Lounge but Australian

[sudden karma]

exactly

[deep cape]

this sounds like the plot of that rick and morty episode when they go into the car battery and its just powered by slaves

[delicate storm]

TRUEEEEEEE

im like an international student

[steep idol]

im kinda reverse engineering LaTex cuz i need to be able to type faster in word document

[patent pecan]

Just paid a $3700 speeding fine

Don't a fucking idiot kids, do the speed limit

[deep cape]

what the fuck

is that for multiple fines or one fine that is $3700 due to like a sliding scale depending on how over the limit you were

[patent pecan]

There’s no sliding scale/holiday points

It’s a work vehicle, so they give you and option to pay a heavier fine without taking demerit points

I, unfortunately struggle to learn my lesson and don’t have enough points left to pay a cheaper fine so I’m taking the punch

[deep cape]

Ahh yeah okay that makes sense that’s rough as

[static ruin]

Just means you weren't driving fast enough to avoid being caught

Also til you can just pay out instead of points for a work vehicle

[sudden karma]

How fast do you need to go to avoid the speed camera

[static ruin]

Faster than a car can travel

[sudden karma]

blast

[static ruin]

From a quick Google search, so accuracy who knows. Assuming a ~1/1000 shutter speed, would need to be traveling around 1800km/hr to sufficiently blur the number plate

[sudden karma]

That's like walking pace gosh

Too easy

[patent pecan]

Yeah not sure what the factor is but my one 7 over was about $1700, this one was about 23 over

[steep idol]

500m/s thats about mach 2

[sudden karma]

@wet charm I spy with my little eye an Australian train photo

[wet charm]

Yup. Richmond Station

I am from Melbourne

unfortunately

[static ruin]

Very unfortunate indeed

[frozen lantern]

@sudden karma you’re in luck

[sudden karma]

well that's unfortunate

I am also from Melbourne

[wet charm]

I'm sorry

[sudden karma]

Thanks

It's pretty tough

[wet charm]

I know

[sudden karma]

I'm going up to Corowa on Thursday tho, looking forward to that

Will be shooting some dirt racing 😋

[deep cape]

ayooo

noice

[sudden karma]

I mean hopefully

Depends on if dad's willing to drive the hour from Corowa with me

Id like to see if he's somewhat decent at shooting motorsport

[vivid verge]

You missed an ADF excercise by a week

There was a couple C27s and Skyvans doing Paratrooping out of Corowa

[sudden karma]

Sounds about right for me

I miss alot of stuff

@mental escarp I spy another Australian

[kindred rivet]

dw this the the same way he got me

[sudden karma]

i find them all

[kindred rivet]

how tho??? do you like stalk them? do i need to call ASIO?

[sudden karma]

i see people using aussie stuff

like at train stations and whatnot

[eternal moat]

It also gives you twilight skies earlier which look awesome

[frozen lantern]

Garmin makes an awful lot of products I think we’ve found a brand that Peyton can’t fully fanboy over because of the shear range of products and prices on some of them

[still wadi]

unfortunately, im also from melbourne

[frozen lantern]

I am not from Melbourne but due to my family living there I’ve spent significant time there

[sudden karma]

idk man I sent him a photo of my watch and he decided he needed one

[patent pecan]

yeah im with lex here, this was defnitely a - lex bought this one so i will too, the aero nerd stuff is just a bonus

good on you peyty poo

[subtle geyser]

hi smeet my 2x tact came today

[patent pecan]

didn't you already have it?

[subtle geyser]

No it just came today

[patent pecan]

lmao

slick edit

[subtle geyser]

[static ruin]

I see everything

[patent pecan]

Happy Tuesday

If it's a short week, doesn't it technically make today hump day?

Which in turn makes it Smeet Day?

[static ruin]

I was just discussing whether it's mid week with someone else about 20 minutes ago

[static ruin]

Only if we get the day off

[patent pecan]

And just simple math, makes the both today and tomorrow the median

Meaning two Smeet Days?

AMIRITE?

[static ruin]

In either case, short week, I've taken the 3 days off next week.. I'll be happy Thursday afternoon

[patent pecan]

Fuck I need a haircut this weekend

Saturdays technically not a holiday is it

[static ruin]

In nsw it's officially a public holiday, assume the same up there

So yes, you'll have to pay PH rates

[sudden karma]

That's a good point

[deep cape]

not at fault!!! eat shit other driver

[sudden karma]

I mean if you're already in the roundabout everyone's gotta give way so it's immediately their fault if they cut you off

[deep cape]

yeah i think im just slightly like … over the top with this because the last time i had to go through this i was arguing with insurance for like an hour explaining what had happened and they kept being like no you’re at fault for not giving way to your right and i told them to bring up google maps and pointed out their stop sign and they were like oh … yeah i guess you’re not at fault

that was with AAMI .. so they can get fucked

[static ruin]

I guess you weren't so lucky you're with aami

[kindred rivet]

thats a fair nice watch

[static ruin]

Photo nothing great, got my first Barn owl this afternoon

[sudden karma]

yay

[frozen lantern]

I’m chucking an iPad in the laptop slot in my camera bag I can run LR and whatever apps I’ll use for photography off it

[late parcel]

@vivid verge I get to meet Bunga tomorrow

[vivid verge]

hell yeh

where at

ill be at williamtown in the morning then going coastals in the arvo

[late parcel]

Fighter beans

[late parcel]

What time? I’m getting there 8:45

[steep idol]

i realized that i have free will and a bike

that means i can go to the restaurant kitchen supply whenever i want to

how did i not realize this before?

[vivid verge]

I’ll be there 9

I’ll came say hi

Have we met?

[late parcel]

I don’t think so

[still wadi]

wednesday (still boring)

[deep cape]

yeah but kinda thursday tho

but happy smeet day for realsies

[sudden karma]

merry smeet day ladies

[still wadi]

e

[static ruin]

Tomorrow will be better than smeet day

[sudden karma]

how

thats not possible

is it national puther day tmmr?

