Submitted 6 days ago by Baku@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
Weather forecast today (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 21°C, max - 41°C. 80% chance of no rain
Remember to slip slop slap and keep up with your water intake today! It’s a hot one!
Quick walk to get some iced coffees and holy shit it’s already warm af. Even the wind is warm! 🤮
TBBT.
I don’t find picking on people funny
I am fond of a good mocking! But TBBT is pretty shit
Young Sheldon was great though
Hard agree with you on this one. Whole show feels like picking on an autistic person. How the fuck is that funny?!
To give people a little hope in these trying times… am I the only one here doubting it will hit 40 today? Was just outside and yeah it’s warm, but I don’t feel it in my bones…
Temp is currently dropping: www.baywx.com.au/melbtemp2.html
At the moment it’s predicted to hit 41 at 5pm.
Going to be a steady climb in temp till it that point.
It’s already 2° above the predicted temp right now
Salt. Specifically (in this context) the salt of sweat.
Seriously, if the cloud cover persists then the temp will probably stay low. As soon as the sun comes out the temp will soar. Looking at windy.com the cloud cover is pretty patchy so I don’t hold out much hope for a reduced temperature.
I can see some wilting tomato and potato plants outside that disagree strongly with your assessment.
And I see the temp is rising again.
So… does anyone know the best seasoning to use on hat? Asking for a friend.
Seems like the cool change is here! Or at least it’s much colder outside than it is inside (32°C).
Yes, looks like it’s hit the cbd - went from 38 to 28.
I’m still keeping the AC on for a couple hours as the bricks are still hot and emitting heat. 22C at night is still much hotter in this apt.
Yep it’s here in Fitzroy as well. A bit windy which is helping move some of the hot air out of my apartment that has been closed up all day.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the lack of major fires today. Super bad day for it with the winds. There’s one evacuation in progress north of Ballarat, and a few stay informeds around the state (as well as one for a gas leak/“explosives hazard”) in Broadford, but there easily could’ve been multiple major bushfires and a few "it’s too late to leave"s issued today
Got my power bill for the first 30 days of my tenancy. Could be worse, at first I was all SIXTY DOLLAS?! but then realised my previous two months at my old place (same provider and reseller) with zero AC use were 56 and 57 bucks each.
That first digit bias is real. Maybe using the AC won’t be that pricey. Should see what the power usage is like after running it for >24hrs over Sun and today (so nice inside, even the bedroom is tolerable). 26C on economy mode, could be ok?
At least I’m saving about 10/week without gas and not needing to pay for water and hot water.
On tram home after trekking thru city shopping. I am DRIPPING. This tram is meant to be air conditioned, I think it’s on its lowest setting 🥵🥵🥵
Be grateful the heating isn’t on
Movie talk. War of the Rohirrim.
It was very good, a meaningful story that merits watching a few times. Sort of like Beowulf.
Animation so inventive , sets a strange mood. Mythic characters in a real setting sets a feeling of timelessness, a fairy tale once upon a time.
Characters were good too .
If I didn’t know better I’d say GDT was involved, what with the inventive animation, the empowered women and it’s about the Rohirrim, but it might just have been the jackson production quoting his lines.
3.75 hobbits
Got my aircon set to cool the home this afternoon on a timer, god bless!
Busy at work, 5 days to go, or 4 depending on how you think about it and so much admin left to do, I don’t think I’m going to be able to do everything I need to do.
Couriers please you fucking numpties
Fuckin incompetent couriers 🖕
Before anybody tries to decent them, about 10 metres away is a gigantic, vehicle sized, wide open gate he could’ve used. But he couldn’t be arsed
In other news I got a pamphlet in my letterbox about “labour indoctrinating children with gender-fluidity” yeah… Righto lol. Honestly the sort of person with the intelligence to leave a parcel on the side of the footpath is definitely the kind of person that believes “immigrants are ruining the economy!”, “labour indoctrinate$ children with the gay!”, and “petter Dutton will save the economy!”
Lol! The postie just like “fuck this shit I’m out” 😂
I’d be sending those photos to the courier company tbh, that’s bullll
I had a CP driver walk up my driveway and throw it over my back gate. I was literally standing behind him.
Today kind of sucked
Abandoned the study, moved to the dining room with that sweet sweet AC.
Shutters are slightly cracked. Evap is on upstairs and humming away (not the best, but provides some relief). Split is on downstairs. Current temp sitting around 21°.
