100%. It amazes me that someone who claims to be so pro-democracy in Australia has the biggest hard-on for totalitarian regimes like Russia and China.
It also makes me laugh that he constantly has a go at the mainstream press for being biased (and often he has a point) when he is just as partisan, if not more so. And many of his videos use said mainstream press as sources anyway.
Hey thatās great at least you can do something you love as your mandatory activity. But hopefully they approve if. Aww glad you found a cat you wish to adopt 
Iām glad the volunteering is making you feel good itās a wonderful experience for both you mentally and physically 
Yes it is ,Iām so thankful Iāve found something suitable I can do ,itās almost a year since I left my job.Iām not old enough to retire yet.
Wtf Ergon regional Qld 28.7 percent rise
āThis year, weāve seen an increase in the prices handed down by the QCA. The main reason for this is the electricity we buy on your behalf has increased in the market.ā
Cheaper in WAā¦
What happens in 2024 ā¦ the government rebate is only this year of $550.
me during the kfc wicked wing shortage 
Pete looks like heās about to say āShut Up And Take My Money!ā.
My friend sent me this weird misleading fake 7NEWS report mock for a gambling App in the App Storeā¦
also, why does he sound like Sonic the Hedgehog 
Thereās a few cats Iām becoming too fond of since Iāve been doing shifts with cats, one was adopted today,sheās a Ragdoll cross,happy sheās found a home.
Hehe I am the same with dogs too I always want to adopt one haha
Iāve got a questionā¦if you see a theft in progress should you get involved or ignore it?
To summarise, I live in an apartment and noticed a courier had left a parcel outside the gate of a house over the road from my apartment building. A few hours later I saw a man try to steal the parcel, and called to him from my balcony saying āthatās not your parcelā. He argued it was his parcel, and I said āyou donāt live there, thatās not your parcelā. Again he said it was his parcel, and claimed that because it was outside the gate it is hard rubbish, therefore he belongs to him. This went back and forth, and some tradies walked down the road and I thought they would support me but instead said ācall the police, Karenā. At this point I realised that I mustāve looked like Mrs Mangel standing on my balcony spying on everyone in the street!
Iād be curious how others wouldāve handled this situation. Get involved, and look like a nosey busybody, or ignore it and someone ends up losing their parcel because the courier left it when they probably shouldnāt have.
Could the courier not leave the parcel inside the gate in the first place?
Itās the gate on the pathway to their front door and it is above head height.
Yeah, weāve had a few issues with parcels being stolen from the foyer in my apartment building, even with a secure entryā¦ seems like itās other residents doing the stealing unfortunately.
I got a Parcel Collect delivery ID set up at my local Post Office, so if anything that wonāt fit in my letterbox needs to be delivered, I use this as my delivery address insteadā¦ It works well.
eg - so my delivery address is now something like this.
Radiohead
Parcel Collect 1027XXXXXX
CHARLESTOWN POST SHOP
CHARLESTOWN NSW 2290
They send me a text message to let me know when my parcel is ready to be picked up.
In Gecko-related news (no, not that Gecko!):
Most of the time I get parcels delivered to a parcel locker because I donāt trust some of my neighbours ,they might steal it,if a parcel is left outside my front door .or if Iām not home and I havenāt nominated delivery to a parcel locker Iāll get a card or notification to pick up my parcel at Morningside Post Office.l do most shopping online so Iām always having parcels delivered 
I still prefer to shop in store locally, to support local people and businesses and for after sales support eg if the product is faulty.
The only online shopping i do is if itās something i canāt buy in store locally.
Bit disappointed here that nobody else got involved. To be honest, not sure how Iād handle it but Iāve had two fight or flight times where Iāve surprised myself by choosing fight which Iāll tell in a sec, but if you had the discussion with the person you could have also said that āno worries if itās your parcel, you wonāt mind me taking a photo of you with it to show the actual resident here that you collected it for themā and then get the photo. That way when you do see the actual resident they can see who it was. Avoids the confrontation of them taking it (ie they will probably still take it) but you have evidence of it all for the owner and the police if they want to take it further.
As for the fight or flight thing, both instances actually occurred at my parents house. One night we were housesitting and I heard a noise outside and had a look out the window and saw someone with a torch. It was on the side of the house where nobody ever goes so it was odd. I went down the hallway and saw another torch around the house and it was so bright it looked like it was in the house. My heart rate shot up so quickly. I told my wife there was someone in the house and she didnāt really wake up properly and I somehow chose fight and went to confront the intruders. Which surprised me. I got down to the room where it looked like the people were in and found it was someone outside with the torch peering in then I noticed it was a Police uniform which explains why the torch was so bright. Turns out they had been given that address for a concern for welfare. I talked to them but far out my heart rate was through the roof and they took some convincing that they had the wrong address.
Anyway, the second one happened last week. My parents were away and they got a notification the alarm at home had gone off and they asked me to go check it out, thinking it was probably a dodgy sensor I went round and then found a couple of lights were on, which was odd. Then I found a door unlocked which shouldnāt have been. Then the fight or flight came into play again and I went into the house with my parents on the phone. Thankfully nobody was in there but they had only just left, the alarm scared them off and they didnāt take anything but I then had to get the Police around again and do the reports and spend my night sitting in the house freaking out with appalling weather outside and broken doors and windows waiting for my parents to make it back home - with them doing a trip across Tasmania as quickly as possible in the middle of the night.
Too many break ins and scary things going on these days. After that incident I got new cameras on the weekend and theyāve been brilliant, have set them up around the place and can see some of the night life around the place. Turns out we have a pet cat (the camera records it as a pet) and a rat in the garden, hopefully the two meet up soon.
Iām taking a short break for another week but Iām still going to be volunteering at the RSPCA Brisbane. I still canāt believe itās almost a year since I unofficially retired. I donāt consider going to the RSPCA work as I enjoy going there and volunteering for them,they are a great organisation and do great work and need their volunteers.