[static ruin]

It's last day before long weekend

[sudden karma]

too true

i leave for my holiday tmmr

havent packed at all

[static ruin]

Days off > smeet day, we only support smeet day to try to get more time off

Ah nice

[deep cape]

:0 where are you going!!

[sudden karma]

Corowa

[deep cape]

enjoy

[static ruin]

See, vacation > smeet day, so today isn't the best day of the week

If these space weather gods give us another Aurora display I'll be happy, not a high chance.. but a chance tonight nonetheless

[sudden karma]

ive been seeing the notifications of the solar activity keep coming up :(

maybe we get a big one when im away

that would be amazing

[static ruin]

We were hit early am hours by a couple of cmes, nothing in the pipeline for tomorrow and foreseeable future. Tonight is mostly going to depend on luck for whether it actually lasts to night, and if intensity is enough

[deep cape]

supposed to get some pretty hectic auroras in september aren’t we

[still wadi]

we are??

[static ruin]

No one can predict it that far out, a week out is already unpredictable

Depends on what the sun does

[deep cape]

wait one sec ill find the thingy

[sudden karma]

the sun will fart big

[static ruin]

I assume it's something else, otherwise it's just some hype/click bait

It's possible we get something big then, there is however 0 ability to predict whether anything will happen or when

[deep cape]

hmmm maybe it appeared to me in a dream

[static ruin]

Sounds like a good dream at least. But yeah we can only make predictions when events actually happen on the sun, so 2-3 days notice. Even then the error bars are big until our satellites are hit about an hour out.

[deep cape]

Found the article it was referring to the lunar eclipses and the supermoon in September mb

[static ruin]

Ah, yeah little bit different lol

[steep idol]

can july 20th be national kana day?

[sudden karma]

no

You're not smeet

[steep idol]

but thats grand fondo day

[kindred rivet]

whats smeet?

[steep idol]

Who's Smeet may i rephrase

[kindred rivet]

who's smeet???

[vivid verge]

discord user scroll up challenge

[steep idol]

Level: Impossible

[kindred rivet]

can i roll a d20 to see if you can do it for me?

[sudden karma]

Or you could just scroll up

tutorial on how to scroll up

[frozen lantern]

Can you add written instructions?

[sudden karma]

wait did I scroll the wrong way

no I didn't

Thank god

[sudden karma]

let me add Audio description

[frozen lantern]

How do you scroll upwards? Which way is upwards?

[late parcel]

@vivid verge my car failed blue slip 🥲

[vivid verge]

😾

very rude

[patent pecan]

did they find all the bog?

[still wadi]

nice mousepad

[late parcel]

Yeah and he said it was well done and structurally sound:) my brake booster needs work though

He said he’ll sign it when I come back with the brakes fixed. Everything else on the car was good

[sudden karma]

Bit cheap but yeah it's nice

It's not the best quality

[still wadi]

oh ok

[static ruin]

Going to be extremely tried tomorrow... Aurora not done anything despite some insane conditions

[steep idol]

thursday fuckers

[static ruin]

Just wish it were Thursday night not morning

Had to call it quits on aurora, wake up in 4ish hours.. have a feeling it's going to go off big

[subtle geyser]

Thanks

[patent pecan]

Happy Friday

[still wadi]

wait

THERE WAS AN AURORA LAST NIGHT????

[static ruin]

Kind of... Conditions were very strong for it, our luck however wasn't. Have seen a couple of photos up here (Sydney area) around 2-3am, though not upset I called it at 1 and went to sleep

Very underwhelming compared to even last months weaker event, but that's just how it goes, gotta be out already when it happens if it does

[still wadi]

ok lol

[sudden karma]

You might've been able to see it down here

[deep cape]

gotta move to melbourne heeh

[static ruin]

I'd love to fly down to Tasmania last minute if we get a big event

Still doesn't change last night just being extremely unlucky, impact on earth was major... The aurora from an event of its intensity were pathetic, but I suppose that's just part of the chase. Some people got photos near Sydney around 3am, though wasn't anything to write home about

[deep cape]

yeah its been a long time since ive seen bands that intense hey

[patent pecan]

We'll call it now instead

PL meet up in tassie

Imagine the landscaping trip

[static ruin]

It's on my list for landscape

[sudden karma]

I hope you mean landscape

not landscaping

[patent pecan]

Getting out hands dirty.. pshhh

[sudden karma]

hand crafting the photo

Now that's a fucking fire

[static ruin]

Nice, looks like a great night

[patent pecan]

We're thinking of doing the same this weekend. Haven';t used our firepit in like 10 years lol

[static ruin]

Not had ours out in quite some time either, always fun, drinks, banter, firepit, can't go wrong

Red cordial for lex

[patent pecan]

Maybe just Solo. can't have him acting up

[static ruin]

Just don't get it mixed up with the Hard solo's

[patent pecan]

Good thing they renamed it, just in case

[static ruin]

til

I don't drink it, shows how much I know

[sudden karma]

Next few days down here are fucking mint

[sudden karma]

nah I'm having a beer fuck that

[static ruin]

Oh right you're on that trip, enjoy

[sudden karma]

did they rename it?

[patent pecan]

yes, not long after it came out, to hard rated

[still wadi]

im too oung for beer

[sudden karma]

So am I

that's alright tho

[static ruin]

You're probably with parents so is fine anyway, means you won't be going silly with it

[still wadi]

wait, what

isnt it illegal

even on private property?

