Alrighty. Off to the in person interview shortly. Then the rest are either phone or teams.
Big day and I’m rewarding myself with a pizza of some description after it’s all done
Edit: one down. Not bad.
2 down. Not a fan of that one.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Good luck, Simon 🤞
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
Go get 'em! Sending you loads of good energy!!
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
🤞
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Bottom_racer - 2mon
Today is a seasol day. Yesterday was a dynamic lifter day. Drastically underestimated the amount of dynamic lifter but I suppose that's not a bad thing because of the smell. Will do it in batches.
Parsley is having a good ol' time:
And the habanero / thai cross proved to be a very good tree to overwinter. Half the taste of habs but still hot af. Never stopped fruiting over winter (and lost very few leaves). Heaps of buds coming along so looks like early chillies this year.
Also heading to a gig tonight for the first time in ages. Will be more on the milder side of things so interesting to see what sort of crowd. At any rate looks like a lot of people are going (for that type of music lol) which is good to see.
That's looking pretty good, I'm a touch jealous of anyone who has actual plants at the moment.
I'm planning to use Rooster Booster instead of Dynamic Lifter, then add a bit extra Nitrogen around the leafy crops (probably blood and bone). Maybe some Charlie Carp pellets around the natives.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
that's a great garden, so jelly
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Wow! I love your garden 😍
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
Such a beautiful space! Enjoy the gig!
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
3 down.
First one was good.
2nd one I’m not super keen on
3rd one could work out well
4th postponed till Monday
I’m done for today. Music and video games time lol
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
That sounds like an exhausting Friday. Go have fun!
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
The drum kit is looking really inviting right now lol
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Alamutjones - 2mon
I have achieved more in 2 hours today than I did all day yesterday.
The lack of omnidirectional jackhammers works wonders
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
the irises are nearly open, they will be dark purple afaik
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
I've been enjoying the Wu–Tang Clan - Black Samson the Bastard Swordsman album while making chilli oil, mowing and roasting capsicums. Got that funky NY hiphop beat. e: If you're looking for something new.
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MeanElevator - 2mon
Always down with the Wu 👐
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
i'm playing it now :)
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PeelerSheila - 2mon
Goodnight everyone. After possibly one of the most mediocre falafels I've ever eaten, I'm going to bed because I am utterly knackered. Will probably say hi to some of you at 2am-ish lol.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
I'll be here, and goodnight :)
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
What happened to the falafel? I make the best. That makes me sad. 😔
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PeelerSheila - 2mon
I was too tired/lazy to cook and most in the house wanted kebab for dinner, but I chose falafel instead. It came in a sectioned tray like an IKEA meal, four falafel and a feeble salad (the same salad spread out over the two smaller sections of the tray lol) with chunks of bread in a separate bag and two tiny tubs of dips. One dip was barely passable red capsicum and the other was an attempt at baba ghanouj which looked like the substance squeezed from a smokers lungs in a tv commercial from the 80s and tasted even worse. In all, a pathetic effort.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
That's a sad meal.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
good night
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
Wind is absolutely wild out there. It's recycling bin day and there are so many boxes and things blowing around the streets it's crazy. I definitely won't be doing any gardening today. I could try washing my sheets, they would either blow dry in 10 minutes or get caught by the wind and end up down the street in the dam.
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Ha! Real estate agent just tried to give me only 6 days notice for an inspection. Good luck with that buddy
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Catfish - 2mon
F them in the VCAT!
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
I'm waiting until tomorrow to reply so they can't be like "oops I meant next Friday not Thursday", so I get another weekend 😊
Edit: ok wait. So they told me it will be next Thursday, on Friday morning. That isn't seven days is it?
Edit 2: seven days after 10am Friday is 10am Friday - not 10am Thursday. I must be right
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Catfish - 2mon
Do you have e-notices disallowed? Forcing registered mail gets an extra 3 days.
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Nah that would be too much of pain in the ass. I don't wanna be a prick for the sake of it, just not to get trod on
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Catfish - 2mon
I don't think it's being a prick. E-notices for 24hr notice count as delivered the instant they are sent, without you opening them. F that shit!
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Ah that is interesting, hadn't thought of that
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Do you reckon the makers of Tylenol will sue the US government for slander?
