So far so good! Lots of induction and training to do. Will take up the rest of the week pretty much.
It's so nice to be back at work 🎉
🥳🥳🥳
Went really well!
Tired but had a pretty good day. A lot of induction and training which is to be expected.
Got to chat to the owner and he's a really nice guy.
No real complaints! ❤️
Here we go!!!
Have a great day everyone ❤️
You got this, King! 👑
Good luck! You'll be amazing!
GOOOOOO SIMONNN
Good luck. 😘
Have a great day!
YAASS Simon!! Go forth and kick ass!!
Best of luck, and have a great day!
Good luck dude!
Good luck!!! KICK ASS!!!
You'll do awesome gibsy
Good luck today!
Hope you have a great day too!
Sending retroactive cheers! 💐
If anyone is interested, the school I presented at had a nice write up about yesterday. It is a facebook link though
Congrats dude! thats pretty sick. Your name vs your username has broken my mind though. I know its just adding 2 letters, but my mind just cant comprehend it.
Lol thanks!
This is so cool! You've inspired young kids to write and read, that's huge meaningful gift you've given them!
Gosh, the covers of your books look sick as, definitely inspired me to locate them and give them a read! 💜
My cover guy is amazing. Turns my stick figure nonsensical ideas into what you see.
Thank you! I think the schools appreciated the effort into creating funs ways to get them into reading and writing as well. Hoping to do some more of them soon.
That's super cute, yay!
That's so cool!
So lucky, would have loved to have had you too but my demographic is too young unfortunately.
I did it and it was really really good. If you zoom in you'll be mesmerised by the pretty colours.
That looks amazing. The pomegranate is 👌🏻
Thanks.
That looks so good!! Restaurant level for sure
Thanks.
I am drooling
That looks fucking amazing!!!
Thanks.
oooh excellent!
Thanks.
Your food styling is 😘🤌
Thanks. Sometimes I just slap food on a plate. They're the ones you don't see. 😂
About to go at some gutters. Neighbours' big tree is overhanging the shed so they're always full. I like the tree and I'm fine cleaning it up (usually compost it) but he refused to pay for half the recently rebuilt fence so fuck him he's going get a lot of leaves on his side of the boundary. His leaves, my problem, soon to be his problem. He also has a pool so we're aiming there.
Yeah, fuck him. I'd be doing the same.
I'm gonna make this tonight for tea tonight and I'm so freakin excited.
https://www.themediterraneandish.com/layered-hummus-dip-recipe/
Oh that looks amazing.
that looks delicious
I know right! I've made these components a million times and never thought to put them together on the same plate.
ooh that looks good.
I'm gonna pair it with lebanese rice, cucumbers and dolmades. And of course fresh lebanese bread.
Bit of drama here: the shower which had been taking a little longer to drain but had been manageable suddenly... wasn't yesterday, so I had to find a plumber.
To cut a long story short, actually found one via the local FB group who said they could come today, and was actually able to come earlyish this morning - sorted things out in 15 minutes including putting the tap in the shower back on and only charged me the callout fee. And thanked me for not using Drano.
We had a blockage in our kitchen sink once and my mum tried to use Drano. She managed to get it on her hands and copped a nasty skin burn and had to go to the hospital. She also dropped the entire tub on the ground after getting burnt. Then it managed to open a hole in one of our pipes (ancient plastic). Thankfully it was on the outside so was easily patched, and tbf it seems like it didn't actually create a new hole in the pipe, just dissolved something that had been used to seal a small hole in the pipe before. But that was definitely a good learning lesson for me
Anti-gratitude thread 😡
Menstrual cycles suck.
just got an image of a bunch of uterus's (uteri?) riding the shittest tour de france you've ever seen.
in white lycra
Here here.
Agreed. Worst of the worst of the normal body functions.
Ungrateful for drinking too much over the weekend and now I have the alcohol-sads
Tax return. I owe them money. WTF, I had spending plans and everything.
Co-worker away sick today on the busiest day of the week, all the work falls on me today :(
As always, slow-ass mail. I want my goosebumps throw blanket darnit!
Couldn't get back to sleep for stressing about whether I'd get a plumber when Zooks woke me about 10 to 4 by joining me for cuddles, so now I'm doing the zombie shuffle but too hyped to sleep. 😵💫
I DO NOT look forward to going through this shit with my youngest girl child 😬
If I understand correctly, Gibson is angry that I wasn't home all day, but happy I'm here now dispensing scritches and brushies.
Yeah, you’re going to have an adjustment thing. Lots of Pandemic pets are over anxious because they’ve never been alone.
