Tunnel progress.
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Was feeling antsy about my job situation but just heard from my ex colleague about how ex-boss is continuing to be unreasonably snarky and critical to the point that he is pretty much just quiet quitting now despite being one of the most reliable and consistent people in the team. I feel relieved and vindicated in my decision to leave even though I didn't have anything lined up after for a while.
You have always seemed to me to be someone with good judgement, even so, it's always good to be vindicated.
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Oh trust me, when someone starts taking digs at you they don't stop. They're often a really unpleasant person to others as well.
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I'm so annoyed right now.. moved into a new role and workload is fucked. It's not going well. Management is ignoring it.
Also a massive massive thing has come about from a client I initially spoke with, spoke to a lawyer about (where another colleague didn't bother), it's now turned into possibly a class action, or at least a shit tonne of work for our firm. I'm getting no shout outs or anything for me recognising the potential. Not even from my direct management.
Sorry to hear about the workload, that sucks. Iβm also over here cheering for you, re the other achievement. I think sometimes management feel threatened when someone lower down the tree does something great, so they downplay it. Iβve seen that happen at my work, at least.
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Had a pizza for lunch. Drying laundry in the sun.
Making a cup of coffee and just relaxing today.
Bottoms log, star date 000002...
The 1 month outta date lasagne use by was ruse likely pedalled by the Big Lasagne cartel.
All systems nominal.
I believe the Big Cheese cartel does something similar. Out of date cheese is usually perfectly good. And can be very very tasty. I got some past its useby date vintage cheddar once that was DELICIOUS - a vast improvement on the regular stuff. And not stinky at all - just mellow and nutty and a welcome bit of sharpness.
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Bottoms log, star date 000002β¦
Captains log of the USS Potential food poisoning.
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I think it was ok for Arj Barker to ask the crying baby to leave. No hate for kids, but if you take your baby to a comedy show, or any theatre show, and itβs making noise please gracefully exit and let the performers do their craft and people watch the show uninterrupted. Hundreds of people paid for tickets to see a show, not listen to a grumbling baby.
I agree. Don't get me started on those barbarians who take calls on their phone during a performance. I could get really really nasty to such.
A couple of times Iβve been in an audience where someone starts doing stuff on their phone (not calls) and you see a glow emanating from their seat. Itβs infuriating, particularly if itβs a dark scene where you want to be focusing on the stage. If itβs that boring for you why did you come.
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I've fallen into the trap of giving Melbcat a treat any time I eat a peppermint or a cracker... she now tells me when it's time for a treat and is trying to get me to feed her the whole bag. I don't think I run this house anymore...
I'm not allowed to walk past the linen cupboard without being viciously confronted lol
I have three cats. Every time I open the pantry or a crinkly packet I get at least one and sometimes it's a trifecta. It makes it easy to do a headcount too. Oh and the dog is trained too, and will often beat the cats to the bench. It's their house,I just live here and refill the treat container.
@Eagle @Gibsonisafluffybutt Our babies are like that too. As soon as either my partner or I open the fridge, they're in the kitchen too.
Just the other day, one of our cats was sleeping outside on a chair on our balcony. And no lie, within seconds of that fridge door opening, he was at my feet.
He sprinted so fast that not even Usain Bolt could have beat him!
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According to my dog every freezer bag contains deli meat, every packet contains pork crackle and every time a knife is used its because food is getting cut up for him. Oh and he has learnt the sound of cheese.
now I have ear worm
The Sound of Cheese Tax to the tune of sound of silence
He-llo treat giver, my old friend
I've come to plead with you again
Because a package soft-ly crinkling
Left it's mark while I was slee-ping
And the package that was crinkled in my doggy brain
Still remains
Within the sound of cheese tax
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Clever doggo! We too pay the cheese tax.
Our morning session is called the 'cold meat crew'. π members assemble at the kitchen bench while Dad makes his lunch and dispenses slivers of whatever meat is bestowing his sandwiches today. It's funny how well trained we are!
Hahaha. It's all in the eye contact.
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A small tunnel mysteriously appeared in the lounge room while Miss Meow was napping. She has so far determined it does not seem to be a threat and gone back to bed. Time will tell whether it is worthy of more interaction later.
Got removalists arranged. Phew.
Attempts to sell extra furniture are proving futile thus far - one secondhand place fiddled me around for ages before saying no and am waiting on another. A couple more avenues of enquiry... argh.
Also hard rubbish has been rearranged, partly because I didn't leave enough room for the bins and partly because it'd been messed up when people rummaged through it. grumble
Mrs has got the car fixed. Damage wasn't as bad as it looked apparently, it was the material of the chair disintegrating on the panel itself thank god. Car's looking brand new again. I thought maybe we'd learnt out lesson, then she almost took out a cupboard in the garage. Far out man.
