Geez! I hate that!

[MITCHAY]

I went to the shops in my Uggs. I was a bit iffy on wearing them because it was wet but I ****ed around and found out.

As soon as stepped through the door onto the tiles, I had crazy legs and was quickly on the floor, luckily on the knees and shins and not on my **** and head bouncing off it. I need re-treads

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

After finally building up the courage to give my very first blood donation a few months back (altho I do wonder why I waited so long, I had nothing to fear!), I was looking forward to continuing the habit.

A few weeks back, I decided I would donate plasma this time around as you can donate plasma more frequently than whole blood, and it's a more versatile product. To do this, I donate whilst I am on site as the nearest town to work has a dedicated centre that takes plasma donations, whereas the bus that comes to my home town only takes whole blood.

As part of the screening process, they run you through all of the potential side effects, with one of them being dizziness. I discussed with the attendant about my hearing loss and the subsequent dizziness and that my dizziness had got worse since having had covid.

She was reluctant to take my donation given the potential risks and asked me to call the 1300 number to discuss my circumstances with one of the Red Cross nurses.

I did that Tuesday, only to have her say that they won't take any donations from me in the future due to my dizziness issues and the risk of something happening after giving a donation: either plasma or whole blood.

I get the cautious approach, but I am super bummed that I was only able to give one donation. I should have started years ago, well before I lost my hearing.

[jaydee]

I needed plasma a few years ago, since then my daughter donates about twice a year, so thankyou to everyone that donates.
They also need dog plasma at vets so if you have a healthy dog and prepared to do it.

[Citroënbender]

Ferreting about deep in my “good scrap” pile by torchlight to try reading part numbers on the cats there, chipped top of my scalp with the sharp corner of a large panel cut. You know it’s a decent wound when the pointy object has skin/hair stuck on it…

[xkxlxm]

Today, car ahead had tons, tons of time to stop for red light but went through, turning left (100% on the red light). Would love to be a cop sometimes ...................

[ford71V8]

Wife got clipped at a roundabout this afternoon, well the Territory did.
Driver drove off leaving her parked assessing the damage.
Bit of a rub on rear bumper and left rear mudflap has been torn... thats quite thick plastic at that point so Im chalking this up as Lucky, Coulda been worse.
Still ****s me though.

[DFB FGXR6]

Realizing I had been drinking decaf all day. No wonder I was tired!

[DFB FGXR6]

One of my clients had his kayak stolen last night from his front yard, which was brought home in preparation for the floods.

As if people don't have enough crap to deal with at the moment. While there has been a strong sense of community over the last week, sadly that effect didn't rub off on the bastards who live their life by taking from others while they are down. Disgraceful, disgusting behavior.

[Citroënbender]

It’s definitely spring. Hayfever - which sucks. Even by the “non-drowsy” medication slows me down.

Heard one or two neighbours having a sneezefest as well, so it’s not just my dusty work.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

It’s definitely spring. Hayfever - which sucks. Even by the “non-drowsy” medication slows me down.

Heard one or two neighbours having a sneezefest as well, so it’s not just my dusty work.

Have you tried playing around with different hay fever meds, CB? I used to be a Zyrtec user, but going back a few years we were up in Yarrawonga and I had a bout of hay fever with no meds on me. Went to the local chemist and they gave me a product called Xergic. Worked heaps better than Zyrtec did for me and I had no side effects. Did a bit of research and found that Xergic is kind of like a chemist generic version of Telfast. Importantly, they share the same active ingredient, fexofenadine (an antihistamine). So, I now use Telfast as I can buy that from the supermarket.

Zyrtec on the other hand, still uses an antihistamine, but its active ingredient is cetirizine. Claratyne uses Loratadine.

This line in the Choice article pretty much sums it up:

People respond differently to different drugs, so if you've tried one type of antihistamine or corticosteroid and found it didn't help, try another.

So, if you haven't experimented with different types of meds, it might be worth a bit of trial and error!

[sneaky]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

It’s definitely spring. Hayfever - which sucks. Even by the “non-drowsy” medication slows me down.

Heard one or two neighbours having a sneezefest as well, so it’s not just my dusty work.

I heard a clip on the news the other day about the weather pattern (La Nina?) causing havoc with hay fever for the next few months..

It feels like I am taking hay fever meds almost all year round, tablets and nose sprays off and on.

as FostrotGoldXray said, try different meds. Apparently they can lose effectiveness if you use the same one constantly and I was told (from a friend of a friend of a friend) that different times of year and different pollen can be treated better with different tablets.

