bobnowhere
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Yeah, seen a pic where it's transparent now. It's an improvement but not by much. It's like Ken Done got let loose on it.
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AusGAF 11 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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Yeah, seen a pic where it's transparent now. It's an improvement but not by much. It's like Ken Done got let loose on it.
"I'm a bit Shorten shrapnel, but have a Bill!"
Need a referendum for that.
Of course I'm still annoyed for the loss of Caroline Chisolm.
Aarglefarg
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I was thinking afterwards that since Thursday is the usual game release day, she thought I was trying to get them to break release date for Dark Souls 3.
also thanks holy, spent the afternoon listening to their one (and only?) album!
also thanks holy, spent the afternoon listening to their one (and only?) album!
Same!
FormallyMegadrive
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rep: on a scale of 1 to 10, how happy are you?
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/d...il-sacked-for-four-years-20160411-go3txf.html
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/d...il-sacked-for-four-years-20160411-go3txf.html
also thanks holy, spent the afternoon listening to their one (and only?) album!
From the OT thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/theavalanc...and_counting_of_the_avalanches_mixtapes_live/
lots of live mixes and sets there.
So fortunate I got to see their DJ set in 2007 I tthink it was, at the ADelaide Uni O'Ball.
So goods.
reptilescorpio
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10. I know a few kids here going through cancer treatment, their parents have talked about... wait you linked to the Geelong council thing lol. Umm it's hilarious and expected. I also think going to administration is a good idea rather than letting dumbfuck public vote in another bunch of corrupt fuckwits. Similar issue here in Warrnambool but without the corrupt part. Council here seriously made a new high paying job JUST to handle internal complaints against each other. Insane use of tax payer dollars.
But yeah, medical marijuana is a huge, huge deal IMO. Dude I went to Uni has a daughter who has a ton of seizures and is sick as fuck, really hoping this makes her quality of life better, already got teary reading his wife's Facebook post about the news.
I said on my Facebook that if you get all five denominations and stack them it should form a map
Splendour lineup http://splendourinthegrass.com/?url=/home.html.
The Cure, the Avalanches, at the drive in.
I'm so there.
The Cure, the Avalanches, at the drive in.
I'm so there.
I'm too old to deal with all the damn kids. Happy to see that Sigur Ros are playing their only Australian show at Splendour, means they are coming back later for a full album tour.
Poimandres
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Magpie attack in April? Da fuck? They're not meant to be doing that stuff until September odd.
reptilescorpio
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WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN WHEN IM IN A MEETING <_>
bobnowhere
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To where though? Is it Wollongong? Please make it Wollongong.
AUSPOL sneaking out slightly:
Feel bad for the workers as they have to deal with all the horrible people descending on them.
OfTheOverflow
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Nothing particularly amazing, annoying though because I was in Target this morning and there was nobody there looking at games and no sign of any discount either.
Bourke St in Melb had a few swarmers (and one very obvious OzBargainer who was literally clutching games and something Amiibo-ey), only picked up one of the 50ish copies of The Club for PS4 but I'm pretty happy with that.
I got a 3DS XL for $99 for my son (will force off the 3D), a couple of cheap 3DS games, and for some reason I also bought Devil's Third on Wii U.
reptilescorpio
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Nice! I grabbed the Skylanders starter pack for 3DS for $10, a bunch of the $2 Skylander figures, $20 copy of Inazuma Eleven 3DS, $10 copy of LEGO something 3DS and Devil's Third
Lucian Cat
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Sort of want
Apologies for the blog post, but I'm in a bind and need to air my thoughts a bit. I've got until tomorrow morning to decide whether I want to move with my job to Sydney, having been made redundant in Adelaide. I am conflicted and I don't know what I want to do.
Pros
- not unemployment
- living somewhere different
- a substantial pay raise from what I was making in Adelaide (offered with great reluctance)
- can finally start making a dent in those student loans
- the Sydney staff are super desperate to have me, and seem like good people
- new responsibilities and some opportunities for professional development
- I'm familiar with the work, and can definitely be a lot of help
Cons
- no redundancy package
- living on the fringe of what could be called Sydney (Campbelltown)
- since I don't drive, massively increased travel times to get to work, to go to town, to do the shopping
- all of that extra money will be sucked up by housing costs and HELP payments (unless I go back to a share house, ugh)
- I'll be trying to pick up the pieces from the Adelaide shutdown, meaning stress and overwork at least in the short term
- not a career path I'm planning to stay with, have already started study in a different field
- upper management shut down the Adelaide site without any consideration of a transition plan, screwing over the staff in both Adelaide and Sydney. I have no guarantees about how long they would keep me around, or any other boneheaded decisions they might make.
- leaving my friends, family, and much of my lifestyle behind
- leaving my brother without a housemate, putting a financial and stress burden on him
- I hate moving house
- surrendering my radgaf membership
I only got this job because I needed some kind of work, and I only stuck with it because the work wasn't too hard, the people were good, and it was very convenient for me to get to. Now all the people I worked with have been laid off, the job is in another state, and the workload I'm faced with is massive. Adelaide isn't a good place to be unemployed right now, but with my savings and my package I'd be able to last at least a good year without work.
Anyone else been through something similar or have any words of wisdom? I feel like I'm torn between what I want to do (stay) and what I feel pressured to do (go).
