• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    26·
    2 months ago

    RESIGNATION IS DONE!

    Catchya fucking later.

    (I still have 4 weeks notice though lol)

    Edit: the person I’ve been seeing is taking me out to dinner to celebrate. Absolute legend!

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      9·
      2 months ago

      Yay!

      Just don’t burn down your bridges just incase. I’ve seen some weird times where it’s come back to bite people.

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        Totally. I’ve been very professional and am preparing my handover notes over the coming weeks.

        This whole thing is going to fuck over my favourite people at this place, so want to make it as easy as possible.

          • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            I’m genuinely going to miss them, and hope to maintain contact with a couple of them. The representative of one of the clients I work with wants to go and get some drinks sometime before I leave. I thought that was pretty cool!

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      9·
      2 months ago

      the owners must have noticed by now something is very wrong with how the company has been run

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      9·
      2 months ago

      they actually want you to see out your notice?! Really?! I’d be politely pointing out that if a customer asks why your departing you wouldn’t be comfortable lying. That should solve that problem fairly quickly!

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        8·
        2 months ago

        Dude the new manager still doesn’t know what my job is exactly, or what it entails lol

        He’s asking me in my fucking resignation meeting about it 😂

        And you’re right. That’s a good point. I’ll bring it up in the stand up tomorrow morning.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    18·
    2 months ago

    oh, and flailing kermit arms, I just signed the lease for the house by the beach 🙂 big exhale, it will be so nice there, like a holiday

    and an easier and cleaner house to live in

  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
    17·
    2 months ago

    I know I say this a lot, but I am so grateful for this space on the internet. Thanks y’all for being rad. Being able to celebrate, commiserate, rant, share, joke - I really appreciate it.

    Hope everyone finds some light and joy in your day today.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    12·
    2 months ago

    Tonight’s wave!

    At a really fast shutter spd. you can see it’s way less splashy than you think in person… it is blobby!:

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      10·
      2 months ago

      One thing I’ve learned is that you can go for two hours then bail. You don’t have to be the last to leave, you can even be the first. I’m the oldest and brokest of my cousins.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      You’re not behind, you 1) survived 2) are getting healthy and 3) are starting to thrive.

      that’s a bigger accomplishment.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        6·
        2 months ago

        I agree.

        spoiler

        It’s really tough going through all the emotions and pain of getting out of bad relationship dynamics. I look at my sibs and some are happy with the way thing are, they are the abusers, and others are miserable. They are the victims. But none seem to make efforts to question or change . They seem more stable but stable as what?

        • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          A lot of could just be…well how do you approach a subject like that? I don’ t mean just checking in saying “howya doing?” but even acknowledging the depth and breadth of something like that is just something a lot of people just can’t fucking handle or even begin to handle, so they get weird about it and decide pretending after the fact is a tactic. Which doesn’t fucking help, but at the same time, aggravatingly, you can’t fault them for not being able to handle it.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      9·
      2 months ago

      You have no idea how much that shit sets you back in life. While other kids are building skills and confidence and networking you’re stuck in survival mode and start out at a massive disadvantage.

      Look at it like this. If you’re not able to thrive to that level yet and unable to provide whatever it is that they want, is it really your fault? What did they give you? It was their job to build you up and since that didn’t happen they don’t reap the fruits.

      I think they get what they gave. /shrug

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    11·
    2 months ago

    Aldi has a kind of crappy web site. I can’t search their list of grocery products. I made apricot chicken but had to get the apricot nectar and french onion soup mix from Coles. I prefer to avoid colesworth where able.

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Fender Bass VI

        6 string “bass” that’s strung with higher strings and used as a guitar. Sounds mean as fuck in drop F or Drop G.

        It’s 800 so it isn’t a million bucks lol

        I’ve got some gigs coming up with the new band so would be nice to have this.

        • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
          2·
          2 months ago

          Baritone guitars are very nice and a good bit of fun. At first I thought it was odd they weren’t more embraced by the metal community, but I guess that’s because they just went straight to seven strings.

          • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Exactly right.

            Personally I prefer to stay in 6 strings so I don’t have to completely change my picking technique after 20 odd years.

            The Bass VI sounds amazing from what I’ve heaed but will Defs be taking the helix with me to test it out.

