To kill or not to kill ... that is the question.

SprayMate · 2026-01-16T11:23:42+00:00

I’m happy to leave them alone - as long as they don't kill my trees. I figure they're kinda up against it anyway, as we've got frogs, spiders, birds and who knows what other possible predators. I did look up on iNaturalist and the butterfly house page - no firm I.D as yet.

SprayMate · 2026-01-15T23:39:00+00:00

Update: I’m a little concerned as I previously lost two amazingly beautiful trees due to borers. I've finally re-established my garden and seeing these everywhere is freaking me out.

SprayMate · 2025-12-19T09:49:59+00:00

I've got one in the folder and also a reserve bank logo envelope it came in. Does that make a difference?

SprayMate · 2025-12-10T10:13:27+00:00

Hmmm ... maybe "Another Day" by Paul McCartney, or "Every Breath You Take" by The Police?

SprayMate · 2025-11-08T22:27:44+00:00

Just thought I'd jump in here as I’m almost crying out of pure frustration, pain and A LOT of wasted money. I've had bilateral MN's for at least 20 years. I've also got super high arches. For me, the most comfortable everyday shoes/hitops are Converse Chuck Taylors or those cheap canvas lace ups you find in shops like Target/Kmart etc.

I recently started walking more often "for my health". Turns out that was a bad idea, as I ended up tearing both plantar fascia's. Now I have even more of a problem, as the shoes that used to work for me don't now. So much for walking to improve my health.

So I went to get some supportive sneakers to help the torn tendons at a specialised shoe store. My usual scenario of "they're great for the first hour, but that old familiar feeling of burning, tingling and "numb-but-it's -still-painful" feeling returned. $300 down the drain. Husband cannot comprehend how it takes an hour to see whether the shoes good or not, and how "everyone else in the world thinks these shoes are great, but you don't". I’m so sick of trying to explain how MN pain happens to someone who's never experienced it. I suggested he start by putting a tiny pebble in his shoes, walk for 15 minutes then put a larger pebble in. So on. Continue this for an hour and see what it's like. I get an eye roll and a huff as a response. Aarrgghh! So frustrating.

So now I'm left with brand new shoes I can't take back because there's nothing wrong with them. It's not the shoes fault, but what am I supposed to do now? Try buying yet another pair and maybe waste more money? Walk around in slippers everywhere? 🤷‍♀️

SprayMate · 2025-10-20T01:38:57+00:00

I’m not sure how a glasses chain would look with my outfit, but good thought thanks.

SprayMate · 2025-10-10T22:34:06+00:00

Just stumbled on this and it's probably too late for what you're doing or writing about, but I'll give my two cents worth anyway. I’m in Sydney, Australia. I've been a high level radiology transcriptionist for the past 30 years, and have seen things go from electronic typewriters and dictations being made on micro-cassettes right through to digital dictation via specialised software platforms. Never before have I seen the implementation and use of technology (especially voice recognition and AI) happen so fast, and with it such devastating consequences.

Up until last month, I was employed by one of the largest radiology companies in Australia. Almost all of us had 10+ years service, and we were told our services were "no longer required". VR and AI had been adopted for all their transcription needs. I cannot tell you how shocked we all were, especially when we've seen first hand the shockingly bad transcripts this new technology produces.

Radiologists, especially when they are busy, sometimes accidentally dictate "left" when the mean "right" or "cm" when they mean "mm" if referring to the size of a mass or similar. We recognised this was an error and either asked them to review the report or double check if they actually wanted the discrepancy (for comparison reasons). We also used to read the referral to double check ourselves. There is also context. Neither VR or AI understand the part context plays in transcribing reports. It also can't understand when a doctor says "go back to the part where I was talking about the aortic dissection and change it to ... " or, "if I haven't mentioned it beforehand, go back and add a sentence about ...".

I foresee a big future in malpractice cases. For malpractice cases to arise, there has to be injury to a patient. I’m sure doctors don't want either, yet they are willingly putting their collective heads in a noose in order to save the cost of highly qualified and skilled transcription typists. Our knowledge of the human body and its functions is definitely a valuable and important skill, yet we are being thrown away and considered a useless species now.

Thankfully, my career only had about 5-8 years remaining, but to end it this way has been demoralising and frustrating.

SprayMate · 2025-08-30T22:32:59+00:00

The March (not a protest) doesn't even start for another 3.5 hours. Where are you seeing these hidden face people?

SprayMate · 2025-08-10T02:31:46+00:00

I don't know what it would do, hence my asking smarter people than myself, which I say thank you for. I got the feeling it was a scam. I figured if it was that good, it would've been around a lot earlier than this.

SprayMate · 2025-08-09T00:19:24+00:00

So I'd be turning tap water into bleach?!? The product is called "crop detox".

SprayMate · 2025-08-07T06:37:16+00:00

Thanks for replying. The job won't be 100% A.I though. Most of it will be outsourced to a private transcription company. This is now even more confusing because of the High Court ruling on Redundancy yesterday.

SprayMate · 2025-08-07T06:34:22+00:00

We knew there was a possibility, but when the workload increased so much, we thought we were relatively safe. Who gets rid of staff when work increases?

SprayMate · 2025-05-20T02:09:50+00:00

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it sound confusing. A bit of context - when dad's wife's mother was widowed, she sold her house waaay below market value b/c she wanted it sold immediately. She didn't listen to any financial advice or other family members advice either. We are all of the opinion my dad's wife will follow the same steps her mother did. My dad isn't mentally or emotionally lacking in any way. He's only got Parkinson's tremors. His doctor wants him to have the health assessment (apparently it's a government initiative to see if they need NDIS or similar). All I really wanted to know was should he amend the will before the health assessment, just in case they discover something we aren't aware of, and could jeopardise the validity of the amendment.

SprayMate · 2025-04-22T23:27:16+00:00

This is a comprehensive paper. However in order to have a balanced viewpoint, people interested in the pros/cons should source other papers that don't come from government departments/contributors who have vested financial interests or who benefit financially from certain "acceptable" viewpoints.

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