bit cool next morning
Daily Discussion Thread: 🚵 Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Submitted 3 days ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Lie on side - raise top arm and possibly knee to create cat tent with doona - she may go under and then you can possibly slowly lower the doona down over the lower half of her body.
It might be more effective with a heat source to tempt her in.
Maybe Melbcat is unusually cuddly for a cat though
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I do not like that forecast. I looked at the predications for the next week and the coldest mornings are all the ones I’m working (which means 4am wakeup). Two days -1, one day 0, and a pleasantly warm 2 degrees for the other. There should be an extra penalty rate or allowance for early starts in below zero temperatures.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Miniest wants me to wake her up so she can experience that temperature. She likes it 😆
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Fucking called it!!! Sit down for for dinner last night and the mrs goes “what we we doing this weekend?” “not much, why?” “Well, I got a message from (Couple I complained about yesterday) wondering if we…” “nope! heck no we’re not doing that. Whatever it is, its a no from me.” She stares at me a few seconds “Why?” “We talked about this last weekend babe, we are NOT getting pulled into this shit! the other day was exhausting, i need some space from them”
She goes on to admit the message was very strange and almost like we didn’t have a choice in the matter. I pointed out as adults we very much do have a choice. I so saw this coming, I may not have understood it but I was apprehensive enough to bring it up yesterday I must’ve had a 6th sense.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Yeah avoid that dumpster fire. Life’s complex and exhausting enough without taking on other people’s BS. Especially if they’re in a situation where they could do something about their drama but won’t due to reasons.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
or worse, they manufacture the bad situation on purpose and the bad situation always makes other people look bad, not themselves
i am so done with that shit
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Your Spidey Sense was tingling for sure.
They’re also adults, so they need to figure themselves out. Don’t burn yourself out with their shenanigans.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I love your comment from yesterday I think, “don’t burn yourself out to keep others warm.” I’m gonna steal it.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Short answer: Yeah Nah.
Long answer: No thanks, I can’t help you at the moment.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Stage one interview done, I feel like it went well. I’ll know in a day or two if I get to the in person interview which would be next week
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
🤞🤞🤞
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Retreating to bed cause it’s fucking freezing. Fortunately got the electric blanket on in preparation so beds nice and warm at least. Reckon I’ll leave the electric towel rail on tonight too just so don’t freeze my junk off when I get up at 6am.
bull@aussie.zone 2 days ago
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Welp, time to grab the pitchforks and drive Jack to the border.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Looks good though. It’s only when you receive it do you realise it’s been slam dunked into the bag from the other side of the room. I’d still call it a parma if I ordered it.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Let me try one, then I’ll decide
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
😱💀
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Oh no. What gave they done?
That’s sacrilegious!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah BLAH. blah…
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Blah 👍
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Excuse me, but I think you meant blah blahblahblah blah blah.
Nath@aussie.zone 2 days ago
So, Planet Ark are trying to register an account to join aussie.zone. I would normally have rejected their application, as they are giving the vibe of ‘we want to spam’. So, I reached out to them on their contact form. I thought it possible they had a google analytics alert and noticed us discussing their products recently.
But, that was longer ago than I realised: It feels like we talked about that a few weeks ago. So now I’m back to thinking they want to spam. Gah!
I want answers, but I don’t want ads. I suppose I’ll wait to see if/how they respond to my website query.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 days ago
man I cant see a good reason why brands need to be on a social media platform of this size, that’s just my 2 cents.
Nath@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Businesses routinely have alerts on their brands with Google. It’s quite possible they got an email from Google that we were talking about their products. That part actually makes sense to me.
If they had applied for an account within a week or so of that discussion, and said in their application they were joining the site in response to it - I’d have thought it completely reasonable.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Trying to be kind about an email from a friend, where they have linked me a seek job posting for… A sales rep.
When they know I’m changing careers and have spoken to them about it. That I won’t be going back to call centre shite.
