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Reply #60 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 10:47am
 
Carl D wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 9:50am:
Not too sure how this drifted so far off topic but I'm pretty sure aquascoot (and several others) would be quite happy to see the homeless and soon to be homeless (due to greedy people doubling rents, etc.) marched off to some sort of re-education camp where they can be taught all about "personal responsibility".

Won't do diddly squat for their chances of finding an affordable place to live of course (unless they're prepared to wait years on the ever lengthening public housing waiting lists Australia wide) but I'm sure it will bring some sort of perverted warm fuzzy feeling to aquascoot and his ilk.

And I'm also pretty sure that's all that matters to them.



Hi there Carl

As governments increasingly are unable to meet the demands for
Public housing
Public hospital beds
Aged care beds
Disability care
Aged care packages
And even a sufficient supply of electricity

Your choices are to accept personal responsibility or
To complain and cross your fingers

People following the latter course
Which is the course you advocate
Are going to increasingly suffer and lead a suboptimal life

It's on you to admit that your advice simply will not work into the future
And to start to recognise the wisdom of leaning into

Personal responsibility
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Re: Landlord Doubles Nurses Rent Days Before Xmas
Reply #61 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 10:54am
 
aquascoot wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 10:47am:
Hi there Carl

As governments increasingly are unable to meet the demands for
Public housing
Public hospital beds
Aged care beds
Disability care
Aged care packages
And even a sufficient supply of electricity

Your choices are to accept personal responsibility or
To complain and cross your fingers

People following the latter course
Which is the course you advocate
Are going to increasingly suffer and lead a suboptimal life

It's on you to admit that your advice simply will not work into the future
And to start to recognise the wisdom of leaning into

Personal responsibility


Yes.

Unable to meet the demands for all of the above but they can 'find' 380 billion dollars for useless submarines that will be hopelessly outdated even before they arrive.

There's also plenty of money for Airbus Albo's never ending overseas trips and all of the pollies' outrageous salaries, perks and pensions, of course.

It all makes perfect sense to me. Not.
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Re: Landlord Doubles Nurses Rent Days Before Xmas
Reply #62 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 11:05am
 
Carl D wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 10:54am:
but they can 'find' 380 billion dollars for useless submarines that will be hopelessly outdated even before they arrive.


You and I wouldn't have got the memo, but the US has put world leaders on notice that it is decommitting from defense of the world's blue-water trade routes and naval security - a defense guarantee that has run since the end of WW2.

Australia has never faced defending itself alone in its history - with Britain, then the US, guaranteeing the security of the Commonwealth.
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Reply #63 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 11:27am
 
aquascoot wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 9:39am:
MeisterEckhart wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 9:06am:
aquascoot wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 9:00am:
MeisterEckhart wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 8:23am:
aquascoot wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 8:05am:
MeisterEckhart wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 7:12am:
aquascoot wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 6:57am:
If this task was handed over to the government
We would have seen
Traffic control people spending the day putting out cones
Setting up green lights and red lights

It doesn't take much imagination to figure out what would happen if government cleanup crews did not ensure safety issues are paramount.

Those safety issues extend to workers and locals.

Spontaneous local cleanup crews are more likely to be forgiven by locals for risky procedures and minor accidents in the way formal government crews would not be.



I reject that

People with a can do attitude focus on the task at hand
People with an I don't want to do attitude focus on ticking boxes dotting eyes and crossing tees

I would back a focusing volunteer over a disengaged council worker every time

Have a think about how many laws government workers would break if they just did stuff without regard for regulated safety procedures.

It would all be fine... until it wasn't... such as in the event of an accident... Then comes the locals' complaints, demands for compensation, the council inquiry, the recriminations, the charges of negligence...




We have gone full circle

The complaining whining cry baby mentality if you did have an accident
Should be dealt with by accepting that s*** happens

You're over-estimating rural people.

Community-mindedness in rural communities is generally only extended to those within the community.

Rural people are just as capable of outrage as their urban counterparts where accidents are caused by outsiders - particularly government-employed outsiders.



Most rural people develop the skill of self-reliance
From a position of competence rural people realize that you still need to have each other's backs

Most urban people developed the skill of learned helplessness and the cry baby mentality
From a position of incompetence urban people see their fellow man as a competitor for scarce resources


There are literally hundreds of thousands of houses in urban areas with one inhabitant
4 bedrooms and two bathrooms
And yet the incompetent urban person refuses to take in the homeless nurse

A skilled nurse in a rural community would have no trouble finding accommodation Grin


That’s exactly what I have come to realise years ago!
I actually remember feeling angry about it thinking the world is filling up with idiots fast!
Made me want to run and hide out in the never never far away as possible from them  Grin

So we’ve become the helpers to the helpless and we’ve become the ones to rely upon.
I must say for ages I felt like we were used… felt puzzled why some people never learnt how to be more reliant on themselves.
I think Aqua… when you write about having more personal accountability/responsibility … it’s where many won’t or are too dammed lazy.

I’ve got a friend that never learnt… her ex is a mechanic/farmer and very hard working… she was way too ladedah madam princess… delighted in spending and never learnt to survive or save or anything…
He left her…. she end up with $250K from house sale only to have spent it all within 2 years with her teens asking for money constantly….then she had nothing… we scratched our heads…. she ended up renting with her son and his partner but they wanted their own space so then she had to get rid of all that expensive furniture for peanuts so she could shrink her life down to living in a retirement village with her 80 yr old mother…. a 2 bedroom… and she’s in a single bed in a small room now.
From a 5 acre paradise and mansion built to her specifications….

