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[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Tomorrow I start Ritalin and Clonidine. Let's see how it goes.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago

wishing you the best, so many hugs

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[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Someone at work has decided that Wednesdays in the office need jazzing up

They want to start something called The Hump Day Quiz and are looking for volunteers who want to be (I wish I was making this up) The Humpmaster

I can't.....

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It is, but the lack of awareness is outstanding.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago

I used to supervise young adults and I got asked by higher up how I had such a great participation rate. "Well when I see them getting restless we'll do 10 mins of quizzes". In reality we spent half the day every day doing quizzes.

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Lol, give it a search with safety off. You might be able to cut this off at the pass. I suggest the Wendnesdayinator or MC Wed.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago

I did message the person asking if they thought the name through fully.

No reply yet

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 14 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The man turns 50 next week. That's 30 years knowing each other. I say to him "I know you better than you know yourself". He says "that's true".

He has the week off. It's gonna be a blast.

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Dinner is served

Parmigiana, potato & vegies in cheese sauce

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Goodnight all ❀️

A queen's crown.

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago

Brush is around the wrong way, but she doesn't seem to mind

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I saw an article about a woman whose game was taken down as part of all this censorship bullshit, so she put it up on her own website as freeware. I think that's where the internet is going to have to head more now.

I'll download a game for free from somewhere, then I might just make a donation to someone for totally unrelated reasons. And do you think torrent sites will put up age verification? They're already illegal.

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm way more inclined to donate towards freeware. Calibre, VLC, WinRAR, WinAmp, uBlock, Firefox. Been using these for years. Happy to throw them a few bucks here and there.

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago

That's where a lot of these games may have to go. They release them free and you donate to them if you liked it. They need some work around if you can't buy direct anymore

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We've always been a damn nanny state. Instead of addressing societal issues, let's slap a shit-laden bandaid on it.

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago

There was a debate here for ages about an R rating for games and that's just undone now under the pretence a child could see something somewhere.

And then the torrent website block. It's only honourary as it's so easy to get around. I don't even visit the actual sites anymore

[–] Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 8 points 5 days ago

Mernda/Hurstbridge lines broken, recommend walking home

[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 10 points 5 days ago (5 children)
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[–] Pilk@aussie.zone 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Edit: Actually, who cares about the other place. ;)

Feeling a bit better about the situation I mentioned earlier. Thanks for all the advice :)

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Yesterday I found out I’d made a mistake with the ato about 3 years ago that will most likely result in a very significant debt.

It was my fuck up, and I accept that.

I’m the one who approached them first, when I realised something was wrong which will work in my favour in a big way.

But still I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t really, really worried about the outcome.

So far they’ve been pretty good and have asked for more info. The tone of the call with the debt team was surprisingly light and the guy I spoke to said β€œeveryone makes mistakes”.

But yeah, I have enough shit to deal with right now and this on top is a lot.

Thanks for listening.

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago

The ATO will happily work with someone to pay a debt off! They only take legal action if the entity in debt is being obtuse and evading.

You did the right thing, it will work in your favour, and you will have the option of a payment plan!

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago

You can stretch it out over about 24 months so at least it won't be a big hit all at once

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

all G my friend. Hubs ADHD meant he didn't file his return for five years and the spankering, while impressive, was something they worked with him to develop a payment plan for.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 6 days ago

the only way to handle this is confronting it head on and getting good legal advice

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Just got a message from the Young Seagoons, they are going to visit Young Master Seagoon's fam in Canada. 😭 This is so good, I've been so sad for him, he's been half homeless ( tho he will always have a home with us ) since covid. That's a long time not to have your own pillow.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

If there was a way to delete sky news remotely from foxtel packages I would love to get my hands on it (it's only my manchild dickhead boorish fucktwat of an uncle who watches it - absolutely nobody other than his wife will genuinely care when he dies). (but sadly I could not time this visit for when he would be away)

[–] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 8 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I have locked myself out of my house like a dill. Waiting for a locksmith to come to the rescue.

[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Hope you agreed on fees upfront - I've read wayyyyy to many horror stories!!

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Update: I'm unclear on whether my house is Fort Knox or whether this guy is a terrible locksmith. I suspect the latter.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

soooo if you visited archie bros moorabbin and used their "Get $50 credit for $35" thing check your bank statement

Fuckers charged me $50. They're double fucked because I kept the receipt. Which says "$35"

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

I’ve started a new medication that’s meant to help my stomach and almost immediately

spoiler

[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago (6 children)

At some point today I must be an adult and go - in person - to the bank

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago

I have finally located my sandwich press, and a few other odds and ends I've been looking for (including the cat food, Miss Meow will be pleased). I think the list of things I'm still looking for now only contains my vacuum food sealer and a bottle of oil. And I'm wondering if I imagined the bottle of oil and had actually used it all and forgotten.

I think a celebratory parmigiana for dinner might be in order.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The new AI is 110% going to flag my YouTube for age verification due to watching cursed My Little Pony parodies but look at this work of art https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7UnO66q9w

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[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

BACK ONCE AGAIN FOR THE RENEGADE MASTAAA

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