[static ruin]

On private property it's legal. If you want to get a bit more technical, if it's anyone other than parent providing the alcohol it becomes illegal, though unless it's some silly big event that attracts attention, it's not like it'd be policed

[vivid verge]

who cares anyway

I don’t drink and probably won’t even when I legally can but it’s really not anything

[frozen lantern]

Nah if you have a beer on private property with a responsible adult it’s perfectly fine legally at least in Queensland it is according to what we get taught at school

If I’m out on the driveway working on the boat with my old man I can have a drink no worries

[frozen lantern]

Yeah it’s Australia we have a massive drinking culture

[still wadi]

ok lol

[sudden karma]

only had 1 lol

it's not like it's a bad thing

It's fully legal, I'm not an idiot and it's on private property

Im not an alcoholic

[tight marsh]

Almost Fridayyyyyyyy

https://tenor.com/view/mclaren-gif-25873997

Yippee friday

I'm going to try and catch some z's now

[sudden karma]

It's Friday baby

Enjoy your days off everyone

[vivid verge]

Off to country vic today

Then Melbourne on Sunday and Monday

[sudden karma]

where ya headed?

bloke comes down after I've left

[vivid verge]

Mooroopna

Dads hometown

Then going to the Sunday night footy and Monday game in Melbourne

[subtle geyser]

@static ruin Reed Timmer and the Dominator 3 stopped by in my city today

[static ruin]

Not surprised, keeping tabs. If you remember a little while back I said tornado alley may be waking up in 10 days? This is what I was referring to, was mostly a question of where the trough ended up landing and size

Only smallish event in the end, but yeah it did atleast verify as something lol

Tornados will probably be more Iowa, but yeah will start around NE few little cells firing up now

[subtle geyser]

probably they will fire off right at the NE/IA border

[static ruin]

Having a quick poke around on weather model now, god damn if they do get going early in Nebraska, could still be a brief significant tor, but would have to get going fast before it moves out of that environment

[subtle geyser]

they aren’t too bad currently

hoping that the nados aren’t near me lel

[sudden karma]

up the Hawks

I'll be watching the game from up here

[static ruin]

You'll probably be fine. Honestly looks like a dream storm chase area, conditions for solid supercell structure, tornado, Damaging hail, but overall nothing insane

[subtle geyser]

Hail is gonna be nuts

If only my insurance was full coverage on my car I could get a new hood and windshield

[static ruin]

lol

[subtle geyser]

I have a decent sized crack

my hood is a bit wrinkled

[sudden karma]

get the crack fixed

[subtle geyser]

Nah

New windshield dirt cheap

[sudden karma]

a small crack can do easily turn into a huge one that needs the windscreen replaced

[subtle geyser]

literally like $100

[subtle geyser]

yes

My mom had one

Pretty much went all the way across it

[static ruin]

There you go, first tornado warning now up

[subtle geyser]

It’s close to my town so sirens may go off

Like my house is in the corner of the pentagon lmfao

it’s moving more northeast so I will be fine

[static ruin]

Great spot to watch then I suppose lol. I don't think it's on the ground from radar, but goes without saying it can change pretty fast. Getting that nice hook going

[subtle geyser]

MyRadar app is pretty buns

not super detailed

[static ruin]

Oh if you're to the south you'll be fine, it's being to the North of tornados that can be a bit risky. As a tornado dies out, they often deviate north (well in the NH atleast)

[subtle geyser]

This is what the cell looks like

[subtle geyser]

Yeah I’m just south of the pentagon

[subtle geyser]

ya I’m south of it

Kinda an odd placement of the area tbh

should of shifted the whole thing upwards

[static ruin]

The storm south west of it may produce, it's probably the one to watch if that's the case. No real hook yet, but can change

[subtle geyser]

yeah I see

That’s gonna be the one that would hit me

Tbh doesn’t look as bad as the tornado warned one

I’d say the most southern one in NE would have one

Seems a lot larger

[static ruin]

It has a well defined region of rotation, if it tightens up it'll probably get a tornado warning

[subtle geyser]

The nado warned storm is pretty large

lol

it’s cause my phone is right inside the tornado warning

hehe

[vivid verge]

end yourself

[sudden karma]

nah fuck you the cats are ass

[subtle geyser]

Welp I’m in a nado warning now

fr this time

sirens aren’t going off??

[static ruin]

If you're actually in the path, then yeah do be very aware, it definitely has potential to drop something big now

[subtle geyser]

fuck

yeah

[static ruin]

Right now the circulation seems to be fairly large in terms of area, I still don't think it's on the ground, but I'm also some random internet person who can't see it in person

The little tail off the hook is strange not sure what to make of it, but yeah it's trying to do something in either case. If not tornado, if you get the RFD it'll be very strong winds (Upwards of 80-90mp/h), definitely take it seriously

[subtle geyser]

It’s very windy and hailing

Rip my car

[static ruin]

F

I guess that insurance claim you wanted? But yeah hopefully nothing too bad

[subtle geyser]

nah I don’t have full coverage

[sudden karma]

L

[subtle geyser]

@static ruin the tiny Hyundai has survived

with some damage

[static ruin]

Those new dents on the roof after this storm?

[subtle geyser]

yes

[static ruin]

Ouch

[subtle geyser]

meh

not terrible

My car was already kinda dinged up

[static ruin]

I suppose there it's a when not if anyway, just part of living in tornado alley

Hear stories of people in certain areas who are more surprised if a car doesn't have hail dents within a couple of years

[subtle geyser]

Funny thing, we were in a tornado warning and sirens never went off

[patent pecan]

Looks more like you were in a driveby shooting dawg

[vivid verge]

🖕

[vivid verge]

opps got to ya

[subtle geyser]

Yes

[subtle geyser]

Sure did

@static ruin golf ball sized hail

[frozen lantern]

Got a slingshot?

