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ErKeL posted:For the last 10 years I've gotten jobs and promotions off mates or becoming friends with coworkers at social events. I am terrible at networking, half of the people at work are just pricks (ironically my work involves networks)
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What's a good place to get decent prescription glasses in Australia? Like Warby Parker with at home try on, but not 7500 miles away.
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Sep 21, 2023 03:48
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Specsavers?
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Specsavers have a 30 day satisfaction guarantee, if for whatever reason your new glasses aren't working out for you, just take them back and they'll give you a refund.
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Jestery posted:Certainly not stressful and anxiety inducing going over your bug out bag because there is a non insignificant chance that you will have to use it Where are you bugging out to?
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yeah specsavers are good. the wife gets hers from oscar wylee bc they typically have more fashionable frames but ive never had any trouble finding ones that look good on me covered by my private health extras at specsavers
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I've found the specsavers lenses to be utter shite. Made me nauseous when moving around or looking anywhere other than straight ahead. It was way better getting a set of good ones from OPSM that actually work well and last for years than getting some crappy ones for free every year. But ymmv I guess.
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Cool thanks.
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I've found that my glasses and the curved tubes at the aquarium dont work well together and give me headaches but that also might be because im tall E: last year when i was looking at getting new frames OPSM wanted something like 300 bucks for the one frame I ended up going with specsavers and got normal glasses and sunnies for like 280 Airstream Driver posted:Where are you bugging out to? Specsavers
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34 yesterday 19 today What a fun temperature difference that totally hasn't given me a head cold  ili posted:I've found the specsavers lenses to be utter shite. Made me nauseous when moving around or looking anywhere other than straight ahead. It was way better getting a set of good ones from OPSM that actually work well and last for years than getting some crappy ones for free every year. But ymmv I guess. Specsavers hosed up my pupiliary distance and height on a new set of glasses once, but they had new lenses cut for me as a priority. Came up great after that. Guessing that's why you were feeling nauseous. Correct script, just not centred.
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Ili dont listen to infinitum, you have been poisoned, thats why you feel nauseous
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Infinitum posted:34 yesterday oh cool so thats where this insanely hot summer day came from in qld youre welcome nsw
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Sep 21, 2023 06:24
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Life pro tip: you can drink anything from a coffee mug - you don't need a cupboard full of other glasses for water, juice, wine, etc.
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starkebn posted:Social death
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Sep 21, 2023 06:40
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true but recommending wine from a mug undercuts the last few years of personal growth ausgbs has fostered
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Wine should only be drunk from the finest receptacle, like a goon bag or plastic cup
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lol if you drink your 25 dollar vermintino out of plastic like a poor person instead of a limited edition glass pint tumbler from the cinema advance screening of detective pikachu
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The optometrist at specsavers hosed up my script and I didn't realise it for two years, just that I got less out of my glasses, and then the next time at a different one the new optometrist was like 'well that's wrong'. But I'm not sure how much that has to do with specsavers themselves? I think the optometrists are semi-independent of them, they just host? (The first one gave me two slightly shortsighted lenses (as well as the astigmatism correction) and then the next guy was like 'well you have one moderately shortsighted eye and one not at all) MikeJF fucked around with this message at 07:13 on Sep 21, 2023 |
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I drink tea out of a vessel my wife made when she was learning pottery, she intended it to be a vase
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Breetai posted:Any Adelaide goons get your rear end to a 1919 Lanzhou Noodle joint (there's one in the city and one at Marion) because gently caress me if it isn't the tastiest bowl of noodles you'll have and it's been about 7 years since the only decent Lanzhou joint moved to Melbourne. I'm on a tour of  from  and made it to Adelaide this week, and this was an excellent recommendation. Plus they were actually open after 6pm on a weekday, which was way less common than I'm used to in North America.Next week is Canberra, which I'm told is a boring government town. Which is fine by me because I've always lived in boring government towns  Then we're headed to Melbourne for PAX Aus, should be a good time if it's anything like PAX East 
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MattDarling posted:I'm on a tour of Your food destinations in Melbourne will be many. We have SO MUCH good food here, even out in the suburbs. Your most important culinary pit-stop, in Melbourne however, is Pidapipo for the best gelato you'll ever have (small laneway near Flinders St Station). Also it is your obligation while here in Australia to have an HSP at least once at some point, so get on with that already!  And, yes; PAX-AUS is generally pretty great.
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MattDarling posted:Next week is Canberra, which I'm told is a boring government town. Which is fine by me because I've always lived in boring government towns The national gallery of Australia is worth a visit. There's a hella easy walk around black mountain with nice views. The Australian war memorial is like a museum, lots of military stuff to look at but obviously focused specifically on Australia's perspective and imperialist endeavors. National museum of Australia is educational, maybe better for kids but if you have nothing else to do...
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MattDarling posted:Next week is Canberra, which I'm told is a boring government town. Which is fine by me because I've always lived in boring government towns All there is there is wankers in suits, porno, drugs and fireworks. Lolie posted:What could possibly go wrong? Psych was canned, but client was actually ready to go when I went to collect him this morning. Talked my way around the parole violation, managed to have the phone call count as his first report. Had a meeting with his service coordinator and got his bank account, ID and taxi subsidy card paperwork pushed through. Cheeky poo poo had the balls to ask me to go through a bottlo for him. Not a chance oval office. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Sep 21, 2023 |
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MattDarling posted:I'm on a tour of if you wanna experience a ton of native animals in melb, Big Esso in the CBD shouldnt be too far from the convention center and id give it a hearty thumbs up. i ate my first crocodile, kangaroo, and emu meat there. great place. aboriginal owned and queer friendly, and they try to use as many native ingredients as possible in all their dishes.
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Non Compos Mentis posted:go to Questacon Best suggestion yet
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Non Compos Mentis posted:go to Questacon Go full aussie school kid
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i wonder if the pool ball machine is still there i found my photos from my school trip the canberra and there were about 15 photos of the ball machine i also went to the snow on that trip but you wouldnt know because i took no pictures
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I never got to do the hallowed rite of passage of the snow/Canberra school trip thanks to a teacher's strike. But when my younger brother got to go on the snow trip with his school year, one of his friends snowboarded into a tree and died on their first day there 
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bee posted:I never got to do the hallowed rite of passage of the snow/Canberra school trip thanks to a teacher's strike. That's why I stuck to Skiis for real though sorry to hear that. 
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Non Compos Mentis posted:go to Questacon They don't have questacons in other countries. I write this as someone that was featured in a questacon exhibit for years. Also scienceworks is better and you can get some mad max location photos
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Non Compos Mentis posted:i wonder if the pool ball machine is still there Think it's still there. Also the lightning machine/Tesla coil and earthquake machine are still there too.
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Tell the workers at scienceworks that questacon was better and they need to try harder
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Airstream Driver posted:Where are you bugging out to? I figure absolute worst case scenario is getting stuck on a highway for a couple days , I just wanna make sure I am equipped for that eventuality, Goggles mask, a little camp stove, non-perishables etc As well as just general preparedness stuff at home, if utilities take a hit , radio, spare batteries, non digital entertainment duct tape, an air filter
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Jestery posted:I figure absolute worst case scenario is getting stuck on a highway for a couple days , I just wanna make sure I am equipped for that eventuality, Goggles mask, a little camp stove, non-perishables etc Depending what you do with the duct tape, that could be some non-digital entertainment
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MattDarling posted:I'm on a tour of Have you looked at doing a tour of the Big things in Australia? After Melbourne of course. I don't think Victoria has anything particularly big to brag about.
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