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Thornburywitch - 2mon
I hope so. Mongrels.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Me too
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
someone or someones made a huge killing on tylenol shares
could even be the owners of tylenol are in on it
everything from this government is a money making grift, everything
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Bottom_racer - 2mon
Puts financial hat on:
Ouch.
I suppose they could offer some free paracetamol to shareholders to ease the pain a bit lol.
But fuck me we live in weird times.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
So insider information? Um ma if that's the case.
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
I reckon they should. What absolute bullshit.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
That is some cooker shit.
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
I mean, they could view it as bad publicity is still publicity, but it's total madness that that disgrace can stand there and say things like that with zero proof and people cheer. I wonder if it's had any +/- effect on their sales.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Yeah interesting. I think it would have a significant impact on sales.
Cheers 🍺 have a great time tonight and update us please.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Cheers 🍻
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Cheers mate 🍺
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imoldgreeeg - 2mon
I still have an hour of work but its admin and its been a long week so might need a beer 🍻 cheers
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
You do 🍺
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
my emojis are broken :(
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
That happens to me sometimes. Sometimes I use up all my ❤️ and they turn black. I don't understand internet. I want more emojis 😔
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
I used up all the yellow and red ink
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Bad form magenta 😡
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Need to buy refill cartridges
Here 🩷💙💛🖤
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
::: spoiler pizza time!
:::
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MeanElevator - 2mon
Homemade?
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
Absolutely. The slightly mis-shapen base should give that away (although I am getting closer to round these days!).
I also made a second one for lunch tomorrow. 🙂
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
Operation UnKAOS is going well.
I have practically no tidying of cupboards and drawers to do, which is the Fri morning task. I'm already pretty well organised in that regard. Garage is another question but even that is pretty good. That leaves ordinary daily upkeep, a little bit of gardening and afternoons are free. 😊
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
just filled a bag with used towels for the animal hospital
so tired from virus tho, might have a rest
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
It's time for a windy morning dog walk. Mr Woof always looks so sleek and streamlined with a headwind, then we turn around and get a tailwind and he looks like a complete mess. Wind creating a part around the butt hole is never an attractive look. 💨🐕
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tombruzzo - 2mon
I really felt it on the last stretch of the ride to work. They're still building out this industrial area so one part is just a massive open field with a road going through it and I copped the full headwind.
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
I feel like a headwind might be better than a side wind when riding, it makes for harder work but doesn't impact balance as much.
I'm on the edge of a new estate which is surrounded by open fields on three sides and still has a lot of vacant blocks and very little vegetation, so the wind gets extra wild through here too.
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anotherspringchicken - 2mon
I feel your pain, mr woof (except for the butthole bit, fortunately). Arrived at work sporting the ‘dragged through a hedge backwards’ look today
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
awake club checking in
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PeelerSheila - 2mon
👋🏼
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melbaboutown - 2mon
🫡
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Present :)
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Shit sleep club. Had vivid dreams and woke up every hour. But I got through the day better than I thought I would. Some blunders here and there, but not so bad.
Cheers 🍻
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Ok yes, today off
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
Many years ago (ok, decades ago) I replicated a coffee and date loaf I got from Baker's Delight. I haven't made one for a very long time and can't remember exactly what I put in it, but I'm going to attempt to recreate it again today. It should add a bit of variety instead of always doing a standard fruit loaf.
I might do a small white loaf too and a couple of pizza bases. I could do pizza for dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow.
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
I'm aiming to get on the good sleep crew tonight - fresh sheets have just been put on the bed.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
I just grabbed the chance to do that.
Edit: Maybe I’ll try a quarter tablet of Restavit tonight right after Melbcat’s midnight meds. Enough to try and drop off without so much drowsiness the next day
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
I've just had some night time cough medicine 🙁
( I don't know how I did that, ok if i do a colon with no space it comes up with an emoji menu 🙂 )
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TheWitchofThornbury2 - 2mon
I tend to use the windows key and full stop. Limited selection of emojis, but it works on everything. Never had an issue with colour changes either. But then, I don't do stuff on my phone much.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Alright another song learnt for the next gig. One more and I'm done.
Getting excited to get back out there!
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MeanElevator - 2mon
Last day of work before a week of leave. Not going anywhere, just chillin' and doing local shit. Might extend into 2 weeks (I have so much leave accrued).
