Spyke
aussie.zone

I forgot to mention, they are paying for 2 monitors, a dock and a keyboard and mouse and will have them couriered to my house so I can work from home.

That's fucking crazy lol

Enjoy your day everyone ❤️

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

Hoping to celebrate with lots of smoked fish?

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I still have some smoked kippers in the cupboard for the occasion.

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

Oh wow, so how often do you need to work at home and go into the office for? Does it suit you?

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That should be the bare minimum for a job that actively supports WFH. It's a small expense for them to keep you working even if you're sick, for example ;) Nice one getting the dock paid for, they're so expensive and the cheap ones really can be useless

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Got assigned my first client today! Also a title change. Now service delivery manager. Fancy title same job as before.

Otherwise there's a lot to take in! It's only day 2 so expectations aren't high, but still. I want to be picking this all up quickly so I can to the actual job.

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aussie.zone

Thanks for the update - I think we were all a bit concerned. If this eases your mind, I'm fairly sure someone here (might even be me) will take care of Melbcat if needed in a hurry and you don't have time to set up a preferred option. I don't have a cat at present, so can offer no charge care in my home which is cat proofed in anticipation of getting a cat in the near future.

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I'm sorry you're going through such a hard time. I hope that between the private specialist and public system can at least offer support for you 🙏

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aussie.zone

Yay: I didn't lose my expensive but very good fingerless gloves, they're at the doctor's!

Nay: now I have to drive there and back. Meh. At least I'm not as incapacitated as the last two days. I really need those gloves though!

Also, reading that thread on the escaped cow in South Yarra on the other site, I have had that song in my head all morning. We will fight for, bovine freedom...

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They came with a needle to stick in his thigh, he kicked for the groin, he pissed in their eye. Cow well hung.

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The new sewing machine inspired me to finish a simple job I've been putting off for ages - I have sewn a zipper into a cardigan my Mum knitted for me ages ago. The machine sews beautifully, I'm very pleased with it.

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TinyBreakreply
aussie.zone

gang violence should carry an automatic sentence. You wanna act the teenage dickhead you get treated like a teenage dickhead. Where the fuck are the parents in all this? Lock them up too. jeez I sound old.

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I too wondered about the parents.

either they are to blame or they have been victimised as well

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aussie.zone

In a tentative sign that I might finally be kicking this stupid cold/flu/whatever, I just had to stop work and make emergency pikelets. I haven't felt like eating anything for a week so this is good.

..my garmin watch did give me a heartrate warning while I was doing it so I think a couple more days on go slow is a good idea

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It's always a really good feeling when your appetite returns! Definitely sounds good to ease yourself back in though

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quokk.au

Bloody AusPost left my parcel up a fucking tree.

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aussie.zone

Seeing Deadpool & Wolverine tonight in the first preview screening woooo letsgoooooooooooo

I've avoided all trailers since the first teaser so I'm looking forward to being surprised

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I'm gonna try go see it tonight at my local theatre. And same, avoided all since the first trailer/teaser.

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Catfishreply
aussie.zone

Good choice. The trailer I saw appeared to be half the movie.

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Right? insane how much they were giving away even in the first trailer!

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ta da, got the last 50 tacks out of the chair seat frame, special gloves helped 👍 🤗

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aussie.zone

Baku, I think I speak for a lot us when I say how impressed I am with your maturity and common sense. Things have been hard for you recently, and this will take some time to adjust to. Waking up at 2 am thinking we've heard something happens to us all, I think though for most of us its just possums or rats or a piece of household equipment falling over (thank you cats). You are being exceptionally mature about this, especially since the threat is probably still quite real.

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The real problem is that one can't just assume that 'its all in my head' cos when you do that - its real. Heightened alertness is a known side effect of trauma - and I consider the ex-housemate as trauma on legs. Be gentle with yourself - the hyperalertness will dissipate over time. Sucks to go through it though.

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

so many many hugs

the effects of loss of peace of mind is not to be under estimated

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make this a time to learn and heal and create

lots of hugs 🤗🤗🤗

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Blargh. This is not the hour for cleaning of the cat trays. But my brain is dumb.

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Pakige was not at my local post office. I didn't even look before I drove there, but it was actually at a business centre so I had an impromptu drive to Bayswater to collect it. While I was out I took the opportunity to top up the petrol tank at a station which is still at 177c instead of 219c which most of them have jumped to.

