Got the offer from Toshiba but there will be a background check. So let's see what happens.
Another place did the reference check so that's good.
Place number 3 is still interviewing.
I have a question:
From what you've heard about my workplave, would you take slightly less money to leave, or stick it out for a better deal?
Edit: Thank you everyone for your opinions and insights. I'll probably take a lesser contract if it gets me out of here. Admittedly, since I stopped caring whatsoever about my work (still up to standard though), I've felt a shit tonne better. I no longer have any personal stake in it.
You spend a third of your life at work, so you need to be happy and safe there.
Your better deal is going to come with strings, so it's not really better.
Take less dollars for peace and support because it will cost you less in the long run.
I would take less money to leave, provided it's not a huge drop for a like-to-like role (like up to $10k or so). I was in a similar situation to you once, never regretted leaving and then working on increasing my salary at the new job once I was in the door.
Iād take a pay cut for peace of mind, particularly after hearing about all the crap youāve been through there.
Working for a (hopefully) more professional and reputable org will likely mean better job security and advancement opportunities in future, too.
Whatever you decide, good luck!
You current place sounds like a cross between thunderdome and a sinking ship. I'd try to leverage you current salary against the new offers, but, assuming they're all over $75k, I'd accept a 10% hit for a job at a better place. At the first performance review I'd be pressing for them to at least match the old salary.
If my brain is functioning, apparently 80k is the happiness mark, beyond that it pretty much remains the same. There are also endless stories of people who had immensely well paying jobs who have taken drastic pay cuts and blue collar jobs and are exponentially happier.
While Iām in an odd sort of position, dropping a day when I was permanent to converting to casual and finally going elsewhereā¦ So much happier. So much. (There were a couple extra things going on, but still. That feeling that you have to be there, when you donāt want toā¦ Ugh.)
Youāre probably being overworked and not being paid enough though I donāt know what that figure is.
Also theyāve made you a scapegoat with some of the stuff thatās happened and also Iām not sure what the future of the company is considering whatās happened so far but you do have a job.
I would take slightly less money to be a lot happier and have less of a workload if that makes you happy but also itās often said the grass is greener on the other side.
I place a lot of value on mental health - because treating it is fucking costly as well not just in terms of treatments/support/comfort, but also lost opportunities and time - so the gap in pay would have to be quite significant for me to stay on at a rapidly deteriorating workplace.
I initially took a fair bit of a pay cut (>10k/yr if you include allowances) from my old job to each of my two roles last year, but it was infinitely worth it for how much less stress was involved at work. And it's paid off; the job I stayed on at increased my wage so much that the FTE is now equivalent to what I last earned (including allowances) but for FAR less stress and responsibilities in terms of colleagues as well as the workload itself.
Cannot recommend it more highly. Work often feels like such a bloody waste of time anyway, I don't want it to eat up so much of my mental energy as well if my main financial needs are met
Success!!!!! After weeks of procrastination and increasingly yucky feelings, I've finally used some super janky half-manual method to randomly sample my fucking points and loaded them onto my field app SO NOW I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO EXCUSE TO START ON MY FIELDWORK TOMORROW. FINALLY.
Just need to wait for the message advising me what time my dishwasher will arrive, hopefully it's in the afternoon so I can get a few hours done in the morning without having to drive all the way out west then back.
While I'm at it, maybe I'll finally do this dumbshit fb marketplace listing I've been procrastinating on, and brave the horrors of my fridge crisper to see which vegetables I can salvage.
Thank you!! It's felt really hard to get back into gear after the holidays but I think I can handle this, just gotta keep everything in balance for a few more months.
I'm inching forwards a bit financially too, finally back to where I was last year before I bought my car. If I can grow my savings by a bit more by the end of uni I'll be very grateful...
Thank you!! Feels like I've finally had the most satisfying shit of my life š I'm going to be kind to myself and not look back on all the weeks "wasted". Onward ho!
I'm giving myself all the time/leeway possible. Gonna apply for max special consideration extension as well
I donāt know much about careers and stuff but if theyāre equally appealing you could go for whichever has the higher salary, so you have a bit more financial stability if you want to change to the other one in future?
