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Do you leave tips?
When I was 20 there was a great little Italian restaurant near where I lived that I went to often with my girlfriend. The waiter there was amazing, you never noticed he was there but glasses kept refilling and empty plates vanished on their own. The thought of tipping him never even entered my... -
Whitewater Woman's Equipment Maintenance and Repair
Maybe this newer Air Cell insulation might be good enough to do the job, it would certainly be a lot nicer to work with. -
Whitewater Woman's Equipment Maintenance and Repair
For the insect wire, if you go to a normal suburban hardware store they'll charge something like $15 for just enough to cover one door, where as if you go to a proper building materials supplier you can get a 30 mtetre roll of the stuff for $25. And there must be suppliers right the way across... -
Whitewater Woman's Equipment Maintenance and Repair
I don't know any brand names so I started having a bit of a look at what's needed. The cheapest and most efficient insulation is the horrible fibreglass. I've done enough mucking around with that to know that I really don't enjoy it. You can get the fibreglass in a blanket form with foil on one... -
Christmas Rescue of Autistic Child
I was one of those that used to wander and go exploring when I was very small. Mum had the whole town out searching for me a couple of times. Back then we lived in a little country town on the banks of the Murray River but all of us were taught to swim literally before we were old enough to...- Outdated
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I grew up calling these "Lunar Moths" because they all hatch on the night of a full moon and fly...
I grew up calling these "Lunar Moths" because they all hatch on the night of a full moon and fly straight up towards the moon. They used to be common in my state before we wiped out thousands of square kilomtres of forest to make way for wheat farming.- Outdated
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How do you get through tough times
I used to only last about 6 months at any one place but I quit and moved on instead of being sacked, I have a bit of a temper. It's the same story for so many of us, usually done in by our inability to cope with social hierarchy. I'm just so glad I live in a country with a decent welfare system...- Outdated
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HOLIDAY PIE POLL!!
Pies are my favourite food, I'll eat anything off of this menu: -
Whitewater Woman's Equipment Maintenance and Repair
They're not just sharpening their teeth, they steal material for nesting. It shouldn't cost a great deal to replace that bit of insulation with something and it needs to be done because you'll lose a lot of energy through that exposed metal. (heat transfer) Are the rats getting in to the house... -
Do you leave tips?
A couple of years ago the American fast food franchises all added tipping to the order screens in their restaurants and Aussies got real upset about that one. The boycott cost them millions in just the few months that it was there. They don't do that here any more. Tipping is supposed to be for... -
Do you leave tips?
I'm not sure but I think it got outlawed here when we first introduced our welfare system back before I was born. Here the closest they can come is musical busking and they can earn a fair bit of tax free money (cash) if they're any good, but if they're not good they're just as likely to get... -
Do you leave tips?
Funnily enough, it's thanks to some Americans that we went down the path we have. In the very late 1800s they tried to set up worker's unions and they got branded communists and had to flee the country. Some of them came to Australia and at that time we were going through the process of writing... -
Do you leave tips?
Tipping is a socio-political hot potato in Australia and Aussies will actively discourage the practice. Australian society is much more unionised and much more socialist that that of the US and we find the whole idea highly offensive on several different levels. On one level is our pride in the... -
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Autism and self-improvement link?
I think it depends on the individual and isn't necessarily any different for autistic people than it is for the general population. The only difference I can see is that often when autistic people learn something they learn it completely and develop levels of understanding that most people... -
Poll: Best Christmas Side Dish
Except for the devilled eggs and string beans you won't see any of the above at an Aussie Christmas Lunch. Here people generally go in one of two directions. They either do a traditional roast of they'll do a barbecue lunch. If they decide to have a barbecue outside then all the side dishes and... -
Christmas Highlights?
I hated Christmas, ever since I was little. It was always all about my father and children were expected to be seen and not heard. It was the opposite of exciting and fun, it was my most dreaded day of the year. As an adult who never had any kids of his own Christmas is pretty meaningless to... -
Boxing Day
Here it's also the kid's summer school holidays and many parents will be taking a few weeks off of work too, so everywhere's going to be frightfully busy until the end of January. Here the kids only get 7 weeks off at summer because they have 3 other breaks of 2 weeks each during the year... -
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is also a huge shopping day with department stores and everyone else selling after the event specials. In Australia this is as big as the Black Friday sales in the US. It's a nightmare day to go shopping for most autistic people. -
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a public holiday in Commonwealth countries celebrated on the 26th of December. These days hardly anyone knows it's old English origins, it was a day of rest and gift giving for servants after having to spend Christmas Day serving their lords and guests. In Australia it's a day to...