// #30&40's — 2021-01-06
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18:35:00 <Bonny> here's trouble lol
18:38:00 <^bozoJim> lol
18:38:00 <^bozoJim> good evening Bonny
18:40:00 <Bonny> hey ^bozoJim.. :)
18:40:00 <^bozoJim> sorry I am in a good mood
18:41:00 <Bonny> that's good.. :)
18:41:00 <Bonny> so why are you in such a good mood today?
18:41:00 <^bozoJim> I had a win with the NDIA
18:41:00 <Bonny> oh yeah..
18:41:00 <Bonny> what happened?
18:42:00 <^bozoJim> I got to cancel the 10 hours, $2,621.10 my specialist support coordinator claimned against my old plan for doing noting
18:42:00 <^bozoJim> nothing
18:43:00 <Bonny> oh good
18:43:00 <^bozoJim> as her phone was not taking calls for 7 weeks and she did not realise
18:43:00 <Bonny> ok
18:43:00 <^bozoJim> so she claimed against me for not doing anything
18:43:00 <^bozoJim> and I found a way i could cancel it
18:43:00 <Bonny> yes and that's wrong
18:43:00 <Bonny> great
18:43:00 <Bonny> so the amount will be reversed?
18:43:00 <Bonny> as in a refund?
18:43:00 <^bozoJim> and you know blind i rely on text to speech and I think I accidently hit the wron button
18:44:00 <^bozoJim> as in she will have a request to repay
18:44:00 <Bonny> great stuff
18:44:00 <^bozoJim> or have it takn off other claims she makes
18:44:00 <Bonny> cool
18:44:00 <Bonny> that's a good win
18:45:00 <^bozoJim> It is NDIA managed so I dont get to see anythng and they put it in themselves nothing to do with me
18:45:00 <Bonny> yeah
18:45:00 <Bonny> but you clarified that she was falsely paid
18:45:00 <^bozoJim> yes
18:45:00 <Bonny> I told you you're not innocent.. :P
18:45:00 <^bozoJim> no contact with me at all
18:45:00 <^bozoJim> no referrals
18:45:00 <^bozoJim> no support worker shifts
18:46:00 <Bonny> yeah
18:46:00 <^bozoJim> no checking on me
18:46:00 <^bozoJim> no nothing
18:46:00 <Bonny> she did zlichs
18:46:00 <^bozoJim> she did nothing I can validate
18:46:00 <Bonny> yup
18:46:00 <^bozoJim> no calls to me no emails answered
18:46:00 <Bonny> zilchs
18:46:00 <^bozoJim> and during the month she spent 16 days in hospital
18:46:00 <Bonny> kaput
18:47:00 <Bonny> sprung
18:47:00 <^bozoJim> very well
18:47:00 <Bonny> yup
18:47:00 <^bozoJim> from a high function who is always switched on
18:51:00 <^bozoJim> and I am not in as much pain with my psoariatic arthritis
18:51:00 <Bonny> so it was meant to be a service for your arthritis?
18:51:00 <^bozoJim> as I have adjusted the timing of the dosing
18:51:00 <Bonny> cool
18:51:00 <^bozoJim> no they dont recognise it or the autism
18:52:00 <Bonny> oh ok
18:52:00 <^bozoJim> the NDIA only see my blindmess as not a real disability
18:52:00 <Bonny> so what do you claim from them?
18:52:00 <^bozoJim> I claim dog supplies and vet visits
18:52:00 <Bonny> ok
18:52:00 <Bonny> that's good
18:52:00 <^bozoJim> any allied health I need
18:53:00 <^bozoJim> which is jnot a olot
18:53:00 <Bonny> ok
18:53:00 <Bonny> cos you're very indepedant
18:53:00 <^bozoJim> and some equipment to keep me safe
18:53:00 <Bonny> cool
18:53:00 <Bonny> independant
18:53:00 <^bozoJim> cane tips, my talking GPS
18:53:00 <Bonny> oh there's quite a few stuff there
18:53:00 <^bozoJim> and now I cannot travel to new areas
18:53:00 <Bonny> why not?
