I need to vent!

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For the past week I've had what I can best describe as corked lower-back muscles.

Sunday - Wednesday were utterly horrible; practically unable to walk, sitting in anything other than our lounge was excruciating, using the loo and getting dressed, it has all been incredibly frustrating.

Thursday onwards I've been doing a series of lower-back muscle stretches/exercises, followed by at least 5mins of walking (Which I swear I looked as retarded as I felt); it hasn't helped that the strain has been playing on my Sciatic Nerve either, leading to a "flare-up" at about 5:00am on Friday morning that had me doubling over in pain whilst trying to get out of bed to use the dunny.

Up until last night, I've had to take Ibuprofen to relax the muscles and somewhat mask the pain just to be able to get to sleep!

This past week has felt so incredibly unproductive as I've not been able to get anything done that I really wanted to, the only plus being that I've caught up on 12 seasons of South Park... Which desn't feel as good to say as I'd like it to.


This whole getting older thing is thoroughly overrated!

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This whole getting older thing is thoroughly overrated!

My 7y.o niece said she couldn't wait to grow up.

I told her this :P

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My 7y.o niece said she couldn't wait to grow up.

I told her this :P

Hehe - I hope she got the reference.

[Golden Phoenix]

Hehe - I hope she got the reference.

She got the message, but not the reference.

Her father (my brother) had a laugh though.

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She got the message, but not the reference.

Her father (my brother) had a laugh though.

Hehe, lol - Goodo!

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I ordered a book for $350 from amazon using a third party brand new. Upon delivery the corners a bingled, a deep scratch on the cover, pages are marked along the outside (when the book is closed). It is clearly not brand new and is second hand. What are my chances of a refund? I dont really want to return it as I need it for my studies. I have sent an email asking how will they rectify this issue. What are my options?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I ordered a book for $350 from amazon using a third party brand new. Upon delivery the corners a bingled, a deep scratch on the cover, pages are marked along the outside (when the book is closed). It is clearly not brand new and is second hand. What are my chances of a refund? I dont really want to return it as I need it for my studies. I have sent an email asking how will they rectify this issue. What are my options?

I would start with emailing amazon and explain your situation exactly. There is a feedback option there somewhere on sellers as well and amazon have a chat option as well. so give that a crack. Even though they are 3rd party sellers, amazon still appears to ahve quite a bit od sway in how they do stuff.

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Jeebus at that price, I'd want at least a partial refund. I guess if you get no help from the seller, Amazon should be able to help.

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I have emailed amazon and the third party in question. Amazon wont be able to release any info on the investigation to me. Suppose I wait??

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Traffic has been absolutely terrible in Sydney from the Bankstown area to North Ryde - More so than the usual. For six months it was manageable with the occasional traffic day every couple of weeks but nothing major - No more than an hour's drive, often less. However for the last 3 weeks it has been absolutely awful. One day it took me 2.5 hours to get to work but several days it's been an hour and a half, even two. To give you an idea off distance, if I drive off peak, it doesn't take more than 30 minutes. During the holiday season it was just 20.

It's so crazy and unpredictable that once I left an hour early to arrive 30 minutes late and another time I left late only to arrive early!

Today was the last straw as I was stuck in traffic for 30 minutes but only moved 3 car spaces forward during that time. Worse still was that I was only 1 km away from work! I was very tempted to just abandon the car and walk.

As a result I have even more contempt for our backwards and badly designed road system and will be forced to brave our backwards and inadequate public transport system. It will be bad but at this point, it is the lesser of the two evils.

Shame, having the car gave me a lot of freedom. Now I won't be able to go to the gym at lunch hour or drive to an nice cafe or restaurant for lunch. Sucks donkey balls