Here’s an interesting one. Found my grandfathers old pipe.
Tanganyika went from 1961 to 1964 and is now modern day Tanzania. Don’t see that everyday.
Daily Discussion Thread: 🐚🪸🐡🪼🌊 Thursday, August 29, 2024
Submitted 2 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Wow a micro slice of history. Totally a keep it!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Very cool!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
what a weird pipe
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
it’s not a pipe, it’s a picture of a pipe
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 months ago
looks at weather forecast
smells oodie
I guess it’s a trip to the laundromat this weekend then
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Eep. Tuesday had a forecasted low of 3 degrees :(
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve got a knockoff oodie and have to wash it frequently. I think it gets a bit smelly fast due to being a warm and synthetic garment. And the delicate fleece lining gets matted easily with washing.
I’m thinking to just buy a an oversized mens hoodie in some warm fabric for something a bit sturdier and roll up the sleeves.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 2 months ago
NDIS application is starting. My doc says it’s really difficult to get approved but we will try anyway. I’m still working full time so dsp isn’t a thing and I want to keep working and feel like a normal person. Just need some help and ideally work to stop forcing mandatory office days and actually be inclusive instead of just pretending to. Sucks being bedridden so much.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m sorry you’re having such a hard time with this. Hopefully everything goes OK with the NDIS 🤞🏾
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 months ago
today feels like a bunch of spiders trapped in a jar
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I… I… don’t know how that feels, but I suspect it’s chaotic and awful and oh my god that mental image 😱
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 months ago
With a bit of luck they’ll eat each other.
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The thought of that terrifies me for some reason.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s worse when your sinuses are the jar
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
To the bucket I lost, if you’re reading this, you’re always welcome back home if it’s a gale force sth. easterly I have kept your bedroom just as it was.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Ah so that’s what I heard smashing down the road
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Love this.
I’m sure an italian would have a go at the pasta though.
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve decided to take the day off tomorrow.
My long weekend starts!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I went to a job interview yesterday. It finished at 4 and I didn’t get home until 6. In that time my girlfriend and mother in law picked up the kids from childcare.
They let the kids be unrestrained in the car park, so one of my boys decides to run off. The MIL is chasing him, hysterical. She has a bad knee so she can’t run. My girlfriend was putting the other boy in the car so she couldn’t respond straight away. God, what if something happened.
I usually handle pickup because I work from home, and this had never happened to me. I know we’d make things work if I need to fund another job but I still just don’t know what we’ll do if things don’t work out today.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yikes. Simple mistake to make I guess. Time we all learn about traffic safety.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The boys know to stop at a road when crossing. I think we’ll need to teach them carparks count as the road
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I remember running across the road (a quiet street) of my kindergarten as a four or five year old. I got scolded quite harshly and felt incredibly guilty.
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Car parks are scary places with kids. Having my own changed the way I traverse carparks forever. Thankfully everything was okay, lessons were hopefully learned and systems put into place for next time.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Sending you good vibes for today ✨️
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Thank you. I just want to get this meeting out of the way so I know what my next move will be
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 months ago
My new workplace might actually be really awesome. We randomly had wine tasting at 4pm so we finished early, and we sat around talking shit til 6. Evertone seems really friendly and chill
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Sounds great! You deserve it!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I just had the Performance Agreement meeting and I still have my job. The review period is being extended and I’m being given a written warning. I have another month to just try do what they want from me. I can do the actual work required of me, it’s all the following up with people and adding comments here and there about what’s being done that’s the issue. It’s the most frustrating and boring part of the job for me, but this is a more corporate setting and that’s what’s important to them.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
soo, just do the work
and maybe look at other jobs just in case
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yeah, I’m going to have to set aside more time to do all the followup and make sure things are marked complete or move things around. I can get a bit sloppy with that because I always want to move onto the next thing. I might need to use more reminders and put more things in my calendar for myself
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
From what you have described there might be a bit of a harsh truth that no one has said to you in a straight up way. Reading between the lines, they are saying you are poor at communicating task progress, which means probably stuffing other people around causing workplace inefficiencies and pissed off coworkers, because they don’t know the status of things. All jobs have boring components. Doing just the fun bits of your job and leaving the boring bits for others will lead to resentment from coworkers in every single workplace. Changing jobs won’t help this. I think you have to look at it from a team perspective. So I reckon use the grace period they are giving you to turn things around, it will be an asset for the rest of your career if you can overcome this. If I have misread the situation very sorry! Am just trying to help with another perspective.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It is an issue that’s come up in roles before and I don’t know the best way to manage it. I’ve had jobs where I’ve been really good at getting things done and following up with people, and some where it just hasn’t worked out.
