Gripe thread

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:38 pm

sorry to hear that fents, and yes, good lesson indeed.

i need a new job. still.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:09 am

going to the funeral today that will be hard. i feel like i dont want to say goodbye. i still feel like hes going to call and tell me hes bringing the harley round for a beer. do it for him though.

bundoora football club is going to be messy this arvo i cant wait, gauranted 200 ppl at this wake raving fot sure.

Post by **lynt** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:54 pm

Chest up Fents. My sentiments mate.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:27 pm

just lost a file i had been working all morning on and was already on a tight timeline for. FUCK. now I don't get to eat lunch.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:30 pm

ah shit fents, sorry man I just read your gripe, sorry to hear about ur friend.

sorry, fuck, makes me look like a fuckhead dont it whinging about nothing :kicksselfinhead:

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:01 pm

Fents wrote:going to the funeral today that will be hard. i feel like i dont want to say goodbye. i still feel like hes going to call and tell me hes bringing the harley round for a beer. do it for him though.

bundoora football club is going to be messy this arvo i cant wait, gauranted 200 ppl at this wake raving fot sure.

Losing friends is tough going. See him out in style.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:09 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:sorry to hear that fents, and yes, good lesson indeed.

i need a new job. still.

Still?? GK... what's going on?? You get a shuffle-on with the job hunting, missy! Economy is slowing down and jobs will be harder to get in the not-too-distant

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:47 pm

i have been babe.
hunting on artshub daily/weekly
scouring street press
tellin those in the industry that im quietly looking.

went for an inerview at one of melbs great venues, 100 applicants! but had hour and half chat, so maybe...

this industry is going down baby, down.

im about to enrol in cert IV in training and assesment in the hope of teaching event management at tafe maybe...

i thought economy was gettin better? economy noob.

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:23 pm

retzie wrote:
retzie wrote:BU Friday looking likely for thesis submission OMG
Not going to happen . Mebbe next week, but definitely not tomorrow. Fucken supervisor....

Hang in there girl and rant on if it makes you feel better. I think the topic of thesis submission supervisor slackness is ripe for earnt rants!

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:28 pm

ghetto kitty wrote: i thought economy was gettin better? economy noob.

nah matey, few dark clouds.

still pretty strong though. it actually needs some slowin down.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:36 pm

sounds like the melb weather report.

confusing and unpredictable!

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:42 am

shit Fents - really sorry to hear that mate. Hope you are doing ok. Was coming in here to gripe about something that now seems way inconsequential.

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:10 am

Dude getting offed with a machine gun 5 minutes from my house on Sunday morning

You know your neighbourhood is dodgy when you are slightly relieved to hear it was a targeted "gangland style execution" (ie rather than random civilian carnage).

From the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ution.html

A man shot dead outside a nightclub as he talked to friends was the target of a gangster-style 'execution'

A man shot dead outside a nightclub as he talked to friends was the target of a gangster-style 'execution'.

The 35-year-old was hit at least three times in the head and neck at close range by a man who calmly produced a machine gun from the boot of his car outside Club Red in Limehouse. Club staff and medics tried to save the man's life but he was pronounced dead at the scene in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Police forensic officers investigating the scene of the shooting

Uzi machine gun: A machine gun was used in a gangster-style execution outside a nightclub

Witnesses said the gunman had pulled up in a car near a bus stop on Butcher Row, London.
One said: 'I saw this guy go to the back of his car, open up his boot and pull out a machine gun. 'Then he went over and shot this other man. It was terrifying, like something from a gangster film.'

A barman at Club Red, who asked not to be named, said: 'My colleague came running past me with two first aid cases saying there had been three shots fired outside. 'By the time I got there I saw someone lying on the floor and he was quickly covered up in a blanket. There was blood everywhere. 'The doormen had already tried to save his life but it was clear he was badly wounded.'

The shooting caused panic among the 400 people in the club, leading to outbreaks of fighting as staff sealed exits and shut everyone in. One clubber said a brawl broke out and a glass table in the VIP area was smashed. Both the gunman and the victim were black and the murder inquiry is being handled by Operation Trident.

Police were today questioning a man in his twenties after he was arrested when he voluntarily attended a south London police station over the shooting. Police still do not know the identity of the victim but believe he came from west London.