Pretty much finished my tasks as well, but have to hang around online to be 'available' should any questions arise.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
I saw another wattlebird. This one was healthy and well
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
it's the circle of life
at the beach I see so many bird bones wash up because so many birds live there
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Maybe a bit morbid but if they’re clean that sounds great for some mixed media art or crafts
Yes 😢 🐑
Not too bad, but bad enough I don't feel guilty about calling in sick
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Will you still be attending beer o'clock later?
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
I wouldn't miss it
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Oh thank goodness. You can start the thread if you want.
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bacon - 2mon
🍗🥗🥦🥒🥕🌽🍜🍲
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
sore throat a little better today, at least it didn't hurt when i ate my breakfast
a little more sleep wouldn't hurt
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Taleya - 2mon
Basement: tiled, loose dirt bondcrete sprayed, organised. Brewery: de-lead painted, cleaned, new vwnts ordered and hopefully arriving today so we can fit before painting. Need to organise sparky to replace a socket with a four gang and a plumber to disconnect old brewery plumbbng and separate from kitchen.
What i plan to do this weekend will be both fuck and all.
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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon
Watched some more movies yesterday
::: spoiler The Superdeep (2020) - 3.5/5 Hobbits
A Russian sci-fi horror about a researcher and a group of soldiers investigating a disease outbreak at Kola Superdeep which, in universe, is the location of a secret Russian lab 12km underground.
Suspend disbelief, it's a fun ride! I thoroughly enjoyed the main protag being a very intelligent woman. She's a badass. There were times where I was annoyed that they know there's a disease, she's an epidemiologist, but doesn't mask up when she should. However, being very reminiscent of western sci-fi/horror films of the 2000s and 2010s, I just decided it was fun instead, in the same way I love The Core (2003).
:::
::: spoiler The Endless (2017) - 4.5/5 Hobbits
A very interesting and engaging film about two brothers returning to the "doomsday" cult they escaped 10 years prior and realising that there maybe something more to it. Involving time-wimey weirdness, a very realistic portrayal of two brothers at odds with one another, and the past still lingering.
No jumpscares, no gratuitous gore, yet it scared me. I was engaged with the mystery throughout.
:::
::: spoiler The Cleansing Hour (2019) - 3/5 Hobbits
A group of people stage exorcisms to stream online (on a platform similar to Twitch I think). The "priest" is a phony, with his production crew staging all the effects. Takes a turn when they realise the fake exorcism isn't actually faked.
Touches on a bit of trauma regarding the main two protags, childhood friends, and their time at a Catholic school, but otherwise is just a fun take on exorcism movies, modernised with current day tech. It's a bit predictable, I called out a few plot points only 15 minutes in, but a silly ride nonetheless.
:::
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
Love these reviews, thank you!! I love reading about horror movies, but I'm terrible at watching them, too much of a fraidy cat. But I love to read the wikipedia plot and look at pictures, lol.
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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon
I'm somewhat picky about what I watch - I don't like anything that depicts SA or related issues for example.
If you're interested in "watching" horror films without actually watching them, these are the channels I watch on YouTube (so you won't see any gore due to YTs terms and conditions):
Ryan Hollinger (horror film reviewer)
Roanoke Gaming (he studied biology and discusses how horror film diseases could work irl)
Foundflix (reviewer who basically gives a detailed rundown of the plot of horror films)
For games and movies:
Mertkaykay (expect videos to be 1-2 hours long as she provides very detailed analyses)
Earlybird (similar to Mertkaykay, but discussed predominantly unknown, retro, and Japanese horror games/films)
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tombruzzo - 2mon
I'm having a real case of recency bias with the band Geese. Their new album got recommended to me, I was getting them confused with the band Goose that has also recently put out an album, then they were talked about on a podcast I listen to, then I did listen to them, then I saw they're playing at the Croxton next year, and now Thornbury Records got the new album in stock.
I've been walking around muttering 'There's a bomb in my car' to myself the last couple of days. It's the sort of song lyric I'd put on Facebook with zero context back in 2009 and get no interactions.
