Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
I am digged out. One garden bed has been filled, and the base of where the second one is going has been filled too. There is still a bit of soil I need to bring around in the morning before the next load is delivered, but I’m done for the day. Shower, dinner and collapse on the couch is the plan for the evening.
Wow. Serious hard yakka there.
Here U go 🍺 well deserved
Thanks, much appreciated. Although my arms may be too tired to lift it…
That looks fantastic 👍👍👍
ooh nice!
Having done that at my old place - wheeling out god knows how much to the back in a tiny cart up an old door placed over the steps, then hauling it into a high edged planter box - I can fully appreciate how every muscle in your body must be aching like mad now. Let us know how it goes tomorrow morning…
Lookin’ pretty damned schmick!
Just between us, I have been killing it at work since I got back from holiday. I haven’t overdone it or underdone it, I’ve just done what I needed to do and kept what I believe to be a good balance. This feels like how this role should be performed and I’m feeling like I’m providing value.
I’ve provided some great input in areas both within my specialisation and outside of it, seeding ideas and generating high level technical discussions. I’ve collaborated with internal and external stakeholders. Progressed activities and provided valuable updates to the team on current and upcoming technologies and solutions.
Now I just need to bring that kind of energy to my personal life… which I’ve started on by getting my apartment in order. Took the cardboard box pile down to recycling today and just gave my air fryer a deep clean so I can use that again without it making my apartment smell like old grease.
I know what I should do now but it’s a matter of getting up and doing it. I should go for a walk or something. Go Go Gadget lifestyle changes to promote better mental health!
unexpected giggle of the day: Boss entered a bunch of peninsula sites into the worksheet. Cut and pasted most of them. Didn’t realise he’d missed the second N
yes I am a four year old.
Yeah look this is also me when I’ve had to type or enter Pinus too many times.
At the old workplace boss had an issue with NZ names. Lighthouse cinema in Pauatahanui? Well we had it down as Porirua and watching a grown man blithely and confidently talk about the Lighthouse Cinema in Pornirua was a blessing
“missed”
Once had a real estate agent called Pennisi
Well, were they?
My old lady (mum) has become a cooker. She sent me silver bullion for my birthday emblazoned with " the currency after the reset", this has been building for years but holy fuck.
Has anyone else had this? What are you doing/who are you talking to?
The other place has qanoncasualties if that might be any help?
I wouldn’t care what the fuck is written on it. It’s silver bullion mate. Does she need a middle aged daughter?
Go for it. How far will $115 of silver at market rate take you?
2 slabs of beer and some snacks.
I wish I had advice to give, but I don’t. I do however have sympathy. Same thing happened to me during covid. We are now non contact (there were other reasons too, but this was a big one). For context I studied and work in STEM, so I was essentially the enemy and there was no way forward from that. Good luck. It’s horrid.
I’m so sorry. I suggest you treat this like your mother has joined a cult. learn how to speak to cult members, the book “Combatting Cult Mind Control” is very helpful.
It’s probably youtube cooker stuff, as she has moved to country Tasmania ten years ago with her boyfriend (my age!)
I’ll look, just in a bad place right now.
YouTube cooker stuff is like a cult!!
azaleas going
Don’t eat these ones.
I’m doing chips for dins.
🐟 Just keep digging. 🐟 Just keep digging…🐟
Lift that barge, tote that bale … I don’t like how the plot develops from there on.
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Fortunately I did not join the no sleep gang last night (the joys of being at the start of a break from work!) so I’m nicely rested for my day of digging. I have 3 tons of soil to move (which sounds more dramatic than 2m for some reason) so should burn off some of the excess calories from last night’s pizza indiscretion.
Hola
Cola
Crunchy Granola
And getting caught in the rain 🎵
Wait…
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New cars going well. I dont love all the automation and safety stuff though. The lane departure system is really annoying when your swerving to avoid potholes and the car has the nerve to complain that your trying to protect it. But beyond that fuel economy is better than expected and its a lot more comfortable when 3 of us have to go somewhere. And Carplay, maaaan carplay is soo good!
