Eerrrrggghhhh. Late to the party this morning. We had some excitement opposite me in our street last night - 3 am firetrucks and cop cars. Cops carefully saying nothing, but the firetrucks were all hooked up to the water supply, and lots of firies everywhere in gas masks. The houses opposite and me and my next door neighbours all got woken up and asked to leave for a safe space up the street. Presumably a gas problem/leak of some sort I reckon as no smell of fire. After an hour or so they let us back home and the trucks packed up and left. PSA: Oodies and ugg boots are fantastic for evacs of this sort - pocket holds all sorts of things and very very warm. They did offer us blankets but I didn’t need one with the oodie.
Daily discussion thread: 🛡️ Sunday, May 5, 2024
Submitted 1 year ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Ugh! As somebody who doesn’t typically clothes at night this would be very extra. Upset cats stuffed in boxen and no pants. 😝
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’ve always been worried that the one night I tried to sleep without clothes, my house would catch on fire. Or I’d get up at 2am for a dunny run really tired and forget I’m not wearing any clothes
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’ve accidentally learned to play piano.
So, I use a keyboard to play melodies on my PC to make songs. Usually playing one finger on each hand, like how some people type lol
Tonight I wasn’t really thinking, just noodling away and realised I can play with all fingers on both hands!
Still awkward, but it blew me away.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 1 year ago
That’s a very dirty look!!’ My cat is terrified of my piano. Feel guilty when I start to play and she runs out of the room
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Hey, I’m one of those people that only types with one finger on each hand :(
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
So fluffy!
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Seriously! I thought it was a chonker at first, but no, 95% fluff!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Look of concentration… It’s memorising the location of the ham
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Works for me, I’d be quite happy if it visited every day 😂
stevied71@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It knows this…
They are bastards.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Don’t call my new friend a bastard :/
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Saw a woman at the butcher spend $250 dollars on wagyu steak, and bought another 2 kilos of lamb cutlets. Not everyone is feeling the pinch!
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Christ. And here am I decided on 6 sausages instead of 10…
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 year ago
10 sausages, how profligate of you 😜
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I might rewatch Soylent Green this week.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 year ago
A kid in Miniest’s class at school wants to be a butcher when he grows up. No wonder!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I don’t even buy meat. Only exception being homebrand cat food for my pet
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Wow. How much steak was that?? There’s a dude at my local farmers market that does four grass fed porterhouse for 30 bucks and that plus a pack of snags or some mince does me for a month or more (I am mostly vego).
I suppose when we start eating the rich we will know they were well fed at least…
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I could go some wagyu-fed, free-range billionaires right about now. Got my tummy grumbling!
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 year ago
From memory it was something like 6 pieces of wagu steak.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I hate that feeling of the blues when you have no reason to feel that way…
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I used to blame my hormones …🤭
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’ve found that strangely, I tend to get that way on Sundays. Not Mondays, not Saturdays, only Sundays. I’m better these days, but a couple of years ago, almost every Sunday I’d feel like shit and really depressed. It didn’t matter what I was doing, even if it was something I really liked, I still felt sad all day
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I think it’s Sundays for me as well. It feels like saying farewell to another week of my life. Bittersweet in a way.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I am now at a point where I have lived more of my life in the 21st century than the 20th.
I knew it had to be close to that point and was thinking I should have a “half life” party to celebrate the occassion, but apparently it was nearly 2 months ago so I missed it.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I hit that achievement approximately a second after I was born. You’ll get used to it /s
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You just need to find the secret of eternal youth and then you can celebrate yours some time in 3001!
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Am never going to make it until I get a telegram from the king.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Which King though? Sausage fingers seems unlikely to last.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh crap what a great idea. Except I’ve missed mine too (about 18months ago apparently). That’s wild.
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Mine was 4 years ago. Gulp. I don’t feel that old.
