Daily Discussion Thread: 📖📖 🛌🙂 Friday, August 16, 2024

Goooood morning! Happy friday! My last Friday in my current role 🥳🥳🥰

Chill is back in the air. On the way to a moooovie (MIFF film) even though I have this assignment to do... But I wouldn't have gotten anything done tonight anyway as it's been a big day at work... I think my guilt/anxiety over the assignment is what's caused me to have nasty dreams of teenage woes (had another dream after the one of my mum screaming, with an uncle telling me I wasn't allowed to watch Suits. Which is weird as I've never been interested in watching it anyway and that uncle was relatively lenient)

It's okay to have a bit of a life outside of work and uni 😩 can't sustain my psyche otherwise...

In good news though, I passed my probation at one of my jobs today and got a 9% pay bump (they kind of tend to lowball in the first 3 months then do more after. Even my boss admitted it was "embarrassing" what I'd been paid so went beyond the upper range of what I was thinking). The annual equivalent is the highest I've ever been paid in my life so far - would finally take me past the PHI tax threshold lol - and it is so much cruisier than my previous job, so I am feeling pretty chuffed about that. 🥂

edit: I also negotiated one day less per fortnight so I kind of end up the same financially but with more time so that's not so bad at all 😎

Happy Friday everyone 🎉

Quiet night tonight but I don't mind some music and gaming time.

Hope everyone has a great night ❤️

Happy Friday Simon. Have a good one. 🍺
Must tell us. What game are you planning to play?
- I'm playing cult of the lamb. It's really a nice mix of chilling out and some occasional action.
Fantastisch!!

Bad nightmare taking me right back to my teen years being screamed at by my mother over trivial things... The sense of fear and feeling trapped woke me right up :( not now, brain.

Oh no. hugs.
I hope you do some nice things for yourself today.
retrospective soothing noises

I’m sitting in front of this now. I can’t seem to get up.

God help me.

🏗️
Don't eat all the apricot and apple or you're going to have a bad time
- I had a good go over the apple rings, so yummy and some cupcakes.

Cheers Peppercorns 🍺

The man goes back to work on Monday so it's like the closing ceremony.

They came out to install that gate thing yesterday, which took me by surprise. They did say it would be installed this week, but I didn't believe them. But then it happened, so that's cool I guess.

Unfortunately they didn't install any electrics or motors for it, and it's on a fairly steep hill, so it just opened itself every time I tried to close it. I was able to find some old bed slat thingies and wedge those between the gate and the fence. Looks ghetto AF, but it worked and provided some safety.

Unfortunately today they came out to try and install a motor, but they forgot a part or something so it doesn't actually.... Motor. Unfortunately in the process, they've put it on same chains and gears that can't be moved when the motor is off. So now I can't actually close it.

They'll come to install it some stage next week, but it basically leaves me in the same position as I was 2 days ago over the weekend. And I can once again enjoy the constant baseline anxiety of old mate coming back again.

It has now been 39 days since I returned and had to deal with all of this garbage.

Edit: I should be fair to them. In 39 days they've purchased 1 security camera

I'M FREE BITCHES

Unleash the beast!

Why has not evolution equipped us off switches?

I’ve turned into a hysterical fountain.

Why has not evolution equipped us off switches?
if we didnt we wouldnt feel our feelings, and we wouldnt get better! -signed the bloke who REFUSES to learn this lesson IRL
- Feeling feelings hurts, but in the end it's necessary to grow.
  Sometimes we just need a big ugly day-long cry.
- What are feelings? I'm only aware of a constant low level sense of dissatisfaction lol
hugs 😘

It is Mr Woof's 10th Gotcha Day today! 🎂🐕

I just ate a cheese kransky in a baguette with hot english mustard and t-sauce having a radox bath... and.. i'm fundamentally a different person now.

I did not expect that on the bucket list.. it will remain permanently on the bucket list I'm not crossing it out.

