Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
It’s just past midday, I’m 20 miles from Vegas and it’s hot as fuuuuck. Have a photo of a rock archway I drove under this morning for your troubles.
Mickey says “hello”
Hooray it’s my irl b’day today. we made it.
This calls for premium potato cakes.
E: thank you all for the bday wishes :)
Been speaking to the old man about the shed he had built a few years ago. It was flooded in '19 because the neighbour’s sprinkler system ran non stop for weeks. I had to climb over and turn it off because the council and yarra water were hopeless (this isn’t the point though). It was a serious amount of water that made its way 2 doors down.
Anyway he’s in a little email argument with the other neighbour because he thinks it’s that guys fault. The wall is disintegrating and the hydrometer is maxxed out.
I genuinely believe it was the massive flooding event from the other neighbour right before 3 b2b la ninas that super saturated everything so it’s a series of compounding events.
In explaining this I said “the theory that holds the most water”. Completely lost on him…
So to all you bad pun people, I see you and you are appreciated. It’s a tough crowd out there.
Slightly relevant and quite interesting imo. Google ‘Wayne tank principle’ if you want to read about legal interpretations of damage that has been caused by multiple different events, one event being covered by insurance, one excluded. How to determine liability?
Found out that a newer work colleague, who I haven’t had much to do with before, is actually struggling a lot emotionally, and is insanely isolated with no idea how to navigate the situation. I had no idea and I felt awful that I had never checked in with her or realised what was going on amidst my own troubles.
We had a very long chat that made me reflect on a lot of things I’d been through more recently, and how severe the impact of poor post-lockdown workplace team management can be on individuals, especially recent arrivals to the country. I know we all like to talk about the benefits of WFH but professional isolation really sucks arse.
