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6th May 2016, 13:45 | #40161 |
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Yeah, I don't think it's being done deliberately, I think whoever's in charge has no clue. The fire alarm goes off, the previously unlocked doors lock and stay locked. This is a common theme around the building.
The wonderful thing about working in a building under construction is the inconvenience. The wonderful, terrific inconvenience of being choked out by welding fumes one day, paint the next. Air con that doesn't work properly. Constant noise. Management that pretend to be interested but really aren't. I should really be grateful that I've got a job and stop complaining about headaches and dizziness.
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6th May 2016, 13:49 | #40162 |
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Reckon. Such a whinger. Talk to me when you need to walk 100 km to work and another 100 back home, uphill each way.
But seriously, the fumes are pretty bad, but this thing with the doors is potentially lethal.
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6th May 2016, 14:02 | #40163 |
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Yes. We have 3 doors, two of which lock. One has no locks on it. Which begs the question why all 3 doors aren't alike. Any way, we can always use the unlocked door but people transiting through to get out wouldn't be aware of that.
A chap came down later on with a very concerned face so I'm sure this will not happen again... or... at least until the next time it happens.
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I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner? |
6th May 2016, 14:24 | #40164 |
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anonymous email to Worksafe NZ?
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6th May 2016, 14:35 | #40165 |
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I strongly considered doing that about a year or so back after a lump of copper fell through the ceiling from four floors up and nearly brained a guy. But management made a big deal about how it would never happen again and they would call in a safety consultant to audit the place and yadda yadda yadda.
So... I dunno. There's always that option in my back pocket.
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I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner? |
6th May 2016, 14:36 | #40166 |
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I wonder if I should go ahead and buy my own filtered respirator and then put in a claim for reimbursement.
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I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner? |
6th May 2016, 14:41 | #40167 |
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Just start a fire.
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6th May 2016, 15:43 | #40168 | |
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6th May 2016, 21:37 | #40169 |
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What the hell was the late 90's early 00's techno track that went on about "La-La Land"? I've got it stuck in my head and I can't identify the tune, and google doesn't want to cooperate.
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7th May 2016, 00:08 | #40170 |
HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE
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7th May 2016, 11:41 | #40171 |
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Nicely done, that's the one
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7th May 2016, 13:25 | #40172 |
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That fire in Canada is scary. It's only a taste of what is to come. I wonder how many places there are where it's not a matter of if, but when they will burn.
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7th May 2016, 15:00 | #40173 |
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In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Louisiana State University .
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly. Probably wasn't the same fucking elephant. This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bullshit stories.
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7th May 2016, 16:05 | #40174 | |
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7th May 2016, 19:27 | #40175 |
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^^^ To be fair, the fact that your country isn't permanently on fire is more surprising.
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10th May 2016, 11:47 | #40176 |
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Protip:
You're a fool if you're not monitoring incoming company spam. Targeted campaigns are real.
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12th May 2016, 12:18 | #40177 |
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^ and on that note,
kek Sux to be the computer wholesaler that took a hit from Crypto yesterday.
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12th May 2016, 12:41 | #40178 | |
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17th May 2016, 22:37 | #40180 |
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hmm
here's a random thought..
You last visited: 18th May 2010 at 20:56 hello everyone! |
18th May 2016, 12:51 | #40181 |
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You came back on the wrong day.
Your anniversary is today. |
18th May 2016, 13:41 | #40182 |
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wb
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18th May 2016, 14:55 | #40183 | |
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18th May 2016, 17:25 | #40184 |
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Ubiquiti pwnd Releases patch, https still vulnerable. Also, fail 2 acl.
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19th May 2016, 13:08 | #40185 |
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A couple of nerd stories I found entertaining today:
Email won't send over 500 miles OpenOffice won't print on Tuesdays
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19th May 2016, 14:04 | #40186 | |
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19th May 2016, 18:38 | #40187 | |
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20th May 2016, 00:31 | #40188 | |
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22nd May 2016, 13:12 | #40189 |
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23rd May 2016, 14:10 | #40190 |
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^^ Technolols
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23rd May 2016, 17:30 | #40191 |
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Funniest bit was when Lonergan said "Why not get 10 mates around and all chip in $5...".
Hmmm - how about I get 100 mates around and we all chip in $0.50 - and we record it on VHS for anyone who missed it and pass the tape around... <Insert Abs excellent escalation here> |
24th May 2016, 13:57 | #40192 |
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25th May 2016, 13:07 | #40193 |
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Based on my current contributions, and assuming 4% growth after Tax/Fees. Will give me an income @ 65 roughly equivalent to current super. So not enough then.
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25th May 2016, 13:07 | #40194 |
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Based on my current contributions, and assuming 4% growth after Tax/Fees. Will give me an income @ 65 roughly equivalent to current super. So not enough then.
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25th May 2016, 14:26 | #40196 |
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A while back I looked at my savings and my super fund and realised I was going to have fuck all at retirement age unless Princess and I did something to make lots more money for little effort, because the shit we're already doing has us pretty busy.
Long story short we decided to bite the bullet and get in on the property scene while we still could. We were fortunate enough to get in the market at a pretty good time with an OK house at an OK price in an OK location in a then-"unboomed" city (Adelaide). That first place has already appreciated enough so that we could borrow against it and buy a second place, which we did. It has worked out better for us for the past couple of years (tax breaks, rental prices, etc) for us to not live in either of those houses but rather rent them out and be tenants ourselves in the place we live in. We're now in a position to buy #3, so we're actively looking now oh god how I hate this shit. By the looks of things the tax/loan/rent/mortage algorithm has changed a bit and owning-but-renting no longer looks like the best option so we'll be moving house soon and moving into house #2 fulltime while we shop for #3, unless we find #3 and get it very soon. Basically our plan is to borrow against what we've already got and buy another house every 5 years (obviously we're running a bit ahead of schedule by already shopping for #3 in what is year 9 of this glorious plan) so by the time we get to retirement age we ARE those fucking sixty-something cunts with a pile of houses. Retire, sell off all houses but two, use the profit from those sales to pay off all remaining debt on the two remaining houses, live in one, rent out the other and live off the proceeds, kids have two houses when we die. So we've basically committed ourselves to being heavily in debt, having lots of assets on paper, and having fuck all actual liquid money, for the conceivable future. If property prices where we buy continue to rise, every time we buy a new house we accelerate the rate at which our wealth grows. So long as property values rise at a rate greater than the interest rates of the mortgages that we've got on the properties, we're sweet. If property prices dive, our nuts are on the table in a room full of hammers. *sweating profusely* But property is a race with an inverse handicap. We have a big advantage over someone looking for their first home. But someone who has been in the game for years longer has a massive advantage over us. A couple of times in the past month or so Princess and I have been at a house inspection and thought "yeah we could do this", and begun having the hasty house meeting in the corner and calling the bank and seeing if the numbers stack up. Then a couple of Mercedeses pull up and a bunch of old people get out, and it's like "DARLING, THOUGHT WE MIGHT SEE YOU HERE, DID YOU END UP BUYING THAT ONE LAST WEEK? WE PASSED ON IT, DIDN'T LIKE THE VIEW" "OH YES, WE GRABBED THAT ONE BUT WE LIKE THE LOOKS OF THIS ONE TOO" (etc etc) and next thing you know one of them has made an unconditional cash offer for the place and the selling agent has her commission and it's gone. |
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25th May 2016, 17:44 | #40199 |
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Is it time for another one of these already?
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25th May 2016, 18:11 | #40200 |
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What, a Rainbow party?
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