Have made a gingerbread dough and it’s chilling in the fridge. Miniest made me do it 🫡 I’m sure she likes to eat the dough as much as the finished gingerbread, it smells like Christmas. I just realised I don’t have a gingerbread emoji, so 🫚🍞
Daily Discussion Thread: 🕶️🧊🍃Saturday, November 23, 2024
Submitted 1 month ago by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Home made gingerbread is the best!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It really is, and the smell of it cooking is unlike anything else!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Flat didn’t drop in temperature overnight. Pray for me.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I prayed, but nobody seems to be answering.
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Damnit Satan, you had one job!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Not so bad outside as it’s overcast rather than skin-peelingly burning hot. Wait for blood test took an hour but at least it was air conditioned inside so I caught up on my crosswords. Grabbed some Argentinean empanadas for lunch on a whim (yum!!!), and a late coffee… Apt has stayed pretty nice and cool so far. I’ve been running the extractor fan in the bathroom which I think is kinda sorta helping to suck cool air in from the lounge via the bedroom?
Cringing a bit at how much drying I’ll need to do at the laundromat. I’ve put the towels to air dry a bit in the bathroom until I’m ready to go so there’s less paid drying involved. So dumb to have to use a dryer on a day like today. I won’t be here long enough to warrant buying a dryer for the unit, either… once I’ve opened up more space here I’ll look into some strategic clothes horse positions for drying work clothes and the like.
I will say there is something about living within walking distance to SO much stuff and activity (but not having to hear most of it at home). It’s like being on holiday in a downtown airbnb.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
What you’re describing sounds like heaven to me at the moment.
I cannot wait to leave this area and side of town. It was a giant waste of time anyway.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I can definitely appreciate how you feel, it’s how I felt when I first came to Aus and the first few years were all in deep suburbia where i couldn’t fathom the way of life. I can kind of see why Richmond rentals attract a premium compared to say the equivalent in Hawthorn, simply for the vibrancy and density. Still overpriced IMO and no longer my thing but I can try and enjoy it while I’m here (while trying not to spend too much… none of this fun is for free)
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Not hungry this morning. Have made a large jug of peppermint tea which is currently cooling on the countertop prior to being put in fridge. Some essential shopping only this morning, then I’m going to sleep the day away. Punctuated by peppermint tea over ice. Cool change is due fairly late tonight so not looking forward to this afternoon.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Not hungry here either. Just going to get a blood test done, pop over to IKEA, then hunker down and snooze for the rest of the day aside from doing loads of laundry then taking them to the laundromat dryer (unbelievable in this heat - but no outdoor drying areas here). Maybe assemble my bed frame. I need a day of solid rest, today’s probably the best day for it.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m looking forward to the rains lol I hope it turns into a storm because a summer storm would be lovely
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Today as an inside day. Going out for some drinks when it cools down, but otherwise, just going to chill/zonk out 😎
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Walking in the drizzle listening to music is one of my favourite activities. Fuck yeah.
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Great. That’s all I need.
I think the split system using AC is leaking into the roof and wet spots and stuff have appeared.
Only noticed it today.
No proof that it the AC but I can’t think of any recent rain that could have caused it.
Dammit :(
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
From experience get on top of that asap. trust me.
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Just trying not to stress about it but I guess I am and it’s coming out in really bad ways right now
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ll have to.
It’s appeared in strange spots but I’m not sure how the piping was down and is actually causing the wet spots
tone212_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
No man in banh mi shop line, standing super close behind me will not get you served faster.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That really icks me.
Some people literally have no self-awareness.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I have shouted at people standing very close behind me at atm and registers. ( this is not like me but when people wont listen to soft words said 5 times I will shout ) Even when you tell them they just don’t understand personal space.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Fart loudly
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I may have honed my ability to mimic very wet and juicy fart noises with my mouth for such situations.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I thought I was being responsible when I decided that 5 hours sleep was enough and I should get my lazy ass out of bed.