Ehhhhhhhhh. EHHHHHHHHHHH
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Got a survey call today. It’s the first in a long time becausebmy phone usually filters them for me.
I’ve received some weird emails recently too. I bet it was that damn property expo I registered for
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Lodged my tax return this morning. Took like 5 minutes
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
When they’re like “you got any investments bro? What about income from dividends? Don’t know what a dividend is? Oh, just put down “no” then, you poor fuck”
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I’ve always loved the question to the effect of, “have you received any tips?” 🤣
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
On the other hand when you have to answer “yes” it starts opening up a bunch of complicated questions to wade through. I put a small amount of money into some investment funds a couple of years ago and now I get to wade through a whole bunch of extra questions, all over tiny amounts of money. It’s all stuff like $20 of franking credits, $2.31 in foreign investment offsets and $6 of capital gains. I’m looking forward to hitting the age I can access Super and can just shove money in there and take it out tax free without all the hassle.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 days ago
The last time I did my tax that quickly I realised later I missed something and had to do an amendment. Turns out it meant the tax refund I had already received was higher than it should have been, so I had to repay the ATO 8c.
bull@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Modern tax return stuff is so good how it already knows about all of my dividend and interest payments etc. Most things are auto-filled but I just need to crack open my google doc I keep with my expenses I put in and keep track of purchases I can claim, whack that stuff in there, get briefly mad at how much tax I pay every year and then hit submit. Probably takes me about 10 minutes. 15 with a double-check of everything.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It’s certainly a massive improvement on the old paper forms. The early electronic lodgements were also basically just the paper form online, all of this automatic stuff makes it so much easier.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Before I came to Australia I had this impression that tax was Awful and Complicated and A Nightmare - primarily from American media - and this was before I was old enough to have needed to file a tax return.
Only to find out it’s a total breeze here.
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I has a quick look and plugged in some travel expenses since I started travelling off site at work and some other deductions.
This year thankfully is looking better than last year’s estimate.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Such beautiful weather out today! I wish I wasn’t stuck in an office for most of it. Tonight is gonna be froooosty, I’m STOKED that I can roll outta bed late tomorrow. Have a meeting on campus at 2, plan is to try and finish all my work off by noon and quietly clock off after that. Would love to have a stroll round campus after if tomorrow’s as beautifully sunny as today.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Mmm. I love how my brain is deciding to dwell on mortality. It really helps with everything.
/s
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
hugs
it bothers me too
and I admit it wouldn’t bother me as much if I felt we had a stable country that actually cared for it’s people
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Got done by a lemon tree thorn a few days ago. Tiny little prick but it’s really puffed up. Headed over to Dr. google and learnt a new word:
Phytophotodermatitis, where when you get done, then expose it to UVA it flares up. Most common from lemon trees apparently.
Little fucker packs a punch. I had no idea.
I will wear gloves next time.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
TIL
and hugs
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Wait until you get a rose thorn stabbing, and end up going to the doc for a penicillin injection. Which they administer with a sharpened hose pipe into your gluteus maximus. Rose thorns do gangrene really really well apparently. Learned my lesson from that experience and now wear gloves when I’m anywhere near roses. Never knew that lemons were particularly hazardous - thanks for the info!
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Hot water bottle just woke me up cos sprang a leak. Only by now it’s a slightly warm water bottle which is a relief. And it’s only on its third year of use. Damn. TGF mattress protector. Would not be fun drying a mattress this time of year.
oztrin@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Augh. If you have a microwave, the heat discs they use to warm pet beds are very useful. LMK if you want a link.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Mattress is OK, thank the gods. Just sheets, pjs and me and this is all easy to fix. Time for a new hwb I guess.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I got one of those chargeable hot water bottles. Basically a giant version of those reusable hand pocket warmers. Gamechanger
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 days ago
As with so many things in life, they don’t make em like they used to.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 days ago
If you change your password, but your password manager fails to capture it did you really even change your password? According to the system? Yes, you very much did.
