Things that make you sad.

[Lightning McQueen]

Similar, except I lived in town and we had a huge tree in the front yard - all the kids in the street came around and we climbed the tree and watched the hills burn at night.

Eerie.

Eerie, is the perfect word for it, I remember playing circket out the front of my house watching the orange sky while my neighbours were freaking out as their son and his wife lived @ Eagle on the Hill and were uncontactable.

It equalled the eerieness of seeing a some ball lightning in the sky when I was about 13 and at cricket training, I was petrified as I had a 1 hour walk home through paddocks after training.

[dedja]

Will never forget Murray Nicholl reporting on his own house burning down.

https://youtu.be/PYSBI5azgBA?si=Rf-o3yJ6bKucnxa_

[Booney]

Monday :

GM tells every one he's here all week to listen to feedback and they'll make a decision on Friday where the branch is headed. Nobody believes him and they ask for their redundancy packages, they don't have anything prepared. Everyone goes home on full pay not knowing what their future holds and nothing is happening in factory, shit every where.

Tuesday :

They change their tune and now might keep 2 or 3 people on to make core products and 6 doesn't go into 2 so they'll sort out who stays. When they're told you can't make people redundant you make positions redundant they don't know what to say. Nobody is here, shit everywhere and customers calling for updates.

Wednesday :

We are told some white knights from Melbourne to work through work in progress will be here at 8am. Nobody is here. Nobody is in the factory. Shit is still everywhere. Customers are calling for updates and I tell them I don't know what's happening.

This is shambolic.

[Pseudo]

^ I prescribe lunch in the nearest pub.

[wenchbarwer]

Watch out for soy sauce on the RMs

[am Bays]

Given they're air con / refrigeration they've had to park the process over the Xmas / peak summer period, got an email last week asking if I was still interested, I confirmed I was. My guess is they interviewed 4 or more and probably came back to 2 of us. Depending on todays happenings I'll call him on the way home.

That's good timing, hope it all works out mate.

2nd interview on Thursday.

not a good situation mate,

Some homework

1. So DFA why are you interested in joining our company
2. Can you tell us about a time you've had to manage competing priorities with suppliers
3. How do you ensure optimal client relations in a time pressured industry
4. Can you tell us about how you've managed personal conflict between team members in the past
5. Can you tell about a time your managed a successful outcome to an urgent client need
6. DFA, final question, are you comfortable with our no Port Adelaide supporters/members policy...

[Jim05]

Ash Wednesday bushfires were 43 years ago today, 75 people died, 47 in Victoria and 28 in South Australia.

My parents purchased a block of land at Waterfall Gully about 7 years before Ash Wednesday. I was a baby at the time but apparently they were building a new home on the land but the builder kept delaying the start date and in the end they canned the build, sold the block and purchased a house in Valley View. The people who purchased the land but on it and I believe they had only moved in about 8 months before Ash Wednesday and lost everything in the fires

[Booney]

6. DFA, final question, are you comfortable with our no Port Adelaide supporters/members policy... - Are you comfortable with me being honest?

[wenchbarwer]

Maybe don't run with this one

[Booney]

My home away from home, The Woodshed, for now at least is closing it's doors.

Ace has worked his arse off to build a dream and it's taken it's toll. He's a great bloke with a dream we have all shared in. I hope it's only "See you late" and not "Goodbye".

[Dutchy]

I never got there, and thats probably why its closing, not enough of us have. However any live music venue closing has a much wider impact than just the owners..very sad.

[Booney]

It's the ugliest situation I've ever been in.

Did he get “retired “?

A heads of agreement has been reached.

[wenchbarwer]

[am Bays]

6. DFA, final question, are you comfortable with our no Port Adelaide supporters/members policy... - Are you comfortable with me being honest?

How was the "casting couch" today, mate?

[Booney]

State Manager gone. Factory all got their redundancy packages this morning. Me and my off sider here in 1200sq m facility, 250sq m office.

Lonely place right now.

[amber_fluid]

State Manager gone. Factory all got their redundancy packages this morning. Me and my off sider here in 1200sq m facility, 250sq m office.

Lonely place right now.

Go home and have a beer and a swim

[Booney]

State Manager gone. Factory all got their redundancy packages this morning. Me and my off sider here in 1200sq m facility, 250sq m office.

Lonely place right now.

Go home and have a beer and a swim

GM is still here, just told he's got 30 minutes to get out.

I'll mow, then beer and swim.

[wenchbarwer]

State Manager gone. Factory all got their redundancy packages this morning. Me and my off sider here in 1200sq m facility, 250sq m office.

Lonely place right now.

Go home and have a beer and a swim

GM is still here, just told he's got 30 minutes to get out.

I'll mow, then beer and swim.

How did the interview go yesterday?

[amber_fluid]

State Manager gone. Factory all got their redundancy packages this morning. Me and my off sider here in 1200sq m facility, 250sq m office.

Lonely place right now.

Go home and have a beer and a swim

GM is still here, just told he's got 30 minutes to get out.

I'll mow, then beer and swim.

How did the interview go yesterday?

LM is still reviewing it but he’s got other things on his mind currently

[Booney]

State Manager gone. Factory all got their redundancy packages this morning. Me and my off sider here in 1200sq m facility, 250sq m office.

Lonely place right now.

Go home and have a beer and a swim

GM is still here, just told he's got 30 minutes to get out.

I'll mow, then beer and swim.

How did the interview go yesterday?

They've discovered through the interview process that the role they advertised has evolved to be a little different to what they thought they wanted to start with.

89 applied, 60 odd from over seas were discounted immediately.

15 were short listed.

8 were interviewed.

3 are having second interviews. I was the first of the 3.

I've already have two customers today ask me my salary and say we just need to work out what we'll get you to do so things are going to move fast either way.