Here's something else I don't understand people doing: using the email address provided by their ISP or an Icloud email address.
I see a lot of email addresses through work and it's like, "you're really wedded to bigpond or active8me, huh?" Or it's like, you didn't have an email address before getting your iPhone? Apple created you an email address and you decided to go with that now?
Although realistically these are probably just old people that are getting their emails routed through outlook or the default mail app on their phone and aren't changing internet providers anytime soon.
Boomers probably signed up with an ISP in the 90's and are like, "this is my email now". I still don't understand using icloud for anything important though. You must be really confident you're only ever going to use iPhones going forward
My Mum's still got a Bigpond address. We've been trying to get her off it, which has hopefully been successful as she's now moved and doesn't have Telstra internet anymore. Not that Telstra want to maintain the Bigpond addresses either - it's a legacy system they are still operating only because of old people who refuse to leave!
The other thing she did was create a joint email for her and my Dad (which I don't think he ever would have looked at himself anyway, but his name was in the address). I guess that's a transfer from how landlines would be for a household and not an individual and the email address was looked at the same way.
Then there's me, with lots of email addresses for different things (especially banking and secure things, they get a unique email that is used nowhere else). Plus most business dealings I create an alias address, so if the business leaks it I can tell exactly where it came from.
Went to SILs citizenship ceremony last night at robert blackwood. First time I've seen one. Have to say the sound in there was pretty good. God it dragged on though. 350 people. Went on for almost 3 hrs. Naturally lotta bored kids w/ low blood sugar getting shitty.
I think the weirdest part was a 5 min video spruiking the city of monash. How many kms of cycle paths, how many parks, hospitals etc. etc. Not sure what that was all about.
No aboriginal flag, just aussie which was odd considering they had a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung? dude speak for 10 mins and play the didge. They should probably change that.
My daughter's graduation is coming up. Fuck knows how many hours of sitting and clapping there'll be. The best part will be when I get to block school phone numbers, emails and delete Xuno.
Xuno is a school portal to have safe conversations between students, parents, teachers and admin. This is how safe it is.
I receive an email to say there's a message in Xuno for me. I open it up and there's a note from a teacher.
Dear parent. Just a quick a note to let you know Polly was a cunt in class today and there was an incident. We have rectified the problem on our end but we would like to handball this on to you now. Feel free to lash the child if need be. Cheers teacher.
Wait a minute. Who the fuck is Polly? I don't own a Polly. Oy kid, do you know Polly? She reads the message and informs me she does not.
2nd email arrives "Please disregard the first email"
I wanna know how flustered the teacher is when they've opened my kid's portal page and her photo, name and year level is there and they're still writing to me about "Polly".
I have sent my kid on missions to find out about the mysterious incidents that I have been notified about then retracted.
Once everyone six months or so I get a craving for McDonald's. Today was one of those days. I stopped by on the way home from work and got myself a quarter pounder with bacon, lettuce, tomato and McChicken sauce (just the burger). Not bad at all. Would try again -- in six months or so.
I decided to make some little lasagnes for the freezer. I ended up with three single and two double serves of lasagne, 3 serves of bolognese, a half serve of mostly-tomato bolognese for a future parmiagiana, and two serves of cheese sauce. Plus lots of mess.
The freezer is getting very full. I need to focus less on stocking up and more on eating.
If it's any consolation I can't have those things either (well O can manage lasagna with GF pasta but it's been a loong time since I had a good ole gaytime....)
Everything is so quiet at my place today. They are doing some sort of drainage works behind me, which means the main road has been blocked off and will be for about a month. All of the normal traffic in and out of the estate is not there, which is more noticeable than I expected.
They have a delivery guy who decides he's not gonna deliver to an address that's been delivered to for three years because he does not like stairs. They decide the problem must be the address, and offer increasingly milquetoast mewls of "we're sorrryyyy" and "I'll make a note" like they're somehow helpless victims of a courier service they've explicitly chosen to utilise.
hitches old fart belt back in my day we'd tell the courier to get their shit together or lose our fucking contract.
rarely occurs to some of the guys that the reason for home delivery might be because the person can't actually get the item from a store because disabled 😒
Are you not allowed to make any mistakes ever? Sounds like a toxic manager making a threat like that.