A password manager that doesn’t capture a password is about as useful as an indicator on a BMW.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Last pass?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
At least LastPass asks you if you want to update your password after you’ve changed it.
I’m using 1password and much prefer it. But it asks when the password is generated. What if the password field has a bunch of rules I need to follow and have to make edits after?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
You guys said Octonauts was good but they referred to a pufferfish as poisonous instead of venomous
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Are they eating it or touching it?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
In that episode the pufferfish got eaten, but it was by a whaleshark
Nath@aussie.zone 2 days ago
As far as kids are concerned, the fish is poisonous. There’s no way I’d want a kid to think they can fry up and eat a pufferfish.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I am trying to space out my watching of the Bear season 3 but it’s so hard. You know the show is good when it’s a flashback episode, and you know it turns out ok, but you are still on the edge of your seat the whole time.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 days ago
and today on “searches that will get me on a list”
Moorabbin was once renowned for its springs. I am randomly trying to find them. Unfortunately I am surrounded by goddamn car repair shops so guess what fucking comes up when you search “Moorabbin springs” so now I’m digging at hydrogeological data for the entire port phillip bay area to find the aquifers…
Baku@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I go for the pre training review thingy today. They sent me the link yesterday and reiterated I had to fill out the LLN assessment prior to the PTR, so i wrote back to ask if they’d received my assessment, and they never replied which is always a good sign.
I feel like this is a bit of a pivotal moment for me, and this is about the point I’d start making saves if this were a game…
In other news, I was finally able to go watch that bad men movie on Sunday (3rd time’s the charm, I guess). I enjoyed it, even though I never saw the other one(s? I think it’s a trilogy). I pieced enough of it together to still enjoy myself.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 days ago
3 degrees here. Cold air was very sharp taking the rubbish out. I think it’s gonna get colder than the predicted low overnight. Be prepared for a very frost morning.
bull@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Why am I so tired today??
You ever wonder if you’re just tired a lot or if you’re actually Stage 3 something or other and just haven’t gone to the doctor? I think I might have hypochondria.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Well, 11.5 degrees looks to be as warm as I’m getting today. I’m off to have a stroll around the neighbourhood with Mr Woof.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Victorian public service executives have now been awarded a pay increase between 3.5% and 4.3%.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I washed the woolen underlay I use as a dog blanket a couple of weeks ago and hung it outside to dry. I missed taking it in before rain hit so it had to stay out longer. Now I have a magpie coming in regularly to collect nesting material from it, so I guess it has to stay there now.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Today, I heard someone refer to a flannel shirt as a “western shirt”…I had not heard that one before.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
it’s sunny here so it’s off to the park to catch some rays
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Gratitude thread!
Booked in for five hours of karaoke last night. I think in the last hour, I sang one song. But it was really nice to spend time with friends who I can be myself around and have fun with :) they accept my weirdness!
(Is that not the point of friendship? Some people I feel like I have to mask around more than others)
I’m also grateful for reading the responses to these threads! :)
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I’ve been listening to Chappell Roans album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and I’m in love.
lovey mushy goo goo shite
My partner came home from work last night and started playing Stellaris while listening to the album as well. He said we should go see her if she comes to Aus. He says one of the reasons he loves me is that I never judge him for liking Pop music, and I sing along with him to Call Me Maybe lol. He knows the lyrics better than I do.
I love my Pop Boi.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
a; Noooo, nooo , do not send.
b; Send sir? The money is now sent.
a; You motherfucker
I love Kitboga 🤣🤣🤣
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Possible job offer.
Reference check being conducted.
If they require a police check, which they probably will, it’s 50/50 that they withdraw the offer.
Fingers crossed, 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Crossing everything for you!
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Thank you! If there is a police check, I’m going to request a meeting with the general manager who I interviewed with and see what she’ll say.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Got your back on this no matter what happens
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
You’re an absolute legend man. Seriously ❤️