I hired a car recently that had that. Great fuel economy, but that lane thingy, pushed me out of the lane on more than one occasion. Very frustrating.
I never use lane assist, it’s a pain. But yeah after coming from an old car relying a mounted phone, using carplay/android auto was a whole new world.
Ooo! I’m out of the loop - what did you guys end up getting?
Kia Sportage to replace the Mazda 6 Diesel, which I have to say, is the worst car in the world. Edit: The mazda, not the Kia. Kia is great so far.
Yeah I remember the trouble you had with the Mazda - glad to hear the Sportage is doing good for you guys! And yeah, how funny is it to upgrade to a car that has things like Apply Play? Like, holy shit, my car has APPS now!
I mean, to be able to use maps is just amazing. And that it wont go out of date like a car with built in maps is just amazing.
I have had to take away the bottomless cat crunchy bowl. While Bill was sensible Ted Cat was assploding from non stop eating. Now he gets 1/2 cup a day only. Ted is not happy.
I’m still upset my boss is leaving and I’m not sure why I’m having such a strong reaction :(
I was upset when my boss left as well as we had worked closely together for a good number of years.
I know I was angry at the time when some meetings took place and basically dismissed her and a few days later I cried when one of my co workers asked what was going on and I couldn’t help it.
We’re you close to your boss or had a good working relationship? It’s not I dial if you formed some sort of bond over time.
We have a great working relationship, and we’ve been working together for hardly half a year now. I think I’m not angry, as I think I know why she’s leaving, and good for her if that’s the case, but I’m so disappointed that two of my *closest *colleagues are leaving/left :(
I was upset when my old boss finished up. I mean I knew it was coming and it wasn’t like we worked together day in day out. In fact I rotated back and forth between teams. For me it was comfort of having someone there that I trusted.
Edit: Ah, my bad. I just read yesterday’s reply. Being blindsided can take a while to get over.
It literally came out of nowhere! Mine’s a small team, first a senior left, and she got replaced with another one and now my boss is going. I think I miss the senior in my team as she really used to look after and help me (given i’m new to the industry. she took me under her wings) but her replacement isn’t the same as her, which is ok but this sucks…
Oh, I totally get it. My respect/affection for my boss is because they were just someone who seemed to have me pegged from the get go and without my even noticing, just let me work where I was strongest. To be trusted in certain scenarios is something I value, but I guess I never realised how deeply it mattered and how much it matters to be seen without it needing to be verbalised.
I think it’s an approach a lot more places could/should adopt. Cannot tell you how much I loathe, loathe, loathe reviews. They can get in a bin. I think employees would do so much better if they’re told on the spot things that need to change, be addressed or fixed instead.
Such is life. I’m glad I was honest and let them know how I felt. I hope that it made them feel valued and maybe somewhat validated in the end. They’re onto bigger pastures, but I still miss them.
Oh, I totally get it. My respect/affection for my boss is because they were just someone who seemed to have me pegged from the get go and without my even noticing, just let me work where I was strongest. To be trusted in certain scenarios is something I value, but I guess I never realised how deeply it mattered and how much it matters to be seen without it needing to be verbalised.
Yes! Same! Even though I’m fresh out of uni, she has respect for me and my work and gives me a lot of time and space to do my thing. And she’s genuinely just a very good person as well.
I’ll admit that when I first saw the Israel/Hamas news, even though tragic I thought it was another of the regular flair ups that occasionally happens in the region and it would settle down in a few days. But it seems bad. Sadly I don’t think there will ever be peace in the region.
there will be if one side ends up wiping out the other, which its looking more and more like Israel are prepared to do. But not sure that actually qualifies as peace.
So to read there were no chips tonight was heart breaking. I is offering chips
Today’s coffee. I think I need to just buy a bunch of milk and practice my milk/foam technique but honestly, it doesn’t need to be pretty to be delicious and this very much was that. As good as or better than the cafes around here.
That looks really good
That looks perfect!
Oooohh nice froth on that coffee.
I love coffee art. You have perfected the moon.
Portuguese custard tarts at the work caf today.
This must be compensation for sitting opposite The Noisiest Oblivious Bitch In The World all morning
