Had an attempted break in last night while doing dins. Door was locked. Back door handle (which you can see from the kitchen) started shaking violently for a few secs then stopped. Went out to see what was going on and sure enough there's someone running away through the garage, security lights tripped.
Don't usually lock doors until bedtime.
Well fuck.
Shit. That'd jangle your nerves. Drugs? Normally wouldn't expect someone to be so brazen
Yup :( wind noises aren't helping heh.
omg
and how odd
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Just got catcalled by fucking ten year olds. Strong urge to find their parents and beat the shit outta them
Yes, beating the shit out of the parents is definitely the way to go.
well thats fucking gross. Yeah if you know the parents deffo go knock on the door.
Ew wtf
That's Mental, and I'm sorry to hear that, Taleya. I am a fairly large dude and am honestly scared by those types of children. I've never been cat-called, but if I'm ever randomly abused while walking on the street, it seems to be a 50/50 chance as to whether it's a random crackhead, or a 10-12 year old
Meh, they didn't scare me - i grew up in chaddy during the 80's. (Iykyk) but honestly theres no cause for that sort of lead-addled idiocy in this day and age, parents need their fucking reproduction cards revoked for jump starting date rapists.
After another what I thought was a good date only to be ghosted afterwards (and I waited 6 hours for them too) I am deleting dating apps. And I am deleting reddit off my phone.
No more distractions. No more external elements in life that bring me misery and depression.
Good riddance.
After another what I thought was a good date only to be ghosted afterwards (and I waited 6 hours for them too)
F me thats bad. I had someone show up to a date an hour and a half late once, then was surprised when I was barely keen when they finally showed. A mates mrs (who set us up) was excited to ask me how it went. I said "Well, she stood me up for ages.... so not really interested!" She replies "Oh, thats just who she is. You'll get to know her!" "Nah, I'm right thanks. I might hate myself, but I respect myself more than that".
It wasn't a stand up. It was more I was in Launceston doing some things, hoping to see my brother who was flying in to watch the footy but he had flight issues, and I talked to her and she had something on and wanted to meet afterwards.
It means waiting 6 hours but she seemed keen to meet. I liked what I knew of her, we spoke on the phone, so I went for it.
Thought it went well but ... apparently not.
It also takes me 90-100 minutes to get to Launceston.
I feel like a real mug sometimes.
hugs
Thanks :)
I'm sorry you went through that. It's happened to me as well and it hurts like hell.
The apps aren't really good for ones mental health. They are tipped heavily against the average man as well.
Take some time to heal, and try going out and meeting people in real life. It's a lot harder and I've only really started myself, but it's a lot better.
Take care of yourself mate ❤️
Thanks. Appreciate that.
I'm gonna focus on uni and writing and how things work out.
More work mates have fallen ill it seems. This time even the higher ups. Appears that I am the highest ranking person in my group today and have been made delegate at a upper management meeting.
Thankfully I'm not speaking or presenting, and notes will be available after BUT my presence is required because of reasons.
Yay, I guess.
Give yourself a payrise, mandate PJ Fridays and and insist on having your own entrance music for the meeting.
I was planning of firing the people I don't like......
Same at my husband's work so he's jumped on the forklift so he can't answer anymore emails. Later he's gonna barricade inside his office so no one can ask for stuff.
Whatever is going around, is kind of nasty. Hope he fights it off
Magpie update : 2 chicks in the nest, both about a week old. So far the nest has survived the wild weather, but tonight will be a real test. Mrs maggie is very very hungry - she took food from my hand for the first time today. Have strewn some rolled oats around on the grass so she's got dinner once she's fed the chicks with the mince rolled in magpie supplement that she took directly from me. Young male maggie is fucking useless. Not doing his job of feeding Mrs, and is near constantly begging food from her cos he's too lazy to scrounge for his own food. Bloody teenager. I'm not giving him any mince until Mrs is properly fed at the moment. I'm really looking forward to the moment when the chicks start begging food from him. I think this will be a gamechanger moment in his developing sense of responsibility. I hope.
I'm not sure what happened to the magpie family that lives in the trees around my house. I haven't seen them all day. I hope they're okay though, they're a nice little family, and I've never seen them aggressive or swoopy. But it is just about time to chuck some oats out as the yearly "hey man, I'm chill" sacrifice
I have a favourite work mate. But today he came to work sick and now I'm feeling a bit shit.
I really wish people wouldn't do that.
You have a friend at work. This is a really good thing. 🙂 I hope he gets better soon.
Seagoon you are the sweetest thang
Poor form new work mate, poor form.
Cheesed off today having to be in the office and overhear some dumb shit opinions ...
workplace rant
...from one member of my team around the Australian flag not being featured alongside lgbti/atsi flags and making fun of Aboriginal words. I get that a lot of corporate virtue signalling is BS but this bloke absolutely has had the whole "true blue Aussies" thing going based off prior conversations as well, and worst of all getting approval from other people in the office (mainly an old fogie).
It's a very working class part of the org and I'm the odd one out here, dude is absolutely friendly enough here and a vital part of the team... and it doesn't really impact me that much personally, but it's enough to sour the rest of the day and feel acutely aware of being an outsider. Hard to brush off because this guy is a long term fixture and popular with many of the other long timers.