Or whichever offers experience to help you get into the other (if it works like that)
If I was being selfish Iād say vet nutrition so you could invent poultry free prescription food.
I had an interest in a certain line of work around 10 years ago. I literally drove to those companies unannounced and asked the the owners if I could chat about the career for a bit. To my surprise they were very accommodating and answered all my questions. It helped immensely.
Maybe try that?
E: maybe make an appointment first lol. I can be passionate and impulsive at times.
When I volunteered at Lort Smith, many people were there to build up their resume for animal/vet roles. In case you're looking for more ways to get good things on your resume.
They'll probably start you in the laundry room for three months. It's a pretty easy four hour shift doing industrial laundry and delivering clean towels to the areas. I later moved to kennels. The laundry shift is great in winter, it's really warm with the big dryers. I left because a kennel tech cracked the shits at me for playing with a 'red' coded dog that I'd asked the lead tech about. The dog wasn't aggressive but it was strong and would jump at people with an open mouth creating a bite risk. I'm also a big strong dude so I was trying to help socialise the dog in a calm manner and the mid range tech came in an yelled at me without knowing the full story so I quit.
yeah... I'm an immigrant myself and nearly all the adults in my family who are here are... and it's definitely a thing questioned even within immigrant communities where someone with citizenship/PR starts a new relationship with someone who's just moved in from the motherland.
Yes it might be depending on context. But. I literally know of at least 2 marriages in the ethnic community Iām from that are like this. Person marries a citizen to stay. It not an easy process though, but for some couples they may find the arrangement mutually beneficial so it happens. Of course this does not mean this is the case for LowExperience relative. Love can happen to anyone too.
I kinda feel like I should marry someone from a less desirable country even just as a favour to them. There's some real shitholes out there where even struggling in Australia would be an improvement.
Off work today and tomorrow to try and beat myself into getting this uni fieldwork started - adhd tendencies in hyperdrive... just unable to focus on the random sampling bit so that I can get out there already while the weather's good. I'll get there, beating myself up is not helpful...
...but the good news is, today's been a day for procrastiductivity: I FINALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER and bought an 8-place benchtop dishwasher after some research. As it always goes: it really wasn't that difficult after all!
It's arriving tomorrow; hopefully Appliances Online will bring it up the stairs for me. Installation should be super easy, just attach it directly to the spare washing machine tap I mysteriously have, and drain out to the laundry sink immediately adjacent.
I only have 3 months left on my lease (hopefully can extend to 4-5 to see me through the end of uni), but dishes are an obvious pain point for me that drags down my mood and momentum, so $315 is worth it - it's about an extra day of work after tax, I can make up for it easily. And it should be easy to sell on afterwards if I don't need it later
I almost have no choice but to put it in the "laundry" as I can't sacrifice any more benchtop space in the kitchen; as it is I have to keep putting away my air fryer and rice cooker after use and haven't even taken my toaster out, all of which shits me. But the "laundry" works a lot better because it's basically a cupboard right next to the kitchen anyway - so minimal steps to transfer items, and makes use of empty space on top of the washing machine.
Have you ever tried volunteering? If you find the right gig you can channel all of that work energy into it, and the community benefits. And you make like-minded friends.
Yes. A start. As you get more confident, you can branch out a bit more and make more connections. It's tough but it can be done. And you have your music (and Gibson).
8 years is great, mine are approaching that old. Microphone for calls stopped working years ago but they're still going strong as gym headphones. Battery is still very good. I've replaced the leather cups a couple of times.
Go another set of the QCs. I went the sony XM4s and they lasted maybe 1.5 years before developing one hell of a fault that rendered them unusable. When back to a new pair of Qcs and dont regret it. Dont be tempted to cheap out (not that the Sony were THAT much cheaper than the Bose anyway).
made some oven roasted tomato pasta last night. Tomatoes out of my garden, grown with love. It was horrible! I ate 2 bites. Mrs ate half of one. Kiddo ate a bit though I'm pretty sure he'd eat pasta with a dirt sauce so long as it was real pasta.
I got 8. It would be great if this stuff was taught in schools. I worked in a bank for a while, and as unpleasant as that was at least it made me learn about interest
Eugh, my good mood for the day got thrown off by a bit of an intense psych session (teleheath too - I hate telehealth psychology).
