So I put in a request to cancel my group fitness membership after the next billing. Will check out the local council gym and also another one to try and get my mum to come along.
So one of the clients I look after, is cracking the shits about something that I have no control over.
I really hope I don’t get scapegoated over this.
Fingers crossed.
And so it begins…
hard to believe Trump is getting as many votes as he is. Scary shit.
Indeed, I’ve been refreshing the news pages pretty often, at the moment it might be because of the safe seats and counting that has happened through the midband of the US, as it hits the west coast Harris should get more votes to balance it out but it’s not helping that Trump has won a few swing states already.
I really would have thought that a few of the safe seats would have flipped, considering how deranged he is and how many old-school Republicans have come out against him and endorsed Kamala.
It just goes to show that their Democracy has been so corrupted by decades of abuse that their elections no longer function.
He offers nothing apart from anger…and yet…
the what
The counting of the US election votes.
indeed
The real question about the US Election is do they get democracy sausages?
I’m not sure they’ll even have democracy much longer, sausages are probably pushing it.
They haven’t ever had it. Current system is more or less an oligarchy, it’s just called democracy so as not to scare people.
No. In fact, some states have passed laws prohibiting the distribution of refreshments to people waiting in line to vote
That’s wild
There is reason for it. Back in the days where travelling to a polling place was still a major event politicians used to ply people with food and alcohol to buy their votes. It often got quite out of control and was seen as a threat to democracy.
This is really at the core of their issues.
No. In fact when we ask about it, they usually think we are joking.
They do not
I really cbf making this potato salad but I know future me will appreciate it when I hear “What’s for dinner?” And I get to answer “it’s in the fridge. Help yourself”.
I might go the meatball sub tonight. Maybe a bit of side salad to give the illusion of health
Lettuce and cucumber is what keeps my family healthy.
BOOOOOM
SHAKA LAKA LAKA
Oh joy. Impending major restructuring at my workplace. No redundancies, more like the drive-the-people-remaining-to-breaking-point strategy.
My 11th year may end up being my last, time to dust off the resume and get the hell out of here :| At least I hit my LSL eligibility beforehand… :\
Oh noooo. Sorry to hear. Certainly brings up a lot of anxiety. What a shit way to restructure… I agree with taking your LSL as part of your plans. If they’re going to be merciless, so can you
Aww, that sucks, but hopefully another door opening…
have you taken LSL yet? I’d take it, disappear for a few months then take the redundancy they offer when you get back.
The LSL is banked with the intention of just taking the cash when I leave, on top of the 7 weeks annual leave I’ve also got sitting there.
They’re adamant there will be no redundancies, without coming out and saying it they’re definitely trying for reduction through attrition.
See what happens I guess.
As @tinybreak infers, they may be trying to get people to leave so that they don’t have to payout redundancies.
If you take your LSL and AL, you can bypass all the issues. When you come back you will either be invaluable to them and be able to get a payrise, or they would have decided to issue redundancies after all and you can cash-in again. It is a gamble though.
Listings have been placed on Marketplace. Let the is this availables commence.
I’ve received an absolute avalanche of requests today after listing stuff last night, god it’s overwhelming! Do you give preference to the person who replies first or the person who can buy the most stuff off you…
I give preference to anyone who can give the soonest time to pickup, preferably telling me their preferred pickup timeframe in the initial message. I honestly don’t care that much about the price, I just want stuff gone quickly with as little fuss as possible. So the more questions I have to ask/answer the less likely I am to sell.
Reliability over everything for me. I’d rather know that the person is 100% going to come at [x] time and buy [thing]. It doesn’t need to be today, I’ll wait until the weekend even. So long as I know when they’ll come and that they will for sure come at that time.
Having three people say they’ll come and then don’t turn up sucks. Do I hold out? Do I just go straight to the next person only to find out the first person turned up after all and now I’m shafting person #2? It’s all exhausting.
It’s hard to tell reliability in advance though. I tend to prioritise anyone who appears to have basic communication skills, which tend to be lacking in most people. If they ask questions that are covered in the listing or can’t manage to string together an actual offer to buy I tend not to bother with them.
I don’t do Facebook, so I don’t know how the marketplace thing works. In Gumtree, you can see ratings of people. “Quick Responder”, “Showed up on time” and “Polite” points account for a lot when I have a choice of buyers. If one buyer had a bunch of those and the other doesn’t, I’ll go with the one that does.
Maybe I should try Gumtree. Marketplace is mostly ferals with minimal communication skills and scammers.
Most stuff it’s quicker :)
Yeah it probably is. I just have a weird feeling of fairness to the person who replies first (but tbf everyone’s messaged within like the span of an hour). Just sayin’, especially if your name starts with P and you’ve offered to grab two hydration related items at one time… 👀
So there’s now literal children buying anti-aging products like retinol and there’s a hair disclosing spray so women can completely defuzz their whole faces?
