today’s task: cat butt shield for roomba CLEAN button.
The number of cats joyriding the roomba at inconvenient hours is too damned high
Daily discussion thread: 🤕 Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Submitted 5 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Taleya@aussie.zone 5 months ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 months ago
They drive it like they stole it
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’m pleasantly surprised by the specialist I saw. After years of other specialists shrugging their shoulders and saying it’s psychosomatic, kind of being jerks about it, this guy has suggested MALS or Nutcracker Syndrome as a cause of the pain.
Tests are pending. Fingers crossed something treatable is found because living like this is arse
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Oh I’m so glad you found someone who listens - fingers crossed there are some treatments !!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
so many hugs
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Fingers crossed for you…
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 months ago
🤞🤞
oztrin@aussie.zone 5 months ago
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Melbcat is snuggled up like a baby. She likes the electric blanket
Baku@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Aww that’s so cute, I can’t wait til I get a ca-
Oh. That’s less cute. Poor kitty :(
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 months ago
[deleted]CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I only had two chocolates. Ok maybe 5. Stop iiiittt. Don’t judge me. It’s been a tough few days.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
may I suggest using a stick to poke him with
Eagle@aussie.zone 5 months ago
❤️
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Got a new bed today (my last was pretty makeshift) so tonight I am gonna make my bed, then I’m gonna lie in it .
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
lol
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I figured why the stars during the aurora were extra sparkly/coloured.
I have astigmatism. 😃
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Sky glowing. Also tomorrow will be the last nice day for a while - enjoy it thoroughly peeps!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I will be enjoying it by mowing my grass, removing a few weeds and (if the enthusiasm levels are high enough) poisoning some other weeds.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
yes, I have been doing a very little garden work, it must be done
tone212_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Been getting outdoors as much as possible lately. The sun has been glorious. No seasonal depression to speak of, but it’s going to come on bad on the weekend.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Ayup. Winter is fast approaching, even on the calendar as well as the weather.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
13 next week ☃️
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I needed to cancel on seeing a friend so I can see a doctor tonight but I can’t or he’ll get really pissed off at me.
I don’t have many friends to begin with and can’t afford to lose any.
Yay.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
If your mate cant understand the need to see a doctor over a prearranged meet up then they aint your friend to begin with. With that said, a “Sorry, I cant make X, can we do Y instead?” goes over better than “sorry I cant make it”
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 months ago
The cat has decided I am to be up an hour before my alarm. Bruh.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 months ago
You’d think that having lived in Melbourne so long, my friends and I would know to check the weather forecast and plan accordingly, but despite knowing that there would be some bad weather associated with a low pressure system hitting the south of Japan today, we didn’t think to bail from the island yesterday… and this morning’s ferries are now all cancelled.
Luckily I was able to change our ticket to an afternoon ferry but it means I might get to my accommodation in Hiroshima rather late tonight - assuming the ferry even runs, because there’s every chance it might be cancelled too and we’ll have to stay here for an extra night… thank fuck I hadn’t booked my shinkansen ticket but hopefully I can still make it to a later leg of my travel where I’ve got accom and car rental booked. Time to just chill for now though
DolphinLundgrin@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’m on a Shinkansen to Kyoto at the moment. Yes I have wet feet. Off to Hiroshima next week, maybe we can swap tips, if you’re heading to Kyoto or Tokyo? But fair warning, all my tips will be bars and record stores. 😋
just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Ooh what a coincidence! Yep it’s looking wet all across south and east Japan. I’m only spending one night in Hiroshima unfortunately, and then tootling around Shikoku (mostly driving through amazing scenery, visiting some natural features and seeing some traditional villages). Won’t be going to the big cities aside from one night + day in Tokyo before I fly off. If there’s just one place you’d recommend checking out in Tokyo that’s a bit alternative or off the beaten track what would it be? I confess I don’t do big cities that well which is why I’m spending the least amount of time possible in Tokyo. How long will you be down in Hiroshima?
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 5 months ago
It amazes me that I still sweat so much on my runs when it’s so cold out.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’d sweat standing still in a freezer :(
Baku@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Same
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’m not sure why they thought major freeway/road works AND buses replace trains at the same time was a good idea! Last week was stuck on a bus standing room only hurtling down the monash at 100kmh. This morning I drove to a station that has trains running and was stuck between tradies and SUVs hurtling down the monash at 120kmh. Cant win for losing.
Baku@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’m not anti seatbelts or anything like that, but I love the irony in how strictly (and expensively) enforced seatbelts in cars are, but them when it comes to replacement buses, it’s ok to stand while your NASCAR wannabe bus driver is doing 100 (or 110) down the freeway. Idk what it’s like over your ways, but the buses they used for the Sunbury line were so run down and old I don’t think there’s much hope of surviving a crash even at 60 while you’re sitting, let alone standing. Plus city buses are almost exclusively low floor and don’t have very thick side panelling, so there’s no protection you’d get like I’m a road coach
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Absolutely! We were hurtling along and I had that meme pop into my head “hehe, I’m in danger” cause if something goes wrong I’m TOAST!
