Idk about any of you. But $35 to get into the Royal Melb Show to pat and feed the sheep and goats was 100% worth the price of admission.
The piglets, deer, llamas, and rabbits were just so dang cute
Daily Discussion Thread: đ Thursday, September 26, 2024
Submitted âšâš7â© âšmonthsâ© agoâ© by âšSeagoon_@aussie.zoneâ© to âšmelbourne@aussie.zoneâ©
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StudChud@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Aww man đ„° Iâll have to make sure I take the kids and go next year đ€đŒ
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Itâs on until Oct 6 but it is terribly expensive. Best to bring your own lunch and snacks and look at all the animals and other competitions.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Oh my god the bunnies!
StudChud@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
They didnât say what breed they were, but I reckon theyâre mini lops. You can tell by their size (a bit bigger than a guinea pig), and their ears are âloppyâ hence the name. Dwarf lops are bigger versions (like what PeelerSheila posted). Theyâre super common pets because theyâre very friendly and docile.
I couldnât believe they had actual deer! I did end up getting a photo of one!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Was given the day off today (didnât want it, or tomorrow, but weâre quiet ATM) so I thought Iâd make the best of it by using uneaten strawberries to make jam. Itâs still cooling but it seems ok. Also waffles
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
That looks soooooo good!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
OMG
Duenan@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Mmmm waffles
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I commented before and the jamwaffle looks delicious, but I donât know how you managed to achieve the Donna Hay cookbook food porn photo. Amazing.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Aw thankyou! I got lucky with the lighting
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
that all looks very delicious
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
đș
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
đș
Catfish@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Cheers! Hereâs to avoiding TV for the next 48 or so. đž
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
đș
Duenan@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
đ· cheers!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
đș
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Not until tomorrow night for me Iâm afraid. đ§
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Until tomorrow đș
wscholermann@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
âThe real concern driving CEO resistance is the fact that remote work involves a previously unthinkable change in the way productive activity is structured and organised. If workers can do without the physical presence of managers, perhaps they donât need managers at all, at least in the way they currently operate. The eagerness of CEOs and other senior managers to wish these changes away suggests that, at some level, they realise this.â
indisin@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
At least in tech, as a lead engineer I already cover PO, QA, DevOps, Product Support, Mentorship, Dev (barely have time), Peer Reviews, Management, Recruitment, UX, Reporting, Architecture, Coaching and people leadership and so on, due to cuts. I can do all that remotely, so why would I need a manager and a manager to manage that manager and so on?
They literally forced us to do all of their roles and now are shocked Pikachu to find out that we can do all their roles without them and from wherever we want to work?
Servant leadership in an autonomous WFH model is hopefully where we all end up.
bacon@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I YIELD THE ONE RING
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Take it easy huh⊠Iâm sure thereâs a medication for that.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
This is the most animated bacon Iâve ever seen
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
And where did you get this one ring?
StudChud@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
From Sauron, duh. đ
bacon@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
FROM A FINGER
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
What has it got in itâs pocketses?
bacon@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
đ
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I DID IT !!!. It was a little button on my phone God dammit.
Catfish@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Moar dinosaurs! I donât expect to win Ace of Cakes, but pretty happy so far.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I love them and the one in the frontâs cute little teeth đ
Catfish@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Raaaaawr!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I love them. đ„č
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I donât want to boast but , Iâm eating out of date sausage.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Letâs hope the sausage doesnât pay you back tomorrow.
dumblederp@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I had some sketchy roast veggies for lunch and seem to be doing okay.
wscholermann@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Sometimes I think about running away to a foreign country and starting again with a completely clean slate.
Circumstances of late have forced me to think about old jobs and the horrible things I went through and itâs quite triggering.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Sounds like youâve got a lot of the past to let go of. Speaking as someone who dragged the past around like an anchor for far too long. Even if you were to go overseas, you canât escape from you. I hope you can one day find a way to let go of it.
StudChud@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Negative experiences (shit job, shit family, shit friends, trauma, abuse, etc) will cause triggers to manifest naturally, itâs the brain âmisfiringâ doing risk assessments and memory recollection, similar to the way ptsd works. Something in the world reminds you of that time, and your brain treats it like a new threat rather than a memory, even though it is just a memory.
You can run away across the seas, but you will still have your brain reacting to triggers.
It may help to recentre yourself by reminding yourself of what you have achieved, your goals, that you are not âthereâ anymore. That you have come so far despite your past experiences, and fuck those times where you were in a hard place. You persevered and you are succeeding.
Sorry for the rant and possible lack of help this supplies đŹ
wscholermann@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I think once certain things are resolved which at this stage looks like will take six months to resolve it will be better.