People are getting preventative Botox and giving themselves gastroparesis by using Ozempic and 20 year olds are either removing the fat from their cheeks or getting fillers? Celebrities with slightly crooked teeth are getting full veneers or caps?
Earlier periods of history got a bad reputation for their rigid beauty standards and rightfully so but I feel like it’s all much more out of control now because internet. Modern beauty standards are insane.
Screw that I’m crawling back under my rock
there’s celebrities and then there is insta and tiktok celebrity. Insta and tiktok is freaky.
I feel like TikTok is weirdly disconnected from reality
western tiktok has an anti-social algorithm ,
Bereft of the left it’s obvious theft
Stay to my right and keep me in sight
Unless you have no insight I’m bigger than you
Don’t dilly daddlidoo in the middle you poo.
-A pedestrian 2024
TLDR: FAFO
I swear, just seeing pollen makes me itchy.
I had a bunch of random fruits shoveled into my bag at the free food market today. Including gold kiwi fruit that I don’t really like, so this afternoon’s job will be kiwifruit chutney. I’ll also chop up the peaches for the freezer (they are generally a bit bruised and not great for eating fresh).
I also got some chicken to roast and lots of salad kits, so meal prep has pretty much sorted itself out for the next few days!
Just as a little moment of grounding… What are we all having for dinner on this sombre evening? I gotta use up my other half tin of coconut cream, so I’m going to do a rich tomato curry with tvp balls that I also need to use up. Along with the leftover everything-in-one veggie and dal curry and boiled eggs my aunt gave me.
Wood oven pizza and lemon lime bitters cordial. Maybe a kids size callipo if I’m feeling extra moody.
Tis the night for a nice wood oven pizza, good choice. I’ve told myself I’ll reward myself with one when I finish moving. A $30 splurgefest deluxe seafood pizza.
Do you just randomly have kids size callipos at home though lol
I buy a box ever pay day lol it’s my “treat”. Always wanted them when I was a kid and my parents would never buy them.
So here we are today lol
Nice bit of self-care!! I like how that circles back to a childhood memory and letting that part of yourself be seen and addressed with love 💖
I had a deep therapy session today, if you can’t tell lol… I think it’s time I proactively did some nice things for myself too
It really is a pizza night tonight
Frozen fried rice heated in the microwave - a real cbf dinner. Now the cool change has come through I NEED CALORIES! Had a nice salad for lunchies with some gorgeous red grapes after - grapes rn are pretty wow. These were intensely sweet and almost musky - very much muscatel vibes but juicy. Best I’ve had for a long time.
Ooh, you’ve inspired me to pick up some grapies to share at work on Friday. And yes re: the calories. Very grateful for some potat in my diet tonight.
Tendies and salad pita wrap.
An excellent balance of health and heartiness!
Chicken roast, with roast potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower.
All hail the faithful potat. And the wholesome feeling of a dinner roast! I actually wanted to have something similar for dinner myself but remembered the coconut cream.
I’m still fairly limited in what I’m able to have but a few squares of dark chocolate just climbed into my mouth
Very dopaminious choice for the evening 👍
Same here! I needed it.
I’m having thai mango curry with some roti
Yum!! Homemade roti? :o I keep meaning to do it for ages but am lazy to even though I know it’s so easy (and easy to freeze)
I might be done for night.
I ate a bunch of bread with peanut butter. Started to feel a bit like I had too much because the bread was very doughy.
We’ll see how I feel later.
I’m hoping you get to have a bit more than just pb and toast to keep you going through the night, but also, there are days that are like that. Getting up at 12 midnight feeling ravenous is the worst tho…
I’ll see how I go.
Feeling off at the moment, unsure of how I’m feeling exactly but I’ve been sitting here doing nothing in silence for the past 30 mins.
I hope the physical feeling passes soon. Mentally I think quite a few of us are staring at walls right now…
Keeping it healthy tonight. I had a big lunch so I’m going with a chilled, fermented, yeast activated hop and barley soup
No sardines to wash down the beer?
Breakfast probably
Hot exclusive seedlings pic in the gardening thread ✨🌱
My cat’s heart isn’t working well and he doesn’t have a great prognosis, but he’s well and happy in himself and I’m focusing on that. We’ll be ok.
I’ve just ordered takeaway for the first time in yonks. Fried goodness is now on the way to me and in the meantime I’ve poured a glass of wine. I will enjoy it and not wallow.
And I’m putting my fingers in my ears and ignoring the news out of the US.
I’m sorry. I’m hoping he has some more good days and can soak up the love for as long as possible
Many hugs to you and puss. ❤️
