Fucking had it with these gall wasps in the lemon tree. I let it go too far so have been taking the kukri to it (surprisingly very effective). Iâd like to call it shaping the tree but in reality itâs wasp genocide.
Daily Discussion Thread: đŠđđïžđđŠ Friday, August 23, 2024
Submitted âšâš4â© âšweeksâ© agoâ© by âšSeagoon_@aussie.zoneâ© to âšmelbourne@aussie.zoneâ©
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Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Spraying the holes and galls with WD40 works to kill the little bastards if you donât want to chop off a particular branch/trunk.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
ooh that is a trick I havenât of. I will give that a go ty.
oztrin@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Oooh never heard of that one!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Dumpling review:
Good flavour - these were pork and ginger. Texture was lacking, but I blame my own cooking. I ended up kind of⊠Shallow boiling them, draining the water, then putting them pack on with a little butter (I donât really use oil). Let the remaining moisture evaporate as best it could and stirred em around a bit. Finished with soy sauce and la gan mao chilli crisp. Also had broccolini. They came out quite soft and tacky? Still good though.CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
If you intend on feasting on more dumplings in the coming years get a couple of bamboo steamers like Catfish said.
bull@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
This is the way. Also, to save the annoying ripping off of the right size of baking paper grab some liners
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
The pork & ginger ones I like to have in soup or on top of ramen. They are softer and tackier than other kinds. I have had trouble fry/steaming them. They do OK steamed only, but are really nice in soup.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Sometimes I steam the Aldi gyoza in the microwave, which Iâm sure isnât ideal but hey itâs quick and easy. And theyâre still good.
Duenan@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Are the Aldi gyoza any good?
My go to are the rebranded ones that used to be from KB.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
I donât really use oil
Oil is fren not foe with the dumplo.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
PakigeâŠ
Feeling really bad about buying from Amazon but itâs hard to find some things I need without it
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Donât feel bad. I love Amazon. For so many decades it was so hard to buy specialist or unusual books in Australia. First we had to find out about a book then order at the local book shop, wait a month or so and then pay a ton on money.
Then came amazon and they had the most amazing catalogues and everything was available to Australia for the first time and it was cheap and fast.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Results not back yet. One vet was willing to give Melbcat the stronger pain meds but another has decided against it, so the compromise was giving an extra dose of her existing medication.
Theyâre saying itâll probably be Tuesday so baby girl will be going the weekend without antibiotics and only pain relief. Sheâs got fussy and peed on stuff tonight so I gave her the last dose of the strong stuff.
She will no longer eat wet food if it has extra water so maybe I can try some tuna juice or weak allium free broth.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
So many hugs to you both
oztrin@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Crossing fingers for Melbcat.
just_kitten@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Ok, after an hourâs lie down Iâve recovered a bit and making myself go in to watch the film. I likely wonât have the opportunity to watch it anywhere else, and itâs good to expand oneâs horizons and get out of oneâs head. Especially prior to a holed-up weekend of reading and rewriting (as now my proposal is somewhat different)⊠Wearing a mask to at least slightly reduce the chance of getting some new shitty infection. Canât afford that this weekend!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
I donât know what ratio? I should use to take a video and up load it. Anyway heâs rocking out with us.
dumblederp@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
You can tickle it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5376wzvxUpo
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Thanks for that!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
they are so adorable
Taleya@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
juuuuust ducked the rain to bunnings. I now have a post jack. No more will we fear the star pickets.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Iâm gonna share my Spotify playlist for tonight. Thanks for all those that involuntarily contributed. Hopefully I do this right.đ€
Eagle@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
That is a smashing play list! â€ïž Sour Girl.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Thanks. Itâs my teenage/young adult years relived.
Pilk@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Gonna fuck around and set up my gaming PC again to try Deadlock. Gave away my monitor, chair and desk, so gonna be an interesting setup for the time being.
Pilk@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Also, BBQ Samboy chips detected at Aldi in the CBD.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Aldiâs bags of popcorn are pretty good. I need to tell the world so they stay in circulation forever.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
So sitting on the floor in front of the lounge room TV, just like we did in the 80s? :D
Pilk@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Well funny you say that, I donât have a TV either. This laptopâs screen might do, thoughâŠ
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
The kid came home yesterday from a function with a tray of food and the man said âI can take some for lunch tomorrowâ and I said âNo you canât. Thatâs our dinnerâ. I feel really bad now for being a cunt.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Sky pretty. Much pink.
Eagle@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
It was like fairy floss
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
I survived the electricity. I woulld like to thank my rubber soled shoes. Iâm not sure if thatâs a myth but so far still kicking.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Galileo
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
oooh, I heard some thunder
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Me too
tone212_@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
My house just lit up like a Christmas tree and got a good rumble
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Movie Review. Kick-Ass.
Thoughts on an R rating for a movie about violence and force perpetrated and suffered by children.
In real life children can suffer all the same horrors as adults and too often do. I really do think we should put our effort in protecting children from real life violence rather than fictional violence.
