Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Guys!! My other half won Powerball! He split the winnings with me and now I’m $10 richer. Drinks are on me!
I remember when I was about 10 years old, my mum gave me one of her scratchies and I won $20 bucks! I felt like a millionaire. I remember spending my winnings on a Monsters in my Pocket collectors set which had all the monsters in it. One of the best days of my life.
My daughter found an photo (hard copy) of my old old cat from when he was a kitten.
From memory this photo is exactly 30 years old.
Photo of a black and white kitten
Later in his life he was missing a chunk of his ear and hospitalised a German Shepherd.
This was just first impressions.
Hello, I am alive. Still. Heheheh
I am still trying to log in on my phone (jerboa app and chrome mobile browser), but I am not getting a reset password link. I also cannot reset my password on PC (where I am typing this from) without remembering my old password... which wouldn't be necessary if I could remember my old password haha. I will keep trying, but if I am unable to reset my password so I can log in on my phone, I may set up a new, even more starchy, account.
Anyway, I am currently working from home, smashed out a busy day today, never once looked at my phone until after work, when I saw I was summoned by my good friend PeelerSheila :D <3
I will be available tonight on my PC :) I may need to work tomorrow, to help a colleague so I won't be able to reply tomorrow (I need my monitors for work lol), but I am here now my fellow DTers, my favourite people. I truly love you all
Edit: sorry if my tone is off, im kinda still in work mode bleeeeheheeheheheheehe lol
This is awesome! I was busy making chicken nuggets from scratch and didn't see this msg, great to have you back mate! Sounds like the job's going well.
Glorious! I love the way these flowers just dance in the breeze. Always looks choreographed to me.
Miss Meow says Friday 13th can bugger off and she's not uncurling until the weather improves.
Just realised it’s Friday the 13th! May the superstitions of this day help all your curses succeed! (Please use them for good not evil)
His Lordship and I have decided to have an absolutely over the top compliment day. Made a cuppa? Oh what rapturous divine beverage crosses my lips you truly are a credit to teamakers and all their arts! You have fed those felines with the grace and deftness of Apollo himself!
It's delightful.
Tonight I introduced the man to one of my favourite snacks. His beady little eyes lit up.
That is buttered simit, peanut butter and a cheese to cleanse the palate.
His words were "omg omg omg" (more than once) "I think you're on to something" and "I need to buy some peanut butter to take to work".
3 simits for $4. Ash cheese from aldi $4.50. Butter and peanut butter. A relatively cheap and full filling snack.
I always knew them as a beer fridge. I think someone came along and said "No. That's too bogan. We'll call it a bar fridge". Hahaha.
I always think of a beer fridge as being the old fridge that was still running when you upgraded, so it got moved to the garage and used for beer. Whereas a bar fridge is a tiny little fridge you buy with the intention of storing beer in, then discover the shelves are all the wrong heights to store most drink bottles and you can't fit enough in to manage even a small party, so you end up using the sink full of ice anyway. Although it was surprisingly acceptable as the only refrigeration I had when I first moved out of home.
The only alcohol I have is some Chinese cooking wine, which won't benefit much from refrigeration.
Only meal I ate today: rice with furikake, soy sauce, fishy olive oil and hot sauce, with soft fried eggs, and Portuguese sardines.
Sooo a doordash driver either stole or forgot to deliver my drink and apparently doordash support is worse than basically anything else I've ever seen
"Please allow me a moment to transfer you to the correct department"
"Your chat had been disconnected. Thanks for using doordash! How do you rate this conversation?"
Edit: after several escalations (9 transfers!) Old mate Kimberly told me I'll receive a refund of $11.50 in 5-7 business days, even though nothing in my order was $11.50 and that's certainly more than a bottle of coke, then said ""have a nice day"" (she quoted have a nice day) and disconnected
Maybe it’s just this bleary Friday but feeling in a definite work rut of late. So I apologise for probably the deepest/longest post I’ve ever made online.
I’ve been in my (IT/AV/technical) industry 25 years, and at my current job almost 10, but due to some SERIOUS imposter syndrome am still pretty much doing the same work now that I was doing back in the day.