But I managed to finally use that ancient beetroot (V slicer to the rescue), made a pot of dal and fried up a slab of tempeh. Tomorrow, I freeze some of the beetroot curry, and make a cabbage stir fry. And put my new dishwasher to use, with today's mountain of dishes generated, hopefully...
Itās a bit hard to see, but thereās a very happy wattle bird eating nectar from the salvia outside my back door. Have been feeling very blah and burnt out lately, and the bird chatter is a nice distraction
Discovered little bit ago that the recycling truck didn't take our bin because some dickhead parked directly in front of it. Starting this fortnight with an already full yellow bin, only 13 days to go until it gets emptied.
MFW we're drunkenly discussing US politics and neonazis and the Polish dude starts getting weirdly insistent about how many Jews his family saved during the war.
Aunt's father was one of the kids stuffed into uniforms and given guns once the allies started taking german territory. Dude was barely four foot in his 80's recalled being captured by a US platoon, all of them HUGE in comparison. He spoke no english and they spoke no german. Freely admitted he pissed himself.
Aunts mother complains about the rats. Always the rats. Only spoke of the actual nazi tenure once, when very drunk. Friends, neighbours, people were disappearing and everyone knew why but no one said or did anything. She broke down in tears. "We were so stupid"
I should add: they were both prepubescent kids at the time. He was ten, she was six.
A while back boyo told me off for not having my furniture wax cloths in a sealed tin. He's right, they can spontaneously combust. But.... I just discovered a š¤¢š¦ Gah!
Will keep an eye out for them for you. Minotaur might help as that's where I got my copies. When you do, enjoy the most fascinating autopsy in history - of the monk who specialised in abject confessions. Yeah, and the cannibal feast and puppet show. Mr Hughart is a certifiable genius - well, certifiable anyway.
A Toscano Gluten Free Pizza Base. $7.
I went to 2x Woolies and 2x Coles on the weekend in a futile search for the bloody thing. Can't have family pizza night without it.
Update: Dad went down to Coles this afternoon and found one! Pizza night is on!
I have a question for our bakers and chefs and general kitchen superstars - whenever I try to make something doughy - like pretzels or scones - the mix is always way too sticky. I follow the advice on the ingredients, but yeah, too sticky so I end up essentially eating half the mix off my fingertips.
Any suggestions on how to combat this? Is it simply needing to add more flour?
Flour to HANDS, not to the dough. I'm serious. What is happening is that the oils/moisture on your skin is sticking to the dough (whatever sort). So wash hands, dry well and then dust with flour back AND front- use at least 1 tablespoon and shake off excess to one side to use under the dough later. Then punch the dough, fold and whack it until it comes together. At least 3-5 times. Then knead or not depending on recipie. DON"T KNEAD MUFFINS, and scones only lightly. Chilling the dough once it's come together does help.
Or you can embrace the sticky, and then when the dough comes together rub off the sticky bits into the dough (only if hands are clean). Dough behaves a bit like bluetack in that it can be rubbed into balls that attract other balls.
Be sparing when adding more flour as you can accidentally use too much and throw off the ratio. Iām told that continuing to knead makes it go smooth elastic and become less sticky but maybe a dough scraper would help get it off the surface and back into the dough ball until it reaches that point.
Iām not a hugely experienced baker but hopefully that helps somewhat
Thanks. I'm going to try make a pizza from scratch next weekend to put in the smoker so trying to figure out ways to avoid the sticky problem. I'll see if I can grab a dough scraper as well :)
he says do a lower hydration dough (ratio water to flour). He does a 60% hydration, 3-5 day ferment, allows more gluten to form. Kenji has a "fool proof no knead pizza" recipe online that's easy and a banger apparently. Seriouseats.com
When you're mixing in the bowl, if your dough is coming away from the bowl easy then you've got enough flour in there. Before you chuck your hands in there flour them too.
Because I donāt know if I did it wrong - what about when you knead, rise, then knead again and roll it out? It turned out ok for my pizza dough but I have a feeling that wouldnāt work for bread
New bike rides an absolute treat. I've missed bicycle rock star parking where I can ride up to the door of a place and lock it to the nearest pole. The seat is hard as, but my bum is also lacking conditioning.
