Daily Discussion Thread:🍎 Tue 19 Mar 2024

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This humidity is killing me and can fuck right off!

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agreed. I thought it was just me. I feel bad saying this, but I’m glad it’s not.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      not just you, the clouds have made it oppressive

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You hate humidity!

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    • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why yes, yes I do!

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m putting a bunch of stuff on a stick and burning it then going for a swim.

  This is the most profound thing I’m doing today.

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• Marsupial@quokk.au ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Starting my new job tomorrow!

  But they still haven’t informed me of when exactly I’m meant to start my shit. Will have to call in and chase that up after lunch me thinks.

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  • Cendana@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Your stomach will know when you need to start shitting.

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    • Marsupial@quokk.au ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Haha oops, I must be out of f’s.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s so cool you’ve started a new community. You should make a post from !earlychildhood@quokk.au explaining what it’s about (I know pretty self explaining really but you know) and it’ll land on the homepage. If it’s just Melbourne based then post it in !melbourne@aussie.zone. It’ll still end up on the home page.

    Good luck with your new job tomorrow!

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    • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think they are running their own instance.

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    • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The community is showing up fine for me. There may have been a little bit of a delay if this is the first time aussie.zone users have looked at Quokk.au communities. First-time federation can take a couple of minutes.

      Anyway, it’s fine, now. I didn’t do anything.

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Subscribed. My girlfriend is studying to become an ECT and we have almost a year and a half old twins at home

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  Wish I had a box with a blanket to chill in…

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In this weather? No.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Back from my first day and oh my god I’m SO tired making an 8am start. Despite hitting the snooze button several times and leaving considerably later than I thought. And everyone else starts at 7 😵‍💫 with plenty of people having longer commutes than me. I’ll get used to it.

  I was a bit too out of it today take in everything with it all happening so fast, but it was a good first day. Being at a depot does mean it’s still very testosterone heavy but my team is really friendly and welcoming and open with each other which is awesome.

  I am super glad this is just part time though, I so wouldn’t have the energy for full time hours in such a high contact role. And I’d feel suffocated for sure, no matter how good the workplace was

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  got nearly 8 hours of sleep. OH my GOSH its so nice after nearly a week without. I feel amazing!

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh, please let this be me tonight.

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• Grackle@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is my neighbor out using his leaf blower on a day like this? He’s losing the fight.

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  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe he is feeling angry and this is the outlet ? I’ll mow lawns angrily or whipper snip

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    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      HA nothing helps me vent like firing up the 2-stroke hedge trimmer and going to town on the front yard.

      And THIS IS NOT A EUPHEMISM you perverts 🤣

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    • Grackle@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I feel like it would just make me angrier, it’s so windy so there’s no satisfying clean yard and pile of leaves at the end 😂

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same reason mine is trying to water his trees.

    Nothing else to do.

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Adelaide tomorrow! Exciting, but it involves planes 🫤

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The garage has been carpet bombed with mouse traps.

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is your dog a mouse hunter? Mine is not, she makes friends with them and even shares her food. When I explain the purpose of the JRT breed to her she wags her tail and gives me a head tilt.

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My old dog used to chase them and catch them outside but if they ever came in she would watch them and look at us as if to say ‘this one is your problem’

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hahaha. Nah. I don’t think he’s ever seen one. They’re mainly in the garage.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I found squished kraft processed cheese with bacon bits to be irresistible to mice. Check the traps everyday. I once caught dozens of the buggers in my neighbour’s aviary with this method

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not my jurisdiction. What I can tell you is the traps get washed with soap and loaded up with their own peanut butter. They get checked every day but not by me.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How would you counteract that combo being irresistible to certain humans?

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• neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Absolutely no rain here…

  Starting to lose hope in it

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• Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Glad I watered all the plants last night. Got 40 seconds of rain today.

  Which means ongoing watering, so back to the watering routine

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, I wish I’d watered my plants because I came back to a wilted sad mess and a couple of potted chillies blown over by the wind

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have not seen any rain at all for days

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  tandoori chicken in oven, rice with almonds and sultanas in the cooker. It smells good. :)

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    non nom, it is delicious

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its bin day in my estate and not a single one is left standing. Fortunately they are all were already emptied.