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:43 am

yer

x 4
brap brap
murkle

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:03 am

The Daily Mail was probably being a bit sensationlistic. I highly doubt that it was a proper machine gun, which would surely be a bit unwieldy to fire unless you were prone? It's not like he rocked up to the nightclub with a .50 cal mounted to the back of a ute and vaporised the place. Even if the nasty man were using a submachine gun (which I think the Uzi technically is, rather than a machine gun) or an assault rifle with fully automatic capabilities, the fact only 3 shots were heard does not sound like he was using it in full-auto mode. And he did turn himself in to the police.

Still, some guy has been shot and killed. I will definitely be taking taxis home from work now on, instead of walking, if I finish after dark...

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:49 pm

$2.5 k to fix car.

sheesh.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:56 pm

So. Very. Bored.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:57 pm

Direktor wrote:So. Very. Bored.

BOTD research will keep you busy Mr Spies

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:19 pm

This is true Mr Feigan.

However, I have kiddywinkles in the perimeter.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:15 pm

Grandpa died this morning. 90... fair innings.

Post by **huge** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:33 pm

yer 90's pretty good i reckon. my great grandma made it to 92 or something.

big up ur grandpa.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:41 pm

My grandma left us in Feb at 93.... fair slog I reckon.

My grandad (86) had a bad fall last week and is in hospital getting a hip replacement and pins in his pelvis

in my experience when shit like that happens it's the beggining of the end. well, it was for my other grandparents

sux

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:58 pm

Hmmm I think birth is the beginning of the end really...

My last remaining grandmother had a bad fall a few years ago, but is still going strong, though she does have a tendency to 'invest' her money in international lotteries when left unattended...

Post by **huge** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:04 pm

haha. my grandad is spending all his cash now too. mum reckons he has spent pretty much all of it now.

Post by **lynt** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:25 pm

GOTD: Flat tyre on way to work. Then, replacement tube wrong size, should have checked before purchase. Epic bike fail. Almost threw it across the street.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:49 pm

mecka wrote:Grandpa died this morning. 90... fair innings.

My thoughts are with you Olster.

Post by **lynt** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:28 pm

Crap.

Sorry to hear it mecka. Chin tall. 90 is a good run.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:36 pm

Respekt Mecka.
Take care bro.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:37 pm

It's weird, I felt strangely relieved rather than sad when my nan passed. I wasn't really that sad at all, even though I had a little sob at times.... then, I kind felt guilty for not being sad enough

I still think about her all the time though.

<3

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:42 pm

sorry to hear that mecka...hope your okay..

i was relieved too when my grandma died. initially i cried a little, but not since.

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:47 pm

mecka wrote:Grandpa died this morning. 90... fair innings.

my grandpa died this year aswell.

96, was st.kilda's oldest member.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:07 pm

Being at work on a Sunday doing study.

Fucking sick fun w00t w00t.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:21 pm

mecka wrote:Grandpa died this morning. 90... fair innings.

sorry to hear Olster. *hugs*

i have one left, my grandma. With all the pain and crap she is going through i feel terrible even thinking it, but i think this state she is in now is just wrecking the life she had and i wish she would just give up.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:23 pm

mecka wrote:Grandpa died this morning. 90... fair innings.

Fuck dude, sorry to hear that, keep your chin up.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:18 pm

knee has been a bit stuffed for a number of weeks.

all you fault Gibson lol.

Want to get it checked but afraid that if they find something actually wrong that its gonna cost me heaps of money.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:31 pm

Avalon Airport - Ugh.

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:33 pm

Had half a loaf of bread in work freezer. Saves me bringing a sanger, just bring filling. too easy.

Cept when some FUCK takes my loaf of bread from the freezer and eats it. WHAT THE FUCK!!

Its bread you fucking tight arse and it wasnt yours

I dont get work places sometimes, people leaving shit on the floor and taking other peoples lunches. I thought we'd moved on from monkeys, clearly not

NB: Sympathies to those that lost grandparents this week.

same o · Post by **same o** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:41 pm

my arm is so itchy from my tatt and i cant itch it.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:31 pm

my relaxed state from long weekend break now gone. first time i have stopped today. haven't been outside since 8:45am this morning. bah!

menace · Post by **menace** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:02 pm

Monday Mornings blah

nic · Post by **nic** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:50 pm

meh tbh

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:53 am

finding out your crush has a girlfriend

Story of my god damn life...