[subtle geyser]

lmao

[frozen lantern]

Chunks of ice or whatever hail is that size could do a bit of damage

[subtle geyser]

Hail

[static ruin]

Buy a trebuchet in preparation for the day you get gorilla hail

[subtle geyser]

@frozen lantern this is what hail does to a house

[subtle geyser]

[frozen lantern]

Wonderful

[subtle geyser]

Yes

[frozen lantern]

Cannot say I have experienced hail

[subtle geyser]

smh

haven’t experienced the Midwest usa

[frozen lantern]

I have experienced extreme flooding - too many times to count

[static ruin]

It's mostly that tropics just tend not to get much hail in general despite the storms. South QLD gets giant hail

Ironically there's too much moisture in the tropics for hail formation

[frozen lantern]

We don’t get hail we just get flooded every 3 weeks

Seems like a fair trade

[static ruin]

Usually somewhere in Sydney gets hit by significant hail each year, it's just typically very localised

[frozen lantern]

There’s a park and road in Cairns nearly every time it rains it gets flooded

Just gotta wait another week or so and the wet season is pretty well over

[static ruin]

Was reading an interesting article the other day on lake Eyre in SA, apparently going to fill up more than it has in the past couple of decades due to the high amount of rain up there this season

Making its way down, so expected around May from memory

[subtle geyser]

@sudden karma 10 body battery is so hype

[sudden karma]

weak

the fact it's sitting at 49 when you wake up its really bad br9

[subtle geyser]

yes

I slept like shit

[sudden karma]

It should look like this

[subtle geyser]

Sickness fucking sucks

lel

pfft it’s fine

[sudden karma]

why'd you never friend me on Garmin smh

[subtle geyser]

Oh yeahhh

how to fren

@sudden karma https://connect.garmin.com/modern/profile/f7d25583-26ea-4153-8ab8-30f98f03580b

fren me

[sudden karma]

There ya go

[subtle geyser]

we are fren now

[sudden karma]

yeah join that challenge you bum

Good boy

[subtle geyser]

[subtle geyser]

Yuhhhhh

[sudden karma]

you're cooked br9

[subtle geyser]

yes

Anxiety go rahhh

[static ruin]

That storm has now gone on to PDS warning and currently has wedge tornado, you certainly dodged a bullet with that one

[subtle geyser]

oh damn what the hell

I see

[steep idol]

you guys never had 5 before?

[subtle geyser]

[frozen lantern]

@sudden karma @late parcel I think there’s gonna be a couple flyovers down your way next week

Melbourne you’ve got East Sale nearby then Sydney you’ve got NAS Albatross in Nowra plus the ships at Potts Point that carry helicopters

[sudden karma]

Could possibly go to east sale next week, depends on school

[frozen lantern]

Shit I think Monday is the public holiday and Tuesday I’m back at school

[subtle geyser]

same

[frozen lantern]

Friday is also a public holiday

[subtle geyser]

Same

[frozen lantern]

What public holiday is it for you

[subtle geyser]

Good Friday

then Easter Monday

[frozen lantern]

Today is Good Friday

Friday next week is Anzac Day which we commemorate on the anniversary of when we invaded a country

[subtle geyser]

@steep idol

[sudden karma]

nerd

[steep idol]

lexi you own a GaRmIn too

[sudden karma]

I do he's

Yes

He bought the watch cause I've got one

[steep idol]

whos the first one in this lounge to jave a garmin tho

[steep idol]

saturday fuckers

[steep idol]

anyways gonna buy laksa this morning

(haha fuck u we ha best laksa up her LOLOLOLOL)

[sudden karma]

nerd

[steep idol]

i love my data

i had to hold my laksa with my teeth while going home

[sudden karma]

yeah it's great

[sudden karma]

@short zinc join us

[vivid verge]

beer

[sudden karma]

hell yeah

[steep idol]

still too young

[sudden karma]

and

[frozen lantern]

I like the b&w

Cool vintage look

[sudden karma]

I've prolly seen Roi around when I'm in the city lol

[frozen lantern]

Smeet has probably seen me at some point

[wet charm]

Probably lol

I'm a pretty big deal around these parts

[steep idol]

none of ya has seen me

cuz i live in the (2nd) middle of feckin nowhere

@coral crescent has it the worst tho

[patent pecan]

Probably not, I don’t really do much when I’m in cairns besides work

[sudden karma]

Big man there

I'm not in the city too often

[frozen lantern]

I sorta do

[steep idol]

sure..... sure......

wait you do live in townsville right?

[frozen lantern]

Little further north

[steep idol]

cairns?

[frozen lantern]

That’s the one

Apparently it’s considered remote

[steep idol]

not as remote as darwin

[vivid verge]

It’s more remote but more touristy

that’s why it’s cheaper prices

[frozen lantern]

Yeah because we’re right on the Great Barrier Reef and we have the Daintree Rainforest up the road

GBR is alright depends which reef you go to the Daintree isn’t that special it’s pretty well identical to the rainforests in South East Asia from what I’ve seen

[frozen lantern]

We’re right next to world heritage sites and supposedly we have one of the nicest beaches in the world so we get a few tourists no real reason to come here other then for work

[static ruin]

grass is always greener on the other side, easy to say something isn't special if you live right near it with relatively easy access, realistically same happens to me

[kindred rivet]

darwin is like in those movies where the charecter is dehydrated in the desert and they see a oasis but instead of a oasis its a mangrove full of things that can kill you

[steep idol]

and the mangrove is brackish or saltwater lmao

[kindred rivet]

or the locals are taking a bath near the art museum even tho it is a rich neighbourhood

[steep idol]

bruhhh

which art museum

do you even live in darwin

[kindred rivet]

ive been

and has witnissed terrible things

[steep idol]

how bad?

[kindred rivet]

6/10

[steep idol]

havent seen such things yet thankfully

[kindred rivet]

i was sitting having dinner at the wharf and MY BLOODY SQUID TASTED LIKE KFC CHICKEN

[steep idol]

wtf

[kindred rivet]

yeah ik thats what i was thinking

we stayed in a nice spot andd i honestly enjoyed it

the food was good (had the best yiros and pizza ever)

[steep idol]

preatty sure there are even better ones in nightcliff

[kindred rivet]

Stuart park was nice

we booked a Airbnb next to the boatramp and it had a private pool just for that unit

[deep cape]

long live noojee

easter getaway with pals

[kindred rivet]

nice lil fire pit

[deep cape]

it was a good fire pit

[sudden karma]

You went nowhere bro

Id take a photo of the sunset but it's raining

And I had to run to the toilet while it was pissing down

[frozen lantern]

These scam calls are getting too advanced I got a call from “immigration” saying they’ve attempted to contact me many times about a very important document

