I just bought a bath sheet (did you know large towels are called bath sheets?) for $60 💀
Daily Discussion Thread: 👻 Thursday, June 20, 2024
Submitted 5 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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fullkitwanker@aussie.zone 5 months ago
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Semi related…I heard a random ad on a podcast today saying that a cup of vinegar in the wash is better than fabric softener. I don’t use fabric softener, but I don’t know where I want to test the vinegar thing…you know, in case the towels come out smelling like vinegar…?
Baku@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Surprisingly, no. You can’t smell the vinegar, even with excessive amounts.
I personally wouldn’t use a whole cup full, but it’s fantastic for getting funky smells out of things
Taleya@aussie.zone 5 months ago
nope, it gets washed out in the rinse. I always fill the softener in my top loader with white vinegar.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 months ago
They don’t. Add to the rinse water, and the smell is gone by the time the spin cycle has finished. I second this hack - vinegar does wonderful things to hair as a rinse too. Unless your hair is coloured, where a vinegar rinse wouldn’t help at all. Mine isn’t coloured, so I rinse with a generous tablespoon of vinegar to 1 litre of water after shampooing, and don’t need conditioner. At first you notice the smell, but it’s gone in 5 minutes. The mild acid neutralises the soap part of washing powder and hair shampoo.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
i bought some moss river ones about 10 years ago, $120 each, they are still good after much use👍
fullkitwanker@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Ooh that gives me hope. I got mine from Harris Scarfe (someone from either here or Reddit recommended getting one from there). I love it because it’s so big and cushy and soft 🥰
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 months ago
You know how some days you seem to have really great focus and get all your work done so well you surprise yourself? This is not one of those days. At least there’s only about an hour left, then I’m free to go home and hope my lack of focus does not extend to forgetting to put the bins out tonight.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Not too sure about those high focus days no
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Had such a weird interaction today. I’ve been trying to buy Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard. Book Grocer had it and have had it for ages, I finally took the plunge because I can pick it up from the warehouse when I’m in Melbourne. I did a quick check on google to see if I could get it cheaper anywhere and saw there was a signed copy on ebay. He’s one of my favourite writers and it’s pretty cheap but coming from the USA and the shipping was more than the book (go figure). I asked the guy if he’d consider shipping with someone else who might be cheaper (instead of ebay global or whatever it’s called) and he replied overnight not having a clue how to do that so I figure it’s not meant to be.
Go to bookgrocer and Road Dogs is gone. Not available. They must have sold it which is so highly coincidental that it gets sold on the day I finally decide to buy it. But you snooze you lose, right?
So I check on facebook marketplace and some guy in Balaclava has it and is selling it. So I message him today asking if it’s available. He says yes. I ask how much. He says $7. I figure bargain. I asked when is he free, I’ll be in Melbourne over the weekend. He tells me when he’s free.
Great. I’ll grab the book.
Then he asks where I am coming from. I tell him Bundoora. He says it’s a bit far. I said that’s fine, I’ll have a car. He says ‘but if you factor in time and petrol, it will cost more than shipping which is $10.90.’ I got a bit annoyed because who cares so I said, don’t worry, I’ll get it elsewhere. Dude talked himself out of a sale (though I figure he makes a couple of bucks on the shipping so his $7 turns into $10 maybe).
Catfish@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Yeah,I attempted to help a FB friend of friend with an utterly unreasonable budget for their request with other options. Resulted in combo of /r/choosing beggars and serious questions about mental health
wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Looking at my energy usage it’s clear my hot water system is the biggest user of energy.
tone212_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Electric heat pump unit. My usage went from $$$ to peanuts. Pays itself off very quickly and there was a government rebate for switching.
Duenan@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Just an update again from earlier.
Good news and bad news….fuck.
A mechanic near me can do the replacement work for 30 dollars unless something unusual happens and he takes longer it’ll cost more.
