Daily Discussion Thread: 🚵 Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Possible job offer.

Reference check being conducted.

If they require a police check, which they probably will, it's 50/50 that they withdraw the offer.

Fingers crossed, 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

Edit: nervous that the recruiter hasn't reached out to my references yet. But we'll see.

Crossing everything for you!
- Thank you! If there is a police check, I'm going to request a meeting with the general manager who I interviewed with and see what she'll say.
Got your back on this no matter what happens
- You're an absolute legend man. Seriously ❤️

Fucking called it!!! Sit down for for dinner last night and the mrs goes "what we we doing this weekend?" "not much, why?" "Well, I got a message from (Couple I complained about yesterday) wondering if we.." "nope! heck no we're not doing that. Whatever it is, its a no from me." She stares at me a few seconds "Why?" "We talked about this last weekend babe, we are NOT getting pulled into this shit! the other day was exhausting, i need some space from them"

She goes on to admit the message was very strange and almost like we didn't have a choice in the matter. I pointed out as adults we very much do have a choice. I so saw this coming, I may not have understood it but I was apprehensive enough to bring it up yesterday I must've had a 6th sense.

Yeah avoid that dumpster fire. Life's complex and exhausting enough without taking on other people's BS. Especially if they're in a situation where they could do something about their drama but won't due to reasons.
- or worse, they manufacture the bad situation on purpose and the bad situation always makes other people look bad, not themselves
  i am so done with that shit
Your Spidey Sense was tingling for sure.
They're also adults, so they need to figure themselves out. Don't burn yourself out with their shenanigans.
- I love your comment from yesterday I think, "don't burn yourself out to keep others warm." I'm gonna steal it.
Short answer: Yeah Nah.
Long answer: No thanks, I can't help you at the moment.

Hungry Jack is dead to me. How dare he.

Welp, time to grab the pitchforks and drive Jack to the border.
Looks good though. It's only when you receive it do you realise it's been slam dunked into the bag from the other side of the room. I'd still call it a parma if I ordered it.
😱💀
Let me try one, then I'll decide
Oh no. What gave they done?
That’s sacrilegious!

Stage one interview done, I feel like it went well. I'll know in a day or two if I get to the in person interview which would be next week

🤞🤞🤞

bit cool next morning

Holy fuck that's cold.
Wish I could explain to the cat that she's allowed under the doona:
- Lie on side - raise top arm and possibly knee to create cat tent with doona - she may go under and then you can possibly slowly lower the doona down over the lower half of her body.
  It might be more effective with a heat source to tempt her in.
  Maybe Melbcat is unusually cuddly for a cat though
- put doona over her
I do not like that forecast. I looked at the predications for the next week and the coldest mornings are all the ones I'm working (which means 4am wakeup). Two days -1, one day 0, and a pleasantly warm 2 degrees for the other. There should be an extra penalty rate or allowance for early starts in below zero temperatures.
Holy crap. It’s going to get down to 0?
It’s already 5.5c here
- my forecast says -1
Miniest wants me to wake her up so she can experience that temperature. She likes it 😆

Lodged my tax return this morning. Took like 5 minutes

That's how you know I'm poor

When they're like "you got any investments bro? What about income from dividends? Don't know what a dividend is? Oh, just put down "no" then, you poor fuck"
- I've always loved the question to the effect of, "have you received any tips?" 🤣
- On the other hand when you have to answer "yes" it starts opening up a bunch of complicated questions to wade through. I put a small amount of money into some investment funds a couple of years ago and now I get to wade through a whole bunch of extra questions, all over tiny amounts of money. It's all stuff like $20 of franking credits, $2.31 in foreign investment offsets and $6 of capital gains. I'm looking forward to hitting the age I can access Super and can just shove money in there and take it out tax free without all the hassle.
The last time I did my tax that quickly I realised later I missed something and had to do an amendment. Turns out it meant the tax refund I had already received was higher than it should have been, so I had to repay the ATO 8c.
Modern tax return stuff is so good how it already knows about all of my dividend and interest payments etc. Most things are auto-filled but I just need to crack open my google doc I keep with my expenses I put in and keep track of purchases I can claim, whack that stuff in there, get briefly mad at how much tax I pay every year and then hit submit. Probably takes me about 10 minutes. 15 with a double-check of everything.
- It's certainly a massive improvement on the old paper forms. The early electronic lodgements were also basically just the paper form online, all of this automatic stuff makes it so much easier.
- Before I came to Australia I had this impression that tax was Awful and Complicated and A Nightmare - primarily from American media - and this was before I was old enough to have needed to file a tax return.
  Only to find out it's a total breeze here.
I has a quick look and plugged in some travel expenses since I started travelling off site at work and some other deductions.
This year thankfully is looking better than last year’s estimate.