[deep cape]

i am admittedly getting too old to spend a holiday weekend doing anything but lounging and relaxing on a farmstead and cooking and hanging with pals tbh

[sudden karma]

Chinese embassy keeps calling me

[steep idol]

lol i compleatly igonore any phonecalls from unknown nubers the second i hear chinses, cuz unless im ordering somthing from alibaba and a US missile hit the cargo container i aint shit

[frozen lantern]

I didn’t answer the call they left a voicemail

[steep idol]

i pickup and put down

[frozen lantern]

More then I do

You can tell by the voicemail that it’s not legit

[frozen lantern]

Back to school tomorrow Aussies 🤦‍♂️

[sudden karma]

haha I got another day off

I'm back on Wednesday

[static ruin]

Well today has been interesting, pc issues that go from it'll take 5 minutes turns into 5 hours later... And now this slight storm chance has turned into a reasonable chance of isolated Sydney hail storms

Probably nothing worth a drive for, however sure would be nice to get one

[kindred rivet]

AND THE POPE IS DEAD NOW

[frozen lantern]

Yeah fuck you too

I might sign out early in Wednesday and go to Maccas or something

[sudden karma]

anything but Macca's bro

I'm fucking working the day I get back bruh

[sudden karma]

💔💔💔

don't talk to me about it bro

[vivid verge]

HA!

such a fucking good song

[sudden karma]

nah

also bro is in the fucking nosebleeds

[frozen lantern]

Well it’s up the road

I need to figure out something that I can get up to on Wednesday arvo

[vivid verge]

Half the 90k crowd is 💔

[sudden karma]

eh it was close for a huge while there Sicily just can't fucking play today

also we can't string together a first quarter so we have fucked ourselves ove the last 2 weeks

[kindred rivet]

that was a good game

[steep idol]

holyyyyy fuck

[sudden karma]

Skill issue

[steep idol]

dude thats 2 whole moths of internet

probably stretch to 3

tuesday fuckers

[sudden karma]

at my current rate of data usage it's not that long lol

While I've been away I'm using like 6gb a day

[vivid verge]

what the fuck

[sudden karma]

Ive just been watching a fuck ton of Netflix

I was watching WEC, F1 and Bathurst 6 hour and also the footy

duh I'm using alot of data

[kindred rivet]

howdy peeps

[kindred rivet]

is that amaysim?

[sudden karma]

Yes

[kindred rivet]

damn

i wanna switch from telstra to amaysim but idk yet

[sudden karma]

Telstra has some horrid deals, but yes, coverage will prolly be better in regional areas compared to Optus

Which is what amaysim runs off

I had 4g up on the border on Optus whereas my parents had 5g on Telstra

[static ruin]

Basically all the providers are fine at this point. Telstra is still the "best" for overall coverage given they're the only provider that legally has to provide coverage anywhere people permanently reside. In practice the other networks coverage is pretty damn good

The price premium for telstra is often significant

[sudden karma]

Amaysim has some great deals

I pay like 30 bucks a month for what used to be 32gb before they gave me a free upgrade

[kindred rivet]

its on optus

their coverage around here is amazing

you can get service in the ocean

[sudden karma]

Yeah you can on most providers

Altho Vodafone is a bit dodgy in the country in my friends experience

[kindred rivet]

with us (true story) where we live if we are in the patio we are on one tower and if we are on the front porch we are on another

so its chews through data

thats why when we moved to the bush we got starlink

(tbh im waiting to see if the mobile service will be good enough)

[still wadi]

1st day back at school

im tired

[sudden karma]

rough

I'm almost home

[still wadi]

lol

are you still in school?

[sudden karma]

Nope

I had the day off today cause I'm on the way home from my holiday

Back to year 12 tommorow tho 🥲

2 more terms man

[still wadi]

oh

ok

lol

[still wadi]

what uni are you planning on going to

or not at all

[sudden karma]

I've still got no clue

I'll go to all the open days

[still wadi]

ok lol

[deep cape]

would you consider taking a gap year

i really regret not taking a gap year lol

[sudden karma]

I think if I take a gap year I won't go back

[still wadi]

i actually might

[sudden karma]

At the same time I sorta want to so I can really decide what I wanna do and get a bit of travel in

[still wadi]

i wanna get more rep in photography, so i might use the gap year for that

[sudden karma]

You in year 12?

[deep cape]

i am only speaking about my personal experience but sorting out where you want to be and go while studying is an insane thing to ask of a 17/18 year pld

[still wadi]

not yet

im in year 9

[deep cape]

and signing them up for debt that compounds in a really stupid way

[sudden karma]

oh yeah dude don't even think about it

[deep cape]

etc

[sudden karma]

no need to stress about it until you're in year 11

[still wadi]

ok

[sudden karma]

Enjoy school while you still can

[deep cape]

ye ye wouldn’t even worry about it bro just vibe

[still wadi]

yeah true

[deep cape]

i think this is a good way to spend the gap year if u take it

[sudden karma]

Build your rep in photography up before you get to year 11/12 tbh

You've got heaps of free time, use it

[still wadi]

ok

thx

[sudden karma]

yeah thing is if I fully lock in I will prolly end up getting signed for a motorsport team

just like

[deep cape]

oh huge

[sudden karma]

It's a game of risk

It's tough business and if I don't the entire thing is sorta for nothing

[still wadi]

what team?

[sudden karma]

I would shoot for anyone

[still wadi]

are you planning on signing up for

[sudden karma]

I take motorsport photos cause I love it

[still wadi]

ok

[sudden karma]

Might see if I can do some AU3 work, but I doubt that

[still wadi]

what focal length would be good for motorsports photography

[sudden karma]

I currently have a 70-300 but I'm replacing it with a 70-200 and 100-400

So 70-400 is a good range to have

And depending on the effects you want/how close you are, a wide angle is also good to have

[still wadi]

ok

i have a 70-400, so i might try

but its super heavy

[sudden karma]

holy fuck that lens does exist

[still wadi]

it does

for sony

[sudden karma]

Well that's the perfect range to have

[still wadi]

i have the 70-400 f4-5.6 sony a mount

there isnt one for e mount

[frozen lantern]

I have a shoot coming up but I’ve been given a whopping NO DETAILS!

