The off topic thread 5.0

[Bradesmaen]

Yet most tradies I know took an annual leave day last Friday after the public holiday, and will roll that into an RDO tomorrow for a 5 day weekend.

Lots of professions have little perks. You mean to tell me businessmen in the city don’t take long lunches on Friday afternoons, essentially clocking off at 2pm…

As one of those businessmen in the city... I never clocked off at 2 on a Friday. It was 12:30

 

[99 Problems]

Average wage is $68k.

In Vic teachers earn a very good entry level salary, but it does cap quite quickly.

According to the ABS it’s $92k. It actually bumps up to approx $95k once overtime and bonuses are included.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

 

[jod23]

Season 1 was excellent. Armond was brilliant, faaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrkkkkkkk.

Tried season 2, wasnt as good. Will probs give it a try again.

I thought season two shaded season one. It was so, so good. You should give it a try.

 

[RPCB]

Last of us.. Hooked.
Brilliant casting. Visually really does take you back to the game.

Really happy to see how many non-gamers are enjoying the show. TLOU Part I is releasing on PC in March, so it will get an even larger exposure. Chris Mazin and, of course, Neil Druckmann have done an amazing job with the show.

 

[RPCB]

Holy shit, that’s one hell of a head massage.

 

[RPCB]

Annie Wersching, best known for role in TV series 24, dies at 45

Actor appeared in two series of the thriller as well as Star Trek: Picard, and was reportedly diagnosed with cancer in 2020

www.theguardian.com

 

[bok_party]

Really happy to see how many non-gamers are enjoying the show. TLOU Part I is releasing on PC in March, so it will get an even larger exposure. Chris Mazin and, of course, Neil Druckmann have done an amazing job with the show.

It's funny looking at Mazin's credits where he started doing Scary Movie 3 and 4 then eventually made Chernobyl and now Last of Us.

 

[royboy2]

Cant be better than In Bruges which is so ******* good haha.

 

[joop]

$85-$95k with 13 weeks leave is not bad even if two of those weeks is used for planing. I don’t know if it’s already being done but teachers in less advantaged schools should be paid more to encourage more teachers, retain teachers and who more likely will have more work on their hands than a school in a leafy suburb

You’re right it’s not bad, it’s miserable.

 

[jd2010]

Fuel to the fire...

State of emergency day 4 in Auckland. All non flood impacted business are okay to open. Ministry of education to keep schools in Auckland, impacted and not, closed until day 12.

It's clearly not the teachers but the higher ups calling the shots with this. But private schools have decided to ignore the advice and will open tomorrow

 

[joop]

I thought season two shaded season one. It was so, so good. You should give it a try.

Felt like much more of a slow burn, both seasons were great though.

 

[SM]

Fuel to the fire...

State of emergency day 4 in Auckland. All non flood impacted business are okay to open. Ministry of education to keep schools in Auckland, impacted and not, closed until day 12.

It's clearly not the teachers but the higher ups calling the shots with this. But private schools have decided to ignore the advice and will open tomorrow

And the opposite occurred during COVID when schools were forced back while everyone else sat at home so that parents didn't have to deal with their own kids at home.

 

[jd2010]

And the opposite occurred during COVID when schools were forced back while everyone else sat at home so that parents didn't have to deal with their own kids at home.

Not because time in classrooms and not doing remote learning was important to the kids education? Just so parents didn't have to deal with them lol

 

[SM]

Not because time in classrooms and not doing remote learning was important to the kids education? Just so parents didn't have to deal with them lol

One of the key reasons given for getting the schools back open was to mobilise the economy and allow people to get back to work. It was a key part of the narrative.

Aren't the schools shut in NZ because they've suffered structural damage and are unsafe to open? And to keep roads clear for vital infrastructure repairs?

 

[jd2010]

One of the key reasons given for getting the schools back open was to mobilise the economy and allow people to get back to work. It was a key part of the narrative.

Aren't the schools shut in NZ because they've suffered structural damage and are unsafe to open? And to keep roads clear for vital infrastructure repairs?

No they're closed if they have no impact too. I get flood impacted areas. But it's about 1 in 20 suburbs/schools

 

[SM]

No they're closed if they have no impact too. I get flood impacted areas. But it's about 1 in 20 suburbs/schools

Everything I've seen suggested it was to keep roads clear for emergency services and for damaged infrastructure but I guess that one specific example of schools remaining shut makes all the difference.

 

[jd2010]

Everything I've seen suggested it was to keep roads clear for emergency services and for damaged infrastructure but I guess that one specific example of schools remaining shut makes all the difference.

Put it this way there was decent 9-5 peak hour traffic during school holidays can't see how it really helps

 

[SM]

Put it this way there was decent 9-5 peak hour traffic during school holidays can't see how it really helps

I guess I'm trying to understand why you're bringing up a specific example of school remaining shut other than to suggest teachers are slackers which seems a really weird angle. But I guess they can't be at the AO anymore since it's finished?

 

[jd2010]

I guess I'm trying to understand why you're bringing up a specific example of school remaining shut other than to suggest teachers are slackers which seems a really weird angle. But I guess they can't be at the AO anymore since it's finished?

Just interesting timing of a MOE decision post the earlier discussion where teachers are now off work til nearly mid Feb

 

[SM]

Just interesting timing of a MOE decision post the earlier discussion where teachers are now off work til nearly mid Feb

You're right, if only they'd predicted the natural disaster and stayed in schools an extra few weeks in December. Bugger.

 

[jd2010]

You're right, if only they'd predicted the natural disaster and stayed in schools an extra few weeks in December. Bugger.

But everyone else, get back on the road and to work. Interesting logic

 

[SM]

But everyone else, get back on the road and to work. Interesting logic

Again really not sure what point you could be trying to make here other than "Because of a very specific example of schools being shut but everyone else having to work teachers have it too easy". And surely it's not that facile.

 

[jd2010]

Again really not sure what point you could be trying to make here other than "Because of a very specific example of schools being shut but everyone else having to work teachers have it too easy". And surely it's not that facile.

Got nothing to do with teachers having it too easy. Just that they're the only workplace enforcing closure when there's been no damage to it. Not the teachers call at all. The ministry have pulled this out last minute, most schools had no clue until it was on the news at 6pm and thought they'd be back tomorrow

 

[SM]

Got nothing to do with teachers having it too easy. Just that they're the only workplace enforcing closure when there's been no damage to it. Not the teachers call at all. The ministry have pulled this out last minute, most schools had no clue until it was on the news at 6pm and thought they'd be back tomorrow

20 schools have suffered serious damage.

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