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Daily Discussion Thread: 😺 Mon 15 Jan 2024

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I'll be offline this week, on a cruise to Tasmania.
- It’s like a 9 hour boat trip, how lost are you planning on getting to stretch it out to a week?
  
  It took 30 hours to get from Port Melbourne to Hobart alone, the ship didn't go too fast.
- Have a great trip!
  
  And try and avoid covid...
- Have a good trip. If the Tasmanian Fudge Company is still running bring me back some fudge. 🙂

Sky pretty
- Top night for it! Enjoy your tennis 🎾
  
  Nice pic!

Not my f’ing day.
Just spilt my entire dinner on the god damn carpet and had to do a massive cleanup and remaking dinner again as all of it had to be tossed out.
It’s the last thing I need right now!
- Poor bugger, I feel for you, that really sucks. At least you made another.. I've been known to crack the shits and go without in a huff like an idiot
  
  Trust me I cracked the shits.
  It was souped based as well which made it so much worse to clean up.
  Almost thought about going without as well.
  Anyway time to take a deep breath.
  Still annoyed at myself.
- gees

Stand-up meetings, where everyone is in fact sitting down and it goes for almost an hour, a very crappy way to start the week.
Also this annoying brown-noser type person at my work took it upon themselves to run the meeting and they called me out on screen and asked me how my weekend was. I said it was fine and asked how theirs was, their response to my lack of information was "wow it's like talking to a teenager". Fuck off. If I don't want to regail all of the staff about what I did on the weekend like you do, then that's my decision to make.
- “wow it’s like talking to a teenager”
  completely unacceptable. Go to HR and your manager on it. Claim to be offended (Because they wont give a shit otherwise). You're owed an apology and they need to learn they cant do it any more.
- Oh I hate this cunt for you.
- Wow. Just wow.
  I answer much like you to questions about how I am and stuff like that at work and I do get ribbed a bit that I’m never anything but fine but it’s all lighthearted and that they’d love to hear that I’m feeling wonderful one day but seriously that response is so unnecessary and ugly.
  Me thinks you need to raise this with someone perhaps.
- passive agressive denigrating remarks in the workplace? mmm well that's not conductive for a good working environment, I'd suggest having a chat with HR.
- I hate this person for you. It’s none of their business and it’s actually a good idea not to discuss your personal life at work

- I’m sorry, there are still areas where modern medicine just goes 🤷‍♀️
  
  Yup. ‘Guess it’s all in your head, GL.’
  Except they don’t say good luck.
- I'm so sorry you're going through this. I hope they can help.
  
  Thanks. Fingers crossed there’s something

I am eating chicken nuggets!!!! I can not taste them and they are probably a terrible choice for my first solid food, but chicken nuggets!!!

It's been a long-ass day, so many calls,
\ So many people staring at their walls,
\ Calling us to do some dirty, hard work.
I'm trying so hard to talk to them all,
\ Tell them we'll pick them up when they fall,
\ I start at 10am, it's the only real perk.
I tell myself I'm not burning out,
\ It's just a busy period,
\ It's what this job is all about,
\ I tell myself I'm not burning out,
\ It's just a busy period,
\ I'm just a bit worn out.
- so many hugs
  and have a beer or two on us 🍺🍺🍻🍻

I made a post on Facebook mentioning I had some time off and now Facebook is suggesting I start a chat group to plan a meetup. All of these "smart" AI/algorithms are really starting to be annoying - it's like having an idiot friend around who constantly misses the point of things. Instead of adding value like it's supposed to, most of the time it just takes up time and distracts you pointlessly.
- Nothing worse than when technology tries to be "Helpful"
  
  If the technology was smart enough to understand context it might actually manage to be helpful. But when your post is actually about looking forward to spending time at home and not going out, plus it is in a group with 82K members from all over the world and not a great venue to plan an impromptu meetup, then that sort of suggeston coming up is just an annoyance.
  
  What? Who isn't interested in making a chat group for a Meetup to best use their break?!
- I keep getting recommended sci-fi stuff on streaming services. Um you don't know me at all algorithm.
  
  It would not be so annoying if they didn't go so overboard on everything. But it's never just one or two ads, it takes over so that's pretty much all you see.
  If reminds my of a situation my mother had with someone she worked with once. Mum said once that she liked the ginger biscuits they had for morning tea, and this person focused on that to the point of obsession - she would buy and present ginger biscuits regularly, christmas presents would be chocolate coated ginger etc. All presented with the best of intentions because "I know how you like ginger". Which might have been great if Mum did actually love ginger, but it was a faulty extrapolation from a single passing statement, and instead it was extremely annoying (to the extent she would regularly come home and vent about it, which is why I know about it!).
  The way they are using their algorithms now is like that, going way overboard from snippets of information and most of the time being annoying rather than helpful.