Lucky me

[patent pecan]

Ask for them

[frozen lantern]

I will ask the giant next time I see him

[steep idol]

what if i do a challange where i have to take photos in monochrom jpeg for a month?

[steep idol]

wednesday fuckers

AkA

Smeet day

[patent pecan]

Tis smeet day

[deep cape]

happy smeet day

[sudden karma]

Happy smeet day everyone

[frozen lantern]

Woohoo! Smeet day!

[static ruin]

I'm already off today, smeet day ignored

[sudden karma]

how dare you

Tbf, I've got 2 days of school than I'm back on a long weekend.
And it's my 2 shortest days

[still wadi]

smeet day

[still wadi]

dam

[steep idol]

Thursday Fuckers

[subtle geyser]

no more smeet day

[patent pecan]

Happy Thursday

[vivid verge]

Happy Wednesday

[frozen lantern]

One more day until the long weekend

[sudden karma]

lmao smeet just popped up in my Facebook suggested friends

[static ruin]

Thank god it's over, it's gone to his head. We just wanted a day off

[patent pecan]

listen here pal

[frozen lantern]

HA

[patent pecan]

and yet i didnt receive a request

Riley has popped uup on mine to tbf

[sudden karma]

do i really want to be friends with you on facebook

[patent pecan]

I couldn't give a fuck

I don't use it

besides keeping up with birthdays

[sudden karma]

yeah i dont use it except for work and marketplace

i couldnt give less of a shit

[patent pecan]

and selling machines

[sudden karma]

oh too true

[steep idol]

imma install linux today cuz windows sucks

[deep cape]

LOL

yeah righto

who needs montparnasse when we have ipswich

or sunnybank

[kindred rivet]

i think the project took a page out of das kapital and used it as papers for their blunt

[tight marsh]

Heading into Melbourne on the Overlander just past Geelong rn

[frozen lantern]

I’m already in bed I’ve gotta be up early tomorrow

[steep idol]

mindil beach open today

[sudden karma]

Goodluck with the dawn service stuff man

[sudden karma]

you'll love it here

[frozen lantern]

All I can hope for is that none of my cadets faint and that no one slips in mud

[frozen lantern]

Heading in for dawn service it’s gonna be a long morning

[sudden karma]

oof

[frozen lantern]

Done

[frozen lantern]

Such a good morning

[short zinc]

Surprisingly no mud at mine

[frozen lantern]

No rain which I found rather disappointing

[sudden karma]

no rain here yet

its supposed to bucket down today

[frozen lantern]

4 months of preparation for 3 hours of work

[karmic lily]

You guys ever done photography at a dog park?

[vivid verge]

ANZAC Day in Sydney

[patent pecan]

Thought about… mainly just to pick up chicks though

And beaches

[steep idol]

saturday fuckers

[steep idol]

time to do a 50k today

[steep idol]

bruh

[vivid verge]

Sacrifice them to the nearest river

[steep idol]

*ocean

[frozen lantern]

Meet in the middle - sacrifice them to the nearest water source

[deep cape]

highkey hate those things so much

[sudden karma]

Theres so many in the yarra

[steep idol]

which is the ocean

[deep cape]

good 😌

[sudden karma]

they tried fixing that

theyre tracked now

no one cares

[kindred rivet]

Hows everyones day going?

[deep cape]

did you kill the fucking pope i liked francis bro

psycho

[kindred rivet]

no i didnt

my laywer told me to defend myself in case of emergencies

[steep idol]

sunday fuckers

[vivid verge]

happy Natu day

[sudden karma]

happy natu day

[kindred rivet]

what we up to on our natuday?

[sudden karma]

watching the hawks

[kindred rivet]

they played the other day didnt they?

[sudden karma]

on monday

easter monday

again the cats

fuck that game almost had a heart attack

we should win this game tho

[vivid verge]

they play every week unfortunately

shit ass team

[short zinc]

Saw them. Didn’t have time to grab the camera

[vivid verge]

I was out between 8am and 3pm waiting for shit

[sudden karma]

dead take

hokball is the best ball

[kindred rivet]

isnt that pig's feet?

[wet charm]

Hey guys. I'm trimming out my collection. Everything pictured is for sale in Melbourne. The items are already on Marketplace. DM me if you're interested!

[steep idol]

this is kinda breaking the servers rule

i suggest taking this down

[vivid verge]

who else just jorked it to the prime minister debate

[patent pecan]

Snitches get stitches

Considering he’s only offering it out to us aussies as a small percentage of pl, I don’t think it’s that big a deal

Also, what rule?

[wet charm]

I tried to but I couldn't get excited 😦

[static ruin]

It's not an official rule, but yes, I chose to ignore it (as in idc). It's very much an it depends type thing, not sure what our official stance is, though I'm sure one can imagine what'd happen if we default allowed it

But as long as it's an active memeber and not clogging up main chats, idrc

[vivid verge]

duttons shiny head 🤤

[static ruin]

People actually watch our debates?

[wet charm]

Only if they're sexually weird

because why else would you?

[steep idol]

hi

testin how long the r10 can record on a single biattery rn

[subtle geyser]

where’s peyton day smh

[patent pecan]

happy monday

[frozen lantern]

Hmmm maybe Monday because it’s the worst day of the week

[sudden karma]

Not happening

We can't make Mondays any worse

[sudden karma]

I turn 18 after the election I don't have to vote this year 🙏 🙏🙏

[still wadi]

so how long?

[sudden karma]

toast reacting like he isnt like 15

[sudden karma]

an hour or so

[static ruin]

Well it's alright over there, lucky one getting more potential death noodles tornados today

Otherwise yes, I like your thinking..

