I think I prefer this version of the song that’s on repeat in my house - kidcalhoon2 would freaking love it, kidcalhoon1 not so much
I have forwarded this to the Young Seagoons. 😹
brr, I’m cleaning the fridge and freezer before I pack away the big monthly shop
do other people do this?
I have a small freezer that needs to be defrosted every 6 months or so, so we eat everything from it, then I defrost it, clean it and restock.
The fridge I do one shelf at a time periodically.
That sounds very organised and practical
Only cos if I don’t do it the door doesn’t close properly.
not as often as I should!
Yes. I used to have a small secondary freezer for bulk batch tomatoes etc Miss it. But yes, when it gets low, scrub, then mega stock up.
Computer says nooo.
Computer is frozen and so am I.
I’m drinking, singing and dancing for warmth.
💨
Asafoetida powder?
So question: when you have to rate something that doesn’t apply, do you give it a 5 or 3 star? eBay always asks me to rate seller communication, which is almost never relevant. They mark it as posted, and that’s generally the extent of the “communication”. I have been marking that as 3 stars, but I was thinking, that probably brings down their averages, right? I’d be annoyed if my feedback rate went from 100 to 99.97% because someone thought something was irrelevant.
Seems like a bit of a disconnect between how I issue ratings and how I take ratings into account. All this online review stuff seems to have skewed the bare minimum rating from a 3. i.e I probably wouldn’t consider a shop or seller that’s only rated 3 stars, even though in my mind, 3 stars means neutral, when it comes to reviews, 3 stars seems bad
5 stars. That’s the default.
The logic to US companies is backwards to us. We think of it as earning your stars. And yeah, 3 is kinda average. Not bad, not great.They think of it as 5 stars is normal. Perfect every time. You lose points for imperfections.
Example: An Uber driver would lose their job at around 4.1 average rating. So after your trip, you can say 5 stars (normal) or anything else (fire this driver).
It’s stupid, and completely ruins the point of a rating scale. Plus, it’s also not really compatible with Australian culture. We would think 4 stars is good. 3 stars is ok.
@stepchook @Nath @Baku yes this is infuriating in many of the sharing/gig economy areas, and it’s definitely Aussie culture but also many others, US is actually the cultural outlier here.
To the point that I basically will never allow French people in Airbnb because they ALWAYS rate low.
I don’t bother with ebay or amazon ratings, it’s fake
but personal stuff, I choose what I read or watch very carefully so very often it really is excellent
quizzes, I’m older and I have thought through nearly everything so I’m definite on a lot of things, for instance I’m adamant on tolerance
I always had this problem with peer rated assignments. Other people were rating absolutely everything 9/10 and I was giving honest 7 for good but nothing special. I looked mean, and thought them incapable of critical thinking…
This is why I just don’t trust star reviews - it’s not only just because of fake/paid responses. There’s a whole science about this sort of dissonance in perception when it comes to rating reviews etc. It happens to everybody - my personal description for it is questionnaire bias. I’ve never had a questionnaire or a rating review where my actual opinions and experiences were accurately reflected in the questions/ratings. My advice fwiw is just not to stress over it. Everyone has a different take on what ‘excellent’ means to them. For some it might be that delivery on the day specified is enough for that rating - some might consider that just normal and ‘excellent’ might consist of much more than that like good and timely service on a return/refund as well.
To get points for the team in the fitness challenge I’m doing, they asked us to leave a review. Now of course people are going to leave five star reviews to kiss the butts of the owners, and so they’re not looked down upon by people in the gym.
But they could also just be enjoying their experience and felt compelled to share.
The thing I’m looking forward to the most is moving into a place that has insulation.
is your current place far from your new job? and is the new job close to where you’d want to live?
New job is in the city. Current place is pretty far, near Werribee.
I have a house to myself for a bit more than what I’d pay for 2 or 3 bed apartment closer to the city and civilisation. That’s the only real draw. A house compared to an apartment.
But I need to be around people and this area is dead.
dont know if you’ve ever checked it out, but fairfield is pretty great. Or at least it used to be. Close enough for a cheap uber to the city or fitzroy without paying fitzroy prices. It might’ve got a bit more expensive since i left though.
Wot ‘e sed 👆🏻
It’s truly amazing
Slept in - for me - until about quarter to seven then was pinned for an hour by the felines.
What a life as the yiayia would say.I swear quick oats sachets tasted way better when I was a kid. Kinda shit now? I’d prefer plain oats
All those sachets taste either too sweet or just artificial to me.
I prefer whole oats to quick for porridge. Ideally with an overnight soak.
Was up at 3am again today, but forced myself to go back to sleep until 7am.