I usually go for the generic brands with the active ingredient I want, my local chemist has the name brand and matching generic side by side which makes it easier

[ford71V8]

Yep nose and throat have been caned last week and a bit. Bit of reprieve yesterday and so far so good today.
I get knocked about a bit with tablets too.... i have some little blue ones (no, not thooose ones) which work great but need to be careful when I use them as they can get literally get me nodding off, not ideal.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

I mostly suffer down here when we have a wind with a northerly component to it (I assume it brings in the crop grass pollens). The one advantage with having a low pressure system sit off our east coast is that the the easterly flow doesn't cause me any grief (with hay fever, flooding is a whole different issue!).

Touch wood, so far this season I haven't even had to take a tablet. Altho I have had the odd occasion where I've had an itchy nose and roof of the mouth.

[Citroënbender]

I have a couple of different active ingredient antihistamines here, both work and have similar side-effects. Took Claratyne around six and not going up a ladder for a while yet, nor driving. Nearly every task on the list today is either on a ladder, with power tools, or a combination.

Have noticed a lot of blooms out, definitely pollen is up. Some of the more confused plants that flowered ten weeks ago are having another crack.

[Tonz]

changing topic slightly Snoring.... I was recently put onto Flixonase nasal spray. Dont ask me how or why it works where other brands that I have tried do not, but I sleep soundly, never wake up gasping for breath and wifey still loves me in the morning.

Now if only I could get her and the bloody dog to use it as well.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

And....right on cue, I wake up in the night from scratching the roof of my mouth with my tongue. Get up this morning to see the wind has shifted direction and is now coming from the northwest.

[xkxlxm]

I would nearly bring back the stocks for the public humiliation of litterers.

[Citroënbender]

Been bashing away inside most of today on my laundry reno, walk outside and a bird soils me right on the head.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Been bashing away inside most of today on my laundry reno, walk outside and a bird soils me right on the head.

Isnt that supposed to be good luck? Or is that saying just to make you feel better about being shat on?

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by xkxlxm

I would nearly bring back the stocks for the public humiliation of litterers.

Don’t know about litterers,but,these f%=+#$ that go around looting flood and fire victims should be automatically shot on sight,no questions,just bang.

[.:4:.]

So my mate bought a piece of ply to modify his rabbit hutch. He ran his idea past me. I had no inputs as it wasnt a bad plan. Then it went down hill. First wasnt too bad. Can he borrow a pencil. Yes. Then it came to measuring. So my fat max, he second guessed his measurements, then questioned mine. So i let him check mine. No its not measure twice, its get it right the first time everytime.
So i marked the ply, 440 one side, 550 the other and just for fun said cut that. Sure enough, dumb looks ensued. So i got my set square out then a straight edge and marked it up and said cut it out sunshine. Next question is as to be assumed, my mate asks to borrow my jigsaw. Personally i would have just used my circ saw, but anyrate. So my mate did a reasonable job with the jiggy. Its for a rabbit hutch so no need to break out the sander to be 1000%. Then there was the triangle bit to cut. Nothing mathematical, just a 45. For fun i let me mate think and sweat on it for a minute. That was entertaining. Set squares do 45s too.

[Citroënbender]

Originally Posted by Me

Been bashing away inside most of today on my laundry reno, walk outside and a bird soils me right on the head.

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Isnt that supposed to be good luck? Or is that saying just to make you feel better about being shat on?

It’s got to be just a saying, there is nothing lucky about a bird dumping on your head. “Lucky” is finding a dozen cinnamon donuts in Woolies, still warm and marked down to 89¢, which isn’t going to happen when you’re covered in brick dust and bird poo.

[DFB FGXR6]

Have I mentioned before that I detest laziness?

A package I had been waiting 52 days to arrive turned up today. The only notification I received was an email from StarTrack advising me that the package was to be collected at my local LPO.

That would be fine if there was no one home to sign for the item, but there was someone home ALL DAY. Nor was there a card left. Clearly there was no attempt to deliver the package, the driver opting to just dump his run at the LPO instead.

Completely lazy, unethical and unprofessional. I bet the driver was still paid for this delivery.

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Have I mentioned before that I detest laziness?

A package I had been waiting 52 days to arrive turned up today. The only notification I received was an email from StarTrack advising me that the package was to be collected at my local LPO.

That would be fine if there was no one home to sign for the item, but there was someone home ALL DAY. Nor was there a card left. Clearly there was no attempt to deliver the package, the driver opting to just dump his run at the LPO instead.

Completely lazy, unethical and unprofessional. I bet the driver was still paid for this delivery.

I have a similiar experience.was expecting a package,so kept watch at the front gate.Star track van pulled up,driver got out and put a card in the mailbox.Card says cannot deliver.no one home to sign,pickup parcel at P.O.Lazy bastard.Filled in an Ozpost survey and said about the non delivery,but never heard back even though I did tick the ph no box

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

I have a similiar experience.was expecting a package,so kept watch at the front gate.Star track van pulled up,driver got out and put a card in the mailbox.Card says cannot deliver.no one home to sign,pickup parcel at P.O.Lazy bastard.Filled in an Ozpost survey and said about the non delivery,but never heard back even though I did tick the ph no box

I have had this happen a few times now.

