u/Odd_Passage9433

I’m sure we all know how irrelevant these tests are to the job.

Have you ever used it to pass a test? I think it’s shit with abstract reasoning but better with verbal and numerical.

I think I likely have to do the general one. Recruitment said not to worry and that only few fail but I don’t wanna be one.

Have to do mine this weekend. Consists of numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning. Recruitment said not to worry about it and few fail, it I don’t want to be one of them.

I’m not sure if it’s pass or fail cuz I’ve done my fitness and have the panel interview booked for at the end of this month.

My dad (60) has been ill in hospital for a few months as he had some sort of medical episode. He can’t use his right arm, has to have prostate surgery cuz he can’t piss and has to have a colostomy bag.
I (M21) am an only child and have been looking after him. I’m pretty busy and work full time so it’s been a strain on me.

He and my mum separated when I was like 2 due to his drug use. I have never been that close to him due to his drug usage. He has previous suicide attempts as well but was doing good until this happened.

Obviously he’s in a shit situation and I have been visiting him, calling him and checking on his house etc. Lately he has gotten really belligerent, saying I should of done his washing up and cleaned his house after he left it in an absolutely shit state and that I should have cleaned up after the mess he left. Also he wanted me to FaceTime him with his cat, so I did but he was getting annoyed at me saying his cat is scared of me cuz he doesn’t know me. We did organise a professional cleaning.

Atp I feel like I don’t owe him shit because of how he chose drugs over me. I mean, I barely feel like he’s my father. I’ve been helping him because I’m his son and genuinely want to help but now I’m just feeling like well he wasn’t there for me and he expects me to look after him while he gets pissed off at me.

I mean, I used to get bit by bedbugs over there, he’d take me to drug deals and all that shit and now he expects me just to be there for him.

Idk I feel conflicted.

A meeting just popped up called 1:1 organisational changes with my general manager and 2 people from HR, one is people and culture.

Not sure why they’d sack me if two of my coworkers literally resigned last week and I’m handling a lot of the work in demand. Maybe they knew something I didn’t?

There was an email sent out before by the CEO about my team’s structure being changed by us combining with our “partner company” which is much bigger than us so it could be that? Only hearing about this today and meeting is in half an hour.

Update: All good, my title is being changed and I will be working in the same capacity under a wider umbrella. Didn’t get made redundant.

It was funny af but had its moments that made you think about not taking life too seriously and the journeys we are on as humans. It really embraces the fact that life isn’t perfect, and we as humans aren’t perfect but that’s what makes us who we are. It’s rare that a movie can make me cry laughing and also captivate me at the same time with its profound lessons. Brilliant cast btw.

Generally you know by the end of a movie if it was amazing, you just get that feeling. I got that exact feeling with Little Miss Sunshine.

10/10

It was funny af but had its moments that made you think about not taking life too seriously and the journeys we are on as humans. It really embraces the fact that life isn’t perfect, and we as humans aren’t perfect but that’s what makes us who we are. It’s rare that a movie can make me cry laughing and also captivate me at the same time with its profound lessons. Brilliant cast btw.

10/10

Posted a video yesterday but only 2 views which is to be expected. What places would be best to post this content in short form?

Being born and raised in Adelaide, Australia, my hometown's past of cold cases has been of interest to me, especially considering how disturbing in nature much of these cases are. I figured I would write up a bit of a timeline highlighting some of these cases.

1948 - The Somerton Man
On December 1948 at 6:30 am, the police were alerted after the body of a man was discovered on Somerton Park beach near Glenelg. He was found lying in the sand with his head resting against the seawall. A half smoked cigarette was on the right collar of his coat. Search of his pockets showed an unused second-class rail ticket from Adelaide to Henley Beach, a bus ticket from the city that may not have been used and a comb that had been made in the US, as well as other items. Investigators later found a scrap of paper reading 'Tamam Shud" hidden in his pocket.

In 2022, he was identified as Carl "Charles" Webb, a 43-year-old electrical engineer from Melbourne. The reason as to why he ended up dead in Adelaide remains to be found.

1966 - The Disappearance of the Beaumont Children
Siblings Jane (9), Arnna (7), and Grant Beaumont (4) vanished from Glenelg Beach on Australia Day, 1966 after being seen with an unknown man. Witnesses say that Grant approached the man first, and Jane flicked him with her wet towel. The man and children were soon playing like many other families that day. He told people nearby that Jane's purse had been stolen.

Somehow, the man was able to get the children away quietly. They were spotted 20 minutes later at Wenzel's Cakes, buying pies, pasties, buns and fizzy drinks. Despite 'losing' her purse, Jane paid for the lunch with a one-pound note. That was the last confirmed sighting of the children.

No trace of the children were ever found. The mother, Nancy passed in 2019 and Jim in 2023.

A variety of persons of interest were identified such as Bevan Spencer von Einem (perpertrator of the family murders), Arthur Stanley Brown (charged with murders of sisters Judith and Susan Mackay, as well as other figures. One of which was Harry Phipps, a factory owner and a member of Adelaide's social elite.

I strongly believe Harry Phipps is the man that abducted and killed the children, not only because of his likeness to the identikit, but because of his behaviour and actions. I have been in touch with the author of 'The Satin Man' who was able to provide some info on this case. He told me that Louise, a daughter of one of Harry Phipps male associates recounted her experience of being sexually abused by Harry Phipps as a young girl inside his locked Castalloy Cottage. Furthermore, Harry's son, Haydn, stated he saw the three children in his family's backyard on Australia Day 1966 which was only a few minutes distance from where the children disappeared. He described them in detail, including their towels and the bag Jane was carrying. He also claimed his father to be paedophile who would sexually abuse him, dressing up in satin when he would do such acts.

