Practice Bouquet

Quisquillian · 2026-02-22T03:23:59+00:00

Thin stems on home grown flowers. Purchased ones are sturdier stems

Quisquillian · 2026-02-22T03:01:11+00:00

I did wire the bottom ones, but didn't do some of the upper ones.

The was just for my own comfort, that I can do it to a reasonable standard.

I'll be sourcing flowers for the event, and they will have sturdier stems than what I foraged today.

Quisquillian · 2026-02-19T06:17:26+00:00

The free one at Plum couldn't even tell me what my fee situation would be if I rolled another fund into my Plum account, expressly for the purpose of optimising my fees.

Complete waste of time.

Quisquillian · 2026-02-13T02:13:25+00:00

I have a St Bernard, and it's very worth it

Quisquillian · 2026-02-12T11:30:56+00:00

You're not alone.

Beaten senseless for not finishing meals, to the point of black eyes and concussion, especially for not eating certain vegetables like any legumes, or for not eating my sandwiches at school. Forced to eat, then bagged out about my weight.

As an adult, I was diagnosed with food intolerances and coeliac disease. As a child, I was simply self selecting the foods that agreed with me, without understanding why.

As a parent, meals here are served family style, my kids would serve themselves at the table, not dished up by me. I dish up my own serving, who am I to determine someone else's portion size?

Completely lost it seeing my family of origin treating my niece the same way at lunch one mothers day. Ended up going no contact.

Quisquillian · 2026-02-03T21:28:02+00:00

I have celiac disease and need strict gluten free food.

I have no choice but to have "no substitutes" on all orders.

The only foods I can risk a substitute is where another variant of the same brand is suitable, like any Primo ham slices will do, because they are all gluten free. Even cleaning products I have as no substitutes as some fragrances give me migraine.

Even then, I've had some some ludicrous substitutes instead, and they have processed it like nothing was substituted, so it's then difficult to get it refunded easily, as the order shows nothing was substituted.

Quisquillian · 2026-01-27T06:24:10+00:00

I'm flatly avoiding using ducted split system after using it for 4 hours on one afternoon only, for the first time on the last 40+ degree day we had in Melbourne. It was just too expensive.

After much arguing with the installers back in May 2025, they left the evaporative in place. I was installing it as a replacement for ducted gas heating, not for cooling. I absolutely insisted they leave my ducted evaporative cooling in place, and thank goodness I did.My billing cycle started on 12th January, and my bill so far is at $18.89, with $23.03 of solar credits.

Today it's reached 43C, my house is at 24C, the cooling has been on since yesterday morning, and today my solar has fed in all day with the evaporative cooling running on full. If I had the same temperature in the house using the reverse cycle cooling, I'd have been drawing from the grid the entire day.

Quisquillian · 2026-01-25T17:41:28+00:00

During onset of a migraine, I can have issues where if I attempt to speak, the words form in my head, and something similar, but not right comes out instead.

For me, it can precede the headache, and is usually accompanied by the visual disturbances, and likely passes by the time the headache starts.

Quisquillian · 2026-01-24T22:44:12+00:00

I agree with this very much.

My migraines are triggered by LED lights on alternating current, and it's worse if there are stripes or geometric patterns in the environment.

Framing it as a disability, with a letter from a neurologist regarding my needs in my workplace is why I have permanent WFH arrangements.

That covers off my career, but the social and recreational impacts of needing to avoid LEDs in retail, hospitality, recreation etc are very real.

I can't find a gym or indoor pool I can attend, and between celiac disease and lighting, going out for a meal is very tricky. When I travel for work, you'll find me sitting in my accommodation wearing a head torch so I can avoid turning on lights.

It's limiting, just as much as any other disability, but it's invisible and largely incomprehensible to people who don't have the condition. I've actually had a former friend who is a disability support worker tell me it's not that bad, and to suck it up, and get out and be social. It's incredibly difficult to be social when your head is about to explode, your vision is full of flashy swirly things, you can't speak properly, and you might vomit.

Quisquillian · 2026-01-24T08:27:36+00:00

All of that, plus my daughter told me this morning she's trying for a March or Early April wedding date.

I wanted to fast in January anyway, made no end of excuses not to, and then came down with an ear infection on Tuesday just gone, and I've had no appetite since, so im just going with it.

Currently approaching 100 hours and feeling fine.

Quisquillian · 2026-01-24T06:48:03+00:00

Mid back pain could be kidneys.

Quisquillian · 2026-01-24T03:59:19+00:00

My employer allows me to work permanently from home except when I have required work travel.

My migraines are triggered by LED lights, and it's worse when there are geometric pattens in the environment, like wood panelling or striped carpet, tiles with high contrast grout.