If I was to buy another bike I'd get one with the most comfortable seat possible and get someone else to ride it for me while I'm in the back. People love bike riding and I'm like "My back can't cope with being bent over like that and my fanny hurts". I do envy bike riders.
This is my 3rd bike, that I currently have. Frankenbike tourer, AusPost BMX cargo bike, and the new racer/road bike. There's fanny friendly gel seats now days.
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Got the offer from Toshiba but there will be a background check. So let's see what happens. Another place did the reference check so that's good.
Place number 3 is still interviewing.
I have a question:
From what you've heard about my workplave, would you take slightly less money to leave, or stick it out for a better deal?
Edit: Thank you everyone for your opinions and insights. I'll probably take a lesser contract if it gets me out of here. Admittedly, since I stopped caring whatsoever about my work (still up to standard though), I've felt a shit tonne better. I no longer have any personal stake in it.
You spend a third of your life at work, so you need to be happy and safe there. Your better deal is going to come with strings, so it's not really better. Take less dollars for peace and support because it will cost you less in the long run.
I would take less money to leave, provided it's not a huge drop for a like-to-like role (like up to $10k or so). I was in a similar situation to you once, never regretted leaving and then working on increasing my salary at the new job once I was in the door.
Iād take a pay cut for peace of mind, particularly after hearing about all the crap youāve been through there. Working for a (hopefully) more professional and reputable org will likely mean better job security and advancement opportunities in future, too. Whatever you decide, good luck!
You current place sounds like a cross between thunderdome and a sinking ship. I'd try to leverage you current salary against the new offers, but, assuming they're all over $75k, I'd accept a 10% hit for a job at a better place. At the first performance review I'd be pressing for them to at least match the old salary.
Thought you were working on an expungement?
It happens in October this year :(
Ah. Timing. š½
Take less.
If my brain is functioning, apparently 80k is the happiness mark, beyond that it pretty much remains the same. There are also endless stories of people who had immensely well paying jobs who have taken drastic pay cuts and blue collar jobs and are exponentially happier.
While Iām in an odd sort of position, dropping a day when I was permanent to converting to casual and finally going elsewhereā¦ So much happier. So much. (There were a couple extra things going on, but still. That feeling that you have to be there, when you donāt want toā¦ Ugh.)
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Hard one to be honest.
Youāre probably being overworked and not being paid enough though I donāt know what that figure is.
Also theyāve made you a scapegoat with some of the stuff thatās happened and also Iām not sure what the future of the company is considering whatās happened so far but you do have a job.
I would take slightly less money to be a lot happier and have less of a workload if that makes you happy but also itās often said the grass is greener on the other side.
I place a lot of value on mental health - because treating it is fucking costly as well not just in terms of treatments/support/comfort, but also lost opportunities and time - so the gap in pay would have to be quite significant for me to stay on at a rapidly deteriorating workplace.
I initially took a fair bit of a pay cut (>10k/yr if you include allowances) from my old job to each of my two roles last year, but it was infinitely worth it for how much less stress was involved at work. And it's paid off; the job I stayed on at increased my wage so much that the FTE is now equivalent to what I last earned (including allowances) but for FAR less stress and responsibilities in terms of colleagues as well as the workload itself.
Cannot recommend it more highly. Work often feels like such a bloody waste of time anyway, I don't want it to eat up so much of my mental energy as well if my main financial needs are met
Happy Mugday!
I like my coffee with a little extra bite
can I forgo the mug and jump straight to an IV please?
Now that's a Monday mood for sure!
Success!!!!! After weeks of procrastination and increasingly yucky feelings, I've finally used some super janky half-manual method to randomly sample my fucking points and loaded them onto my field app SO NOW I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO EXCUSE TO START ON MY FIELDWORK TOMORROW. FINALLY.
Just need to wait for the message advising me what time my dishwasher will arrive, hopefully it's in the afternoon so I can get a few hours done in the morning without having to drive all the way out west then back.
While I'm at it, maybe I'll finally do this dumbshit fb marketplace listing I've been procrastinating on, and brave the horrors of my fridge crisper to see which vegetables I can salvage.