Pakige was worth the drive - I now have a new-to-me sewing machine. It appears to be barely used and in full working order, including the all important automatic needle threading which I really struggle to do myself now that my eyesight is getting dodgy.

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anyone else get a kick out of doing random tasks without their partner knowing and then seeing how long it takes them to notice? (if at all). Usually bigger jobs have to be scheduled between us with the toddler and all, but today I used my lunch break to do the lawn and i'm giddy with the prospect of her looking at it like a weeks time and going "wait.... when the heck do you do that?!"

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aussie.zone

why is it I cannot purchase clawed feet to put on my furniture as I wish. Surely mankind has progressed to this point.

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Eaglereply
aussie.zone

Surely someone can 3d print them.... I'd like some cat paw feet for my couch when you find them.

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Taleyareply
aussie.zone

Ohhh i ain't falling for that again.

Peanut fer scale

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Exxy, but contains more weird and wonderful furniture and fixings than my mind can comprehend. Definitely worth an in person visit.

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Wow, really? There was a schots around the corner on cochranes i lived to poke, never saw clawed feets

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aussie.zone

Here's a new one.

Bought a pizza from leos in kew and it had a bolt in it.

Very lucky I didn't bite down too hard.

Don't really care if it's a hair, or half a rat but a bolt would be an expensive fix if that went wrong.

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Yea I'll contact the manufacturer (small company I'd imagine).

At first I thought it was a bone heh. Bit of a surprise :)

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aussie.zone

That would've been an expensive bolt, too.... surprised you didn't make your own pizza

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aussie.zone

anyone else getting vibes of summer out there? dont get me wrong, Im still in a hoodie with the heater on, but something about the light or the atmosphere has shifted in the last couple of days.

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Its the north wind I reckon - that's spring "you can have a warmer day but it'll come with 100kmh gusts"

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aussie.zone

The sun feels like early spring sun, instead of winter sun. I can't explain why, but it does.

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Not at all with this wind. But yeah that biting-ness has temporarily lifted. I'm sure it'll be back

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Hahaha you say that like you won't still be wearing a hoodie in December!

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aussie.zone

Pet dilemma. I've bought 2 new cat trees online, because 3 cats/1 tree not good. One is ready for pick up and it's for the youngest flufflebum. He likes to sit in the area between the kitchen and the dining table so he can watch me and speak snugs in. Its a small hut thing with a bed up on a platform. Do I set it up now or wait until the second one arrives for the spicy cat so it's equal? Edit: the ginger fluff has claimed his bed. The troll under the bridge is unhappy, but hers is bigger and hopefully not far away.

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Cendanareply
aussie.zone

Plot twist: only 1 tree gets used at a time whilst the other sits idle.

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aussie.zone

Set it up and whoever gets to it first gets a gold medal and the national anthem played. Am I ever gonna see your face again.

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aussie.zone

Yes but the cats might have a different version that may include high pitched screams.

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Eaglereply
aussie.zone

Oh no, Pepper would subscribe to the original.

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TinyBreakreply
aussie.zone

And if the other one wins its "I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh" right?

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No. What about me? By Moving Pictures or Shannon Noll. Same same.

Ok I reread Tiny's comment.

Fuck I'm tired.

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TinyBreakreply
aussie.zone

gonna be a shitfight either way. If you leave it till both arrive both will be ignored anyway so you really cant win.

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I just don't want the spicy one to think I'm favouring the fluffy one just because he's a smoochy sucker.

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aussie.zone

i’ve had multiple people telling me i have an australian accent

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Reasons why I stay when I despise my manager. Related job posted today: 6 grand less, talking to public, oversee whole other branch of stuff, look after kids… and have a qualification that does not teach the most relevant skill. Fuck off.

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mysticgregreply
aussie.zone

At our hardware deployment centre here at work, they have a little machine for applying screen protectors, that at first glance looks a little bit similar to one of those old school credit card manual kerchunkyslidey things (me English gud).

Install the 'insert' for the model phone you're applying it to, drop the phone in, put the protector in the guides, kerchunk-kerchunk, perfectly aligned and applied screen protector every time.

It's seriously like cheat mode. No way you could ever do it that perfectly by hand every time.

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Yeah these things definitely aren't AliExpress specials, they've got a bit of heft to them.

I'm certain many mobile phone stores who do these screen protector installs have one out the back, they just take the phone to the machine and BAM, perfection.

