Yesterday on the way home I saw the fire brigade breaking out somebody stuck in one of the old cast iron toilets. Hope you all have a better day than that unfortunate person ๐ธ
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When I was little I got my hand stuck in a trolley. All I heard was a staff member say "I'll get the butcher". My dad was a butcher. I knew what they did. I cried. The butcher brought out a tub of fat.
tub of fat
to feed you and fatten you up?
I did wonder what they were gonna do with it.
Oooh I wanna know the whole story. I wonder how long they were there before they realised they needed proper help. Oh that poor person!
Good morning. ๐
Today we are going to the local community museum, pictures will follow.
I decided to check the status of my tax return and my voluntary super contribution has been reset to $0?!!?! Wtf! However, it's still being processed ("Balancing accounts") and I don't want to slow anything down so I think I'll just wait until it's been finalised and maybe it'll be added back in by then. I'll be a very unhappy camper if I have to amend the lodgement and delay getting my money back...
I'm paying the ato this year :(
I was going to be in that position due to an improperly taxed second job and a taxable cash scholarship, but dumped a load into super to get around it. I really need that tax return and not a tax bill, so it'd be nice to get that processed properly...
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Are you sure your fund has processed your NOI yet?
Yeah, I got the letter confirming the NOI and saw the deposit in my super balance minus 15% tax several days before I lodged my tax return. I didn't enter a value for TFN under my super contributions (just the fund name, fund ABN and amount contributed) because I couldn't find a TFN for the super fund (I assume that's for SMSFs or something), so not sure if that was an issue.
But, my ATO account has been a bit weird, random errors when logging in (not a scam) and there's a new "payments" prompt at the top of my home page even though there should be nothing outstanding
Edit: I'm a goose, the "debit" account in the payment prompt would be the amount I owe if I didn't have deductions. Sooo I have no idea why it isn't through yet. I'll wait and see...
I am so sick of being interrupted when Iโm talking. However, Iโve finally started to grow a backbone and call people on when they do it.
Hooray made it down to the beach.
Not so hooray fucking weeds.
Is good to be down here though.
Resident magpie remembers me so appeased it w/ cheee. Really makes you wonder just how much memory they have. Haven't been here for months and the thing was right at my feet without a second thought.
Glad you made it down there today!! Love that you got a birb greeting. Clever little tackers!
Beach. ๐
I am back from the local museum. Photos were not allowed.
It was terrifying. This whole area of colonised NZ was founded by a psychopathic cult leader who made his own rules and basically governed like a psychopath. Looking at the photos, after 3 generations the population starts to share too many facial characteristics. And I learnt a new definition of frolic. ( it means having to smile while you work )
Other than that there were some beautiful artifacts that settlers brought over. Tools an personal items. Very lovely. It made me question what I would bring to a new world.
YL is watching Chicago Med on the telly. Someone is getting their innards massaged by a surgeon. Time for me to do some homework.
Another day, another subreddit banned me.
I was reasonable, used facts and spoke the truth. ๐ My bad.
You havenโt lived until youโve been perma-banned from r/recipes ๐
That seems like a talent!
how the hell does one get banned from recipes ...lol
Endorsing cannibalism.
But that's my go-to whenever anyone argues that veganism is the most sustainable diet. An argument that has also caused me problems on Reddit when I added that for greatest sustainability impact we should start with eating the rich. They got a bit funny about that one.
Calling out bot activity but one of the commenters was probably real. Mods booted me pretty quickly without a warning.
Hat doff to you!
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I got a temp ban from a Pokรฉmon one for calling Ed Sheeran a nasal whiner
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Some of the groups do go a bit overboard with banning people, and some seem to have quite biased moderators. I can understand some of the removal of posts and comments being a bit heavy handed at time, just because of the difficulty of moderating a large group and the impossibility of stepping on some toes, but going to banning people as a first step is not a good option. Especially if it is people that have contributed to the group in the past, not just a random coming in looking to cause trouble.
I guess it's the double edges sword of social media though, allowing everyone to contribute tends to lead to trolls and bad actors flooding the group and turning it into shit, but it's also very easy to destroy a group with excessive moderation destroying the ability to have a free discussion.
Bumble for Friends is starting to feel like a dating app! People match and never reply, or they tell you to message on Instagram, which I don't have. The latest is some dude trying to flirt with me. Umm wrong app buddy. You're meant to be on the other one...
Someone asked me how my day is going. That's nice but what about finding common interests? I don't want to tell you that I've played games with my cousins, what are you going to do with that info?!
So I'm just going to go to more in-person things. Fuck meeting people through this app. I always thought I'd meet a partner through a dating app, but I guess I'd rather be single for the rest of my life than have to go on one of those again.
Yeah. Can't say I'm surprised.
I did meet mine on OKC, but that was before it joined the Swipe club, and shock horror, had questionnaires and profiles
Iโve never tried them myself but Iโm glad I never had to rely on them.
I hope you at least start to have some luck with it.
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Ok, I despise Amazon, but sometimes you can't find something anywhere else. I now accidentally have 30 days of their TV thing. What should I check out?
Invincible
The Boys
Reacher (S2 is kind of a dog, but still worth watching).
The first two suggestions are violent and I mean VIOLENT
@MeanElevator @Catfish seconding The Boys, and I don't even like violent or superhero. It's very clever, but quite awful, and very watchable if you can get past the ultraviolence.
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I think the expanse might be there if you like space shows
Check out that it doesn't automatically renew after the 30 days are up.
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Lost the laundry gamble
Nooooo, fav banh mi place nearby has had a ~glow up and is now offering heaps more fancy things, looks like it's changed ownership. Unfortunately means it's no longer reasonable to nip there on a lunch break, boo.
... though I do need to try the Salted Vietnamese Coffee...!
Is there still boxes of tissues on the tables?
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I may have gone a touch overboard when ordering embroidry kits from Temu. I think I now have a lifetime supply, plus a bit extra.
The kits are mostly pretty good quality (except for one dodgy one I asked for a refund on) but a few of them will be a bit challenging as they are quite complicated. I'm chalking them up as a work expense as they are to help keep me awake on quiet night shifts. Unfortunately the ATO is unlikely to agree with that assessment, so I can't claim a refund on them.
I also bought a few more decals, hopefully Miss Meow will like her litter trays being in a small jungle. In any case having a plastic coating on the wall should help protect it from her over-enthusiastic litter digging practices.
You reminded me to check my temu cart lol
Already so cold, itโs going to be a cold night.
Going to need my hot wattle bot again.
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Rain, so much rain here over next 36 hours.
I've been so successful in weatherstripping around the sliding door the dog door panel is inserted into that now the air pressure is blowing the dog flap open and letting in even more cold air than was coming through the gaps.
One more day to go.
Beep Beep ๐
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Morning chef ๐ธ can I please have all the yum cha classics?
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Breakfast of your choosing, please.
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Merci!
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