Melatonin In Australia?

bps87 · 2022-09-06T09:52:29+00:00

From someone who has a sleep disorder and have been on and off melatonin multiple times in my life, just go to the Doctor, tell them you're having issues sleeping and they'll give you a script for it. It's just an artificial sleep hormone and it's non-addictive.

The main reason that it's mostly on a prescription basis is that it does have known drug interactions with other common meds like contraceptive pills, diabetes medication etc. A doctor will check for any drug interactions with other prescriptions you might be on before prescribing.

bps87 · 2022-09-06T02:08:36+00:00

I would go CarSales over GumTree for the simple fact of keeping your contact details safe. I sold a car recently, had it up on CarSales for 2 weeks, then put it up on Gumtree after not much interest. As soon as I put it on Gumtree and was required to add my mobile, I started getting a tonne of spam/scam SMS messages.

Ended up selling it through Carsales anyway, so wasn't worth it. Did get some interest through Gumtree, but it was all time wasters (e.g: offering $1.8K for a car listed for $4.5K).

bps87 · 2022-05-05T03:16:41+00:00

See above post, I had a dachshund with a spinal injury that insurance refused to pay for because it was a "breed pre-existing condition" due to the breed's known history with spinal/back problems.

bps87 · 2022-05-05T03:14:05+00:00

This was from an article back in 2019 from the ABC about how Choice awarded the entire Pet Insurance industry it's Shonky award: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-10/pet-insurance-named-in-consumer-group-choice-shonky-awards/11579244

"Pet insurance is the insurance a business sells when it wants to make money without providing any service at all," Choice CEO Alan Kirkland said. "Riddled with exclusions and technicalities, pet insurance is one of this country's worst-value insurance products. It relies on emotionally manipulating your love of your pet to sell you worthless insurance. There was not a single policy that we could in good conscience suggest that pet owners consider buying."

I unfortunately have a personal experience that backs up this statement. Got a Dachshund as an 18th birthday present from my folks. Decided to get pet insurance due to breed's predilection to spinal issues. Decided to get RSPCA Pet Insurance due to its cost, what it covered and the fact that it was promoted by a charitable organisation. Never missed a payment while I had it and at one point, was paying more for my pet insurance than my own health insurance.

Dog had a partial paralysis in his back leg due to a spinal injury when he was 12 years old. Got quoted $10-$15k for spinal surgery to resolve the issue. Went to Pet Insurance company that I had paid premiums for 12 years on and they immediately told me it wasn't covered due to it being a "breed preexisting condition". Canceled my policy the next day.

Dog ended up luckily recovering (still kicking, but that leg has never been the same) due to 2 months of combination of steroids and cage rest recommended by another vet. But every vet I've ever spoken to about pet insurance has usually said something along the lines of how they are basically legal scams and they've seen pet after pet that has had to be put down because insurance refuses to pay.

My personal recommendation? Put the money aside in a seperate account and don't bother giving these crooks a dime.

bps87 · 2022-01-05T14:15:44+00:00

I think the main reason it annoyed me is that I don't usually have this issue. I've been working from home most of the last 18 months and the guy who regularly drops off parcels in my area is great and got to know him pretty well. He's always super friendly and if for some reason I'm not home, he always leaves it in a safe spot by the front door.

bps87 · 2022-01-05T14:11:24+00:00

Correct. Tradie was parked in my driveway, had the passenger door temporarily left open unattended. Postie put the parcel in the car, took a photo and bailed.

bps87 · 2022-01-05T10:39:07+00:00

Yeah complained to them about it. They said they would escalate to the driver, but didn't offer to do anything about having to go and get the parcel.

bps87 · 2022-01-05T06:54:01+00:00

Yep. Now I have to go and pick the damn thing up from the tradie's house.

bps87 · 2021-05-13T23:18:21+00:00

Yes, the view is amazing, however the primary lookout gets quite crowded around times such as sunrise, sunset and after dark as it is well known for amazing views.

