Play Nice Random Chat Thread VII

[Themanbun]

In genuinely devastating news, I broke my only pair of glasses.

My eyesight isn't too bad - I "only" need a -0.75 prescription. But it means actually spectating the footy in-person would be pointless without them.

And it seems I can't get new glasses before this weekend.

Can you get some contact lenses? They might have some in stock.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

In genuinely devastating news, I broke my only pair of glasses.

My eyesight isn't too bad - I "only" need a -0.75 prescription. But it means actually spectating the footy in-person would be pointless without them.

And it seems I can't get new glasses before this weekend.

Short-term fix: get some of the (1.5x or 2x) magnification glasses from QV market or a chemist shop.

 

[koshari]

Short-term fix: get some of the (1.5x or 2x) magnification glasses from QV market or a chemist shop.

i buy 1.5s in 5 packs from ebay about every 2 months, have pairs all over the property, dogs chew em up, arms break off, get scratched beyond usefullness, wife takes them, have them stowed in cars and at computers, leave em in resturaunts as i take them so i can read the 8pt text on the menus they insist on using, fortinately everything from a meter away is clear, i suspect my subscription is +1.5?

 

[koshari]

i see old SB hasnt posted on his twitter account since early in the new year.

 

[Chadwiko]

Can you get some contact lenses? They might have some in stock.

Where? Never worn them before.

 

[Chadwiko]

i see old SB hasnt posted on his twitter account since early in the new year.

He went back to his original account.

 

[Themanbun]

Where? Never worn them before.

Call around to a few Specsavers you might be able to get in for an assessment and a fit

 

[goalieboy82]

Scamper is doing much better now.

 

[giantroo]

The Consumer Action Law Centre has warned that Australia is a soft target for scammers who are now using artificial intelligence to impersonate the voices of family members.

Mum, help: Nina made three bank transfers before realising she had been scammed

Artificial intelligence is now being used to sound like distressed family members in need of quick cash.

www.theage.com.au

 

[giantroo]

 

[Tectonic]

Are any other Melbournians here totally and utterly sick of this city?

Feels like since we reopened after COVID the worst of everyone is coming out. Just this morning I had a lunatic follow me home and try to run me off the road because I dared obey the speed sign in a school zone (I set my cruise control at the exact limit in these situations so I don't get intimidated into speeding and risking a kid's life). It's a bit of a straw and the camel's back moment.

This is like the fifth or sixth incident in the last few months (hey maybe I'm the common denominator!) where someone has done something absurd either to me or another road user that I've witnessed all because they wanna go 20+kph over the limit, or can't be bothered waiting, or are too arrogant to allow people to zip merge. Feels like everyone is extra agro with the traffic and construction mayhem.

And that's just the tip of it. There's more people sleeping on the streets than I've ever seen, more people impatient, more people miserable and perpetually outraged, more people super highly strung, etc. The roads are unusable for six hours a day, public transport is packed and unreliable. Housing unaffordable. To me it feels like if you're not a pretentious rich w***er here, you're a dero and I'm meeting fewer and fewer people who fall into the normal, nice person spectrum.

Not sure if I'm just noticing it more or if it's actually on the increase but I'm genuinely feeling my mental health affected by this city.

Bit late to the party but I reckon it's a bit of a thing everywhere..just saw this from the singer of a band called Against Me! And it made me think back to your post.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Bec Judd was right. You can't even drive your car down to the shops in Brighton without someone knicking your front end and windscreen.

 

[blackshadow]

Bec Judd was right. You can't even drive your car down to the shops in Brighton without someone knicking your front end and windscreen.

The car looks primed for some circle work at Juddchella.

 

[Chadwiko]

That is genuinely so confusing.

Why would someone from Brighton ever go to Sunshine?!

 

[ferball]

That is genuinely so confusing.

Why would someone from Brighton ever go to Sunshine?!

For heroin.

 

[Disco Dew]

For heroin.

Thought it was coke only for Brighton folk

 

[Chadwiko]

For heroin.

Box Hill is much closer than Sunshine.

 

[ferball]

Box Hill is much closer than Sunshine.

I haven't lived in Melbourne for a very long time.

 

[Disco Dew]

Checking out the sights in Kalgoorlie. It feels like a different world out here

 

[Ashley B]

Who owns that mine ?

 

[Disco Dew]

Who owns that mine ?

Northern star resources

 

[Chadwiko]

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Checking out the sights in Kalgoorlie. It feels like a different world out here

That's gonna be the depths of Fremantle's season after we beat them this week.

 

[Disco Dew]

That's gonna be the depths of Fremantle's season after we beat them this week.

Fingers crossed!

 

[rickety]

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Checking out the sights in Kalgoorlie. It feels like a different world out here

Looks like some Ancient Egyptians snuck over and cut out a Pyramid

 

[rickety]

That is genuinely so confusing.

Why would someone from Brighton ever go to Sunshine?!

Karen wasn't happy it was cloudy, so .... off she went