hey......
i need some serious sympathy.....
i am totally broke (again).....72 cents in the bank account....until centrelink pay day next wednesday...which means the bug in this weekend is going to be asses...total asses...no fun at all with no money.
what the f### am i meant to do??? i seriously cant live on ausstudy ------ does anyone know of any part time jobs going in brisbane.......? didnt want to get a job because as i am a mature age student....having studied in nearly 10years....i wanted to concentrate to trying to get good grades.......trying not to be a stress head.....and now the stress of being constantly broke is really getting to me....
stupid though because at 26 i am too old to get casual work at all the usual places....and the only real emplyable skills i have (anymore it seems) is in disability support work...and i am really reluctant to get back into that......
sigh.
now i feel really shit.
and its not even as if i have done anything exciting this fortnight......no drunken nights with expensive cab rides home...no new clothes or yummy dinners....just rent, food, petrol, cigarettes, bills, and a 10 trip saver to catch the freaking bus.

baaaaaaahhhhhhh.

ok. sorry ppl. i did warn you though. not vw related. just a big freaking sook because i wanted to go to the shop and then just checked my bank account and now i aint going anywhere...............

but am serious, if anyone has any suggestions as to where to get a job in brisbane that would be great (especially if its cash in hand hahahah, no, theres no way around centrelink....)

thorun

cigarettes are a luxury for the rich, are they not, as they are like 10 bucks a packet. thought i would jsut throw that your way. not being able to smoke may give you a little more stress, but would also give you a few bucks and better health. (nope not since i was five,in case you ask!)

think of trying at dreamworld for weekend and holiday work.......we have alot of Uni people working here.
Rob

nice thought, and so appriecated,
but actually, smoking dulls my hunger pangs....so while buying tobacco is kinda expensive(a rolling pouch costs me about $13 a week)
amazingly enough --- it saves me money i spend less on food - know what i mean?

and anyway, quitting is expensive, though perhaps never being a smoker you wouldnt know this ---- and it is a proven fact also ( i study health science)...is one of the many contirbuting factors that keeps people from lower socio-economic groups from actually quitting.....nicotine replacement therapy....hypno-therapy....counselling...de-stressing activities like yoga and pilates classes....they all cost money hun.
so when i can afford to spend more than $80 a fortnight on groceries, i might give up cigarettes, join a yoga class and get your facts straigt....rich ppl dont smoke buddy...they have personal trainers and stuff

winge winge winge thorun......cold turkey!!......actually u could have saved this problem and saved 13 bucks a week for chow if u hadnt taken up smoking in the first place!!!!!!:P

thanks rob, i might give em a call this week...
seriously nick....when i am in this kind of mood....dont bitch to me about smoking....pleeeeeze.....

lol sorry lil dub:P

everything in life is a choice, as is quiting. i know people who smoked serious cigs, like camel and etc, and they jsut decide to stop and do so successfully. power of the mind and spirit will override anything. you decide what you want to do and you do it. hmmm, yes its proven to be addictive, you will say. alot of things are but yet people can overcome them with out all the extra profit for business.

i had a friend who claimed he could not get of his marijana addiction as he was shown to be medically certified addicted. but guess what i got him put on monthly drug testing with the consequences being time away, and guess what, after 3 months clean, and has been for the past eighteen months. no patches, therapy or anything else that makes $$$ for business. nope jsut a couple of good friends to talk to and the fear of losing something greater. amazing how spirit works.
anyway good luck with your study.

ps. i know smoking is not for the rich, but with all the tax you have to be to enjoy it, really. 13 bucks at a fruit shop would go along way to helping your hunger and therefor your mind for study and good grades.

anyway maybe i can take your mind off being poor, hungry and not being able to put fuel in your T3 or have some moeny for a swap meet, am happy to chat anytime. and im only prodding, so dont take too much offence, you have all the rights as everybody esle to live your life.