What's t-sauce?
Edit: Oh... Tomato sauce. I am not a smart man
- There's probably a law somewhere saying tomato sauce on a kransky is a big no no.
Do you cut the ends off your baguette?
- I do :(

Beep Beep 🚚
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I'd like a grazing platter and a glass of champagne please.
- 🐇🐄🦬🐂🫏🐐🍾
Calimari salad?
- 🦑🥗
Hard tack & rum me hearty!
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International politics/current affairs musings. Feel free to disregard:

::: spoiler idiot shows his lack of foreign affairs knowledge

How long do you think before Fox News turns on trump? looking more and more like hes gonna lose, continued support is only gonna lead to civil unrest which I am sure they dont care about, but they would care about looking like they supported a loser.

-I sort of understand why they arnt doing it, but I would love to see Ukraine call a snap referendum in Kursk about leaving the Russian Federation and joining the country of winners instead. I hope this incursion leads to things calming down and putin signing an agreeable treaty, but I doubt he is gonna go down quietly.

I cannot WAIT till the EU shows its teeth and puts its boot up Elon's ass. How quickly he threw on the victim mentality shows how pathetic he really is. Love seeing bullys get smacked down.

The whole Trump saga will be interesting. If he loses, he knows he's done. Court cases and verdicts looming. He might fuck off to another country.
His extra moron followers will martyr themselves for him, and in 12 months only the absolute loonies will still carry on about him.
Elon is acting tough in public, but will cower like a kitten in courts. He'll pay the fines, and then some to probably keep shit quiet and on his platform he'll announce victory.
Twitter will be mostly dead in a while unless he leaves.
- Twitter will be mostly dead in a while unless he leaves.
  I dunno, I think the porn and nazis probably hold it together for a while.
- I try my hardest to avoid all things US politics, and I still feel saturated by it. I don't click on articles about it, I never click on Google or YouTube links about US politics.
  Yet, somehow my feed is still regularly seeded with the stuff. I have no idea what the algorithms do to people who engage with that content, but it's got to be some next-level doom scrolling.

Question: Who lives in a multicultural household? Tell me some stories please.

Been hooking up with a hot Spanish guy, I'll report back when he becomes my husband.
- Probably don’t do Arriba Andale!
- Muchos caliente vias con Dios cabron
- Espero que todos tus deseos se hagan realidad.
  (Hope all your wishes come true)
- I love this
Wife is Balkan Aussie and I'm central European Canadian
Her family is loud as fuck and don't know how to hold a conversation about anything other than other people.
- Hahaha. I know the feeling. Arabs are fucking loud and their 10 kids. Jesus Christ.
I live with a dog and a cat. We have our differences, but are able to bond over our shared love of sleeping.
Does multinational and uncultured count? 😎
- Sure.
I have an Italian step family. 5 steps sisters as well.
It’s a loud family.
- Gosh. You win. 😂

As wrecked as I've been this week thanks to starting on Wegovy, I've booked myself a room up in Beechworth for tomorrow and it's non-refundable so that will force me out of my apartment. I'll pop into the Billson's brewery tomorrow afternoon and then chill tf out on the room balcony which overlooks some pretty countryside.

Sunday I'll get up early, go and spend some time looking at Woolshed Falls then drive to Yackandandah and finally see it. I've lined up a place to grab a coffee and breakfast there.

That's as far as I've gotten. As always plans are subject to change (besides the accommodation) because I'm free to do what I want any old time.

I love Beechworth. I have stories but not right now because I'm pissed.
Billsons went into admin so hope you snag some bargains.
Sounds lovely!

So, I've had this single annoying hair coming down over my eyes, brush the hair away, it doesn't go away or soon comes back.

Just now in front of the mirror, I found it. The thing was a massive eyebrow hair. I yanked it, and I kid you not - the hair was 4cm long! I'm entering my old-man eyebrow phase, and I don't like it.