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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon
I'm suddenly transported to 2009 where I would in fact post song lyrics without context 👀😂
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Encountered a sus man on the train. He had music up very high, typical junkie, and many people were giving him death stares, which probably wasn't the best idea considering he could become violent. He was filming out the window on his phone with the flash on, and then turned the camera towards my friend and I, and stared staring. I was considering pressing the emergency button and telling the driver to yeet him off the train, but we just moved to another carriage. I don't think anyone else really gauged what was going on, because after the man started banging on the train window yelling out, "Benchod", they probably just avoided his direction.
When I see junkies around in this city, I know they're humans going through a rough time, but it's almost like these people have been bitten by zombies, and need an antidote. Unfortunately it's not as simple as getting a gun full of goo and they turn back.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Good call, that’s an obscenity. (sister f*ker)
You should always do what keeps you the safest, nothing wrong with that. I feel you about the zombie behaviour
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tone212_ - 2mon
Felt more productive today than the entire week combined, where I had permanent brain fog, tiredness and irritable mood. I'm blaming daylight savings for feeling off. Now to get blown away while getting some steps in and then relax 🍺
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
I'm starting a music thread. What are you listening to lately?
I’m probably going to be one of the bad sleep crew tonight. There are a few things to unkaos but having trouble getting moving.
Edit: For now - ten pulldowns on each arm just got done 😩
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Alamutjones - 2mon
The muscles, they grow!
Get them gainz
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melbaboutown - 2mon
I also did ten squats and took a walk
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Alamutjones - 2mon
Bravo
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
ever little bit forward helps . you can do this .
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Taleya - 2mon
dat feel when your boss hits you up at 4:56 on a friday asking for an update on an issue he has literally been emailed every goddamn step of.
My response was to just forward the last one back to him with reconvene next week bolded. To which of course he wants to know why. I point out the clients are saying that. "but why?" I do not know. fukken ask them. I charge overtime in minimum one hour blocks btw.
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Alamutjones - 2mon
Okay, okay. I’ll get up
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shiny_idea - 2mon
Anyone know how to (safely) get rid of a phone battery that's swollen up into a "spicy pillow"?
It's apparently a fire risk, so it needs some kind of special handling — I don't want to just drop it in a bin somewhere!
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Catfish - 2mon
I took my phone to the repair shop in a lunch cooler bag and they dealt with it
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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon
Could call your local council, they usually have an e-waste process. Call them to ask about a pillowed battery and if they accept it. If they don't accept it, they might be able to advise how to dispose of it.
Anecdotally, I've heard Battery World accepts them, but again, I'd call ahead to confirm.
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shiny_idea - 2mon
So, update after calling the local council:
The council rep said to drop it in their e-waste collection bin, next to the other mobile phones.
I'm not actually sure that is quite safe enough, honestly, but maybe these spicy pillows aren't as dangerous as I have been led to believe.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
i took my very spicy old lap top to the council e-waste
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
The wind isn't pleasant, but it is very invigorating. It's been trying to blow my back fence over, it looks like all of the screws attaching the side fence to the back support have come out so the panel was starting to cave in under the wind pressure. It looks like it's had a previous repair already as there are few extra holes drilled. I've managed to get some more screws in (which was challenging with the wind still trying to blow it over) but I suspect they will work their way out too. When I get a day with less wind I'll put some rivets in, they should do a better job of holding.
I also braved the wind to put the mint into it's pot - it took the entire 25L bag of potting mix plus half a bag of compost, so it definitely should have room to stretch it's runners out in there.
Edit: it is so much quieter without the fence rattling too
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Anyone using an iPhone. There’s a browser called Orion that lets you use chrome and Firefox extensions.
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
What smart watches are you all wearing and would you recommend? I've got a Galaxy 4 Classic and while I loved it, it doesn't track workouts very well and has started to just stop half tracking half way through, even if I'm still moving. Its battery life is also abysmal. Looking for something I can use to track rides, runs and swims.
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
I try to buy cheap petite smart watches with a metal strap and a magnetic charger. Mostly for step tracking. So many seem quite large and it puts me off.
I have a Garmin Venu. It's an old model now but it tracks everything you said and more. It pairs with Garmin Connect which has workouts and challenges on it too. I think they're up to Venu 4 now.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
this weekend I have to put my physio exercises in my new UnKAOS schedule , if it's scheduled I have the time and will find the time
YarraByte in melbourne
Discussion Thread 🫘 Friday 10 October 2025
Alrighty. Off to the in person interview shortly. Then the rest are either phone or teams.