So, Planet Ark are trying to register an account to join aussie.zone. I would normally have rejected their application, as they are giving the vibe of 'we want to spam'. So, I reached out to them on their contact form. I thought it possible they had a google analytics alert and noticed us discussing their products recently.

But, that was longer ago than I realised: It feels like we talked about that a few weeks ago. So now I'm back to thinking they want to spam. Gah!

I want answers, but I don't want ads. I suppose I'll wait to see if/how they respond to my website query.

Update:

Hi Nath,
No, that email address does not belong to us.
Thanks for checking!

man I cant see a good reason why brands need to be on a social media platform of this size, that's just my 2 cents.
- Businesses routinely have alerts on their brands with Google. It's quite possible they got an email from Google that we were talking about their products. That part actually makes sense to me.
  If they had applied for an account within a week or so of that discussion, and said in their application they were joining the site in response to it - I'd have thought it completely reasonable.

Hot water bottle just woke me up cos sprang a leak. Only by now it's a slightly warm water bottle which is a relief. And it's only on its third year of use. Damn. TGF mattress protector. Would not be fun drying a mattress this time of year.

Augh. If you have a microwave, the heat discs they use to warm pet beds are very useful. LMK if you want a link.
- Mattress is OK, thank the gods. Just sheets, pjs and me and this is all easy to fix. Time for a new hwb I guess.
- I got one of those chargeable hot water bottles. Basically a giant version of those reusable hand pocket warmers. Gamechanger
As with so many things in life, they don't make em like they used to.

Trying to be kind about an email from a friend, where they have linked me a seek job posting for... A sales rep.

When they know I'm changing careers and have spoken to them about it. That I won't be going back to call centre shite.

Ehhhhhhhhh. EHHHHHHHHHHH

Got done by a lemon tree thorn a few days ago. Tiny little prick but it's really puffed up. Headed over to Dr. google and learnt a new word:

Phytophotodermatitis, where when you get done, then expose it to UVA it flares up. Most common from lemon trees apparently.

Little fucker packs a punch. I had no idea.

I will wear gloves next time.

TIL
and hugs
Wait until you get a rose thorn stabbing, and end up going to the doc for a penicillin injection. Which they administer with a sharpened hose pipe into your gluteus maximus. Rose thorns do gangrene really really well apparently. Learned my lesson from that experience and now wear gloves when I'm anywhere near roses. Never knew that lemons were particularly hazardous - thanks for the info!

I go for the pre training review thingy today. They sent me the link yesterday and reiterated I had to fill out the LLN assessment prior to the PTR, so i wrote back to ask if they'd received my assessment, and they never replied which is always a good sign.

I feel like this is a bit of a pivotal moment for me, and this is about the point I'd start making saves if this were a game...

In other news, I was finally able to go watch that bad men movie on Sunday (3rd time's the charm, I guess). I enjoyed it, even though I never saw the other one(s? I think it's a trilogy). I pieced enough of it together to still enjoy myself.

Edit: it didn't really go anywhere. Apparently being in high school I need a letter before I can start the course, even though I'm apparently old enough to just decide I want to leave. And of course it's now school holidays so I can't get it until the 12th, 4 days before my course starts....

Good luck 🤞🏻🤞🏻
- Thanks G!
Good luck! You'll be great 👍
- Thanks maggies!
  Omfg I should never be allowed to talk again. I can't believe I called you dhmo
Who cares about all that training stuff, I think you mean Bad Boys and there are FOUR of them now.
Don't you know Will Smith got cheated on and it inspired him to become the greatest actor of all time?
- No

Blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah BLAH. blah...

Got a survey call today. It's the first in a long time becausebmy phone usually filters them for me.

I've received some weird emails recently too. I bet it was that damn property expo I registered for

If you change your password, but your password manager fails to capture it did you really even change your password? According to the system? Yes, you very much did.

A password manager that doesn't capture a password is about as useful as an indicator on a BMW.

