Daily Discussion Thread: 🦁🍏 Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Far out. I was wondering where my cat’s treats were if they’d been delivered and looked back on the security camera. Some dero with alcohol in his hand had come right up to my doorstep to steal my parcel in broad daylight.

  So now not only does my cat not have her treats this sketchy guy now has my personal details (potentially including my number or email) and knows a woman lives here. Plus any attempts at identity theft that may follow.

  That also might explain another parcel I haven’t received.

  Fuck this suburb and fuck these people. Scumbags are just multiplying.

  I looked into a parcel locker ages ago but have been putting out fires and didn’t get to it.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah, you’re spiralling a big.

    What happened was derro realised they were cat treats and not an iphone, swore and threw it all in a bush

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I hope so. But one of my neighbours finding that discarded personal information would be very bad for me.

      I don’t want to go into it all. Living here has had a long rich history and has left me with legitimate ptsd triggers

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seeing as you’ve got him on camera, could you file a police report?

    Hugs.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve already called and the response was lacklustre. I’m waiting for a link to submit the video but expect nothing to happen.

      Also I now have to make arrangements for help to get everything in person, lock my letterbox and set up a parcel locker.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  🎵 seekest thou the road to all that’s foul and fair 🎵

  GAH! Get out of my head!!! only 2 episodes in and it has absolutely sunk its hooks into me.

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• Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What’s your knockoff brand that is better than (or just as good) as the name brand?

  What’s your name brand for which there is no substitute?

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Coles 1kg tasty cheese is the best of the cheap cheeses.

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    • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep, agree with you on this one.

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    • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What is “cheap cheese” in Melbourne? In 2016, it was $10/kg for the cheap cheese. In Perth, you can reliably get cheese for $8.50/kg. It went up for a while last year to ~$10ish but has come back down recently to $8.50 again.

      My theory is dairy goods in general are cheaper here because we have competing local companies.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aldi chocolate is typically 10X better than the cadbury stuff, but these days a cadbury block on sale for 3 bucks is better value. Know its not what you mean, but still technically accurate to your question: I like Kia better than Hyundai. Hyundai are a bit uninspired. I also prefer Mitsubishi to Nissan.

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    • bull@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Another vote for the Aldi chocolate range which is incredible and leagues ahead of Cadbury and just about anything you can get from the Colesworth shelves. Maybe Lindt is a contender but like 3x more expensive than the Aldi stuff.

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aldi goat cheese, both the sliced and spreadable is hard to beat. I will not compromise on Omo washing powder.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aldi pasta, I think it’s Remono or something. Cooks just as well and comes out perfectly al dente just like the more expensive Barilla brand.

    Also I love their organic pasta sauce because it’s cheap and it’s so tasty.

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      the aldi pasta absolutly SLAPS!

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Milk. Milk is milk. I’m getting the cheapest one possible.

    Lurpak. Nothing else comes close.

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  • tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aldi cream cheese (Westcare brand I think), better than any of the name brands at Woolies. The consistency is just right.

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Aldi Yogo is delicious. So much better than the original, which is already pretty good.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Woolies or Aldi peanut butter. Woolies, Aldi or Coles soy milk bricks. Coles and Aldi dark chocolate.

    Uhh… generally it involves needing to buy brand because the generic contains an allergen or causes a reaction. So Balnea sorbolene bar ‘soap’ and Cerave pump lotion.

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  • bull@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Coles/Woolies or whatever is cheapest bottled water vs Mount Franklin or any other fancy brand. I don’t even know if they still sell Evian here but Evian tastes weird. So does Nestlé’s one whatever that’s called. Obligatory Fuck Nestlé.

    Don’t come at me with “just drink tap water it’s great in Melbourne”… I do when I’m home… but I also go on road trips to places with less-than-amazing tap water and/or no chilled water.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The other Biscoff spread…Specloos or something like that. Much better than the proper one.

    Nothing beats OG Nutella. Taking it a step further, Nutella made in Italy is the best.

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    • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Horrified by the sugar content in Nutella, I bought the kids Nutino instead (12% sugar instead of 54%) when they were little. They now much prefer this brand to the original. Which has turned around and bitten me in the end as Nutino isn’t always in stock when/where I need it.

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    G-Shock is a name brand that is still very much trustworthy and consistent.

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