Brings me back to my casual working days where if you were on the manager’s wrong side on any given week, you’d get no shifts or the worst timed shifts.
That's just shitty management to jump straight to a threat like that if you don't make mistakes like that on the regular. A bit of humility goes a long way.
Good evening. I'm Low. Would you like to take a seat. Anywhere here is fine wave your hand in the location. I love your earrings. So cute. Enjoy your night.
My Brother Laser is printing tired prints, sorta faded down the middle. I've never done it but I think it might be time to replace the drum and not just the ink, does that sound about right?
The magpies have been making this sound that could be coughing?
::: spoiler spoiler
But I can’t find a real video of what coughing sounds like in sick birds. Had to dig through layers of content farms and botshit by specifying veterinary and still there isn’t any succinct clip like ‘this sound is/isn’t cause for concern’.
I’m really hoping bird flu hasn’t come back around because that water dispenser is shared by a number of birds and at least one cat.
I shouldn’t have put it out in the first place but caved and began providing water in the very hot days of summer.
Sounds a bit like my bestie (who is a bit bigger) down the beach the other week. I thought it was weird barking but maybe just coughing up a beetle / worm lol.
85 Comments
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 20 pts · 278d
My final assessment has been marked. I have now officially completed my diploma, yay!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 278d
Congrats! 🍾
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 278d
Congrats!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 278d
Congrats!!! 🍾
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 278d
Congrats 🥂🍾
Eagle@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
Congratulations 🍾
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
Congrats 🍾🥂
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
Congratulations!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
Congrats 🎉
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
Yayy!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
Yay! Congrats 🥳
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
Yay
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 278d
Congrats!!!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 278d
I walked into an RSEA and they're selling Helly Hanson work pants 5 for $150. That's a week's worth of pants for $30 each, that's $15 per pant.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
that's $3.75 per work hour on an average 40 day week!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 278d
Having a good mate ghost me means I have to scrounge for references, BUT I got an email from the company asking for them so that's a great sign!
Here's hoping the references I gave glaze me up 😂
Eagle@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
We have a reference source here, don't we?
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 278d
Had the kind of dreams that elicited the need to just run away and take care of myself today, but here I am at work 😅
Dear Melbourne, I know we had some sunshine over the weekend, but can I please have some more?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
I hope your day turns around and something really really good happens ❤️
I'd like to add to your plea. More sunshine, less allergies please Melbourne. My solar energy is depleting fast.
Ps. This is shit spring cleaning weather btw.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 278d
Good morning. :)
The young seagoons are here 😊
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
I hope they have a lovely stay! Any grand plans for their time or just family time and beach walks?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
36 hrs then on to Belgium and then Vancouver and Toronto
then back to Melbs
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 278d
Today at the beach I saw a Fiddle Ray ( shark )
here is a pic, it was about 1 metre total length, it looked awesome
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 278d
Is that the same as a banjo shark?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 278d
it is the same
but apparently not a real shark
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 278d
I work exactly one day this week. It is a shitshow
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 278d
Get to work from home tomorrow fuck yes!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 278d
Yo
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 278d
Soothing existential angst with a Gaytime
Eagle@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
Don't mistakenly buy a packet of gaytime bites from the grocery clearance store. I ate the whole packet on the car ride home.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 279d
Here's something else I don't understand people doing: using the email address provided by their ISP or an Icloud email address.
I see a lot of email addresses through work and it's like, "you're really wedded to bigpond or active8me, huh?" Or it's like, you didn't have an email address before getting your iPhone? Apple created you an email address and you decided to go with that now?