18:53:00 <^bozoJim> there is too much of a risk of me getting a fall as I dont know the area
18:54:00 <^bozoJim> and Bart does not either
18:54:00 <Bonny> ahh ok
18:54:00 <^bozoJim> and I cannot get someone to go with me first timne to act as a set of eyes
18:54:00 <Bonny> yeah you could easily trip on the footpath
18:54:00 <Bonny> ok
18:54:00 <^bozoJim> yes and my ophthalmologist is worried i would not go out at all and become house bound and isolated
18:55:00 <Bonny> you do go out don't you?
18:55:00 <^bozoJim> and he is pushing for me to get approved another dog for that reason
18:55:00 <Bonny> with your lady friend
18:55:00 <^bozoJim> yes I am out daily
18:55:00 <Bonny> good.. :)
18:55:00 <^bozoJim> this is just new unfamiliar areas
18:55:00 <Bonny> ahhh ok
18:55:00 <Bonny> yeah would be hard navigating a new area
18:56:00 <^bozoJim> and my guide dog reviews that arer supposed to be local area
18:56:00 <Bonny> ok
18:56:00 <^bozoJim> have always been in new areas in cities
18:56:00 <Bonny> yeah
18:56:00 <^bozoJim> and instructor wojnders why I get anxious as does the dog
18:56:00 <^bozoJim> who senses my anxiety
18:56:00 <Bonny> I'd get anxious if I was in an unfamilar area
18:57:00 <^bozoJim> she will not teach it to us
18:57:00 <^bozoJim> just from cold
18:57:00 <Bonny> nah that's too scary
18:57:00 <^bozoJim> It has its drawbacks
18:57:00 <Bonny> yeah
18:57:00 <^bozoJim> and illegal for a team not knowing the area
18:57:00 <Bonny> ok
18:57:00 <^bozoJim> she tries to fail us
18:57:00 <Bonny> who?
18:58:00 <^bozoJim> but we manage to complete
18:58:00 <Bonny> the instructor?
18:58:00 <^bozoJim> yes
18:58:00 <Bonny> good
18:58:00 <Bonny> ok
18:58:00 <^bozoJim> and says I use my residula vision i dont have
18:58:00 <Bonny> yeah can't use something you don't hae
18:58:00 <Bonny> have*
18:58:00 <^bozoJim> true
18:59:00 <^bozoJim> the eye dr says I dont have
18:59:00 <^bozoJim> and he sees me every 6 weeks
18:59:00 <Bonny> yeah
18:59:00 <^bozoJim> but the instructor who sees me once a year if I am lucky knows better
18:59:00 <Bonny> it's a lot of work being blind
18:59:00 <^bozoJim> I have to work harder
18:59:00 <Bonny> yes
18:59:00 <Bonny> I can see that
19:00:00 <^bozoJim> and I know in the next year i will have to retire my set of eyes
19:00:00 <Bonny> bart?
19:00:00 <^bozoJim> yes
19:00:00 <Bonny> you're going to miss him
19:00:00 <Bonny> how long have you had him for?
19:00:00 <^bozoJim> out working with me
19:00:00 <^bozoJim> he will still be mine
19:00:00 <Bonny> oh cool
19:00:00 <^bozoJim> if not here with a friend
19:00:00 <Bonny> so you're keeping bart?
19:01:00 <^bozoJim> yes I am
19:01:00 <Bonny> good
19:01:00 <Bonny> :)
19:01:00 <^bozoJim> I am not going to have him start with someone new'
19:01:00 <Bonny> but he will retire as a guide dog
19:01:00 <^bozoJim> full time guide dog
19:01:00 <Bonny> ok
19:01:00 <^bozoJim> I have had him almost 10 years 20 weeks as my set of eyes
19:02:00 <Bonny> wow
19:02:00 <Bonny> long time
19:02:00 <Bonny> glad he will still be with you when he retires. :)
19:02:00 <^bozoJim> me too
19:02:00 <Bonny> :)
19:02:00 <^bozoJim> he is 12 years 10 weeks old
19:02:00 <Bonny> he is more than just a guide dog to you
19:02:00 <Bonny> cute
19:02:00 <^bozoJim> true
19:03:00 <^bozoJim> australias oldest serving guide dog
19:03:00 <Bonny> wow
19:03:00 <^bozoJim> not a lot make it to 10 now
19:03:00 <Bonny> yeah
19:03:00 <^bozoJim> most are retired by 9
19:03:00 <Bonny> ok
19:03:00 <^bozoJim> and I have not had a review in 62 weeks
19:04:00 <^bozoJim> they sort of forgot about us
19:04:00 <Bonny> did you call them?
