Submitted 2 weeks ago by Baku@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 13°C, max - 22°C. 90% chance of no rain
We’re back to the DDT now. Feels good to be home, right?
I’d like to acknowledge and thank @bacon@aussie.zone for their daily blessings of food, heat, thermo-nuclear radiation, and everything in between. Thanks bacon! 🏆
I’m still salty and grumpy about that stupid $200 fine (I’ll have spent $400 on parking fines this year) and trying not to beat myself up for being uniquely absent-minded or inattentive.
But I am proud of my little accomplishment: getting JUST under an hour at terminal parking at thr airport. I managed to squeeze in getting lost on the way in, having to turn around twice, a Macca’s order and eating it and a goodbye photo… then literally running back and rushing out and finding an empty exit lane. Two minutes longer and I’ll have been slugged another $17 (not even $14 like the website says!)
:::spoiler take that universe
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Now to grab some rice from MKS (to store where exactly I don’t know), go home and do so many chores.
Oh Long Sonson
Just spoke to my mate that I haven’t spoken to in 12 years.
It was exactly how it was when we were best mates. Nothing’s changed ❤️
some mates are like that, true mates 🥰
Goodnight🛌
Fingers crossed low!
Oof. Hope you are sound asleep now!
I bought a box of chiko rolls on Friday. They’re not actually really different at all to the ones you get at fish and chippies
I tried a medium (not deep) fry in a pan on the stove, as well as air fryer. My determination is that depe fried is probably the best, but not that much better than the air fryer. I don’t feel comfortable enough using such an exorbitant amount of oil to actually deep fry them, and don’t have the proper equipment (so it’d just be over the stove), so no comparison there
My attempt at frying them in a shallow/medium amount of oil wasn’t good because it didn’t cook evenly around. I ended up burning one side (albeit that’s just cause I’m inexperienced), and couldn’t fry the sides very well, because they’re slightly longer and flatter on one side than the other despite being cylinders
I remember their ad in the fish n chip shop with a leather bikini girl on a harleyesque chopper holding the chicko roll like a cock she was about to suck. Imma say 1987. Even then as a kid I remember thinking why would you advertise a product like that.
Oh god, I remember those ads!
Ah yes, the
She was replaced in 2008. From the Wikipedia page: “In 2008, the company began a nationwide search for the new “Chiko Chick”, hoping to downplay the traditionally raunchy look in favour of a more wholesome “girl next door” image.”
She was replaced by Annette Melton who played Regina DeFrancisco in Deadly Women
I’ve never actually had a chiko roll. Is that horribly un-Australian of me? I don’t think I’ve ever had one of those fish shop dim sims either, they always look a bit gross to me.
Probably. I think they’re kinda dying off these days though. I’ve been in 6 fish and chips shops so far that said they didn’t do them anymore. Admittedly though, 2 of those were weird hipster ones bragging about everything being low sodium and didn’t even do potato cakes
Were they frozen? You could try microwaving them first, then paint them with some vegetable oil, then airfry them.
Sure are
The air fryer is more than fine though
I actually really like them. 🙂
I also feel weird that I like them.
Stupid idiot fucks racing down Victoria St you can hear them from miles away. Die in a fire. Can’t wait to move out somewhere quieter next year
Agree
We did the Box Hill miniature rail today. It’s a good little spot with a nice track. From what I’ve heard it’s not as busy as the Diamond Creek railway so the lines are much better
I just sold something on eBay that had been up so long I’d forgotten I even had the listing there. I had to go and retrieve it from my op shop bags, it’s lucky I haven’t gotten around to dropping them off yet!
I have returned from babysitting sleepover. I will forgive many things, including being shot by nerf darts
You may have to escalate the conflict and bring a super soaker next time.
Get your own with an ammo belt and strafe
Take two, huh gibs?
Sleep well to you and the fluffy butt
My finger is now very sore. I think I might have bruised the bone ☹️
I might drag out my old Culture Club LPs and put them on my old looking payer. 🎵🎶🥰
Ok, how did I go for identifiability? I think only one is obscure enough to be an issue. This was fun!
Grug, hungry little caterpillar, no idea, no idea, no idea, Mr Grumpy, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie.
Grug, hungry little caterpillar, no idea, no idea, no idea, Mr Grumpy, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie.
Copied from CEO, but Asterix & Obelix before Mr Grumpy.
The third you are almost guaranteed to know, but not necessarily that edition. The fourth I will be surprised if anyone gets.
Oh I see, at first I was like huh? at the third one from the top row, now I see it’s 3 volumes?
I think top right might be rainbow fish.
Incorrect
I got my gardening mojo back once I started working on my assignment. Then I stabbed my finger with a stick and had to come in for first aid. Not too much bleeding, but I managed to jam to point in along the finger and it’s a bit hurty, plus probably high infection risk. I guess as far as my weeds were concerned I was in the middle of a murderous rampage, so probably counts as fair self defence.
I’m tracking some books I bought from the US and it looks like the packages are coming straight outta Compton.
Ah ha I have the perfect song for this!
omg, there’s a song about post office limbo? 😦
Cleaned stove, benches and sink area, loaded dishwasher, doing washing to get as much as possible done before child’s birthday party this arvo. One of the Minipeelers cousins is having a birthday, and although she’s much younger than my kids they’re excited to go and are pretty good sports about it. Earlier in the year another younger cousin had a Dr themed birthday party and I was delighted to see my kids happily submit to being patients to many doctors coat wearing small girls administering candy medicines lol. Some of us saw the “medicine” table and went “Ayo I remember parties like this!”