PSA: I've lost some photos. Partly my fault, partly computers dying. Anyway right now I had 3 or 4 repositories or backups, most duplicated, but I only discovered recently that at some point something corrupted and I lost some priceless photos. Spent 3 weeks digging through old storage to find a backup and luckily, I found a VERY old SD card that contains them. Its a miracle that it survived this long. I nearly cried tears of joy. Anyway, if you don't have a good backup solution? Go make one. Right bloody now!
I'm also open to suggestions for management/organization of photos. Right now im across iCloud for recent stuff, Dropbox for last gen stuff, and then google drive for older than that stuff. And its just chaos!
- Print them out and put them in an album. Use the best paper, ink, glue and album you can find. The pictures should last quite a few decades, if not more.
  
  This is a great idea.
  Every year my wife and I pick out our fave photos of the year across both of our phones (because that's where they all get taken these days!), and when Snapfish do their big yearly sale at the start of Jan we get a hardcover photo book made up.
  It helps to have a folder that we just dump photos we particularly like into as the year goes on, makes things quick come book compiling time.
  Just this weekend gone our niece was staying with us, and she loved going through our little collection of photo books on the shelf, and I admit I enjoyed it too! I love the experience of browsing a book or album of printed photos.
  
  We've just done that in the form of a calendar for the grandparents, but we're talking a need for more long term cold storage.

There's a whole lot of earth moving going on out the back of mine and the reverse noise on one of the bits of equipment sounds like a huge wattle bird and the resident magpies are freaking the fuck out. Just standing there on the lawn staring at this excavator probably regretting the little feud they have going on (with the real wattle birds).
- I hate the new style reverse noise. Apparently it’s now the thing to use because it is more noticeable and annoying than the beeps.
- this is making me laugh way harder than anything has the right to. Maybe they should try praying to the Magpie God.

I've made a new post named Tucker Time on !foodaustralia@aussie.zone replacing What's for dinner? That way you can post about your breakfast, lunch, dinner etc.
It would be great if you could contribute unless of course if you live on air. Thank you.

My friend and I were chatting outside a cafe when a Bogan looking human riding on a scooter passed us saying "🙄fucking Asians". 😂
I don't think I belong in that category but I'll take it. She was def looking for a reaction and I gave her none and she just left. This was my first openly racist comment in 4 years, not bad!
- The worst abuse I used to hear in Detroit was abuse from passers by who thought I was a race traitor. So maybe that's why you copped some nasty words. Not Asian but hanging with Asians in an Asian place.
  It's unacceptable and distressing. hugs
- just remember, said bogan has to exist as themselves. Helluva punishment.

i got stuck into some sorting and decluttering today, and decided to pull out a bunch of stuff for hard rubbish. I went to book it in and apparently the collection people are taking a Christmas break and there are no collections until February. Oops.

So sore and tired , no cooking, I'm having gyoza for dinner 🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟🌶️
- Yum yum!

I found a really good minimalist keyboard https://github.com/dkter/aaaaa
- How on earth did that get approved for the App Store?
  
  Anything can really as long as it's not a virus.

it's a toss-up in my household as to who sucks more: Colesworth or Australia Post.
At least colesworth deliver, I guess...
- Colesworth for me
  Never had major issues with Aus Post. Hate the duopoly bastardry.
- That's a tough one. Aus post I haven't have any issues but my local post office sucks. On the other hand Coles worth suck but the staff of my local stupor markets are lovely.

I am caretaker free today, so I am donning a mask and gloves and taking care of myself. I am very curious to see how I go considering I'm going to attempt quite a few chores today.
My mouth and throat feel good today so I might have a go at some scrambled egg or something as well, exciting times!

Someone on reddit Melbourne dt can't log in to aussie.zone using Firefox. I don't know what this means. Maybe someone here can help.
- Get them to try dumping their cache, i'm on ff and it's working fine

Rental car (from my insurance) sorted.
I asked for a small car and got a Mitsubishi SUV (not sure what model, no badges on the outside).
Annoyingly, I can't get it to sync with my phone via bluetooth so I'll have to use Android Auto and plug it in via USB, which means no Deezer. Sigh.
Driving it has been... a learning curve, especially when I hit three red lights in two minutes. Ah well.
- Deezer's site says they have Android Auto support. Should be there as an app.
  