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aussie.zone

why do I write this much about a fucking screen protector Jesus christ

because these are the little things that are important. Having an actual good interaction and getting good customer service and deciding that its ok to go back there and get it done professionally again - embed that shit in your brain. It's good shit and a lot better than the other stuff you have been through lately.

Hell I messaged three different people and this thread about my love of my flannelette hankies yesterday!

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Eaglereply
aussie.zone

I cannot be bothered to even try to apply my own screen protectors. Straight to the professionals every time.

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aussie.zone

I had a dream where I got picked up in car with a kangaroo in it. I sat in the passenger seat but because I was sitting in it's seat it had to sit on the driver's lap (it was the driver's pet) it's legs were spilling onto my side. I asked if I could move the roos leg because it was digging into my ribs. The kangaroo hissed at me.

When we got to where we were meant to, they were giving away some cool stuff like electronics and collectables and there wasn't much stuff left but someone had kept me a Snoopy dog mat.

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aussie.zone

o washing day o washing day, I'm washing all the clothesies

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aussie.zone

Got Christmas plans sorted for the first time in years. Despite me saying "Im not flying with a toddler! they wanna see us they can come here" I'm apparently flying with a toddler. Sadly someone has to come back early to watch the dogs as the pet sitter only works to the 28th or something, so tragically I think I'm gonna end up with a few nights alone which hasnt happened since the birth of Tinyest. Pretty excited!

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TinyBreakreply
aussie.zone

Hell yes living that bachelor lifestyle. Gonna cook thing of meat and salad and thats what i'll live off!

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every time the hubs is on a work trip I spend the first night cleaning everything, then the rest of the time swanning about in a bra and trackies eating chicken tendies and enjoying the house staying clean

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aussie.zone

Can I add Fried South Melbourne market dim sims in there? Surely that covers all the basic food groups.

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aussie.zone

Bit low on vitamin C, so you'll need to add chilli sauce of some sort to make them a complete food.

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Pilkreply
aussie.zone

Two on my shit list today:

  • Yellowstone alarmists/conspiracy theorists. There was a small hydrothermal explosion which is not a sign of imminent eruption.
  • People being weird about Breaking (aka breakdancing) being in the Olympics. How different is it, in principle, to rhythmic gymnastics, artistic swimming, figure skating etc.? In fact, it's literally more directly competitive -- it's a 1:1 dance-off!
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Pilkreply
aussie.zone

Me too! Though the time zone difference definitely sucks for watching live.

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

I'll move mine here since my thread failed.

I feel unmotivated today even though I slept early.

I've eaten too much not so nice cake already and I spilt coffee grind all over the table and floor at work and it was so hellish to clean up.

Also failing at doing an Anti Gratitude thread today.

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Not really, no one was using mine anyway.

Coffee was just instant so nothing special but still a nightmare to clean.

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Sammi got the zoomies at 4ish and then demanded food when I got up to go to the loo, then hurled it up again so I had to get up and clean it up. So no chance of getting back to sleep on a day when I had an early start, whereas last week I only had one job in the afternoon so I could have at least gone back to sleep.
Also they both decided a few days back that they wanted Human Food Thank You but are now being fussy about it, so now it's like that "Mother... Provide" cartoon.

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I have a 6am start for an overtime shift tomorrow so won't be able to sleep in. And I have one Sunday morning too ☹️

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Spoiler-free but hidden behind a spoiler tag anyway Deadpool & Wolverine review: ::: spoiler spoiler as a fan consider me thoroughly, deeply, tenderly but not too tenderly, always with hard eye-contact serviced. :::

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aussie.zone

Punishment for cleaning the stove top... out of nowhere all the ignitors have started clicking. Turned it off at the source. Am supposed to wait 24-48 hours before trying again. I hope something hasn't completely shorted because this is the worst possible timing to not have a stove available, I just finished up the last of my food in the fridge... guess it's air fryer chips and fish and blanched greens for dinner tomorrow.

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aussie.zone

Gas stoves are the worst...my clickers are stuffed and a thermocouple needs replacing. Thermocouple part costs $3.20 but the work costs $250ish and will likely need to be done in the others in quick succession. I bought a one pot induction panel to get us by and it's soooo much better.. Want induction now.

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I won't lie, I do have a penchant for cooking on gas stoves, seeing the flame (I know it's terrible for health and environmental reasons) Induction just feels... off.