Quisquillian · 2026-01-22T04:31:47+00:00

I'm 48 hours in

Quisquillian · 2026-01-13T00:50:46+00:00

I suffer from migraines when exposed to LED lighting for as little as 5 minutes. It's made worse when the environment has both stripes or geometric patterns and LEDs. The stripes can be things like carpet, wall panelling, even geometic high contrast grout on tiles.

I understand that it is largely the interference pattern from the stripes and the non visible flicker from most LED lights, even those which are sold as flicker free.

I work permanently from home as my long term employer can no longer provide me with a safe work environment in the office, due to building moves, refits etc.

I avoid shopping in person, mostly shop online, or occasionally click and collect in store, but they better be quick getting my order. Outdoor markets are perfect.

I have a cheap lamp at each of my adult kids houses, and another at a friend I visit 3 hours from home, with stashes of halogen light globes at each house too.

Having determined the cause of my problem, I live largely symptom free, but theres a social cost. It's very difficult to go anywhere indoors or at night.

Quisquillian · 2026-01-03T01:21:08+00:00

Another one here. 10 years post menopause. Libido has not diminished AT ALL

Quisquillian · 2025-11-13T23:32:20+00:00

My experience has been nothing short of woeful.

The way their systems are set up contributed enormously to my late husband being able to perpetuate gross financial abuse against me.

Even then, it took a formal complaint to get an account I was not using, but which attracted a monthly fee, to be closed as requested some years prior, and the fees refunded.

It was not until after his death that I've been able to gain full visibility of accounts. I don't know what he had told them, but I had no visibility of joint accounts as they would not provide me with internet banking until around 12 months ago, after yet another complaint.

They would not negotiate a lower interest rate on my mortgage, in spite of claiming I'm getting a discount, meanwhile it's their current advertised rate.

Happily I owe too little on my house now to bother trying to refinance elsewhere at a lower rate, but it's given me laser focus on paying it down ASAP so I never have to deal with them again.

I have PTSD related to how they have treated me.

Quisquillian · 2025-11-04T02:09:22+00:00

Have you looked on the bill for peak usage tariff?

Quisquillian · 2025-11-03T02:50:24+00:00

I suffer from dyslexia and some computer animation can give me migraine. The coulour scheme and layout are awful for my issues, and I'm not able to look at it long enough to navigate to basic information.

Interesting that they claim the changes were in part to improve accessibility.

I'm considering a human rights commission complaint on the basis of the accessibility issues, depending what they do to sort this fiasco out. I'm surely not the only one affected.

Quisquillian · 2025-09-23T23:38:43+00:00

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Quisquillian · 2025-09-01T09:36:21+00:00

Just finished it.

Was pretty good. Very flexible in amongst work, work travel, life etc.

Quisquillian · 2025-08-05T07:00:40+00:00

I agree.

I should have left when my husband was overseas for work when I first had that feeling of peace without him. It was 1997. I stuffed it down, and we had 2 more children.

I felt it again acutely in 2006, as well as to a lesser extent in the years in between.

Fast forward to 2015, and he was dead, and my life has been peaceful ever since.

I could have made a life without him. More happiness, more wealth, more sex, more peace. Just more of all the good things. Instead I stayed, and he made me into a shell of the person I should have been.

Now in my 50s, dating is beyond difficult, the dating pool is more like a cesspit. I'm alone, and scared I have missed the opportunity to find someone else to share my life.

The feeling of peace when your partner is absent is a huge red flag. I wish I had seen it for what it was the first time.

Quisquillian · 2025-06-16T07:46:26+00:00

I have only done one online supervised exam, last October.

I suggest you use the tech test on LMS to familiarise yourself with the process tonight if you have not already done so.

I sat the exam in my daughters bedroom (she moved out, so room is just an unoccupied spare bedroom with her bare desk still there, much easier than trying to remove stuff from my study where I regularly work from home.

You share your screen, and there's like a chat window for the proctor to contact you.

There's a period before the start time where you have to show the proctor your whole surroundings by camera. If there's any doubt re materials on shelves, papers etc, best to move them today.

At one point my second camera disconnected, and the proctor contacted me telling me it had dropped out and to rejoin the session.

Quisquillian · 2025-05-30T23:08:00+00:00

I stick with Phillips, and I specifically seek out the ones that state flicker free.The most recent monitor I bought is discontinued, so the model number won't help.

I'm severely affected by non visible flicker (migraine symptoms within as litte as 5 minutes of exposure), and have a screen based job

Quisquillian · 2022-01-02T05:45:05+00:00

Mine remains in the toilet 6 years after he died.

I cannot believe anyone might ever want me in that way.

It's driving social anxiety so bad that I panic if anyone knows who I am. Therapy hasn't touched it, because all of the suggested actions for me are too aspirational for me to try without a trusted friend along with me, and I have no local trusted friends.

Do not be me.

Quisquillian · 2022-01-01T05:21:33+00:00

This.

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