My week in a nut shell.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:01 pm

Been in Melbourne for the last couple of weeks doing a course .....yes another one. I finished my cert 11 and popped my application in for my license. Just finished cert 111 in security ops this week and on to the you beaut stuff. baton and handcuffs, Screening, Monitoring operator and control room operator. All handy attainments to have. and I'm telling you this because I'd like to put my name down for the Commonwealth games .....but we'll see what they pay first.

Came back home for the weekend just to get out of the city GOD I HATE THE CITY!!!!

i just had a lovely chat with a fox that's been hanging around recently. Lovely looking thing he is. He has a lovely coat and tail.

Back on the bus this morning to the big smoke and the drudgery of a sore back after four hours of sitting on a bus seat that doesn't adjust.. Oh well...... it will be worth it. I hope the boys who are fasting this week in class keep up their good humour.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:19 am

baton and handcuffs, Screening, Monitoring operator and control room operator. All handy attainments to have. and I'm telling you this because I'd like to put my name down for the Commonwealth games.

...I was wondering if it was a new event for the Gold Coast Games at first. Honest.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:06 pm

Well this week I've decided to do the armed guard course, but not just yet. (best to have some industry experience first, I know some who do the course straight off the bat and they've never even handled a firearm before. Personally I don't believe that's wise)

So control room and monitoring course is out of the way. (very involved job ) And after two days of baton and handcuffs, I'm studying this weekend for the closed book exam on Monday. And I'm sure you guys aren't surprised to hear that I yell at offenders "perfectly" ......hee hee hee If I'm needing you to back off.....you're going to do just that.

It was interesting watching a few videos of police in America making mistakes and ending up brain dead and on life support. Scary ****! I'm hoping I'll never need to use these tactics because my job will not (I hope ) require it. ........but it may.....so I've also decided to keep up with defensive training tactics. Just to keep my eye in.

Cold rainy weekend .....perfect hot Milo and study conditions.

I was wondering if it was a new event for the Gold Coast Games at first. Honest.
Hey Clod! It could be mate ......It could well be.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:41 am

I'm sure you guys aren't surprised to hear that I yell at offenders "perfectly" ......hee hee hee

I thought that voice came in the Mum Kit that gets handed out in maternity wards. (The one that also provides fully functioning organisational skills where none had previously existed and an obsession with the complete cleanliness of the entire planetary environment. Among other things.)

edit: and what is a hot Milo???

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 3:18 pm

I need to get back home . I've put on four kilo since being in Melbourne.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:11 am

Well, yer obviously not running about like them kids in the video.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 4:28 am

used to.

but sadly you're correct.

Post by **spot** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:04 am

magentaflame;1510280 wrote: i just had a lovely chat with a fox that's been hanging around recently. Lovely looking thing he is. He has a lovely coat and tail.
I'm guessing but presumably, as with the rabbit, he's an alien import.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:25 am

Yes import. And not mangey at all, ...very healthy.

Well off back home tomorrow After our aviation screening/xray prac.

Woohoo!!! My own bed! My own lounge chair....my own TV remote, and a fire instead of ducted heating .

Granted .......I'm going to miss a computer.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 3:06 pm

Well back in Gippsland again ...... and there's been a hiccup. Got a letter saying that my application has been temporarily discontinued due to the fact the piece of paper! The "application form" itself is out of date and I have to go back to my "suitibility references" and have them fill out the reference part AGAIN!

I had another application form that looked up to date but on closer inspection it had been revised 05/16 then I look at the paperwork the licensing department sent me and it's revision date is 11/16..... so if they revise these applications every six months the revisional paperwork is also technically out of date.

I HATE BUREAUCRACY!!!!

but then they send me my payment notice.........so they still want the money with no way of knowing if I'll get the references by the due date!!! and of course there's no refund. I just have to hope that my second reference hasn't gone away for the school holidays.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:33 am

Welcome to my bloody day.

Job provider is cutting it fine with my payment notice.....which is majorly pissing me off.

Then i come back to my car where i parked it yesterday and find an unsolicited note on my windscreen. " please do not (not being underlined twice) park here....bus turns." WTF?

Ive been parking in that same spot for around seven years!!!!! Suddenly one of the school buses cant turn out of its parking area? WTF?

Rang the council, rang VicRoads, took some pics, rang the bus company!

You know what? Ill park where ive always parked ....**** em! And if the new bus driver would like some lessons in driving ill be more than happy to help!

Then i ring my car insurance mob to get my windsccreen fixed. I get one free windscreen every policy year. (Yes of course if its damaged) so give them a ring, they contact a contractor and alls good....... just to be told by the contractor i need to pay another $124 dollars for the rubber. WTF?