Baku@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
ITâS HEEEEERRREEEEE
Despite having spent ~280 hours on the series, Iâve still only seen 2 of the episodes in the box set
(Yes theyâre VHS tapes)
Catfish@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I ditched all my tape, but still have a functional player
Baku@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I ditched DVDs, but Iâm actively expanding my VHS collection. Theyâre basically vintage now. Cool retro tech I canât ordinarily buy/use. We do have a player, but Iâm not going to dare play these because I donât want it eating my tape. Iâve tested other tapes, and it hasnât, but I donât trust it
indisin@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Oh no. Oh no.
Chillies have germinated far too fast and I havenât even calculated the amount of soil Iâll need to pot what I can. Itâs also too cold outside for them in Northcote. This is a disaster.
Duenan@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Woke up early to pick up the new Zelda.
Bought some food and self maintenance stuff. Marvelled at the Cinderella experience set up.
Also had a haircut too. Feels nice to have it cut and all neat now.
Lunch has been had and now have my coffee.
I feel like I want to take out my bins but it feels too early
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Already have one fence dispute (or more specifically Unreasonable flow of water between properties) for the shed up the back. Neighbour came over a few weeks ago and couldnât see a problem. She got the council to come over and look at it FROM HER SIDE and didnât give me the heads up so they could look at it from MY SIDE. Tried calling the council several times at least take a squizz but to no avail yet.
Definitely no problemo there. All they have to do is remove a little bit of soil from their side and let it dry out over summer and put in a little retaining wall / moisture barrier.
Now the other fairly long / high paling fence on the same boundary is collapsing (really fkn wobbly). re-doing the veggie patch so have a heap of old redgum sleepers. Propped it up heavily on my side so when / if it falls itâs not falling my way hah.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
But Iâm gonna break, Iâm gonna break my
Iâm gonna break my rusty caaaaaaage
and run đđđđđ
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Iâll listen to that on the way to work. I always forget that album.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I have not bought or eaten any biscuits or lollies in 4 weeks. Iâm starting to get out of the habit.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Bikkies are a trap. Iâm glad youâve escaped.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Well done. Iâm proud of you!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Well done!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
The time has come - Iâve listed my beloved car for sale. Sheâs been amazing fun, but I just canât justify it anymore. Yes, Iâll cry when she goes. Of course, I adore my new car, but itâs a bit of a brat while my old car was a beast.
Tell me about your favourite cars? What did you love about them? Have you still got them? Or a a favourite car related story?!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
My 2003 Honda civic. Never skips a beat. plan on using that until it carks it.
On the posh side the old manâs newish BMW 440i. So much tech in that thing a lot of it is useless, like choosing how loud you want the engine start noise to be, changing colour of the led strips, the auto motorised seatbelt, changing the screen to sport mode to see how many gâs youâre pulling, using the centre console button as a touch mouse for the sat nav. Impressive and fun but ridiculously pointless.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Sometimes old school is just best! Although I do love being a passenger in a fancy car and getting to push all the buttons!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Everything at work is broken. Yay
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I survived the green cookie incident. I think Iâll stick to baking my own. Need to find a good salted caramel white choc cookie recipe âŠâŠ
indisin@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
This whole taking a break from working thing is doing wonders for my mental health and sleep but that sleep is happening at really weird hours.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Good night everyone, sweet dreams. đ
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
đToday I bought the last of the materials I need to restore the cabinet and frame of my old sewing machine. Itâs about 120 years old and itâs a functional machine so it has a lot of knocks, it looks old. I got medium grade steel wool to clean the iron up as the hardware store didnât have wire brushes and I got paint which included primer. A new paint brush with an extra long handle for those hard to get at bits. Iâm quite excited to get it all done. It wonât look pristine or even great but it will look good. Next I might tackle cleaning up the machine inside. I have a new belt to put on and I have machine oil and rust remover. Might even touch up some paint.
Also bought some good dark furniture wax to protect the newly painted big chairs and the sewing machine cabinet.
I have loads of microfibre cloths for these jobs.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I found out that I only needed to press one magic button on the Spotify app and it wouldâve turned everything on for me. Holy moly.
And now he wants to show me how to sync the lights. This too much.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
My new weird food rule:
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fruit flavoured ice cream or sorbet - in a cup
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chocolate and other creamy sort of non-fruit flavours - a cone
I normally donât get a cone because I donât love them, but was given one instead of a cup and just made do. The ice cream was part fruit and part marshmallow or something along those lines, and it definitely belonged in a cone.
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tone212_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Itâs council voting season and Iâm getting over seeing signs of the same three people plastered all over the hood. Does this really get you votes?!
Pilk@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
The cost of a bĂĄnh mĂŹ at my local have gone DOWN đ«ą
RustyRaven@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I have completed the first part of the physical activity study I am part of, and have the first of my $50 Coles vouchers. I have been allocated to the control group, which means I am required to do nothing different to what I do now, and will be paid $150 for it! Canât complain about that đđ°
Alamutjones@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Hullo
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Happy Cassowary Day đ
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšmonthsâ© ago
My kid is going camping with friends this weekend which is a little sad because the dog will miss her but gee itâs gonna be one hellva party when she goes.