Dumb Questions Amnesty

[Glu]

Unfortunately, the components can’t or simply won’t be recycled, so if you need to get rid of it, bin it.

Other ideas are:

• If you like memorabilia, create a shelf of used helmets. You can include a picture of the bike they were matched with at the time. This can be a walk through your own history, and you can watch the styles evolve
• I saw a project where someone installed a motherboard and fan, and turned one into a PC, with a DVD drive ejecting out the visor hole (if you even want a DVD nowadays)

[tinhillterror]

If you are going to resign from a job, what’s best to do with annual leave?

1. Just get it paid out when you leave.

2. Take the leave and then resign. In this scenario, can you get leave approved and then give notice? (Ie get 6 week leave approved, then say I am resigning in 4 weeks)

[Bacchusfox]

I think if you leave and take a lump sum payment of everything owing you get a tax break.

[alex.f.94]

@tinhillterror

Take the leave and then resign. In this scenario, can you get leave approved and then give notice? (Ie get 6 week leave approved, then say I am resigning in 4 weeks)

You’re losing wages with this option. Work out your notice period (or use any personal leave your have left) then just take a break after that

[em2009]

Nope.

[Joe]

You get tax benefits for retrenchment payment and on any owed LSL

[tinhillterror]

I get what you’re saying but…what I meant was.

Tomorrow morning get leave for 4 weeks approved.
Tomorrow afternoon, hand in my notice for 4 weeks.

That way I would get my paid break, and they can’t work me to the bone up until I leave.

Alternatively work up to the final day, take the 4 weeks as a payout (which is taxed, and I don’t get an actual break if I go straight to the new job)

[Bacchusfox]

Do you hate your current employer that much ?

[tinhillterror]

It’s a d.ick move, for sure, and I had to make the example extremely ridiculous to be clear what was asking.

I actually have a 3 month notice period. So it’s likely I could resign, work for 8 weeks and take the final 4 weeks as paid leave before starting a new job.

Almost every job change I’ve done I just don’t take the actual holiday, just get the leave paid out. Which means you’re never getting a break.

[theDJR]

Four weeks ain’t much, but while you are taking them off you are accumulating more annual leave and super.

[alex.f.94]

@tinhillterror

I get what you’re saying but…what I meant was.

Tomorrow morning get leave for 4 weeks approved.
Tomorrow afternoon, hand in my notice for 4 weeks.

That way I would get my paid break, and they can’t work me to the bone up until I leave.

Alternatively work up to the final day, take the 4 weeks as a payout (which is taxed, and I don’t get an actual break if I go straight to the new job)

Ah I’m with you. Yeah it’s your leave to take whenever you want really. Having a holiday then handing in your notice sounds like a good way to do it if you want a break before your next gig. I don’t consider it a ■■■■ move at all, you’re still giving them notice (and will work it out). Whether you take some leave before that doesn’t make it a ■■■■ move imo.

[Joe]

I’d suggest you do what you feel good about.

Consider tho that if you work in a very small company it can have an impact.

If it’s a large company, you don’t owe them anything apart from what’s in your contract. Others will cover as has always been the case.

[tinhillterror]

When you are going to see someone and people ask you to ‘say hi from me’.

Do you actually say hi?

I mean. 100 years ago if there’s no telephone or internet, sure pass on a message. But these days ?

[Chris_1993]

Yeah, I do.
But I often say “[whoever] sends their best” or something like that instead.

[Glu]

Pet peev.

It’s pretty rare that they couldn’t reach out themselves if they wanted.

What about ‘give them a hug for me’. How does that work? ‘I know it seems like I just hugged you, but actually, that was from (whoever)’

[theDJR]

George Carlin has this covered:

George Carlin - Hello, Goodbye, Send My Love

[Glu]

He’s spent far too much time thinking about it…

[handypoint]

@dogseye

Morning All,

We are about to move into our new home. We currently have platinum foxtel (all channels, foxtel NBN, home phone and netflix) which is about $210 a month (was $230 but got $20 off). It’s a lot of money.

We tend to be a sport loving family, F1, AFL Rugba Leeg and really just browse channels or Netflix outside of this to watch whatever.

Was thinking maybe fetch ($20 a month), Kayo ($30) and netlfix ($23) plus a decent NBN package I’d be lucky to save $50 a month and obviously lose the convenience of a one stop bundled package.

What is everyone else doing that can save a few dollars? Cheers in advance.

I torrent almost everything that isn’t live sport. not out of being dodgy(it is) but because it’s actually more convenient. I simply download what I want from whatever service I want ahead of time. its all downloaded with NBN in an hour or too during the day

then I have Kayo and put on Stan whenever there’s sport I want to watch and at present I have amazon prime. more for the free delivery of stuff.

the one other thing I am thinking of getting is ad free YouTube, YouTube premium? because YouTube has so many good DIY/educational etc videos but the advertising is full on.

My monthly spend is:
$70 - NBN
Free/halvies - Kayo
Amazon Prime - $10
Spotify - 13 dollars.

Spotify is the one I really ooh and ah on as well. Wouldn’t mind trying Apple Music or one of the others. I just like the playlists on Spotify.

Day to Day I watch more free to air on demand tv

[somo84]

Righto, I got one for all my fellow degenerates out there.

Given that thc levels in cannabis are far higher now than what they were in the 20th century, is it still generally preferable health-wise for consumers to alcohol?

And if thc levels are getting dangerously high, is there any ethical issue with legal prescriptions for a product with 20% thc?

[tinhillterror]

I have a heap of old booze that needs to be drunk.

I have some 12YO green label Glenfiddich. I don’t like scotch.

What can I mix it with that’s not a soft drink, to make it a nice drink?