Now this is not new to me over my adult life and I kind of feel like I'm overreacting a bit because I've been tired/stressed/uncentred lately.
Plus I don't actually work with this person (and the people I do immediately work with are really lovely), and because of my recent wfh days our in office time rarely overlaps. I could easily put on headphones and ignore the guy. I'm also extremely part time here so honestly, it's not that big a deal.
..but it's enough to make a lot of my warning flags go up and it really, really impacted my productivity today. I absolutely don't care for it.
So I've decided I'll speak to my supervisors next week, and ask for ongoing WFH on the day our office time would overlap, and just generally mention that these sorts of conversations are a factor without naming names.
Is that fair? I'm not trying to be all cancel culture and newspeak and thought control (incidentally another favourite topic of this person), and I don't care to change the culture at this place, but I think this is a reasonable middle ground where I feel heard and can move forward without attracting unnecessary attention.
I wouldn't say anything unless it's directed at me. I'd keep my head down and think about the pay cheque.
Technically, I could just lose this job and up my hours at the other job I have, which pays better and is much closer. I've only been staying in this one to learn from the specific experience of working in a big org (I don't intend to stay long term). At some point I have to ask if the costs are gonna outweigh the benefits, right now not so much yet but I feel like I'll be heading in that direction if I don't do something for myself
I hate to say this as well but I agree with Ceo in not saying anything.
It’s one thing to be annoyed at it all but it’s another to change work culture of people who are set in their ways at a workplace.
Also it sounds like there’s quite a few people there who you’d clash with if you did take it up. Some things are better left alone.
I'd be concerned that this would label you as a troublesome employee
Even without naming names?
Fwiw I'm 100% confident I'd get the support of my direct supervisor, also there are a zillion reasons why they wouldn't/can't turf me or reduce my role. I also have a fair bit of leverage, and wfh hasn't been an issue so far. I just dont have any formal support atm to know how much longer I can keep doing it.
If anything I guess it's me warning them that they could lose me if this keeps happening - but instead of management trying to talk to these people (nightmare), in this instance I'd personally prefer wfh, to have the ongoing option of avoiding them and going along my merry way. And nobody would notice tbh. Everyone wins.
I was just thinking yesterday that we just don't have enough public awareness and acceptance of Native Australian languages and dialects.
I can't think of a single saying from Native Australian culture in common usage, I know a few place names and objects and animals, I know pretty much no kriol.
This makes me so sad, we are all poorer for the lack.
Does this office have the sort of training programs that make those sort of remarks explicitly wrong?
If I’ve still got a pergola in the morning I’ll be surprised! Told the Mrs she should park her car in the garage. If anyone spots a blue hatchback flying through the air please let me know where it lands, it’ll probably still run!
Bin night in our area. Bins vs winds will take place overnight. Place your bets.
I'm going to risk forgetting and leave mine until the early morning to put out. Some people in my street have put theirs out and the wind has already blown the lids open and rubbish everywhere.
FOD all over the road.
Wind will win I reckon. 40-50km/h at the moment.
Who's on the no snacking after tea train? Starts tonight or tomorrow. Whenever suits you. All aboard!
*Fridays are exempt for me.
Hmm, I'll try. No guarantees. Sometimes chocolate just jumps into my mouth.
There is one day a month this happens to me. The next day I'm like, yep, that explains the chocolate last night.
Are they chocolate frogs?
I’m probably going to fail since I have a choc chip muffin here waiting for me.
Have that muffin. Enjoy that muffin and join us when you are ready.
Does gin count as a snack?
Certainly not.
OK, I'm in, starting tomorrow.
I’m in!
Alright I'm in. I've got nothing to lose except puddingy middle aged woman belly. I find if I have a cup of tea as soon as I get home and then another after dinner, I'm less likely to indulge in treats, which is odd. It is how I gave up the booze now I think of it 🤔
Sky nice pink colour. Tree branches lashing out at passers by.
I'm just putting it out there. I put on a little weight during the Olympics. It turns out snacking after dinner while watching sport at all hours doesn't help a middle aged woman then continuing that pattern doesn't help either. So I'm breaking that habit. Haven't snacked after dinner for 4 nights now. I hope to lose around 5 kg. Nipping it in the bud before it becomes a major problem.
I've put on a little weight since covid....
I haven't gained weight, it's my clothes that have shrunk. :|
Boooooo to the covid bitch 👎
I'm still carrying baby weight. We'll ignore that he's 10, he's still my baby.
😂
Menopause is not being kind to my already genetically predisposed chubblish post lockdown ass
You need to jump on the no snacking after tea train with me and anybody else who wants to join.
I've got Debian installed, the shield mounted, and can remote desktop from my phone, laptop and computer.
I'm getting pretty good at this whole IT thing
Dogs are obviously inside. Sadly the cats decided to go to sleep on the couch next to them so not looking forward to the 3am punch on.