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:45 pm

i have had that 'can you feel it' song from the australian idol ad in my head all fucking day.

kill me.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:01 pm

elysium wrote:finding out your crush has a girlfriend

Story of my god damn life...

i swear you have the worst luck elly. if you were back in Melb i'd hook you up with one of my single mates

hey it could of been worse...hows this for a story -

Rachel and I set up two good mates...the guy is my mate the lady is a friend of a friend of Rachels.

So we organise dinner at my house for three couples - Us, Rachy's mates and the two setter upee's...

My mate rocks up first. Nervous etc etc. So i get him a beer or two. Now the other couple and the girl are running late. Shes a black belt karate champion , 6ft tall blode bombshell and has just finished training so by the time they arrive me and my mate are halfway through his bottle of red plus a couple of homebrews and had a few spliffs on the sly.

Entree goes well. Food, beer, wine conversation.

Main goes well too...more food, more beer and by now my mates fairly pissed - but they seem like they are getting along good..

So after main course but before desert he says i'll just sit on this comfy couch over here. I swear it was only 2mins i left him there but i come back from an after dinnner ciggie and there he is...asleep and passed out on the couch IN THE KITCHEN SNORING (yea it a big kitchen) where we are cooking and eating and SETTING HIM UP - dead alseep....

So we all had a bit of a laugh, i slap him on the face a few times but get no response.

So we have desert and the other 3 people leave. He's still asleep on the same couch.

Stuff legends are made of.

Names kept to protect the innocent. Biggups mate you know we love ya

And do you want to know the absolute twisted twist? The girl as well as being a black belt is a Drug and Alcohol counciller....hhahahahahahahahahahaha

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:11 pm

Legend story Fents.

I remember having a big weekend with a mate from work, showing him round the drum'n'bass world in Melbounre. Get to Sunday arvo and I was supposed to be meeting a yong lady but didn't want to send this guy home back to Melton in such a state to deal with his straight housemates so we bowl up to this bar in Northcote and have a few drinks with this girl.
Alls going well, adn we have champers, strawberries and nangers back at my place, so we head home.
Cut to to the chase.... In the morning my mate who crashed on the couch tells me he couldn't sleep all night and could hear nangers going off evey ten minutes. I laughed and told him I couldn't sleep either but I couldn't invite him in to my room in case she woke up and thought somethign dodgywas going on.

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:24 pm

awesome story Fents!

Fents wrote:i swear you have the worst luck elly

uh huh! I really am something worse than an untouchable in the caste system of love, a ferral old goat on the pasture of life

I even got KB'd by an Aussie soldier in a recci patrol we ran into up in the highlands when we were in East Timor for the elections. I mean, we are talking about a dude who had been in the jungle for a month with 4 other blokes and probably hadn't seen a woman in that whole time Even he wasn't interested. He would hardly even talk to me when I tried to be friendly.

Guys never talk to me... it's like I'm invisible

Bloody hell.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:54 pm

elysium wrote: awesome story Fents!

Fents wrote:i swear you have the worst luck elly
uh huh! I really am something worse than an untouchable in the caste system of love, a ferral old goat on the pasture of life

I even got KB'd by an Aussie soldier in a recci patrol we ran into up in the highlands when we were in East Timor for the elections. I mean, we are talking about a dude who had been in the jungle for a month with 4 other blokes and probably hadn't seen a woman in that whole time Even he wasn't interested. He would hardly even talk to me when I tried to be friendly.

Guys never talk to me... it's like I'm invisible

Bloody hell.

ahhh my gorgeous girl, i know you hate hearing it but you are da hotness, independent and out of control smart. you just scare off the losers is all. the right man is there for you without a doubt. and i ain't sayin it to boost you up, its the truth

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:49 am

ahhh Liz, did you cook your brain in that spa in your deluxe cabin by any chance? You are a very lovely friend to say that, but it's so not the case. I am just a reject and meant to be single or sommat

Anyway I'll stop my moaning now before ya'll tell me to call the waaambulance

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:47 am

Build it and they will come elly.

and dont worry about that soldier apparetlly he was just flat out gay and had just had a threesome with his two mates so it wasnt you.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:17 am

LOL Fents.