And maybe fictional violence can help children understand the world around them better.
I donât like violence, doesnât mean itâs good to pretend it doesnât exist.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
I enjoy violent movies and video games as long as the context is there. Gore and senseless violence for the sake of it doesnât work for me.
Kids know the difference thankfully and are cognisant of real vs fake
In real life, I canât stand seeing people get hurt or hurting others.
oztrin@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Am at the vet with Sammi - poor love has been vomiting on and off since yesterday and hasnât eaten more than a mouthful at a time.
Interestingly, sheâs been a lot calmer coming up since it was just her so I had her beside me on the passenger seat instead of behind me in the back seat like I normally do when I take both of them.
She was calmly sitting in her carrier watching the passing traffic until the practice cat came and now sheâs sitting up on alert. đbull@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Iâm crashing after my morning caffeine hit! Argh!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Belated Movie and TV Reviews.
**The Kingsman movies. **I like these homages to the Bond movies, the sound, the fast editing, the villains, the cold war, the cross the pond alliance, the costuming are all reminiscent of 60s Bond and the most recent Bond.
And like the Bond movies there is no blood and that bothers me. I know itâs for the M rating but it bugs me. That train scene in Argylle should have been a blood bath. Literally 2 cm of blood on the floor and everything else spattered with blood guts and bone.
Also has running gags and scenes across all the movies, which is cool.
3.5 hobbits . -.5 because no blood
**Rings of Power Review by Charlie Hopkinson. **YouTube. Reminded me how much I hated the fucking Hobbits in RoP, especially Lenny Henry. And what they did to the greatest elf warriors is embarrassing, made them look like accountants.
hereâs Charlie www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj2bn1Rvac8
4 real Hobbits.
Taken. Yes, that movie again. Having seen it a few times itâs a really good exercise in seeing all the red flags/arsehole behaviour from lennie and her rich git husband that made the daughter disrespect her dad and make unwise choices.
The moral is be good parents, ay, teach respect or your kids will suffer for it.
3.5 hobbits
**The Union. **netflix. Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry
Pretty standard spyfi movie , the latest story lines in spyfi seem to of an organisation within an organisation and the old race to find files of names before the bad guys get it.
But itâs really about people taking risks, pushing limits and achieving potential.
3 hobbits.
**Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. **
Loosely based on real events. Fast paced action , quite enjoyable. Nazis are bad guys.
3 hobbits
tombruzzo@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
The first Kingsman movie is actually better than the comic itâs based on. There was this weird period where anything Mark Millar wrote just got adapted into a comic regardless of how good it was. Itâs how we got Kick-ass and Wanted, remember that movie?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
ooh, thanks for the recommendation. Imma watch that too. đ
I admit I really like Kingsman, always have, always will.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Heading to aldi, going to buy some of their dumplings for the first time, amongst other things. Anyone needs anything while Iâm there?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Thatâs the way. Put a bit of oil in your frying pan, put the dumplings in, when they get a brown bottom put about 1/3 of a cup of water, turn the heat down to a simmer and put the lid on. When the water has evaporated they should be ready.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Check out the chilled food section - Aldi sometimes has peking duck dumplings. They are yum but very rich.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
They had some Korean beef ones but I decided to skip em and try the OG frozen ones
Catfish@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Or⊠buy a steamer. The brown bottom method doesnât work for all dumpling types.
Catfish@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Not chicken. Theirs has an odd plastic taste.
StudChud@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
Jaffa Cakes please!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
I couldnât find any đą
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
I lightly pan fry with oil (lid off), chuck some water in (lid on) give it a minute or two, lid off for a bit until evaporated and get them a bit crispy.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
omg, my allergies are driving me crazy, so itchy everywhere
StudChud@aussie.zone âš4â© âšweeksâ© ago
My nose is swollen shut, and my eyes are weepy. Bloody pollen
MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Since seeing Deadpool wolverine recently, fam wanted to watch all the X-Men movies. We started two weeks ago and have made it to Logan.
Havenât seen it since 2018 and remember crying at the end.
Looks like those feels are gonna come back tonight.
On the bright side weâll be watching the first Deadpool flick tomorrow so thatâll alleviate the sads
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Logan was such an awesome movie and yes, đ at the ending.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Iâve cried watching something since but bawling my eyes out at a superhero movie was something I wasnât going to predict
Catfish@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
This turned up on a different feed. Somewhat @RustyRaven@aussie.zone topical. End of the arvo to ye đ
StudChud@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Ugh pass on number 7 lol
just_kitten@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Actually raining out here where we normally donât get as much. Been feeling really shit today. Have movie on at 9:30pm in city but seriously having second thoughts. Iâm so fucking tired
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Itâs blast off Forco đ Cheers Little Dumplings đș
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Cheers
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Force_majeure123@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
đALL ABOARD đđșđșđș
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Ding ding đșđșđșđșđș
Catfish@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
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imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
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oztrin@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Off the booze until tomorrow due to antibiotics. Have one for me.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Would you be happy with more than one?