Pros
- not unemployment
- living somewhere different
- a substantial pay raise from what I was making in Adelaide (offered with great reluctance)
- can finally start making a dent in those student loans
- the Sydney staff are super desperate to have me, and seem like good people
- new responsibilities and some opportunities for professional development
- I'm familiar with the work, and can definitely be a lot of help
Cons
- no redundancy package
- living on the fringe of what could be called Sydney (Campbelltown)
- since I don't drive, massively increased travel times to get to work, to go to town, to do the shopping
- all of that extra money will be sucked up by housing costs and HELP payments (unless I go back to a share house, ugh)
- I'll be trying to pick up the pieces from the Adelaide shutdown, meaning stress and overwork at least in the short term
- not a career path I'm planning to stay with, have already started study in a different field
- upper management shut down the Adelaide site without any consideration of a transition plan, screwing over the staff in both Adelaide and Sydney. I have no guarantees about how long they would keep me around, or any other boneheaded decisions they might make.
- leaving my friends, family, and much of my lifestyle behind
- leaving my brother without a housemate, putting a financial and stress burden on him
- I hate moving house
- surrendering my radgaf membership
I only got this job because I needed some kind of work, and I only stuck with it because the work wasn't too hard, the people were good, and it was very convenient for me to get to. Now all the people I worked with have been laid off, the job is in another state, and the workload I'm faced with is massive. Adelaide isn't a good place to be unemployed right now, but with my savings and my package I'd be able to last at least a good year without work.
Anyone else been through something similar or have any words of wisdom? I feel like I'm torn between what I want to do (stay) and what I feel pressured to do (go).
reptilescorpio
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Biggest things that standout to me are above.
If you were super keen about a new start moving to Sydney could work out really well but it sounds like you don't want the job any way.
12 months to find the job you want locally is really tempting. Hell, if you take a casual job on the side you would obviously stretch that even further.
Sorry to hear about the job loss btw.
Lucian Cat
Kissed a mod for a tag; liked it
You cant leave me
Edit: I personally wouldnt be moving interstate unless it was a sure thing. If they closed our local office who's to say they wont do it there.
Also you cant leave me.
codswallop
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I don't want to suggest either way since I wouldn't want to feel responsible if things went south... but maybe read your pros and cons list again since I think you've probably made a decision.
Thanks for the thoughts guys, I guess I do know what I want to do. I also know that by doing that I'm making life difficult for a bunch of other people, who didn't ask to be put in this situation. And I'm struggling with having this opportunity which other people would love to have, but is not really appealing to me. Am I just being greedy and entitled?
Nah mate
Welp, that's good enough for me! Decision made. Thanks for listening to my rambles all. Now's the part of the evening where I drink myself to sleep and think about how I'm gonna spend all my upcoming free time. Videogames maybe?
reptilescorpio
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Travel while you can would be my advice!
Lucian Cat
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Come to Eluveitie bruh. That's 1 night sorted
I'm all sorted on that front. Actually seeing Black Sabbath on Sunday with my middle-aged uncle. Should be fun.
endlessflood
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I can see that you've subsequently made your decision, but as a Sydneysider I just thought I'd add a few things about Campbelltown:
- It really is on the fringe of Sydney, and that's saying a lot because Sydney is huge.
- It's a tricky place to live without a car. Public transport isn't quite as good out there, and I suspect that cyclists might have a tougher time of it.
- Because it's so far from the city, housing prices are much lower - by Sydney standards anyway. Because of that you get a lower socio-economic demographic. It's not the Wild West or anything, but it's not exactly Monte Carlo either. One of my best friends has spent most of his life in C-town, and he always has interesting stories to share...
reptilescorpio
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Sounds like the kind of suburb Holy would feel comfortable in lol
Hope your current neighbours are okay Holy!
They're lovely
Married elder couple below me
Family across from me
and ghosts in the other apartment who i've never seen in 3 months
reptilescorpio
Member
They're lovely
Married elder couple below me
Family across from me
and ghosts in the other apartment who i've never seen in 3 months
Now you can be the one everyone talks about!
"That damn kid, always up playing Pokémon at all hours of the night. He even came out the front with his phone making Pokémon noises!!!"
Sounds like you should stay where you are, with your family and friends, and take the opportunity to try something new.
I'm excited for you dude!
Lucian Cat
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Eyyy. I didn't even know they were playing. Dare I do 3 different concerts in a week...
Also I'll see you at Eluveitie! Trying to convince one of my friends to come. She's keen-ish haha.
It's never a hard sell to see a show at the Gov.
The cheap Sabbath tickets are in the seated area, so that'll be weird. They say it's their last tour, so I figured I might as well make the effort. What else have you got on this week?
Lucian Cat
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Got Wednesday 13 in Melbourne tonight (sitting on a plane about to fly right now) and the hilltop hoods this Saturday.
Seated black Sabbath? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Yeah my ozgameshop stuff always seems to come within 5 working days, it's pretty quick.
ClivePwned
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OGS was great when i was in Aus, and great when I was in the US, haven't tried them yet in the UK. I don't wanna go back to their UK site 365games just yet since I still have OGS points.
Lol no one cares
Lucian Cat
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I hit my local Target last night to see what I could find... they had a heap of Amiibo for $10 but no Ryu, so I thankfully didn't buy any Amiibo.
Got Saints Row IV PS3, Wolfenstein New Order PS3, NBA 2K13 Wii and Shovel Knight 3DS for $36. Really happy finding a physical copy of Shovel Knight 3DS in particular and NBA was $1 lol I will never play it.
Got Saints Row IV PS3, Wolfenstein New Order PS3, NBA 2K13 Wii and Shovel Knight 3DS for $36. Really happy finding a physical copy of Shovel Knight 3DS in particular and NBA was $1 lol I will never play it.
Also I was on TV this morning talking about Pokémon Stadium
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