I visited the car repair shop today. Photos were taken and I will be called with a quote for repair. The business was personally recommended to me by two different people. Because I live in the inner city, I know the price will be higher than if I was in outer suburb.
An electric notice went up in the lift, wishing all a Happy Labor Day, or is Labour Day? I didn't see how the lift lighting killed the photo, but I can assure you, the top says Labor and the bottom says Labour. Australia has a bob each way with this. Our Labor Party represents the labour movement, for workers rights and care for the less fortunate in society. Most good public policies such as our public health system, decent conditions for workers and social security has come from the Labor Party.
Our misnamed Liberal Party is socially very conservative, anti worker, anti union, anti gay, anti trans pro big business profits and eff the less the fortunate in society. Historically it is pro immigration of labourers to work for peanuts and break down Australian workers' rights.
Ah well, off on a tangent I went. The Labor Party has used the spelling since the early 20th century, in a time when both spellings were acceptable. There was some influence from American unions at the time, but I put the alternative spelling down to be wanting to seem progressive with the new world of the Americas, rather than old Mother Britain.
I've just checked and the public holiday is spelt Labour Day.
Bone Doctor, sister's wife, will arrive here at 11.30 tonight from Queensland where she attended the funeral of her 101 year old grandmother. I will be asleep and I meant to leave a dram of scotch in the bottle to help her sleep after such a big day. Alas, I finished the bottle. There's some port on the drinks trolley, and one medium strength beer in the fridge. We'll probably have breakfast out in the morning.
Phyllis is working a cleaning job. The job is not bad, but a long way away and the dust is affecting him. He is wearing a mask now. Today the first job was to clean a massive modern two storey house in the outer northern suburbs and the team called the boss. It was in such a disgusting and cluttered state, they could not do the job, and it wasn't.
Sunday was lovely, with a birthday party for Oldest Great Niece who has turned twelve. So Fun60, your granddaughter must be 12 too. Or do I have the terribly wrong.
Much sympathy to River whose cat Lola has died.
A snip of an exchange between me and neighbour HH.
Hi H. Is it just me? Two consecutive weeks of aggressive looking white football players in the lift display, and this week a very aggressive photo display of Jimmy Barnes who is performing in Melbourne. Do residents want to see photos of aggressive looking men in the lift? Maybe it is just me.
She replied and had not really noticed what I observed, but she understood my point. I remember this from the time many years ago.
Your thoughts remind me of some years ago when I had to make an official complaint about men travelling in the lift from the pool without tops on, I didn’t want to see that either.
I replied,
I appreciate your point about topless men in the lift, but I rather liked seeing them 😛
She replied with hands over eyes emoji.
It's raining, a nice soft steady rain, not like the floods in northern Australia. As we southern Australians always say, 'we need the rain'.
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Oh, poor Phyllis. I hope the mask helps. You never know what you may be inhaling from some of those places.
ReplyDeleteLaughed at HH comment. . Hairy men or even hairless men without tops on is disgusting, I imposed a no singlet unless under a shirt ban with my sons when a table, I also hate hats at table. As for the dreadful posters! . Well may you love the aesthetic Andrew ! The answer night be, have single sex lifts😂
ReplyDeleteYou must be one of those lezzo types.
DeleteInteresting about variations in the spelling of labor/labour. I bet Phyllis will have some interesting stories from that cleaning job!
ReplyDeleteI agree about that job. lol Be well!
DeleteThank you. Twice now I have looked around wondering why Lola is so quiet.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't like to see pictures of aggressive men anywhere, why not show them happy instead?
Why does where you live make a difference to the price of car repair?
Businesses know we have more money than the average, and so load up the price. It's especially evident when we need tradespeople to do work.
DeleteOdd they would have two different spellings on the same electric notice. I guess who created it wasn't sure how it's spelled either.
ReplyDeleteDistance and dust can be a major put off. Good to hear of the pleasant change of weather with the steady rain.
ReplyDeleteI never accepted spelling errors in my students' work. So on the first day of each semester, I explained in advance that stupid mistakes (not typos) would put me in a bad mood... they should check their work for errors BEFORE handing in any work.
ReplyDeleteBut Hels, what would you have done with labour/labor?
DeleteDespite my family practically inventing left wing politics, there is still no such word as Labor.
DeletePoor Phyllis. It sounds like perhaps he would be better off looking for a job in retail or something.
ReplyDeleteYou are are always good for a giggle though. Your elevator story was uplifting.
Yes, more suited to the make up counter at a large department store.
DeleteThe Labor Party is trying to look after those that do the labour - could be confusing to some. I can't stand men with no tops on inside the house , Andrew. Lift is ok especially if they have been swimming.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a very dirty modern home, some people are just plain lazy at times. Would be awful to clean and glad Phylis's work place declined.
Labour should be called Mafia's party
ReplyDeleteAs opposed to the corrupt Liberal Party, full of influence by big business, and them not paying taxes.
DeleteLabour/Labor, Color/Colour, Tyre/Tire, as worldly users of the English language, we should accept that both are correct. Just another way that there is not always one correct answer.
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DeleteThey are certainly correct in _their own_ countries. I don't mind what spelling US, Japanese or Hungarian writers use at home. But not here, please.
I do there is a country specific spelling but no one should be offended by a different country having different spellings.
DeleteCar repairs are always cause for anxiety. Ours has just come back from the garage with a pleasingly lower bill than anticipated.
ReplyDeleteIts hard around here to even get in to a legit mechanic. That's when I went to the illegit ones (we call them backyarders) but after the last two experiences, I'll be back at the shops with my old car. I hope your bill isn't too high. Body work only though, maybe it won't be so bad as mechanical jobs.
ReplyDeletePoor Phyllis. I hope that he can find a better job. That sounds awful.
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