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Has anyone been to the Edgar Allan Poe Speak Easy experience? It's tempting but also feels like it might be over-hyped. Right or wrong I approach any Fever expensive with a bit of scepticism, they aren't bad but often fall short of the hype and don't feel worth the price eg

- the Titanic experience, neat 3D immersion, not worth the price and wait. Pre and post was 3D felt very cheap.

- NBA exhibition in the Docklands. Really just a collection of public information on posters and a very small number of collector's items. Didn't feel worth the price.

Apologies if it's the wrong flair but I guess I'm unhappy with this.

Earlier today I went to a nail salon with some friends in the lead up to a wedding this weekend. We told the salon that it was for a wedding, and that we weren't very well versed with nail salon stuff. All up, it took about 3 hours and cost approx $370 for the three of us (one of my friends had a complicated request)

When we went to pay (one of us paid, the others transferred the money) the salon owner asked us to pay in cash with a $20 discount in cash. Then, they offered $30 off if we paid in cash. None of us had $370 (or $340) in cash, so we couldn't.

Why... Did they do this? Our only guess is that they were trying to dodge GST, cause the discount is roughly as much as GST would be, but the amount of pressure they put on us was crazy! Is this how every salon operates? It was such a weird energy at the end of a fun nail sesh.

Hello! Any recommendations for venues I can go to listen to metal/grunge live music? I want it to be a venue with a good sound system and possibly good energy too.

If anyone is interested in coming along give me a shout :)

My belief is that cats should be indoors anyway, in normal times, but I'm not here to debate.

Way too many people are still unaware that cats can get H5N1 and it ends just as badly as it does for the birds. This shit is a nasty, nasty illness and it's spreading fast.

Please protect your pets, and the wildlife. Please keep them in.

ETA: dogs/other animals can get it also.

just curious, as whenever i meet up with my friends socially we are always getting something to eat. i really want to start suggesting other activities bc it definitely gets expensive, especially if i'm going out to eat a few times a week. obviously i want to keep up my friendships, but i find it challenging to find other things to do in winter that are low cost and indoors when it's already dark so early in the evening. i'm on placement at the moment so am not available during weekdays. i would love to just chill together at someone's house, but everyone still lives at home and my parents don't allow me to have people over.