Thank you!! It's felt really hard to get back into gear after the holidays but I think I can handle this, just gotta keep everything in balance for a few more months.
I'm inching forwards a bit financially too, finally back to where I was last year before I bought my car. If I can grow my savings by a bit more by the end of uni I'll be very grateful...
Yay you! Such a good feeling getting past one of those mental roadblocks
Thank you!! Feels like I've finally had the most satisfying shit of my life š I'm going to be kind to myself and not look back on all the weeks "wasted". Onward ho!
I'm giving myself all the time/leeway possible. Gonna apply for max special consideration extension as well
Hello everyone. I wonder when the next lemmy canvas will be, hopefully we get the aussie flag completed (itI'll have bluey on it)
Starting a new temporary role at work today for a few weeks and half of the team is out sick.
I'm meant to be involved in some meetings, but looks like I'm leading them now.
Gonna be fun!!
Not sure thereās enough chocolate for this week.
I donāt know much about careers and stuff but if theyāre equally appealing you could go for whichever has the higher salary, so you have a bit more financial stability if you want to change to the other one in future?
Or whichever offers experience to help you get into the other (if it works like that)
If I was being selfish Iād say vet nutrition so you could invent poultry free prescription food.
Good luck :)
I had an interest in a certain line of work around 10 years ago. I literally drove to those companies unannounced and asked the the owners if I could chat about the career for a bit. To my surprise they were very accommodating and answered all my questions. It helped immensely.
Maybe try that?
E: maybe make an appointment first lol. I can be passionate and impulsive at times.
When I volunteered at Lort Smith, many people were there to build up their resume for animal/vet roles. In case you're looking for more ways to get good things on your resume.
They'll probably start you in the laundry room for three months. It's a pretty easy four hour shift doing industrial laundry and delivering clean towels to the areas. I later moved to kennels. The laundry shift is great in winter, it's really warm with the big dryers. I left because a kennel tech cracked the shits at me for playing with a 'red' coded dog that I'd asked the lead tech about. The dog wasn't aggressive but it was strong and would jump at people with an open mouth creating a bite risk. I'm also a big strong dude so I was trying to help socialise the dog in a calm manner and the mid range tech came in an yelled at me without knowing the full story so I quit.
Er, yeah.
:D
I was just thinking today that all kinds talk of romance has left open discussion in our society to be replaced with cynicism.
And yet romance is still strong in movies, tv and songs. I think I will ignore the cynics.
Love rules. š
This is a country of immigrants. Such questions are shameful.
i know you didn't come down in the last shower of rain.. but no it's not shameful.. not what I've seen.
Exactly.
yeah... I'm an immigrant myself and nearly all the adults in my family who are here are... and it's definitely a thing questioned even within immigrant communities where someone with citizenship/PR starts a new relationship with someone who's just moved in from the motherland.
at least give them a chance
Yes it might be depending on context. But. I literally know of at least 2 marriages in the ethnic community Iām from that are like this. Person marries a citizen to stay. It not an easy process though, but for some couples they may find the arrangement mutually beneficial so it happens. Of course this does not mean this is the case for LowExperience relative. Love can happen to anyone too.
I kinda feel like I should marry someone from a less desirable country even just as a favour to them. There's some real shitholes out there where even struggling in Australia would be an improvement.
Iām up to eating biscuits now. touch wood The Woolies gingernuts are really nice but a have a fair bit more ginger than the Arnotts. Hot š³š«
Cookies are today's DD Thread theme. šŖš
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really like the coles honeycomb ones! but 3 bucks a packet is taking the piss a bit
Off work today and tomorrow to try and beat myself into getting this uni fieldwork started - adhd tendencies in hyperdrive... just unable to focus on the random sampling bit so that I can get out there already while the weather's good. I'll get there, beating myself up is not helpful...
...but the good news is, today's been a day for procrastiductivity: I FINALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER and bought an 8-place benchtop dishwasher after some research. As it always goes: it really wasn't that difficult after all!
It's arriving tomorrow; hopefully Appliances Online will bring it up the stairs for me. Installation should be super easy, just attach it directly to the spare washing machine tap I mysteriously have, and drain out to the laundry sink immediately adjacent.