I’ve had jobs where I get the service request, do it, let the stakeholder know, and things are all good. Maybe it’s because I need to work on multiple steps within a project that’s throwing me off.
I’m trying to be better at things today but I just feel like I’m jumping around between things and not getting anything done and I’m not sure how to structure my workload better to at least feel like I’m managing it better
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 2 months ago
At least you’ve got something to work with. And some more time to job hunt, if you end going that way.
It sounds like pretty shit management if this is the approach they’re taking rather than just coaching you on what they need.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m figuring out the balance of what I need to do vs what’s expected of me and how to best deliver that.
On thing I picked up on today is a task in our project management software has a bunch of subtasks inside it, but in the description instead of as subtasks. This would be easy to miss as is. I’ve gone ahead and created ask those tasks as subtasks so I can see them easier and track them.
So for my own sake I need to break tasks down more because what I’m provided isn’t fully comprehensive and not specific to the project.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I have a friend who lives in Sydney. She’s not really someone I talk about feelings to, but rather hobbies, and I would consider her to be one of my best friends.
A couple of months ago, I asked her how she found a particular artist we were talking about. She has a very diverse music taste and is constantly playing music. Ever since then, she sends me a song everyday, ranging from musicals, live performances and random stuff she’s picked up. I’ve never been exposed to such a variety of music. It’s a really special thing.
I wish there was some way I could repay her for thinking of me. I am so grateful to have a friend like her. I’m in awe.
Romantic love is cool and all, but platonic love is the shit. If I never experience romantic love again, I think I’ll be fine 🥹🤪
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Single women live longer, are healthier and a lot wealthier than most married women. Married blokes live longer, are healthier and a lot wealthier than single blokes. As a species, we are doomed.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 months ago
not really we just gotta stop isolating and infantilising our men
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
we compromise by men dying younger
iow, the women are widows 😔
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That’s so fucked 😍😍😍
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Shout out to SES, tree crews, powerline workers and everyone else who was hammered by the storms yesterday and are continuing the cleanup today. With special thanks to the cop directing traffic on Burwood Hwy/Springvale Rd in peak hour yesterday. Trying to control that mant cars must be a nightmare!
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yes! Huge mental maths problem, but I am oddly fond of the giant white gloves.
Baku@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I could never be a powerline worker. Electricity is scary :(
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Hope nobody’s house is made of straw, or sticks.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
my mouth was open for almost an hour to get an old big filling fixed
i am beginning to get my feelings back and my muscles are sooooooore
i have pre-bought beef stew and mash for this
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
💊🍖🍲
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
thank you, yes i should take a pill, the tooth is quite sensitive after all that bothering
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Used my mouth guard last night, and chewed the ever loving shit out of it. So I have a headache still, taken some ibuprofen.
Also seem to have caught a cold? So avoiding class today. Annoying, but I should be able to catch up on my prac next week.
What a load of poop
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Do you typically suffer from hayfever?
I’ve had the runny nose over the last few days due to the winds and weather.
Could be just that?
wscholermann@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I don’t like squats so I’ve stopped doing them. They always feel incredibly awkward and I rather suspect they aggravate my sciatica.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Have you tried goblet squats?
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I read this as “goblin squats” and thought it describes the way I squat to pet the cat quite aptly haha
wscholermann@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The only squats don’t feel horribly awkward on either my back or knees are hack squats but unfortunately my gym doesn’t have a hack squat machine.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Are glute bridges any better?
