Taken by mongrels, taken by sheepfuxors / Thought I knew them all way back then

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The mongrels are in the pocketbook, the sheepfuxors are by the bar...

Paul Hester RIP

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

that new JB Hi-Fi on Bourke Street has an AMON DUUL II section, you know.

― haitch (haitch), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:44 (twenty years ago)

I don't even know what that is.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:46 (twenty years ago)

Wait... there's a JB on Bourke St now? Where??

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:46 (twenty years ago)

is it where Allans was?

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:47 (twenty years ago)

it's down an escalator under Village cinema. everything's so neat and fresh!

― haitch (haitch), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT JAMSTER THING ON THE TV ADVERT?

Also, aspiring paedophiles: Nikki Webster is in the new FHM.

Why did I have to watch Good Morning Australia today?

ESound - Opposite side of the street. Used to be a Timezone?

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

that is the "crazy frog", sasha.

― haitch (haitch), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:49 (twenty years ago)

ohh yeah.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:50 (twenty years ago)

JB neat and fresh?? Now I know you're lying.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:50 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/yannie/bloggie/crazy.jpg

― haitch (haitch), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

well it has only been open two days, give it a few weeks to get more JB-like.

they have vinyl!

― haitch (haitch), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

OMG

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

You have to be careful with JB these days. That one in Brighton [Melb] charges way too much for everything.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

really? i got my nuggets boxsets from there for a relative song

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:00 (twenty years ago)

that is the "crazy frog", sasha.
-- haitch (big.jesus.trash.ca...), April 8th, 2005 12:49 PM. (later)

oh, okay.

wait,

WHY DEAR GOD, WHY!? WHY DO I WANT A RING TONE OF IT? WHY DOES IT NEED GENETALIA? WHY WHY WHY!?

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:03 (twenty years ago)

a ringtone with genitalia? now that's taking polyphony a bit too far

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:03 (twenty years ago)

Last few times I've been in there comparing prices, Brighton's been way more expensive than everywhere else.

DSE Powerhouse is always worth a try for music and DVDs now. The range isn't as extensive but the prices are usually lower.

xpost

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:03 (twenty years ago)

Everything's more expensive in Brighton and South Yarra cos people there dont give a rats how much somethin' costs, see.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:09 (twenty years ago)

Ahhh! See we didn't even think of that, we thought it was because it's not close to any other music/DVD shops.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)

Nuggets II is not as good as Nuggets I. but it's still pretty good.

― haitch (haitch), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:38 (twenty years ago)

really? i found the opposite. there's a lot of I that i really don't get into. II is patchy and a lot of the best bits are on Rubble (which i had first) but its highlights are worth every penny

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

I'm getting this bad boy tomorrow -

http://www.vosonic.co.uk/vp6210.html

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:13 (twenty years ago)

do i need nuggets? i heard a few tracks and though it was great and goldie got copies and i made mp3s on them on computer and forgot and then came back later and burned the cds and then a month or so later when i went to listen to it it had mysteriously changed into harry smith american folk thing.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:16 (twenty years ago)

whilst i really like having both boxes, you could easily distill them into one or two cds per box of essential tracks.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

I think I got that job!

The boss guy just phoned me and asked me to come in to have a chat to his tech guy's boss on Monday. BAM!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

that means no doobie this weekend!!

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

hooray for trayce!

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

80 gb model, phwoar.

that first disc on I, the original Nuggets comp, is almost perfect as is. (hence the rep, i guess.) but there's great tracks all the way through the other three discs. maybe I just need to give II another listen, the first one took a while to click as well and I haven't really listened to II that much yet.

congrats trayce!

― haitch (haitch), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

Yeah this weekend's gotte be a clean one, I think ;)

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

er yeah i mean good luck!!

xpost

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

Fuck Trayce that's awesome. STOP BEING TIN BUM

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

er... tin... bum?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 April 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

Congratulations Trayce. Didn't I say you'd get it??! huh?! :)

― Kate's evil twin (papa november), Friday, 8 April 2005 04:35 (twenty years ago)

Well, I dont know for 100% sure yet! But I assume if I'm being asked in to chat to the bigger boss, its that usual second interview which is the formality re pay and conditions. So yeah... thanks all :D

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 April 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)

yay Trayce!!!

― moley (moley), Friday, 8 April 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

My last job was three interviews. The fourth was discussion about pay etc. I think that was unusual though.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)

Yeah but did you have to do tests or anything? I havent had to for this one - in fact I'm thinking they might possibly be wanting to work out what they can use me/my skills for, rather than me being hired and learning the role. At least I hope so.