So i ring the insurance company again im told this....." if you dont need to remove the rubber its not covered, if removed with the windscreen its covered." Ring back the contractor..... tell. 'Rob' what the go is and he says its all good "ha ha ha worst case scenario is you pay the extra cost"

Me: "ha ha ha Rob, that would very much be the worst case scenario for ME!....HA HA HA NOT FOR YOU THOUGH....see you next monday"

Sometimes, somedays youd be forgiven for thinking someone is trying to ream you a new arsehole with a pineapple....spikey end first !

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:38 am

Argh

Sorry to hear this. Hope it all works out...

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:52 am

So.....heres the thing right?

I ealk into the garage to get some kindling to light the fire and hear a ehistle nehind me

Look around, but nobodys there..

Go back to what im doing and hear something again.

I walk outside the garage and a bird is sitting on the fence looking at me.

Gets off the fence and onto the eood pile closer to me. I put my finger out but it backs away.

No big deal and head for the house.....calling over my shoulder. "Watch out for yhe cat".

I open the back door and next minute.....SWOOSH! FLUTTER!..... SCREAM!..........(THE SCREAM ACTUALLY CAME FROM ME).

Well you'd scream too if you had a bird suddenly stuck to your scalp.

So the bloody little bugger flys off my head onto the kitchrn table then proceded to attack yhe bowl of fruit! He yanks a banana out anf begins to settle into dinner.

So...ive now calmed down and go ovrr to retrieve the banana........i now have six holes in my fingers on my left hand.

Ummmmmm..... im not sure how its all happened....im still a bit shocked.

<----------- meet Toni.....the rainbow lorikeet. I think hes staying. Hes made himself quite comfy.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:07 pm

Okay, so his name is Lori. I know this because he just told me. And he's a good boy and he's hungry .... come on.

Being corrected by a bird first thing in the morning is all too much. I better find his owner. Hey maybe he knows his address too?

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:40 am

Oh, wonderful.

Looks to me like you've been adopted.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:03 am

Clodhopper;1511446 wrote: Oh, wonderful.

Looks to me like you've been adopted.

But does adoption need to be so painful?

Pretty all the same

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 5:30 pm

Lol...bryn.

Tried hard to find its owner but no luck as yet.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 6:18 pm

magentaflame;1511086 wrote:

You know what? Ill park where ive always parked ....**** em! And if the new bus driver would like some lessons in driving ill be more than happy to help!

Hahahaha! Yeah! If it's a designated parking spot they can just take a running leap at themselves!" I Love It!

So i ring the insurance company again im told this....." if you dont need to remove the rubber its not covered, if removed with the windscreen its covered." Ring back the contractor..... tell. 'Rob' what the go is and he says its all good "ha ha ha worst case scenario is you pay the extra cost"

Yeah, that sort of happened to me in the 80's. My girlfriend's window was smashed to steal her car radio. (In broad daylight at a supermarket?!) So she goes to the parts store orders one and prepays for it. Then, when she goes to pick it up, they tell her, "It was more expensive than we quoted you so you have to pay the difference."

So I went down there with my Air Force Officer's uniform on and told the clerk, "The transaction is done. We have the receipt, unless you'd like to tangle with the Air Force's lawyers. They're very good, and free for me...but probably not for you."

I walked out with the window.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:16 am

Hee hee hee well done saint.

Oh should give an update. ..... the windscreen went in and the rubber and new aluminum stripping looks a treat.... and yes i got my brand new windscreen that my insurance has already payed for.

And my application was accepted and rubber stamped and i now have my security lisence. And now i have yo immediately amend it because i did other lisence outcome courses whilst waiting for it to go through.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:46 pm

Lifes funny eh?

So heres what has been happening behind the scenes (and if you think ive been a bit snippy lately itd probably why) my avatar is a picture of my car......well....most of it.

I thought id do an overhaul of my 91'subaru brumby.

I dont say this very often and will probably deny it in the future but...

I MADE A MISTAKE!

I made a mistake in taking word of mouth as a recomendation. Continuing with the spray painting of my car even after i thought something was wrong. Giving a person the benefit of the doubt. Etc etc etc.

Ive now had to buy a mechanics manual....my mechanic is so sorry for encouraging me to go to this spray painter after looking at the result and how i got the vehicle back.....three months ive been witjout a car.

Just so angry and pissed off and .......i dont know

....lesson in life i suppose.

And yes ive rung consumer affairs and i do have a case against him, just based on one of the things he did....but all this happened while my son was sick and im running around looking for work......sooooo VCATis not on the cards.

AND then i find out hes done this very thing to others. Fraud....extortion...theft....the list goes on.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:41 am

Okay things are looking up.

I got the job. It's weird when you hear " I've been watching you" And you think to yourself " no you haven't" then you remember there's there's a bazillion cctv cameras everywhere and suddenly you feel a little creeped out. lol but apparently I asked questions that others havent asked after working there for months....so I'm either a bit switched on, or a nosey bastard. Which ever, it helped anyway . Now just to find a place to live in a large busy city . OMG! the rents are ridiculas!!!

