Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    19·
    10 months ago

    I was expecting not to receive my full pay rise this financial year regardless of meeting my performance plan because I haven’t been in this particular role for the full financial year… but I just got an email saying congratulations and that my pay rise is coming through on the next pay run along with backpay from July 1! Yay!!

    Sometimes things just work out.

      • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        It’s still technically a pay cut when looking at the cost of living/inflation increases but let’s try not to dwell… nobody is getting raises to meet those increases unless they’re changing jobs. It’s still progression! …yay!

      • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        I did the maths and it ends up being an extra $108 a fortnight in my bank I think so I’m not sure if I’m inviting people onto my yacht just yet lol

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    Sat outside Brunetti on Flinders Lane with a drink being Melbourne as fuuuuuuuck 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

  • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone
    12·
    10 months ago

    Had an MRI this morning, first time. I knew it was going to be an uncomfortable experience but I wasn’t expecting to feel completely stoned afterwards. Had to sit in the car for 20 minutes before I felt capable of driving home and even now I still feel a bit spacey. Might have a nap.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    Windows are being replaced with double glaze today, at 7.30am.

    Also have a combination of medicine issues with a lil bit of food poisoning. Makes for my first sickday 🤦‍♀️

    On the brightside: i can call workforce today to remove the hold on my payment. Apparently not going to the employment training for the last two days of it last week (bc I gained FT employment) means I’m a bad dole bludger and must be punished with even more poverty ugh 🙄

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    11·
    10 months ago

    squeee, I’m going to visit new Ted Cat tomorrow morning, I really hope I can get him. 💗😸

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    11·
    10 months ago

    Another unseasonably warm morning, bringing with it both pleasure at the temperature and a sense of existential dread at the larger meaning of it all. I plan to work out my inner angst by raining destruction upon the leaf-curl ridden nectarine tree that’s never produced any fruit, and the gall wasp ridden lemon tree that is little more than a twig with leaves that constantly surprises me by the fact that it somehow manages to still be alive.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Leaf curl is nasty. I’ve had good results from Bordeaux mixture - which is copper sulfate based. My lemon saplings have had all their leaves chewed off by something, so I have moved the pots and sprayed them with soapy water. Will hose them off tonight if it hasn’t rained by then.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      2·
      10 months ago

      Unfortunately leaf curl is inevitable and can only be managed by spraying. If this isn’t a preference yeah I agree time to get rid of the tree and plant something more robust. As for the lemon tree, my recommendation is to ignore any and all advice that says to cut off the galls. Spent a few years cutting off galls from my lemon tree, and the poor thing could never recover because it was getting cut back too much. Left it totally alone for a couple of years, just fertilised, and it is now lush and heaving with fruit. It is also full of galls but that seems to have zero impact on its fruit producing ability. There is enough tree for both me and the wasps to share.

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    11·
    10 months ago

    I am one of those people who hate chasing up money even though I have been owed it. The person I was dealing with is nice but they haven’t paid me for some work I did, so do you think a simple “Hey, how’s it going? I was wondering if you had a chance to talk to payroll/admin regarding the payment for [event] we discussed?” would be fine?

    • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Yep it’s on them to feel bad about them not paying you, not you. That’s a very reasonable email. Can’t imagine how you could word it any nicer or gentler.

    • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I always feel horrible when I owe people money, but I also feel horrible asking people for money. It sucks.

      I don’t think that’s a bad thing to do though.

  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone
    11·
    10 months ago

    The prevailing theory for the use of eyepatches, in the case of piracy on the high seas and maritime combat, is that they will help preserve your “dark adapted vision”.

    In such cases where you need to transition belowdecks you can maintain combat effectiveness in low light conditions.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
      7·
      10 months ago

      Oh. I thought it might have been because you’ve accidentally poked an eye with your hook hand while swatting a fly.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        7·
        10 months ago

        sailors would sometimes lose an eye from ropes flicking up

        they would also lose a lower limb from a rope accidently coiling around an ankle

        ships are dangerous, the sails exert strong forces and anchors are very heavy

        the dark adapted vision thing is probably because they used sextants for navigation and that meant looking at the sun

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 months ago

    I freaking HATE when people use my full name when my email, contact details and profile are all my short name. Think calling someone Benjamin when their email signature and address are both just Ben. Its condescending as shit, and like some sort of power play or something.

        • Nath@aussie.zone
          3·
          10 months ago

          I remember reading somewhere that Bartholomew is my name in some other language (like John, Jan, Ian, Sean etc are all the same name). It’s just occurred to me that I’ve just accepted this as a fact for decades without ever actually looking into whether it’s true.

          So now I’m just gonna come out and say it: don’t call me Bartholomew. Thanks.

    • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I feel so bad when I’m emailing people who don’t sign off but they have a name that can be shortened. Like a Joshua or something. I don’t want to seem rude by saying Josh, but I also know people who don’t like the long version of their name (I hate the short version of my name and I have another nickname that is popular with people who have the same name as me).

    • bananafungus@aussie.zone
      2·
      10 months ago

      I kind of have an opposite feeling to this, I have a long first name that is frequently shortened, and I get terribly annoyed when I give it to people and they go straight in with “hey banana” instead of “hey bananafungus” like we’re old pals.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        1·
        10 months ago

        I give people at work the option, “Hey you dont have to be Samuel if you dont want to, you can just be Sam” so I know their preferred name by their signature.

  • jaybb3rw0cky@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 months ago

    As someone who rollerbladed more than walked as a kid, and has played ice hockey for over 10 years, I have found a massive flaw… namely in that pants these days are FAR TOO NARROW. How the fuck are my tree-trunk legs supposed to get into these skinny jeans?

  • bananafungus@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 months ago

    Decided to do a hard reset (basically don’t sleep, not even a nap after your last shift) after night shift to get it out of the way, and holy hell am I being reminded why I don’t do it this way. I think I can hear and smell colours at this point! Just keep having to remind myself doing it this way means more holiday hours.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 months ago

    Cherry blossom and coriander forest weird FLEX but okay:

    spoiler

    Bees only get a few weeks to enjoy the cherry blossom. But it’s the first year both the coriander and cherry are flowering together which is new.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 months ago

    Introducing the BLOSSOM DAWG

    Edit. It’s actually a pretty tasty tree. I thought it’d taste like grass but that was alright.

    • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I can’t endorse or encourage this behaviour I’m sorry. I’m glad you’re having fun and trying new things though.

      • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
        2·
        10 months ago

        Look. It’s a limited edition. One of things where the food scientist goes 'hey, that’s a good idea" and then it mysteriously goes missing from the shelves a few weeks later.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      2·
      10 months ago

      Having been to Japan several times with their sakura flavoured things and sakura petals as garnish. I approve. Though not with that ghastly colour combination and that very chewy off tasting bolted coriander leaf.

      • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
        3·
        10 months ago

        I know. The coriander has just gone early after this week, it was dark, it was late, I was hungry when picking it and I’m all out of excuses now :(