19:04:00 <^bozoJim> yes
19:04:00 <Bonny> good
19:04:00 <^bozoJim> they have left it in my hands to retire him
19:04:00 <Bonny> ahhhh ok
19:04:00 <^bozoJim> and we are an excellent and proficient team
19:04:00 <Bonny> yup.. :)
19:05:00 <^bozoJim> after 10 they are supposed to be reviewed every 6 months
19:05:00 <Bonny> ok
19:05:00 <^bozoJim> I have had one review in 100 weeks
19:05:00 <^bozoJim> oops 110 weeks
19:05:00 <Bonny> that's pretty slack of them
19:05:00 <^bozoJim> yes
19:05:00 <^bozoJim> the last one 62 weeks ago
19:05:00 <^bozoJim> but
19:06:00 <^bozoJim> I do like less stress on both of us
19:06:00 <Bonny> yeah
19:06:00 <^bozoJim> I dont need the anxiety or stress of city and neither does my ageing dog
19:06:00 <^bozoJim> he does Burnie whenw e go no trouble
19:07:00 <Bonny> but you have to go to the city every 6 weeks don't you?
19:07:00 <^bozoJim> yes
19:07:00 <^bozoJim> community car drops me off outside the clinic and picks me up same place
19:07:00 <Bonny> oh cool
19:07:00 <Bonny> so not too stressful
19:07:00 <^bozoJim> nope
19:07:00 <^bozoJim> in the time I have bene here
19:07:00 <^bozoJim> I still dont really know Hobart
19:08:00 <Bonny> yeah
19:08:00 <^bozoJim> we have not had our dog orientation yet
19:08:00 <Bonny> I don't know hobart at all lol
19:08:00 <^bozoJim> the instructor has been too busy to give us the training walk
19:09:00 <^bozoJim> that has been since 28 march 2014
19:09:00 <Bonny> long time ago
19:09:00 <^bozoJim> almost 7 years I have waited
19:10:00 <Bonny> thats pretty slack
19:10:00 <^bozoJim> tis
19:10:00 <^bozoJim> i get todl next time
19:10:00 <^bozoJim> next time comes
19:10:00 <^bozoJim> she has limited time
19:10:00 <^bozoJim> she has to go help someone walk a block to get a bus in teh city
19:11:00 <^bozoJim> as she has done it with them a number of times and they still get lost
19:11:00 <Bonny> some a slow learners
19:11:00 <^bozoJim> ye
19:11:00 <^bozoJim> s
19:11:00 <^bozoJim> we do ours first tiem unassisted and usally nail it
19:11:00 <Bonny> cool
19:11:00 <^bozoJim> sometimes I have toa sk for directions
19:12:00 <Bonny> thats normal
19:12:00 <^bozoJim> but I think sighteds have toa s well in a new area
19:12:00 <^bozoJim> one day I had to walk from the old clinic to guide dogs itself
19:12:00 <^bozoJim> 2 miles
19:12:00 <^bozoJim> never had even been driven it
19:12:00 <Bonny> long walk
19:13:00 <^bozoJim> we do 5 miles a day walking still as a team
19:13:00 <Bonny> cool
19:13:00 <^bozoJim> and I got into the city and was slightly mixed up
19:13:00 <^bozoJim> I did not have my GPS at that stage
19:13:00 <Bonny> ahh
19:13:00 <^bozoJim> so I literally ran intoa city council worker
19:13:00 <^bozoJim> who walked back as I came past
19:14:00 <^bozoJim> I steadied him made sure he was ok
19:14:00 <^bozoJim> and asked him where do I go to guide dog office
19:14:00 <^bozoJim> he even offered to get someone to drive me
19:14:00 <^bozoJim> I said no we are walking it
19:14:00 <^bozoJim> so he said I can leave this
19:14:00 <Bonny> thats nice of them
19:14:00 <^bozoJim> and walked it with me
19:14:00 <Bonny> cool
19:14:00 <^bozoJim> the last mile and went back to finish his job
19:15:00 <Bonny> there are a lot of nice people around
19:15:00 <^bozoJim> said if he is questioned he is doing customer support
19:16:00 <^bozoJim> rthere is
19:16:00 <Bonny> which is true
19:16:00 <^bozoJim> it is
19:16:00 <Bonny> :)
19:16:00 <^bozoJim> andf gave him a break from street work
19:16:00 <Bonny> yup
19:17:00 <^bozoJim> and talked me through the streets and what is on them
19:17:00 <Bonny> cool
