I just want to say how amazing this community is. I’m incredibly grateful to everyone for their support during this difficult time ❤️
Also cat:
Ah Gibson, you grace us with your presence, dignified as ever.
You got this bro, you are awesome! You are doing great! 💜
Honestly the woolies bag is the most underrated cat toy on the planet.
I see your cat in bag and offer you cat in pot. And we’ve got a good bunch here.
That tail is so goddamn floofy it’s ridiculous lol
Did you interrupt your cat having a shit?
In the biz we call it perching. Proabaly taking a dump but with more tact.
No poo. Just a happy cat 😺.
What ever you call it, that’s one sprung cat.
No, he’s just getting comfy!
Ah we are just here for fluffybutt 😛
(No wukkers)
Got the higher gig at work. Feels good.
Now to deal with the knob that didn’t get it and will be reporting straight to me.
Congrats!!
Thanks
The second bit sounds not fun, but conga rats!
We’ve clashed heads before. I’ve been here longer whilst he is a bit older and therefore thinks he should be in charge.
Problem is, no one likes him including management.
Congrats! Have fun turning the knob!
Knob work is always fun
deal with the knob
not sure an employee of your level should be doing that at work. edit: also congrats!
My knob work is one of my key skills.
That could be interpreted in quite a number of different ways.
I believe it was indented to be.
They do say one of the best ways to progress your career is to focus on your knob work. People really appreciate someone who can handle a knob.
Congratulations 🎉
Thanking you
Yay, congrats!
Cheers
Congrats! That’s fantastic!
Shame about the knob. Working with people can be an occupational hazard at times
Banked RDO equals loooong weekend.
Happy long weekend calhound. 🍗
Calhound… How have I never thought of that…? haha
🤷♀️
An adjacent manager found out about my new role and rang me earlier with a heartfelt congratulations.
This means one of two things (or both)
My old boss wasn’t well liked.
I am very liked.
The amount of support I’ve received today from all over the organisation made me tear up nearly.
Is this what it feels like to be human?
so many hugs 😽
This is how it’s meant to be. It’s nice to feel appreciated and supported and liked .
I am not used to this, but happy it happened.
Dunno about ‘human’, but this is def how it feels to be the hero. Enjoy it while it lasts, which will not be long. I speak from experience here. Once you start doing things the way they should be done, expect a backlash.
I’m ready for it. As long as I can drop it after work hours, I’ll be fine.
You obviously deserve it for your hard work and how you treat others ❤️
Thanks mate
I think it’s cause I’m less than a prick compared to others.
Either way I’ll, take it
It shouldn’t be a super power to feel supported but unfortunately it is… The great thing is that you now know how it feels, you can be a spreader of it and watch people bloom.💐
Also it’s a fixed position for a few months. Just enough to make a good impression but not long enough to be negative. Happy to be a placeholder
I am very liked
Invtie them to your bjj gym.
“Under new management all decisions will be decided by kumite. The Lunch room is now known as The Pit.”
In my infinite benevolence, I shall allow them the first hit.
After which Frank Dux takes over and it’s Okay USA until someone falls (them).
Unless Bolo Young decides to participate.
We have a budget for team buildings. I am definitely suggesting it.
Might get a bit of a kick back from the gym owner too.
G’day mates I’m back and I’m braindead. Happy to say immigration/e-gates were much less of a shit show than late last year even though there were still a couple of kiosks out of action. Seems like all airports are moving primarily towards facial recognition, had so many photos taken
Welcome back! We have arranged a long weekend in your honour!
Sure feels good to be King 👑
Welcome back Kitten!
Time for you to go home and relax now! Don’t forget to rug up, it’s been cold here lately.
Thank you! And in typical Melbourne welcome someone tries to cut in front of the driver merging onto an onramp almost causing an accident. 😆
I’ve had no caffeine for quite a while now and slept through the tea service on the plane. Think I’ll just coast through the rest of day with a hot chocolate so I catch up on some quality sleep tonight.
Welcome home jk.
We’ll be heading to Japan in the near future so I’ll be asking you a lot of questions.
Always happy to help! Bear in mind I’m moderately fluent in he language and have been a few times so there’s stuff that’s relevant to others that I may not be aware of, but shoot away when you’re ready.
