Whenever one of us is eating, little dog makes it a point to show us he’s a good boy by sitting inches from you with some very intense staring. He even does it if I’m putting lip balm on or hand cream.
Daily discussion thread: Saturday, April 20, 2024
Submitted 1 year ago by Baku@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Party two doors down and over the back fence. Two bouzoukis and a mandolin are having it out live and kicking, and the guests are cheering them on. Who needs recorded music???
I’m really enjoying it.Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
same, the thumping bass makes the place shake
i hate it
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Heated wheat bag and hot water bottle, check.
Coffee check.
Blanket check.
Footy check.
Now I’m not moving.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Good plan. I feel like shit which is how I’m justifying doing sfa and chilling on the couch.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m absolutely feeling like trash today too. Physically and mentally. Pretty sure whatever I was recovering from has come back to hit me full on.
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m sorry to hear.
Make sure you Get yourself something nice to eat tonight.
Nothing like a good meal to lift your spirits.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Lol I feel this. Besides putting on some washing I haven’t gotten out of bed yet because this electric blanket is just so toasty1
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m still debating if I should buy the throw one for couch sitting this week.
Umming and ahhhing right now about it.
I’m only going to get up to reheat my packs or to make dinner later.
Washing done as well!
High five! 🙌
Orange1@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sitting outside in the sun check T shirt check Beer check Admitting I no longer live in melb check (although I’m only 1.5 hours away)
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Went to the footy today with my daughter. On the way out had to stop at the gent’s. some young lads were kind of trying to chat her up whilst I was absent, nothing rude or lewd.
The looks on their faces when she said ‘Hey dad’ and I stood there towering over them.
Kind of feel bad for their egos, but watching them scurry away was pretty comical.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Don’t mess with the elevator’s daughter after a whizz because the only floor is THE BASEMENT
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I gave Ted Cat a small serve of prawn pate in a bowl , the bowl being placed on top of his new harness on the floor. This is to train him and was not his dinner.
Now Bill is yelling at me, telling me his dinner of fresh beef mince meant for cats is not good enough.
They are now both asleep under the heater after a busy day of sleeping under the heater or yelling.
Spoiled.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’d put the harness on for some prawn pate.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Brothers… maybe Bill cat should wear the harness so Ted cat will want it
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I tried that first. They both hate it but at least Bill let me put it on him.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’d hate football a hell of a lot less if it wasn’t for there being 95 gambling ads per minute on every form of media capable of displaying ads, and how obnoxious drunk footgoers are. I don’t go out anywhere on footy nights because I don’t want to be subjected to the musings of the 975 football people, half of whom are sulking a trying to start brawls with the other half, which are cheering and gloating, and all of whom had about 12 drinks too many
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oven just went ping. Biscuits are done.
Might have one now while they’re hot, and the others can cool for the tin
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I want to own enough cookie trays that cooling between batches isn’t a thing. I also don’t want to own 38 baking trays…
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
My limiting factor is not lack of trays, but lack of oven. It ain’t big
MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You only need 4. 1 for each shelf. Take 2 out, put 2 trays in. While baking, transfer hot biscuits to wire cooling rack. Load up new trays. Endless biscuits
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’ve been struck with a sudden midnight motivation to tidy my room! Huzzah!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Thank you for doing the daily thread 🤗
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You’re welcome goonsy. I was on so figured I may as well do it
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Despite living in the equivalent of woop woop, one thing I love is having the studio. When I feel sick I can zonk in front of the computer and make noises lol
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
This is fucking perfect. Thank you!!!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Cool. 🎶
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Hey hey it’s Saturday!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Washing on, breakfast dishes done. I’m going to the market, and then…
Then it’s time to cook. I have big plans
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I have yet to get up and I want it that way
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Ooh , what’s on the menu?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Beef stew (stout, mushrooms, barley et al)
Veg + chickpea korma
And a batch of biscuits to fill my biscuit tin
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Is it ‘fill the freezer’ day?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Something like that. I’ve felt culinarily productive all week but had very little time to cook…today, I go all out
oztrin@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Finally have some decent weather so I’m going to tackle the garage and hopefully get the last of it cleaned out.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I might water the garden 😉
oztrin@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Hang off for an hour and I’ll have everything out 😂
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh snap! I’m just about to do a hard-rubbish cull of the shed. Been putting it off for ages, and for some reason the rubbish isn’t clearing itself.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I watched border security for the first time in yonks. I don’t know what it is about “woman tries to bring in 9kg of undeclared rotting food” of “man tries to bring in 17 dead lobsters” that’s so fucking funny but this and highway patrol are like peak television. Who needs strange things or blue is the new beige, people breaking the law and getting in deep shit is all you need
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Haven’t watched border security many times but every time I have I have been astonished by the number of people who try to bring pork into the country. Like wtf it’s pork, we’ve got plenty here! It’s not like it’s a rare commodity or anything.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I love cooking pumpkin. I love eating pumpkin. I hate chopping pumpkin
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Same. Good thing is you can cook pumpkin with the skin on.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
So I can fish the skin out and then it comes off easily?
because if that is true I am never peeling another pumpkin again.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
And they are so itchy to pull up when done.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh dear… last night I pulled a (very light, empty) chest of drawers out of the wardrobe so I could vacuum inside the wardrobe and spray Frontline inside the fabric drawers. I put it by the window and lay a small bookcase on its side next to it.