Yeah the rain this morning really doesnt help the evap hey. Can you move the office downstairs?
I think the man and I have kept the economy going with a consumption of pies and coffee. Oh and beer.
A plain pie, beef pie or beef mince pie is wrong. It’s a mince pie. A vanilla slice is not called a vanilla slice custard square thingo. You will be met with confusion, recognition then a smirk all within seconds. Coconut maybe included. A nice surprise. A large coffee is in fact a medium. An extra large is a large and rarer to find so will elicit a very eager YES PLEASE. I think NZ is sponsored by Speight’s. It’s everywhere. On tap, at the bottle-o, 2nd aisle of every supply. Milk, bread, eggs, a six pack.
I really miss my little dog and doona covers.
A plain pie, beef pie or beef mince pie is wrong. It’s a mince pie.
Don’t the poms eat a fruit pie thing they call a “mince pie”? It’s like a Christmas thing I think
A lot of places just call basic mince pies “plain pie” or similar which I don’t mind all too much
They do indeed. So do Australians - check out colesworth. The original ‘mince pie’ would have had beef or pork mince in it. It was a protein/sugar/vitamin blast reserved for celebrating the 12 days of Christmas (which go from Christmas Eve to 6th January) before the peasants went back to eating pottage only until Easter. Its a small pie that can be made in quantity and handed out to all an sundry to celebrate the holy season. Which was a thin Christian layer over a much older tradition of celebrating the darkest coldest time of the year with fire and good food and good company.
So far so good with today’s weather. Only 34 at my place, air con doing a lovely job of keeping it nice inside. Washing dried super fast on the line. Managed to get a couple of chores done too.
27 deg inside my house (just got home for my last early finish day before xmas). Loving the coolth. Haven’t checked the thermometer in the back courtyard but I reckon that’s gone 40 easy as it’s a sun trap. There was a few drops of rain as I was getting off the tram.
34.5 at my place, but my Mum lives north of Melbourne and its almost at 40 there.
I’ve decided today’s kitchen theme is “probiotic”. I have yoghurt culturing and started a new pot of sauerkraut. Once I am off the antibiotics I will have some reinforcements for my intestinal microflora ready to go!
just kiss someone and you’ll get the correct flora back
Fuck yeah sauerkraut! I could eat that by itself for breakfast lunch, and dinner 🤤
Let’s see who wins today:
Place built in 1914, upstairs in shade no aircon. C’mon bby hit over 40’s.
Winner gets an icypole and electrolytes.
27° in my bedroom. We have air con though, I’m just trying to fight against the zero insulation and the aircon being on the other side of the house
fight against the zero insulation
We’ll fight together baku. Runner up also gets an icypole.
21 here, haven’t turned on the evap yet.
Sorry.
Managed to make it through the entire day with that 3 hours of sleep. I’m only feeling a little tired at the moment, but I know once I flick the light off, I’ll be asleep within 5 minutes even if I don’t feel that tired now
Goodnight Baku. Sweet dreams.😘
Goodnight everyone.
Night night goonsinator!
Waiting for the smoke detector people. Will they by some miracle make it within the assigned time slot this year?
Stay cool guys.
Smoke alarm dude may have been on time, but he moved the alarms for the third time in as many years. I refuse to believe the regulations have changed that often. They are now all out of non ladder reach so I can’t hit the button when they get set off by humidity. Four times so far this afternoon. TheVoid literally shat himself.
Thirteen…
That is totally not on. Can you disconnect it so you can stop it going off until they can come back and fix it?
So I’ve ended up with a gift card to one of my mot hated shopping places.
David Jones.
Overpriced and almost nothing that interests me there.
One possible thing I could do is use it to buy a laptop bag or am I better off spending my own money and claiming it as a tax deduction?
Can you use it to shop online?
Yeah, from the David Jones website I assume.
wait for the sales and buy online
Wait for sales and buy a gift. I got my friend a $110 chopping board for $50 during a sale. Meanwhile myself I use a $3 tiny plastic thing
Hmm I rather buy 100 dollars of kippers if I could.
I got a $100 one and bought a bottle of gin.
Ooohh booze. Might have to look into that.
Does David Jones sell gift cards? Can you use your David Jones gift card to by a better gift card? 😆
I’ll have to look into it.
I haven’t tried that at David Jones before but have been refused at Woolies and Jb hifi recently.