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 5 months ago
The $$ n95 masks that I coughed up for in small/medium size are still too big. My lower eyelashes shouldn’t be touching the mask. TIL my face is really small?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
It’s not the size, it’s the design. Size is for ear to ear and nose to chin measurement, the design is for how it fits your face.
How big the bridge of your nose is and how high your cheekbones all effect how a mask fits.
If you can, wear the mask lower under you chin and pinch it harder on your nose to make it sit there.
( maker of about 350 masks with medical filter )
Baku@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I don’t know if that’s better or worse than your face being too big, but we had a really big worker at my last place during COVID times and even the extra large face masks barely fit. Like, they’d stay, but if he talked it would no longer stay and his chin would pull it down
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
He wore the mask too loosely. The mask should sit flat in from of his ears and not move when your face moves. Adjust the elastic, with knots if need be.
bull@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Got the new MacBook Pro yesterday. Today the new iPad Air 13" and iPhone 15 arrived. What is the collective noun for Apple devices? Is it a hipster? I have a hipster of Apple devices now.
Pilk@aussie.zone 5 months ago
A walled garden of Apple devices.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Like the Garden of Eden? God commands you not to use Apple devices!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Apple turnovers.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
A bushel of apples.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 5 months ago
A core of apples
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Is a flight to China from Melbourne really about 9 hours? I swear I thought it would be like 15 for some reason. Hell, I figure flying one side of China to another is like 7 hours.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 months ago
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Flying from one side to the other of ACTUAL china, or just land China claim is theirs?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
China is a very big place, it depends where you want to go.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 months ago
So Tourism Central Australia wants a bail out package of $50 million. Hmm k well you can only put so much lipstick on the pig that is Alice Springs. The money would surely be better directed to getting a grip on the underlying issues?
Tourism body calls for $50 million rescue package to rebrand troubled Alice Springs - ABC News www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-24/…/103869390
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Tourism in Australia is too expensive. I went overseas to Japan a few years ago, after pricing up a Queensland holiday for 2 weeks.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Australian wages are too low when only the rich and foreigners can afford holidays here.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Tourism in Australia is OBSCENELY expensive.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
mm k well you can only put so much lipstick on the pig that is Alice Springs. The money would surely be better directed to getting a grip on the underlying issues?
Bro, we are a capitalist society. This kind of root cause analyses and “trying to help people” isnt really the theme we’re going for here.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 months ago
To be fair, government handouts to business is not capitalism. In a truly capitalist society if the business can’t survive too bad it fails.
A handout is a form of welfare. It’s just that the tourism industry feels that they are a more deserving recipient than others.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Morning
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
morning mother can i have a kitten
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Only if you promise to feed it breakfast every morning
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Goodnight everyone. I hope you have a great day ❤️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Listening to some old fave music and I;m thinking how I live so quietly now, I used to be at bars and nightclubs and music venues nearly every day.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
My eye has been twitching for 2 days. I’m getting close to ripping it out, but I’m not sure if its the eye itself or just the eyelid, so I dont wanna jump to any extremes without knowing.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Dear furniture delivery peeps… when you say that you will tell me that the pakige is ready for dispatch and then again on the day of delivery…please don’t get the poor delivery driver to just call me from the truck with 40 mins notice…
What do they think people do all day?? Currently in an uber heading home from the office so I don’t get double charged for delivery 😡😡
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 5 months ago
A small cut on my finger has been producing big blood. Freaked my boss out big time
wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 months ago
“It could be worse” can often ring hollow and it’s not always the consolation I hope it would be.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Up late playing Sekiro again. Just got up to Sword Saint Isshin
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Name something that made you smile today!
I helped a customer today and she was very cheerful about it :)
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 5 months ago
The aquarium has the worst ticketing system I have ever used. You don’t just use a discount code. You need to search for a promo group, select the tickets in that group, then use your additional code from there to make the discount stick.
Also, the initial search for promo groups isn’t available on mobile. If you’re buying your tickets on the way you need to request the desktop site so you can find it.
It’s also the Commonwealth Bank’s fault. If they’re trying to push these Yello rewards so hard they should make sure everything works first
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
What Aussie art or Australiana do you have at home? What makes your home Aussie and not just any place?
I have some cute 1960s Brownie Downing Native Australian pictures in the kitchen. Hans Heysen, those pictures of gum trees are just like where I grew up… Shearing the Rams. Even an Albert Namatjira. Guy Boyd pottery with flowers.
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Gees I need a haircut. It’s just a mess.
oztrin@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Buried some of Mum’s ashes in the back garden of the new place, at about the time she died two years ago.
A magpie started singing as I covered them up. She would have liked that, I think.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 months ago
There’s something about magpies…they know stuff, I reckon. That’s lovely
dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I moved a dead magpie off the road a while ago. There were a bunch of magpies on the powerlines around it. I sort of placed it in order next to a tree in the nature strip. They all started squawking when I picked it up, and started warbling when I placed it. I tossed out a handful of broken up dog treats, for their wake. I think they got it.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Yeah, they smell fear.