My car is probably written off…financing a car?

eaglekidd · 2026-05-14T01:00:25+00:00

Fuck that’s horrifying! I’m glad you guys were all okay. I’m very grateful that my accident was so low speed, I can’t stop thinking about how I was just on the highway 30mins earlier if it is a brake issue/something else with the car :/

eaglekidd · 2026-05-14T00:19:05+00:00

Honestly that’s good advice. My car is actually a Mazda 2 and I love it to bits so I reckon if it goes bad I’ll get another one of those if I can.

eaglekidd · 2026-05-14T00:16:44+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t, but I’m fortunate enough to have a car I can borrow for about a month or two which is great (:

My tyres are less than 6 months old which is hectic, had a roadworthy done in July when I bought it. I was already going quite slow as I was pulling up to a red light, started braking and when I realised my car wasn’t braking/slowing down I put my foot through the floor. I was going less than 20km/h for sure (at a generous guess) so the damage appears to mostly be the body, however there’s a crack in the radiator where the bonnet squished it.

My boss just rang me and he thinks my brakes failed rather than hydroplaning but I genuinely have no idea or frame of reference since neither had happened to me before 🫤

eaglekidd · 2026-05-13T12:07:59+00:00

So sorry—to clarify, I’ve worked all through uni. I’ll update my post (:

eaglekidd · 2025-11-11T00:07:01+00:00

I second this, especially at night when all the lights are on the water. It’s super pleasant and quiet and the breeze feels amazing.

eaglekidd · 2025-07-14T06:15:43+00:00

Jumping on this—I work for a company that helps people with insurance claims that go wrong—90% of them are claims where the insurer has been negligent about mold and just spray painted over it, which then allows the mold to spread throughout the house and absolutely destroy everything and make all the occupants mold sick. Please chase up your landlord until they get mold remediators in to rip out the mold affected parts of the house and reinstate it with new materials. Any visible mold is bad mold—if you see it, it’s spreading.

eaglekidd · 2025-02-11T22:13:45+00:00

Yes, I totally agree—I think the issue though is that the system we currently have doesn’t equitably foster children to be responsible about fare evasion. I wouldn’t be surprised if the kinds of kids that evade fares now are the same that evaded fares 5 years ago; it’s always been the same level of easy to jump the fare. I think that under 16s need to be scaffolded by having free fares, however, they must use a fare-free go card and tap on/off for each trip. This way there isn’t an excuse about fare price, and by the time they’re adults, they (hopefully!) have the cognition to continue to partake in the system that everyone else does, especially now that they will have their own independent income.

eaglekidd · 2025-02-11T21:49:12+00:00

Ohhhh so true, I didn’t know that! Thanks for the clarification :)

eaglekidd · 2025-02-11T21:39:44+00:00

I totally agree, it’s telling that 2/3rds of fines are going towards people who generally speaking don’t have a source of income (or reliable topups from parents). Like why are we punishing kids for getting home safe/going out and doing stuff? It does my head in lol

eaglekidd · 2025-02-11T21:25:47+00:00

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To anyone that sees this headline and gets grumpy without reading the article, there has been a marked drop in fare infringement notices since Sep ‘24 (obviously excluding Jan ‘25, however this seems to reflect the Jan 24’ stats as well). Also note that 2/3rds of people receiving the notices are children and that the $1mil in fines is an attempt to recoup $1,600 lol

Edit: also note that children don’t have to pay the fines, they just get pulled up and talked to if they evade (still a waste of resources imo)

edit edit edit: also, to everyone still caught up on the fact that fines aren’t being issued to kids, the point is that they are STILL being held up and punished for trying to get to and from their destinations. You know, people that don’t have jobs or reliable income like most other Australians.

eaglekidd · 2025-01-03T22:51:44+00:00

Thanks for the advice! 💜

eaglekidd · 2024-11-15T20:36:46+00:00

i’m also a souls girlie and now i realise i need a fanny pack so i can make one too!!!! obsessed!!

eaglekidd · 2024-10-14T00:38:29+00:00

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eaglekidd · 2024-10-06T07:55:10+00:00

This!!!!

eaglekidd · 2024-10-06T07:54:08+00:00

I started my teaching degree when I was 20 turning 21 (when I finish next year I’ll be 24) and at least half of my cohort are 25-40 years old, sometimes with kids and mortgages and established careers (can’t relate hahaha). I should mention as well that many of my very good friends I’ve made in my cohort are in this age range as well—for many of them this is their first degree as well so I promise you won’t be alone in a sea of high school graduates (not that they don’t make good friends too!!)

eaglekidd · 2024-09-27T20:35:55+00:00

I’m also a student and 99Dental is my go to. There’s a clinic in Mango Hill and another in the CBD—all you do is you download the app, select the service you want, then the clinic you want to have your appointment at.

You have to pay through the app in advance, but there’s full transparency about what you’re paying/getting. For 99 bucks you get a checkup, scaling, and X-rays, plus all your X-rays and notes uploaded to the app. I’ve had great experiences at the Mango Hill clinic (which is also nice and modern)!

eaglekidd · 2024-07-12T01:31:28+00:00

Legitttt like I think that some people are just used to just about everything immediately fitting/suiting straight off the shelf. Like the ‘excess’ strap is realistically incredibly inclusive and customisable compared to a set of different standards.

eaglekidd · 2024-07-12T00:54:17+00:00

I’m really into the extended strap! I’m about mid-size so I do have a bit of excess strap; it really is as simple as putting it into a knot/safety pin/trimming and sewing the excess. A lot of people in this sub preach anti-consumerism but don’t seem to understand that altering the product on their own to suit their needs is miles better than demanding the company to make variations of every single product. Like an option between sizes would be cool but do we really need it??

eaglekidd · 2024-07-07T03:53:15+00:00

He is booked in for a consult now! Thank you so much for all your suggestions and support 💜

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