I only have 3 months left on my lease (hopefully can extend to 4-5 to see me through the end of uni), but dishes are an obvious pain point for me that drags down my mood and momentum, so $315 is worth it - it's about an extra day of work after tax, I can make up for it easily. And it should be easy to sell on afterwards if I don't need it later
Remember: if you don't have kitchen hookups there is nothing stopping you putting it in the laundry! That's what we did :)
I almost have no choice but to put it in the "laundry" as I can't sacrifice any more benchtop space in the kitchen; as it is I have to keep putting away my air fryer and rice cooker after use and haven't even taken my toaster out, all of which shits me. But the "laundry" works a lot better because it's basically a cupboard right next to the kitchen anyway - so minimal steps to transfer items, and makes use of empty space on top of the washing machine.
Something somewhat positive that came out of this whole thing is I've realised I really am a textbook workaholic.
All I ever do is think about work and now that I'm apathetic towards the current job, my mind is unoccupied.
It feels uncomfortable right now. Having to accept certain realities about isolation and loneliness.
But at least now I know.
It's a start.
Have you ever tried volunteering? If you find the right gig you can channel all of that work energy into it, and the community benefits. And you make like-minded friends.
That's a great idea. I think I know just the place!
Yes. A start. As you get more confident, you can branch out a bit more and make more connections. It's tough but it can be done. And you have your music (and Gibson).
Absolutely. I do have a handful of friends which I'm grateful for, but I'm used to a different kind of social circle.
Tough is a great challenge.
All in good time :)
Monday alrdy... Wtf
Consolation breakfast
YUM!
Where dis?
https://maps.app.goo.gl/pVG65tJSnWm8s44MA
Thanks!
Oh dear, my QuietComfort headphones have died overnight. I was just thinking yesterday they're on the way to 8 years old... great innings.
8 years is great, mine are approaching that old. Microphone for calls stopped working years ago but they're still going strong as gym headphones. Battery is still very good. I've replaced the leather cups a couple of times.
Go another set of the QCs. I went the sony XM4s and they lasted maybe 1.5 years before developing one hell of a fault that rendered them unusable. When back to a new pair of Qcs and dont regret it. Dont be tempted to cheap out (not that the Sony were THAT much cheaper than the Bose anyway).
I love my XM5s, but the poor things have taken quite a bashing. I think there is an issue with one side, but otherwise, still good.
made some oven roasted tomato pasta last night. Tomatoes out of my garden, grown with love. It was horrible! I ate 2 bites. Mrs ate half of one. Kiddo ate a bit though I'm pretty sure he'd eat pasta with a dirt sauce so long as it was real pasta.
I'm back from Chapel st and the book store. Scored a small pile of Melodiya and Supraphon LPs and 2 Yehudi Menuhin records. from the op shop. $1 each
basic adulting quiz
Worth doing. I got a couple wrong that I didn't think were wrong when I answered. Bit of a wake up call.
The egg one is baffling. I've never seen buy one get one free for eggs.
Ahhā¦ I donāt have a car and am a pensioner. Also I donāt have a credit card. I can only really speak to the eggs.
Does this mean Iām entitled to kids meals and tickets?
I got 8. It would be great if this stuff was taught in schools. I worked in a bank for a while, and as unpleasant as that was at least it made me learn about interest
7/10 not mad about the ones I got wrong!
Same here! I got the ones right that I should've.
10/11 - the super contribution one got me (by half a percent!).
Exactly the same here. Even down to the amount I was off by on that one we got wrong.
Twinsies!
10/11. The credit card one fucked me.
same, I pay mine off asap or don't use one at all
9/11. Don't rely on me to change a tyre!
I couldn't be bothered doing the math. 4! Which is rather a worry given what I'm doing this week š
8 outta 11. not bad!
8/11
Off by .5% for super. Didnāt get the bonus question and what was the lastā¦.
Oh yeah, the CC one.
Eugh, my good mood for the day got thrown off by a bit of an intense psych session (teleheath too - I hate telehealth psychology).