Big day and I’m rewarding myself with a pizza of some description after it’s all done
Edit: one down. Not bad. 2 down. Not a fan of that one.
Good luck, Simon 🤞
Go get 'em! Sending you loads of good energy!!
🤞
Today is a seasol day. Yesterday was a dynamic lifter day. Drastically underestimated the amount of dynamic lifter but I suppose that's not a bad thing because of the smell. Will do it in batches.
Parsley is having a good ol' time:
And the habanero / thai cross proved to be a very good tree to overwinter. Half the taste of habs but still hot af. Never stopped fruiting over winter (and lost very few leaves). Heaps of buds coming along so looks like early chillies this year.
Also heading to a gig tonight for the first time in ages. Will be more on the milder side of things so interesting to see what sort of crowd. At any rate looks like a lot of people are going (for that type of music lol) which is good to see.
This dude is playing
That's looking pretty good, I'm a touch jealous of anyone who has actual plants at the moment.
I'm planning to use Rooster Booster instead of Dynamic Lifter, then add a bit extra Nitrogen around the leafy crops (probably blood and bone). Maybe some Charlie Carp pellets around the natives.
that's a great garden, so jelly
Wow! I love your garden 😍
Such a beautiful space! Enjoy the gig!
3 down.
First one was good.
2nd one I’m not super keen on
3rd one could work out well
4th postponed till Monday
I’m done for today. Music and video games time lol
That sounds like an exhausting Friday. Go have fun!
The drum kit is looking really inviting right now lol
I have achieved more in 2 hours today than I did all day yesterday.
The lack of omnidirectional jackhammers works wonders
the irises are nearly open, they will be dark purple afaik
I've been enjoying the Wu–Tang Clan - Black Samson the Bastard Swordsman album while making chilli oil, mowing and roasting capsicums. Got that funky NY hiphop beat. e: If you're looking for something new.
Always down with the Wu 👐
i'm playing it now :)
Goodnight everyone. After possibly one of the most mediocre falafels I've ever eaten, I'm going to bed because I am utterly knackered. Will probably say hi to some of you at 2am-ish lol.
I'll be here, and goodnight :)
What happened to the falafel? I make the best. That makes me sad. 😔
I was too tired/lazy to cook and most in the house wanted kebab for dinner, but I chose falafel instead. It came in a sectioned tray like an IKEA meal, four falafel and a feeble salad (the same salad spread out over the two smaller sections of the tray lol) with chunks of bread in a separate bag and two tiny tubs of dips. One dip was barely passable red capsicum and the other was an attempt at baba ghanouj which looked like the substance squeezed from a smokers lungs in a tv commercial from the 80s and tasted even worse. In all, a pathetic effort.
That's a sad meal.
good night
Wind is absolutely wild out there. It's recycling bin day and there are so many boxes and things blowing around the streets it's crazy. I definitely won't be doing any gardening today. I could try washing my sheets, they would either blow dry in 10 minutes or get caught by the wind and end up down the street in the dam.
Ha! Real estate agent just tried to give me only 6 days notice for an inspection. Good luck with that buddy
F them in the VCAT!
I'm waiting until tomorrow to reply so they can't be like "oops I meant next Friday not Thursday", so I get another weekend 😊
Edit: ok wait. So they told me it will be next Thursday, on Friday morning. That isn't seven days is it?
Edit 2: seven days after 10am Friday is 10am Friday - not 10am Thursday. I must be right
Do you have e-notices disallowed? Forcing registered mail gets an extra 3 days.
Nah that would be too much of pain in the ass. I don't wanna be a prick for the sake of it, just not to get trod on
I don't think it's being a prick. E-notices for 24hr notice count as delivered the instant they are sent, without you opening them. F that shit!
Ah that is interesting, hadn't thought of that
Do you reckon the makers of Tylenol will sue the US government for slander?
I hope so. Mongrels.
Me too
someone or someones made a huge killing on tylenol shares
could even be the owners of tylenol are in on it
everything from this government is a money making grift, everything
Puts financial hat on:
Ouch.
I suppose they could offer some free paracetamol to shareholders to ease the pain a bit lol.
But fuck me we live in weird times.
So insider information? Um ma if that's the case.
I reckon they should. What absolute bullshit.
That is some cooker shit.
