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[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Hi everyone, here's your reminder it is actually Tuesday and not Monday at the start of this working week.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

goodnight everyone

sweet dreams ๐Ÿ˜˜

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good morning friends ๐ŸŒž

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Good morning friends. ๐ŸŒž I love youse guys ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

๐Ÿฅš
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿป
๐Ÿž

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Love long weekends, hate the weeks after.

Cannot be arsed with anything today.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I worked real hard on the long weekend, I am so tired even my hands and fingers are tired

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

I did a bit on Saturday and caught up with some friends Sunday. Yesterday was a bit of a write-off as a result.

Hence today I can't be stuffed with things.

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

I sentence you to a day of rest

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Slept terribly last night because a work thought popped into my brain at 11pm and I spent the rest of the night stressing, despite reminding myself that in that moment, there was nothing I could do to change the outcome.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Vegetable and bean stew for dinner last night and for lunch today. My musical contributions are... not very welcome in the office. But the stew is so full of goodness! 2 carrots, 1 large swede, 1 small parsnip, 1 whole leek, a small stick of celery, tomato paste, and just 1 medium potat. But like 2 cups of dried kidney beans. I'll just have to go on strategic breaks...

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That stew is the definition of 'hearty'.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Did the job with filling up my gut with all the required goodies that will now be processed accordingly.

Dinner is gonna be a greasy fried rice to offset all that goodness

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Today's late start brought to you by the twit who tried to drive a B double under the Newmarket bridge

Slept 12 hours. Feel a bit better but not in the best of moods :(

Am trying to find something to do to keep me busy but it's really hard.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Sly Stone from Sly and the Family Stone has passed away. I'll pour one out this Friday for the legend.

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Heating is busted at work, glad I brought an extra warm jumper in today.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Just told my manager that I'm unhappy in my role and will be looking for another job. He took it well, said he's happy to be a reference for me and willing to work on a good timeline with me. Really appreciate that. I'm sure HR will have other feelings, but I understand that!

Good for you!

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's great your manager is so understanding. Maybe it's a hint at how they feel too

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I just received what was supposed to be a dustpan and brush set from Temu. They've sent me a vibration platform exercise machine instead. The Australian warehouses don't seem to be that great at sending the right thing.

The machine is pink and has a cat decoration on it. I'd suspect Miss Meow was involved somehow if I couldn't see the order history...

[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm so up for this random shit with my order that's on the way. Let the mystery packages begin!

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I haven't had much issue with the wrong thing being delivered until I started getting stuff from the Australian warehouses. They seem to like sending me completely different but more expensive items.

I'm open to being surprised lol

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

can confirm, cats love those things. I have one, and ours like to clamber all over it. Somewhere I have video footage of misha letting out the most hilarious warbleyowl known to man

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

it's sunny,

that means beach ๐ŸŒž

[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Killing Heidi is playing on Gold FM.

Now I feel old lol

[โ€“] Pilk@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They have a gig here in a couple weeks!

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Oh shit yeah!

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Jesse was one of my ex's music teachers, and he brought it up all the time. I wonder if he got some sort of discount to the gig.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You were taught by Jesse from Killing Heidi!?!?!?!?

That is so fucking COOL!!!

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My ex lol but yeah pretty cool

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Goddamn I misread that ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ ok so your ex got something he doesn't deserve, fuck him! But! YOU can still claim 2 degrees of separation from Jesse haha!

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Considering the amount of money he paid, I think he did deserve it ๐Ÿ˜‚

Can't stand people like that.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Fun Numbers:
Paid into Offset acct $141,932.00
Paid Off Loan $31,895.60
Paid in Interest $69,771.62

Fuck me dead.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As much as I look forward to being free from landlords, the prospect of digesting these kinds of unfathomably large numbers as a single person is also daunting. Ouch.

Sometimes I wish I wasn't into gardening, pesky expensive thing to be involved in if you want even a little handkerchief of usable land...

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I just sat there and dreamt about what I would do with 100k ๐Ÿ˜‚ that kind of money I've never seen irl, my super doesn't even have that much ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’€

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

It's been a bit of a lazy day today, but I have gotten the new garage remote programmed and put up the outdoor security cameras. I can now check if anything is happening out the front of the house without leaving my couch.

I'm trying to summon the enthusiasm to do a bit more unpacking/sorting. I'm heading back to Melbourne tomorrow to pick up another load of stuff, hopefully I can at least get the remaining things from the fridge/freezer and the most important things from the shed.

[โ€“] tone212_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Just sent a client proposal which took a long time to complete and I know I'm being pitted against one other business for this work. Fingers crossed it comes through to me, but we'll see. The other business is far more established / has a team of staff so it feels like I can't compete, but I gave it a real crack. I've had a few proposals fall through recently which has knocked my confidence a bit (but at least they were quick to prepare), I really hope this one doesn't end up a huge waste of time.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Good luck, I hope you get it!

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Gotta be in it to win it! Best of luck๐Ÿคž

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I have one quiz and one oral presentation until I'm finished with this certificate! And I've done most of that quiz anyway, just stuck on question that the teacher had acknowledged is poorly written haha.

But after Friday, after this presentation, I'll be done! Then I just need to find a job (any tbh) so I can pay to get lessons for driving, then I can apply for more animal industry jobs.

Everything is coming up thrillhouse!

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

yay ๐Ÿ˜„

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[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

I'm ahead of schedule on work but so behind on my thesis, lalalala... At least I'm winning at something in life. Had a wee chat about options after and there's some leeway for working remotely but it depends on what comes in. Boss is very sympathetic to my wanting a break from Melbourne to help reset things. It's just that the next few months are very uncertain in terms of workload so, we'll have to see.

Might be an ad-hoc/super part time thing while I'm away which is good enough at this point.

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Well neither melatonin or Restavit work very well. Iโ€™ve just bought some actual caffeinated coffee to have in the mornings in the hopes that will help.

Unfortunately thereโ€™s the risk of aggravating anxiety and my stomach. I wish Iโ€™d been able to get one of those tiny 50g jars

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[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Ughโ€ฆ sketchy random dude persistently knocking on my door with fidgety agitated body language. Not answering that.

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Have you ever made a meal you'd be embarrassed to show a friend?

That's the nachos I'm eating right now lol

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