So walking home, a gate swung out and almost took me out. The gate usually ties up to another gate with a bike lock thingy and blocks the driveway into a construction site. Seems the tradies ordered a tools down to go protest but decided not to close the gates.
I mean I don't really care about that, pretty sure it's being built by one of those dodgy developers that buys thousands of homes, demolishes them all, builds 48 units per sqm and then sells each one for the same price they bought the entire land for, I hardly care if somebody comes and smashes up the tool site. But the issue is, it's really fucking windy, and the gates are swinging with no warning onto the footpath. That's dangerous for a.normal person, bit I can't help but wonder what's gonna happen if somebody in a wheelchair or a walker tries to go past. Their options are either wheel/walk on the uneven grass, or get hit by the fence
Necropolis goats. Police Rd.
Metal as
Day 3 of no coffee. Tea is fine, but I really miss the ceremony of it all. I'll probably go get a chai or hot chocolate this arvo. Not swearing off coffee for good, I'm only human. Just wanna see the impact to my stomach.
7 eleven hot choccees are/were (haven't had one in a while) better then most cafes imo. And 7 eleven is open 24/7 :D
I'm happy not to have a coffee habit. I do usually get 1 coffee a week from the local yuppy cafe, but besides that, I don't drink coffees at home and very rarely get them elsewhere
Lavender and bees are so beautiful together. The bright and pale purples, and muted greens, contrast so prettily with the golden yellow of the bees.
We could see their little legs laden with pollen. Gosh I love them.
Same with my perpetually flowering prostrate rosemary - always so lovely seeing them stand out against the foliage (though lavender has a nicer green for this!)
I've had bees come to my orchids all winter, maybe I should try get some pics for you.
I think I'm tired. Nearly fell asleep standing up in the shower.
Ugh, do I have to?
I'd like to state my general objection towards things as well
Sadly, yes
Meanie indeed
Today is a good day for skirt weights
You could also embrace it
spoiler
Tom Ewell looks damn happy there.
This happened more than once on the way home. Luckily I wear petticoats.
Messing up all the salt circles
Goodnight everyone. Sweet Dreams. 😘 ☁️☁️🏰
Wake up son of mine
Momma got something to tell you
hi mum
👋
Today's been a busier than usual day. I'm rather tired, but also feel like I've been productive and can rest well knowing I actually did positive things. I was going to sit down and play something for 20 minutes before bed (at 11:40pm - 50 minutes ago), but then I started getting internet issues again :(
Could've ignored it as it's only happening with ethernet, not wifi. But nooooooo I just had to try and fix it. Spoiler alert: I don't know what's broken, so I can't fix it. 40 minutes later, all I know is that the router isn't assigning an IP configuration to the PC via ethernet, for some reason. I've run windows near useless network troubleshooter, all it's telling me is that "'ethernet' doesn't have a valid IP configuration". I said to the troubleshooter "well can ya fix it?" Troubleshooter said "nah fuck off mate I'm on midnight smoko m8" and marked it with a giant X that says "NOT FIXED."
The error page the router was displaying before (over wifi) was saying something about contacting the ISP to fix a DHCP issue. Nothing more. Although it stopped after a restart. But that seems like a bad omen. I haven't touched the DHCP settings, in fact I can't even find the DHCP settings in the router settings. So it seems like it broke on its own.
I like playing junior network engineer though, so I guess it's just one more problem to try and solve. But I would rather have been able to get my 20 mins of gaming in
Ok, What you're describing kinda sounds like different issues.
Dhcp from isp is your public ip, that doesn't sound like it's faulting if the wifi is working.
If windows is being a dick, have you tried resetting the network stack? You'll need to reboot afterwards, but open up a commandline and netsh int ip reset rlog.txt
omg, my nose is so tickly 😣
Achooo ~
Nasal spray, pills and eye drops were all applied this morning. Good luck
My nose is runny as well today.
my allergies are insane 😫
right?! my stupid allergy rash is back with a vengeance.
Dammit, have a full on day at work today and have to cover for someone as well on top of that.
Now all I need is rain and that'll complete the day.
Might not be much rain but how about some biting wind?
Oh thanks for the reminder, I forgot about that from this morning. :(
anyone know what time the weather is supposed to hit tonight? Wondering if I'm better off leaving the city a little early.
I would if you can. I think it's pretty much here now (in the north anyway), just more of this wind for hours, but you want to be off the roads ASAP if trees/limbs start dropping or power goes out.
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Ditto as Duenan plus a large latte plz chef
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I'll have the same as RustyRaven, beans are ok though please!
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Full English breakfast please, no beans.
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Breadtop!
🍞🍇 raisin buns
My feet seem to have spread quite a bit as I've gotten older and some of my shoes that used to fit don't any more. I've just gone through all of them and decluttered 4 pairs that are a bit too tight now (and thrown out one pair as the fabric has cracked). A few pairs that used to be in the "can be worn with thick socks" category now fit with standard socks. I think I'm almost down to a sensible number of shoes.
My packages are with customs. Hopefully they hand them over soon, I want my ethically dubious cheap Chinese junk NOW!
Edit: apparently I am getting a consolation prize today, Amazon will be delivering a new bag of cat litter.