Bad news is that after I got home I checked my headlights and the smaller one on the opposite side is not working either.
No idea at the moment how much it’ll all cost but this isn’t looking good and there’s also a chance that all 4 lights need to be replaced.
No idea now but I’ll have to wait till I get paid next week since the costs will likely blow out when I have time off to deal with this but I’ll check with them tomorrow to see what they think and if they have stock of the globes.
Duenan@aussie.zone 5 months ago
So I have a decision to make.
Do to get my headlight replaced after work or do I save it for the weekend instead?
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Do it after work so you can have the weekend to yourself.
Grackle@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Do it after work and then it’s done 🙂
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
REALLY depends on the car. My old car was SUCH a PITA that I swore I’d never DIY again each time I had to do it.
Duenan@aussie.zone 5 months ago
My model car is a PITA, I’d need someone to do it for me.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 5 months ago
If it’s just the globe (which it probably is), you can do it yourself at any time. Supercheap would have the right fitting globe and there’s definitely YT videos on how to do it. You can probably even do it in the carpark without any tools.
Depending on the car and model of course, but it should be quite straight forward.
Get it done ASAP
Duenan@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’d need someone to do it for me too. The job isn’t as simple as reach in and pull the globe out.
Eagle@aussie.zone 5 months ago
How much driving are you doing in the dark?
Duenan@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Very rarely as I don’t go out at night.
Darkest it’d get would be when I leave for work at 7 in the morning. I get home relatively early in day.
Duenan@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Argh, the last thing I need. One of my headlight globes aren’t working and I need it replaced :(
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
laksa is cooking 😋smells delish
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 5 months ago
You got a recipe?.. It feels like one of those dishes that the initial purchase setup would set you back a bit, but then the re-cook is fairly cheap…?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’m a pretty lazy cook so it’s just packets and stuff, I also add vegies to have more vegies so it’s def not a purist recipe
finely chop one onion, lightly fry, add 1 tube gourmet garden lemon grass, 1 tbs green curry paste, 2 tsp garlic, 1 tbsp galangal, 2 tsp coriander, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp turmeric , 2 tbsp sweet chili sauce. Fry some more. Add 1 tin pandaroo coconut cream, 1 vegie stock cube, 1 litre water, 1 packet bean sprouts, 1 packet tofu puffs quartered, 400 g diced chicken, 1 cup green beans. Simmer til cooked. Have with noodles. Sprinkle chopped spring onions on top
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’m craving fancy little chocolates. Like from the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie’s beautiful cabinet or Haighs or the like. What’s your go to flavour? I’m a sucker for anything passionfruit or strawberry/raspberry.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I get a little excited over Bailey’s filled chocolate.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Got everything on my list done bar dying my hair. Can do that tomorrow. :)
Eagle@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Folks who use everyday extra with woolies, how does it work with the 10% off? There’s an order for instore/online isn’t there?
Taleya@aussie.zone 5 months ago
hm. Found an ipad in the middle of a normally VERY busy road, undamaged so I must have just come across it as it went flying off someone’s roof (it was near a sharp turn) . No neighbouring houses ping a wifi pickup, anyone know how find my works on these things and if it needs a network connection to work?
dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Apple are surprisingly unhelpful with this stuff. I called them about found airpods and they were very “meh” about contacting their own customer.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
send an email to the signed in apple ID address? Or just take it to the police station.
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’ll have what force is having, please chef
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
🐈🐕
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Breakfast burger, hot chips and tea please.
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
made a long to do last night , I have pretty much done none of it so far but I did measure the chairs so I know how big to make the new covers
hope the new covers will look cool, they are a patchwork of different tapestry fabrics, just have to match the colours , rust tones with rust, greens , etc etc
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
3 things crossed off , easy but at least I did them
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
i hunger
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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Catfish@aussie.zone 5 months ago
youtu.be/P_CaPzwEKvg?si=Cs7FQ_dlIv5U0v-