I was not there, but holy shit…my 90s self would have exploded with joy - Billy Corgan at the Gem - 1979
Pretty crazy to see someone as big as Corgan just do a raw acoustic thing at a pub.
Yeah, just casually over in the corner with an acoustic guitar happily chatting…
strange dreams again,
I can’t take constantly being behind on dishes and having them sit. I’m considering a bench top dishwasher… ideally I’d do it by hand every day but this is the chore I consistently struggle with the most.
Has anyone here had one?
Appliances online have dish drawers for like 1000-2000 but I don’t think I’ll be doing that. I’m looking at the benchtop dishwashers in the $400 ballpark, and it would have to be the kind with a renter friendly adapter that attaches to the tap.
I’ve never used a bench top dishwasher but I will be if I move again and the next place doesn’t have a dishwasher. This is the first place I’ve ever lived in that has a dishwasher, and I never want to go back
Unsure how much they are or if they have them, but Kids off the Kerb might have a refurbished one. I got my fridge, washing machine, and dryer from them, they teach disadvantaged youth how to refurbish appliances.
My fridge is still going strong after 9 years or so, and the washing machine has only just carked it (I think I just need to replace the drain part though).
They might have something for cheaper than retail 🤷🏼♀️
Oh that is so cool. Thanks for letting me know, refurbished and ex display models are great
Appliances online also have one for $499 - I just looked. Good reviews and free delivery too.
Thanks! I’ll see how much the luxury bones set me back and then maybe see if I can even buy on Boxing Day
Oh sweet. How easy is it to use?
Are you able to easily get the tap connection on and off, any leaks, are there any flimsy plastic pieces I could accidentally break?
Thanks
Have had a benchtop since 2015ish. Sheffield model. Use the dishwasher gel, not the pellets, pay attention to any stacking requirements. I piggybacked it on the washing machine cocks and had it dump in the laundry sink at the old place, new one it’s in the brewery for glassware
Cheers, the gel would probably dissolve better
I had some good daytime and even walked a bit but then crashed and woke in the night…
Time to get some more activity in the Food Australia instance. Vicariously posting all the stuff that looks good to me and is fairly cheap/doable.
I’m thinking of a pasta salad you make ahead in the cool of the evening/night and refrigerate for the next day.
Yeah, maggies can become very friendly even if you don’t feed them often. Although I’m in general against feeding wildlife, I do make exceptions for things that need a bit of coaxing to form a basic rapport with and stop yourself from getting attacked
I’ve been trying to kick up a bit of activity around here, too, it’ll be nice to have a posting partner! A little bit of a recommendation, if you’re open to it: people sometimes get annoyed if you post too much in one community too quickly (even if they don’t outwardly say it). I try to keep to 1 post a day per community I post in, to avoid overwhelming anyone (we are only little after all, your posts will almost certainly all show up on everybody’s feed)
I’m sure melbcat will be alright. In fact, you too. You’re doing well. Stay strong, and don’t hesitate to call that vet if you need peace of mind or clarity on something!
Yeah lol it began as protection money.
Ok ok, cheers for the tip. I figured more Lemmy activity would be welcome as long as it was an ok quality post, but I can see how one person could overwhelm a small less active instance.
She should be ok, she’s a tough girl and if anything happens I am still able to get her to emergency by myself using the pram.
Good night everyone. Sweet dreams. 😘
G’night :)
Goodnight 🛌❤️
Never mind. The only thing that was accomplished today was washing (and now drying) the clothes - ended up having a solid 4-5 hr nap in the arvo. I almost never sleep during the day. Just utterly exhausted. If I take one day off my meds all this sleep descends on me. But I do feel more rested though, which is why I do it. I don’t feel like I can truly get restful sleep otherwise. I should talk to the psych about this…
I have to at least unpack the remaining clothes though, I’m sick of the opened boxes on my bedroom floor. It’s not hard, open the ikea hanging storage thing, put t shirts and pants in there, everything else on hangers… them more sleep.
Did this weekend go past quicker than normal or is it just me?
It’s been an entertaining Test, but 2.5 days? I guess I’ll read a book instead. Hopefully Brisbane’s a bit more drawn out.
Been practicing sub q injections on an unfortunate banana with some green food dye. Ideally I’d be using a training kit but mostly see the intramuscular or phlebotomy practice pads being sold. I’m pretty decent at delivering it but man the uncapping and changing the needle over post draw up is fiddly and tough… it’s a balance of strength and fine motor movements because both are kind of stuck on stiffly, but you can’t overdo the force because you risk giving yourself a needle stick or dropping it. It’s also hard when your thumbs bend back. I did drop the needle when descending upon the unlucky fruit the first time but it’s ok as it was just practice. I recapped because I have no sharps bin yet and might just use that syringe over and over to avoid wasting them. But then repeated removals might make it easier to remove the cap, when really what I need the most practice on is carefully twisting off the stiff new plastic. Go me for doing this though. I had/have a mild needle phobia and am now working on giving them.
Our pleasure. We are at your service.
$&@&$ we came from from a rather fun party to find the cats had declared war on each other and i wasted my entire fucking weekend with a migraine. Currently locked in the lounge toom with a shrieking cerys because we just did the zone swap and everything smells like misha and she’s mad about it
Metric fuckton of honking going on… 😬😬😬
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Been sleeping heeeeaps! I must need it lol
Least I don’t have any work or school at the moment, but I do need to try and keep a good sleeping pattern
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
That pose is a “Yeah, you’re going to regret all the nice things you’ve said about me” sort of pose.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
body double of young miss seagoon’s cat, pixie 🥰
bacon@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Spud is Seagoon’s daughter confirmed.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Wow, that’s a bloody good photo! Almost looks like a stock photo