Once, a driver didn't bother to leave a card and the item was only minutes away from being sent back to the sender because I apparently didn't bother to go and pick it up within the 14 day period. I didn't pick it up because I was not notified that I should have done so. Also, I paid a fee for the item to be delivered to my residence. The lady at the post office gave me a bit of attitude about it, I returned serve stating how was I expected to know it was here when the lazy delivery driver didn't bother to do his job, or even leave a card.

If I pay for something to be done, then I expect the person to do their bloody job. In these cases, they are being paid to do a job and are just doing the bare minimum to collect their pay cheque.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Have I mentioned before that I detest laziness?

A package I had been waiting 52 days to arrive turned up today. The only notification I received was an email from StarTrack advising me that the package was to be collected at my local LPO.

That would be fine if there was no one home to sign for the item, but there was someone home ALL DAY. Nor was there a card left. Clearly there was no attempt to deliver the package, the driver opting to just dump his run at the LPO instead.

Completely lazy, unethical and unprofessional. I bet the driver was still paid for this delivery.

And the morons left as URGENT REMINDER note for this package today. You couldn't make this stuff up. Useless idiots.

[LG17]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Have I mentioned before that I detest laziness?

A package I had been waiting 52 days to arrive turned up today. The only notification I received was an email from StarTrack advising me that the package was to be collected at my local LPO.

That would be fine if there was no one home to sign for the item, but there was someone home ALL DAY. Nor was there a card left. Clearly there was no attempt to deliver the package, the driver opting to just dump his run at the LPO instead.

Completely lazy, unethical and unprofessional. I bet the driver was still paid for this delivery.

That happens here in the bush all the time. I have a 30km round trip to the Post Office for anything except a straight letter.
52 days! I've only been waiting 37 so I think I'll just shut up.

[tbro4123]

Seems that couriers are the same everywhere.


I ran a workshop for 3 bus companies and all the QLD work was done at my workshop on Bribie Island.



I would order parts from non dealership suppliers in Brissy and it could take up to 4 days to arrive at the shop.
Now that might be ok with your average joe but when you have 2 wheelchair NDIS buses offroad waiting on parts and no way to use a non wheelchair bus it got to be a real PITA.


Seems that our local Couriers Please wouldn't come over to the island unless they had at least 5 parcels.


One phone call to their office cured that problem very quickly and lo and behold a new courier appeared everyday.


The really annoying part, diff needed for a route bus, Mercedes didn't have one in Aussie, told at least 1 month to get a diff.
One phone call to Melbourne HQ and told to expect a return call later. Since it was Friday arvo I didn't expect anything to at least Monday maybe Tuesday.
10 o'clock Friday night my phone rang (sh*t breakdown) nope Merc parts man. Good news, diff on it way from Germany, sorry we didn't have one here but we will have it here Sunday arvo and it will leave Melbourne Monday night to get to you Tuesday. Fitted Tuesday and back on the road.


Seems if you know the right people to talk to anything is possible. (Yes we did have a lot of Mercs in Vic and Qld ) and thats why!


Terry aka Tbro

[five 7]

Realizing on our last night in our van, the bed cushions could have a different configuration so my side didn't turn into the grande canyon by morning, "Duh" on my part....

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

There's a house in my estate bring built that is up to having the roofing installed. Saw a tradie there the other day on the roof frame without any fall prevention/protection. Thought about saying something, but didn't. Went past Thursday night and the same tradie was there, but this time he had a young (I assume) apprentice with him. Scaff planks around the edges to access gutters but both tradies in the roof frame again with no fall prevention/protection. Thought about saying something, especially given the young fella was learning bad habits. But didn't.

Went past this morning on my run and about 4 or 5 of them installing the roofing sheets, 3 or 4 of them on the roof, no fall prevention/protection, including the young fella again. Thought about saying something. Didn't.

Went past this arvo on a walk with my mum and told her the story before getting to the house. Get to the house to find the roofs all done but there's someone there sweeping down the roof, no fall prevention/protection. Decided I'd walked past too many times to not say anything this time. It was eating me up. Asked the guy if he should be up there without fall prevention/protection. He says nah, don't need it at this height. I say, yeah pretty sure anything above 2 meters requires it. He says, not sure about that. I don't know really. I tell him not to get caught coz he could get fined. Most importantly, given you're standing on the clean roof sheeting less that a foot away from the edge of the roof, please don't fall and injure yourself. I'd hate for you to break your neck. I'll take care, he says.

Think I'll give worksafe a call on Monday. I'm not interested in getting them in trouble, I just don't want to see anyone get hurt.

I should have said something the first day I saw it .

The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.