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Interesting. I went into my bathroom and smelt smoke, so I opened up the front door and there’s quite a smokey smell. Nothing on VicEmergency, and I’m not sure who’s got a fire on at the end of a 30° day while it’s still in the 20s

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  • 00Steve@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I saw someone mention somewhere that there was a bunch of planned burns going on

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I swear this like the 3rd or 4th year in a row when planned burns occur on the windiest day imaginable. I know that these are scheduled some time in advance, but surely there is some contingency.

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  • neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeh I woke up at 3am and had to close all my windows because of it. Checking now, my particulate matter sensor went crazy then

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  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Planned burns

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The ones in macedon/wandong? Feels a bit far to smell the smoke

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was smelling it a night or two ago and heard sirens so maybe something happened

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Post art on different platform, nobody’s really that interested. Plus it’d just get scraped by AI. :(

  (I know I should be making it for myself but when you’re depressed and everything’s difficult it’s nice to get a little extra motivation or a bit of a boost from others’ enjoyment.)

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is it still warm?

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If we get a 30 degree day in April I might not bother making additional super contributions

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So tonight I ran into ‘Abbey’, a randomly lost presumably senile border collie on the dog beach path. I went for a swim and it was still there on the way back devoid of an owner.

  She was happily reunited with her human thanks to a lovely lady who had her phone with her called the number on the tag.

  There are good people out there.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s good to hear.

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just finished listening to World war Z audio book, really enjoyed it. It’s nothing like the movie. Each chapter is told as an interview with someone who survived the zombie war and what part they played in it. Different voice actors throughout really added to it.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I print read it, but agree there was little resemblance to the film. Not that there is in a vast majority of cases

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have listened to it a couple times, definitely enjoyed, but yeh nothing like the movie

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve got a bunch of books to listen to and am trying to get them on my phone so I can listen on the tram and bus.

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• fullkitwanker@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  its only 8.30 and im so sleepy. i want to take a nap but that will fuck with my sleep at night ugh

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m going to bed asap. I’m trying to fight it but I’m losing.

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What are the best hot cross buns that money can buy? I’m enjoying this brioche choc chip variety from Woolies but thinking there must be better.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably Bakers Delight because they’re baked fresh that morning.

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    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I second these

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A few days ago, I made a sandwich out of hot cross bun and rotisserie chicken.

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cannibal Creek Bakehouse in Garfield. Just a short Vline trip for the Melbournites. Wood fired brioche buns are to die for.

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve had some damn nice ones at gourmet bakeries, but there’s none near me and also expensive for regular consumption. If it’s between Coles, Woolies and Bakers delight, Bakers is the best for sure.

    I like the standard fruit and also choc chip. I’m not a puritan and occasionally try the other flavours. If you are feeling exceptionally brave I saw pizza shapes flavoured buns at the supermarket. It’s gone too far. Why. Just why.

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  should probably take the bins soon

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How hard is it to hook up an RSS feed to Lemmy? I was thinking we could do with the deal feed from Ozbargin on here

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know, but if you figure it out, I’d be interested in seeing if I could get a product recall one setup

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    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It might be a fun little project to figure out when I have a moment. An actual public service bot doing product recalls would be useful

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  the mozzies are out :scritch: :scritch:

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have the most refreshing cross-breeze coming through my place right now. Getting rid of all of that stagnant inside heat.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s got a little bite to it that breeze

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  damn, old phone so old it won’t install apps time for new phone

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• bull@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why do companies always go too-fancy when catering for corporate things? I’m not impressed by your ridiculous food which I’d never order.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I FLIPPIN hate this! Give me a party pie or a sausageroll ffs.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m watching a cute small movie with Kelsey Grammar, Like Father. It’s a nice movie. :)

  But he’ll always be Blinky to me. 🥹

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Currently planning my fortnight shopping and what I’d like to eat. I think I might go chicken wings seasoned with something for a few days. Going to buy at least 3kg-4kg so I hope it lasts me for awhile.

  Just the thought of crispy air fried wings is making me hungry.

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thank my efforts for the cloudy and windy day

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