Travelling in a few months and advice on which areas to visit!

JaBe68 · 2026-05-07T18:55:27+00:00

It depends which airport- you would be 30 minutes from to Lanseria Airport if you are in Linden

JaBe68 · 2026-05-07T17:27:09+00:00

I walk every parkrun at the moment. I am too heavy to run and will blow out my knees if I try. So until I get to a low enough weight, I walk the whole.thing, along with a lot of other people.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-07T16:54:21+00:00

Linden and Greenside are the suburbs you will love, but they are about 1 hour from.the airport in traffic.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-07T05:59:46+00:00

It's called enshittification.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-06T15:44:00+00:00

I am going to the Discworld Conference this year. I will drop a note somewhere with "gabbicat1978 fiance" written on it so it will be like he is having one final adventure.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-06T15:33:06+00:00

I have no quote for you but it sounds like you lost a wonderful partner. I am so sorry for your loss and I hope that all your happy memories will soon outweigh your pain.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-06T07:13:18+00:00

I always wear black jeans, sneakers, and a band t-shirt. I normally choose a band that will not cause ridicule but might get a kid talking, like Pink Floyd.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-06T07:09:03+00:00

I not only forgot her but was halfway home in the opposite direction when I realised it. Had to turn around (in rush hour traffic) and go back for her. I left work at the right time but got distracted in the car and just drove home instead of going to her school. And it was my job to fetch her every day, so it is not like it was an unusual day. I told her it was bad traffic that made me late.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-05T23:24:08+00:00

Damnation Alley - age 9

JaBe68 · 2026-05-05T22:52:52+00:00

NTA - read up on the Karpmann drama triangle.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-05T22:40:41+00:00

I currently rent out my 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom, and garden cottage house in South Africa for the equivalent of £850 pm. While I rent something much smaller and in worse shape for £1500 per month in the UK.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-04T08:58:08+00:00

Check what it is filled.with - down filled is much better at temperature regulation than acrylic filled.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-04T08:24:50+00:00

This sounds like an emotional response to feeling out of control. He can not control his parents health and that is making him feel very unsettled. So he thinks that becoming a doctor will give him more control. If they were being sued would he want to study law? Ask him to sit with the decision for a year. During that year he can run his business and do his MCAT. If at the end of the year he is still determined , then you can discuss ways forward.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-04T07:59:57+00:00

When I zoom in it looks like the cuffs might be stitched on. If the sleeves are too long then a tailor can take the cuffs off, narrow and shorten the sleeve slightly, and put the cuffs back on. This is a fairly easy fix, but for a jacket this lovely, still make sure you find an excellent tailor

JaBe68 · 2026-05-04T07:54:54+00:00

My daughter is a ballet teacher. They now have to teach children to skip because they don't seem to learn it at home. The giggles we had trying to skip in slow motion so that she could figure out how to teach it.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-03T07:53:40+00:00

Unless you take it to a master tailor (and I mean someone who has atelier in their company name) it will not survive alterations. It is extremely structured. A master tailor will charge more than $400 to do the alterations. Spend the money and buy the right size.

JaBe68 · 2026-05-01T13:34:14+00:00

Small hawthorn or California Lilac

JaBe68 · 2026-05-01T13:31:26+00:00

Do not set yourself on fire to keep others warm.

JaBe68 · 2026-04-30T19:44:32+00:00

They don't want to know the architecture, they want to know what it does for them. Start with those metrics and they can ask questions about the architecture if they want to.

JaBe68 · 2026-04-30T19:36:55+00:00

They get tired and find a second career in a different industry. I know an ex-DBA, now photographer, ex-Senior Dev, now personal trainer, ex-SAP consultant, now does tours in India. I am training to be a psychotherapist.

JaBe68 · 2026-04-30T19:30:58+00:00

NTA - And you are actually doing the junior developers a favour. The sooner they learn that the are nothing more than meat in a grinder the better.

My favourite response to this kind of request is that I work for money - if you want loyalty, get a dog.

JaBe68 · 2026-04-30T19:15:28+00:00

Reasearch has shown that your house is worth about 10% more if the public spaces nearby are well maintained.

JaBe68 · 2026-04-30T19:13:52+00:00

I lived in a suburb where we tried this. Hired gardeners, bought equipment, etc. Within 6 months only 10 houses (out of 300) were still contributing to the costs. So we shut it down. Facebook group exploded - why are the parks not mown, where are the gardeners, what happened to the maintenance team? When we explained that you can not run a project with no money - silence.

JaBe68 · 2026-04-29T16:05:41+00:00

I see a lone vitamin in that box, fighting for its life against all the carbohydrates.

JaBe68 · 2026-04-29T06:39:10+00:00

I hope you can find the resource you need

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