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In Australia it's customary to thank the staff members attending your table. So when they top up your water, or lay out cutlery for the next course, or clear plates, you say 'thanks/thank you'. Same for people clearing glasses in bars. It's like a millisecond pause in your conversation to thank the staff member; it's basically cell memory, you don't think about it. They may or may not acknowledge it with a smile or 'you're welcome/no worries'. . It's just a basic manners thing.
I and my partner were doing it in the states and it was clearly unnerving the staff. Lots of puzzled looks or 'thats ok hun' like they had to reassure me that it was part of the service.
Do people just ignore staff there? Is paying a tip at the end the only acknowledgment that they exist?
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Holding the fork vertically with downward pressure in the left fist while cutting with the knife. Then putting down the knife, swapping the fork to the right hand for eating. Bonus points for biting the forks.
It's the most distracting thing in all American media. I like to yell "yanks eating weird!" And point at the screen. Once you see it you can't unsee it.
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Christmas wreath
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I fucking love his little face and resting arms
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The book is so much better.
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Playing whack a mole with my neighbours ivy. Keeps popping up on my side of the fence. Fuck whoever brought it to Australia.
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Back for me because I have a pretty disgusted, annoyed resting face. If I sit too close I'm focusing too much on keeping a pleasant listening face that I don't pay enough attention to the material and give myself a tension headache.
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Oh mine got the memo. They lay peacefully, horizontally in my jaw, like little Saddam Husseins until they decided they wanted to visit other parts of my jaw and make friends along the way.
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That sounds cockney, not Australian
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Snip snip
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I do a fair bit of freelance and also access a lot of client networks remotely or using their hardware. I have my own licence for ms365 as well on my own hardware.
Teams just doesn't know what the fuck it's doing. It holds on to old accounts from years ago but doesn't recall my own, active account. It behaves in the app sometimes but a lot of the time the browser option is the only viable way. It can't work out that I have a webcam most of the time.
Almost all meetings I have begin with me being 2-3 minutes late and messaging them that teams is being a fuck. And they all laugh knowingly, because everyone literally expects it.
It is the buggiest most unpredictable piece of shit that I have to use almost daily, and almost exclusively with government clients who often have their own weird on prem custom version. I hate it with every atom in my body.
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Cowardly fuckin Australia
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This sounds incredible, thank you for posting. But now I'm left with wondering which edition I should try and get...
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Plain grey ball cap every time I step outdoors in anything less than smart casual. Slip slop slap and slide, kids.
Asking here, as, let's face it, this would make up a large portion of those who subscribed here. I'm ex APS and my super offering when I joined was public sector superannuation accumulation plan (PSSap). - edited due to doing the unsavoury assumption that people know the APS-centric initialism, but figured only pubes would answer The returns are shit, and the fees are high. I don't have consistent income these days but I do contribute to my super as much as I can. But it's pretty dispiriting to see what I do add getting chewed up by fees. Any recommendations for a move? Bonus points for ethical investments. I've tried my hand at researching better options but my brain and numbers aren't friends and I end up getting frustrated and not getting very far. Should add, I'm in my late 30s so retirement is a fair way off. I welcome any recommendations or must-avoids.
I just watched the 2024 NY treat taskmaster episode. Lenny Rush was a contestant aged 14; Lenny has dwarfism. I'm a huge fan of this show and when I realised they had a child contestant (for the first time) with a physical disadvantage (they do have older contestants but that's always played for laughs), I wondered how they'd play it. Spoilers from here on if you'd prefer not to know the result (not that that's what the show is about). They didn't pander to his age. The tasks were as complicated as usual and the humour was the same. They stuck to tasks where his height and mobility wouldn't be a disadvantage, and in the final task that usually would have all the contestants on stage, they swapped it so Greg and Alex did all the physical activity. Lenny won, but completely on merit. It was such a great example of how small adjustments can be made to include a person who is a genuinely great comic (I can't wait to see how his career develops) irrespective of his physical limitations. I'm just chuffed that a TV show I loved, didn't pander and didn't discriminate. I laughed just as much and enjoyed the show just as much. No one I know watches this show, so that's why I'm sharing this here.
I think that's what it says but that's the error I'd say I get about 40% of the time when trying to view image posts. Is this a sync thing or something else?
Maybe I'm the only one who didn't know this, but it only just occurred to me to try - and it worked! I gave it needle size, ply and the garment size I wanted - as well as asking for Australian sizing and instructions (so you'll need to change that for whatever you're used to) and from what I could see it was pretty good. Haven't actually tried it but I may for a small project and see how it goes. Edit to say that I'm very aware of chatgpts limits (I work in a field where it's being abused) but thought it was an interesting idea. Simplicity would be key. I'd consider myself a beginner this might be a good way of creating small simple projects. Or nonsense! I have bags of cheap wool that I got through my local buy nothing group so I'm always up for a bit of experimentation.