I am not a physio
wscholermann@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m ok with glute bridges and still do them.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve decided tomorrow’s music theme is Party so if you have any recommendations I’d love to hear them.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 months ago
S Club 7 - S Club Party. Of course.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Beasties boys - fight for your right to party
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Friday on my mind - easybeats
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Prince - 1999.
Pharell Williams - Happy.Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Oh also how could we not have this one.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The bathroom has now been sorted (it is nice having everything off the bench top so I can clean easily), I have put the bins out and I even cleaned the rangehood today. Now I just have to find the energy from somewhere to cook my burger for dinner.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
F me this Brisbane hot liquid on a baby story is really making the argument to bring back capital punishment.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I was not expecting clear skies, no wind and sun today. Especially after yesterday.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Kilt ironing lesson in progress. 🤯
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I declare this vacuum cleaner deceased. There goes the rest of my tax return 🪦
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I want what ever is in the coffee at the metro control center. The “goooodmorning everyone!” Was exceptionally singsong and chipper this morning. Gale, it’s not even 7am. Love the enthusiasm but gonna need you to dial it back from a 12 to a 6 or a 7 max.
Reonn@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The wild winds tonight are stressing me out.
Baku@aussie.zone 2 months ago
They’re finally almost finished. We apparently have a functioning gate, BUT the dodgy gate guys they hired took the fobs with them, so yet again it’s permanently stuck open…
Mr door man is almost done, but we now have 4 green doors with no door handles or locks, including my bedroom, which is fun I guess… Even though I know I’m home alone, I can already tell the anxiety is going to stop me from sleeping. I’ve also slept with my door closed for the last 7 years. Without fail. So this isn’t super nice…
The cameras have been installed, they’ve been put in a gigantic metal box. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of it, I thought at the very least they were gonna mount a visible monitor off to the side. That unfortunately doesn’t do a whole lot to relieve my anxiety. Apparently this system has an app, but I’m not their customer, so the camera dudes wouldn’t give me any info about it. I do control the router and the ethernet cable leading to the box, and I believe the cameras are wired with PoE, so I do wonder if there’s a way to hijack the signal in the meantime. But I’m too tired and have too much of a headache to fuck around with that kind of pointless nerdy shit right now. I still have my current cameras up and running, so I still have access to a camera.
The lockisth is coming tomorrow morning to fix the lock on the shed, and they’ve emailed him to ask that he extracts the lock from my old door so I have some way of closing it. But if he can’t, it’ll be about a 1-2 week wait where my door can’t close…
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Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Super annoyed. Someone took the last spoon from the coffee jars from the staff room.
There are no spoons whatsoever here.
Lucky I keep my own teaspoon for personal use though it took up extra time from my break to make a coffee thanks to that.
Why do people keep stealing and eating spoons here?!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Tackling jasmine today. It has moved very early this year.
To those hoping to plant jasmine, just so you know over time it’s arguably worse than bamboo I don’t care how good it looks or smells. It smothers everything in its path like the blob.
Baku@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Seems we have lift off. There’s a bunch of dudes here for the cameras and a bunch of other dudes here for the door frames. Because of that, I’ve been ejected from my spare room which I use as a kinda office. Today’s also the only weekday I don’t have anything happening (besides 1 phone call “anytime between 9am and 2pm”), so I was hoping to get some study done. A bit hard to concentrate when they’re going wild with the power saws.
The “case management practitioner supervisor” (I don’t know what it is, but I absolutely hate that title) is here (the tradies have to be supervised when they’re inside), so she ejected me from the other office to go do phone calls. So I’m just sort of floating around trying to find somewhere chill now
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I messaged my manager this morning about something, and she wrote back:
“OK Simon, thanks for letting me know, but please rest up and stop working”.
I haven’t heard that in my entire life from an employer
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
One can dream of working for such a place, good work man, you’ve earned an easy ride 💜
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That’s very kind of you 😊 Who knows what’s around the corner. For now, it’s OK.