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Daily Discussion Thread: 🪭🐈🫧🍽️ Wednesday 4 December
Submitted 6 months ago by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 months ago
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Karens will karen I guess.
StudChud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Lol! Sounds like that woman got rejected from being an AO 😂 would of told her to kick rocks, stupid cunt.
Besides, it’s a fuckinf bus, the driver dgaf about whether you tap on lol.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I would totally pick up money off the ground, say thanks buddy, and stroll away. AITA?
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 6 months ago
If I rang to schedule something on Monday and they said they’d call me back and they haven’t, would today be ok to call back? One thing I hate is seeming to be pushy. Is 2 days enough time? It’s a busy time of year so I totally understand it.
Pilk@aussie.zone 6 months ago
It really depends on what that something is, but if it’s something like your regular bikini wax it’s totally reasonable. I usually err on the side of calling because delays are usually the result of a fuckup. Gotta be on the ball to make stuff happen.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 6 months ago
like your regular bikini wax
I wouldn’t put anyone through that horror :D
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 months ago
yes. Call away.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I did and got a meeting sorted :D
Taleya@aussie.zone 6 months ago
oyy shaping up at work to be one of those days.
^look, you know more about content than I do but I know more about cinema equipment than you do. I’m not being fucking obstructionist, what the vendor is asking for isn’t something they need and it’s a fucking red flag. No, don’t give them the fucking information regardless you gurning hemorrhoid, sit the FUCK down and let me handle it. You know, like you pay me to^.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Good night everyone. 😘sweet dreams
Baku@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Night goonsy
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I wish I was able to eat vegetarian. I wish I was able to eat properly at all. I could min max budget vs nutrition so hard.
I really miss when I used to clean my house nonstop and meal prep.
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I was so efficient back before I deteriorated. Especially when I wasn’t constantly being forced to exist under intolerable loads of stress and constantly manage around other people’s dysfunction.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Anyone would struggle to keep up dealing with stress and other people. You’re doing the best you can right now
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Thank you. It feels like I’m running in place. My options for moving also weren’t appropriate after all
Baku@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I don’t have any advice, but extra tight hugs ➡️🫂⬅️
You’re doing your best Melba, try and take some comfort in that if you can
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
So many hugs. You do so much and so well. 😘😘😘
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I’m going to start killing and eating the people in my area just to be left alone
Baku@aussie.zone 6 months ago
My parcels still have not budged. Last update: 3:38pm yesterday, in transit in my suburb
I had to get a replacement connection box thingy for the new house. They said there’d be no tracking, and it wouldn’t require a signature, but it parcel matched to my my post account even though I haven’t entered the new address yet. Guess they must’ve written my email and phone number on the box. In any case, it does need a signature, but it’s coming express post from Sydney, so I redirected it to my current house and told them to leave it. Maybe it’ll push the others through
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
The zucchini flowers are wilting and dying already… despite the fact that some female flowers are budding and will soon open. I’m just hoping that I get a mix at the same time because the longevity isn’t looking good.
The plants also seem a bit young/small to be flowering and fruiting yet. I saw a neighbour’s plants and who knows they could be full sized pumpkin plants, but the plants and blooms looked bigger. I wonder if I’m planting all my ish too late. It’s not like I have full control over that though.
The dishes got soaked in dish soap, bicarb and a kettle of boiling water. Quick scrub then soaked again overnight in dish soap, vinegar and boiling water. I put bicarb down the drains too. Maybe they’re ready for a hot soapy normal wash and air dry.
I tried to strip the bed but furbaby jumped onto it to save the shared scents… she then went to eat so the second attempt was successful.
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When it’s time I keep a clean fitted sheet ready at the end of the bed. When she moves off I unhook the bottom corners, hook the clean ones corners then pull the fresh one up/onto the mattress while rolling the old one up/off in one movement. It’s fast enough that if I wait til she’s distracted I have most of it on before she jumps onto the middle and I can just secure the last two corners.
I really need to vacuum sweep and mop but am really low on energy right now. I’m mainly focusing on laundry
StudChud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I think you’re doing great!! You don’t have to do ALL the chores in one day, and soaking the dishes is such a great idea (I might steal that when the executive dysfunction plays up again)!
Vacc and sweep can wait till your spoons have replenished! Such a great job! Seriously! 💜💜💜
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
They’re just so backed up because I’ve been really depressed/struggling physically and haven’t had help for a few weeks.