But I would be panicking if this turns out to be an expensive fix like yours. Not sure the landlord is gonna wanna cough up. I hope it's just a matter of everything needing to dry out, worst case start using matches.

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aussie.zone

Mine did this a few days ago after a service!

Apparently it's a safety measure.

I cleaned the ignighters with a pin, metho and isopropyl, waited for it to dry (then went again for good measure). It sometimes continually sparks but on my top simply re-ignighting solved it (thankfully).

Hope it gets resolved soon because that's really annoying.

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aussie.zone

Looks like I should get around to cleaning those suckers. They probably haven't ever been cleaned...

Where did you get isopropyl alcohol, isn't it usually rather pricey in Australia? Reckon just metho would work?

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Nah, isocol is just overpriced. Bosca, melbourne solvents or even just brown bottle it at a chemist.

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You can turn the electricity off and use a match to light them. Dries them out a bit quicker.

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aussie.zone

Maybe I'm finally out of this thing 🤞 Not much coughing, not quite as congested or lethargic, sinus tension is minor and mood feels positive. Was so fed up with being in one place that I've given the kitchen counters and sink a good clean (incl grotty stove top - not cleaned for a month), and vacuumed the place (nearly two weeks overdue).

Ah, cleanliness! Health! Healing! I feel much more deserving of dinner and a movie now ☺️ Just need to have a nice warm shower and pick something to watch... Been on a Robin Williams streak as I haven't watched that many of his movies. Day before yesterday was The Birdcage and The World According to Garp. Last night I watched Awakenings, maybe I'll watch The Fisher King tonight. Before anyone says it, I recall watching What Dreams May Come before he passed away and I am NOT watching it again for fear my entire sinus will come undone.

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I'm still very grateful for sick leave... and for living close enough to a variety of shops to get any range of premade soups, from the shittiest home brand sludge to premium organic restaurant grade borscht or whatever. And so incredibly grateful for having a car so I can get my gloves without wasting an hour on PT getting re-infected

E: also very grateful to my second workplace for checking in on me and asking if I need any food since they're close by 😭 they're so nice, even the offer makes me feel so much better, connection is vital to health

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The free food market had some porterhouse steak, so dinner is going to be yummy.

My new (to me) sewing machine arrived today, and looks in perfect condition.

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Most of today is meetings I can keep the camera off and twiddle my thumbs or something

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New client is very very nice and anxious to make sure I feel at home. Duties are to be there to support her and take her to appointments etc. if needed.
At the moment she's having a lie down so I'm sitting on her couch having a coffee.

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aussie.zone

First world problem: I thought I could get away with cooking up leftover rice and pairing it with a can of tuna but because my fridge is full of veg I have to cook some of them so I can fit my beer in there for Friday.

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aussie.zone

rice + tuna + random veg + cheese + microwave. Easy tuna melt solution?

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aussie.zone

I have some pork steaks so I'm thinking a stir fry with a runny egg on top.

Tomorrow maybe a zucchini lasagne.

Of course it may completely change getting towards dinner time.

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I just used the google photo thing and it says it's Wang Lao Ji Herbal Iced Tea.

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So writing to the manufacturer of the pizza with a bolt.

Here's what we have so far:

To whom it may concern, I am writing to inform you that I recently bought a pizza manufactured by your company at Leos Fine Food and Wine in Kew, 3101 on 22/07/24 which contained a 1.5cm x 5mm metal bolt (pictured in the attached). It need not be explained the risks of finding a foreign object like a metal bolt in food.
It is my hope that you bolster the servicing and upkeep of the equipment in use to ensure this doesn’t happen again to other customers. Kind regards.

In plain language... that shit is gonna send peeps to the dentist buy a screwdriver and a torch.

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They will probably ask you to send in the bolt.

Also, what would you do if they sent you a large shipment of dozens of pizzas?

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Found a video on my phone of myself playing Beat Saber on the PSVR from awhile back.

I need to chop the video up and maybe upload it to youtube.

Makes me feel like I should get into it again for some cardio.

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aussie.zone

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

Lots and lots of chicken drumsticks and wings till I can't eat anymore.

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aussie.zone

At last! I was getting hongry. Could I have one of every taco on offer please, and a LARGE cup of coffee.

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Tofureply
aussie.zone

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☕️

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Not so nice cake is such a disappointment. And yet you keep going, letting the inferior calories consume you, with sadness increasing at each mouthful.

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