Have a great day!

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    17·
    23 days ago

    Alrighty. Unfortunately Toshiba won’t be going ahead due to police check issue which is a shame, however 2nd place is happy to match my current salary.

    All in all, a positive outcome :)

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    12·
    23 days ago

    To my horror I left my little foot heater on for the entire time I was at work.

    So glad nothing serious happened other than maybe using more power than I should have.

    Should count myself lucky.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    23 days ago

    TIL that ozito are not cheap chinese crap, but actually rebadged german einhells, which explains why my $99 hammer drill is still blasting arse after fifteen years of heavy abuse

    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
      2·
      23 days ago

      Interesting. I have a 14-year-old Ozito whipper snipper that still works just fine.

      It doesn’t get much use these days because our current place needs something heavier-duty, but I beat the crap out of that thing for a decade and it’s never missed a beat.

      • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        23 days ago

        the only ozito tool I’ve ever had die was a garden shredder, that was nearly three years after the fact and they immediately refunded me. They do not fuck around

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      2·
      23 days ago

      Got the 18v blower, hedge trimmer, cylinder mower and angle grinder. Took photos with the receipt of each at purchase. Returned the cylinder mower with a fault, bunnings replaced it with minimal hassle. The angle grinder has a bit of chatter (disc shake) on it but it’s never been a problem for around the house.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        4·
        23 days ago

        apparently they have a deal with bunnings to make replacements as easy as possible. They’d rather have a few used and abused tools returned and have people think they are great than argue over abuse or misuse.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    9·
    23 days ago

    “Ding ding ding, and that is the end of round three here at the Melbourne arena. And we can see TinyBreak is getting his ass kicked here tonight, right Jeff?”

    “Thats right Bill, this vs match of TinyBreak v Powershell promised to deliver, but it has not gone well today for the self proclaimed engineer”

    “Correct Bill. From sketchy ChatGPT scripts, to issues importing the graph module and the outright failure of some Microsoft scripts using the AzureAD module its a bloody mess out there. Frankly, if you were TinyBreak’s coach you’d be recommending he pull the plug on this fight before taking any more abuse”

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    9·
    23 days ago

    Shout-out to my phone cover!

    It’s a bulky thing, and a boring colour. But boy has it saved my phone. I usually drop my phone about once a month because I’m clumsy or whatever. But this morning was the second time in the past week and both drops have been hard ones that would definitely have cracked the screen.

    The screen is still good as new. This cover has been protecting my phone for over two years now. I heartily endorse it for anyone who can put up with a cover that makes the phone fatter than it already is.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    8·
    23 days ago

    Apparently the other place is going to start having paid subs “where content creators can monetize their contributions”. It seems like enshittification is finally coming.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    22 days ago

    I wish my 2nd reference didn’t have untreated adhd lol

    Contingency plans have been made anyways. She’s lovely but could do with a human size stimulant pill to keep her on track lol

    Edit: all done!

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    7·
    23 days ago

    I haven’t been to Ballarat in many many years. What’s it like now?

    It seems so much bigger and I think it has a lot of what I need in terms of moving back to Melbourne (well Victoria) and housing prices is within my budget. It also has gymnastics and other things my little one would want to continue doing so it definitely sounds appealing on paper.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
      5·
      23 days ago

      It’s a good location. It can be a little dodgy but so are other places. Everything you need is there. If you need to travel to Melbourne regularly the drive can get boring but you can always use V/Line. I go there more than the city because you can always get a park.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      4·
      23 days ago

      its still 1 hour and 20 minutes on the train from melbourne. my place isnt much better obviously, but my mrs works in our suburb so its even when I’m in the city someone is close to home if something goes wrong and kiddo needs us.

      • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
        4·
        23 days ago

        That would be the only issue. If something happens, there wouldn’t be anyone else to be able to get her. I’d (hopefully) be teaching in the area.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      23 days ago

      Quite nice. Has a country town feel, but large enough to be it’s own thing.

      It gets coooold in the winter though. Like significantly colder than Melbourne metro.

      Recent years it’s become slightly hipsterised (more younger people moving there) which is great.

      Closer to the city than Bendigo, and more chilled out than Geelong (IMO)

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      23 days ago

      Ballarat is beautiful but it is far from the city and some services you may need.

      check it out carefully