Its kind of a new startup arm of the company so theres lots of process and documentation to be done. I love that idea - what I hated abt AyAyPT was that they were so old and big and set in their corporate ways, they kind of clashed with Conn3ct's way sof doing things, so when we merged, we were having all our usual procedures rejected and scoffed at by Sydney pointyhaireds. ARGH! I hate being told "this is how its done and thats it, you cant change this" when you know it is inefficient.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 April 2005 05:00 (twenty years ago)

Tests? Nah, just spoke to loads of people.

Oh so there was a merger? Now the name makes sense...

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I was hired by what was connect.com.au - that was great, a midsize company, they ran Smartchat back then (before aap* handed it to AOL or someone).

The buyout'd already happened when I was hired in 99 but they were a seperate entity and we were always promised that wouldn't change.

Then it did. And then ppl started getting the arse, or depts moved interstate. And ppl quit cos things were going to shit.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 April 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

Hey I know that feeling.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

31 in Melbourne!! ALL WEEKEND.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2005 06:25 (twenty years ago)

ick. It's rainy and cooling right down here.

― Kate's evil twin (papa november), Friday, 8 April 2005 06:36 (twenty years ago)

pink sky tonite

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 8 April 2005 08:01 (twenty years ago)

Sailors take flight.

Or something.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 April 2005 08:32 (twenty years ago)

Trayce i am very happy for you. and merry too

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Friday, 8 April 2005 08:56 (twenty years ago)

sigh. i'm furious but i'm not going to bring everyone down with the details. instead i'm going to look forward to a weekend where i get lots of stuff done.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 8 April 2005 12:45 (twenty years ago)

Man, I have a massive paper to write on the fucking KLA's and New Basics. I want to put a gun to my head. This stuff is painfully dull.

― Kate / Productive Pedagog (papa november), Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

yeah i have a massive paper to write too on what extent the right to vote is protected by the constitution and what are the sources and limitations of state extraterritorial legislative power. it's not dull so much as so incredibly complicated it makes my brain hurt.

― gem (trisk), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

Mine wouldn't be so hard if the Education Queensland website wasn't utter garbage and the hyperlink with the report on the KLA's wasn't broken. It's due Monday and basically I'm fucked.

Ah well. I'm off the the Art Gallery with my Mum shortly. If I get a pass conceded I don't really care. It'd be my first in 3 and a half years. Assessment only worth 15% anyway.

― Kate / Productive Pedagog (papa november), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

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ME Jim! ME!

we have a pianola - inherited. i occasionally pretend i'm the punk rock kieth jarrett on it. most time we play rolls of stuff from the 40's, gather round, sing. 10 years ago a foolish relo bought an elton and a billy joel roll - fuckin scary that i knew all the words.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 08:13 (twenty years ago)

o man i got the idjut boys disc too. it is wonderful (and i mainly feel like adam about music (with diff tastes obv)

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 08:15 (twenty years ago)

Me too, Jim!

Caroline Springs? That's the new housing development. It's certainly the frontier, but it's not a slum.

I'm a dirty downloader now, the thought of buying any more cds and having to store them is a daunting thought.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 10:40 (twenty years ago)

o well

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

whappened?

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

nb. gaz & mikey please send addresses to this email

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

i got hit by a car. while on my bike. i went under the front. my bikes fucked. i am ok - but shaky.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:31 (twenty years ago)

jesus the edge. glad you're ok! are you taking the day off?

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

no i'm ok. it happened last night on the way home. i have a few bruises and cuts but i. got. back. on. the. bike.
(well, the wifes actually as mine is fucked)

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

my 'boss' was thrown off his bike a few weeks ago, rooted his ankle completely.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)

i come off once a year or so. riding my wife's little mountain bike to the station this morning i kept thinking i need a moped.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Caroline Springs? That's the new housing development. It's certainly the frontier, but it's not a slum.

Apparently great chunks of it are already slums. There's an upstairs/downstairs thing going on, with the upper class being called 'Casey' and 'Jackson', and the lower class being called 13 different spellings of 'Shanaya'.

xpost: Holy shit Gaz, did you get the car's registration?

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

it was an accident adam...he got out to see if i was ok. the car i was right beside stopped in heavy traffic to let him turn right into a shopping centre car park. i didn't see the brake lights cos i was beside the braking car, he didn't see me for same reason. *splat*

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

Ah fair enough. At least it was amicable. It's so easy to get heated in situations like that.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:04 (twenty years ago)

Jesus, the back door just FELL OFF.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

heheh "back door"

― haitch (haitch), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

pardon?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

My whole back door just came off! It was open and them FOOMP on the floor.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

no indications it was going to happen?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

it decided it would rather kill itself than be closed by you

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:22 (twenty years ago)

/neil

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:22 (twenty years ago)

http://tugboatonline.brinkster.net/neil.jpg

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

no indications it was going to happen?