  Didn't spot it but shall investigate further.
- The manual will be in the glove box, it'll state the model of the car. If it's a rental, there's a good chance the blue tooth profiles are filled up, and you'll need to delete some previous users.

I have encountered the most saddest Apple strudel.
The pastry was so thick and claggy… I could only eat the filling.
- This has made me angry 😡
  
  Oh, it was not good. I have made a cheat one with frozen pastry that was better, even days later.
- mmm, it should be light and fluffy
  at home if it's a problem brush the pastry with beaten egg before making the pie and that will help stop it going soggy
  
  I know! I already knew something was wrong when I spent a minute trying to sever the end bit of pastry. I should have taken a photo.

Been applying for a few jobs recently and actually getting calls (interviews lined up for next week). One in particular is fairly senior and not related to what I've done (can argue that my experience is transferable) and the manager I spoke to is very keen to interview me.
Might have to do some sleuthing to find out more about the team and culture in the place.
- Good luck! 🤞🏻

I bought a watering can from coles. I don't have anything to water but when I do I will be prepared.
- best thing is if those develop a leak you can just weldbond seal it. Although the rosettes can be a bugger to clean at times.
  
  I never thought that it might not be functional. In that case I could fill it with fake flowers and use it as an ornament.

Work goes so much faster when you have something genuinely interesting to investigate. Accidentally stayed late, I never do that!

Cats are weird and full of surprises. I got a pot plant off the footpath, a bromeliad in flower, it has nice pink and purple spikes. Ted Cat loves it!! He's playing with leaves, hiding under and behind it, sniffing it all over. He's very cute. 😺 He is now half asleep on the sofa pooped out.
- With his eyes open? 😲
  
  half asleep, he is now fully asleep with the sun on his tummy

Just watched my elderly neighbour reverse into his mailbox. Barely any damage, but I just know he'll spend the next 3 days 'fixing' it loudly with every power tool he owns.
- is the car ok?
  
  Might have cracked his bumper a bit but that's all. He was going very slow, but managed to knock the box over.

Why can't I login to this using Firefox anymore? very annoying
- Someone suggested clearing your cookies that could be a possible fix.
  
  Yup this worked. Strange. It kept showing me 500 errors so I thought something was wrong with the site
- I just tried logging in via desktop Firefox and it worked for me using this website.
  https://aussie.zone
  I usually use https://wefwef.app for desktop browsing though.
- Are you iFuJ?
- What exactly is the issue? An error message?

I just put my shower curtain liner in the washing machine, and it made me wonder how many people actually have shower curtains and not glass panels these days. I suspect it is an ever-dwindling number.
- I feel like they’re still a feature in accommodation.
- I tend to see them as part of shower-over-bath arrangements, which I have. My MIL had her bathroom done out like a hospital bathroom (ie the floor of the bathroom is also the shower floor, so you walk straight in without stepping over anything) and she has a curtain too.

Wow, I slept terribly. To be expected. Don’t usually sleep well out of my own place, but this one takes the cake.
I had a dream that I was back home (home wasn’t quite home), but I realise I have no recollection of packing up my site and I’m trying to get back. I’m panicking in my dream because it feels so real that I really have no recollection whatsoever.
I finally make it back and I think I’m at my site and I realise I’m at the wrong site and I go to walk a little further and then I wake up in my tent.
There was a ton more details like Tim Roth and couple of people I used to know in my dream, but that one point in my dream where I thought it was real or questioning reality, freaks me out.
That’s the first time that’s ever happened.
Hmm, maybe we really are in the Matrix…

Since we have a large basement area i am going to be printing out a fritzl mugshot and hiding it in a dark corner. I am aware that I am a bad person and don't care
- Large basement? In this economy that’s a prime rental opportunity…
- 😮
- Jesus Christ…
- Play some background music that is appropriately inappropriate.
  
  Jeeeeeesus

Does anyone know if Aldi have cooking chocolate?
- I’ll have a look at mine next time I’m there. Probably this weekend when I go get a haircut.
  
  Thanks mate.
- I don't think so. At least the two near me have never stocked it.
  
  Yeah I've never noticed it. If it's gonna be anywhere I reckon it would be above all the other chocolate. Thanks anyway.
- Yes they do - most of the time. Sells out fast. White, tan and dark brown. Also choc chips. And caramel chips.

been resting and watching sooo much tv and movies 😀

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
- Back to work today, so a strengthening breakfast of porridge with berries and cream, and some coffee please.
  
  💪🌾🍓🫐🥛🥣☕️
- Champagne and full seafood platter please.
  
  🍾🐙🦑🦐🦞🦀
- A feast fit for a klingon
  
  Prune juice!
  
  👽🥩🍺

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