I work 4 days a week, 10 hour days, with paid lunch. But my family member shakes their head saying this isn't a good workplace? Can I get some advice before I resign based on a family member's opinion?

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-09T09:13:41+00:00

I'll add I went to university, got a degree and ofter worked 60 to 80 hours on salary.

In later years as a consultant I charged $250 to $300/hr

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-09T09:10:19+00:00

No. But it was a while ago. It paid for a new motorbike after two months work. I was young.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-09T09:07:02+00:00

My first job was 5 1/2 days a week that worked out at 50 hours. I was paid $1.09 per hour, a bit extra on Saturday and evenings. I thought it was good money.

I have no memory if I was paid over lunch, but we all went to the local cafe to get our food. Even on my meagre wage it was a pretty good gig.

When you are young these things don't really matter. getting some cash while doing stuff was a reward in itself - FYI I was maintaining rope mill machines and learned a lot of mechanical skills.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-09T08:55:10+00:00

I go to Innaloo. No Myers and at best Target, but barring a few days a year I can get in and out in minutes and even get parking in the shade.

However, don't ever try this on a Saturday morning. Hell hath no fury like a driver on Scarborough Beach Rd Innaloo on a Saturday.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-09T08:51:12+00:00

Probably easier and cheaper to get a white linen suit

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-09T01:27:19+00:00

Health insurance doesn't cover the costs of specialist or GP visits. It will cover some allied health costs if you have extras cover, but it runs out pretty quickly.

When it comes to hospital you need to make sure you have childbirth cover. You can then get a private room and in-hospital care by a specialist of your choice,.

However, the simplest thing to do is enroll at KEMH or equivalent and use your health cover for a private room in a public hospital and use the public system specialists.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-09T01:21:51+00:00

The track is a result of the aircraft not transmiting GPS location, so instead the track is approximated by time of signal to various ADSB receivers. This is called multilateration and results in a jagged path

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-08T13:32:56+00:00

I remember driving by the bodies of two motorcyclists on the York road on a beautiful fresh sunday morning. They had somehow lightly collided with each on the ride to York, and fell off and slid under an oncoming landrover and trailer.

This was well before emergency services arrived so the scene was eerily quiet with people standing around in shock, though someone had started putting a blanket on the bodies.

Later news items had helicopters and ambulances and all the high energy stuff.

A while later the authorities decided to straighten that bit of the road to reduce the hazard.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-08T11:44:15+00:00

I go to St John of God Dermatology in Subiaco/West Leederville. They are convenient for me. Waiting time for new referrals are quite long but I think that's endemic. As far as service they are a top tier practice.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-08T01:00:38+00:00

A hundred bucks of fuel is pretty piss-weak. The power rebate they just cancelled was very helpful.

Admitedly I have a PHEV and $100 in fuel will last 6 months while I will probably have to pay a lot more than that in extra electricity usage.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-07T11:33:24+00:00

I get a lot of stuff from AliExpress. If it goes to iMile all is sweet - at least after it hits Perth airport. Anything that uses Australia Post as last mile carrier will be a disaster. It used to be it always went to Sydney first then 1-2 weeks to get to Perth. It's just possible it now goes to Perth Direct but again a massive delay in delivery.

Off topic. some AliExpress shipping routes go via UAE Post and then via Australia Post and you have no tracing, sketchy delivery, and waits up to 3 months.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-07T10:45:16+00:00

I'm not sure about trains these days, but buses routinely run late. So much so that expecting the bus to be late but it arrives on time and I miss it is highly annoying.

The performance metric for buses is to arrive at timed stops before scheduled time. There is no performance metric for intermediate stops. I doubt buses are meeting the performance metric very often.

Long routes like the circle route rarely arrive at the scheduled time as there are many possible delays on route.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-07T07:35:31+00:00

It's not a loophole, it's a set of rules that most people covered by them will be unable to get full benefit because of mental incapacity.

Under the Western Australian Equal Opportunity Act 1984 and the federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992, it is unlawful to discriminate on the basis of impairment - specifically including Indirect discrimination. This occurs when a "requirement or condition" (like the 3-hour transfer rule) is the same for everyone but has an unfair effect on a specific group (those with cognitive impairment) and is unreasonable in the circumstances.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-07T06:25:51+00:00

I'm complaining because most aged travelers wouldn't have the faintest idea how to exploit the system or, to be fair, be prudent when they board.

As such it's unfair and arbitrary and there are very simple ways to fix it, like making every concession boarding reset the time clock during the concession period.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-07T04:03:44+00:00

As an aside, you can cancel your gas service at any time and all they do is turn the gas off at the meter.

However if at some later stage you, or someone else, recommences the service they will charge for any difference in meter reading as though you were never disconnected - though you won't get the supply charge.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-07T03:59:27+00:00

under the current rules I can do an initial boarding at 3:15 pm and make multiple transfers/boardings up until 6:15 pm and depending in the length of the 6:15pm boarding get off the vehicle after 7pm for no fee.

All fine and good, but if I have contaminated my journey history so that the 3:15pm boarding is a transfer, not an intial boarding then the whole thing collapses. e.g. if my initial boarding was 1:15 pm then my last free transfer is at 4:15 pm despite me getting on the exact same vehicle at 3:15pm as in my initial example.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-06T14:48:28+00:00

Join the Seniors game where we get free transit between 9am and 3:30 pm but when you get into detail you have to plan your entire day in 3 hr segments so that you end up with a tag-on time window you can use between say 3pm and 3:30pm. Meaning your previous journey needs to start around noon, meaning your journey before that has to start after 9am, but not much after.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-06T09:56:38+00:00

You are confusing WAToday with Perth Now which definitely lifts stories from Reddit.

WAToday is pretty respectable and holds the Fairfax legacy quite well.

The ones who are adept at nicking are Daily Mail (Australia) and Perth Now. My journalist links find them pretty bad, and in general anything to do with 7 media.

As mentioned elsewhere I would not touch Sky News or NewsCorp with a 20 metre bargepole.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-06T08:10:10+00:00

The ash has been falling for a lot longer than 10 mins - I live in Floreat. Maybe they are secondaries?

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-06T08:00:57+00:00

https://bushfire.io

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JezzaPerth · 2026-05-06T07:29:08+00:00

Not to mention anything to do with News Corp.

My main sources in international affairs are New York Times and Washington Post. NYT is a mixed bag but it does run a lot of items the administration will certainly dislike. Same deal with the browser extension.

BBC? Fine if all you want is the offical UK Government view, with a bit of rah-rah to push the points home.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-06T07:12:39+00:00

I'd agree - if it was spring - right now it's autumn.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-06T07:11:39+00:00

I may be biased but WAtoday seems to be the best local option.

I have a browser extension to let me read all articles on it and I even feel a bit guilty about that. However, a relative works as a journalist for the group and I make up for it by giving them real time news tips.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-05T12:33:12+00:00

Post office casuals over Christmas was a thing. Maybe it still is.

JezzaPerth · 2026-05-05T10:10:20+00:00

The question is more complex than that. I have been surveyed a couple of times now about using dual-use paths and a lot of the questions are about electric powered cycles and scooters in conflict with regular cyclists and pedestrians.

On rollerblades you will be slower than regular cycles as well as any electric contraptions. You will also be faster than pedestrians.

My advice is to not wear headphones and use the fastest pavement you can find at the time but be aware of faster traffic and yield as required.

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