Submitted âšâš11â© âšmonthsâ© agoâ© by âšCEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneâ© to âšmelbourne@aussie.zoneâ©
Product review: Lime Mojito in a cask, from Aldi.
I got carded buying this for the first time in many years. This is classy stuff. Not sure Iâve ever actually purchased a cask before?
First sip: is this just lime cordial?
Several gulps later: oh thereâs the kick, this is really quite strong isnât it.
Verdict: goes ok. Pretty tasty. Would be better in a fancy glass with some mint and fruit and shit but I couldnât be bothered. 3.5/5 đžđžđž, a solid almost-holiday in a cask.
Does it say what alcohol they use? I donât like Aldi-Baileys because its based offa white goon.
Itâs vodka and white rum. Tastes reasonably legit.
Can we go back to the golden age of appliances where they sung a song when finished and then shut up pretty please
We have a washing machine from 2009 and itâs very nice and respectful. It does its job, then it sings a lovely little song and then you wonât hear from it again until you start pushing buttons. The dryer is much newer because the last one conked out. This one will make a long beeeeep that ascends in tone 3 times every 5 second until you go and open the door AND turn it off (just doing one of those isnât enough)
The air fryer makes an annoying sound, but isnât obnoxious about it like the dryer
My microwave beeps at me every minute when itâs finished to let me know to open it and yell âAre you happy now?â.
How else do you know to rescue the potato inside?
I actually unplug the microwave if I donât stop it before it beeps. Every beep feels like an audible knife penetrating my brain. And for the dryer I just firmly tell it like an annoyed parent to stop being disrespectful and to show some respect to its elders. If Iâm feeling particularly annoyed, Iâll give it a lecture about how dryers should be seen and not heard
Those beeps are useful for things that youâre supposed to microwave and then ârestâ for x minutes
Agreed. How dare a machine beep at me. Impatience is not a good look on a machine.
My washing machine makes 3 too many beeps for my liking.
Everything should have a âmuteâ and âlights on/offâ button.
How is it fair that I eat healthy for a week and feel like utter shit? Tempted to buy a cheesy crust pepperoni pizza from dominosâŠ
Just reminded me, many years ago (around 2010 maybe), I ordered a pizza from dominos. It was awful, tasted weird and tangy.
A few years afterwards, I swear I saw a TV ad for dominos saying ânow with real cheeseâ. Turns out they were using cream cheese or something beforehand. Never ordered from them again lol.
Not saying theyâre bad now ofc lol
I bought one last week as a sort of âlast hurrahâ. Not gonna lie, I inhaled it in one go lol.
I read something that said the longer you e been eating like crap, the longer it takes to start feeling better.
I havenât been eating well since lockdownâŠ
processed cheese product, itâs a common thing in the US. Aged ârealâ cheese is very expensive there.
Oh no, hopefully thatâs not discouraging. Maybe thereâs an adjustment period? Sugar withdrawal (is that a thing?) I know that guts can go through some adjustment if diet changes to include more veg and fibre, but it will settle down fairly quickly. Itâs just a bit of a shock to the microbiome.
Definitely going to stick to it. The positive mental health impacts have been unbelievable. Once the physical subsides, all will be well hopefully
Wild dreams leaving me with a raging sense of guilt i should not have. Wtf brain. Stop it
Hate that. And waking up cross at somebody about something they didnât do!
Could this be related to cat?
Sending virtual hugs.
No.
Mine had my company director set me up for epic failure and my manager just laugh. While I could see the director doing that, I firmly know that my manager has my back, so thatâs good.
mine was having a boss of a workplace accuse me of something that I not only hadnât done, it was literally impossible for me to do, and maneuvering to fire me from a workplace I havenât worked at since 2019.
So where the fuck is the sense of guilt coming from
People keep expecting good behavior from AFL players. Why? Young men that have been put up on a pedestal for probably most of their lives, then given a lot of money, plus the celebrity status they now have.
Money and power doesnât usually equate to good behavior and yet people are shocked when they donât play nice. What do you honestly expect? They are just football players and perhaps if folks stop giving the game more importance than it warrants them maybe you wonât create such big egos.