Bup bow.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
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Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Same. RIP
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
dinner has been cooked and eat. I had a shake and one thai small chicken skewer with onion and capsicum, no sauce on it.
There is also pineapple fried rice.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m incredibly impressed with your mental fortitude if you resisted. But if you didn’t, I completely understand. Especially with the pineapple. Oh boy.
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
weather is body temperature, plus fan forced eh? alrighty heading out now let’s do this
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I will bring a palm leaf following in tow ready to fan you and feed you mildly cold grapes if the wind dies down.
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I am so far still fine. The buses are air-conditioned and cooler than home. Hopefully the trains too. The next challenge is getting food from the city, then getting to the venue by tram.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That cool change is 💯
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I wish! Here in Thornbury the temperature has dropped, the wind has dropped, but not the rain. Yet. Sticky and not pleasant rn.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Far too hot.
There is also about a 50% chance that the air conditioning at work will end up being too cold at some point today, so I have brought in my cardigan.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve got the opposite problem of working in a large non air-conditioned factory kitchen. It gets stinkingly oppressive “I can’t do this anymore” hot. Both extremes of temperature suck. My sinuses play up with too-cold aircon. But I’m thinking of bringing in one of those misting fan cooler things that you put iced water in the top of. I’ll wear it lol.
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
We are so hot 🥵
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
chingatello@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Drusenija@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Okay, now I need to watch The Fifth Element again.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Still waiting for the rain here…come on sky gods…let me have it!
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
pounds fist WHAR RAIN
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
🤷♀️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
looks like the rain is going south
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Neeeeeed rain. Plz
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Radar says rains in Colac.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve already had dinner. I’m not even hungry and yet I seem to want McDonald’s. So random.
Pilk@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Been sweating? Might be craving the salt
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I can’t decide what movie to put on
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Do you like action and comedy? I saw Bullet Train recently and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Out and about. Took down serious self-convincing. Overcast, but still feels like burning face off weather.
So many of my favourite chicken sandwiches available I have no appetite for it. Also, weirdo I am I still have hot coffee in this weather… Somehow I have received an iced one. I must look like I need it.
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
27C inside is a perfectly fine temperature, Tropical Meat thinks.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Went to the supermarket early to beat the crowds and traffic, but copped the traffic hard on the way back. Absolute chaos out there.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve hurt my foot. Not sure yet how bad it is but it was a decent one
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Big breakfast devoured. Now I don’t need to leave my apartment again today
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
The cool change has come across at just the right time. It has cooled down enough that I could take Mr Woof for our after work walk, and we are done in plenty of time to avoid the rain.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Good ocean swim. Needed that.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I feel kind of dumb for staying up until 3 to finish a negroni I made where I overestimated the quantities. At least it has been a good day to stay home and do nothing
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 month ago
To make up for not feeling hungry this morning I now have a horrific craving for greasy sausages. I wonder if the Coles nearby has the brand of vegan snags I like. But after this morning’s jaunt and then the boiling hot laundromat journey I’m not going out again. Ikea and the lot can be left to tomorrow.
…although, despite my recent extravagance^, I think I’ll go for that pizza dinner. They do a mock beef Mexican, i have to try it.
Gonna have to work extra hard over the next few weeks to make up for some of this.
^ (and also eyeing off a $750 phone to buy on sale to replace my device bricked by the 3g shut down)
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
These overcast skies are blueballing meeeeee
Just rain already ffs!!!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Old man changed the aircon remote language to polish somehow. So, had a crash 2min course in polish and now I’m fluent and can fix all your accidental language changes from polish to english. But seriously, that is a severely difficult language.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It’s an insane language! I just cannot get any pronunciation right at all with Polish 😭
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Sounds like when I bought a phone from overseas and it was set with Chinese as the default. That was a fun experience.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
lol, sorry but lol
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve had a few Polish friends over time and when I have a go at saying things, they all say I speak Polish like a Russian. They’ve not said it unkindly, but…
Cendana@aussie.zone 1 month ago
And then have German with their super long words.