Yet has she learnt anything? My mechanic hubby services her car for peanuts…. we’ve got her shipping container with some of her personal keepsakes on our property - no charge. We’ve helped her twice to shift house. Hubby wonders why her son and son in law and partners are like ghosts… nowhere to be seen.
I think what you said Aqua about good relationships is important… but even now… after all we did… she’s settled in with her aging mother and I hardly hear from her…. Whereas before she visited twice weekly for cuppa and chat.
I text her and I get no reply for days.
Her other friends are no longer in her circle and the estranged attitude is losing me too.






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Re: Landlord Doubles Nurses Rent Days Before Xmas
Reply #64 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 1:06pm
 
Something isn't adding up.

As a full time RN she'd be on 80-90k
Being a single mum she'd get a govt payment of some kind?
She's only been paying $300 a week and has no savings ?

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Reply #65 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 2:44pm
 
Gordon wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 1:06pm:
Something isn't adding up.

As a full time RN she'd be on 80-90k
Being a single mum she'd get a govt payment of some kind?
She's only been paying $300 a week and has no savings ?


You read my mind. On Agency rates - RN's can make $100 an hour. RN pay rates are good, especially when overtime or double shifts come into it as working extra hours is easy to get in Nursing. I always recommend Assistant Nursing for students as it offers more flexibility of shifts and hours - better than working the cliche Waitering, Bar Work, etc.

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Reply #66 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 3:50pm
 
aquascoot wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 8:02am:
John Smith wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 7:01am:
Get over yourself horseboy.  Aussies have always jumped in to help each other after natural disasters. Whole armies of volunteers cleaned up Brisbane  after the floods. Despite what you tell yourself,  your not that special.



Get over yourself Mr Smith

Go and check out the figures for volunteers for urban state emergency service crews

They are at an all-time record low

Seems like you urban creatures would rather sit in your basements having rape fantasies about Donald trump then do something constructive Grin Grin Grin


But we weren't talking about volunteers at urban ses centres were we. Cheesy Cheesy
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Reply #67 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 3:54pm
 
Gordon wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 1:06pm:
Something isn't adding up.



but 30 weeks is adding up for you  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy ya dumbarse
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Re: Landlord Doubles Nurses Rent Days Before Xmas
Reply #68 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 4:13pm
 
Gordon wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 1:06pm:
Something isn't adding up.

As a full time RN she'd be on 80-90k
Being a single mum she'd get a govt payment of some kind?
She's only been paying $300 a week and has no savings ?



Exactly.


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Reply #69 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 4:20pm
 
Jasin wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 2:44pm:
Gordon wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 1:06pm:
Something isn't adding up.

As a full time RN she'd be on 80-90k
Being a single mum she'd get a govt payment of some kind?
She's only been paying $300 a week and has no savings ?


You read my mind. On Agency rates - RN's can make $100 an hour. RN pay rates are good, especially when overtime or double shifts come into it as working extra hours is easy to get in Nursing. I always recommend Assistant Nursing for students as it offers more flexibility of shifts and hours - better than working the cliche Waitering, Bar Work, etc.



Child support payments? Has anyone mentioned this income stream yet?

Nurses make a LOT of money thanks to shift and other allowances. That landlord should have been charging $600/week for at least the past year.

The fact that she was able to enjoy such a low rate is ridiculous. Especially given her occupation and the rates of pay associated with it. In fact she should have money stashed away for a new car or a holiday at $300 rent/week for a HOUSE. I have no sympathy whatsoever for her.
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Reply #70 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 4:22pm
 
Has the fine folks who are the landlords been on them fancy Rate my Landlords site yet?

Who was this person?  Angry
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Reply #71 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 4:24pm
 
Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 4:20pm:
Jasin wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 2:44pm:
Gordon wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 1:06pm:
Something isn't adding up.

As a full time RN she'd be on 80-90k
Being a single mum she'd get a govt payment of some kind?
She's only been paying $300 a week and has no savings ?


You read my mind. On Agency rates - RN's can make $100 an hour. RN pay rates are good, especially when overtime or double shifts come into it as working extra hours is easy to get in Nursing. I always recommend Assistant Nursing for students as it offers more flexibility of shifts and hours - better than working the cliche Waitering, Bar Work, etc.



Nurses make a LOT of money thanks to shift allowances. That landlord should have been charging her $600/week for the past year. The fact that she was able to enjoy such a low rate is ridiculous. She should have money stashed away for a new car or a holiday at $300 rent/week for a HOUSE. I have no sympathy whatsoever for her.


Maybe the new Landlord wasn't interested in a weekly Bedwash Delux style with just $300pw?
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Reply #72 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 4:26pm
 
Billy J. Jack wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 4:22pm:
Has the fine folks who are the landlords been on them fancy Rate my Landlords site yet?

Who was this person?  Angry


I'm not sure. Greggy??

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Reply #73 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 6:36pm
 
Gordon wrote on Dec 28th, 2023 at 1:06pm:
Something isn't adding up.

As a full time RN she'd be on 80-90k
Being a single mum she'd get a govt payment of some kind?



Nope.

If she earns more than $52,000 a year, she won't receive a cent from Centrelink.

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Reply #74 - Dec 28th, 2023 at 6:38pm
 
Only Turdie would make up her income,  then cries that it doesn't add up Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
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