Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Got the news - I got the job!
Funny thing was, they were trying to call me all week but they thought I wasn't answering until they got through and found that they were calling the wrong number - it had somehow been entered wrong, so just as well I sent my resume through to the original person! Just a few extra bits of paperwork and the induction next Thursday and then we'll see when I actually start (probably week after).Well done you! How exciting! Thank goodness you’d sent your resume through, too. How will you celebrate the happy news?
Well I spent all afternoon doing some online learning modules so I'll confine it to ice cream tonight, but I'm thinking some takeaway and bubbly tomorrow night.
My friend and I have yet to get together to celebrate the house sale so it'll be a double celebration!
Well the funeral for my grandma was today.
It was an emotional day. I’m glad my friend came with me today to lend me some emotional support.
The eulogies were really hard to get through, more so for the speakers.
It was open casket so I got to see her and say good bye to her one last time.
I’m ready for a rest after today.
I NEED TO TELL SOMEONE
I got approval from work to travel home during Christmas / NYs and work remotely so i'm going homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to family. Best part is it's a surprise so i'll land home and surprise mfer my parents! So excited wooohoo!
Also hope that my organs are safe cuz im going via Scoot. An other airline was charging $1000 more so fk that 🤞
A bit of a ramble here. So you know when kids are young and they get asked "what do you want to be when you grow up?" A doctor, a vet, a teacher. And your reply "well you can be anything you want to be".
Then they get a bit older and they still have those dreams so you have to let them down gently. A doctor maybe not. There's blood and guts involved and you're not really good with that kind of stuff are you? A vet. Well you've gotta shove your arm up a cow's rear end. I mean they give you a glove and all but still are you prepared for that? A teacher. Um yeah they get paid good but you gotta put up with arsehole children and their arsehole parents. Not enough pay for that.
Anyway after much consideration, my daughter would like to do something sciencey. That's cool. She has her heart set on uni. She's smart. Whatever makes her happy. My only question was "Does this mean you're not leaving home anytime soon because Mummy would like her sewing room back?" Her response "Have you seen the cost of houses lately? We are in a crisis. Nah it's probably best I stay here".
The thing is from the time she was little she has always wanted to do something sciencey. Sure shit changed along the way but she always had that as a goal and her mum and dad will support her no matter what. We are investing in her future so at least she can have one. I don't ever want her to leave home.
Please be careful on this one. I have friends who are so utterly enmeshed that the daughter hasn’t left at over 30. It’s not healthy for anyone.
So bars on her window is not a good idea?
Seriously if she wants to stay until she's 40 she's welcome.
Unhealthy Enmeshment and multi-generation households are very different things though.
Agreed. The younger one in this equation has never had a full time job or a relationship counted beyond months. It’s kinda hard to detail, I met the knot when she was 12, almost nothing has changed.
Science is good but especially fields of science that actually pay i.e. industrial chemist.
The thread in the other place from someone thinking they were ripped off by their property manager is a trainwreck.
OP has now learned that monthly rent is not 4× the weekly rent.
And a bunch of commenters have learned that there aren't exactly 52 weeks in a year either.
Classic.
I made that mistake too when I first got to Australia. Understandable if they're new!
Just got back from port melbourne beach.
Been a while since I've been but that water isn't too good. Swimming through a shitload of plastic and probably a thin layer of bunker oil.
Also poor form award to the wanker who was sinking tinnies and yelling at women that they looked hot. The beach should be a place where you can get your kit off and not have that shit happen.
Also poor form award to the wanker who was sinking tinnies and yelling at women that they looked hot.
can confirm that wasn't me
goddamn depression. I get triggered into negativity and feelings of rejection , some days it's like I'm on a wild seesaw of emotion,
Running the washing machine and cooling all day...zero grid usage.
Solar should be fucking compulsory in any property offered for rent
Omg guys I have gone to a 4/10 from a 1.5/10. Need to apply another coat of paint but we're getting there 😳
Link to photo: https://i.imgur.com/lv7iuLQ.jpg
mmm, unless you look really closely at the door - you can't see the little divot but hopefully it's gone with the second coat of paint. Else, do I wait for paint to dry and putty+sand again?