:kiss

[Edited on 4/4/2004 by twoguns]

she has a T3 not a bug 2guns

sorry, wasnt sure. appologise for that. :kiss

:cry one day it will all be one big character building memory thorun,,, I supplimented my uni days with glam jobs such as entertainment centre snack bar bimbo, fisho' van :o (mmm sellin seafood from side of road!!!),, to working as wilderness koala (till the homeless kids had turf war with me in king george square.. they dangled me by legs over bridge,,,,,not so bad, but when i was propositioned by really ugly old dude near southbank...i handed in my resignation!!!).... had the booze thing sorted tho, art student=gallery openings=free piss.....ahhh dems were the days.... Just need to keep an open mind and positive attitide,, you will pull thru...

oh as for food, one can cut down on bill if you suss out the best soup kitchens, back then the hare's always put on a good feast for free!

you have a car,, if needs be just work out the nearest driver reviver, can at least get a kit kat or two,, invite ur friends and have a party????

:P be creative!!!! the worlds ur oyster (as long as your willing to settle for the no frills variety!).....

btw, for anyone reading prev post.. it's ok to scab things as long as you make conscious descision to put back into the generosity of the cosmos when you are financially able to at later date.... (ie I am not a callous soup kitchen scab).. come to my place thorun, I have food and wine aplenty!!!! lol

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Originally posted by $2.63 homebrand baja btw, for anyone reading prev post.. it's ok to scab things as long as you make conscious descision to put back into the generosity of the cosmos when you are financially able to at later date.... (ie I am not a callous soup kitchen scab).. come to my place thorun, I have food and wine aplenty!!!! lol

Poor darl!!.. All she wanted was a :kiss and a shoulder to she got :cry on. Now she feels more like a victim:party and she has no money for :beer. If I was you lil dub, I would borrow 50 bucks and go somewhere and get seriously pissed and :bounce.

Then tomorrow, you can worry with a hangover
If you were in SYD, I'd fix you up darl!!!

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Originally posted by $2.63 homebrand baja come to my place thorun, I have food and wine aplenty!!!! lol

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Originally posted by Andy42 Quote: Originally posted by $2.63 homebrand baja come to my place thorun, I have food and wine aplenty!!!! lol so then the next manx club meeting is at your house then??:beer:beer And thorun just think how trivial this will seem when you are finished UNI and back in full work. And at least you will appreciate having done it all yourself. :thumb

Oh, And the next meeting has been scheduled at Heather's place.....

Don't worry lil dub. I will keep my eye open for you. Do you have blue card to work with kids? What about teacher aiding? and what do you study? u may be able to pic up a part time job in that?

don't worry about the bug in. It will be a blast. Just make sure your there and in a good mood and it will be fun!!!!! and we can make sure you have lots of :beer, i need a drinking buddy that can keep up with me!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by StenGuns Poor darl!!.. All she wanted was a :kiss and a shoulder to she got :cry on. Now she feels more like a victim:party and she has no money for :beer. If I was you lil dub, I would borrow 50 bucks and go somewhere and get seriously pissed and :bounce. Then tomorrow, you can worry with a hangover If you were in SYD, I'd fix you up darl!!!

Perhaps you can enquire for a job at uni - there is often part time stuff floating around if you keep your ears open and make some enquiries. Worth a look.

Hard times a plenty! Tell me about it! Keep smiling though, let people help you and treat yourself to one thing a week. Doesn't matter what or how big but one treat! If smoking is your only luxury / hang up so what! ( people the guy doesn't need a farkin lecture!).Everyone wastes money or poisons themselves somehow. Just cut right down enough for a treat!
You have friends that will look after you , keep your bug sorted with cheap parts , drown you in wine and help fill your tum! Seriously , keep smiling or just laugh at others misfortunes , i do! Rich Bastards!

Dan

I know EXACTLY how that is. I found myself without income recently and centrelink was no help at all. It took 6 weeks to get 1 cent. All they kept saying to me was 98% of claims are settled within 28 days.

Fat lot of good that did me. I had to beg and borrow for ages. And then when the money did come I had to hand it all back to people I owed. Although I was in a better position than you having a child, so the money I eventually got was enough.


Funding a uni degree isnt easy. People think it is, with HECS system but thats shit. Travel costs, standard uni fees, book fees, printing lecture notes etc. When you factor in the money you are losing by not working for 3 to 4 years its a lot of money. I estimate that it will cost me abut 300,000. Luckily I finish this year before deregulated fees come in, and text book subsidy goes out.

