October 23, 2023 • 6 mins
Has Robin Made A Bad Decision?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And before you get to your dilemma, Robin, you just
read us your horoscope, horoscope for the day. And this
is my problem with horoscopes, because you read your horoscope
and in the newsroom it's like, oh, it's so spot on.
So I want you to read that horoscope again and
imagine that you're deciding between banana bread and a bacon
egg roll for breakfast.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Okay, there's a big difference between an unfriendly I'm just
saying read. Just read the same thing.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
So you're deciding between banana bread or a bacon egg roll.
Read your horoscope.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Okay, you face a difficult choice. So why is the
cosmos presenting you with such a dilemma? Is there a
mean spirited entity at the heart of existence which enjoys
watching people being impaired on horns of dilemmas? Or is
it possible that this choice is easier to make than
you think. Actually, it's quite simple. It's just that you're
finding it hard to let go of something you need
to free yourself from. If you take a calm, look
(00:53):
at your options, and remove the pressure you're putting yourself under,
you'll know exactly what you need to do.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yes, phew, phew, it's just it's rubbish.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
That seems a little dramatic, that horoscope though if it
was just for something.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Sometimes people really I'm not sure whether they want savory
or sweet. In the morning engine you can see they go,
why is the cosmos doing this?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
The horoscope is saying to you, just stop worrying about it,
have what you want, which does not help when it
comes to my children.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
It does not apply to you. I'm just saying it
doesn't apply to you specifically. It applies to everyone that's
got a decision to make today.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I have a big decision. So last weekend was pretty
huge because I settled on my new house in Paddington
and I also had my first open home for my
old house in fig Tree Pocket, right, so I'm in
the transition and you know they always say don't buy
before yoursel but hey, who listens to them. So and
(01:50):
part of the reason why I decided to do it
back in the day when all this was coming about,
was that my boys said, no, Mum, we can do
this together. Because it's a little thready bedroom, one bathroom
Queensland cottage.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
It's quite a downsize.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
It's a tiny house and the only way the children
are going to fit in. It is that I'm going
to lift it and put a place underneath that. Eventually
in time I'll either rent out or airbnb as a
way of you know, living my life post radio. Right,
So I've got a real sort of plan in mind.
So and the boys were super encouraging and saying, we
can do this, Mum. And then they came up with
(02:23):
the idea which is potentially supposed to start today because
my eldest son has a couple of days off and
my middle son only works on weekends. So far, they're like,
why don't we.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Move in just them, just the two of them, just them, And.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Why don't we like put the electricity on, get the
internet sorded, just you know, get comfy in the new house.
And Mum, by the way, it would mean that we'll
clear out all our crap, so when the open homes
are again happening this weekend and next weekend until the
auction on the eighteenth of November, the house will be
(03:00):
clean of our rubbish and you can clean it and
shut doors and not have to look at them again.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
It's good sell does make sense, it's a good cell.
Get them out, clean it up.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Okay. That was until last night I overheard them composing
a group chat message to their friends, going, how about
pre is at our place? Yes?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, okay, because this new place is in a much
better party location.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Doesn't it just down the road from everything, doesn't need
to rental. The actual cottage itself is lovely and it
doesn't but it's small, and you know, I don't know
that I want them trashing my new house.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yeah, ok yeah, So it's not like it's a full
it's like if they create damage, it's going to be permanent.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Doab Well no, But also the thing is that, like
we are going to have to camp in it, and
I've already I've paid the surveyor they're coming out. I've
got an engineer, Like I'm in the process of doing
all the things that need to happen to lift it up,
because to get a stumper in and do all that
sort of stuff. I mean, mind you, it's got to
go through council. So I might be here in ten years.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
To me a month, it's going to be. It's going
to be, isn't it hard? I'd imagine to be hard
to lift a house when you've got furniture and people.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
No, apparently you can. You can't live in it while
it's being lifted, and it can take about five to
ten days. Look at all the stuff I've learned. Yeah,
so yeah, but you you have to move out when
they're actually lifted up, but you can have all your
furniture and stuff in there. Do you think it's a
good or a bad idea? Seems unfair though. They're kind
of having the housewarming before you can. Yeah, I know,
(04:29):
but I don't want it.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
The parties out of the way, you think.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I'm kind of half thinking that if they you know,
if I move in and they've been in there for
a while and I don't like it, yes, and I
can say maybe you should find somewhere else whereas if
we all move in together, we're all working it out together.
It's making me really like, should I let my children
do that?
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Well, the ten days, the potential ten days while it's
being lifted, that they're going to have to find something. Yeah,
that's if I don't like it, that's true.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I can just go see your boys and just make
sure that they don't trash it in the process.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yeah. I like the idea of trying to sell your
house without teenagers in it. That seems like a good idea.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I know, and you know, like and it's random things
like my son plays fee for a lot and there's
footprints on the wall because you know, when you're laying back,
you're taking on messy.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Oh yeah, you need to like have your feet on
the wall, and so always footprints. So now there's going
to be footprints at the new place.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Well I don't care about that because I'm not there,
but i'm, you know, asking someone to buy my house.
So you actually think it's.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
A good idea.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Let's let's take a survey of three anyone else? Yeah,
I mean, if you've let your teenagers run rampant and
stuff's gone terribly wrong, sure, it makes me feel better.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
I think it's fine.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, if you go and check in and just make
sure that things are savory. What does that mean? It's
all above.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Yeah, in a different stage.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
I respect it though, and and I love your faith
in my children like I've raised them properly.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yeah. Yeah, I think get them out of the house
while you sell it. I think that's a good idea.
