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My commute costs around $400 monthly so we're saving money on that and shitloads more on childcare. No doubt the next energy bill is going to be a whopper though. It's hard to take too much joy since we have a few family members who have had hours/salary reduced, to zero in some cases. We're also trying to spread the extra money around to the local businesses that we want to see open again at the end of this. It's kinda weird getting home delivery parma from the pub but somehow comforting that pub meals are still an option.
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Bill Posters posted:My commute costs around $400 monthly so we're saving money on that and shitloads more on childcare. No doubt the next energy bill is going to be a whopper though. Yeah like i said, it's a silver lining. Very dark cloud and quite a narrow lining.
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I haven't saved any money but that is because I got fired. But i'm also not spending any money. Basically I sit at home and try to do uni online
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:I'm looking up youtubes of Bunnings employees assembling the cheap cabinets I got and they all skip the last step that I want to double check, presumably bc its not very specific in the original instructions, I think I have to clamp the drawer fronts on and drill them in from the inside I think? That or clamp, mark, remove and drill that way which would be easier but the actual instructions are very vague on this step Clamp and drill from the inside imo.
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Im paying off my credit card while also spending a lot of money on things to keep my occupied around the home so its swings and roundabouts really.
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I saw a graph in another gbs thread that oil was 1c a barrel
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My dad told me oil is actually 0c a barrel right now because it costs more to transport and store it than its worth
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It was 1.15 for 98 at Bp in Sydney, I wish i could stockpile petrol
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Isaac posted:I saw a graph in another gbs thread that oil was 1c a barrel there was a particular futures trade in an isolated location in the US today that went for -$34 a barrel because physical storage is at capacity and stopping supply is slower and more expensive than keeping it flowing if the producers how this poo poo turns around. Otherwise I understand the average price is still ~$20 a barrel (still absurdly low) and BP is back to loving anyone who is still driving charging $1.20 a litre when some places were down to $0.75 a litre recently.
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Wishin for a royal commission into petrol gouging.
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How can something called ‘liquidation’ be considered bad
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Aus Post update, I got an express order from Melb to Bris next day no issues.
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Nice, I got something for the bike en route from melbs
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Awaiting a water fountain for my cat, because I'm tired of her hurtling like a ballistic missile into the bathtub every time I go in there so she can drink water out of the tap.
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Looking at a sea of "Unavailable Online", "Out of Stock" and "Est. Delivery Date: June" and coming to the too-late realisation that this might not be the best time in human history to look into buying a new office chair, on account of the entire country going into home-office mode...
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Apr 21, 2020 11:14
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I've transitioned from a home office chair to a home office bed.
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The Kins posted:Looking at a sea of "Unavailable Online", "Out of Stock" and "Est. Delivery Date: June" and coming to the too-late realisation that this might not be the best time in human history to look into buying a new office chair, on account of the entire country going into home-office mode... Same with webcams. Everyone getting their pornhub community account fired up!
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I was trying to get some Asian ingredients delivered and much the same, I just want some gochujang and potato flour ffs
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Apr 21, 2020 13:05
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The asian grocery is open i bought noodles there
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The Kins posted:Looking at a sea of "Unavailable Online", "Out of Stock" and "Est. Delivery Date: June" and coming to the too-late realisation that this might not be the best time in human history to look into buying a new office chair, on account of the entire country going into home-office mode... The missus and I had some good luck at Office Works a couple of weeks ago as the work from home craze was getting into gear. Might not still be okay, but basically I think the in-store locations are your best bet since they're inexplicably still open and probably have dreg stocks left over.
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McSpergin posted:I was trying to get some Asian ingredients delivered and much the same, I just want some gochujang and potato flour ffs Just head to marrickville or hustville either should be able to sort you out
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Apr 21, 2020 13:47
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Riverwood has an excellent Asian grocery store called fresh food market Riverwood Big range of mushrooms too.
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Zazi posted:The missus and I had some good luck at Office Works a couple of weeks ago as the work from home craze was getting into gear. Might not still be okay, but basically I think the in-store locations are your best bet since they're inexplicably still open and probably have dreg stocks left over. Looks like there's a decent amount of stuff on eBay but I've somehow reached Anno Domini 2020 without having ever bought anything from eBay before so I'm a bit paranoid about going down that route.
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The Kins posted:
I've bought hundreds of things from eBay and only twice had problems. Sellers try very hard to solve issues because negative feedback has a huge impact. That said, anything Officeworks carries is likely to be sold by someone else as well.
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I bought the worlds tiniest, shittiest dishrack about 10 years ago, mainly because I didnt read the fine print Apart from that ebay has been an improbable dream run.
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Apr 21, 2020 23:27
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Off to brave the outside world for blood tests shortly. Welp.
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The Kins posted:I checked the Officeworks website and it lists basically everything chair-related as being out of stock in every store in a 20km radius, and given the current circumstances charging into a big-box store on a whim doesn't seem like the greatest idea I've ever had. Just walk in. They had no stock listed for my closest shop but it had 3-4 chairs in stock. I got the last non-hideously coloured chair in my Officeworks.
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I bought an Officeworks chair once... Never again. I'd go to IKEA before I went to Officeworks.
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My ikea chair I bought a few years ago is still going pretty strong. The lumbar support doesn’t really work for someone my height but it does the job
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:My ikea chair I bought a few years ago is still going pretty strong. The lumbar support doesn’t really work for someone my height but it does the job Bought my last chair from Super A Mart, still mostly good a bit torn up from the cat using it as a scratching post but still comfortable enough.
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Lolie is probated!?
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Isaac posted:Lolie is probated!? RIP Lolie, another victim of the 'roni thread and Reagan.
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#FreeLolie
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Isaac is the new thread Mum.
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Airstream Driver posted:Isaac is the new thread Mum. Gotta do what I gotta do
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Isaac posted:Gotta do what I gotta do You've got 6 hours to chuck on a turban and demand the freeing of one nonviolent j.
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ili posted:You've got 6 hours to chuck on a turban and demand the freeing of one nonviolent j. referring to a turban? That's a permaban.
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The Kins posted:I checked the Officeworks website and it lists basically everything chair-related as being out of stock in every store in a 20km radius, and given the current circumstances charging into a big-box store on a whim doesn't seem like the greatest idea I've ever had. Laserface posted:Just walk in. They had no stock listed for my closest shop but it had 3-4 chairs in stock. Yeah this was my experience too. I have no idea what their deal is with online stock, but as noted I also got onto it a couple of weeks ago so ymmv. [edit] also although I would consider it to have been reasonably busy at the time I didn't have to touch anything other than the chair box to carry it out to the car and I reckon most people who are getting onto wfh arrangements have probably done so by now.
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I bought one of those fancy Aeron chairs from a place that seems to clear out offices when they're being renovated. Was a $1000 chair that I got for about $200 and it was the former property of suncorp according to a sticker on the bottom. I figure they should last 10-15 years plus so if it's just a couple of years old I'll be good and I know that those big corporates don't hold on to that stuff for long anyway.
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