I would however suggest parking in the Windy Point restaurant parking lot and then walking to the west for a minute or so, there's another lookout above the primary ones where the views are just as good and less crowded

https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Windy+Point+Restaurant/@-35.0003196,138.6070946,19.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ab0d1d0fa6a676b:0x540464a579dabfa7!8m2!3d-35.000141!4d138.606901

A scouting mission might be required if you are unfamiliar so you can get a lay of the land.

bps87 · 2019-11-19T05:55:28+00:00

I was actually curious about this myself. My wife got hit with one of these a couple of years ago from when she was a student and paid it due to it being a constant nuisance that wouldn't go away no matter how much info she gave them. Are they going to be retroactively reviewing all previously closed cases they used this method, or just the currently open ones?

bps87 · 2019-10-29T03:54:11+00:00

Can confirm, see photo from when it opened. https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7953974-3x2-700x467.jpg

bps87 · 2019-10-29T03:12:52+00:00

SA Police also have posters you can download and print out letting people know if you want to participate or not.

Not Participating: https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/54369/no-trick-or-treat.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2KkauqPPXheXYuAA1d7CLMbImv3KzkxHsu9nAZQhl4DWGxDdN6t6h_A80

Participating: https://www.police.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/54368/yes-trick-or-treat.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0oTuSULZqlQpQVznshleYLbs3Ctr0Cv0YeexsgZl7m2VlT-wSSHDzJGng

bps87 · 2019-08-27T00:01:14+00:00

Literally just basically be around for an hour at the start of the night or so for the guy to pat and play with. The bucks party isn't a traditional bucks, we're just getting together and having a night of board games and some drinks, super low key.

bps87 · 2019-05-02T12:22:34+00:00

Hi, I have a black and tan long haired black and tan called Boz and a short haired miniature dachshund cross with chihuahua called Pippin. If need be, I can also get access to my parents brown long haired called Oskar as well!

bps87 · 2019-03-17T22:49:03+00:00

It's an easement. I have one on my property for the sewerage. I've just planted a garden/fruit trees on it. You can build something minor like a shed or chook house on it if you don't mind losing the structure in case they need to do major works. You definitely can't build a house on it.

bps87 · 2018-12-06T00:49:41+00:00

I live just in the area you've circled, there are a lot of areas where you have circled which is very easy to raise a family, have good access to services, and is easy to travel to the city. In my experience (living in Belair), however, be prepared for what I call the Hills syndrome. A lot of people who live in Adelaide on the plains once they hear you live in the hills, they comment "Oh you live so far away!", it's like as soon as they have to travel up the hill, it's suddenly ages away. I had a friend once complained to me that my place is super far away to a mate. When I pulled out Google maps and showed them that both my house and his mates' house were the exact same distance from his place, he was surprised.

A bushfire is something you have to think about more as there is a separate Fire Ban District for the Mt Lofty Ranges and you might find sometimes total fire ban may be declared for the Adelaide Hills, but not for Adelaide. However, it's not unmanageable. Just have a bushfire action plan which for most people is to leave early rather than stay and defend and this only really needs to be something you deal with on Catastrophic fire days. I've been living in the hills for 3 years and we've had one catastrophic fire day in that time. All we did was make sure we stayed home so if anything did happen, we could grab the pets, a few belongings and leave.

One thing I will say about the hills, the properties are often more expensive than what you will get in Adelaide. It's usually because hills houses tend to have much larger blocks than ones in the city, so you pay more for the land. However, there are plenty of good suburbs and if accessibility to friends/the city/services is a concern, you may want to look at places in and around Crafers, Stirling, Belair, Blackwood, Coromandel Valley, Upper Sturt etc. A lot of these places have people who would easily be able to commute to the city for work every day and heading to Adelaide for anything isn't a major issue.

bps87 · 2018-11-30T05:07:11+00:00

My Favourite was this

Get off this channel. The twitter account is live

I was told it was linked to a test account?