Cause for some stupid reason, we put them on a pedestal. Society glorifies sporting success rather than academic achievement or anything actually beneficial to society. Just cause kids look up to them doesnât make them role models. They are barely more than teenagers who are either thinking about their next root or their next bag. And you know what? Thats perfectly fine so long as no ones getting hurt.
100% correct.
Unfortunately itâs how things are. Kids idolise their heroes but as young adults barely of legal age they are sometimes very uneducated and Iâll prepared for it all.
I love my afl and love my team and whole recent saga with drug testing wasnât something that I thought about but I was equally surprised because my mind never went there.
Itâs also not newsworthy. Sports isnât that important that I need to hear about some football guy every hour (radio on for the dog)
Very true. These 18 year olds arenât selected because they are into politics, social issues, emotional intelligence. They are good at kicking balls and thatâs great, letâs cheer them for their athleticism. But nah, I wouldnât be looking to them for any kind of advanced social awareness. And they are at an age where they want to be doing all the stuff regular young adults do. But unrealistic to think they wonât.
You nailed it.
Really donât feel like gym tonight but itâs my second last training session before Iâm holidays for a couple of weeks so Iâm telling myself to STFU and stop complaining.
Definitely time to reinstall the electric blanketâŠ
Watching the cat snoozing under the heater while I force myself to go outside for an hour of lunch break exercise in the cold.
I wonder if I should buy one of those electric throws from K-mart when I can afford one.
I havenât owned any soert of electric blanket before but I figure itâd be nice to be on the couch with one.
the electric throw on the couch is good as! I brought the mrs one from kmart for mothers day last year and it got a fair workout all winter.
I am in a love hate relationship with my electric blanket. Love the warmth in winter, but itâs a bit lumpy and stiff. The warmth wins out though. Can someone invent a soft breathable electric blanket please. Agree itâs almost time to put it back on, night are getting chilly!
Same and the control thingy is always too close to where I lie on the bed.
Today is my day
How are you gonna spend your day?
Iâm going to:
no sharing?
my day is everyoneâs day for I am a benevolent and generous day-keeper
Oof. Walking to find ginger ninja cut into my physical energy so badly I crashed and woke up at 11pm, extremely dehydrated and late with Melbcatâs supper and meds. It might be that I canât afford the energy and just donât have the capacity to keep pursuing a cat I might not be able to catch. And I donât have the comfort level to engage with rescue groups. Currently itâs really difficult to even care for my own pet and myself.
Thereâs also online friend group drama which I didnât cause and am not involved in but am still affected by. -_-
Sounds like lots of signs to pull back and take care of yourself and melbcat. Rebuild yourself and let the universe find another way to care for orange cat and the conflict take care of itself. Hope you can get some good rest and cat cuddles
Thanks, the signs have been there for a while (and thereâs bigger shit I donât post) but like a numbskull I keep pushing.
Iâm hoping orange cat gets picked up by someone else or recovers. Iâd help if I was able but those orange buns are elusive.
I appear to have taken on too much at work.
Still going through papers?
oh yes. many papers.
Israel doesnât care what Australia thinks about Palestine. This is taking up way too much space in newspaper headlines.
takes peopleâs minds off their low wages
Youâre right, a bit of bread and circuses
Like the joke that was the voice campaign. They could have just done it instead of diverting attention from the of living and housing crisis
Bloody mental how up in arms the media are now that an aussie is dead. Lets just ignore the tons of dead Palestinians.
Iâm bored with fluffy statements from Australian politicians and diplomats. You have no power, Israel doesnât care about you so shut the fuck up until you have something useful to say.
it is time i wash the winter jacket and blanket
I have somehow lost my oodie, and I am distressed
omg i saw three cats outside one meowed to woke me up i just put down a dish of kibbles
You have been Chosen
I donât think they are eating this one (havenât checked yet). Will put a fresh dish out before I sleep tonight.
Cat Distribution System in action. Congratulations.