I mean, they could view it as bad publicity is still publicity, but it's total madness that that disgrace can stand there and say things like that with zero proof and people cheer. I wonder if it's had any +/- effect on their sales.
Yeah interesting. I think it would have a significant impact on sales.
Cheers everyone 🍺
@Force_majeure123@aussie.zone I'm disappointed in you.
Shit I forgot. Cheers though 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Cheers 🍺
You should never keep a thirsty lady waiting.
Cheers!!!
Cheers 🍺 and good luck with the job hunting!
Cheers!
Cheers 🍺 have a great time tonight and update us please.
Cheers 🍻
Cheers mate 🍺
I still have an hour of work but its admin and its been a long week so might need a beer 🍻 cheers
You do 🍺
my emojis are broken :(
That happens to me sometimes. Sometimes I use up all my ❤️ and they turn black. I don't understand internet. I want more emojis 😔
I used up all the yellow and red ink
Bad form magenta 😡
Need to buy refill cartridges
Here 🩷💙💛🖤
::: spoiler pizza time!
:::
Homemade?
Absolutely. The slightly mis-shapen base should give that away (although I am getting closer to round these days!).
I also made a second one for lunch tomorrow. 🙂
Operation UnKAOS is going well.
I have practically no tidying of cupboards and drawers to do, which is the Fri morning task. I'm already pretty well organised in that regard. Garage is another question but even that is pretty good. That leaves ordinary daily upkeep, a little bit of gardening and afternoons are free. 😊
just filled a bag with used towels for the animal hospital
so tired from virus tho, might have a rest
It's time for a windy morning dog walk. Mr Woof always looks so sleek and streamlined with a headwind, then we turn around and get a tailwind and he looks like a complete mess. Wind creating a part around the butt hole is never an attractive look. 💨🐕
I really felt it on the last stretch of the ride to work. They're still building out this industrial area so one part is just a massive open field with a road going through it and I copped the full headwind.
I feel like a headwind might be better than a side wind when riding, it makes for harder work but doesn't impact balance as much.
I'm on the edge of a new estate which is surrounded by open fields on three sides and still has a lot of vacant blocks and very little vegetation, so the wind gets extra wild through here too.
I feel your pain, mr woof (except for the butthole bit, fortunately). Arrived at work sporting the ‘dragged through a hedge backwards’ look today
awake club checking in
👋🏼
🫡
Present :)
Shit sleep club. Had vivid dreams and woke up every hour. But I got through the day better than I thought I would. Some blunders here and there, but not so bad.
Cheers 🍻
Ok yes, today off
Many years ago (ok, decades ago) I replicated a coffee and date loaf I got from Baker's Delight. I haven't made one for a very long time and can't remember exactly what I put in it, but I'm going to attempt to recreate it again today. It should add a bit of variety instead of always doing a standard fruit loaf.
I might do a small white loaf too and a couple of pizza bases. I could do pizza for dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow.
I'm aiming to get on the good sleep crew tonight - fresh sheets have just been put on the bed.
I just grabbed the chance to do that.
Edit: Maybe I’ll try a quarter tablet of Restavit tonight right after Melbcat’s midnight meds. Enough to try and drop off without so much drowsiness the next day
I've just had some night time cough medicine 🙁
( I don't know how I did that, ok if i do a colon with no space it comes up with an emoji menu 🙂 )
I tend to use the windows key and full stop. Limited selection of emojis, but it works on everything. Never had an issue with colour changes either. But then, I don't do stuff on my phone much.
Alright another song learnt for the next gig. One more and I'm done.
Getting excited to get back out there!
Last day of work before a week of leave. Not going anywhere, just chillin' and doing local shit. Might extend into 2 weeks (I have so much leave accrued).
Pretty much finished my tasks as well, but have to hang around online to be 'available' should any questions arise.
I saw another wattlebird. This one was healthy and well
it's the circle of life
at the beach I see so many bird bones wash up because so many birds live there
Maybe a bit morbid but if they’re clean that sounds great for some mixed media art or crafts
Delicious chicken wrap
Sour watermelon sorbet.
Friday quiz
7/10 could do better
4
8/10
4/10
There was a lot of guessing for this one, which didn't work out.
5/10. Eh.