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:19 am

magentaflame;1514065 wrote: Okay things are looking up.

I got the job. It's weird when you hear " I've been watching you" And you think to yourself " no you haven't" then you remember there's there's a bazillion cctv cameras everywhere and suddenly you feel a little creeped out. lol but apparently I asked questions that others havent asked after working there for months....so I'm either a bit switched on, or a nosey bastard. Which ever, it helped anyway . Now just to find a place to live in a large busy city . OMG! the rents are ridiculas!!!

Well, good luck with the housing hunt.

Hope it works well for ya.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:36 am

magentaflame;1514065 wrote: Okay things are looking up.

I got the job.

WOOHOO! Right on! Congratulations, let the new life adventure begin!

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:22 pm

Thanks Lars.....yeah youre right Saint.

This flatshare thing is a little daunting though. People are a little precious .... no nightshift workers, cant have any visitors.... heres a new one "blazing the herb" wth? Never heard it put like that before.

And it is beginning to become a little clearer how people work their own worlds too. For instance, ive noticed that if someone lets out rooms for say$200 each for four people they are not only living fir free but making a profit . That grates a bit at my socialist bones.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:29 pm

61 % yes 38% no......... you do the maths.

And now the good meaning arsehole religious groups are at it already....only took minutes.

So my son can get married........whilst a paster says. 'Im marginalised now'......well what goes around comes around.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 6:38 pm

What a. Bloody week..... so go to the city sunday nightshift monday...not feeling too good...turns into throwing up my guts at both ends. Dont go into work tuesday... alls good.

Well actually no...housemate is recovering from breast cancer so i cant spread the germs.and her and her daughter are off on a cruise this week so cant afford to make them sick..wouldnt i be the most hated person in the world.. i decide ti go home......to a house thats been trashed, the boy has missed being kicked out by the skin of his teeth.

Had a huge rowl with a friend (wasnt unexpected) so my christmas is ****ed....and they have my prawns and cray and oysters and grog...they lost the argument but turns out won the day

Merry ****ing christmas to me

Back in melbourne but still sick. No work tonight...this sucks!

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 6:51 pm

Oh onr good thing came out of the week....made a cold call random phone call. Had a sort of interview and it looks like ill have a proper job back down at home. They government vetting takes about 6 months ti go through though. You know the sort....did your grandfather on your mothers fathers side have a nose picking fetish. Been warned so have to begin collating info for the last ten years about mysel. God im glad im not a complicated and instead boringperson.

Post by **spot** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 3:22 am

The job sounds as though it comes with rubber gloves and a cattle prod but on the other hand it's in the right place. Get the boy to roast some turkey and make stuffing to put you back on your feet.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 1:03 pm

We dont do turkey......but he was told he could eat anything in the deep freezer EXCEPT the giant christmas ham i bought two months ago.

Hes eaten the entire ham!

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 1:08 pm

spot;1516250 wrote: The job sounds as though it comes with rubber gloves and a cattle prod but on the other hand it's in the right place. Get the boy to roast some turkey and make stuffing to put you back on your feet.

Im picturing the job..thinking....either people will be very frightened seeing a security guard donning that stuff....or disturbingly really excited...à¸¿)

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:44 pm

Happy new year everyone.....or is it? Had to start work at 6:30 this morning....after the fireworks in the street at twelve last night (btw....they are illegal in my state) and the constant rucus from over the road.im rat **** at work today!

The barstards were still singing when i left for work at 5:30 am.

Go to the city they said.....itll be great they said.......ggggrrrrrrrrr!

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:54 pm

Hello peeps and munchkins!!!!

Me again...how are you all? Nah dont answer that ill read through some posts.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:27 pm

Oh and just a heads up, got some spam in my messages....some dude wants me to learn hoe to save myself before the world ends or something or other

Post by **LarsMac** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:49 pm

magentaflame;1519934 wrote: Oh and just a heads up, got some spam in my messages....some dude wants me to learn hoe to save myself before the world ends or something or other

Yeah, he got around before he got the boot.

Post by **LarsMac** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:49 pm

magentaflame;1519928 wrote: Hello peeps and munchkins!!!!

Me again...how are you all? Nah dont answer that ill read through some posts.

I was wondering where ya been. Good to hear from you.

Welcome back!

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:03 am

Very busy ....for all of the year...plus ive had trouble logging in a couple of times.

But all thats about to change....moving out of melbourne and back down home.... decided i want to see daylight more than twice a week....looking into court security.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:50 am

Ah! There you are

Well, at least you tried it and now know it isn't for you. And you will appreciate home so much more when you are back