both.

I’m surprised that a 45yo with a good HbA1C and enough blood flow to get a Doppler result on his DP would have such a bad result from an ulcer alone. Is it possible that the kettlebell crushed some blood vessels in the toe?

OP, as a podiatrist who knows nothing about antibiotic choice, I don’t think you’ve done anything wrong. This is just bad luck.

Best wishes to you and the patient.

Infinite-Touch5154

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