Can your employer provide a laptop bag? It won’t hurt to ask. Then the gift card is all yours. Prices are the same as Myer, there no difference between them compared to how it used to be years ago. There will be good sales for Boxing Day, so you can maximise the gift card. Some plush towels? Any kitchen items you need?
I might try asking about that, didn’t think about that to be honest.
I don’t really know what I need or want from DJ. There’s like random things that pop into my head like a new mattress protector or a cotton blanket or coffee related items but it’s a hard one.
Got an appliance you’ve been pondering? It might have just gotten $100 cheaper for you
Not at the moment, bigger airfryer sometimes plays into my mind or a better toaster since mine is halfway not working.
Sounds like it’s trying to rain outside
Why is it still going to be 38 at 7pm when I finish work and need to go buy groceries 😭 I thought I would be safe
So we get far more hot days in Perth than in Melbourne. If you ever get a Perthy telling you to harden up: Melbourne’s heat is worse than Perth’s. Perth’s weather comes from the west and every afternoon we have a sea breeze come in (Fun fact: The sea breeze used to be called the “Fremantle Docker” because it brought the ships in to dock) to take the heat away. The evenings are far nicer. In Melbourne, that heat tends to come from the north. It moves down into Melbourne and just settles over the city. You can get days where the minimum is still around 30.
Perth doesn’t have that. Even on 40 degree days, our minimum temperatures tend to be in the low-20’s. We can still sleep. Remind anyone from here of that sea breeze if they ever get smug about Melbourne’s hot spells.
Agreed. Been to Perth and prefer it in the summer because of the sea breeze. Melbourne sucks sweaty ass cracks when it’s summer.
Not to jinx myself, but I think most clients have a change freeze at the moment.
Let’s see what happens.
Boss: “Ok, what are we working on this week?” Me: “I mean I showed up, do I get points for that? gotta be honest with ya, there aint lot to do given the change freeze.”
Looking for a bit of advice from you good folk.
I am under very heavy suggestion to undertake some form of mindful, de-stressing activity that is not running or cycling (which I already do but tend to get a bit competitive with myself about).
Having never done either, can someone with practical experuence of both give me some idea of relative pros and cons of pilates and yoga? or what the hell all the different yoga types are and what is best for a novice??
scratches neck so uh hey anyone got that best of slade album? 'cos my copy of cum on feel the hitz has gone missing and I am in the mood to incessantly play wot u dun
Mm. 4 hours sleep, already warm as fuck in my room.
Do not like
Bit of jaegermeister, some water, and ice. Where’s this cold change, batman?
Emergency trip for Zylkene because the bottle was finished. (Glad I went out the back way or I would’ve had a run in with the severely creepy neighbour.)
Eugh. Bad warm
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 days ago
period talk
Also, period panties are great. I love not having to throw out pads and tampons, and just wash some undies. Much nicer, more comfy, feels less like wearing a diaper. I really really like the U brand undies, and the Bonds undies. I also have another two pairs from an “indie brand” when they first became popular, but they’re made with like, pure polyester/plastic for the butt and fupa parts, which makes it very uncomfy and hot. Bonds and U use a blend I believe, which is more breathable and more akin to a nice fabric than plastic. As someone with some sensory issues and trauma, not having to wear diaper pads (lol) is a lifesaver. I feel less angry about my period in general. Plus, since I stopped the birth control pills, my period has fallen on this week, instead of on the week of Xmas, like for the last 3 years lol
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Just commenting here so I can come back to the discussion for future reference. As a menopausal woman with a nearly pubescent girl child, I’m having a touch of concern about my ability to ensure her future needs are met in a modern and comfortable way. Will be preemptively purchasing period undies at some point.
Eagle@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Bonds have some good online sales too.
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Bonds or U if you can! They’re the most comfy! Sometimes they go on sale at woolies too, which is where I’ve bought all mine
Eagle@aussie.zone 5 days ago
I love my bonds period undies. My skin never coped well with pads and I struggle with tampons too. I’ve tried the kmart period undies and they’re okay for the price, but I’m not trusting them on some days!
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Oh yeah some days I still use a super pad, especially overnight (the U overnights, that are super long, work a treat). And same with the skin thing, having the skin rubbed all ways to Sunday by synthetic pad material makes for a very uncomfortable time, when it already is an uncomfortable time lol!
Some brands are just a bit too… Flimsy, poorly made, or not absorbent enough for use. Maybe okay for the end of a period, or spotting, but not days 2 - 4 😂