It always amazes me how the hair which isn't growing where or how it ought to is so robust, yet on top the thinning brittle hair mocks me in the mirror 🎭
Think of it as your Peter Capaldi Cosplay Years
I have a nose hair that threatens to attach to the otherside if I don't get it in time.
I get those rarely, but on my upper arm near my shoulder. Super weird. The body is a strange place.
I'd lean into it and practice being super expressive with your eyebrows heh

I was up until 12 finishing a assignment, but I had to get up for work at 5. I am le tired.

have some dessert , watch some telly them an early night 🙂

Just a little bit longer and I can have a drink, fark me 💀

I wonder what the Friday evening teacher did? Surely it's punishment! What a horrible time.
- She's a professor not directly employed by my institution, I think it's because she does other work and this is the only time she can spend teaching us these modules. I don't think it's a punishment, just the nature of her schedule.
  Just makes for a long-ass day 💀

Happy Friday 🙂

still no rain here

this calls for extreme measures

I'm going to put the freshly painted chair outside to cure some more

Noooo!

I have retired to bed, like a boring old fart. Everything is too loud after work in an occasionally quite noisy factory. Sometimes when I come home and I've done all my jobs (dinner etc) I can't wait to leave the living areas of the house. Everyone's enjoying themselves being noisy with Xbox and tv and I'd just be a killjoy asking people constantly to turn it down. I need peace and quiet to recharge and relax, and it runs counter to everyone else in the house doing their Friday thing.

If I go out on a Friday night of course it will be a little loud but if I stay home I like no drama and quiet enjoyment.

Some how I get wetter than the toddler in bathing, and I’m not the one going in the bath. How the heck does that work?

Entropy

Testing

I've watched my movie and emerged into the bustle of Chapel St Windsor, still on a bit of a high after work (and a very strong drink), absolutely hanging for some Indian food... but it's so darn pricey for one person! Why aren't there rice and curry sets at most places 😭 I dont want to spend $6 on rice and $25 on one curry...

I shall just be content with heading home and making some rice to go with leftover bits and pieces. Almost considered a simmer sauce with some fish but maybe not...

Key word. Chapel street. Nothing’s cheap there.
- That's true, but I find Indian in general is expensive for a single person for dinner, unless you take home the leftovers. I looked up other Indian joints in Richmond on the way home and most places are $20+ for one curry. I just wanted like a $20 set meal like a lot of places do for lunch... one serve of rice with two curries and a pickle or something.
  There was a promising looking south Indian place on Burwood Rd in Hawthorn that had a thali set meal for $16 but I would've had to detour and by that point the tiredness had hit me. I'm happy to have come home and decompressed

Mr Woof's evening turndown service was extremely exuberant tonight, with most of my doona ending up on the floor. There's nothing like having to make your bed before you can get in it.

I took out a splinter from my finger yesterday.

This morning it's now a stupid blister and hurts like a mother. Left pointer finger as well which is a massive pain.

Argh.

If there's any sign of redness around the injury site - go see a doctor FAAAST. You might need a tetanus shot or antibiotics to stop infection. A blister is not a good sign.
- I'll keep an eye on it and see how it goes. I don't really need to panic at this point.
That's farked. I hate splinters and blisters. What a nightmare!
I watched a clip the other day of someone using a syringe to suck out a splinter, I've not had one since to try the theory out!

Rain is here , I rushed out to get the chair in. 😹

I went outside to bask in the petrichor
It's glorious
- there is something wonderful about it, yes 🙂

Okay, Aussie Zone brains trust, I've got an interesting dilemma for you.

So a bit of background. My partner works as a sole trader, and does contract work for a number of companies.

One of the companies she works for has had a full time position open up, which involves managing their external contractors.

Being a sold trader works well for her, so she wants to turn it down. She wants to recommend me instead.

It's a good job. It gas decent pay.

Here's the tricky part: Were I to get this role, I would be responsible for managing this company's external contractors, including my partner.

In effect, I would be her "boss" to some extent.

Working with your spouse or partner is always tricky. Let alone being their manager.

Has anyone here worked with someone they're in a relationship with? What were the pros and cos? Did you disclose your relationship?

Should I take up the role? Or us it not worth tgd hassles?

Go in with full disclosure, they might shift her to a different supe for their own safety
- Second this, it may be considered a conflict of interest
It might not be permitted at all. Check handbook.
It depends on how well you get on with your partner. Go for it. Rake in the cash baby while you can.
If you respect each other's skills and roles it can be really good.

I really think we need to give this thread a different name like The Melbourne Yarn or The Melbourne Chit Chat / Shit Chat. Cmon marketing people what are your thoughts?

