What's on your mind?

[AlSymerz]

Just reading that Chris Holmes has cancer in the neck and throat.

From his wife:

This post is not easy to write because of the personal nature of it and we would rather you hear it directly from us before stories and rumours start to circulate and by respect for all of you who love and support Chris, we feel that this is exactly what we need at this time.

Recently Chris was diagnosed with a cancer in throat and neck but the medical team have assured us there has been no metastasis and this is a good news. He will have to start as soon as possible a treatment of 7 weeks.

 

Poor bugger, hope he gets better.

[RelentlessOblivion]

So after six years with the old iPhone finally gave up the ghost… And can I just say the brain-dead moron who decided to get rid of the home button really should’ve been fired. Yeah that’s right I’m back with my petty complaints about the life of a blind man LOL

[Dead1]

16 hours ago, KillaKukumba said:

Just reading that Chris Holmes has cancer in the neck and throat.

From his wife:

This post is not easy to write because of the personal nature of it and we would rather you hear it directly from us before stories and rumours start to circulate and by respect for all of you who love and support Chris, we feel that this is exactly what we need at this time.

Recently Chris was diagnosed with a cancer in throat and neck but the medical team have assured us there has been no metastasis and this is a good news. He will have to start as soon as possible a treatment of 7 weeks.

 

Poor bugger, hope he gets better.

 

Poor bugger but he certainly didn't look after himself.

[FatherAlabaster]

25 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

So after six years with the old iPhone finally gave up the ghost… And can I just say the brain-dead moron who decided to get rid of the home button really should’ve been fired. Yeah that’s right I’m back with my petty complaints about the life of a blind man LOL

Hey man, nice to see you back around, hope you've been alright.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Yes no complaints, life just been generally keeping me busy haven’t had a lot of time to stop bye, hope you and the family are doing well?

[FatherAlabaster]

8 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Yes no complaints, life just been generally keeping me busy haven’t had a lot of time to stop bye, hope you and the family are doing well?

We're alright, thank you... You probably missed this a while back but we've got a new baby due in about a month, so that's the biggest thing on our minds right now. Other than that, just trucking along with artwork, playing a bit of music, and trying to stay active here at home. Glad you're doing alright.

[AlSymerz]

Picked up a demo saw from the hire place last night. The patio is going to be full of concrete dust and noise within a few hours. I could start now, given neighbourhood noise restrictions don't really matter out here, but wifey noise restrictions do matter and she doesn't get out of bed before 8am on Tuesdays.

[RelentlessOblivion]

9 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

We're alright, thank you... You probably missed this a while back but we've got a new baby due in about a month, so that's the biggest thing on our minds right now. Other than that, just trucking along with artwork, playing a bit of music, and trying to stay active here at home. Glad you're doing alright.

That’s great man, congrats and hope all goes well. I’m about a month away from being an uncle so it looks like March will be a month full of little devils entering the world LOL

[RelentlessOblivion]

This isn’t easy to type but my old guide dog passed today. Fifteen years of the best life any dog could want. Never going to forget him.

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2 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

This isn’t easy to type but my old guide dog passed today. Fifteen years of the best life any dog could want. Never going to forget him.

I’m sorry for your loss buddy 😢wishing you all the best

[FatherAlabaster]

@RelentlessOblivion So sorry to hear that, my condolences.

[GoatmasterGeneral]

Yes condolences indeed. Can't imagine the kind of bond someone would have formed with a guide dog of 15 years. You've gotta be gutted like you've lost your partner. You have my deepest sympathy.

[MacabreEternal]

6 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

This isn’t easy to type but my old guide dog passed today. Fifteen years of the best life any dog could want. Never going to forget him.

So sorry for your loss.

[AlSymerz]

Awe, sad. Friends of mine used to help raise those pups. I used to always drop some change in the golden Lab's head at the supermarket when I used to pay with cash.

 

[Thatguy]

So sorry to hear this news.

I had a couple of patients with guide dogs. One doggo would always put her head on my lap for a pat when she came in. I loved that. Her companion would just sigh and say she was a very naughty dog.

[Dead1]

14 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

This isn’t easy to type but my old guide dog passed today. Fifteen years of the best life any dog could want. Never going to forget him.

So sad to hear that.  I lost my old pooch on 29-12-2020.  Despite getting a new pooch, I still think about her every day and some days it hits me harder than most.

Animals are amazing! 

 

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Need to vent so apologies,,,

Money might not make you happy, but lack of money does make you unhappy.  My finances have not improved as my wife still doesn't comprehend basic maths and I am under a lot of stress.   

What makes me miserable is I no longer spend any money on myself despite me being the main breadwinner - I am lucky to spend $5 a week on myself (usually entry fee for my gaming club and I've even been avoiding that).  We're on a combined after tax income of nearly $5,000 a fortnight and I can't afford a measly $5 to push toy soldiers with my mates.

Can't even afford to go to a bloody doctor to organise anti-anxiety or anti-depression meds and couldn't afford the medication anyhow!

 

And when I tell the wife she literally glazes over and tells me I should spend whatever money I want to.  She has a 6.92 grade point average at university but does not comprehend the simple fact that you should not spend more than you earn. 

 

 

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Thanks everyone, remembering how mischievous he could be is making me smile.

