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Edit: I've been informed the specific incident in the link is an urban legend: http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/brothel.asp - I really should have checked the date, as is good practice ( Read more... )

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Yesterday's issue has been resolved. Called Centrelink early this morning, had to lie to the automated call routing because it couldn't understand my speaking the information it demanded I speak, so said I didn't have that information and got put through to a person, ( Read more... )

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Just found out while reporting to Centrelink my jobsearching and 'income' for the past fortnight that my unemployment payments have been suspended. It seems I missed an appointment two weeks ago, which I must have forgotten to mark on my calendar. :-/

This is ( Read more... )

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Another couple of days this week, of volunteering at the charity shop done. I talked to some other people there who like me are there assigned as part of the government's 'work for the dole' program. Seems morale in that department is catastrophically low.

We have a ( Read more... )

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The following violates my single topic per post rule. I blame myself for not updating more diligently.

Offered to drive my sister to the station on Monday, as she'd just missed her bus. That was how we found out the car wasn't working. Bit of a worry, as I had an ( Read more... )

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Being interviewed for, say, a retail job, would it help my chances to perform a version of 'Part of Your World' customised to their business?

Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think our range is complete?
Wouldn't you think we're the store
The store that ( Read more... )

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I said recently I would make a daily effort to post (not a guarantee of daily posts) yet none have been posted or even drafted since then, until this one. Unfortunately I have not really felt myself to have the time available to devote to writing those posts I want to ( Read more... )

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Appointment today, went well. It turned out I was mistaken about having to have my birth certificate available on account of having been registered for jobseeking assistance in the past. But it is still useful to have.

Meanwhile the jobhunting itself continues to not ( Read more... )

Maxvelocity +10kph

    I have been enjoying, lately, being able to drive my sisters places. It is fun, pleasant to be helpful, and gives us more opportunities to talk ( Read more... )