What is more interesting is that Harry Phipps was known to hand out 1 pound notes. Stuart Mullins, author of 'The Satin Man' went to the home of Phipps widow and while interviewing her took the opportunity and snuck into the basement where he saw a small white purse which matched the description of the purse Jane was carrying that day. When he questioned the widow she said she bought it from an Op Shop and asked him to leave. When he returned it was gone.

In more recent years, two other persons, youths at the time, came forward to say they had been paid by Phipps to dig a hole in his factory yard that weekend for unstated reasons. This was excavated in 2013 but nothing of interest was found. Two more digs ocurred in 2018 and as recent as February 2025 but nothing was found.

The case remains unsolved to this day.

1973 - Adelaide Oval Abductions
11-year-old Joanne Ratcliffe and 4-year-old Kirstie Gordon disappeared form Adelaide Oval during an AFL match.

Witnesses claim to have seen the girls leaving with a man, but neither child was ever found. This is often discussed alongside the Beaumont Children disappearance due to the similarities. Various persons of interest were identified yet it remains unsolved.

1979-1983 - The Family Murders
The Family Murders were a series of abductions and killings of teenage boys and young men around Adelaide.

Bevan Spencer von Einem was convicted for the murder of Ricahrd Kelvin, but detectives suspect many "high-profile" men were involved in the murders, most of which remain unsolved.

I actually have a personal story about this case. My dad's friend told us that when he was younger he was near the River Torrens in the city. He got into a car which gave him a lift and found that the car had no way to open it from the inside. He found himself inside a house being drugged (this occurred to the other murder victims), but due to his past drug usage, he wasn't as affected and he managed to break a window and escape. I can't confirm this to be true but I find it interesting that he found himself in similiar circumstances to the other boys.

2025 - Disappearance of Gus Lamont
August "Gus" Lamont, aged 4 disappeared from his family's remote South Australian homestead. He was reportedly last seen outside by his grandmother around 5pm playing on a mound of dirt. She went outside to call him, only to find him missing.

Police conducted four wide-scale searched which turned up nothing. On 5 February 2026, police declared the disappearance a major crime, with the resident of the sheep station known to Lamont identified as a suspect. He has been missing for 7 months.

(I know this isn't in Adelaide but it is worth a mention)

Adelaide also hosts many other cases which aren't unsolved but still add to the sinister reputation of the city:

1971 - The Bartholomew Family Murders
On September 6, 1971, in Hope Forrest, South Australia, Clifford Bartholomew murdered his wife and their seven children, his wife's sister-in-law and her son with a .22-caliber rifle. It remains the deadliest familcide in Australia's history and the country's third-deadliest mass shooting.

1979-1979 - Truro Murders
The Truro Murders were a series of killings involving women and girls who were dumped in Truro South Australia by serial killer Christopher Worell and accomplice, James William Miller. He would die in a car crash before being brought to justice, with James serving 6 life sentences before passing in 2008.

1992-1999 Snowtown Murders
Series of murders committted by John Justin Bunting, Robert Joe Wagner, and James Spyridon Vlassakis in and around Adelaide, South Australia. Most of the bodies were found in barrels in an abandoned bank vault in Snowtown, South Australia. The killers were led by Bunting to believe the victims were paedophiles, homosexuals or "weak". Bunting was sentenced to 11 life sentences, with his accomplices also being imprisoned.

2007 - Carly Ryan Murder
15-year-old Carly Ryan was murdered by Garry Francis Newman, who posed as a 20-year-old "Kane" online to lure her to Victor Harbor. He then posed as the Kane's father in order to give Ryan presents from Kane. He would later murder her, to which he was sentenced to life in prison. Ryan was the first person in Australia to be killed by an online predator.

2010 - The Rowe Family Killings
Jason Downie murdered three members of the Rowe family in Kapunda, North East Adelaide, in Nobember 2010, being motivated by an obsession with 16-year-old Chantelle Rowe. He broke into the home, stabbing her and her parents, Andrew and Rose to death. Hew was sentenced to life in prison for this.

Hopefully, you found this write-up about my hometown interesting. I mean, there was a reason an advert featuring Dexter showed him on a plane to Adelaide.

https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/item/beaumont-children-fresh-claims-satin-man-book

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-01/dig-for-beaumont-childrens-remains-concludes/104997388

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6fok5uxpk

I have been interested in true crime pretty much all my life and I am about to have a degree in criminology. Theres so many interesting cases out there I would like to create videos on with my own voice while covering the facts and adding my own perspectives.. Is this a niche that would have potential to break into with a new youtube channel?

One dude was polishing the underside of his boots. He saw people notice him doing it and never showed up after that incident. There is still a black mark from the polish on the underside of his boot to this day.

Like for instance the amount of people that will just sit on my desk/drawers and talk to my coworker sitting beside me, like can you not see me sitting here? Just disrespectful shit like that.

I’ve been working here for almost a year and we work within a small team. They also have the same role as me but they are both leaving within 2 weeks, I’ll be the only person left in that role. They’ve worked here prior to me joining.

I haven’t been briefed on what will happen yet.. I presume they will get replaced but who knows. What should I expect? I’m a bit concerned I’ll inherent their workload.