Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 1/7/2024

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?

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Anyone do anything good for Matariki?

I've written the draft of the census results. One thing that is clear from the census results is that I need a proof reader. Any volunteers to proof read the draft?
- We had good weather for once, so I went for a reasonably long (43km or so) bike ride and then climbed [a very small mountain] (https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/auckland/places/mount-william-area/tracks/mount-william-walkway/) that we've been meaning to check out for a while.
  
  Nice! I also went for a bike ride, with one of my kids (7yo). About 10km, so they did really well!
  
  Yes, the weather was awesome!
  
  Hang on, the Bombay hills aren't a euphemism, that's a real suburb? Holy shit...
  
  Fun!
- I can if it's not until next week.
  
  Thanks for the offer but you're too slow. Results post is up: https://lemmy.nz/post/12001861
  
  You can still proof read it, though 😆
3 day weekends are fucking amazing: I got top spend all Friday in bed with a tension headache and still had a weekend after it all!

Sadly, I work in a hospital (not clinically), and the whole sector has been 'set alight' recently, so there's no chance of negotiating a 4 day week

Lots of exercise and feeling hung over as a result which has been great. Days getting lighter, too - long way to go though!
- If you play your sick leave and annual leave just right, you can probably get a 4 day week for most of the year. Though someone might notice the pattern.
  
  I was gonna suggest four 10 hour days, but if I know anything about hospitals you probably already work eight 36 hour shifts a week. Maybe you escape that.
  
  You know I never thought of that. My team leader is so absent they probably wouldn't even notice, too
So much work at work. Good thing they're paying me for it.

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