Nath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Are you counting from January 2000 or 2001? I remember there being debate at the time over when the century starts. Either way, I have a bit to go.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Very good point. There was no year zero, so the official turn of century (and millenium) is 2001. This means I have nearly 2 more years and can have my “half life” party after all!
🥳🎉🎊🥂
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Three years to go!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I have a fair few years to wait
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Booooo. My landlord wants me to take off all my plants from the balcony because apparently a crack (that was already there long before I moved in) has gotten worse. Fair enough because they want to get it fixed. But it’s a lot of plants to lug down two sets of stairs, and then across and up another two to put in the common area…
I don’t know how long they will take to get the balcony fixed - in the meantime, watering and maintaining these plants is going to be a pain and a half. I absolutely can’t be carting water from my unit to the common area so I’ll have to use the communal tap 🤷♀️
What I’m worried about the most is if they say I can’t put any plants back on at all. I’ll be absolutely fuming if that’s the case. Let’s hope they’ll be reasonable. I know they’ve appreciated seeing the veggies and flowers on it and I know several of my neighbours have appreciated them too.
Trying not to spiral into negative thinking and assume they’ll up the rent after this fix as well >_< mustn’t jump to conclusions…
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
wants me to take off all my plants from the balcony
ouch… hrmm.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I am over the worst of the cold but pretty fatigued and have a lovely hacking cough… I am getting really depressed about the state of my home though - haven’t had the energy to tidy/clean/cook much or generally adult all week.
So give me your best tips for focusing and moving and cleaning when you don’t feel like it!
(and I will rest but the mental health impact of the clutter is bigger than the physical illness plus I think moving will help clear the snots)
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Close your eyes, click your heels, and say ‘I wish the goblins would take you away’
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Will that make David Bowie turn up too? I could live with that
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s such a cold night.
Stay warm everyone.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The cold is finally gone. Can’t wait to do some physical activity tomorrow. It’s been almost two weeks between injuries and being sick.
I need my happy chemicals stat!
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I managed to potter around and get the house respectable. Tidied, clothes away, dishes washed, light vacuum. Need to wipe down the bathroom but I will do that when I have a shower.
Took all day because of an accidental naptime - the sun was streaming in on the bed and I had no choice but to be a cat.
Also what a gorgeous day out there.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s taken me a while to get here, but I’m sat in front of the computer now about to research shit I need to get done for this trip. Sun streaming in the windows, Nujabes’ Modal Soul playing, looking forward to work this coming week. Trying my best to channel the good feels, which I can’t seem to hold onto very well…
Grackle@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Walked to Moon for some cruller treats and stopped at Eddy gardens for some dog watching on the way home. Surely things makes up for rotting in bed all day yesterday?
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Yesterday was Lucha Fantastica day and we absolutely loved it! It was at Collingwood town hall and we got there early, so first we went around the corner to Raphs for a coffee and snack, a nice tiny cafe that Mr P said did a great moussaka.
The kids could get right up close to the wrestling ring and my eldest (the keen wrestling fan of the family) was particularly enthralled. He was very interested in inspecting the setup of the ring and how it was put together. I never thought I’d spend a Saturday enthusiastically cheering a wrestling man dressed as a giant taco but there I was. Captain Chipotle chugged Valentina chilli sauce from the bottle. Chico was a crowd favourite, throwing lollies into the crowd throughout the show. I hear during the later adults show it’s tequila getting poured into the crowd ringside. One dude was wrestling dressed as an alien 😂 Mr P was happy there was Mexican beer and a margarita which was surprisingly strong, it really slapped. It was the kind of light hearted entertainment I’d been missing. At the end they had a couple of pinatas for the kids to have a crack at (some of those kids were swinging for Australia lol). An all round excellent day.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Having spent a lot of time recently on Facebook groups about retirement and superannuation I think I can safely say about 60% of the content consists of three posts:
- It’s not fair that I’m not eligible for the aged pension and getting free money from the government just because I worked hard to have lots of money
- How can I get rid of some of the money I saved up to qualify for the Aged Pension and get me some of that sweeet free government money
- It’s terrible how many people are so entitled to think they should get the Aged Pension instead of working to support themselves
These three posts in multiple variations are on repeat multiple times a day, and always filled with comments arguing about who should be entitled to what. I’d be willing to support a Universal Basic Income being introduced just to get rid of all these tediously repetitive arguments!
