Or even say yun tao pok gai

I love diu or if I’m exceptional exasperated, diu lay lo mo

The stairs jumped out and tripped me, now I have a bruised toe.

“I’m so hungry, I could eat the ass out of a low flying duck.” “Fuck me dead.”

• Australia

Might not be idioms, but they do put some weird images in to one’s mind.

That’s awesome. I’m going to have to look in to this more seriously. Thank you for adding more fuel to a tiny little flame. 😊

I don’t know what kind of schedule you have, but if you’re able to, get a job on the hill, even if it’s one day a week. I used to work part time every season, and I got a free seasons pass. I can’t remember about rentals but I had my own board. I got to know all of the rentals people so I got to take out some skis every now and then for free if they weren’t busy.

If instructors have lessons scheduled but they haven’t been filled, sometimes you can hop in for free or at a discounted rate.

For all beginners, I highly highly recommend to take a few lessons first because A) you pick up bad habits from friends, and B) first and foremost, you need to be confident with your stopping, not following your friends down double blacks. You’ll end up hating yourself and giving up on the sport.

If working is not possible, then you could look at volunteering. My mountain would give one free daypass every shift you worked, so you could very easily volunteer in the morning and hit the slopes in the afternoon or another day.

Re: driving… Snow tires. Get some good ones, and practice driving in snow until you’re comfortable before going up a mountain. I also used to drive long distances over mountain passes and have seen some bad things.

I do remember using a pedal, and I don’t remember it being too hard. I do recall, however, one of the troublemakers in class would put the pedal to the metal and the teacher would give him an earful.

What are some of the things that you’ve sewn? I need a little inspiration, maybe it’s time I pick it up as a hobby and not just for school.

Play guitar, or sew. Guitar because I play woodwinds, so when I’m sick, I’m pretty useless. At least with a guitar, I can cough my lungs out and still somewhat play guitar if I’m not heaving for air. Or someone else can sing for me.

Sewing because then I wouldn’t have to resort to a single needle and thread and have no idea what I’m doing when patching something up. If I could remember how to use a sewing machine from home economics class in highschool, then I could start a little hobby business on the side, and I wouldn’t have to give up my favourite pair of jeans. :(

Now that I think about it, origami for me, too. Sometimes, I’ll have a cough candy and then I’m left with a wrapper. I stick it in my pocket when there’s no bin nearby, and it always somehow ends up as a crane, turtle, or fortune teller.

I told my boss about the team leader who was bullying others, bullying the business owners, and making extremely sexist and racist remarks to everyone “lower” than him, and then I became thd problem. 🙄 Management are the ones that preach “We’re a family” until money or their ego is involved, and suddenly, they’re crying and out for blood.

You did what was right. Be proud to have the morals and respect for you and others that they will never have.

It’s why I ended up quitting that job. I couldn’t get ahead because documenting everything took up so much of my time. In the end, the entire chain up to CEO still sided with my shite in the rain of a manager because she sucked enough under the table 🙄

That’s flat out nepotism, and an impending disaster. Good call on getting out sooner rather than later. The pay 100% was not worth the risk.

That’s a great question and there are so many good answers in this thread.

Don’t expect your superiors to ever back you up. I got burned so many times. I knew I was right, but they didn’t have a backbone and only thought about the budget, their reputation, and the work they’d have to put in for damage control. I wanted to shut restaurants for their filthiness, but “Oh noes, what will the community think”. Well, if someone dies, then it’s on your head. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING.

Even if a conversation or direction was made verbally, always follow up with an email to say “Just to confirm our conversation today, you have directed me to…” Even if it’s about holidays. My old boss was such a prick. Him and all upper management are the reason I am suspicious of everyone and everything.

99% of people don’t wash their hands properly.

My manager has been the manager of my department for over 7 years and admitted to my face that she has no idea what we do. 💀… And then did not make any effort in the last 8 months to learn what I do.

Yes and yes. I’m a health inspector.

Would absolutely not do it for free. There’s a lot more that I do than just inspecting restaurants and beauty premises:

• inspection accommodations (hotels, motels, rooming houses, student forms, hostels, camps)

• respond to environmental complaints (dumping, pollution of storm water, failing septics, installation of septics)

• residential complaints (the worst!! People don’t want to talk to each other and problem solve like adults so they threaten each other by dragging me in to sort their shit out for them. If they don’t get the result they want, it’s my fault 🙄)

• emergency response (we suddenly had importance when covid came around, but the nation still wouldn’t acknowledge us as important because we’re not in the “response” side like nurses and doctors. We’re prevention, and nobody cares about us; bushfires, floods, air quality)

• mosquito detection (for diseases they carry and treat the areas that we find have carrier mozzies for diseases like Japanese encephalitis, Ross River, etc.)

• pest control, hoarding, land use, subdivisions, swimming pools, drinking water quality, disposal of dead carcasses, cemeteries, exhumation, outbreaks like gastro, too many things to list. We’re pretty much involved in everything that affects human health.

But we’re underpaid, underappreciated, perpetually short staffed and quickly burning out, and mostly unknown to those who don’t run businesses that require council registration by law.

Books, good food, a good laugh, and my best friend. These are things that come to mind straight away, but there are certainly many others!

Helping others, having friendly interactions with people (online and offline), birds landing on your outstretched hand, when a happy dog looks up at you with their happy smiles, when a cat comes to see you after the owner says “She’s nervous around strangers”,… A solid sleep and feeling refreshed in the morning.

A good coffee, a cold drink on a hot day, when a seed has sprouted in my garden, a hefty burrito, a heavy thunderstorm, sunshine after days of rain, the cooling 5PM breeze on a stinking hot day, ibuprofen working on a headache, when you go shopping and one of the first things you try on fits really well so you don’t have to shop for hours, the first run down the hill (snow), when you come across a steal of a deal on something you’ve been wanting,… Too many to name.

What doesn’t bring me joy is when I need cold water from the tap and hot water comes out, or if the empty toilet roll hasn’t been replaced. 💀

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

• The Summer Day, Mary Oliver

It can apply in so many instances.

I’ve always liked U2, Coldplay and Genesis, but I also love Barenaked Ladies, The East Pointers, Great Big Sea. More recently, Bear’s Den, Sons of the East, Amble, Kingfishr, and The Scratch. Just seen Amble last night and they’re incredible live.

Also enjoying KNEECAP, and Chasing Abbey.

Different story to everyone else who’s posted so far. I got a job in another province to get my foot in the door because I couldn’t get one in mine. One of my friends worked for this company and encouraged me to apply. Eventually I could move back if someone left. I didn’t for 3.5 years (1 in Alberta, 2.5 in my home province but 5h away from home), and then I went to Australia and haven’t looked back.

Came here to say this. Lock doors as soon as you get in, and start driving. Don’t rummage around, it gives time to potential attackers to get you before you even start the engine.

I don’t see as many hitch hikers now, but maybe because of my travelling routes. Even then, I still won’t pick anyone up.

Sometimes when I’m alone (rarely), I start to freak out a little bit and feel like I need the social contact. I know this isn’t good if I can’t be by myself. What I tell myself is that sometimes, I need to be alone to not be affected by anyone else. I need to step away to be able to see things more objectively.

There are some things that are better done on your own, like reading, stitching, making models, meditating. Find things that help develop you and that you enjoy those things.

Like lots of others said, working on yourself, but enjoying doing it and not caring what others think. You can go for a walk to the shops and back and buy nothing, and who would know that was your purpose - just to walk and listen to a podcast? Little things improve your life, even if it’s 0.01%. They all, add up and one day, you can look back and admire how far you’ve come.