Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
  • Something humourous that happened to you
  • Something frustrating that happened to you
  • A quick question
  • A request for recommendations
  • Pictures of your pet
  • A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
  • Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

  • thevoyagekayaking
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    10 hours ago

    Someone’s loaned me a mountain bike, I’ve been out after work a few times this week. I’m saving up to buy my own one soon.

    https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqowLwAjKq

    Also, I’ll be helping with the south coast cleanup tomorrow, cleaning up Taputearanga island with the Wellington sea kayak network.

  • eagleeyedtiger
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    19 hours ago

    When do we start getting the stable weather? Is it after Daylight Saving starts? I’m tired of the wind and random rain

    • DaveOPMA
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      18 hours ago

      I would have said January 😆. Four seasons in one day is kinda par for the course in spring.

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        18 hours ago

        C’mon climate change do us at least one favour and make Spring nicer or something

        • DaveOPMA
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          16 hours ago

          I’m afraid climate change makes things more haphazard, not less 🙁

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    22 hours ago

    Well I survived the redundancies but some good work friends haven’t. I’m going to be seriously f’d off if the company is cruel enough to let them go this side of Christmas.

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      18 hours ago

      I hope you don’t take it too hard. Often the people who keep their jobs feel much worse than the ones who lost theirs, as a sort of survivor’s guilt.

      I also wouldn’t be surprised if they let the people go sooner rather than later. Hopefully they get a good redundancy package.

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        14 hours ago

        Thanks that’s actually useful to know. Been through a lot of restructures, and obviously there’s a lot of turnover during those times, but people have always left on their own terms.

        This is a new one for me.