$9.99. unlimited rice and condiments 🤤
Yum! Where’s this?
E: actually, don’t dox your location, lol. I’m just interested in new places to eat
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4pVmC67kvLkd4XPEA
Idc come say hi lol
Primary AND backup coffee places both closed for renovations?! You've gotta be shitting me. Any coffee recommendations around Melbourne central? Maccas just aint cutting it.
Puzzle coffee on east side of Melbourne Central is decent
I've found them to be a little hit/miss, but when they're good they are usually pretty good so i'll roll the dice. Cheers.
I saw a sign yesterday that Puzzle coffee is coming to QV shopping centre soon
Yes. Shortstop, Little Rogue (though might be one of the closed ones?), Krimper.
Cheap options: The $1 coffee at the Monopoly place is good for the price. The $3 coffee at Tigers Den (after 12PM) is OK for the price.
Shortstop is nice, but the temptation to get a 7 dollar doughnut is oftern too great. Tigers den are shut. Forgot about little rouge. Bakemono was the other one, I'm a sucker for those sesame seed honey things.
Shortstop have cool donuts too.
I can vouch for shortstop. Used to live on Little Lonsdale opposite the Children's Court, and would go to Shortstop for their coffee and DELICIOUS DOUGHNUTS 🤤🤤🤤
Had a weird dream: I let in a cockatoo (white sulphur crested) to chill with me while I slept, it wandered around on me/the bed as I drifted in and out of sleep, and it kept biting me - not so hard it hurt but like quite hard. It moved around biting my hands, legs, head. It then summoned a buddy cockatoo to chill and bite me more. Dream ended when one of the cockatoos peed on my face
Was this a wet dream? 😂
Whoever told you I was sexually attracted to cockatoos was incorrect. I repeat. Incorrect.
Ate cheese for supper?
There is another governmental envelope on the table. I looked up the PO Box. Yup 😾
Sounds like boyo needs a slap. He could kill someone. Suppose he won't be so blasé about it then 🙄
I don’t believe it’s deliberate. But still needs to stop!
I had that same thought last week, but it was the payment plan....
The old roommate received a hand written letter from the Melbourne Gateway facility (they screen mail). I've never wanted to know what's in someone else's mail so badly
Two times this week I got the dreaded 'you seem like a great guy' from online dating apps.
The first had bad experiences in the past with guys who have the same first name as me.
The second we were going to meet up tomorrow for the first time but messaged today to say they've reconnected with a guy from their past so cya.
I understand the reasons but boy, with the lady who 'isn't one for pushing drugs on people, but I think you should take some of my medication', and one who said she just left a cult, online dating apps have not been fun (though, interesting).
Words can't express how much I appreciate missing the whole online dating thing. I met my wife at a very unromantic bar. In the days when "we met online" was still a bit weird.
Everything about the dating apps sounds awful. Not just for men, if anything I think women probably have it worse.
From the stories I hear, women definitely have it worse.
Yeah online dating sucks. There are plenty of, sorry to say it, fruit loops, on there. If I had just left a cult, I hope I'd go straight to a therapist!
I'm taking a long break from it and not sure if I ever want to try again. It seems like the only way in this day and age, although I did meet my ex at a bar.
Every time I try OLD, I try to get something out of it, even if it's not a partner. Last person I spoke to from there shared some great music (and I gave him some recs). Before that, met some people that it didn't work out with, but now they're in happy relationships - it has been nice to see :)
I recently went to the birthday party of an acquaintance, and she had friends there that she met from OLD apps.
It does seem like it's the only way. Doubly for me because I don't socialise or do anything in social circles.
I'll take a break from it and focus on other things.
what happened with the Melbourne girl? I might've missed that.
She bought a house in Melbourne so I think that kind of put a bit of a barricade in things. We still talk but it's more as friends.
Felt good today throwing leaves over the fence. It's so petty but I feel happy.
Sitting at my desk and being blinded by the sun. This is wonderful.
I just wanna move on cries
I think my matcha and coffee today was too much caffeine :(
Gratitude thread 🦓
Grateful for getting more sleep last night and my dog for being my weighted blanket for five seconds.
I also have this vague memory of someone recently telling me to hold on until spring and summer and I'll feel better. Or someone saying it to someone. No idea who, what, when, where or how, but it's nice to see a brighter sky.
Today I'm grateful for the sun being up and potentially being a warmer day.
Just makes it that little bit nicer today.
the sun has a little warmth, it's nice .🌞
A little while ago I bought myself a bunch of really pretty (and full sized) flannelette hankies on etsy. They have been a godsend for my little nose through the snot-aggedon of the last week. And I think I'm getting better!! and I had a coffee!
