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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
My gas usage (excluding supply) for 2.5 months was $90. The only gas appliance I have is ducted heating which hasn't been switched on at all this year. That seems high, right? The heater system has an always-on pilot light but $90 for just that seems very steep.
The heater system is about 30 years old, might be on the fritz - but turned on this morning and it was working fine.
Is your gas meter accessible? Check the reading, then check a few days or a week later again, and youβll know how much gas is getting used per day/week. Then you can multiply by the cost on your gas plan, and see what the cost is. There will likely be some other set charges in the bill, not counting the usage.
Argh!!!
Installation of split system delayed again!
Well I guess on the bright side I managed to do a couple of hours of more decluttering and cleaning.
I half moved some stuff already. Wondering I should just make the moving of furniture within the next day so I donβt have to do it in 2 weeks time.
Still though so frustrating with the constantly delaying. 4th time now I think
My song for today. Journey - Seperate Ways
Used in the Tron movies, such an awesome song even if the music video is a little bit comical.
I love this video. Especially the part where the camera is dollying past the band (from 3:00) and the keyboardist whacks the camera π
Got 3 x $10 scratchies from my sister for my birthday. Didn't win a single dollar. I guess all of the luck is saving itself for the $40m Powerball ticket she also got me.
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Travelling to the UK next month. What card should I take? Is there a 101 on this somewhere? I'm with CommBank.
If you use your regular bank card, very likely you will be charged currency conversion fees for every transaction you make overseas. Iβm with CBA and they charge these fees for my everyday account.
What you need is an account that doesnβt charge currency conversion or ATM withdrawal. Look at Bankwest for debit or Latitude for credit.
I'm watching The Trojan Women, a 1971 movie from a Euripides play.
It's full of great tragedy. It's meant to be emotional, it was written to shame perpetrators of war. This is like Sophie's Choice x 10.
I think I watch too many movies that require concentration and empathy as I find my reactions just too intellectual.
How many murders a day do I see on screen?
The other thing is i keep on asking myself how they did a shot or what dramatic device is this that makes me think a thing. I find myself changing focus from the story to the how.
These ancient places that have such a big place in our own society's cultural identity, even if just in stories passed down onto us, these places were so small.
I have been to Troy, just drove past really, it's just a small place. A city state that used to be on the coast but is now inland. It had only 10,000 people. Their men and children murdered and then the women forced into slavery. The movie is harrowing. ( In modern times this is what happened to the Yazidi women of Syria. Their men and children were murdered and then the women were forced into slavery. )
A suburb is like living in a town, I can't help putting myself, my loved ones and my neighbours in the place of these characters. I suppose that's what makes it a great play.
5 Hobbits.