 

In happier news I just made a donation to a guide dog service hope it Helps someone else find it independence and companionship I had.

[Dead1]

And despite booming economy Aussies continue to officially become poorer and exploitation is increasingly the norm.

 

Wages up 2.3%, official inflation up 3.5%.  

 

Time for a socialist revolution me thinks.  Rich and capitalists only understand why equality and fairness are important when their necks are in a noose.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2022/feb/24/real-wages-in-australia-have-tanked-and-cant-be-hidden-by-the-coalition

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2022/02/more-proof-australias-immigration-system-breeds-exploitation/

[RelentlessOblivion]

3 minutes ago, Dead1 said:

And despite booming economy Aussies continue to officially become poorer and exploitation is increasingly the norm.

 

Wages up 2.3%, official inflation up 3.5%.  

 

Time for a socialist revolution me thinks.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2022/feb/24/real-wages-in-australia-have-tanked-and-cant-be-hidden-by-the-coalition

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2022/02/more-proof-australias-immigration-system-breeds-exploitation/

I’m here for it, close the corporate tax loopholes, ban corporations from donating to politicians, honestly there’s no reason 13% of Aussies should live below the poverty line.

[Dead1]

13 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

I’m here for it, close the corporate tax loopholes, ban corporations from donating to politicians, honestly there’s no reason 13% of Aussies should live below the poverty line.

 

Totally agree!  Also need to:

 

1. Reduce ability for individuals/corporations to shift cash/profits overseas

2. Reduce immigration flows to manageable levels.

3. Increase marginal tax rates for high earners

4. Re-empower unions and increase protections for worker whilst smashing employers with gaol time if they get caught underpaying/exploiting workers.

5. Increase social benefits to unemployed (current one of lowest in the OECD)

6. Ban non-Australian residents from donating to political parties.

7. Ban non-Australian residents from acquiring property

8. Refocus economy on environmentally sustainable manufacturing and high skill jobs instead of low skill easily exploited services like tourism that just trash the environment.

9. Nationalise all key services - education, health, aged car, roads, rail, gas, oil refining (which is nearly not done in this country anymore).

10. Introduce better maternity leave (currently measly 3 months at unemployment benefit) and nationalise child care and offer it for free.

11. Introduce independent corruption body with actual teeth and long term gaol terms for any politician/public servant being found guilty of corruption.

12. Introduce functional regulation and protection for consumers in all industries (currently many industries "self regulate") and especially banking, insurance, housing rental and building.

13. Reintroduce government house construction programs for low income earners.

 

Currently both major parties are against all of these things.

 

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

That’s why we need to vote green, the only way to push government into acting in the best interests of the people is to consistently vote progressive. I will be the 1st to admit the greens aren’t perfect but given the choice of munching on and over ripe orange the greens in this analogy, or the turd sandwich that is labour and liberal I know which one I’m going with.

[Dead1]

9 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

That’s why we need to vote green, the only way to push government into acting in the best interests of the people is to consistently vote progressive. I will be the 1st to admit the greens aren’t perfect but given the choice of munching on and over ripe orange the greens in this analogy, or the turd sandwich that is labour and liberal I know which one I’m going with.

I do vote Green as well as select independents. 

 

I did vote Labor in last state election simply because they promised to build several hundred homes to alleviate housing pressures (growing homelessness even among people who work, out of control rents and out of control house prices in Australia's poorest state).

The idiocracy that is the masses voted in Liberals because of how they handled COVID which they instantly fucked up by opening up borders and COVID went through the roof in a state with worst health system in the country.

 

A lot of idiot Tasmanians are also completely right wing ("freedumb") despite the fact that they are on government benefits or employed by government in social services.   

 

Your average Australian is the most eager shit eater on the planet.  These people love to be butt raped by government and corporations in the hope that one day they too will be rich (aka aspirational voters).

 

What the government does here would cause riots and revolutions elsewhere.

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Yeah at state level it’s labour for me, The Greens just don’t have enough presents in South Australia, but try convincing the brainwashed masses that the Greens are the party they should be voting for. Hell I spent half a year trying to convince certain family members the vaccine wasn’t a government conspiracy. Not just the US dealing with anti-vaccine bullshit unfortunately.

[AlSymerz]

9 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Hell I spent half a year trying to convince certain family members the vaccine wasn’t a government conspiracy.

It's not??

Shit, imagine my embarrassment. I've spent the last year trying to convince people it was a conspiracy because I thought that was the side we were supposed to be on.

 

[Dead1]

The real conspiracy is the 40 years of destroying equality and eroding people's rights.  It's what former Finance  Minister called "a deliberate design feature of our economic infrastructure"  (https://theconversation.com/ultra-low-wage-growth-isnt-accidental-it-is-the-intended-outcome-of-government-policies-113357).

 

Also the other "conspiracy" is literally transferring hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes to the rich via superannuation rebates and other tax/income offsets.

Or transfer blame for poverty on the poor.

Or protect fossil fuel industries and accuse anyone opposed to them as being anti jobs.

Or destroy Medicare by freezing rebates which at some point will be worth nothing given inflation.

Or destroy social welfare by keeping it extremely low so it too at some point will no longer be worth anything.

Or I could keep going forever...