But I managed to finally use that ancient beetroot (V slicer to the rescue), made a pot of dal and fried up a slab of tempeh. Tomorrow, I freeze some of the beetroot curry, and make a cabbage stir fry. And put my new dishwasher to use, with today's mountain of dishes generated, hopefully...
Itās a bit hard to see, but thereās a very happy wattle bird eating nectar from the salvia outside my back door. Have been feeling very blah and burnt out lately, and the bird chatter is a nice distraction
Yesterday I saw a rainbow lorikeet but didnāt get a pic
A bunch of them are obsessed with eating our diosma flowers and ripping the lead paint off the balustrades. Less for me to take off i guess.
I can see it! I love hot lips salvia. Such a cheerful, pretty plant :)
Discovered little bit ago that the recycling truck didn't take our bin because some dickhead parked directly in front of it. Starting this fortnight with an already full yellow bin, only 13 days to go until it gets emptied.
Have you tried calling your council to do a specific bin pick up? I have in the past when a similar thing has happened, they usually come next day.
I second tone. Have had to do the same myself because the same thing happens to me on occasion.
MFW we're drunkenly discussing US politics and neonazis and the Polish dude starts getting weirdly insistent about how many Jews his family saved during the war.
Jsyk, paradox of intolerance goes right tf away when you realise we're talking about a social contract violation.
My aunt's parents were kids in nazi germany as well. Fuck they have some heartbreaking stories.
My mother was young during wwii.
She told me her Jewish neighbours were taken away. No description, just a statement. One of the very few things she said about her war experience.
Aunt's father was one of the kids stuffed into uniforms and given guns once the allies started taking german territory. Dude was barely four foot in his 80's recalled being captured by a US platoon, all of them HUGE in comparison. He spoke no english and they spoke no german. Freely admitted he pissed himself.
Aunts mother complains about the rats. Always the rats. Only spoke of the actual nazi tenure once, when very drunk. Friends, neighbours, people were disappearing and everyone knew why but no one said or did anything. She broke down in tears. "We were so stupid"
I should add: they were both prepubescent kids at the time. He was ten, she was six.
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Yes, yes it is. Stupid brainmeats.
Itās fine. Take this āļø
A while back boyo told me off for not having my furniture wax cloths in a sealed tin. He's right, they can spontaneously combust. But.... I just discovered a š¤¢š¦ Gah!
Thatās what puts me off oil paints (that and laziness). The risk of spontaneous combustion
Anyone else got a thing for cute brunettes in Kilts? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gyGTEHyUysM it's Tennant being gloriously silly
Oh he is a delight š
I've got a thing for Tennant.
off to the book shop
anyone need anything? š
2&3 of Master Li and Number 10 Ox please
Eight Skilled Gentlemen and The Story of the Stone?
Yes. I adore the first one but have never found the others in the wild.
Will keep an eye out for them for you. Minotaur might help as that's where I got my copies. When you do, enjoy the most fascinating autopsy in history - of the monk who specialised in abject confessions. Yeah, and the cannibal feast and puppet show. Mr Hughart is a certifiable genius - well, certifiable anyway.
Much obliged. I look online every so often but the shipping tends to be a dealbreaker.
I thought you meant the classic , Hongloumeng, there are a few different translations . I've read them all, the modern 2 vol is best.
But instead of reading it I would personally watch the tv series instead, it is so very good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw9Wlq9bZso&list=PLzX3GuY8oecomKqF2wiu9vsJEOyMuF0nw Once the title music starts I'm totes into it all over again.
This new book version by Barry has my interest piqued. š
A Toscano Gluten Free Pizza Base. $7.
I went to 2x Woolies and 2x Coles on the weekend in a futile search for the bloody thing. Can't have family pizza night without it.
Update: Dad went down to Coles this afternoon and found one! Pizza night is on!
I have a question for our bakers and chefs and general kitchen superstars - whenever I try to make something doughy - like pretzels or scones - the mix is always way too sticky. I follow the advice on the ingredients, but yeah, too sticky so I end up essentially eating half the mix off my fingertips.
Any suggestions on how to combat this? Is it simply needing to add more flour?
Don't add all your moisture at once. The weather can change things a fair bit. Either flour or oil your hands.