There's no rules for this sub yet so hopefully this is ok. Nagi's website 'Recipe tin eats' is my go to for recipes. I've also bought her cookbook Dinner. Instructions are really clear, lots of Australian specific brand references so you know what she means, and she always lists substitutions for when you don't have or can't find a particular ingredient. All pages have a 'jump to recipe' button and option to scale for servings. Search is really good for just pulling in an ingredient and seeing what comes up. She's also super responsive in the comments sections, and I highly recommend signing up for her email newsletter. Her dog Dozer features everywhere as he is chief taste tester.
I wear UGG boots in winter because it's fucking cold. I also wrap myself in a blanket on the couch, and have a lovely area rug so I don't have to walk on a cold floor. All these things are necessary to survive the winter; my house isn't well insulated. The problem with all this, is that I build up a static charge. So when I go to pat my beautiful sweetheart of a dog, I zap him. It's audible and I'm sure, quite unpleasant. Often on the head. He obviously doesn't like that, I think he's taking it personally, and I feel awful. It completely cancels out the affection I'm trying to show him. So the question for the Lemmy community is: How do I discharge the static before I pat my dog? I have started shocking my partner (which he doesn't like, but accepts over the alternative), before patting my dog. But as he's out tonight, I have no human vessel to offer as tribute? What can I touch in my house before patting my dog so that he doesn't receive a shock? Edit: standard Australian house and furniture Another edit: I'm all the sheets to the wind so the engineering advice is not sinking in. But I'm loving the immediate response that I'd never have gotten on Deaddit. Again: I can't stop giggling at how helpful everyone is being and how short m, drunk and silly I am, in a house with apparently no metal And again: I should probably take me and my baby to bed now, but a big thank you to everyone who replied. You've all been lovely. Lemmy is really a different space to ask these questions! I'll be trying out many of your suggestions over the weekend; big thanks from me and my boy x Final: thanks to everyone who responded. I did try the kitchen tap again last night and this time it worked! Mustn't have built up enough charge when I tried the night I posted. I will still primarily zap my partner's leg as it's usually closer and doing it makes me laugh. It's important he understands where he fits in the household hierarchy as well. I also learnt that American houses are very different (screws and radiators everywhere!) so that was interesting too.
The Melbourne and Brisbane ones I've snooped in are great. Looks like a bot just posts one daily. There's some very specific, niche convos going on and then some general 'I've walked the dog and done a load of laundry - what's everyone else up to?' comments and it's all quite fluid and friendly. Might be a way of livening this place up? --- I'm still in bed (I know) drinking coffee and scrolling lemmy. I can't see my dog but from the noises I can hear, he's almost certainly upside down in his bed and wriggling in the sun. I'll get up soon to make him breakfast (our house is on a different timeline when I'm not working) and then I think a walk in this sunshine is in order. Storms tonight and winter temps tomorrow, so if you can make use of 24 degrees, I suggest you do it!! I'm going to go out to Crazy Janes in a week or so - does anyone know if it's like the one in Bowral?
I want to get back into creative writing, and for work I prefer to take handwritten notes (I have my own weird shorthand and it helps with retention). I'd also like the ability to write at night and not disturb my partner. I don't want to go near iOS and the tablet would be primarily used for writing purposes. Any recommendations or 'what to avoid's? Sorry if wrong community, I couldn't find another relevant
I'm looking for recommendations for app based/nice mobile friendly sites (free ideally, but I'd consider subscription) that can help me keep across news in the tech/UX/design space. I'm somewhat reliant on my LinkedIn (which is such a toilet and usually just ends up annoying me) for news/emerging issues etc that affect my industry - the main reason being I can scroll through and open things of interest. I've subscribed to newsletters/bookmarked sites but I just never seem to get round to reading them. Countless emails just stack up sitting unread. My theory is if it's something I can just look through on my phone when I'd otherwise be doomscrolling, that I'll be more likely to read things. My work is in the content strategy/design space and I'm in Australia - so bonus points if it has relevance to me in that way. Thanks all! Edit to add - I used to use Twitter too, but you know... Just no.
Anyone else here go? I thought it was brilliant, I went yesterday and today. Brought the dog too and he thoroughly enjoyed meeting the other furry friends. Weather really turned out too. Saturday I had mulled wine, lobster roll, donut balls and Belgian hot chocolate. Today was paella, mussels, French Cob loaf and caramel waffles. Oh and more mulled wine. Great event and I'm glad Canberra turned out to support it.
Not surprising I suppose, but I was hoping a few more people would come over from Reddit. I'm not too upset about this though. Less content means I'm not doom scrolling. No longer on Twitter, no longer on Reddit. More hours in the day off a screen. Might head out to the Xmas in July event. I was there yesterday but only noticed the paella as I was leaving. Is this just a mindless stream of consciousness? Maybe. But we've got to post and interact here if we want to build traction. Hope you all have a lovely sunny day.
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