Put them somewhere else, even if if it's the new house.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Just get them out, Okay, so, if something goes terribly
terribly
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Wrong, yes, you're no, absolutely not, no responsibility or the
advice
And before you get to your dilemma, Robin, you just
read us your horoscope, horoscope for the day. And this
is my problem with horoscopes, because you read your horoscope
and in the newsroom it's like, oh, it's so spot on.
So I want you to read that horoscope again and
imagine that you're deciding between banana bread and a bacon
egg roll for breakfast.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Okay, there's a big difference between an unfriendly I'm just
saying read. Just read the same thing.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
So you're deciding between banana bread or a bacon egg roll.
Read your horoscope.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Okay, you face a difficult choice. So why is the
cosmos presenting you with such a dilemma? Is there a
mean spirited entity at the heart of existence which enjoys
watching people being impaired on horns of dilemmas? Or is
it possible that this choice is easier to make than
you think. Actually, it's quite simple. It's just that you're
finding it hard to let go of something you need
to free yourself from. If you take a calm, look
(00:53):
at your options, and remove the pressure you're putting yourself under,
you'll know exactly what you need to do.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yes, phew, phew, it's just it's rubbish.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
That seems a little dramatic, that horoscope though if it
was just for something.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Sometimes people really I'm not sure whether they want savory
or sweet. In the morning engine you can see they go,
why is the cosmos doing this?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
The horoscope is saying to you, just stop worrying about it,
have what you want, which does not help when it
comes to my children.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
It does not apply to you. I'm just saying it
doesn't apply to you specifically. It applies to everyone that's
got a decision to make today.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I have a big decision. So last weekend was pretty
huge because I settled on my new house in Paddington
and I also had my first open home for my
old house in fig Tree Pocket, right, so I'm in
the transition and you know they always say don't buy
before yoursel but hey, who listens to them. So and
(01:50):
part of the reason why I decided to do it
back in the day when all this was coming about,
was that my boys said, no, Mum, we can do
this together. Because it's a little thready bedroom, one bathroom
Queensland cottage.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
It's quite a downsize.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
It's a tiny house and the only way the children
are going to fit in. It is that I'm going
to lift it and put a place underneath that. Eventually
in time I'll either rent out or airbnb as a
way of you know, living my life post radio. Right,
So I've got a real sort of plan in mind.
So and the boys were super encouraging and saying, we
can do this, Mum. And then they came up with
(02:23):
the idea which is potentially supposed to start today because
my eldest son has a couple of days off and
my middle son only works on weekends. So far, they're like,
why don't we.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Move in just them, just the two of them, just them, And.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Why don't we like put the electricity on, get the
internet sorded, just you know, get comfy in the new house.
And Mum, by the way, it would mean that we'll
clear out all our crap, so when the open homes
are again happening this weekend and next weekend until the
auction on the eighteenth of November, the house will be
(03:00):
clean of our rubbish and you can clean it and
shut doors and not have to look at them again.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
It's good sell does make sense, it's a good cell.
Get them out, clean it up.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Okay. That was until last night I overheard them composing
a group chat message to their friends, going, how about
pre is at our place? Yes?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yeah, okay, because this new place is in a much
better party location.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Doesn't it just down the road from everything, doesn't need
to rental. The actual cottage itself is lovely and it
doesn't but it's small, and you know, I don't know
that I want them trashing my new house.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yeah, ok yeah, So it's not like it's a full
it's like if they create damage, it's going to be permanent.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Doab Well no, But also the thing is that, like
we are going to have to camp in it, and
I've already I've paid the surveyor they're coming out. I've
got an engineer, Like I'm in the process of doing
all the things that need to happen to lift it up,
because to get a stumper in and do all that
sort of stuff. I mean, mind you, it's got to
go through council. So I might be here in ten years.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
To me a month, it's going to be. It's going
to be, isn't it hard? I'd imagine to be hard
to lift a house when you've got furniture and people.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
No, apparently you can. You can't live in it while
it's being lifted, and it can take about five to
ten days. Look at all the stuff I've learned. Yeah,
so yeah, but you you have to move out when
they're actually lifted up, but you can have all your
furniture and stuff in there. Do you think it's a
good or a bad idea? Seems unfair though. They're kind
of having the housewarming before you can. Yeah, I know,
(04:29):
but I don't want it.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
The parties out of the way, you think.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I'm kind of half thinking that if they you know,
if I move in and they've been in there for
a while and I don't like it, yes, and I
can say maybe you should find somewhere else whereas if
we all move in together, we're all working it out together.
It's making me really like, should I let my children
do that?
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Well, the ten days, the potential ten days while it's
being lifted, that they're going to have to find something. Yeah,
that's if I don't like it, that's true.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
I can just go see your boys and just make
sure that they don't trash it in the process.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yeah. I like the idea of trying to sell your
house without teenagers in it. That seems like a good idea.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I know, and you know, like and it's random things
like my son plays fee for a lot and there's
footprints on the wall because you know, when you're laying back,
you're taking on messy.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Oh yeah, you need to like have your feet on
the wall, and so always footprints. So now there's going
to be footprints at the new place.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Well I don't care about that because I'm not there,
but i'm, you know, asking someone to buy my house.
So you actually think it's.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
A good idea.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Let's let's take a survey of three anyone else? Yeah,
I mean, if you've let your teenagers run rampant and
stuff's gone terribly wrong, sure, it makes me feel better.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
I think it's fine.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, if you go and check in and just make
sure that things are savory. What does that mean? It's
all above.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Yeah, in a different stage.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
I respect it though, and and I love your faith
in my children like I've raised them properly.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yeah. Yeah, I think get them out of the house
while you sell it. I think that's a good idea.
Put them somewhere else, even if if it's the new house.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Just get them out, Okay, so, if something goes terribly
terribly
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Wrong, yes, you're no, absolutely not, no responsibility or the
advice
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