Grateful for the coffee bean.
Gratitude for local FB actually recommending a good plumber, and for said plumber replying and saying 'yeah we can sort that for you tomorrow'. Also for sorting it in 15 minutes plus fixing the tap in the shower and only charging me a callout fee.
grateful I seem to be able to do much of anything if I put my mind to it and study *
except climb mt everest
Today is 2 pcakig day! There's a third one on its way, but it wasn't express posted like these 2, so won't arrive til tomorrow or thursdy
Grateful for the sun, my own place to recuperate in, and once again - sick leave and permanent jobs. It is a huge relief not to have to worry about lost finances/shifts/etc
Bet you guys can't guess the stock...
Holy fuck. Maybe don't push an update that isn't tested next time.
Lemme see - something to do with IT?
Hmmmm, it might do
Biden calling it quits?
Cloudstrike?
Ding
Work day nearly over for me, can't wait to get out. Been a very busy day here and finally getting some quiet downtime for just a little bit.
Going to pick up some more pizzas at the supermarket because I feel like it, ha!
Pakige is waiting for me at the post office. After my Temu splurge I will have a few more coming over the next couple of weeks too. I am undermining my own decluttering progress. Hopefully a couple of things I have up for sale get bought soon and cancel it out a bit!
We have a box of stuff that we want to get rid of. Dealing with annoying people always feels so exhausting though. It always feels like it is too much hassle over $10 or $20.
It can be a hassle. I often do porch pickup so I don't have to actually meet people directly - surprisingly no one has taken the item and not left money yet. The stuff I have at the moment is all postable stuff on eBay. I think the fees they charge are well worth the reduced hassle, but unfortunately eBay doesn't get the sales volume it used to. I used to be able to put up just about anything with a 99c start, it would be bid up to a good price and sold within a week.
In the office today. Nothing exciting going on. I do have a test iPhone 15 I'm considering trying out (moving my personal sim over to it) but I'm so embedded into the Android/Google ecosystem that I don't know if I can be bothered. Plus it'd render my smartwatch somewhat useless, at least while I use the iPhone which wouldn't be permanent.
I will likely change my mind in the next 15-20 minutes and just do it. I'm a wildcard.
I hate apple. Was a samsung/android fan for years and years and years. I got a work iphone a few years back and went "meh, may as well get the watch" and never really looked back. The apple watch is amazing, how samsung have never been able to get that quite right blows my mind. Well worth a try cause at worst you'll come back to android with a new appreciation for the stuff that makes it great.
early night for me
good night, 😘
Started watching a K Drama last night and feel utterly sucked it. Might also just be bored at work, but I wanna go home and watch it! Also, my mofusand plushie has been delivered so I wanna see that! Feeling like a petulant child today!
I have now officially spent too much on Temu. I am completely out of money so will be stopping now. 😬 I was suckered in to buying a tool to make meatballs, so I guess meatballs will be on the menu soon.
Yama Yamaha
Yama Yamaha
Yama Yamaha
Moog and a Casio!So brought down a bunch of braches overhanging the shed. I am now in love with the kukri. Did WAY better than loppers. 10/10 new fave cut shit tool.
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋A rare dinner truck 😮 gimme the roast meat and veg special and a beer thanks
🍖🍗🥩🥔🍠🥕🌽🥦🍺
Dinner truck! Just what I needed. Some soup, and baked fish and greens. And a cup of non caffeinated tea and a chocolate chip cookie for dessert please.
🍲🐟🥗☕️🍪
Crab Rangoon and a Singapore Sling thanks
🦀🧀🍯🍹
Borger plz
🍔🍟🥤
Anything that I can heat up in the microwave pretty please
🍛
surpreme pizza please!
👑🍕
A stiff drink and a hot potato please
🥃🔥🥔
I fell sleep but the day hasn't been wasted
did 30 minutes weeding in the garden and planted jalapeno seeds. Did 30 minutes, of sanding of the chair. Have done many loads of washing. Did some grocery shopping.
Good night everyone. 😘 Sweet dreams.
Fell asleep early, have now been wide awake for a couple of hours.
Yuck
I have no idea what HRV status is but in my old bed it was unbalanced. Every night since the new bed and mattress it's been balanced so I assume that is a good thing.
I definitely feel like I sleep better.
A low HRV is usually an indication of illness, back when I was tracking it I could tell when I was on certain medications by looking at the graph. Not 100% sure how scientifically robust it is but interesting to follow along for sure.
