melkur
Chancellery Guard
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Post by melkur on Sept 29, 2021 11:55:24 GMT
It's 9:15am here and no less than 3 people have been "walked" from my workplace already this morning.. OUCH. EDIT: Make that 4 ! I wish I was making this up.! wow Four? Might I finally (tactfully) suggest that shower -? (I kid, obviously, I kid)
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Post by timegirl on Sept 29, 2021 12:21:36 GMT
Thanks 😊hopefully the competition will like this one!🤞The competition have a lot of strange winning scripts they have already made into audio dramas including one about a tiny shrinking man who desperately wants to take a lavender bubble bath, another about a man turning into a scarecrow, and another about an angry murderous sentient talking toilet; so hopefully they will appreciate my odd little story. Speaking of writing I think I have more things to work on for Divergent Wordsmiths 😉 *thumbs up* Looking forward to it. While I'm zipping through, we have an update for you on one of those things. The one already in drafts. When you next get the chance, can you send me an email with a reminder about it? Just sent you that email 🙂
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Post by Kestrel on Sept 29, 2021 14:22:50 GMT
I've got a new digital keyboard that can synthesize 600+ (why?!) note sounds, so like different instruments and random sounds. Pipe organ is cool! Anyway, no. 604 (approximately) is a dog barking. And my dog (a goofball golden retriever mutt with a bit of hound) got SO EXCITED when I played some bits of Uptown Funk with barking dogs.
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 29, 2021 17:39:40 GMT
Argh. I am over all of these rabid female dogs running wild at my work place. And I am not talking about the canine kind. So we had 2 bad issues last week of the most childish behaviour (where we were told off, LOUDLY, by the boss), which I both resolved by barging in there and having several stern words. So today, another one of these issues. So a person (biological age 52, mental age.... questionable) working in our office (I refrain from calling her a "colleague") has complained to the superior about us. Issue- we did ignore her and did not ask her how her holiday was and we had issues with her (fact, there is such a thing as "work" and "deadlines" and no time for idle chat).
So the superior came in and distributed "anonymous questionaires" where we had to fill out what we thought the issues were. Seriously? Are you kidding me? I chucked that querstionaire in the paper recycling.
I have already realized that there is a wall of silence surrounding that person in our office, and I thought about inquiring what the issue was, but so far had no motivation to do so. Appartently, it is all our fault because we are nasty and evil.
We have enough work and stress and issues every day, without artificially making up these male cattle droppings. I have no problem with said person, but obviously, she now wants to have a problem with me.
I am obliged of giving it to her, up close and personal, tomorrow, leading with the question of how old she thinks she is and how old she thinks I am. Because, I am too old for this crap, and I have been too old for this since I left kindergarten.
Right. I think, to get my mind off this crap, I am going to watch an episode of Wellington Paranormal, since they make me laugh every time, and then I am going to kill some Terrans in a most violent manner with a batleth in Star Trek Online while listening to more of the 5th Doctor adventures "Lost Resort".
Qapla'
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2021 20:37:25 GMT
*thumbs up* Looking forward to it. While I'm zipping through, we have an update for you on one of those things. The one already in drafts. When you next get the chance, can you send me an email with a reminder about it? Just sent you that email 🙂 Aaaand sent the reply, enjoy!
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Post by timegirl on Sept 29, 2021 21:04:12 GMT
Just sent you that email 🙂 Aaaand sent the reply, enjoy! I did 😊 and responded!
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 30, 2021 2:35:19 GMT
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Sept 30, 2021 13:39:55 GMT
It is not really appropriate to say this has made my day but I am glad that the police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has been given Whole Life imprisonment. I hope this does signal a change in things for women who daily life seems to be one of being permanently mindful of navigating potential abuse & threats of violence from men as if it was normal.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Sept 30, 2021 15:04:05 GMT
I really got to stop telling people i "like" certain people.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2021 16:03:45 GMT
BBC iPlayer now have every episode of Top Gear now going back to 2002.
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Post by timegirl on Sept 30, 2021 22:41:50 GMT
Just posted my continuation of my 12 (and young 12) and Clara doll stories over in fan fiction if anyone wants to take a look 😊 Future storyline suggestions are welcome 😊
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Post by Digi on Oct 1, 2021 0:04:57 GMT
For a few days now...been fighting with external HDDs and my Xbox One.
I've had a 1tb external drive for years, which I generally only use for backup purposes. (NTFS format) I've had a 4tb external drive for years, which I use for media and have plugged into my Xbox. (exFAT format)
A few days ago -- concurrent with the September Xbox system update -- my Xbox One stopped detecting my 4tb exFAT drive, but on the same USB port, it'll still detect my 1tb NTFS drive without issue. Okay, thought maybe something went sideways with the drive, so even though Windows detects it just fine, I spent ages getting everything off of it, then spent 14 hours doing a full format of the drive (still to exFAT) because I've had a similar issue before with it that was fixed by doing this...nope, Xbox still refuses to see it.
Okay, fine. Bought a new 4tb drive, hoping that it would be a fix for this, but also because I've needed another for quite some time now, so this issue is just a catalyst. Straight out of the box--in NTFS format--Xbox does not see the new 4tb drive either. But it still sees the old 1tb NTFS drive just fine.