Based on that photo can't even tell a hole was there. But second coat of paint definitely wouldn't hurt.
Looks a bit more noticeable here, but you wouldn't see it if it wasn't exactly what you're looking for. Sorry not sure why the photo is rotated *removed externally hosted image*
That does look much better - good job!
This photo is crashing the Boost app too though ☹️ . Is it possible for you to change it to a link instead?
Thanks! I think I know why. Its an Imgur upload so maybe that's why it's crashing. Let me try changing it.
Thanks, that stopped the crashing. I might play around in the testing community and try and figure out why it is crashing if I can.
I use Memmy on my iPhone and it gives me two options - upload via aussie.zone and upload via imgur. This particular img didn't upload via aussie.zone so I went with imgur. Hope that helps with your debugging!
I have been trying to figure out how you uploaded it to show the image and I can't replicate that, so I'm not sure how Memmy is doing the code. It will have to remain a mystery for now!
*removed externally hosted image*
Mmm I upload image, it fails and gives me these options.
I has to be something to do with how Memmy saves the image on Imgur. I found the right link to the Imgur images so I can put in the coding for my own photo hosted on Imgur and it works fine, but any link to yours crashes Boost. I can open the picture in the app when it is a link, but it can't open it within the comments. No idea why, but I have at least narrowed it down!
That is fantastic! Nice work. You gotta paint the entire front of the door and you’ll be sweet.
You gotta paint the entire front of the door
Is that necessary? Can I get away with just this side? I mean I have extra paint, no harm but if not needed then am happy to skip!
Sorry I meant the side you took the photo of so yes that would be the back of the door. Paint the entire backside.
Just this side. Mask off the door edges and handle, then roller on the paint. Put newspaper/cardboard under door to catch stray drips & splatter. Don't walk paint drips into the carpet. Damage never happened.
That is looking good
Actually better than some of the rush jobs I did
Sometimes I fold the laundry as I take it off the line. Today is not that day.
Cheers everybody 🍺
Cheers! I now also have a dish of tomato onion beef curry on rice in front of me.
If one more person knocks on my door I'm gonna let them full have it. 3 people this week trying to sell me shit. this is my home. I dont harass you in yours so leave me the f alone.
There are stickers for that. Also, creative swear words in multiple languages and a lack of pants.
In my experience signs don't get read.
We even have a big red notice on our office door at work not to knock (we are IT, but not end-user support, there's a whole team for that). Knocking/thumping/banging on the door is an almost daily occurrence when someone can't work out how to unmute their Zoom meeting...
Thankfully we have permission to tell them to take a hike but it's still annoying!
Yeah, I get it. The no knock signs are legally enforceable if you can be arsed following through. I just yell at the ones who claim we’re exempt from that. I don’t care! between the sticker and my FUCK OFF doormat intent is clear. if you bother me you’re getting a serve.
I would like to imagine it's the kind of tennis serve where you slam a ball towards them.
Grand slam! Never played tennis in my life, but do have an electric flyswatter that looks like a racquet…
Do you think HR would have an issue if I got one of those doormats for the office? :D We already decided against the electrified door handle...
Write me a SOP and hazard assessment. Also remember that drinking liquid paper may offend the tea lady and photocopying your butt should be only done under a rug.
I didn't get any work done yesterday, but I did get started today - the trick was to tell myself I am good at what I do and people need me, and actually believe that for long enough to get the dopamine going. It probably helped that I caught up with someone from work yesterday. Stupid brain tricks, it's like working with a petulant child sometimes to just pay for a roof over my head
the trick was to tell myself I am good at what I do and people need me
this is a great trick, especially since it's true
I'm going to borrow it if you don't mind 😘 I need all the help I can get
Oh yeah. Wanna know the secret to the gravy? They put cream in it.
