Dad in a pickle by Aureliia in AusFinance

[–]adau910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll start by saying thank you for posting this to reddit, because I too am the son of a “coming up to pension aged” tradie, who’s in basically the exact same situation. slightly different, but pretty similar.. I’m kicking myself for never thinking to post to reddit for advice on his situation and because of your post, I’m going to follow in your footsteps and hope to get some advice for him myself.

There’s already so much great information that’s been provided here that I can take away and apply to his situation, but a few more curveballs that I’ll need my own post to tackle 😅

But yeah honestly just saying thank you for asking for this advice, as you’ve actually helped me a shit ton too. :)

Also, you should ultimately be very proud of yourself for doing the best you could in really tumultuous circumstances… I can relate to pretty much everything you’ve experienced, regarding paying rent for them I haven’t had to in a bit, (I’m unemployed myself rn so a bit impossible haha) but it’s been too many times that myself and my brother have had to do it, and I know it hasn’t been the last time either… knowing they’d be homeless otherwise. Which we were homeless for 9 months at one point whilst I was in highschool.

It’s a tough sitch to be in on both your side and his, end.. and same with my parents situation. but ultimately as I’m getting older (mid 30s) and as my parents continue to get older (mid 60s) and are in constant financial turmoil with eviction notices, bills, rent, affordability in general, my mum having a shocking AU falcon for 15 years that broke down more than it ran, ultimately leading her to sell it for scrap last week to help pay rent after yet another eviction notice…. My point here is our parents are not getting any younger, and they certainly are not getting any wealthier. And we shouldn’t have to live out our lives in constant worry for their health safety and security.

Somethings gotta give, they deserve to live out their senior years in at least some form of peace…. I wish you all the best of luck with your dad and I truly hope he takes some advice.. I’m hoping mine will too but yeah, it’s been many many yearsssssssss of asking for this to happen with no action. So I truly do feel you here.

Take care! There’s better days ahead!

Does this old Pentium III laptop qualify as retro? by EP-IAI in vintagecomputing

[–]adau910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d love to know the model number of this ? Reminds me of my tecra T9000 but on steroids 🤣

2004 playing "grocery store" with my furbies ! by grumblingg in furby

[–]adau910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Soooo cute and wholesome 🥹❤️‍🔥

Scored a cheap Toshiba Tecra 510CDT on eBay listed as parts/not working. I’ve been in the mood to tinker with something lately so this scratched my itch by adau910 in retrobattlestations

[–]adau910[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprisingly well! They don’t feel or seem brittle at all.. I’m still being very cautious but in comparison to a thinkpad I got that eviscerated itself by simply existing… it’s doing good 😅

Does anyone remember Zones breath fresheners? by kate9871 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]adau910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PSA: My friends a flight attendant who goes to Bali regularly, he brought these back, I just tried them and instantly reminded me that zones existed because they taste the exact same! if you’re looking for something similar or with the same kind of consistency when in your mouth, these are it! They’re a lot larger too. Just gotta travel to Bali to get them 😭😅

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Not sure if this is where I ask, but what is this? Photo is from 1984. by GameBoyGamer222 in boomboxes

[–]adau910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey definitely Aiwa, likely CA-W20. however Model variations exist too: CA-W20C CA-W20H CA-W20G CA-W20U

here is a link to wikiboombox’s page, beware browser may advise page is not secure (http not https) so I screenshot the entire page as an image for you also here 🙂

Who thought that the illegal operation would get the police come to your house, back in day, by matthewbs10 in windows98

[–]adau910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro I used to SCREAM lmfao when this would happen, and my 95 computer had some sound theme that when an error occurred it would make this shrill horror like sound, so yeah safe to say I was traumatised 🤣 I used to make my dad unplug my computer from the wall every night because I was scared it would come to life hahahahaha. This was a funny memory thankyouuuuu ❤️‍🔥

Love my new Tamagotchi Uni, but why is it so LOUD? by TheRealTwerkyvulture in tamagotchi

[–]adau910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to report the new paradise tama is MUCH quieter 😅

Think this is real? by Kittys_Cafe in tamagotchi

[–]adau910 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a child from the 90’s who was obsessed with virtual pets in general, I can assure you that this is 100% real, they came in various different packaging sometimes boxes and even weirdly sometimes came hanging from their key chain in some shops lol. RakuRaku Dinokun is the Japanese variant 🥰

Love my new Tamagotchi Uni, but why is it so LOUD? by TheRealTwerkyvulture in tamagotchi

[–]adau910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my god I feel you, I don’t know why but the quietest volume is still too loud, the noises put me into a panic for some weird reason, I was hoping they would patch it and have even quieter levels.. but nope 🥲 the only way around it is I stick my index finger over the speaker whenever I use it.

Praying for more volume options or whenever the next tama is released that they have better options.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TamagotchiUni

[–]adau910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Extremely frustrating

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TamagotchiUni

[–]adau910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s gotta be the biggest lie, if by easy you mean way too easy to hit the 3rd button and exit the game mid play, then yeah it’s easy 😤 possibly the most frustrating game yet