You’re back! Welcome hooooome.
I wish to report that I had some super juicy and delectable gyoza for my last meal before heading to the airport.
Now looking forward to see how my extremely hasty literally last minute first ever chilli ferment is going. Those scotch bonnets almost smelled like carrots when I blitzed them, so fresh. I hope nothing bad has grown and that no receptacles have exploded
super juicy and delectable gyoza
That warms the coldest cockles of my heart :)
Edit: also super keen to hear how the ferment went.
Yeah it looks ok! There’s a bit of fuzzy stuff on the top/exposed side of the ziploc bag (filled with water) that I used to weigh down the chillos. Haven’t moved the bag out of fear that it’ll drop a few spores into the mix. I’m too tired to think about it today but have questions to ask you tomoz. I’ll need to taste it and maybe run a pH test before I decide what to do with it next.
Konnichiwa and g’day!
'Sgarn? Ah yeah mate, living the dream, can’t comploin
Welcome back big kitty!! How was the trip overall?
I’d say q solid 7/10. Accom really could’ve been planned better and felt I didn’t always get the right momentum or do what I really wanted to, but also some magical moments throughout. My cup is full
That’s good! I hope you’re well rested. Sucks about the accom and energy/momentum, but that seems to just be something that comes along with longer trips, especially when you’re changing accommodation every night/every few nights. My current trip is feeling kinda similar in terms of the accommodation. Long story short, because of my age I need an adult with me, and because of safety concerns and just general privacy, we needed 2 bedrooms rather than 1 with 2 beds, but the hotel was booked. They had a cancellation so it worked out for all of us, but it was stressful while we were waiting to hear back.
And dinner went late last night and couldn’t get the early night I was hoping for, so it was hard to enjoy the day today when I was tired from the time I woke up until I slept
Welcome back!
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I will not be partaking in alcoholic beverages tonight due to urgent business early tomorrow morning but will be making up for that tomorrow day/evening/ night.
For those who will be have a great night. Cheers 🍺
I have been offered 2 champagnes today, both before 10am…
cheers 🍷
🧃
Cheers boss 🍻
🧃
I shall join you on the morrow in partaking.
Bismillah
Inshallah
Salami in a lake
I was offered the role. Then I asked if my expected pay had been considered, that it was more than my current pay. I was told it hadn’t been, but that they’d get back to me shortly. Got back to me: "look I spoke to the big boss, and he says now your current role and the one Ur going for are considered equal (my current role used be considered lesser), your pay is appropriate and would remain the same. I told them I would consider that over the long weekend.
Also just learned that ANOTHER person quit in the role I’m going for, bringing the total to four open positions, and as far as I know, I’m the only internal applicant. The fuckers have the gall to not offer me anything.
So the new tip is to put the new job on your resume and start applying for similar roles with better pay.
Don’t take it. Make the fuckers work for an external.
Sounds like you have a bit of leverage there but also seems a bit worrying that people keep quitting…
Unless you want the challenge or you’re going to come out of it with some sort of advantage I don’t see why you would take on a role with more or greater responsibility and challenges with no change in pay.
We got a royal welcoming committee in Donald. I think the entire town was here to greet us! All the school kids were lined up waving to us, all the industrial business we passed had nobody working - everybody was at the fence waving to us. Every level crossing there were 5-10 people waving
I’ve been on many heritage trains, but I’ve never had a reception quite like that
I’m not sure anyone told them we were running 50 minutes late and our 30-40 min stop was going to turn into a 10 min one though, so I think we disappointed them a little :(
They all lined up to wave is goodbye 🥺
Oh my gosh that’s so adorable. Donald has a special place in my heart, I love that everyone was excited for this!
I hit my head on a low hanging Donald town sign when I was there. So if you see the sign for Donald, duck.
Hah, that’s a good one!
I’ve stopped off in Donald a bunch of times coming back from bush doofs. It’s a nice town.
Do you guys think @Lodion will be mad at me if I let slip that it’s his birthday? 🎂
Much huger than intended, but I’m leaving it… made me laugh.
Oh look! His cake day is his birthday! A day before the instance went “live” to the Internet. Neat!
Happy birthday @[email protected] 🎉🎂
@[email protected] Will he be mad in an entertaining way? 🍰💥
Happy donu- birthday lodion! 🍩🍾
Student Amenities paid for, tuition on a payment plan. Totally fully enrolled! Holy shit!