[steep idol]

1:15 so far

4K normal 30P

[sudden karma]

its not much longer than that

i got like 2 hours on the r50

max

[frozen lantern]

Oh believe me shit got worse

I’m in the back of an ambulance on the way into the hospital

[sudden karma]

wtf happened bro

you good?,

[deep cape]

bruh

[frozen lantern]

Shock and a few grazes on me I think

[frozen lantern]

Dad got run over by his car in the driveway and when it started rolling I unconsciously grabbed onto the bullbar and put my feet out to try stop it

[sudden karma]

see now that was silly

also wtf

did he run himself over?

[frozen lantern]

Nah the car wasn’t moving so he went and checked if something was under the wheel when he was walking back to the front seat the car started rolling

He got caught under while trying to get in the car to get the breaks on

[sudden karma]

oh

Mechanical failure of some kind of

Ig

[frozen lantern]

No idea what happened it was too fast

[deep cape]

your dad alright?

[frozen lantern]

Yeah he’s in a bit of pain but he’s alright

I’m in the back of the ambulance with him on the way into hospital

[deep cape]

hopefully major injuries ❣️

[frozen lantern]

Don’t think it’s anything too serious

Taking everything into consideration it could have been a lot worse

[sudden karma]

oh too true

I've had my foot run over by an ATV

That was bad enough I can't imagine a car

[frozen lantern]

Wasn’t a small one either

It was a damn bt50

[sudden karma]

oh god

[static ruin]

Fun start to the week, glad you're both fine

[frozen lantern]

Bit of muscle pain in my lower leg but not a concern

Australia has good medical care we’ll be okay

[frozen lantern]

Rescue 510 landed on the helipad across the road

When the flight crew is finished what they’re doing I might ask if I can have a look at the bird

[vivid verge]

U in cairns?

I love RSCU510

[frozen lantern]

She brought in a snake bite patient to cairns base

[steep idol]

@frozen lantern No one fainted today at the ceremony

[frozen lantern]

Crew let me come over into the fenced area and have a look at the aircraft

I wish I had my camera

[frozen lantern]

Genuinely surprising

@vivid verge would’ve had my camera but I sorta got to the hospital in the back of an ambulance

[steep idol]

wym?

no one fainted last year either

[vivid verge]

Yeh they’re so chill

[frozen lantern]

Sorta wish they’d come back I’m so bored

[frozen lantern]

Love that helicopter

It’s up in the air a lot

[frozen lantern]

Old man’s scans were clear I’ve got a couple marks on my leg all and all we did pretty friggin alright

Could have been so so so much worse

[frozen lantern]

That person in the first photo I think I know her

[vivid verge]

good day

[frozen lantern]

I like what the army did with their Blackhawks

Just the kangaroo on the door and ARMY on the tail

[vivid verge]

Yeh just copied the US

I lowkey wish we got a proper camo tho

[frozen lantern]

Yeah like the paint job we had on the old ones

[frozen lantern]

I hereby declare the final Monday of April as “Peyton Day” because it’s the final Monday of April and today sucked

[frozen lantern]

And he also wasn’t being a pain in the clacker (not to me at least)

[steep idol]

top end internet is currently shit rn

[still wadi]

happy tuesday?

[sudden karma]

Happy tuesday

[frozen lantern]

Not very happy

Four days off school and now I have to get back into it

[steep idol]

lel

(i have math test in 38 minutes)

[deep cape]

u rn

[frozen lantern]

That’s kinda legit though

Long weekend at least something worthwhile to look forward to

[steep idol]

"can you finish 100% of this work tonight?"
internally: NO i FUCKING CANNOT

[sudden karma]

Happy smeet day everyone

[frozen lantern]

Smeet Day!

[patent pecan]

I’m still in bed sick

[subtle geyser]

happy smeet day

[late parcel]

Hope you feel better

Im at a health check for my new job 😬 I’m scared

[deep cape]

good luck!!!

[deep cape]

feel better soon ✨✨

and happy smeet day

[fiery island]

Just a casual day for us Australians, and people in the US lose their shit..

[static ruin]

Even outside of Australia captive kangaroos kangaroos find roads to jump in front of cars at the last second, habits remain

[frozen lantern]

Yeah but these buggers aren’t native to the US they’re not used to it

[frozen lantern]

It appears that jumping in front of cars is nature not nurture

[vivid verge]

have you moved yet?

[late parcel]

No. Filler job because the position in Dubbo/broken hill doenst open until January

[late parcel]

The owners name is amazinh

[vivid verge]

nice

That’s RFDS yeh

[late parcel]

Yeah

[late parcel]

@vivid verge @sudden karma wtf. Emma is flying at Old Station

I mean yay

[sudden karma]

didnt she move on from matt halls team

[late parcel]

So weird to see her ditch MHR

[late parcel]

Yeah

[vivid verge]

Yeh

[late parcel]

I don’t know how much you know about that?

It’s messy

[vivid verge]

yeh idk

i think she left on good terms

[late parcel]

Nopeeeee

[vivid verge]

damn

[late parcel]

Dms lol

[vivid verge]

ive got a mate who works for them I’ll ask him next time i see him hes probably been asked a million times by now

[vivid verge]

aight

[late parcel]

The photographer kid?

Im trying to think of his name

[vivid verge]

yeh

“kid” hes the same age as you

[late parcel]

Lol yeah hahaha

[frozen lantern]

Anyone done photos for a formal?

I’ve agreed to do the formal photos for my best mate and his misso sorta don’t know what to expect

[sudden karma]

id jsut say its the same as any portrait shoot

[frozen lantern]

Probably gonna do the Josh Hugget thing and keep it really casual

[still wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-sunrise-gif-14757383

[still wadi]

happy wednesday to all aussie goobers

[static ruin]

Wednesday? You're a bit behind, fortunately it's over

[still wadi]

oh wait

wrong

thursday

[still wadi]

my brain still thinks its wednesday

[frozen lantern]

I’m glad it’s no longer Wednesday because that means it’s closer to the weekend

[sudden karma]

happy Thursday ladies

[frozen lantern]

Sweet I’ve got my VET class I can go shopping for things that I can’t afford!