Heart Rate Variability. I'm not convinced of it's value as a health metric but I haven't read the research. e: I first heard about it on the Joe Rogan podcast over ten years ago when he still had interesting guests. I'm skeptical of anything I hear about on a podcast.
Puzzles coffee review: solid "Meh". Hate the lid too. 5/10.
Today's replacement is the earbuds that were stolen. The first ones were actually an impulse buy when I was at my conference in Adelaide. I like to wear hats sometimes, but I also like toe ear headphones all the time. So I bought the earbuds - a pair of Jabra something or rathers. They have nosie cancelling (although it's not super good) and sound alright.
I also got the new M2 SSD and 3.5" SATA drives that I ordered. Took the opportunity to redo the thermal paste and give it a good dusting. M2 screws are such a pain to put back in. I tried for 10 minutes to get the screw back in, but I couldn't get it in. I eventually caved and put a piece of double sided tape on the screw to keep the screw and screwdriver together. Worked well. But with how difficult that was, I kind of wish I'd just gone for the largest M2 I could afford, rather than getting a small M2 and a larger HDD. Also decided to reinstall windows, just to get a clean slate
The GPU still hasn't been shipped and I'm getting more annoyed every day with these MWave people
It's been so warm and sunny I think I'll go to the beach tomorrow.
So I received a response from the bus company about the other night when the bus left without me. Apparently the bus driver was on break which is why he was parked past the bus stop. Apparently he checked his mirrors before he left but didn't see me.
The whole situation was fucking confusing. There were 2 buses parked after the bus stop: 1 was completely turned off with nobody inside, the other had a driver marked inside but was marked as not in service. A bus turned around the corner and I thought that was mine, but it was marked special and didn't stop. Then after it passed, the not in service bus changed its desto to my route and left without me. Something like this:
Also, the complaint was apparently filed under "failure to collect", and the email they sent me includes a link to an extranet page with guidance on how to respond to such complaints, but unfortunately PTVs IT department knows how to secure internal documents. This makes me sad, as someone who likes to read internal documents though. Interestingly they don't use a username and password, they just block unauthorised IP addresses from accessing the page at all through CloudFlare. beta.ptv.vic.gov.au does the same, which I only know because for some reason, some of their public facing links link to the beta page, which obviously doesn't work
Man, that Rikodeine really throws a brick at your brain and knocks you out but not in a good way... I've only taken medication with codeine one other time in my life (panadeine forte after a wisdom tooth extraction) - and I hated how woozy and half-conscious it made me. Same with this. Where's the euphoria?? Ugh. It did help me stop coughing all night but I've been straight up unable to get out of bed for hours. I guess that's what I needed, but it feels like crap.
It's so perfect outside, I want to go for a walk and soak up the sun on a nice patch of grass, but I feel too weak to right now. Yet staying in bed all day will feel gross too. I don't feel like watching anything either. ...maybe I'll sit at the entrance to my balcony for a bit and just do nothing. What a crazy idea!
That all sounds par for the course with opiates. Doing nothing in the sun is probably perfect.
I was rooting around in the cupboard and came across these.
I have no idea what they are used for. Obviously one is a jug, one a glass and the other lid/saucer. I tried google search photo thing but they come up separately. What are they? Who gave them to me? Why are they a set? It's got me stumped.
beautiful!
I'll have to find a purpose for it now.
Cream and sugar set? With the saucer to catch drips under the cream pourer?
Yeah that's what I'm thinking too. The "lid" fits perfectly on the "sugar bowl" but there's a lip on the top which must have a purpose. If it's used under the jug then there's no lid for the sugar. Maybe I keep digging in the cupboard. Maybe there's more I'm unaware of but doubt it.
Maybe the jug sits on top of the lid on top of the sugar bowl?
I have a trolley that is one of those wire rack shelving dealies. I am trying to put a new top on. The new top will screw into four holes on the top of the unit. I cannot get these fucking cunts to line up, no matter how many times I template. I am enraged.
Put top upside down on floor. Put trolley upside down on top. Drill/screw into place from underneath. If screws are to go in from the top, then put them in before positioning the trolley. Blu tack is your friend here. I can never get templates right either.
1m length tubes, no can drill from beliw.
I ended up just 3d printing inserts with a through hole for a 10mm drillbit guide, gonna jam them in the poles, double sided tape on top, flip/stick on a piece of ply, pull poles off inserts, drill and voila. Template.
Miniest wants me to get Snoop Dogg's cookbook. Actually looks halfway decent and I'm kinda tempted..
Khaki coloured helicopter doing laps over Thornbury - does anyone know anything? Not the copper chopper, nor a news channel one.
