Thank you for this very informative tip.

Thank you!

I’ve never had one. I’ve also never had my soil tested. I’m wanting to put it where there is 1.5 feet of soil then average of 4 feet thick gravel rock.

My local library doesn’t have this book. I will go in personally when it’s open to see if I can get them to order it from another library in our state.

Unless someone gives me a better recommendation here I will most definitely doing this. Australia tax isn’t cheap and I want to be sure it’s my best option first.

Fair call. I also want it to double as a cool, safe room for my family during the Australian summer and wildfire season.

Can you use pine resin on the roof?

I will have to do it all by hand. Explosives are out of the question for me. I do have some nice equipment I can rent though. The rock i have here isn’t so bad. It’s not like clumped gravel than rock but will still take a few months by hand without a Jack hammer.

Currently I have no resources apart from Web search for this topic. I’m looking at finding the most reliable resources to start me on my journey.

In my town the professional tailor has a monopoly. I would have to find a hobbyist or small home shop.

My mother refuses to even entertain the idea of fixing my zips and she says it an absolute pain and not worth the trouble. She is a seasoned sewer too so I’m going to continue to take her word for it.

I guess if the item is valuable enough and of high quality it may be worth taking to a professional and paying the premium.

Be extra vigorous with the inspection and testing of zips in any clothing from the opshop. I shop there extensively and have found the number one reason a nice jacket is donated is because the zip is faulty or outright broken.

Will Aussie zone be needing age verification?

You could acquire a pretty cheap PC for Linux it runs on a potato. Try an electrical scrap heap nearby that you can fossick from or a friend with an old, unused system in storage (even a cheap $20 retro PC from your local marketplace?) to acquire an old retro system. You might not even need a new screen depending what connections your existing screens/TV has and if you could use a cheap adapter and cable from the thrift store.

Linux runs on basically any retro PC and laptop excluding some annoying wifi chips that need planning before the install if you don’t have ethernet. Some really old tech may also require specific distributions that still offer support too.

Machines with a 32bit CPU you will want to confirm beforehand if your chosen distribution still offers a supported 32bit install image and retro PC’s with obscure expansion cards that perhaps were never supported. This is likely moving into vintage collectors territory though and you would have to be pretty lucky now to find a machine like that super cheap and working.

3 but 1 if it’s very cold.

In Australia (and around the world if you are streaming online) triple j is the absolute best for new music. It’s a public run radio station directly aimed at young people in Australia but some of us old farts still like listening to new music.

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/the-latest

I’ve been using archinstall it’s actually pretty good now.

No.

Reddit was so irritating in the end with all the good bot bad bot shit.

No thanks…

Adapt and conquer.

You’re not trying hard enough. My wife’s family in Hong Kong have a flat half that size with 6 people and all their stuff.

Grandma doesn’t throw anything away and she is amazing at storage management.