Gotta love politics. Give you a text book subsidy to stop whining about the new GST then take it away a few years later.

Sorry for hijacking your whinge with mine. Could be worse though, its a lot more expensive to live down here.

Austudy can NOT be survived on when I was on it along with a job still had to get cheap food handouts from Food Aid. But if you want the change that study is going to bring bad enough you will endure. A job is the answer and I don't been to be nasty but just get out and get one, anything, dishwashing whatever, you can and you will if what you are chasing is truly what you desire. It is sometimes hard to remain positive but only you are in control of this situation.

Find some rich old bastard and live happily ever after! )(not really) Pity you're in Brissy, I'd put $10 in your dak dak and ask you to take me out for a beer and a chat and then get u to drop me home when I was good n pissed. It'd be nice to have someone else drive for a change....

:thumb

EDIT: Oh yeah, I'd buy you dinner, too

[Edited on 5-4-2004 by VWCOOL]

:cry

oh gawd.....you guys make me cry....so freaking kind.....

i have to admit, i was in a pretty bad way when i posted this orginally.....my mum had just come over with my mail.....my huge credit card bill....and i realised that i have been running out of cash every single fortnight since i started studying.....and living off my credit card...for petrol ....and text books...and everything....
so i posted my big sob....
and then someone had a go at my smoking...
i was ready to f##king kill....
seriously....
i was sooooooooooo pissed off....

so then i disconnected...and was like...freaking car ppl....no feaking sympathy.....

lay on my bed......feeling really really sorry for myself....turned on some angry punk music loud to let my non-renting-bmw-driving-salary-paid neighbours feel my pain.

and then this thing came on sbs....about a block of apartments in melbourne provides temporary housing for refugees....and all the shit they have to deal with.....no where for the kids to play.....8 people living in a 3 bedroom flat....no relatives....mind you centrelink probably pay them more than me (heheheh, self pity again) ....but they have been presecuted, raped, family members killed.....no relatives in this counrty....

so i balled my eyes out....alone in my bedroom, with my nice vw parked out front, my tv and my copmputer....yeah i might be eating homebrand fccking weetbix....but its all ok...

so my housemate and his friend came home, to find me delillsionally chain smoking on the front verandah....eyes red raw.....babbling about how we had to volunteer to help the refugees.......(poor nathan...i've had my periods all week and he puts up with so much and complains so little....heheheh)

so thanks guys.......i was kinda dreading logging back on to the forum....thinking that i had posted this really dumb arse thread about being poor and basically whinging.......

and now all this!!!

all this love.....awww.....my heart just bursts.....
thanks guys.......

and i am totally taking you all up on all offers!!!!!!!!!!!!

beer.,....drugs.....good home cooking......part time employment......possible sugar daddies.......(hey, if i can waste an average of 3 hours each week at centrelink stones corner for a measly $280 a fortnight....i can put up with anything) .........any of it...all of it....heheheh......bring it on.......

sob sob......

its beautiful.....

and i feel so much better...because i have shared my pain....i have found fellow poor bastards on the forum....i have been inspired.....and yes, i am happy that we live in a country that allows access (however limited) (and however uncertain) to free education....free health.......lets hope that john howard isnt re-elected....that the next government might just realise that the only way out of poverty (and poor health....i am a helath science student and poverty and poor health go hand in hand) the only way out of poverty is through education....and the only way our society can be equal is by offering everybody access to free education and free health....

ok....now i have totally had a big rant....i've cried...i've bonded with you all...now you know......remeber...the beer and the food and the drugs heheheh.....just email me.......maybe i should organise a cruise to norman park...hold a show and shine in my street.....you can all pay with food donations....heheh...trophies will be framed centrelink payslips......

ok, i'll shut up now before i go too far.

thanks guys, for your support and sympathy.....
much love
thorun

heather, drew, daz, amazer, dannyboy.....mwaaaah....all so nice...all of you....the funny one who called me darl....i'm truly touched......
just read it again....sob sob.....

xxxxxxxxxthor

(and hey, i was only joking about the sugar daddy thing....im fine really)

Good to hear you're feeling better Darl!!

Pity the Suga Daddy idea didn't get up!!