Feeling better about it now?
Yeah I am, this is the right thing to do. 💜
That’s great to hear :)
That is so awesome. 😀🎆🎇🎉
Yay!
Wow. It seems all the other social sites are in a competition for who can become the worst the fastest. Reddit has jumped on the selling data to AI bandwagon, as has Facebook and Instagram. Tumblr is still banning trans women while leaving up nonconsensual deepfake nudes and is also now crawling with minors. Twitter is uh… Twitter. Sorry, X.
Cursing my shitty body and dodgy area. Never have I wished to touch grass more.
That’s why I’m so grateful for this place. It’s like an oasis.
I did the pantry shop. Cost a bit more than expected but have quite a few meals now ready to go as backup!
What made the list?
10 large cans of chilli tuna 2 each of salada and vita wheats 3 bags pasta 2 cans tomato 2 stir through sauces 1 box gravy powder 1 pack hokkien noodles Various spices 1 thing of powder pancake mix 2 bags of rolled oats. 2 bags frozen veggies 2 bags frozen chips
Heading back after dinner to grab more stuff. Was honestly shocked at price.
Seems fairly balanced. [I personally despise tin fish, so …]
Smoked kippers though…. 😢
Smoked dark fish, no thank you.
I can eat chilli tuna with a fork out of the can lol
I promise to never kiss you Mr Fish!
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
You are a haricot from Ipswich
A colleague why had Covid last week is back in the office and visibly not recovered. We Can either take sick day, come into office or wfh AND make up an extra office day. Meanwhile I hope my mask is doing its job… I did have to remove it briefly to drink water though.
Never realised how bad it is not having my own washing machine until now—testing positive a week later. I ran out of towels near the start as I was due for a wash and I just ran out of clean clothes then.
My only symptom now is reduced smell and I feel fine in every other respect, but I’m not gonna be that person who rocks up to the laundromat covid positive—it can wait (hopefully).
I never thought until now how much of a hassle lockdowns would have been to people who didn’t have a laundry. How did you even cope with that?
I think we might have been allowed to do it as one of the reasons to go out, but I remember for at least one of them I had to hand wash my clothes like I’m doing now
Boil your smalls in the kettle and use the salad spinner to dry.
This not as daft an idea as it might first sound. Does not help which things like sweating all the sheets into gross. Though it might be amusing to see some TikTok idiot try stuff a Queen sheet into a kettle.
Might need a brazier, a large stock pot and paling from the fence for sheets.
For some reason it’s only occurred to me now that clothes can be washed by hand and that I know how to do that 🤦♀️
Well, I know what I am doing today…
Don’t forget to roll the clothes up in towels and stand on them to get as much moisture out as possible after. I handwashed my clothes when the machine broke and they didn’t dry quickly enough to avoid getting mouldy
Edit: If this might drag on or you might get sick again, consider a portable washing machine. It might let you do a small load more easily
Are the small portable ones any good? Didn’t know they were this cheap
I’m not sure, I haven’t used one before but once bought one for a friend who was in a tight spot. You might want to check which features each of them have as the very cheapest (Big W) says it’s a camping one. Also check Amazon and Ebay to see if they’re any cheaper as sometimes it can be the exact same thing as in the chain store
Edit: Ok it says the camping one comes with an AU adaptor so might be ok? But I didn’t want to miss mentioning that.
They are actually not cheaper on ebay. But the one I got my friend looked like this
Related note, apparently America is not a place you find laundry tubs, and lots of HOA ban outside clotheslines. This is utter madness!
They sure can, and some ought be. Very few people will have a scrub board nowadays, but modern clothes won’t generally be as grotty or sturdy. Don’t know about having the energy to do it while Positive!
I’d just mask up, keep my distance from people and sanitise my hands before I touch anything. No worries.
No worries.
I know you mean well, but I think that kind of thinking is what got me with covid in the first place. I don’t want to risk continuing to spread it further to other people, not a chance.
potatoes and fish in oven, fresh vegies on stove to steam , dinner in 10. I always cook an extra piece of fish for the cats to share. 🐟🐈⬛🐈⬛
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easiest dinner and still healthy 👍
