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  1. Posted

    Insurance companies will try every scumbag tactic to not pay. Even in very clear cut claims, they will try to screw you at every turn.

    Play the game, never get frustrated with them and call them EVERY day. Even if you have nothing to say. The more time you cost them, the more tired they become of their own game.

    Be prepared to wait (6-12months) because it's another tactic. Be sure you cost them money every day they don't pay your claim - call them, email them, visit them in the store. Time is money.

    If you're living with your parents, you are a caretaker or something other than a renter or boarder - no money is involved.

    Never tell an insurance company more than they need to know. They have too much access to information (including metadata....) so don't make it easier for them (they make nothing easy for you). Be political, be polite and never give up.

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    I can't remember the flyer handed to my by my GP when I had three crashes (no injuries, only property), something like Moore's Law (but clearly not).

    Basically, yes, it can be a problem if there's an incident and you are under the influence of anything, even if it's prescribed.

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    How about rigid PVC drain with holes drilled in one half? install inspection points at a low angle to the drain - eg, two 45 degree bends rather than one 90 degree. That way you can stick one of those rotorooter things down there and de-root as needed. I found it better than agi pipe - you can't put blades down the soft PVC.

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  6. Posted · Edited by 11010490

    After living off grid for a little while in isolation, here's a few points I've noticed while staying in this shack -

    Heating and cooling use a ridiculous amount of energy. Good insulation is a must. 'Insulate before generate'.

    Windows facing the correct direction.

    LiFePO4 battery bank.

    Large and small inverter for optimum efficiency.

    Large rain water tank.

    Bore/dam water holding tank.

    RO filter in case bore/dam water must be used for potable water.

    Fire place.

    LPG.

    Very high efficiency appliances.

    Use most of your energy during the day, since we are lucky enough to have that giant fission reactor above our heads, spewing out free energy almost every day in Australia.

    Protected garden space.

    Biiig, stable temperature and humidity pantry. (Rat proof)

    If you're a fair bit away from other people, spares of everything, some sort of communication means in case you're in real trouble.

    Essentially, when you have to provide your own energy, you sure do change just about every habit, unless you put in a 30kw system.

    Edit: Completely forgot to list the obvious, probably because I think it's just assumed when living in Australia - Solar!

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    "Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other".

    .Arthur Schopenhauer

    “When hit by boredom, let yourself be crushed by it; submerge, hit bottom. In general, with things unpleasant, the rule is: The sooner you hit bottom, the faster you surface. The idea here is to exact a full look at the worst. The reason boredom deserves such scrutiny is that it represents pure, undiluted time in all its repetitive, redundant, monotonous splendor.

    Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your window on time's infinity. Once this window opens, don't try to shut it; on the contrary, throw it wide open.” Joseph Brodsky.

     

    Love it.

    Boredom, fuck I've forgotten what that's like.

    I wish I had the time to be bored.

    Don't think about about the boredom, think about the possibilities the future could hold if you take a few steps to create them.

     

    It's not that I'm sitting around with nothing to do, it's just that everything I have to do eats up all my time.

    Oh no you have fallen into the 9-5 routine which is joyless if you don't have a family to come home to. Embrace activities and hobbies that you are passionate about and before you know it there is not enough time in the day to the things you want. If you think you have no passions maybe you are just demotivated or lazy, a Mullumbimby road trip might fix that.

     

    Very true. I want to move to NE NSW in a few years, land there is so damn expensive.

    my advise embrace those mundane drone pennys, party ppl come and go & usually end up being the falsest of mates,who are only there for the good times, except for the ones you can count on yr left hand,who ride straight and stand true no matter what level of demoncy your going thru, with maturtiy comes commitments & boring ass shitty responsibilitys....but when you have that my time, those drone pennys are saved up & you can always unleash one hell of hell ride good time, to make up for the sacrifice you have endured!

    Also these boring time are best to find your inner passions, reflect, revel your creativity, learn lessons of patience which can disclose enlightenment.

    so many times i found myself mixed up in relationships, mates and shit and lost my true inner uniqueness,kinda like my intelligence was apprehended by others and there endevours.......so now i enjoy my master recluse, and secretly prepare for my own grandmaster plan, fuck what others are doing focus on yr self at the end of day when your gasping yr last breathe, its about what made yr own self happiness and what made you walk thru life with a smile!

     

     

     

    Hrmmmm.

    become a heroin addict, you'll always have something to do then :wink:

     

    Hahahaha, tis the season ;)

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    Damn I'm bored these days. It's becoming more and more difficult to find people to party with, everyone I used to party with have got various things happening in their lives - gone over seas, kids, moved interstate, working, etc.

    Not really sure how to get out of this rut of going to work and home again like a drone. Am I getting old? Anyone else suddenly realise how boring their life has become?

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