Going out to see MIL today, so looking forward to seeing her. She’s like the mum I wish I had. She always tells the story of when she first met me and knew her son wasn’t coming back to Perth lol. Such a treasure of a human, and it’s been a year and a half since we’ve seen her.
Unsure if I want to go to the footy with them tomorrow though, West Coast vs St Kilda iirc. MIL’s partner goes for WC, she and my partner go for Freo, of course. Here I am, lil bomber supporter. I suppose, as a Victorian, I ought to go for the Saints.
The last time I went to the footy was back in the mid-late 2000s. My friend and her family were/are Carlton supporters, and it was Essendon vs Carlton. Essendon won that game, was close too iirc, and the drive home was AWKWARD! Took everything in me not to be all in their faces haha.
/endtextwall
It might actually be a good game. They’re at 15/16 on the ladder. West Coast are in their ‘lose every game’ phase, so in theory it’ll be a Saints victory.
In general though, I’m always going for whoever is playing the Victorian team. 😂
Go orn, go to the footy, you’ll have a great time even if you all barrack for different teams. 😊
Now I regret not going to the supermarket yesterday.
Me too.
Me three. At least for perishables.
The Boys is such an accurate parody of The USA. It’s as if the writes are writing the election cycle
Funny and scary
Sending some warm, muggy, late night love…
Man, it’s been years since I’ve spent time in the more chaotic parts of Asia. Favs atm are:
- A passenger on a scooter legit carrying a ladder upright.
- Gramps on his scooter living his best life riding at about 10kms an hour.
- Women riding scooters in PJ’s
I rode it scooter around Thailand. As it’s dangerous for tourists generally, I’d pick a grandma and potter along behind her through the chaos. Never had an issue.
I did, too, years ago.
Though checking in a hotel in Patong and watching a slight Japanese woman wheeled out in wheelchair after she broke both and and legs (face looked fine, luckily) on a scooter, should be enough to make some people think twice.
and nearly all are wearing sandals
Plotting outfit for ‘Bad Taste’ birthday party tomorrow. Currently all hot pink leopard print and safety vest orange. I do have some orange makeup, but it’s super itchy…
Take inspiration from Weird Al
fake ear with a hole and blood coming out of it?
Ahem, missed the mark
On second thoughts, Boyo does have punched conches, I may suggest fake blood
Add feather boa - any colour that doesn’t match.
Bad enough? I can probably find something green
Do it!
I like your thinking
There’s a shop just down the road from me selling leopard print and snake skin ugg boots … or maybe these would do I want some
Yikes. Or should that be yiff?
Go as a catholic priest
Too far
Leg warmers.
hot pink shorts, lime green fish net short tshirt, safety vest, black runners
I saw a big hairy guy rock that on greenwich street NY , just because 🤷♀️
Don’t quite have the makings of that for Boyo 😺 also, wee bit chilly ‘eh
It was winter but at least there wasn’t any snow 😹
He’s bought Kmart crocs. Idea what no go with them
kmart crocs sound perfect
Royal Exhibition Building bought top much of all the great alcohol and condiments from the stalls!
At a pub for drinks, getting Korean BBQ for dinner later.
So cold, but damn I love my MIL and her partner. Never thought I’d be a part of family that’s so close and supporting 😭💜
😭 that’s so awesome, so happy for you
My teams work computers keep blue screening 👌
Crowdstrike lol.
I’m just watching the carnage unfold.
I’m watching the news and the newsreader (Sandra sully?) just asked some expert “and should we panic?!” 😂🤣
Notice she’s on the couch and not the news desk?
They seem to be leaning in to the drama
haha not much else to do they’re saying, time to crack open the wine!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-19/technology-shutdown-abc-media-banks-institutions/104119960
https://old.reddit.com/r/crowdstrike/comments/1e6vmkf/bsod_error_in_latest_crowdstrike_update/
Looks like I’m not going home on time tonight :|
This would be so fine with me except I use work laptop for recreational activities while not working 😔 and now I’m finished work 😔
Did yours blue screen?
My work laptop hasn’t done it yet.
Yep. Now it’s in a blue screen loop. When I restart I get to log in page and it just blue screens again
There’s a manual fix which involved rebooting and deleting a file I think.
I don’t know the details of it yet.
Yeh I’ve been following. Unfortunately I don’t have admin privileges! Many other people also will not. This probably means every single laptop or device needs manual attention from their IT guy. Very fun in today’s WFH environment
Oh boooo :(
Ok. Not sure if you can do this but I’d back up the file just incase.
Quoted from a website.
There is a faulty channel file, so not quite an update. There is a workaround… 1. Boot Windows into Safe Mode or WRE. 2. Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike 3. Locate and delete file matching “C-00000291*.sys” 4. Boot normally.
🐧🐧 here. I am just gonna sit here and be smug like the Linux user I am (yes at work too)