I am saving for more lighting

[steep idol]

thursday fuckers

[vivid verge]

happy Monday hope you all had a good weekend

[subtle geyser]

Happy saturday

[vivid verge]

Shut up American

[sudden karma]

why is he still in our thread

puther smite this fool

[static ruin]

He's a Nikon user, he can stay

[still wadi]

no

aussies only

help me

im backing up my pictures

😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

[frozen lantern]

Even more reason to get rid of him

[still wadi]

lol

[frozen lantern]

Canon he can have a chance, Sony yeah okay maybe we’ll give him a shot

I agree though this thread needs to stay green and gold

[static ruin]

Canon users on the other hand

[still wadi]

lol

[frozen lantern]

Yeah okay I’ll just leave on my own terms if that’s alright with you

[static ruin]

lol

But it's more fun if I get to do something

I gotta pretend I actually do moderation things

[frozen lantern]

Yeah okay then

Okay I’m ready

Bye bye!

[sudden karma]

Oh thanks

[sudden karma]

bro how big is a raw wtf
also get a better card reader man 😭😭

[static ruin]

I too copy from camera usb to PC and complain about how slow it is

[sudden karma]

I used to

After getting a card reader, I'll never go back

It works in a pinch but transferring 110gb after a day of shooting takes like 3 hours just by USB

[static ruin]

It's just been such a low priority thing I've not bothered, maybe when eofy sales hit I'll grab something

[still wadi]

yeah ig

[still wadi]

i also js backing all my photos to a hdd

[sudden karma]

It's like 20 bucks puther

[sudden karma]

yeah I do too

[still wadi]

that was 60gb lol

[static ruin]

I need CFe B and SD

[still wadi]

im almost done

[sudden karma]

nerd

[still wadi]

just 10 more secs

[sudden karma]

Nice

[static ruin]

Still not super expensive, it's realistically also just laziness

[sudden karma]

110gb with my reader takes half the time 🥺

[still wadi]

what good readers should i get under $100?

[sudden karma]

What cards do you use?

Just SD?

[still wadi]

just sd

if you can, i want it to come with a usb hub as well

3 usbs

[sudden karma]

https://amzn.asia/d/ea1HFG1
I've got one of these and it works great

ooh one of those ones

[still wadi]

ok

wait, why amazon asia

??

[sudden karma]

idk that's what it copies to

weird

anything from a reputable brand with uhs-ii should fit the bill

[still wadi]

ok ill buy soon

what sd cards are you guys using anyways

[sudden karma]

I use UHS-1 Extreme pro 128gb cards from SanDisk

Just got a uhs2 reader for the future yk

[still wadi]

ok

i just have a 32gb extreme pro 95mb/s

no idea what uhs it is

ok, i just checked

[static ruin]

just different ratings/standards, UHS-II cards have a higher potential read/write speed (and they have extra pins), though they cost significantly more for that

[still wadi]

its uhs i

[static ruin]

They're typically not worth it, UHS-I is fine 90% of the time

[still wadi]

ok thanks

[frozen lantern]

What am I still doing here?

I thought I was getting the ban hammer

[static ruin]

Oh I don't actually do any moderation things, I'm a useless mod

[frozen lantern]

Unless you’re trying to give me a false sense of security and when I least expect you’ll ban me

[sudden karma]

I don't remember the last time I saw puther take mod action

[static ruin]

Most of the action happens outside of our timezone, I also just let more slide than the others

Otherwise it's actually been pretty quiet here in terms of drama as of late

[still wadi]

lol

"Most Helpful Mod of the Month"

[sudden karma]

It's nice having an Australia mod tho

[still wadi]

yeah ig

[vivid verge]

DEI timezone hire

[karmic lily]

More coming soon

[patent pecan]

She's grown quicky

[deep cape]

what a sweetie

[still wadi]

happy friday!

[delicate storm]

kendrick lamar in ballarat is crazy

like ?????

[deep cape]

kind of sick tbh love seeing the govt subsidising big artists to play regional vic

st vincent played ballarat last year and im seeing HTRK in castlemaine next weekend

[subtle geyser]

yippee

I also passed the citizenship test

so therefore I’m an Aussie

[patent pecan]

They're doing the same sort of stuff up here

Bringing bigger artists to perform in Townsville

[delicate storm]

i want to try and get a photo pass for this but its like, idk how big of a publication i'd need to work with to get that like

if i could get in with a small publication like, 1k followers on instagram ish, or if i could work with a ballarat organisation then yeah i think i could pull it off

[sudden karma]

Id come but doechi is performing

[delicate storm]

i like doechii i just hope she doesnt play anxiety (she def will its her most popular song somehow)

[sudden karma]

I hate that song so much

[subtle geyser]

Real

[still wadi]

lol frfr

[vivid verge]

the only thing that could’ve saved that festival

[still wadi]

its kinda quiet here today

[deep cape]

happy froiday fuckers

[vivid verge]

Polair

Always swim between the flags 🙏🙏

[still wadi]

a bit late arent we?

[steep idol]

i want this shoe

[frozen lantern]

I hope the Yongnuo flash transmitters are reliable I’m saving for the YN E3 RT II because it’s significantly cheaper than the canon transmitter

[kindred rivet]

Is that those cheese wheels you can get on the toungue

(for reference)

[steep idol]

no?

its the lacing system

veri fun and ez to use (say it in an asian accent)

[kindred rivet]

SORRY I CANT HEAR U OVER MY GRANDPA SHOES

[steep idol]

lele

[kindred rivet]

said granpa shoes

[steep idol]

Rich

(my cycling sheos were 200)

[kindred rivet]

they where $100 from intersports

[steep idol]

dam thats cheap

[kindred rivet]

how much are your boots then mr???

[vivid verge]

$100 for shoes nowadays is cheap in general

[steep idol]

my work boots or the boot from that image?

[kindred rivet]

the image

[steep idol]

i dont own it, i want it

its 260 usd

nvm its 280

usd

its not available in aus so i might ask my friend to ship it over

[kindred rivet]

also remember tarrifs

[steep idol]

thats import dumbass