6
5 for me
8/10. Could have been nine but I misclicked one
Nah that's a 9. Legitimate misclick don't count
8/10
dinner tonight will be home made burgers
I make em with heaped tablespoons of spices
good night, early for me, I need the rest
sweet dreams all 😙
Good night team. I'm freezing some margarita to run through the sorbet machine tomorrow.
May your good dreams become reality and your rest be fruitful.
Beep Beep 🚚
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Chicken noodle soup please
Sick?
Poor lamb
Yes 😢 🐑
Not too bad, but bad enough I don't feel guilty about calling in sick
Will you still be attending beer o'clock later?
I wouldn't miss it
Oh thank goodness. You can start the thread if you want.
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sore throat a little better today, at least it didn't hurt when i ate my breakfast
a little more sleep wouldn't hurt
Basement: tiled, loose dirt bondcrete sprayed, organised. Brewery: de-lead painted, cleaned, new vwnts ordered and hopefully arriving today so we can fit before painting. Need to organise sparky to replace a socket with a four gang and a plumber to disconnect old brewery plumbbng and separate from kitchen.
What i plan to do this weekend will be both fuck and all.
Watched some more movies yesterday
::: spoiler The Superdeep (2020) - 3.5/5 Hobbits A Russian sci-fi horror about a researcher and a group of soldiers investigating a disease outbreak at Kola Superdeep which, in universe, is the location of a secret Russian lab 12km underground.
Suspend disbelief, it's a fun ride! I thoroughly enjoyed the main protag being a very intelligent woman. She's a badass. There were times where I was annoyed that they know there's a disease, she's an epidemiologist, but doesn't mask up when she should. However, being very reminiscent of western sci-fi/horror films of the 2000s and 2010s, I just decided it was fun instead, in the same way I love The Core (2003). :::
::: spoiler The Endless (2017) - 4.5/5 Hobbits A very interesting and engaging film about two brothers returning to the "doomsday" cult they escaped 10 years prior and realising that there maybe something more to it. Involving time-wimey weirdness, a very realistic portrayal of two brothers at odds with one another, and the past still lingering.
No jumpscares, no gratuitous gore, yet it scared me. I was engaged with the mystery throughout. :::
::: spoiler The Cleansing Hour (2019) - 3/5 Hobbits A group of people stage exorcisms to stream online (on a platform similar to Twitch I think). The "priest" is a phony, with his production crew staging all the effects. Takes a turn when they realise the fake exorcism isn't actually faked.
Touches on a bit of trauma regarding the main two protags, childhood friends, and their time at a Catholic school, but otherwise is just a fun take on exorcism movies, modernised with current day tech. It's a bit predictable, I called out a few plot points only 15 minutes in, but a silly ride nonetheless. :::
Love these reviews, thank you!! I love reading about horror movies, but I'm terrible at watching them, too much of a fraidy cat. But I love to read the wikipedia plot and look at pictures, lol.
I'm somewhat picky about what I watch - I don't like anything that depicts SA or related issues for example.
If you're interested in "watching" horror films without actually watching them, these are the channels I watch on YouTube (so you won't see any gore due to YTs terms and conditions):
For games and movies:
I'm having a real case of recency bias with the band Geese. Their new album got recommended to me, I was getting them confused with the band Goose that has also recently put out an album, then they were talked about on a podcast I listen to, then I did listen to them, then I saw they're playing at the Croxton next year, and now Thornbury Records got the new album in stock.
I've been walking around muttering 'There's a bomb in my car' to myself the last couple of days. It's the sort of song lyric I'd put on Facebook with zero context back in 2009 and get no interactions.
I'm suddenly transported to 2009 where I would in fact post song lyrics without context 👀😂
Encountered a sus man on the train. He had music up very high, typical junkie, and many people were giving him death stares, which probably wasn't the best idea considering he could become violent. He was filming out the window on his phone with the flash on, and then turned the camera towards my friend and I, and stared staring. I was considering pressing the emergency button and telling the driver to yeet him off the train, but we just moved to another carriage. I don't think anyone else really gauged what was going on, because after the man started banging on the train window yelling out, "Benchod", they probably just avoided his direction.
When I see junkies around in this city, I know they're humans going through a rough time, but it's almost like these people have been bitten by zombies, and need an antidote. Unfortunately it's not as simple as getting a gun full of goo and they turn back.