Soaking is great but beware. If you don’t do it in a timely manner the problem becomes exponentially worse. This is what happened here.
Ideally you fill the sink with soapy water as hot as you can get it from the tap, even adding some boiling water from the kettle if you like (careful of glass), and then go do something else or rest until it cools to a normal level of hot. About the temp you can wash it with rubber gloves. This will loosen everything up and kill a lot of germs, makes it much easier to wash.
But if you don’t… prepare for a feculent mouldering swamp and much remediation and even discarded items
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Am trying to snap myself out of my visceral distaste for the kitchen, had a bit of time in between work and appt and ducked into my old f & v store to hurriedly buy a bunch of basic veg. I am flat out until Sunday but I can’t be spending money on another week of premade meals, gonna start making some basic shit even on Sunday itself if I have to.
I have: :::spoiler inventory veg: two carrots, two zucchini, two sticks of celery, two small bunches of asparagus, one leek, one green pepper, one broccoli, and a quarter of a red cabbage. Two big onions and a head of garlic.
For carbs, I have pasta, rice, soba noodles. Maybe some old potat (it might be a bit too old, I’ll have to check).
For protein, toor daal, masoor daal, chana dal, moong dal, urad dal, black eyed beans, black lentils. Dried mushrooms. Six eggs. Dried cashews. TVP (chunks and mince).
Have heaps of spices and some dried 'erbs and various sauces and oils. :::
Time to make like an RPG character/creative uni student and try and craft a few easy one-pot meals out of all the above. Really quite a few options there if I put my mind to it. STILL MOURNING NOT HAVING A DISHWASHER
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
There’s also sites like these to see what you can make
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
There are rice cooker meals if you’re interested? I think I saw one recipe with vegetables and cubed tofu. (Savor Delights is on Tik Tok but I refuse to get the app to consistently be able to watch them. So I found a link elsewhere.)
You can grate veg instead of chopping to make it cook faster and use less prep space, buy pre chopped or use frozen veg to avoid chopping at all.
If you have no rice cooker an electric frypan or a normal skillet does fine
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I’ve got a rice cooker but I would die without it (it’s old and second hand but a good brand), don’t want to risk somehow messing it up with anything fancier than takikomi gohan in it once in a while.
With one pot meals, I don’t mind making rice separately to that - one big batch is worth cleaning the rice cooker pot and inserts for (and I never washed them in the dishwasher so I’m used to doing that by hand, at least).
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 months ago
My many new plant friends arrived in the mail today. It was almost a disaster - I received the notification they had been delivered, but there was no sign of them. Fortunately I eventually found them in the carport behind my car.
They have had a tough journey, but they are now relaxing in my seed raising area under the grow lights. Hopefully the basil makes them feel welcome.
It might be a challenge to identify all of them as some of the writing has rubbed off the pots.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Melbcat just accidentally almost yanked my earring out. I think she got her claw hooked and just pulled. Woke up to my earlobe being painfully stretched and my sleeper had popped open under pressure - I then had to literally unhook her claw from it.
It’s a bit sore so perhaps there was a tiny scratch or tear inside the piercing from the earring. I’ve washed it with soap and water and used some Betadine because my earlobe piercings are super prone to getting infected
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 months ago
The LittleOne does this quite intentionally. He likes shiny things. Having a nose ring grabbed at 2am isn’t as fun for the human.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
It’s an accident over here! She cuddles so close she pushes me out, gets her hands caught, or has a dream and kicks me in the ribs.
But it’s worth it for the sweet cuddles
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Ok I’m headed home at lunch. Will stop for Udon yassan and to buy a new damn fan
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 months ago
April next year has Neck Deep, State Champs and (separately) Greyscale in Melbourne. Punkrock heaven!
bacon@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Salted egg salon skin please
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
can you share? I fucking miss salted egg fish skin, expensive as fuck to buy and god knows how unhealthy it is but it’s literal crack
bacon@aussie.zone 6 months ago
🧂🥚💆♂️
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Roast chicken and roasted potatoes, carrots, parsnips and a glass of a nice fruity full bodied red wine please Chef.
bacon@aussie.zone 6 months ago
🍗🥔🥕^🥕^🍷
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Mexican souvlaki please
bacon@aussie.zone 6 months ago
🌵🍖🍖