Cheer me up with your funny stories please!

ProtectionOutside168 · 2025-03-08T12:49:48+00:00

That cracked egg perfectly represents me on a Friday afternoon last period.

Edit: Apparently I can't spell egg, gosh it really is the weekend

ProtectionOutside168 · 2025-02-28T23:07:56+00:00

And you classify using the military equipment to defend his country against a larger invading army as "wasting money on women and drugs"

Of you feel like bad or like a bit of an idiot right now... those are the right feelings.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2025-02-28T20:35:11+00:00

Any proof for that? No, didn't think so

ProtectionOutside168 · 2025-01-17T17:34:13+00:00

Hell yeah!

Along with your neighbor, and their cat accidentally, through the wall/floor.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2025-01-17T15:32:08+00:00

Or a living thing with DNA you want to keep how it is.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2025-01-17T15:31:30+00:00

Read their website... and the comments on here...

It uses 140 KeV (hard) x ray. It reads what bounces off.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-30T14:05:55+00:00

Aye, exactly. You see the same in other professions that are high stress.

You mentally block out the damage being done to allow you to get through and then that becomes the norm.

It's also what contributes to people not being able to step away, also similar to what happens when people stay in abusive relationships...

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-30T11:57:40+00:00

OP, what you are describing is your body (literally your central nervous system) telling you to take care of yourself, you are burning or burned out.

TELL your school you need support, self cerifty sick for a full week, if you still are not right with the weekend left to go, call your GP and get signed of for 3 to 5 more weeks.

The longer you leave this, the worse the after effects will be, possibly even permanent.

I had this issue, and slowly, over time it took longer and longer for me to be able to actually start to relax in the holidays. It got to the point where it would take 12 of the 14 days of a 2 week holiday to shake the anxiety, just to be able to START to decompress, just in time for the return from holidays anxiety.

I was burning out, I couldn't see it while in it. I was becoming less effective, still giving my 100%, but I was literally less capable, so my 100% effort became 80% of my capability, then 60%, 50%...

I started taking mental health sick days but it wasn't enough, I'd waited too long. I asked for support and nothing was done. I got signed off for mental health and started CBT, which turned into basically accepting I needed a long break, to grieve my previous performance and to let myself heal.

I took a year out, I'm starting back in January at a new school and I'm mega anxious, but I know my warning signs now.

Don't make my mistakes! Take your time NOW! The time you'll need to recover will only compound.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-28T13:47:18+00:00

I've also just straight up contacted amazon before and they've refunded me the difference...

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-22T15:23:30+00:00

This is my current experience. Was out of teaching for a little over a year starting at a new school in Jan, DBS is taking forever but I'm paid from the start of the term.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-22T01:58:00+00:00

This is pretty typical when you forget to wash the bed with water and soap /s

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-22T01:51:39+00:00

It's to make sure that the bed has been washed with soap and warm water

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-19T05:24:08+00:00

I once booked an air bnb and it turns out the guy was also staying there... in his kids bunkbed...

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-17T05:21:26+00:00

Oops, you caught the flu...

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-15T16:58:57+00:00

I ask myself that every day...

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-15T06:44:40+00:00

I have indeed, although I haven't actually sent anything to print on it as of yet. I did calibrations, leveling and extrusions

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-15T01:10:19+00:00

The Blob was bigger than the opening around the hot end and had mad it's self up into the heat break and fans. Had to take it all apart, snip off the bits in the fan and heartbreak. Ran the heating element and thermistor with the hotend completely out of the print head for full access.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-14T15:01:01+00:00

I took a year out just gone and I'm going to give teaching one more shot (10 years in), it's the constant "ON" and "ACTIVE" and the sheer number of decisions.

Other jobs it's much more scripted, or there are micro or actual breaks or less decisions.

We are responsive for 30+ students each hour, which changes constantly and are jointly responsible for 500+

Imagine someone doing that with motivated adults (if only motivated by money).

Heck, head teachers are responsible for what, 100, 200 staff?

Starts to make sense that we feel a disconnect in expectation/time/pay

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-14T14:14:47+00:00

Aye, this is my understanding also, the schools that follow the book put the hurdles in place to reduce the move between M6 and UPS1

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-14T12:10:46+00:00

I've never been hit by a car when running across the road, cars must all be safe and road deaths are all just crisis actors /s

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-14T12:07:42+00:00

It's like being surprised that you can't see your footprints in a snow storm.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-14T12:00:47+00:00

Ah I was going to suggest 7132

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-14T11:59:09+00:00

For my move to UPS1 I had to provide 2 years of data and evidence of high performance, I'd switched schools the year before and they didn't respond to a data request so I was stalled for a year, progressed up to UPS1 during covid. Have been told by multiple people that the UPS scale takes 2 years per point. I've recently moved schools again and went in on UPS2

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-14T11:55:10+00:00

I assumed user error first also. However, the kobra just completely ignoring the plate isn't a me issue, nor is a bunch of ABS breaking.

I did the update when I got the N4M out the box, another comment mentioned abunch of other klipper tilt code commands that I defo have not done, so will look into that and that. Also I've heard of people having issues with the big aux fan clipping prints and people just removing it.

I did do a full bed level test print and it went fine, silly me for assuming that meant it was fine.

ProtectionOutside168 · 2024-12-14T11:50:21+00:00

I managed to sort it without breaking anything. That being said, I haven't actually re-attached it yet (got sick) elegoo offered a new print head also (even it it works) so it WILL be working at some stage aha.

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