Although realistically these are probably just old people that are getting their emails routed through outlook or the default mail app on their phone and aren't changing internet providers anytime soon.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
I reckon it's 100% the last one.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
Boomers probably signed up with an ISP in the 90's and are like, "this is my email now". I still don't understand using icloud for anything important though. You must be really confident you're only ever going to use iPhones going forward
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
My mum's email was something like 10001442.34632@compuserve.com.au for fucking years.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
Imagine getting an email from that address now and just thinking the person is spam
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 278d
You're spot on lol
I'd say most that are in the ios ecosystem are going to be long term.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 278d
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
My Mum's still got a Bigpond address. We've been trying to get her off it, which has hopefully been successful as she's now moved and doesn't have Telstra internet anymore. Not that Telstra want to maintain the Bigpond addresses either - it's a legacy system they are still operating only because of old people who refuse to leave!
The other thing she did was create a joint email for her and my Dad (which I don't think he ever would have looked at himself anyway, but his name was in the address). I guess that's a transfer from how landlines would be for a household and not an individual and the email address was looked at the same way.
Then there's me, with lots of email addresses for different things (especially banking and secure things, they get a unique email that is used nowhere else). Plus most business dealings I create an alias address, so if the business leaks it I can tell exactly where it came from.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 278d
Wed' was my interview
So am I crazy
You have my number
So call me maybe?
I've had my interview
It's been six days
You have my number
So call me maybe?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 278d
Went to SILs citizenship ceremony last night at robert blackwood. First time I've seen one. Have to say the sound in there was pretty good. God it dragged on though. 350 people. Went on for almost 3 hrs. Naturally lotta bored kids w/ low blood sugar getting shitty.
I think the weirdest part was a 5 min video spruiking the city of monash. How many kms of cycle paths, how many parks, hospitals etc. etc. Not sure what that was all about.
No aboriginal flag, just aussie which was odd considering they had a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung? dude speak for 10 mins and play the didge. They should probably change that.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 278d
My daughter's graduation is coming up. Fuck knows how many hours of sitting and clapping there'll be. The best part will be when I get to block school phone numbers, emails and delete Xuno.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
Never heard of xuno til now.
If that was around when I went through I would've been in a little bit of trouble.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
Xuno is a school portal to have safe conversations between students, parents, teachers and admin. This is how safe it is.
I receive an email to say there's a message in Xuno for me. I open it up and there's a note from a teacher.
Dear parent. Just a quick a note to let you know Polly was a cunt in class today and there was an incident. We have rectified the problem on our end but we would like to handball this on to you now. Feel free to lash the child if need be. Cheers teacher.
Wait a minute. Who the fuck is Polly? I don't own a Polly. Oy kid, do you know Polly? She reads the message and informs me she does not.
2nd email arrives "Please disregard the first email"
This happened more than once.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
lol. Could work in the kids favour though.
"Teacher said you did this".
"No I didn't they've got it wrong before"
"True, carry on".
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
True
I wanna know how flustered the teacher is when they've opened my kid's portal page and her photo, name and year level is there and they're still writing to me about "Polly".
I have sent my kid on missions to find out about the mysterious incidents that I have been notified about then retracted.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
StudChud@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 278d
Jorts are pretty much done! Just going to do another layer of stitches on the snek, and trim it.
::: spoiler pics
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
That’s some good sewing there
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
Very nice
and very brunnie to wear with tights 👍
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 278d
Once everyone six months or so I get a craving for McDonald's. Today was one of those days. I stopped by on the way home from work and got myself a quarter pounder with bacon, lettuce, tomato and McChicken sauce (just the burger). Not bad at all. Would try again -- in six months or so.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
It's a blessing and a curse that they don't offer any vegetarian options. I'd love a plant-mac.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 278d
I decided to make some little lasagnes for the freezer. I ended up with three single and two double serves of lasagne, 3 serves of bolognese, a half serve of mostly-tomato bolognese for a future parmiagiana, and two serves of cheese sauce. Plus lots of mess.