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It may still be 18 in my room, but Iâm still going to sleep in a hoodie under 2 blankets with thick socks
18 outside = fine unless thereâs wind 18 inside = I think Iâm going to freeze
As much as I really want to live in Europe, Iâm not sure Iâd exist past the first week of autumn there
They have 5he advantage that their houses are actually insulated. Ours are tents
Lol thatâs a good point. Itâs honestly a bit of a miracle my room was even 18 when it was 12 outside. My bathroom was most certainly not though, that was definitely 12âŠ
Where there are extremes in weather the poor suffer .
so donât be poor and youâll be fine s/
Ay problem solved! Thanks SG!
This reminded me of the first place I lived when I get sober. The walls had a giant crack, so I had to wear all of my clothes and had a blanket but still woke up shivering.
Good times, good times.
Yikes. Iâm glad youâre in a better place now gibsy
At the pâs clearing out their rain tank filters from on top about 2.5m up.
Reminded me when I was a teen scaling them (wasted) at night without a ladder full ninja to sneak in when I forgot my keys as the laundry window which was never locked is directly above one. Used to get in so much shit for doing that.
Now itâs sanctioned, with a ladder, sober and far less exciting.
I remember being accidentally locked out as a kid, and having no trouble breaking in through the aluminium-framed bathroom window. Bit of a worry in hindsight, and lucky there werenât more crims around at the time.
Twice Iâve locked myself out of my house. Had to take the glass slats out of the toilet window, scale up the down pipe, perch on the window sill and decide whether I wanted to take a giant leap missing the toilet or risk sliding off the lid and slamming into the closed door. We now have a spare key hidden in the yard.
Spare keys somewhere useful, memorable, and not one of those dumb fake rocks is an art.
In those instances itâs better to see if you can hold on to the ledge and scale or drop down instead of jumping or making a leap.
It would significantly reduce the height from which you come down if you did that or had room to do that.
Learnt this from if we ever had to escape a fire from out of a window.
In the supermarkets there used to be these mini cans of corn that came in a four pack. I havenât seen them in ages. I hope itâs not discontinued. Those things were so convenient. I miss you little corn cans. Please come back!
Woolies has the Edgell brand minis in stock
I get these all the time.
I just kind of want to take my eyes balls out of my head and give them a rest in a jar of eyedrops. My vision is shocking today from pounding my pupils on a screen for about two weeks, not to mention my poor hips from sitting way way waaaay too much.
I miss my bike, my bed and would like to be somewhere apart from dorm rooms with slamming doors that start from some ungodly hour in the morning. Yep, yah Llab is tired. You know, whine, whine.
In other news, how are we? I escaped before the poor weather, please regale me with tales of your happenings⊠Pretty please⊠<3
Still attempting to negotiate an agreement between my brain, the cats, and the clock.
I had the beginning of a root canal today and it was the first time I was in pain even with anaesthetic. Poor dentist had to squirt the stuff straight onto my tooth.
So afraid to bite anything using that toothâŠ
So anyone with a wood heater, advice on getting a roaring fire going because I am terrible at it and always have been.
Hi all,
I want to run an idea by you to see if I am missing something.
My 4th Van Diemenâs Valley book is releasing later this month and I was thinking of contacting local schools/ones Iâve done author talks with, to run a competition for the kids to write a short story for a chance to win signed copies of my books.
I want to get schools involved for exposure and advertising it to the kids but also to give it some sort of authenticity and allay any fears parents might have. I wouldnât need access to their details aside from their name as well. Itâs really just write a story, put your name on it, give it to the library, I can pick it up (or if they do it on computers, get it sent to me), decide on the winner and deliver the books to the schools.
I donât see anything really worrisome about it but wondering if there are any outsider perspectives on this/if itâs a good idea or if Iâm missing something that might concern parents/schools? Thanks,
Ahead fullâŠ
I think every movie with Tom Cruise could be improved by replacing Tom Cruise.
I just watched Edge of Tomorrow. Good movie that made me dislike Tom Cruise even more. What a waste, some other actor could have made that better.
Did you know the Wombat from Diary of a Wombat is called Mothball? Itâs in the dedications at the start I think
Morning all
Oooh, NGVâs bringing out a heap of cool Ancient Egyptian stuff for their winter exhibition. Thatâll be fun.
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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš11â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I made a turtle coaster. I think he needs eyes.
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bacon@aussie.zone âš11â© âšmonthsâ© ago
make it biblically accurate
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš11â© âšmonthsâ© ago
How?