Microsoft, WTF did you do? FIX THIS
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Oct 1, 2021 0:17:01 GMT
It's 9:15am here and no less than 3 people have been "walked" from my workplace already this morning.. OUCH. EDIT: Make that 4 ! I wish I was making this up.! wow Make that 5 ! OMG. Was it a full moon this week or something?
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Post by Digi on Oct 1, 2021 0:18:30 GMT
It's 9:15am here and no less than 3 people have been "walked" from my workplace already this morning.. OUCH. EDIT: Make that 4 ! I wish I was making this up.! wow Make that 5 ! OMG. Was it a full moon this week or something? Oh dang, lived through a few of those. Both on the observing side and on the 'being walked out' side. Hope your job is safe, mate!
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Oct 1, 2021 1:23:56 GMT
Make that 5 ! OMG. Was it a full moon this week or something? Oh dang, lived through a few of those. Both on the observing side and on the 'being walked out' side. Hope your job is safe, mate! 4 resigned, 1 was walked.. My job is 100% safe (also since I am still literally the only person in my Department)- In terms of "Covid" my job is top 5 of being so safe and essential (without being an actual Doctor). I just went and got 2 large flat white coffee's for my Manager and me, she is freaking out.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Oct 1, 2021 4:49:31 GMT
Just signed my new work contract with my fancy new title.. I actually had to check the Australian tax charts to see if I have gone up to the next level. DOH.. Basically they are actively looking for an Admin/Assistant/Secretary/Man Friday to do the "smaller" things so that will free me up to deal with the bigger countrywide issues.
Also sent a screen shot to wife so she can update our parenting records with the Government- all children get subsidies here up until about 8 I believe (?) she is a teacher she knows what it means I just agree and sign any form with our names on it LOL
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Post by tuigirl on Oct 1, 2021 7:39:52 GMT
Oh dang, lived through a few of those. Both on the observing side and on the 'being walked out' side. Hope your job is safe, mate! 4 resigned, 1 was walked.. My job is 100% safe (also since I am still literally the only person in my Department)- In terms of "Covid" my job is top 5 of being so safe and essential (without being an actual Doctor). I just went and got 2 large flat white coffee's for my Manager and me, she is freaking out. What are you guys doing? Are the work conditions that bad? Stress? Long hours? Shitty manager? Bullying?
We have situations like this, with people resigning, because we do have some heads of department that bully people (and which I already butted heads with).
There must be a reason. And if it happens that 5 people leave at once (which in our case here would be half the department) this is an issue that has to be dealt with ASAP. Because this sounds serious. HR, the head of department, IT, whoever is responsible needs a serious kick up their behinds.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Oct 1, 2021 8:14:59 GMT
4 resigned, 1 was walked.. My job is 100% safe (also since I am still literally the only person in my Department)- In terms of "Covid" my job is top 5 of being so safe and essential (without being an actual Doctor). I just went and got 2 large flat white coffee's for my Manager and me, she is freaking out. What are you guys doing? Are the work conditions that bad? Stress? Long hours? Shitty manager? Bullying?
We have situations like this, with people resigning, because we do have some heads of department that bully people (and which I already butted heads with).
There must be a reason. And if it happens that 5 people leave at once (which in our case here would be half the department) this is an issue that has to be dealt with ASAP. Because this sounds serious. HR, the head of department, IT, whoever is responsible needs a serious kick up their behinds.
Its over 4 different departments. My Manager is boss of 2 departments.. AS soon as I saw this person come in with her backpack 20 mins before her rostered start I just knew.. Combination of things unfortunately :-(
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Oct 1, 2021 9:14:27 GMT
Admittedly, me returning isn't on par with RTD's... but here I am again!
Now, before I sink back into threads, I do think I need to some air clearing: I felt my prior posting habits were starting to veer more on lecturing, which ultimately, is not why I come here. I didn't, and don't, want my posts to be mini-media courses - my only goal was to better inform you guys about how things work in TV. Too often, it's surrounded in a lot of glitz that overshadows the day-to-day grind of it, and all the work that goes into making shows. In an age where fan-creator relations are rocky, to put it mildly, I think there's a lot of value in fans having a bigger picture (doubly helped by the high standards of members here) for criticism. Nonetheless, I come here to have fun and relax, so I will endeavour to pull back a bit more in future.
Or at least, write shorter comments!
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Post by timegirl on Oct 1, 2021 11:34:43 GMT
Admittedly, me returning isn't on par with RTD's... but here I am again! Now, before I sink back into threads, I do think I need to some air clearing: I felt my prior posting habits were starting to veer more on lecturing, which ultimately, is not why I come here. I didn't, and don't, want my posts to be mini-media courses - my only goal was to better inform you guys about how things work in TV. Too often, it's surrounded in a lot of glitz that overshadows the day-to-day grind of it, and all the work that goes into making shows. In an age where fan-creator relations are rocky, to put it mildly, I think there's a lot of value in fans having a bigger picture (doubly helped by the high standards of members here) for criticism. Nonetheless, I come here to have fun and relax, so I will endeavour to pull back a bit more in future. Or at least, write shorter comments! Welcome back 😊
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