Around 15-20 years ago I was doing much more technically complex work than I am now and climbed to some higher leadership levels, but HATAED managing people so quit that job and dropped right back to the coal face where I’ve been ever since, with pretty much zero progression.
My boss’ boss - we were both at the same level when I first started. My manager, I trained them when they joined as a junior, helped them rise up to a role at my level, and then eventually supported them to go higher and they’re now my boss.
I’ve been approached by other groups over the years to join/help out/move up, but I’ve pushed back every time because I can’t help but think “I can’t do that”, “they THINK I know more than I actually do”, “if they find out I’m actually crap I’ll be unemployed with a family to support”, "I've hit the limit of what I'm capable of".
GAH. I wish I could just appreciate what I’ve got, but I come to work completely on autopilot, can’t remember the last time I actually had to use my brain for anything, and seem to just be the guy everyone turns to for help/advice, train new staff and to help further their own careers. Imposter syndrome blows. Wish I had the kind of personality that could fake it till I make it.
OK vent over, time for more coffee.
There's a thing called The Peter Principle - where you rise in the organisation until you reach your level of incompetence. I have to congratulate you on avoiding this horrible fate. Horrible both for yourself and others. I'm not being ironic here - if more people had a realistic idea of their own competencies then the world would DEFINITELY be a better place.
So props to you for being honest with yourself about what you can AND are willing to do. It's not strictly speaking imposter syndrome I think, unless you really want to play a competitive game of I'm better than you are, nyer nyer nyer. There is much to like about a regular and adequate for purpose pay packet.
Check out Dilbert syndrome online too, where incompetents are promoted to a level where they cannot impede production ....
It’s perfectly fine to not want to ‘move up’ to management. I do what I do because the hands on stuff is interesting. Why would I replace that with management bullshit for a smidge more money and no fun?!?! Yes, we end up with on paper senior people very much our junior. My issues about that are person specific not directly age based.
Oh I agree completely. My 'junior' manager is the best boss I've ever had! Totally cut out for it.
No way I'd ever want to take on a management role again, just wish I had the guts to push through to something at a "technically" higher level.
I don’t know anything about the industry but that actually seems like an important role and good job security. Seconding the point about not getting promoted into a position that’s a poor fit/stresses you out. If you’re financially secure and not hating it a job can just be a job.
But if it’s getting too stagnant you could ask for a side project or (lower pressure) take one up yourself? Do you have enough comfort with your boss that you can bring this up?
Ted Cat chirped again. He will be ok 😸😭
( I also opened Ted's door, Bill ran in to steal his food. 🤬
Anyone else here given blood and not been able to fill the bag? I gave blood and followed the normal procedures (like drinking all of the water, having snacks beforehand etc.,) and yet I couldn’t completely fill the bag. It got close but the flow pretty much dwindled down to drops. Normally my body freely gives blood but this time around it was like “nah bruv, that’s as much as I’m willing to part with”.
Maybe your body just needs its blood atm?
I keep meaning to go & give blood, but I’m a bit phobic about needles, so it can be hard for them to get blood out (stress seems to equal reduced flow)
Maybe. I think from memory they've used the same vein for the last few appointments and I'm wondering whether that's part of it too. But I have also been pretty stressed/burnt out so that could be it as well.
My wife is the same about being phobic towards needles. She'd love to give blood but needles are just something she can't handle. Sounds like though you've been able to at least get to a point where you've donated before, albeit with a bit of trouble?
I did try once, but got faint and they had to stop. I really should have another go. Nurses have commented about the stress/flow thing during blood tests before, and it does make sense - your body would be preserving its resources.
If the needle stick pain bothers your wife, I’ve found Emla cream handy to numb the spot. Having one less thing to stress over makes it a little easier for me, at least.
Being the stats nut, I try to beat my "personal best" time on filling the bag. Just like my runs though, present-day me can't compete with 30-years-ago me. In my prime, I could fill that bag in just over 4 minutes. These days, I'm happy if its under 5 minutes.