Hadn't considered oil...
Flour to HANDS, not to the dough. I'm serious. What is happening is that the oils/moisture on your skin is sticking to the dough (whatever sort). So wash hands, dry well and then dust with flour back AND front- use at least 1 tablespoon and shake off excess to one side to use under the dough later. Then punch the dough, fold and whack it until it comes together. At least 3-5 times. Then knead or not depending on recipie. DON"T KNEAD MUFFINS, and scones only lightly. Chilling the dough once it's come together does help.
Or you can embrace the sticky, and then when the dough comes together rub off the sticky bits into the dough (only if hands are clean). Dough behaves a bit like bluetack in that it can be rubbed into balls that attract other balls.
I have tried flour to the hands, and it does seem to improve it a bit. But the rest of what you said I haven't. I will give it a go. Thanks :)
Use lots of flour on the bench or board, rub flour into your rolling pin and rub flour onto your hands before handling dough.
I have floured the board and hands previously, but my work area isn't the best and I need a bigger board too (and one that doesn't move). Thanks!
Be sparing when adding more flour as you can accidentally use too much and throw off the ratio. Iām told that continuing to knead makes it go smooth elastic and become less sticky but maybe a dough scraper would help get it off the surface and back into the dough ball until it reaches that point.
Iām not a hugely experienced baker but hopefully that helps somewhat
Thanks. I'm going to try make a pizza from scratch next weekend to put in the smoker so trying to figure out ways to avoid the sticky problem. I'll see if I can grab a dough scraper as well :)
To be clear you can add flour! Just a little at a time. Iāve definitely added too much before and the dough becomes stiff and dense.
Also I googled and you can make dough less sticky by resting in the fridge.
Ooh let me pester His Lordship, he's all anout the puzza dough and long chain proteins and kneading
he says do a lower hydration dough (ratio water to flour). He does a 60% hydration, 3-5 day ferment, allows more gluten to form. Kenji has a "fool proof no knead pizza" recipe online that's easy and a banger apparently. Seriouseats.com
Thanks! I'll take a look. Might save me a headache.
When you're mixing in the bowl, if your dough is coming away from the bowl easy then you've got enough flour in there. Before you chuck your hands in there flour them too.
Because I donāt know if I did it wrong - what about when you knead, rise, then knead again and roll it out? It turned out ok for my pizza dough but I have a feeling that wouldnāt work for bread
Thanks. Iām not really making either these days but it was something I was a little unclear on after so long
I made pizza/pizza scrolls a few times and it was edible but my one bread turned out like a rock from too much flour.
I hope I can get back to having them in future because carbs
This is awesome. Thank you :)
New bike rides an absolute treat. I've missed bicycle rock star parking where I can ride up to the door of a place and lock it to the nearest pole. The seat is hard as, but my bum is also lacking conditioning.
If I was to buy another bike I'd get one with the most comfortable seat possible and get someone else to ride it for me while I'm in the back. People love bike riding and I'm like "My back can't cope with being bent over like that and my fanny hurts". I do envy bike riders.
Having children alters the way you can ride a bike!
That was before and after. My bike had a sticker on it that said NO STUNT. I tell you what, it felt like I had every single time.
This is my 3rd bike, that I currently have. Frankenbike tourer, AusPost BMX cargo bike, and the new racer/road bike. There's fanny friendly gel seats now days.
Gel seats!!! I like that!
What kind of bike did you get?
Full carbon racer. Giant tcr composite 1. $200, which was a great price.
Rough night's sleep. Don't feel too rested today.
Work partner is out sick today as well so bleh.
Let the day end already please.
Yeah I think I slept ok but still woke up drained as well. Weird.
Here's hoping we both get a better night's sleep tonight.
haha I did not. hope you did!
good night everyone š sweet dreams
The cooling weather is depressing.
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"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!"
Pour lāessentiel, lāhomme est ce quāil cache : un misĆ©rable petit tas de secrets. AndrĆ© Malraux
Translation: "Essentially, man is what he hides: a miserable little pile of secrets."
StudSpud: "I say less secrets and more Castlevania!" Thumps table
Tossing up whether I ride to work today. I always see if I can convince myself otherwise but usually end up going