• MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    First week in a higher role nearly over and I must say I’m enjoy it.

    Slightly more busy and dealing with new people (who are all super patient).

    Best part of it, is I actually have some influence over large decisions. So far my input has been welcomed and respected.

    Fingers crossed my old boss stays in his role and I can keep this one 😁

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    13·
    3 months ago

    Concrete pump in the fog this morning. I got a war of the worlds vibe. Like a giant leg in suburbia.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    I gotta say… as someone who often feels like an outsider it’s kind of nice that everyone else is sick when I am too. I feel like I’m a part of something.

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    12·
    3 months ago

    2 more hours before these guys go and I can leave the house. They’re just pouring concrete now.

    Hard to relax when people are all over the house. Been here since 9am.

    Sorry, just whinging. I like my place to myself and fluffy butt. It feels intrusive.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    11·
    3 months ago

    Short-staffed at work because people sick. People also sick at home. People sick everywhere 🤧 Holding sickness at bay with Bioceuticals Armaforce, Tolak Angin Flu sachets, and maybe my A– blood type. A special shout out to all of you who are under the weather. May you be back to your usual sunny selves soon!

    Edit: also still wearing a mask on buses. They are really stinky sometimes and people coughing all over the place! Between people who smell like they’ve been cooking in their bedrooms and people who’ve been sleeping in their clothes for a month I am over it!

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    11·
    3 months ago

    Sometimes when I pick up the guitar, something really personal comes out. It’s rarely recorded, it’s never on purpose.

    And no one hears it but me. And that makes it special.

    I know how wanky that sounds, but it’s true. I’m probably not explaining myself properly

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Art is art, public or private. It is a reflection of us as humans, to put something so personal out into the universe. So uniquely you.

      It isn’t wanky, not to me at least, for whatever that’s worth ha! It’s human. No one will ever read everything I write, all the words left private, unread, unseen. But I do it for me. You do it for you. We just gotta be humans about it all, I think.

      Idk maybe I’m just a dumb dumb lol

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    10·
    3 months ago

    Fuck I think I’m gonna have to go back to bed. I doubt I’ll sleep cause I hardly did last night, but like… it’s better to laying in bed in the dark feeling like shit than sitting on a couch, right? Thank god the Mrs is well enough to look after kiddo.

      • Eagle@aussie.zone
        4·
        3 months ago

        Thankyou. It’s a massive cheat. Two woolies mud cakes underneath but I ain’t hot time for baking and decorating.

      • Eagle@aussie.zone
        2·
        3 months ago

        It’s lollies and fondant and bought icing roses. I just put them I’m their spots. But it does look good.

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
          3·
          3 months ago

          Still the fondant went on smooth and stayed in place without bubbling, thin spots or tearing. And the decorations are on firmly with no leaking of royal icing or sliding down. Technique and stuff

          • Eagle@aussie.zone
            2·
            3 months ago

            It slid backwards a bit on the car ride. So much for the back seat passengers keeping an eye on it! But it was unscathed just a bit further back on the board. She loved it too.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      1·
      3 months ago

      Oh wow. I’m also making a cake tonight for a birthday tomorrow. I doubt it will be this pretty.

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

    I have reconsidered and decided it wouldn’t be the best decision to go out this weekend. I can’t imagine being well enough by tomorrow. At least the new season of The Boys dropped today and there is plenty of NRL to watch over the weekend.

    I guess for now there’s only 1 thing to do… 420 blaze it.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    10·
    3 months ago

    Sad news is my microphone ran out of charge 😔 Good news is the man has so many cords, power banks and nerdy shit that it’ll be up and running in no time 😀

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    10·
    3 months ago

    jesus christ, neighbours are smoking shit so fuckign dank I can smell it in my house.

    Both properties were built in the fucking 60’s so we’re not up each other’s arses, and this place actually has insulation and draught exclusion

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I’d forgotten just how much I hate the smell of weed. There was a kid at the last place that would smoke inside and blow it into the heating ducts and then I’d end up reeking of it. The new kid here only smokes outside, but he stands just outside the door so it still makes its way in

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
    9·
    3 months ago

    Days like this I wish I had a house with a wood fire. The crackle sounds and warm glow are a cure for winter cold and sads.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Cleaning out the ash & cinders the next day is the downside of a wood fire. My EBrunswick house was heated with a slow combustion wood heater - dealt with all too many ashes over the years. The good side of that is I always had wood ash on hand for the garden. I actually miss that part of the deal. I don’t miss stacking the wood chunks though and keeping them dry and ready to use.

      • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Yeah, I’m glad to be done with that, I must say. (The ashes. Oh my God, the ashes.)

        • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          Wood ash does wonderful things for the garden when added in small quantities. Also snails hate ash and won’t cross it, so can be used to protect baby vegetables if you put a ring of ash around whatever plant or bed you want to protect. After that, the ash can be dug into the soil when the plants come out after harvest. I’ve never used briquettes or coal, as these ashes are a lot more toxic.

      • SituationCake@aussie.zone
        2·
        3 months ago

        In my ideal house there would be regular heating plus a wood heater. Wood heater for night when I want to put effort in and regular heating for the rest of the time. I want the mod cons and the cake.

        • Eagle@aussie.zone
          3·
          3 months ago

          We run the split system on the cold mornings when we’re heading out for the day, then I light the fire when I get home. It warms the house up nicely, and is a great way to get clothes dry in front of. When I have a day off I’ll keep it ticking over all day and it’s lovely. It is a lot of work and mess though, and we are very lucky because we don’t have to pay for good wood.

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

      It’s the smell for me. Sometimes I like to go and drive out to regional victoria on the coldest days just to smell the wood fire smell in the air mmm

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    9·
    3 months ago

    I called in crook. My brain is stuffed. Then I was joined by Mrs and Tinyest cause he got sent from from daycare with lice. They claim no one else in the room has it, which is impossible cause he hasn’t any any other interaction with kids outside of daycare, and we don’t have it.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    9·
    3 months ago

    i’m a wrangler, a schemer, a cobbler and a snagger of discarded things and unconsidered trifles. A repairer and a reuser. But most importantly, i also share the booty.

    In other news, weird day today. Pic applies.