19:18:00 <^bozoJim> and today I find out
19:19:00 <^bozoJim> if the baby in town is going somewhere and I am too
19:19:00 <^bozoJim> I cannot go
19:19:00 <^bozoJim> Bart scares him as bart might bite him
19:19:00 <Bonny> oh ok
19:19:00 <^bozoJim> my guide dog
19:19:00 <Bonny> yeah i know
19:19:00 <^bozoJim> never bitten anyone
19:20:00 <^bozoJim> the 48 year old baby loves flapping and crying
19:20:00 <Bonny> lol
19:21:00 <^bozoJim> I flap if I a really stressed with my autism
19:21:00 <Bonny> ok
19:21:00 <^bozoJim> but I am aware of it coming on
19:21:00 <Bonny> good
19:21:00 <^bozoJim> and can get myself calm
19:21:00 <^bozoJim> or I go to a safe place to quieten off
19:21:00 <Bonny> yeah
19:21:00 <Bonny> that's good that you are very self aware
19:21:00 <^bozoJim> using my SCARED plans
19:22:00 <Bonny> I'm very self aware of my condition too
19:22:00 <^bozoJim> safe, calm, affirm, routine empathy and develop a plan
19:22:00 <^bozoJim> yes
19:22:00 <Bonny> yah
19:23:00 <^bozoJim> a few years ago the developer of this did an online seminar
19:23:00 <Bonny> ok
19:23:00 <^bozoJim> as I was the omnly aussie who enroleld I got it free
19:23:00 <^bozoJim> loved the aussie accent
19:23:00 <Bonny> lol
19:23:00 <Bonny> cool
19:23:00 <^bozoJim> they are southen american
19:23:00 <Bonny> gotchya
19:24:00 <^bozoJim> a 3 hour online one
19:24:00 <^bozoJim> I got all this out of it
19:24:00 <Bonny> cool
19:30:00 <Bonny> I just did 6 zlines in a row just now
19:30:00 <Bonny> getting rid of bots
19:31:00 <^bozoJim> wow
19:32:00 <Bonny> they seem to think they can hide from me lol
19:32:00 <^bozoJim> lol
19:32:00 <Bonny> they don't need to be in any channels for me to pick them
19:32:00 <^bozoJim> I bet
19:33:00 <^bozoJim> they have a distinctive signature
19:33:00 <Bonny> yup
19:45:00 <^bozoJim> I should have the new violin, music stand and the hook for the violin next week
19:45:00 <Bonny> oooer nice
19:45:00 <Bonny> I'm waiting on a date when I will be picking up my new car
19:45:00 <^bozoJim> a solid stand so i can read the braille music and it not going everywhere as I read it
19:46:00 <Bonny> it's on a ship heading for melbourne atm
19:46:00 <^bozoJim> I hope it is soon
19:46:00 <Bonny> yeah same
19:46:00 <Bonny> I nearly got stuck in the middle of the road today
19:46:00 <^bozoJim> but it needs to go through final checks first
19:46:00 <Bonny> I stalled my car and it wouldn't start up
19:46:00 <Bonny> yeah
19:46:00 <^bozoJim> oh no
19:46:00 <^bozoJim> the old youth group bedford bus use to do that in summer
19:47:00 <Bonny> I was going to wait till february to buy a car but cos I'm having some issues with my old car and I didn't want to spend money on it, I bought new car
19:47:00 <^bozoJim> middle of a main road and shut off and could not restart
19:47:00 <Bonny> that's scary
19:47:00 <^bozoJim> I do not blame you
19:47:00 <^bozoJim> and get us guys out to push it out the intersection
19:47:00 <Bonny> I got a good deal too hence another reason not waiting
19:47:00 <Bonny> lol
19:48:00 <^bozoJim> there is that too
19:48:00 <Bonny> yeah
19:48:00 <^bozoJim> its fuel line ran alongside the engine
19:48:00 <Bonny> cos it's a 2020 model not 2021 I got a good sale on it
19:48:00 <^bozoJim> so in summer you ahd vapourising in teh line
19:48:00 <Bonny> wow
19:48:00 <^bozoJim> that would be worth it then
19:49:00 <^bozoJim> so they finally worked out how to fix it
19:49:00 <Bonny> ok
19:49:00 <^bozoJim> add some diesel when they filled it
19:49:00 <Bonny> oh ok
19:49:00 <^bozoJim> wwas a petrol motor
19:49:00 <Bonny> and that didn't contaminate the tank?
