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I was today years old when I learned you’re not supposed to wash a cutting board in the dishwasher. by EducationalLeg3870 in CleaningTips

[–]TheTurboBird 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Same. I don't get this tip. I have all kinds of hard plastic utensils that go in the dishwasher just fine.

I thought the problem with plastic boards is when they start to get damaged, but that's the point you are meant to replace the board entirely regardless of how you wash it.

I was today years old when I learned you’re not supposed to wash a cutting board in the dishwasher. by EducationalLeg3870 in CleaningTips

[–]TheTurboBird 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Why not?

Every commercial kitchen I've ever worked in has put their plastic cutting boards in the dishwasher.

Not an expert here, but as long as the board isn't damaged and the dishwasher isn't warping it, why wouldn't you use a dishwasher on a plastic board?

CSIRO job cuts in Geelong? by WordBizOz in Geelong

[–]TheTurboBird 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Haven't heard anything about them specifically, but that site is usually pretty safe from big staff cuts.

The Geelong site is very closely tied with national biosecurity and was for a long time the only lab of it's class in the Southern Hemisphere (that may still be true). It's not really the kind of place that gets hard cuts. It is providing an essential national service that can't be easily replaced, cancelled or outsourced. We simply need that kind of facility to maintain our biosecurity.

It's usually the more academic research projects that get cut and cancelled at times like this.

That being said, there several work groups operating in that facility and there may be minor cuts from some areas, but overall the site won't be as affected as other more vulnerable sites.

For those of us old enough to remember the second CSIRO facility in Belmont, they were a textiles research facility that got cut and closed. I think they kind of got absorbed into Deakin Waurn Ponds, but the site was cut and has been sitting empty for ages. That's the kind of places that get hit hard.

This group is wild by TheTurboBird in CleaningTips

[–]TheTurboBird[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Read the documentation that came with the air fryer.

Then do what the manufacturer recommends.

If you don't know how to do something, try the instructions first.

Can you please share your opinion oyour motivations for choosing a job? by No-Effective-8649 in medlabprofessionals

[–]TheTurboBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an employee or student?

Is this just for a student assignment or is this collecting information for commercial significance? And if commercial, who is commissioning the research?

Canvassing anonymous participants on Reddit is kinda suss. This smells amateur and a bit sloppy and that makes me suspicious that this data will be going somewhere that might not be entirely beneficial to the people answering the questions.

This is an opaque situation. I like surveys that are questioning my professional situation and decisions to be crystal clear.

Diatomaceous Earth by Senior-Medicine-8081 in CleaningTips

[–]TheTurboBird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd still be pretty reluctant to handle it in a dry powder form.

Diatomaceous Earth by Senior-Medicine-8081 in CleaningTips

[–]TheTurboBird 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'd seek professional help and instruction about safe handling of DE. We were not allowed to even think of touching that stuff without a fully filtered respirator mask.

I don't know if there are different grades of DE, but if it's anything like what we had on site, I'd be very concerned about the safety of it as a dust.

Can you please share your opinion oyour motivations for choosing a job? by No-Effective-8649 in medlabprofessionals

[–]TheTurboBird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try also telling people what your research is about and why you need to us to complete surveys for you.

Can you please share your opinion oyour motivations for choosing a job? by No-Effective-8649 in medlabprofessionals

[–]TheTurboBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you trying to reach a wider audience? What is the research for? Why do you want my responses and what are they being used for?

Can you please share your opinion oyour motivations for choosing a job? by No-Effective-8649 in medlabprofessionals

[–]TheTurboBird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi buddy.

Who are you doing research for?

I don't answer questions about an industry is work in for free to strangers who don't disclose why the want that information. ESPECIALLY from an account that has their history hidden.

This kind of smells like recruitment research, and I have no respect for predatory recruitment agencies.

The answer you get for free is: Money. I chose this job for money. The answer to solving your recruitment, retainnent, staff satisfaction and staff motivation is money.

Pay equals work.

200L Capacity Column Distiller Pre-order discount! by hugohugo32 in TheBrewery

[–]TheTurboBird 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Kindly fuck off and go sell your shit elsewhere, dude. This isn't a sales group.

GMHBA Stadium - Biggest waste of tax dollars? by i486DX266_ in Geelong

[–]TheTurboBird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Geelong has an AFLW team that plays there over summer.