    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
      2·
      2 months ago

      New Job Present! What’s on the wish list? My last guitar purchase was in 2012 so I’m well overdue, I’ll shop vicariously through you =)

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        So this is technically a bass, but it’s being used currently all over the place as a guitar with lighter gauge strings. Because of the build, it’s pretty much perfect for heavy, down tuned music!

        This place doesn’t have one, but I reckon I can find one by next week

        • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
          3·
          2 months ago

          Oh man that thing looks awesome - good luck with the search! Because you totally deserve it!

          My last purchase was a 2011 Les Paul Studio, not the sexiest full-bling LP but every time I pick it up I absolutely love playing it, it’s right for me. And after playing a few newer ones I actually prefer the one I’ve got.

          • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Thanks mate. It’s been a hell of a ride the last few months.

            I used to solely play Gibson SG’s but I grabbed an Epiphone LP and it’s incredible. Feels so different. The weight distribution is better as well.

            Do you still play?

            • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
              3·
              2 months ago

              A nice SG would be next on my wish-list for sure. You’re right they’re very different to play, my old music teacher had one I used to get to use a little bit 20 years or so ago.

              With a 5 year old and a crazy workload, I definitely don’t get to play as much as I used to! Our little bloke is showing an interest in music though, my wife is steering him towards piano, I’m on Team Guitar, but we’re not being pushy about it at all. IF he wants to learn an instrument at all it’s entirely up to him!

              Of course, the fact that the guitars and ukulele are now prominently mounted on the wall in the room right next to his bedroom had -nothing- to do with me… ;)

              • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
                3·
                2 months ago

                You’re absolutely doing the right thing. I was musical from a young age, but unfortunately that wasn’t really followed up on until I started singing and playing when I was 15. I think just having the stuff around would absolutely bring out that curiosity. And kids love making noise right? lol

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    9·
    2 months ago

    Crawling round my engine bay, looks like I fixed the oil leaks like a god dam baller. I mean I tightened the three nuts with oil leaking around them - two in the rocker cover and one in the timing chain cover. But nonetheless oil leak stopped.

    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
      6·
      2 months ago

      Oh man in my youth I owned more than one car where the lack of an oil leak meant it was probably out of oil :D

      Hopefully it’s all good now! Getting timing chain covers off of anything made this century is a ballache :(

      • dumblederp@aussie.zone
        3·
        2 months ago

        On my 40yo diesel Toyota the timing cover is right there. It’s so accessible. Fortunately it was done at 215k and I’m only now at 260k.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    9·
    2 months ago

    I was doing an annoying dance at Melbcat and I definitely think her vision is improving. Confusion… her head and eyes tracking movements… disappointment in her eyes… yeah she can see me! And from metres away.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    9·
    2 months ago

    Pretty bleah fieldwork out west with awful dust, and the woooorst traffic. I think I need to make sure I leave that part of town by 3pm so I’m not stuck tearing my hair out on the M1 (even paying a princely $7+ to go through the tunnel is aggravating)

    I feel so mad. I’d treat myself to a pizza but I’ve already had a takeaway spinach roll for breakfast and a servo sanga for lunch. No more reckless spending, it’s pasta with broccoli, celery, peas and vegan chorizo for dinner tonight (easy to make!)

    Dishwasher people have contacted some service agent who’s then supposed to get in touch with me in 2-3 days. I don’t know how long I’ll be without a dishwasher for. Still disproportionately frustrated about it.

    Grateful at least for chilled coconut water to calm down with…

    E: after a buttload of garlic, I am sated

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      4·
      2 months ago

      I reckon toll roads should have an SLA where if it takes over a certain length of time due to traffic or incident, you get a refund.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        2 months ago

        I’m just glad I don’t live in Sydney where toll roads are almost essential/unavoidable now unless you have an extra hour to spare.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    9·
    2 months ago

    Carefully packed by room type and labeled boxes have devolved into throwing random items into shopping bags. So many sneeze fucking dust bunnies!

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
          6·
          2 months ago

          Thank you. I’ve done the sorting already so packing should be easy.

          Did you find any cat stashes? I expect to find lots of my missing hair ties and sea shells Bill stole under the fridge and sofa

          • Catfish@aussie.zone
            5·
            2 months ago

            I have found several small plastic dinosaurs and many many cedar balls, but am still missing about half the ping pong eyeballs. Possible Stash locations rapidly narrowing.