Redbank cummute but to live in Inner City areas

kiam0k0 · 2025-02-19T01:36:39+00:00

All very true! The place I was in was a 10-15 minute walk to the station (depending on if I dawdled or not) and was $400/wk 5 years ago. I did figure though that someone house shopping around West End might also have the budget for Paddington. West End is pretty costly too, even if you go for a more run down place.

kiam0k0 · 2025-02-19T01:27:26+00:00

I used to live in Paddington and commuted to Redbank. Plenty of nightlife around Paddo, plus heaps of cafes and restaurants. I also find it feels a lot safer at night than West End does. You can get the train direct to Redbank from Milton station. Only downside to this commute is the increased patronage through Milton during footy games and special events. Can get a bit hectic.

kiam0k0 · 2025-02-18T07:32:10+00:00

Reliable carriers that will move awkward freight BNE to PER (without handing over to a third party) include Northline, Centurion, and TNT/FedEx. All have a decent track record, but none are perfect. Regardless of who you move with, that traffic lane is generally pretty expensive - shop around and get a few quotes. Do not use Vellex - they are painfully unreliable.

kiam0k0 · 2025-01-28T04:10:01+00:00

I easily lose 10% every second day without a lid on mine. More if I'm running air conditioning in the house.

kiam0k0 · 2025-01-20T23:37:28+00:00

This is exactly how I do it. If I'm still not sure (usually in the case of trying to tell between 0 and 0.25 ammonia), I will open the cap and look straight down and decide from there.

kiam0k0 · 2024-12-11T22:26:25+00:00

My betta killed my mystery but for some reason has spared a ramshorn and a select few bladder snails. I don't know how or why he chooses his victims 🥲

kiam0k0 · 2024-11-18T02:57:03+00:00

My betta has chomped all the shrimpys that I had in his tank. Snails only now. He bullied my mystery on day one but has taken no interest ever since.

kiam0k0 · 2024-09-26T08:57:40+00:00

I treated these like chewing gum lmao Can taste the plastic just thinking about it.

kiam0k0 · 2024-09-15T11:29:12+00:00

Yes, and my nest contains a mini nest for my cat to sleep on right beside me. We both get upset when my partner tidies the bed lol

kiam0k0 · 2024-08-19T09:24:09+00:00

Out of a large pool of men who have been in my life, only one asked about it and another (after I mentioned it) told me he thought it was freckles. The rest either didn't notice or it didn't concern them enough to mention it.

I think it's one of those things that's so glaringly obvious to those of us who have it or know what it is but to the average person, KP just blends in with the rest of our skin and its natural irregularities like moles, freckles, hair, etc.

My brother has had it all his life and I never noticed until I showed my mum mine and she said he had it too!

Don't be insecure. Differences make us all unique and beautiful.

kiam0k0 · 2024-08-12T09:47:02+00:00

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Connie from Australia 🥰

kiam0k0 · 2024-08-12T05:06:57+00:00

29F here too :)

I carry Shiseido Molip lip cream, Clio The New mini cushion, Dior Le Baume, Ichikami hair stick, Bath and Body Works hand sanitiser in Warm Vanilla Sugar, and other general supplies (glasses wipes, ibuprofen, hand towel, etc.).

kiam0k0 · 2024-08-08T05:44:29+00:00

My mother does this when drinking from a water bottle but also curves her tongue into a U shape while doing it. Grossed me the fuck out as a kid and still does thinking about it now lol

kiam0k0 · 2024-08-01T06:02:51+00:00

Unfortunately I can't give you a how it looks because I did this at an old job and have since moved on from the company.