Last pass?
- yep! Rubbish until the end hey.
- At least LastPass asks you if you want to update your password after you've changed it.
  I'm using 1password and much prefer it. But it asks when the password is generated. What if the password field has a bunch of rules I need to follow and have to make edits after?

Such beautiful weather out today! I wish I wasn't stuck in an office for most of it. Tonight is gonna be froooosty, I'm STOKED that I can roll outta bed late tomorrow. Have a meeting on campus at 2, plan is to try and finish all my work off by noon and quietly clock off after that. Would love to have a stroll round campus after if tomorrow's as beautifully sunny as today.

and today on "searches that will get me on a list"

Moorabbin was once renowned for its springs. I am randomly trying to find where they were. Unfortunately I am surrounded by goddamn car repair shops so guess what fucking comes up when you search "Moorabbin springs" so now I'm digging at hydrogeological data for the entire port phillip bay area to find the aquifers....

looks like they dug sand out the spring and made a lake https://www.destimap.com/index.php?act=attraction&a=Karkarook-Park,-Moorabbin,-Australia
- nah, that's one of the soaks, there's a whole system that runs down the eastern side of warragul down to mordi. Most of the springs were apparently in cheltenham, which is insane to me.
  (fun fact: I used to spend the four hour break between tech C and accounting at TAFE whacking the shit out of golf balls at the driving range that used to be where the bypass is now. That whole park area was tip)
I assume you've come across this - melbourne waterways Some useful references contained therein.

Victorian public service executives have now been awarded a pay increase between 3.5% and 4.3%.

Less than inflation.
- More than the 3% that government policy caps the offer for all their other workers at. But the politicians themselves and the executives get to have different rules.

Mmm. I love how my brain is deciding to dwell on mortality. It really helps with everything.

/s

hugs
it bothers me too
and I admit it wouldn't bother me as much if I felt we had a stable country that actually cared for it's people

Well, 11.5 degrees looks to be as warm as I'm getting today. I'm off to have a stroll around the neighbourhood with Mr Woof.

Retreating to bed cause it’s fucking freezing. Fortunately got the electric blanket on in preparation so beds nice and warm at least. Reckon I’ll leave the electric towel rail on tonight too just so don’t freeze my junk off when I get up at 6am.

I am trying to space out my watching of the Bear season 3 but it's so hard. You know the show is good when it's a flashback episode, and you know it turns out ok, but you are still on the edge of your seat the whole time.

I'm partway through s3 e9 and I definitely found this season a lot more spaced out and chill than the past two seasons. It seems to be the reason it's not so popular either, but I like it. More slow-burn character exposés and a great showcase of the acting talent, after the frenetic pace of the last two seasons. I've read that they filmed s4 at the same time so it tracks that they're taking longer with plot developments this time around.
- I'm not that far yet. Just finished the Tina episode. I just love the characters and for such relatively short episodes they really pack a lot of depth in. I am enjoying the pace too
I found watching series one so stressful. Does it get better?
- Well..it's certainly still stressful but I have enjoyed it the whole way through. S2 had a couple of very intense episodes but S3 is more chill (tho I am waiting for something terrible around the corner).
Having worked in hospo, this show puts me on edge lol

Why am I so tired today??

You ever wonder if you're just tired a lot or if you're actually Stage 3 something or other and just haven't gone to the doctor? I think I might have hypochondria.

You guys said Octonauts was good but they referred to a pufferfish as poisonous instead of venomous

Are they eating it or touching it?
- In that episode the pufferfish got eaten, but it was by a whaleshark
As far as kids are concerned, the fish is poisonous. There's no way I'd want a kid to think they can fry up and eat a pufferfish.
🐡😱

I washed the woolen underlay I use as a dog blanket a couple of weeks ago and hung it outside to dry. I missed taking it in before rain hit so it had to stay out longer. Now I have a magpie coming in regularly to collect nesting material from it, so I guess it has to stay there now.

I've been listening to Chappell Roans album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and I'm in love.

I love my Pop Boi.

Casual lives rent free in my head running endless loops around pink pony and i love it
- Knee deep in the passenger seat, and you're eating me out
  \ Is it casual now?
  Those lines are virulent, so damn catchy. Naked in Manhattan and My Kink is my Karma are my favs so far I think, but it's hard because every song is great!

Today, I heard someone refer to a flannel shirt as a “western shirt”..I had not heard that one before.