Melbourne Shit Chat is brilliant!
- It can change with mood, Chit Chat on a good day, Shit Chat for bad, and Shit Shat for the really bad days
- It's what my friends and I call a catch up.
  I don't want anyone to feel like they can't talk serious stuff here.
- love it!
Interesting. I’m not against it but, the DT name is legendary. Why change?
- True. My feelings are that we've moved on from the motherland and could give it its own identity.
  Also I'm a pot stirrer.
- I think we can keep the DT name and have a subtitle too!
The Melbourne Yarn sounds like either a knitting group or a bunch of boring old men sitting around having painfully slow conversations that go nowhere. Something more active and exciting would be better. Maybe the Melbourne Choose Your Own Adventure thread.
- Stitch & bitch is pretty common in yarn circles
- The Melbourne Yack
Over my dead body!
- The Force_majeure Daily Memorial Thread?
- Not quite the vibe I was thinking
I think maybe we can try different ones every now and again.
The Melbourne Bow Wow!
- That's a good idea
  The Melbourne Cat Scratching Pole.

my husband puts the telly with two different sets of speakers and they are always slightly out of sync, then when I say choose one I am a luddite 🤯🤯🤯

Nope. You point and say "fix it or it goes off".
Murder invitation! Out of sinc is physically painful.
- It's like when a radio is not tuned properly. Head cocks "fix it or off". 😠
Is there an option to adjust the phase of the speakers at all? Subwoofers have that so they can push air properly in time with the other speakers

Been wiped the last couple of days even though work was relatively easy. Trying to get the energy up to do more sorting and tidying. It doesn't help that the cats seem to have missed me and have been demanding snuggles.

I dont think the weather is helping tbh. My works been kind of dead too and its been draining cause you know the nice weather is gonna be taken away.

This weather sucks.

Purchased a bottle of Bearface Canadian whiskey....it's not great.

On par with Aussie offerings and nowhere near the Scottish and Irish drams.

3/5 swollen alcoholics fingers

Hey now

Hear what I say now

dont dream its over

2am circling chopper. Some kind of shit going down.

Just checked flight radar, that's a yikes. It's in Oakleigh now though, hopefully you're safe....
- I did not know that was a thing. Another toy to waste time on 😺

Sky pretty

It's gotten a lot colder outside, I think the rains are coming.

Was just outside and Marge is definitely on her way 🌽

ugh, what happened to all the little mini itx boards with onboard cpus where did you go I neeeeeeeeeeeed one.

Happy Friyay everyone. Hope it is quick and painless for you all.

I read this as “quick and pointless” haha.

Unseasonal burst of warm weather is over. Resume standard winter operating procedures. In bed, electric blanket on, rainy weekend ahead.

Ugh, not liking the overcast (maybe rainy) conditions ahead. Everyone who did their laundry this week must be so relieved.
At least the temps don't look so bad! More like Sydney temps. I think we're safely past the 1C mornings and 11C maxes...? hopefully...
- August is never a trustworthy month. But fingers crossed...

With the nice weather gone the boys will have to wait to go on balance bike walks for a couple of days

Four hours to go of class 😱💀 I'm dying out here, man!

Any dogs today? I feel like my workplace would be much improved by dogs
- Nah online theory classes today, so just Mickey and me heh. I pointed the webcam at him, because he stole my chair; punishment for his crimes

Today was meant to be a lecture catch up day but the day went by and I did fuck all. Woke up late and spent time with the dog. Dog spent the day yawning. Big mood. Went to work and felt anxious for some reason. Did a quiz. Now I am exhausted. Tomorrow, I shall redeem myself.

It's okay, you can do it! 💪
If you have the energy spend five minutes writing a to do list for tomorrow

Low level pre storm small clouds are rolling in under the big slower moving clouds. Scuds.

Ou est le pluie?

Ici.
My shopping list is made and I'm ready to go out. Rain should be here any minute now. 👍⛈️
Der Regen ist nirgends zu sehen.

Well that's new. RACV motorcycle comprehensive insurance renewal came through. Monthly fee went down $8.

It's Saturday 👋
- 🤣 thanks Seagoon