19:50:00 <^bozoJim> nope
19:51:00 <^bozoJim> did not hurt anything
19:51:00 <Bonny> hmmm ok
19:51:00 <lx> ...ah huh...
19:52:00 <^bozoJim> an old holden blue motor
19:53:00 <Bonny> cool
19:53:00 <^bozoJim> and anotehr day going in the Adelaide hills the long gear stick broke
19:53:00 <^bozoJim> 2/3 of the way down
19:53:00 <Bonny> oh shit lol
19:54:00 <^bozoJim> was ain interesting trip that one
19:54:00 <Bonny> yeah it would have been
19:54:00 <^bozoJim> driver leans down to one side to change gears
19:54:00 <Bonny> yeah
19:54:00 <Bonny> that would have been a pin
19:54:00 <Bonny> pain*
19:54:00 <^bozoJim> would have been
19:55:00 <Bonny> yeah
20:25:00 <^bozoJim> ok got the braille laptop bag out that holds all my brailel stuff display as wella s hand frame
20:25:00 <Bonny> cool
20:25:00 <^bozoJim> so I can do some brailel music if I need to
20:26:00 <Bonny> nice
20:26:00 <^bozoJim> braille it by hand the old fashioned way
20:26:00 <Bonny> yeah
20:26:00 <^bozoJim> which is in reverse as you brailel it
20:26:00 <^bozoJim> so you can read it right
20:26:00 <Bonny> ok
20:27:00 <^bozoJim> as the hand frame is done right to left to read left to right
20:29:00 <^bozoJim> I was lucky when I learnt braille in 1974 I also had to learn to do it in reverse on a hand frame
20:30:00 <Bonny> cool
20:34:00 <^bozoJim> a lot did not get to do it and are lost withpout a brailelr
20:40:00 <Bonny> it's like these days ppl who use computers would be lost when it comes to dos and doing things that they don't rely on windows to do
20:40:00 <Bonny> like I know dos etc so if anything goes wrong on a computer I know how to fix whereas many would be loss
20:41:00 <Bonny> lost*
20:41:00 <^bozoJim> yes
20:41:00 <Bonny> like in your case with braille.. you learned the manual way
20:41:00 <^bozoJim> I learnt brailel by hand in 1974
20:41:00 <Bonny> yup
20:41:00 <^bozoJim> and had been using it like that til 1990 when I got to first use a brailler
20:41:00 <Bonny> today they wouldn't know how to do that
20:42:00 <^bozoJim> true
20:42:00 <^bozoJim> and they still wont allow mw to buy a brailler
20:42:00 <Bonny> like I know how to build computers from scratche
20:42:00 <^bozoJim> same
20:42:00 <^bozoJim> all we had to learn
20:43:00 <Bonny> yeah
20:44:00 <^bozoJim> I sm almost out of braille paper
20:44:00 <^bozoJim> so I was looking
20:44:00 <Bonny> ok
20:45:00 <^bozoJim> I can get 100 pieces for $20 or 500 for $70
20:45:00 <^bozoJim> I know what I am getting
20:45:00 <Bonny> 500
20:45:00 <Bonny> it's pretty expensive eh
20:46:00 <^bozoJim> it is 140 gsm
20:46:00 <^bozoJim> amnd mot made here
20:46:00 <^bozoJim> all comes from the US
20:47:00 <Bonny> ok
20:47:00 <Bonny> bbs
20:47:00 <lx> 1 Bye for now1 Bonny...
20:47:00 <^bozoJim> ok
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