Friendicahttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/profile/goatsarahSarah Brown's timelineUpdates from Sarah Brown on The Goateryhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/photo/profile/goatsarah.jpeg?ts=16831319292024-03-28T17:12:54Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/profile/goatsarahhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/profile/goatsarahgoatsarahgoatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.orgI'm Sarah. I'm a Brit who fled to Portugal on account of Brexit, increasing intolerance and the British weather. I like climbing (although I can't do much any more for health reasons) and sailing. This is a Friendica account. Friendica is kinda like Facebook as Mastodon is kinda like Twitter, except they can talk to each other.goatsarahSarah BrownI'm Sarah. I'm a Brit who fled to Portugal on account of Brexit, increasing intolerance and the British weather. I like climbing (although I can't do much any more for health reasons) and sailing. This is a Friendica account. Friendica is kinda like Facebook as Mastodon is kinda like Twitter, except they can talk to each other.Lagos, Faro, Portugalhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-4666-0579-5b56-ceb219497153New note by goatsarah<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://dice.camp/users/karohemd" class="u-url mention">@<span>Ozzy</span></a></span> My UK bank keeps asking me, “what’s online banking like in Portugal compared to ours?”, presumably expecting effusive praise about their app, and their face falls when I say, “it’s at least a decade ahead of anything you have”.</p><p>So many Brits think they’re living in high tech utopia, when actually it’s backwards as hell in so many ways.</p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-28T14:06:19Z2024-03-28T14:06:19Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1266-0459-e7e3-917989739760#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-6066-047c-9577-030374627555New note by goatsarah<span class="h-card"><a href="https://functional.cafe/users/edavies" class="u-url mention">@<span>Ed Davies</span></a></span> I mean, you don't NEED an ID card to solve this. In Portugal you can download a "here is this person and their details" certificate from the government's tax website.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-27T20:07:49Z2024-03-27T20:07:49Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1266-0459-e7e3-917989739760#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-5766-0469-7a9c-331097070748New note by goatsarah<span class="h-card"><a href="https://queer.party/users/sparrowsion" class="u-url mention">@<span>Sion [main]</span></a></span> Got plenty of current electricity bills that aren't places we've ever livedhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-27T18:46:18Z2024-03-27T18:46:18Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1266-0459-e7e3-917989739760#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1466-0462-4dc7-b16094958009New note by goatsarah<span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/pseudomonas" class="u-url mention">@<span>Adam</span></a></span> If you tried to do it in Portugal, they'd be like, "I am not trying to sell you electricity. Why are you giving me this?"http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-27T18:15:41Z2024-03-27T18:15:41Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1266-0459-e7e3-917989739760#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1066-045e-83a9-efb345473809New note by goatsarah<span class="h-card"><a href="https://queer.party/users/sparrowsion" class="u-url mention">@<span>Sion [main]</span></a></span> In Portugal, it's on your citizen card (or residency card in my case). Also, you can go online and download a tax certificate with it on.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-27T17:59:31Z2024-03-27T17:59:31Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1266-0459-e7e3-917989739760#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1266-0459-e7e3-917989739760New note by goatsarah<p>Trying to imagine the culture shock immigrants to the UK get when, for the first time, they encounter someone like an accountant asking for their electricity bill.</p><p>Because, fellow Brits, I have to inform you that that's a bit weird.</p><p>It is though.</p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-27T17:39:51Z2024-03-27T17:39:51Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1266-0459-e7e3-917989739760#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1566-0339-ef6a-bfe316661437New note by goatsarahNo comment 😏🪿🏃🏼♀️http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-26T21:11:11Z2024-03-26T21:11:11Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1566-0237-b658-b11632449055#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-8466-02ba-1a54-fa7720701063New note by goatsarah<span class="h-card"><a href="https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/profile/hypolite" class="u-url mention">@<span>Hypolite Petovan</span></a></span> Best Of Legal Advice on Reddit. One of those “OMG, they did WHAT?” things for amusing bedtime reading.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-26T12:05:46Z2024-03-26T12:05:46Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1566-0237-b658-b11632449055#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-2166-0297-2d4e-1dd885498083New note by goatsarah<span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/users/iinavpov" class="u-url mention">@<span>Nemo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/users/BradRubenstein" class="u-url mention">@<span>Brad Rubenstein “:verified:”</span></a></span> they penalise the entire department.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-26T09:36:45Z2024-03-26T09:36:45Zhttps://thegoatery.dyndns.org/objects/8a89e8f8-1966-01a6-a081-769123261579#contextpublic