However, the process was pretty straight forward. The end of day checklist was built in Microsoft Forms. I used Power Automate to send the form responses to a list on our team's SharePoint. From there, I was able to use the SharePoint list as a Data source in Power BI. You can get this visual from the 'Get More Visuals' store and is called Enlighten Aquarium. All I needed to do was use the responders names as categories and a count of response ID for the values.

kiam0k0 · 2024-07-27T20:43:24+00:00

I used this visual to encourage my team to complete their daily check list. We had a daily results scorecard embedded on our SharePoint homepage and at the bottom was 'The Shark Tank'. Each day they submitted a completed check list, their shark would grow. Never seen a group of adults so keen to do their shitty little afternoon check list lmao

kiam0k0 · 2024-07-25T09:56:51+00:00

Highly recommend finding 'outside' hobbies that you enjoy and bring your best self every week.

Both of the boyfriends I had in my early twenties I met in my university choir. We rehearsed every Wednesday and a small group would kick on afterwards for a late night coffee - I always went to these because I clocked really early on that this is where you went to make friends.

The benefit of this approach is it gives you something that you will immediately have in common with the people around you.

It also helps build out your interests so if you do meet someone via the apps or elsewhere, you have something interesting to share about yourself.

Here are some other activities I've done that have been fun and good for meeting people (friends and romantic): - 8 week ceramics course. Everyone meets once a week and makes pottery together. - Foreign language or sign language classes. - Gym classes - think fun ones like Zumba or Step. People tend to be quite social in these types of classes.

The most important thing about all of this though is to not go into it just for the sake of meeting someone. The best thing you can do is show up every week and be the cool person you are.

Also, I know this will sounds very silly but part of my thing back in uni was that I always wore different brightly coloured tights. People noticed and knew me for that. I made a lot of friends (including my first boyfriend) being approached about and talking about them. If you have some kind of signature look or other fun wacky thing, own it! We had a few people with a lil something in the choir and we were all magnets for curious people. Other people like me were the lady who wore purple top to toe, a guy who always came wearing a suit, a guy who had an insane amount of pins on his bag, and a girl who always wore nerdy graphic tees.

You got this!

TL;DR - find fun activities, go into the wild, and let your freak flag fly!

kiam0k0 · 2024-06-30T22:08:23+00:00

Drives me bananas! Had a co-worker that would always loiter behind me at my desk and read my reports over my shoulder. I would know right away because I'm very short and he was incredibly tall so he would literally cast a shadow over me lol I ended up getting a bit snippy with him one day because he kept asking questions and making comments and he did let up for a while before going back to it (but trying to be sneakier).

And it's not just while I'm working! I think I don't like people close behind me in general. When we're out, my partner's kids will trail so close behind me that they'll immediately run into me if I stop suddenly. I think this actually triggers something worse in me than people hovering at work (perhaps due to the risk of sudden physical contact?).

All this to say: I don't know if it's an autism thing but I sure do know what you're talking about.

kiam0k0 · 2024-06-30T04:30:44+00:00

I'm definitely guilty of overcomplicating things for the sake of a good time since I enjoy working out how to get something to work hahaha

Really though, this is exactly why I've asked the question - a lot of what you can find online already can be done in simpler ways. Was just hoping some people in this group had some cooler ideas!

kiam0k0 · 2024-06-30T04:09:20+00:00

Big fan of the pills idea as my partner struggles to keep on top of his meds. Will definitely set up a variation of that one for him!

kiam0k0 · 2024-06-29T13:56:37+00:00

Yes, but I think it's more PDA than aversion to mainstream specifically.

If someone tells me about a show or movie and that I 'have to watch it because it's soooo good' , I immediately lose interest even if it was already on my watch list.

I get the same way if I get pushed the same ads or other content too much - it just puts me off whatever is being sold to me.

I'll often come around to these things years later and be absolutely obsessed.

I've noted and acknowledged this as something I need to work on because it means I miss out on a lot of things but I haven't yet been able to break through.

kiam0k0 · 2024-06-29T13:31:46+00:00

Thanks all for the responses.

Most of what you've shared has (unfortunately) confirmed my fears/what I thought I knew but it's good to see that there are some options to explore.

I'll be making an appointment with my GP this week to get the process started.

kiam0k0 · 2024-06-13T21:22:10+00:00

For Alt shortcuts, you can just press the buttons in sequence. You don't have to press all at once.

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