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Welcome to the r/Melbourne Melbourne International Comedy Festival sticky thread!

r/Melbourne runs a sticky post* from March 28 - 23 April (every year, supposedly, at least according to our wiki) for comedians and lovers of comedy to discuss, recommend and talk about the various shows and events of the comedy festival.

Are you a performer putting on a show at MICF? Do you have a friend who is and you want to plug their show? Do you love comedy? Then this is the post for you!

Remember all sub and reddit site wide rules still apply (keep it kind, be respectful, remember redditquette)!

We wish luck and laughs to all the comedians hosting shows this year!

Yay comedy!

*we'll post a new sticky if this one gets filled up - take that as a warning or a challenge :)

If you are into flowers and fairies I think this would be right up your alley. Pretty colourful and the food and entertainment was better than expected. I imagine weekends are way busier than weekdays.

I go everywhere in Melbourne, and I feel like everywhere I go, I hear at least one or two. Am I the only one, or has anyone else noticed?

I'm coming up to my 4th year in Melbourne and have been using trams more regularly post covid.

Why is it so common that when I catch a tram in shoulder peak times in the CBD where there is free space at the end, even free seats, everyone just clusters at the doors like lunatics. They block people getting on and I just watch from the comfort of my free space confused. Are they afraid they won't be able to escape? Are they cold? Are they starved of human contact? Asserting territorial tram dominance over new passengers?

I just want to know.

If you happened to leave your toolbox on a Frankston bound train this arvo, it’s been handed in at Chelt station

I need to devour some poultry

For years I've been walking in wet weather through the Elizabeth Street pedestrian underpass and I always struggle to walk on the slippery tiles. It's an absolute hazard and should've been fixed decades ago!

Hi all!

We just moved into a rental and its superficially clean. But have had to literally wipe down every surface and its all covered in dust and grime, carpets obviously havent been steam cleaned theres sand and dog hair all through them, walls half assed wiped with streak marks everywhere.

Weve spent days cleaning it all and just wondering if theres any recourse we can reasonably expect from the agent? Im sure others have faced a similar situation from what ive seen online.

My expectation was that the house gets professionally cleaned prior to anyone moving in - is this not the case?

Thanks!

Hi all,

I am hoping someone can provide a suggestion for an engineering community/club in Melbourne that may be interested in a large donation of Model Engineer magazine?

A friend is currently working through their late grandfathers belongings, who was an engineer by trade and maintained the the hobby late into life by building his own machinery, models etc.

He was an avid collector of the Model Engineer magazine and had them shipped over from England (every issue as far as we know) dating from the late 50’s / early 60’s right through to 2017. There are hundreds!!

Because of how much time and care was taken collecting these magazines they would really love to see them go to a new home where people with similar interests can enjoy them as much as he did. However, as online editions are the most popular medium for magazines now we are struggling to find somewhere that will want them.

Does anyone know of any engineering communities/clubs/universities/TAFE's or simply individuals that enjoy engineering as a hobby–that may be interested in a donation like this? The collection is located in Sorrento, however they are very happy to travel to deliver the magazines if it means they can go to a good home.

Also happy to hear of any sub reddits that may be good to post to as well, I've tried googling and calling around at a few universities and libraries already and they either can't accommodate them or they don't do physical items anymore they have an online collection.

Cheers!

I’m in eastern suburbs, will travel to inner north, inner west, southeast or near.

I've worked for a big retail company 7 years and I've built 47 days of long service leave, I want to resign. I have to provide a month of notice. So If I resign whilist on long service leave, so does that count as the "notice period"?.

• Also does un/paid annual leave considered "notice period"?

Reason I'm leaving because hourly rate is just above the minimum rate. Also not wanting to leave job, without necessary securing another employment.

I want to use this time to be finding a new job.

Thanks

Im a really massive fan of people performances from musicals to sports to dancing and everything in between. I have 2 young kids (under 3) that I'd like to take take and have them watch and play around.
I don't want to take them to anything paid as im sure they won't have the attention span to enjoy it as well as not wanting to disrupt other goers.
Do people know of events or places where we're can just dip in and out of casually?
This could be things like cheer leader practices/performances, live band practice.

• Learn to indicate
• Put your driving lights on
• Don’t speed
• Don’t tailgate

To all the morons on the M1 ignoring all of the above: Some people want to get home alive after work. Don’t include them in your death wishes.

Edit: To the smart-arses in the comments: if you’re offended or feel targeted, that’s on you.

Hi everyone, just made a throwaway for this, hope it's in the right place.

Just after some advice for regarding claiming compensation at VCAT.

Basically, our lease started 6 weeks ago, the REA entry condition report didn't list any issues, there were a number of issues which I went through and recorded with pictures and video.

While doing this I noticed mould in a number of rooms, issues with doors not closing properly (I suspect they have warped due to water damage), cracked tiles in the bathroom, and external windows without proper locks. I returned the entry condition report letting them know the issues.

After going through resources on Tenants Victoria and Consumer Affairs Victoria I learnt that the new minimum standards include the property being free of mould at the start of the lease, and require appropriate locks on all external windows. Also that these are considered urgent given the property does not meet the minimum standards without them.

The REA were difficult at every turn but after lodging a breach of duty notice they started to take it more seriously.

Though are lease has started and we are paying rent, we have not moved in due to concerns over the mould on our health.

Once the repairs are complete I was going to request compensation from the REA, based on

65A(1)–premises do not comply with minimum standards and

70(1B)-not provided window locks.

I was going to argue for compensation of the rent we have paid from the start of the lease until the property meets the minimum standards (which it should have at the start of the lease), claim for the costs of keeping our things in storage while we have been waiting for the issues to be addressed, and for our loss of quiet enjoyment of the property, due to not being able to use it.

Just curious if people thought this was reasonable or if I was over-reacting, how VCAT might view this if we end up there, and how best to calculate an amount for the loss of quiet enjoyment?

Thanks

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