You hadn't heard it before because they're wrong.
Whaaaaat! Western shirt - tight fitting cotton plaid, sometimes with press studs. Flannel shirt - made with flannelette cotton (which is thicker) or wool, worn looser with ordinary buttons.
Two different style of shirts.
I grew up hearing "western shirt", another term was a Miller Shirt as that was the popular brand. But then it had to have pearl snaps. I expect flannel shirts have buttons.
- Well I asked about it, and they meant “western suburbs” so I was like ..ohh snap!

it's sunny here so it's off to the park to catch some rays

Gratitude thread!

Booked in for five hours of karaoke last night. I think in the last hour, I sang one song. But it was really nice to spend time with friends who I can be myself around and have fun with :) they accept my weirdness!

(Is that not the point of friendship? Some people I feel like I have to mask around more than others)

I'm also grateful for reading the responses to these threads! :)

Grateful I got WFH approved tomorrow to take the edge off everything I gotta do this week! And grateful to weekend me for meal prepping enough to last me til Thursday 👍
Grateful to have been paid and can take the cat to the vet this week for his vaccinations and a checkup for his bile vomit.
Grateful for the cat, he's the best thing to have happened to me.
Grateful for my partner supporting me and Mickey, for all our faults.
What did you sing?
- We sang all kinds of things! Mostly pop, rock and a hint of musical theatre. Friend also added the Star Spangled Banner and made it scream-o.
I am grateful for salt, making life delicious. Some lovely sunshine, learning new things, and my bossy cat.

3 degrees here. Cold air was very sharp taking the rubbish out. I think it’s gonna get colder than the predicted low overnight. Be prepared for a very frost morning.

temp predictions have been revised down ☃️
I don't like having the heater on at night as it's a bit noisy but I think I might have to.
- Oh I’m definitely keeping the heater on tonight.
The predicted low is -2 here, it'll be interesting if it's much colder than that!
It's a bedsocks kind of night.
I've accepted that my curry leaf plants and chillies are gonna look pretty shit tomorrow and not get any better until late September at least. I'm just thoroughly enjoying my warm living room, but better roll out of it and into bed soon before the bedroom oil heater goes off its timer.
- To protect from frost, if they are in the ground you can cover with something like tarp or sheet, if in pots bring inside or a sheltered location like garage. Good luck little plants! It’s gonna be a tough week for the frost sensitive ones.
Absolutely freezing taking the bins out just now. Driving home a couple of hours ago my car was saying 3 degrees when I got to my hood, so it’d be close to 0 already.

a; Noooo, nooo , do not send.

b; Send sir? The money is now sent.

a; You motherfucker

I love Kitboga 🤣🤣🤣

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Nice big bowl of porridge with brown sugar and milk and a bit of butter underneath like my Dad used to make it plz chef
- 🌾🟤🥛🥣
  ^🧈
A meat pie with sauce and a can of coke
- 🥧🥣🛢️
Muesli with yoghurt berries and banana please
- 🌾🥛🍓🫐🍌

Hi all. If you pay for Parcel Post online but don't have a printer, can you go to the PO and get them to print it out for you?

was reading the US papers and this is the name of a judge

Ural Glanville? aka Russian knobtown 🫠

You just can't make this stuff up

I know they get a lot of hate, but I actually like the new short Coles paper bags. They have about the same effective carrying capacity (unless you are buying something really light like a bulk purchase of marshmallows) but are much less likely to end up torn. They also seem more stable, things don't end up rolling around inside the bag as much. The larger bags almost always ended up torn during delivery when they had cans of cat food and similar in them, it hasn't happened once with the shorter ones.

I have not had the same experience. I find they all rip in no time. The plastic ones lasted 10-15 uses. The paper ones are lucky to last 2.
- Same. It’s odd going from paper to plastic to paper again. And it’s shite paper. At least we could reuse plastic bags.

I just picked up an overtime shift and my inner accountant is thrilled. The rest of me is not so pleased with the addition of another early morning wakeup to my week ☹️

Done the last of the repotting and prepared 3 big pots for jalapeno seedlings. Sewed up the outdoor toy penguin and put it out. Done daiso shopping, bought gloves, no one had fingerless gloves so imma just cut the fingers off myself. Got all the sewing haberdashery I need to do some french embroidery on my jumper. All the tapestry fabric for recovering the chairs is cut out and ready. Pizza is being done. Cats are brushed and fed.

I refuse to listen to the news, the whining from the dems is driving me crazy. Just fricking use power and do something.

🌾🟤🥛🥣