Good call, that’s an obscenity. (sister f*ker)
You should always do what keeps you the safest, nothing wrong with that. I feel you about the zombie behaviour
Felt more productive today than the entire week combined, where I had permanent brain fog, tiredness and irritable mood. I'm blaming daylight savings for feeling off. Now to get blown away while getting some steps in and then relax 🍺
I'm starting a music thread. What are you listening to lately?
Here's a funky little tune
https://youtu.be/o0Pt7M0weUI
Curtis Mayfield. The Superfly soundtrack
Before it was dorky stuff and then it was Venom.
This has been getting rotation on walks though https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WdER7vaQuU4&list=RDWdER7vaQuU4&start_radio=1
Here's one of the most weirdest songs I've ever heard. NSFW
https://youtu.be/8Uee_mcxvrw
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked
https://youtu.be/HKtsdZs9LJo
Seems like tonight is all about the funk..
Bring the funk
Isn't it Give up the funk?
I'm not sure but there was a lot of acid involved so it very well could be!
Haha. Not complaining bruva. DM me later. Tell me about your night.
will do :)
Cheers 👍
We got the funk
Seems like they had to bring the funk, give it up then someone else gets the funk
Still more funk
https://youtu.be/zfRNZucoCyw
I’m probably going to be one of the bad sleep crew tonight. There are a few things to unkaos but having trouble getting moving.
Edit: For now - ten pulldowns on each arm just got done 😩
The muscles, they grow!
Get them gainz
I also did ten squats and took a walk
Bravo
ever little bit forward helps . you can do this .
dat feel when your boss hits you up at 4:56 on a friday asking for an update on an issue he has literally been emailed every goddamn step of.
My response was to just forward the last one back to him with reconvene next week bolded. To which of course he wants to know why. I point out the clients are saying that. "but why?" I do not know. fukken ask them. I charge overtime in minimum one hour blocks btw.
Okay, okay. I’ll get up
Anyone know how to (safely) get rid of a phone battery that's swollen up into a "spicy pillow"?
!spicypillows@lemmy.world
It's apparently a fire risk, so it needs some kind of special handling — I don't want to just drop it in a bin somewhere!
I took my phone to the repair shop in a lunch cooler bag and they dealt with it
Could call your local council, they usually have an e-waste process. Call them to ask about a pillowed battery and if they accept it. If they don't accept it, they might be able to advise how to dispose of it.
Anecdotally, I've heard Battery World accepts them, but again, I'd call ahead to confirm.
So, update after calling the local council:
The council rep said to drop it in their e-waste collection bin, next to the other mobile phones.
I'm not actually sure that is quite safe enough, honestly, but maybe these spicy pillows aren't as dangerous as I have been led to believe.
i took my very spicy old lap top to the council e-waste
The wind isn't pleasant, but it is very invigorating. It's been trying to blow my back fence over, it looks like all of the screws attaching the side fence to the back support have come out so the panel was starting to cave in under the wind pressure. It looks like it's had a previous repair already as there are few extra holes drilled. I've managed to get some more screws in (which was challenging with the wind still trying to blow it over) but I suspect they will work their way out too. When I get a day with less wind I'll put some rivets in, they should do a better job of holding.
I also braved the wind to put the mint into it's pot - it took the entire 25L bag of potting mix plus half a bag of compost, so it definitely should have room to stretch it's runners out in there.
Edit: it is so much quieter without the fence rattling too
Anyone using an iPhone. There’s a browser called Orion that lets you use chrome and Firefox extensions.
What smart watches are you all wearing and would you recommend? I've got a Galaxy 4 Classic and while I loved it, it doesn't track workouts very well and has started to just stop half tracking half way through, even if I'm still moving. Its battery life is also abysmal. Looking for something I can use to track rides, runs and swims.
I try to buy cheap petite smart watches with a metal strap and a magnetic charger. Mostly for step tracking. So many seem quite large and it puts me off.
Edit: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006625455736.html The software isn't great, I wouldn't get it again.
I have a Garmin Venu. It's an old model now but it tracks everything you said and more. It pairs with Garmin Connect which has workouts and challenges on it too. I think they're up to Venu 4 now.
this weekend I have to put my physio exercises in my new UnKAOS schedule , if it's scheduled I have the time and will find the time
I will write it all out in detail :)