The freezer is getting very full. I need to focus less on stocking up and more on eating.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 278d
I wish I was eating lasagne and Gaytimes. This would fix me
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
If it's any consolation I can't have those things either (well O can manage lasagna with GF pasta but it's been a loong time since I had a good ole gaytime....)
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 278d
Everything is so quiet at my place today. They are doing some sort of drainage works behind me, which means the main road has been blocked off and will be for about a month. All of the normal traffic in and out of the estate is not there, which is more noticeable than I expected.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
oh pet circle about to go on the shitlist.
They have a delivery guy who decides he's not gonna deliver to an address that's been delivered to for three years because he does not like stairs. They decide the problem must be the address, and offer increasingly milquetoast mewls of "we're sorrryyyy" and "I'll make a note" like they're somehow helpless victims of a courier service they've explicitly chosen to utilise.
hitches old fart belt back in my day we'd tell the courier to get their shit together or lose our fucking contract.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 278d
rarely occurs to some of the guys that the reason for home delivery might be because the person can't actually get the item from a store because disabled 😒
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
beach
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
Walk. I love how it leaves me sweaty and nauseous
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
Please let 5pm come soon I'm fucking wrecked and yawning at my desk.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
tone212_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
Are you not allowed to make any mistakes ever? Sounds like a toxic manager making a threat like that.
Brings me back to my casual working days where if you were on the manager’s wrong side on any given week, you’d get no shifts or the worst timed shifts.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
That's just shitty management to jump straight to a threat like that if you don't make mistakes like that on the regular. A bit of humility goes a long way.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
The groceries have arrived. The cold stuff is away and I will deal with the rest after coffee.
Sadly a few things were not available, but nothing too major. I did at least get the potatoes this time, although sadly there were no parsnips.
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
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Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
Kaffee und kuchen, bitte
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
☕️🍰
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
Danke
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
Hello chef! Could I have whatever Force is having please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
📦
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
a giant 🍁🐌🍪please
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
🍁🐌🍪
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
Could I please open the box and consume the contents?
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
👍
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
It's Jeff Buckley's birthday today.
Time for another spin of Grace
Simon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
At the local library apparently
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 278d
Good evening. I'm Low. Would you like to take a seat. Anywhere here is fine wave your hand in the location. I love your earrings. So cute. Enjoy your night.
Do you mean like that?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 278d
'Oi now listem up I'm Low and if you don't sit down I'll make you stand in the corner and face the wall'.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
This was an interesting experiment. Yes it's USA based but given the temperatures involved I think it's valuable here in Melb.
mulch comparison
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
F yeh, f plastic mulch.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
My Brother Laser is printing tired prints, sorta faded down the middle. I've never done it but I think it might be time to replace the drum and not just the ink, does that sound about right?
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
Yes. Also clean the setting wire - cotton bud in alcohol does the trick. Might give a tired drum a few more weeks of life.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 278d
so very tired, must sleep
love you all, good night, sweet dreams 😘
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
The magpies have been making this sound that could be coughing?
::: spoiler spoiler But I can’t find a real video of what coughing sounds like in sick birds. Had to dig through layers of content farms and botshit by specifying veterinary and still there isn’t any succinct clip like ‘this sound is/isn’t cause for concern’.
I’m really hoping bird flu hasn’t come back around because that water dispenser is shared by a number of birds and at least one cat.
I shouldn’t have put it out in the first place but caved and began providing water in the very hot days of summer.
Guess I keep trying to figure it out.
:::
Edit: Saved by the other place https://www.reddit.com/r/BirdHealth/comments/z8ni64/baby_magpie_coughing/
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 278d
Sounds a bit like my bestie (who is a bit bigger) down the beach the other week. I thought it was weird barking but maybe just coughing up a beetle / worm lol.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
This magpie is a big friendly female as well. Hopefully she’s all good and was just chatting to the half grown baby with her
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
Not an expert but have talked to many Maggie's and sounds like chattering to me
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 278d
That’s really good to hear