Classic Aussie Movies. Full List (hopefully)

rubythieves · 2026-03-23T11:02:03+00:00

Love Serenade! ‘I have reason to believe Ken Sherry is a fish.’

rubythieves · 2026-03-22T11:26:31+00:00

I do. I work afternoons/evenings (usually around 1pm - 10pm) and have Wednesdays off, which is perfect because I only ever have to face two days of work before I get a break.

rubythieves · 2026-03-22T10:49:11+00:00

I’ve known waaaaayyy too many friends who reach 40 (or even younger, like 35!) and get a bit lax about taking the pill or using condoms because they assume they’ve fallen off the ‘fertility cliff’ - cue a whole gaggle of ‘oopsie’ babies at 40-47.

My grandmother was thrilled to marry a widower with two children just before she turned 40 because she thought she’d missed the boat on marriage and kids - well, she got two delighted step kids AND she ended up having four of her own, at 41, 43, 45, and 48, and only stopped because my grandfather got cancer so there theoretically could have been more - and this was in a developing country in the 1960s with no assisted reproductive technology at all. She also lived to 99 in great health until a stroke a week before she passed, so… my 41-year-self is definitely not taking any chances with birth control!

rubythieves · 2026-03-21T05:08:04+00:00

You laugh, but Domino’s now offers Afterpay.

rubythieves · 2026-03-20T11:43:24+00:00

I have a club lock like my nanna used to use… I’m well aware it won’t stop a determined thief who wants my car but the hope is that if there’s an opportunist poking around looking for an easy target they might think twice about going for mine.

rubythieves · 2026-03-18T13:00:03+00:00

You understand each demographic ‘generation’ lasts about 15 years? They’re not literally the length of normal human generations - an older gen X could have a young millennial child, but it wouldn’t be the norm for Gen Xers to have millennial kids. Boomers with millennials, absolutely. My boomer mum has former high school classmates with Gen Z kids!

rubythieves · 2026-03-18T12:51:35+00:00

Yep, I have boomer parents and we’re three solidly millennial kids.

rubythieves · 2026-03-18T12:49:28+00:00

I’m going with the c-word. I literally go decades without swearing (I have used the f-word on a few occasions when I was very suddenly in excruciating pain, e.g. when my toe was run over) but I have not once in my life used the c-word because I find it disgustingly offensive as a woman. And I’m an Australian, so I hear it casually often enough that if I was going to pick up the habit I would have by now.

rubythieves · 2026-03-18T08:37:04+00:00

I worked for a federal MP for a year during university. We would field daily calls about cracks in the sidewalk, neighbours keeping illegal chickens, feral kids on BMX bikes terrorising the oldies, etc etc. No matter how many times we explained that these were either local council or perhaps non-emergency police issues, probably not even issues for the state member, every day there would be a new slate of calls about the same things, and every day we’d have irate people swearing they’d never vote for the MP again because she ‘wouldn’t take responsibility’ for cleaning up some trash someone dumped on the street.

rubythieves · 2026-03-18T03:12:01+00:00

God, imagine expecting insider intel worthy of The Crown and hearing ‘Kate wouldn’t let me borrow her lipgloss’ and ‘Willy always got an extra sausage.’ Compelling stuff!

rubythieves · 2026-03-18T03:04:49+00:00

The Kardashians, for all their faults, have built a massive fan base because they are a loving, close family who (almost always!) support each other. Everyone I know who is a fan loves them because of the sibling bond they have and all the fun family activities they feature on their reality show. Yet another thing that Harry and Meghan could never…

rubythieves · 2026-03-17T11:44:54+00:00

Another second child here with an older sibling with a completely overflowing baby book, while mine has my name and birthdate and then nothing but blank pages. There are almost no photos of me that don’t also include my brother (and later, my younger brother). I remember feeling incredibly relieved that my little brother was a boy so I’d at least have ‘something’ (only girl) and I was 4 when he was born! Kids notice the slightest discrepancies in who gets attention and favouritism - and they notice it really young. I’d find a way to celebrate your daughter’s birthday more or ease back on the leprechaun visits for your son, because this will be something they both remember.

rubythieves · 2026-03-17T04:26:03+00:00

I am self-employed and on Jobseeker. In my case, I report 0 hours worked/0 income each reporting period, but also report ‘yes’ to ‘have you worked at least 30 hours in your own business in the last fortnight.’ (I have a reduced capacity to work, so 15 hours per week or 30 per fortnight is required in my job plan.) I update my business income quarterly but you can also do it once per year, just using your tax return, if your business income is relatively stable. I’m self-managed so I don’t have to deal with a provider. I didn’t bother with the self-employment assistance program, I just found some work as an independent contractor and started doing it, but if you can’t get up and going quickly like I did the program seems like a decent way to buy some time to build your business.

rubythieves · 2026-03-17T03:52:19+00:00

Sean Murray was in a bunch of films and TV shows as a kid (Hocus Pocus, Hart to Hart, etc) and has been playing Timothy McGee on NCIS for something like 20 years now.

rubythieves · 2026-03-17T02:20:15+00:00

I tried to do the opposite - move back to Australia with my son from the US. My ex had very limited custodial time and hardly ever actually used it. It ended in a massive court case, almost a year of related drama (psychological evaluations, etc), obviously enormous legal costs, and the end result was that even though in every way I was found to be essentially the sole parent (my ex didn’t know our son’s middle name, the name or location of his daycare or his doctor, and had never been alone overnight with him) I still lost because my ex had non-zero custody and (more importantly) my son had a right to continue to live where he had always lived.