I would also like to tell all of the people asking for advice on their self managed super funds that if you have to ask for advice on Facebook about how to manage it you should not have a self managed super fund.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
More roast fennel adventures! Today I made a “creamy” base of broad beans with finely chopped celery, leek, and a couple of chillies sweated for 10 minutes. Then threw in some roast garlic that was in the oven with the fennel, finely chopped fresh rosemary and some dried oregano and thyme, plus stock powder. Then blended it all together (thinned out with copious amounts of pasta water), and threw in the roast fennel, a tin of tuna, a handful of nutritional yeast, and finally some cooked risoni/orzo pasta. Topped it off with some fresh chopped parsley.
An interesting mix of textures and maybe orzo wasn’t the right choice (will it all congeal into a slab tomorrow?), but certainly tastes alright. If I had some capers or olives for a bit of extra briney bite, this would be 👌🏽
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Testing out a double walled travel mug with some off.
Found it in the cupboard when I was looking for some stuff and was still amazed it was wrapped out.
I might regret making a coffee this late in the day but I must test this out!
ajsadauskas@aus.social 1 year ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
People who do this shit should get eaten …com.au/…/200m-project-australias-most-expensive-…
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Just came back from Frozen Empire.
That was good in a way movies haven’t been for a long time
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
TIL there’s a mini metro/motorways knockoff called mini airways. It looks quite fun, if you’re one of those weird people (like me) that enjoy games that raise your BPM by about 300
store.steampowered.com/app/2289650/Mini_Airways/
Playthrough: youtu.be/DnT2SvFaVlY
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
This is adorable.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Has anyone seen my motivation?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m exhausted, but should probably eat something. Do not want to cook.
DolphinLundgrin@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Anyone seeing any Eta Aquariids out there?
ajsadauskas@aus.social 1 year ago
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Wise people of the information super highway: any tips on making hiccups go bye bye? I keep getting hiccups every time I eat or drink anything, even water and it’s lasting an annoying (but probably not concerning) amount of time. Drinking water didn’t work, holding my breath didn’t work, laying upside down didn’t work, and controlled breathing exercises didn’t work and I’m out of ideas
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Due to some conspiratorial misdirection, you will not find “ice” tea in the tea section. Nor will you find “ice” coffee in the coffee section.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
God fucking dammit fuck
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Virtual chicken soup on its way to you - 🐔🍲
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
🧅🌽🥕🥔🍗🍲
🫚🍋🍯☕️
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
All of those veggies our in our couldron brewing. Lamb instead of chicken tho.
Thank you for the tea 💜
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Sorry to hear that mate! At least you can snuggle with Mickey. Does your partner have it too or just you?
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Both of us tested positive immediately. We’re currently groaning while brewing some soup lol
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Damn. I hope you’re not feeling too bad from it.
How long did it take for the line to pop up?
Anyway get plenty of rest and lay low for the next few days.
Get well soon!
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It was an immediate line, no delay or faintness at all, for both me and my partner.
It’s definitely not as bad as the first time: was out for two weeks. This time it’s just like a really nasty cold. We’re both very whiny and whiny about it lol, but can move about and do stuff with effort.
Just made myself a honey tea, but forgot to get lemons lol
bull@aussie.zone 1 year ago
oof that is a strong line too… you got it real good
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
oh no.
Big speedy recovery.
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s certainly around again. Hopefully its short and sweet.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
First time? Internet soup delivery 🍲
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Possibly third, but the second confirmed infection
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
oh noes, so many hugs take care, rest up