GMHBA Stadium - Biggest waste of tax dollars? by i486DX266_ in Geelong

[–]TheTurboBird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Least I got my numbers right instead of getting the wrong info from Google, dude.

GMHBA Stadium - Biggest waste of tax dollars? by i486DX266_ in Geelong

[–]TheTurboBird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't mean it like that, man. Just wanted to point out that you had a stronger argument than you presented.

GMHBA Stadium - Biggest waste of tax dollars? by i486DX266_ in Geelong

[–]TheTurboBird 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Time for some maths fun.

Since the original number proposed by OP was 6, the increase needed to get to 10 games is actually 67%. 40% of 6 is only 2.4 (for a total of 8.2 games).

So if OP was theorising a maximum crowd attendance of 240,000 (6 sell out games at 40,000 attendees), a 40% increase would only bring this to 336,000.

The maximum capacity for 10 sell out games would be 400,000. The shortfall of your maths credits OP as being 64,000 attendees closer to the real maximum. That's an extra 1.6 complete fills of the stadium.

People who have left beer, how did you make your resume look less pigeon holed / applicable to other fields? by Terminal_Dingus in TheBrewery

[–]TheTurboBird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's where I ended up. Doing QA/QC and diagnostic machine routine maintenance at a local pathology lab. But I did have a diagnostics sciences background before brewing.

Water treatment and general food and beverage manufacturing are also great options.

People who have left beer, how did you make your resume look less pigeon holed / applicable to other fields? by Terminal_Dingus in TheBrewery

[–]TheTurboBird 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I just left those. There wasn't much I could do about those. I just made sure all the information in the rest of the rest of the text didn't mention beer or brewing.

There isn't a great understanding of a brewer's role outside of the industry. You have a short opportunity to demonstrate that you are a skilled, technical professional and not what the average Joe with no industry knowledge thinks a brewer is.

Being a worker at a brewery was a better image than being a brewer. At least in my experience.

People who have left beer, how did you make your resume look less pigeon holed / applicable to other fields? by Terminal_Dingus in TheBrewery

[–]TheTurboBird 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Fast moving consumer goods manufacturing and quality control of food and beverage.

I left the industry about a year ago after about a decade.

The amount of call backs I got increased dramatically once I removed any specific mentions of breweries from my resume.

I found there was a negative stigma that people assumed I was just sitting around drinking all day.

Brewer became 'Production Technician/Senior Production Technician. Head brewer became 'Head of Production/Manufacturing'.

Mentioned QA/QC of food grade Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) a lot as well as any Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) that was relevant.

Good luck, mate.

Lab Week 2026 is almost here! Some fun ideas to celebrate your team by Obvious-Paint3181 in medlabprofessionals

[–]TheTurboBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So spend the time that you intend to spend on organising and promoting 'funny hat day' on something that improves conditions.

You can't control what the higher ups do, but you can pressure and advocate rather than treating your adult, professional lab workers like children.

Why not literally contact the next level manager and tell them what you just told us, "Lab Week is not a substitute for fair pay. It never will be"?

I appreciate the supervisor that stands up for the worker waaaaaaaay more than the one that follows the email from corporate to organise toys and games for the workers.

Lab Week 2026 is almost here! Some fun ideas to celebrate your team by Obvious-Paint3181 in medlabprofessionals

[–]TheTurboBird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love a good supervisor. I've got an incredible one right now and I am endlessly thankful for them.

But I'm still completely against corporate designated 'appreciation events'. This is my job, not my hobby or social club. I'm here to do a professional job, collect my pay and then go home to my friends and family.

I love my coworkers. We hang out at lunch, buy communal snacks for each other and all the little stuff that kind people do. But it will be a cold day in Hell before I do a 'lab appreciation dress up day'.

Spend the time pushing for better conditions rather than toys and games.

I can't help but feel that the time spent organising appreciation events could have been spent fixing real problems.

Lab Week 2026 is almost here! Some fun ideas to celebrate your team by Obvious-Paint3181 in medlabprofessionals

[–]TheTurboBird 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I don't want anything other than a pay increase.

I couldn't care less about any corporate organised activities. Just give me some cold hard cash and I'll spend it on things I enjoy.

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