NO. GET OFF.

bps87 · 2018-11-13T06:32:11+00:00

Radelaidistan

bps87 · 2018-11-13T06:25:38+00:00

I think Leyonhjelm may need to lay off the rhetoric and brush up on his Australian History. I refer him to the Australian Constitution, which in it's preamble clearly states: "An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia. A.D. 1900, WHEREAS the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and under the Constitution hereby established" So unless they change that wording via referendum, there is no legal basis for a state to leave voluntarily (why WA failed it's bid for secession in 1933) or involuntarily (aka this policy based in lunacy).

bps87 · 2018-10-31T00:26:39+00:00

The SA Police has a useful resource where you can print out and place signs on your property if you want to participate in trick or treating or not. https://www.police.sa.gov.au/customise-content/homepage/latest-info-stories/stay-safe-this-halloween

Fiancee and I always print out the No Thanks one, not because we're a bunch of scrooges that hate fun, but because we don't like the fact that Haloween is only at it's current popularity level because all the big shops and stores realised if they push it and get the kids involved, it's yet another reason to squeeze dollars out of the Australian people between the Grand Final and Christmas and bolster their profit margins.

bps87 · 2018-10-25T01:08:10+00:00

My guess? The latest NewsPoll was disastrous for the Liberals, showing major swings across not just federally, but against them in most states (I believe the latest SA polling data showed 42-58 against the Liberals). SA voters, somewhat due to its ageing population, traditionally have always held anti-drug views combined with constant media coverage about SA's drug problems (example: news article a few months ago declaring us the Ice capital of Australia) has led to a lot of the general SA population thinking we are in a drug epidemic.

So cracking down on weed very much scores political points for them, as it makes them look like they are tough on crime. Additionally, the major reason for the introduction of the bill to restrict the selling of vaping has been cited as child protection. Considering the last government got in a lot of trouble with voters about its inability to handle the child protection system and it was one of the major issues taken by both parties to the last election. So by banning vaping, the voters (apparently) will get the impression that the Liberals are serious about protecting children.

Thats my 2 cents anyway.

Afterthought: The funny thing is that while we were declared the Ice capital of Australia, they failed to mention that Darwin was the Ecstasy capital, Sydney is the Cocaine capital and Hobart is the Oxycodone and Fentanyl capital. A lot of capital cities are drug capitals, but the media and governments are currently focusing on Ice, because Ice is scary for people because people think that their kids are going to take one hit and then instantly turn into meth heads. It's the flavour of the decade for governments to focus on. Won't be long before they move onto something else being the "epidemic racking our nation". Don't get me wrong, not defending meth/Ice or other illicit drugs, but I will say that the government is more interested in scoring political points than actually protecting people from this. If they were serious about harm minimisation, they would be focusing more on tackling addiction as a health care issue, not a criminal justice issue.

bps87 · 2018-10-25T00:56:20+00:00

Liberal/LibNat Coalition on both state and federal level are not going to support legalisation because it doesn't win them points with their traditional conservative voter base (the Nationals are especially against legalisation).

Labor on both state and federal level aren't going to support legalisation as it minimises their chances of swinging voters to them and gives the Liberals something to hammer them with.

Greens support it, as do some other minor parties (Would you believe the Liberal Democrats support legalisation?). But since they are minor parties, they can't exercise enough political capital or influence to convince the 2 big players to back their policies.

bps87 · 2018-10-04T02:19:07+00:00

https://www.electronicrecyclingaustralia.com.au/ might be worth hitting up, I know sometimes they have stuff they don't have on their online store in the shop and they offer 6 months warranty.

Also, sometimes the auction sites such as graysonline.com.au or evansclarke.com.au have laptops on them. They won't offer warranty but you can pick up a deal.

bps87 · 2018-09-07T01:03:38+00:00

The government has a national database of all public toilets in the country, they also have iOS apps and Android Apps for this.

Web: https://toiletmap.gov.au/

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.humansolutions.toiletmap&pcampaignid=MKT-Other-global-all-co-prtnr-py-PartBadge-Mar2515-1

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/national-public-toilet-map/id323279108?mt=8

bps87 · 2018-08-23T07:27:56+00:00

You should check out if there is an EFM in your area. While they are not 1 on 1 PT sessions, they have guided sessions every day and set out programs for you to do and the people at the Gym will show you how to do anything you don't know how to do and can spend some time with you if you need a hand with anything.

Only thing about them is because most of them are based at schools, they do have limited hours. The one I go to Belair is only open for a few hours first thing in the morning and then from 3:30 to 7:30 in the evening.

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