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I was just about to go to sleep and I got another one of those Medicare phishing messages. Just like last time I reported it through phish.report. pretty much a carbon copy of the last one on friday. With a bit of luck it will probably either be moved into client hold or blocked by safe browsing before all the normies start waking up.
I really wish there was something done about phone number spoofing. I imagine it would become substantially harder for them if these drongos had to actually be A. Within Australia, B. Provide ID, and C. Be subject to the same limits as everyone else
Our favourite air freshener appears to be out of stock everywhere. Woolies and Coles list it as unavailable at all the stores. Bunnings are saying it's deleted. The website is still up, but I think they're going out of business.
This is devastating. I've been using this brand since I met my wife, no idea how long she's been using it. I'm at the point where I'll buy every bottle a store has - 5 year's supply if I must rather than trying to find something else.
Confirmation. Out of business in Jan. Organic Choice, OrangePower, Trix, and Aware Sensitive are all gone. Grab what remnants you can scrounge up πΏ
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The price of my private health insurance (with extras) keeps on going up and up to the point where I don't get enough value out of it anymore. Looking at options for just having basic hospital/ambulance cover and it's still so expensive. Almost $100 a month. Having insurance seems like a luxury these days.
It is expensive, but don't forget to take into account the cost of the Medicare levy surcharge you pay in tax if you don't have it - depending on income it can cost you more not to have it, or at least take a large chunk of what you save. It's also worth considering the future - if you anticipate increased salary in the future that might put you into the category where you will need to pay the surcharge you may be better off paying a bit more now to avoid the age surcharge when you get to that point. Once you get older the insurance is also better value as you have more medical problems, so you need to try to balance the benefits of saving money now compared to the amount it will cost you in the future if you delay getting it and decide you need it later.
When thinking about the value of the hospital component of the insurance it's worth keeping in mind that whilst Medicare will cover you for life-threatening issues it is not great for things that just reduce the quality of life, and you can be forced to wait until problems become life threatening before they are dealt with. I have a friend who currently needs a hip replacement. The waiting list for public hospital is so long she has signed up for private insurance to pay for it once the one year waiting period is up as that will be quicker. In the meantime she has trouble walking and is in constant pain to the extent that she sometimes has to take time off work. Google tells me the cost of a hip replacement privately is around $25k - that's a lot of years of insurance premiums you need to save, and many surgeries can be even more expensive.
Extras are often not worth the cost unless you use a lot of things like physio on an ongoing basis. I've bought a full pair of multi-focal glasses, had a dental checkup and clean plus four fillings this year and have still not received enough back in rebates to cover a year's premiums. A lot of the big items for extras like dental implants are not urgent and you can sign up and get the work done once the waiting period is over.
π¨π¨alert! Unauthorised facial hair deletion. Who is this weird teenager?! Stranger Danger! π¨π¨
It feels like you're having an affair for the first few days!
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One of those days where it feels like the universe is just having a good laugh at me!
I can't stop laughing at this pic and I don't know why lol
Why is there no basket in this picture?
out all day yesterday and dehydration headache was not fun
I've got my kids' laptop to auto login to their user and got Gcompris to startup as a default program. I should put an ad on marketplace to convert people's old laptops into learning centres for their kids
I swear Mrs Fieldβs cookies are just depressing now. I used to love their standard choc chip one. They were so sadly pathetic, small, mis-shapenedβ¦
I couldnβt bring myself to buy one. What happened? π
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I very rarely go on the train. Had to change trains at Richmond en route to the Car on the other side of town. Got to see a lovely contrast of technology, a shiny and quiet new HCMT gliding in like it's the shit, a doddery old diesel V/Line on the next platform, and my train is an old Alstom that looks like a cheap tin can on the outside (I hate the corrugated look) and doesn't sound nearly as quiet as Shiny New Train...
Anyway, this might be the last time I take the train in quite a while. It's pretty cool people watching. There is a guy whose hair is a messy, matted nest, with uneven facial hair and oily skin, dead eyes and a defiant scowl, but he's wearing a clean, fresh, neatly pressed suit and tie! I'm going to guess IT. e: he got off at Malvern and had a nice-looking but well used laptop bag with him. He must be head of IT.
So the other day I was trying to find a song I was pretty sure was in the hottest 100 of 90-something. Hit the wrong playlist (99) but found a song I liked the song of, but accidentally skipped and ended up on Army by Ben Folds. i got really into to, decided to look it up on youtube and then youtube auto played this Ben Folds - Exhausting Lover
Anyway that's how a series of fuckups have allowed this song to play on repeat 100 times today! Join me tomorrow for livetweeting finding the laundry: Spoiler alert I've almost certainly left a tissue in the pockets again.
I love his music (not so much this song). But the dude has been divorced four times - that tells me that whatever his relationship issues are, they're probably on his end.
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I'm watching Mr Inbetween again because the man hasn't seen it and I can't stop saying "vagankle".
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