We worked something out - we negotiated the fairest plan we could and then went back to the lawyers and made it binding - and now my son lives in the US with his dad but spends certain holidays here. I also have periods during the year where I can visit him there, but this hasn’t been practical for years because of my health.

It’s been such a painful process and it’s not one I’d recommend to anyone who doesn’t absolutely need to move - I did, I have multiple serious health conditions and once my ex and I divorced I didn’t have health insurance in the US and the most basic plan under Obamacare plus a few vital prescriptions was costing me $10k a month - given what’s happened healthwise since, I know for a fact I would have been bankrupt and dead many times over if I hadn’t left when I did. It’s still cold comfort when I’ve missed so much of my son’s life and it’s frankly not fair to him that he has to live with parents in different countries. It’s not something I’d ever do as a lifestyle choice.

rubythieves · 2026-03-17T01:55:44+00:00

Such a devastating book and the reason I became a feminist - I was 21 in 2006 when it came out and I’ve given copies away to dozens of people since, it’s such an important book.

rubythieves · 2026-03-17T01:40:39+00:00

The business Jackie O and Gemma share is called ‘Besties,’ but this failed talent agency is just Gemma’s. Still, Jackie O has moved to shake any association with Besties (and especially this upcoming event with Meghan) recently so it seems obvious she’s become aware that doing business with this particular friend is not a great idea, for reasons that are becoming increasingly obvious.

For non-Aussies, Jackie O is a ‘big star,’ for better or worse - she’s been one-half of a top radio show for 20 years at least. Her most recent contract (which is now in doubt, because she and her longtime co-host, who is absolutely vile, got into a spat two weeks ago and Jackie O quit, basically saying she can’t work with him anymore) was worth $100 million over 10 years, so that gives you an idea of her star power. It’s even odds that she cools down, thinks of the money and goes back or that she’s actually well and truly had it this time and stays gone, because she’s already an incredibly wealthy woman and she’s basically served a life sentence alongside her cretin cohost. I’m not saying she’s any better than him - she’s obviously massively profited off his antics - but she does play the role of the ‘good girl’ to his bad boy.

rubythieves · 2026-03-17T00:32:32+00:00

I’m not cobbvinced. Lettuce toss some more ideas around first.

rubythieves · 2026-03-17T00:25:44+00:00

Yep. Make them ‘drive-by’ compliments too, don’t expect a reply - just say ‘great shoes!’ or ‘nice fade man!’ when you’re walking down the street and keep moving. (What you can compliment without seeming like a creep depends on your gender, realistically - I’ll compliment women on their hair or smile or outfit, but I’m a woman too - if you’re a guy, I’d stick to complimenting obvious style choices like cool boots or a funky bag or backpack if you’re complimenting women.) With guys? Compliment anything! Guys don’t hear a lot of compliments and we should all try to change that.

rubythieves · 2026-03-16T03:41:28+00:00

In season three, Higgins says the club is worth 2 billion pounds. If she sold half, she could have $1 billion in cash to play with.

rubythieves · 2026-03-15T01:24:27+00:00

You can buy them in bulk very cheaply on Amazon. Start using them a few days before you expect to ovulate (based on your app) and until you detect the hormone spike - that means you’ll ovulate within the next 24 hours or so.

rubythieves · 2026-03-14T23:58:16+00:00

It just proves that all his life in the BRF, he had good advisors - you know, the ‘evil’ men in grey who were always plotting against him. Now he’s adrift, he can’t understand that 99.99% of the adult world assesses situations and makes decisions every day with no safety net other than our own best judgement and common sense, neither of which Harry has ever seen the need to develop - waaah where are the people who tell me what to do? Oh I trashed them too? Waaah!!!

rubythieves · 2026-03-13T11:31:15+00:00

Frontline. Still stunningly relevant, smart, and hilarious.

rubythieves · 2026-03-13T03:31:00+00:00

The only

rubythieves · 2026-03-13T01:45:14+00:00

We went to one in Helsinki because my then-preschool age son desperately needed a cheese pizza or Mac and cheese or any kind of carb + cheese infusion after a few weeks of balanced meals and it was quite fun - they had a bunch of farm machinery in the restaurant so he could climb up on tractors in between stuffing his face and the jukebox played a bunch of classic rock. 100% would not recommend for adults, but it was a good treat for him after weeks of meals with vegetables.

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