The door's rotting in places. The top hinge became loose a couple of times, so we fixed it a couple of times and it was fine. Then FOOMP.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

GET ONE HANDYMAN

― haitch (haitch), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

I think I oughta look for another job, or book myself some menkal hospital time.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, just get out.

I stayed in a crap job and it fucked me up something fierce.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:35 (twenty years ago)

i would like to jump too but i have the mortgage and the kids = i am TRAPPED

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

Is there any money in being creative? Like, for my next job I'd like to maybe... I dunno, write a bit more, have some fun ideas. Advertising without the assholes. I wish I could write that first book and then have it be wildly successful and start I dunno, making it into a hilarious and wildly successful sci-fi franchise with lots of toys and special effects and explosions and witty innuendo.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

mikey this is a pretty common feeling with schoolteaching i'd guess - is there any support?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

THIS IS MY PROBLEM.

I HAVE SO MUCH SHIT, FOR GOOD OR BAD UP IN MY BRAINCASE AND I CAN'T LET IT OUT DURING THE DAY AT SCHOOL AND AT NIGHT I AM TOO TIRED.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

You don't make money by being creative. You're stuck with the donkeyholes I'm afraid.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:41 (twenty years ago)

My school is pretty neat with the support and that makes it just that much more worse - it's me that is the problem. I just can't quite get the fine balance needed, I can't get just enough organised or be strict enough or stick to the curriculum as tightly as needed.

On the other hand I always saw people leaving the profession and thought 'dude, i'm not like them - i'm going to stick with it', but then you see cats who've been here for thirty years and you wake up screaming in fright that you'll turn into the bitter fucker in the staff room who's always eating shit-smelling leftovers.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:43 (twenty years ago)

Thinking of going part-time.

― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

OMG your door fell off!? Dude get one better luck!

Argh bajillion xposts... too busy today.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:44 (twenty years ago)

then you see cats who've been here for thirty years and you wake up screaming in fright that you'll turn into the bitter fucker in the staff room who's always eating shit-smelling leftovers.

THAT is what will prevent you ever becoming like that.

People like us, who don't want to become the kind of person who does the same menial shit for 30 years, will never become like that. Ever. We're too interesting.

xpost thanks Trayce, yeah f'n xpostopolis today :)

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:45 (twenty years ago)

i hope so. i seem to have made a mistake.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

one of my best mates is a teacher at a 'difficult' school who burned out last year. she's taking this semester off and has gone travelling. i just got an email from her this morning, she's doing professional development courses in vancouver and toronto this week and she is so energised and excited about getting back here and starting work again.... maybe some time to chill and focus on something else would work for you too mikey?

i could never be a teacher, i have massively huge amounts of admiration for you and everyone else that does it mikey. it's a pretty important job.

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 28 April 2005 00:57 (twenty years ago)

God yeah, and education is pretty undervalued and underpaid at primary/secondary level.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

I better hurry up and make it in the art world because the prospect of teaching is starting to look very undesirable.

― Kate / Productive Pedagog (papa november), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

Sorry :(

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

I have five jobs to follow up but I can't do anything until Mr[s] Door Person gets here.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

You remind me, I really need to call my realos about getting a plumber in - the pipes in our building are fucked up and my bathroom sink is blocked and keeps regurgitating water up into the sink all the time... gurrrlglebLOOP *sink fills up with horrible looking water etc*.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:30 (twenty years ago)

ew i hate it when that happens and there's all manky gunk in there, i like to pretend that the pipes are clean and shiny like the actual sink

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

the pipes in our building are fucked up and my bathroom sink is blocked and keeps regurgitating water up into the sink all the time

Dumbarse question, but have you tried Drano? We've had a few blockages here [some REALLY nasty ones], and Drano fixed every one. Eventually. Sometimes you have to give it half a dozen goes. :)

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

that didn't work on a blockage i had at my old flat. i used almost the entire container of it, ended up fixing the problem in a couple of minutes with a plunger. the filth that was blocking the sink was quite something.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:35 (twenty years ago)

yeah the pipes are dodge as in the place i'm in now and i've never been able to make drano work either. plungers work for a while when the drain starts to slow down, but eventually the plumber has to be called.

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:37 (twenty years ago)

hey ho.

isn't it time for a new sheepfuXors thread?!?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

Yes, yes it is. I'm very sick of this title now.

xpost: Sounds like we're just lucky with Drano :)

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

probably is time for a newie. i feel a bit sad about the whole paul hester thing every time i open this one. why don't you start it eisbar?

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

ok!

a "pseudo-echo" of mongrels and sheepfuXors type fun!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 28 April 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)

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