I thought Melbcat could use the bookcase as steps to get up on the low wide chest and lie there in the sun - but she’s just doing traumatized little howls because I’m cleaning and have moved things.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh man, I just realised some of my rants about scent and chemicals on here come off as a bit deranged.
For people who aren’t familiar - I have an elderly asthmatic cat who used to require emergency vet trips and use inhalers before I eliminated nearly all scent and aerosols from the house, have extremely sensitive skin mild asthma and migraines myself, and used to be really mindful about chemicals because I was caring for a bird. (Birds can die if you cook in a non-stick pan around them.)
Using simpler and fewer products is also cheaper and more environmentally friendly.
I promise I vaccinate and don’t have an issue with 5G.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I think most people understand you are a diligent car carer.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
laughs in trying to avoid more vet bills
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Haha omg melba, I never had the assumption that you’re a cooker! Don’t stress it!
I took your advice about vinegar for carpet moths and it’s worked a treat! No more grubs have come out of the carpet. Apparently the acidity damages the grubs and eggs, so I hope I’ve broken the cycle. But I’m super thankful because I was stressed about that bug spray chemical that cats can’t metabolise. You are a legend! 💜
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
No problem! Vacuuming super regularly and hot washing/drying all the cloth in the house is what gets them too. (I’ve done some more today)
If you’re still struggling for a cat safe insecticide there’s the Frontline spray (out of stock at Petcircle but also a similar cheaper price at Budget Pet Products). Or there’s the Sundew flea control spray which I don’t use because scent and aerosol, and which doesn’t seem to be in pet shops anymore.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Everyone that ever cared for a chronically ill animal or human understands!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
lol we’re both chronically ill
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Leftover pizza and coffee please.
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
🍕☕️
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Cheesy toast and a cuppa, please
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
🧀🍞☕️
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 year ago
White rice with fried egg, with chilli crisp, furikake and soy suace
fullkitwanker@aussie.zone 1 year ago
My butt hurts 🤕 ow
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Remark subject to misinterpretation given the time stamp. It’s a good thing we know you fairly well.
fullkitwanker@aussie.zone 1 year ago
🤣
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Kilts are comfier than pants
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Hmm. Potential problem. I dropped my bowl of ice cream on the floor and told it it was an arsehole. My computer wasn’t a fan of that and turned off. Then it got stuck on a black screen and I had to switch it off at the PSU to make it stop. Then it booted up perfectly normally like nothing ever happened which I don’t know is meant to be better or worse than a BSOD.
I dug through the event logs and the 2 errors I noticed were both related to graphics card issues. I really hope it’s not a graphics issue (at least one I can’t fix) because I do not have new GPU money, and my CPU doesn’t have integrated graphics. But like most errors in windows, it can either be a direct or refered error. Apparently although the error comes from the GPU, it can be caused by anything stretching from a minor driver glitch to memory (RAM) problems.
It’s never done it before and hasn’t done it since, but I suspect it’s probably because of the damage the fan sustained the other day. As far as I can tell, the wifi card only damaged the fan, so my suspicion is perhaps the fans not doing a very good job anymore so it overheated and shut down. But because windows doesn’t believe in descriptive errors I can’t really confirm or rule out anything
^ leaked footage of me trying to get any useful info out of windows
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I did not end up making the korma, because just the stew turned out to be So Much Food.
Four meals worth in the freezer. Three meals worth in the fridge. Plus dinner tonight, and the realisation that I’m out of plastic tubs with lids.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’ve tried out the new stick vacuum briefly, and it’s not too bad. It is reasonably quiet and I’m glad of not needing to wrangle the cord.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Just in case anyone was mistaken about how ancient I am
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
i’m up
Railison@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m gonna get my biweekly run outta the way, though it would’ve been better in the rain
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh wow these new laws are something else… pr0n is gated behind age verification in Texas and under-18s are now barred from having social media accounts without parental permission in Utah. I’m still trying to work out what the latest with KOSA is
It seems like something that might not affect all of us, but the thing is that many sites are hosted in America and subject to US law. And the material being gunned for also included anything to do with LGBTIA+, sexual health information, or seeking terminations.
So there’s the possibility that even if you’re not a citizen you may be asked to provide ID to use American social media or general websites.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Balloons went by, pretty
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s a Led Zeppelin night www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7fdZnuCY6A
bull@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I didn’t feel like making pasta or anything to go with my leftover chunky meaty spicy peppers bolognese so I just ate it like a chilli. Is that weird? I put some cheese on it.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
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I wish I could do this sometimes
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Gibson has been reading too much recent news :(
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Omg 😱 beautiful! I love when they do that 😍 a true loaf
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Reminds me of Garfield. Exactly what he would do.