Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD 3000): min - 23°C, max - 39°C. 25% chance of at least 1mm rain
Temperature peak expected by 4pm. Cool change expected by 11pm
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Daily discussion thread 🥊☀️🔥Thursday, 26 December, 2024
Submitted 1 month ago by Baku@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 month ago
You’re dead so you don’t notice the rust?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
hrmm I’m gonna let someone else try that first.
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
it is technically correct
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Gibson’s ancestor were peak predators of the saharas. They can handle a little heat don’t worry
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I think i need to remind her lol
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 month ago
My ginger fluff is melting but in front of the air con, but the black one is outside (in the run) basking in the hot sun, comes inside to cool off then goes back out. Black cats are weird.
Aradina@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Mine seems to hate being in front of fans. He’ll avoid the air flow of one. Weird little guy.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Ted is enjoying this warm weather by snoozing on the terrace. I am happy he feels comfy and safe enough to snooze outside. 🙂
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
He looks happy. He’s probably mad about the diet but I can’t imagine how much his life has improved and how much better he probably feels
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 month ago
So fluffy 🥰
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Christmas day report 2.
That cousin who totes disrespected me last week. 🙄
Started talking about all of us going on holiday with him to Ireland.
This is after he said the bus tour operator on his last holiday was boring and would point out the most boring things, like ancient ruins of monasteries
and I said I’d be “Stop the bus!” and would be excited to see the ruins of the places where monks worked to save western civilisation after the fall of Rome.
To him the tour would be seeing places where some of his ancestors ( the men ) came from . I truly would not have enough eyes to roll.
Talking with him yesterday was a good exercise on how a very average sexist copes with talking to a woman who is not cowed by him and is way smarter and knows stuff better ( not perfect, just better ) The copium was spread thick.
“That’s just your opinion.” changes subject starts to get passive aggressive appeals to other people
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That sounds like the conversation was NEVER about Ireland, monasteries, tour operators or ancestors. It was about dominating the conversation. And you didn’t roll over and let him. Go you!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
This is true.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Christmas day report.
Some of you may remember me writing about my BIL who is a hoarder and for whom we spent a lot of energy and time cleaning up their house and yard. Weeks of horrible disgusting dirty work.
He does not have much furniture, nearly all that he has he inherited from his dad, just like he inherited the house. And he does need to replace his kitchen and bathroom .
So I organised a nice big gift card from ikea to him as a present. Just to get him looking at the website or in the actual store as well as getting something that could make his life better.
He opened the present. He was furious.
It seems to me he was counting on cash so that in our usual cash gift exchange he would come out even. Take into account he doesn’t make any meaningful contribution to xmas dinners or any fam celebration, he usually comes out ahead.
I had no idea he was that much of an unredeemed Scrooge.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
just like he inherited the house
ooh.
Similar thing happened to mum. Boys got the farm (big farm) she got nothing. Her mum made sure her daughter got her little place in WA and completely wrote her sons out of the will. Still tense after all these decades. Different times sure but still rough.
Anyway tell your BIL that he’s being silly and should be grateful.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
should be grateful.
that would never occur to him
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Well he just got uninvited next year then didn’t he.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Characters like this in my so-called family are the reason why I don’t talk to half of them anymore. They are just either takers, enablers or ignorant. I washed my hands of them and now only connect with the people who are worth it, and I’m much happier. Christmases are sooo much better now!
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Does he have a pokies habit?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
No.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
What would he have wanted that cash for? That’s so silly!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
he likes money in his bank account
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Tech support for p’s on boxing day :(
The speed at which that generation will throw up their hands and say it’s all too hard never ceases to amaze me.
Nath@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I had it at the inlaws yesterday, only he changed his Admin password from what I set it to and doesn’t know what it is. I didn’t have a USB on me that can boot to a live Linux image and hack that.
So I’ll need to go back in a day or two. 😭
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Everyone remember to layer up, put the heater on, and have plenty of hot drinks at hand. We’ll get through this one
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
No. It’s the real aussie Christmas today. You have permission to sink beer and watch the cricket in the nude.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Ideally in a kiddie pool
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
instructions unclear. The hot drinks are layered up, the hand is on the heater.
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Done and done.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Happy Boxing Day everyone!!
A general reminder to you all: Do not set things on fire today.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I don’t want to set the world on fii^iiirreee^
I just want to start
A flame in your heartAradina@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
That’s still a fire! Coppers are on their way to arrest you
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Fingers crossed everybody heeds that and you have a nice peaceful day.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Work is over for the day & I finally have two days to myself, yay! Time to start catching up on all the cleaning and gardening I need to do…
Christmas is nice, but it is a bit hard to fit everything in when you don’t have any time off and I have fallen a bit behind on a few of those not completely vital chores.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
The wind is really picking up out there.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I just got out of the pool cause the wind was genuinely making it not just cool, but actually cold
tone212_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It’s gross out there and the sun is starting to poke through too.
I had the windows open driving home, it was like a hair dryer was going off in my car.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Hahaha. A free blow dry.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Anyone interested in doing the Hobart to Hobart with me next year? We just float around on a boat in Hobart and sink some piss. If asked we claim we finished really early.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Sure. Are you supplying the boat coz I don’t have that kinda dough, Mr Moneybags?
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 month ago
“This boat? Stolen?! Nah mate we just found it out here”
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Sounds safer than Hobart Sydney …lol
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Having experienced a really terrible harbour cruise in Hobart many years ago I am very reluctant to step foot on a boat there again. Actually, I’ve had a terrible cruise experience on Sydney Harbour too. I think I’ll stay on dry land.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Konstas has not disappointed. This is hilarious 🏏
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 month ago
What a gun. I wish I had some of that 19 year old confidence and invincibility (and skill)
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 month ago
So good.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve had 3 days of eating very too many desserts. No regrets.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Gee I hope the fires don’t actually reach Ararat and Stawell, that would be awful.
It’s supposedly a warm night out here where I am but compared to last night in the hotbox I’m positively loving it. Lovely balmy breeze. Just nothing but the sound of insects chirping and the wind through the trees, no humans anywhere near, no lights, no electricity (though maybe annoyingly for trying to break bad habits, some phone reception…)
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Ended up leaving Melbourne at 10am (after doubling back realising I’d left my wallet and hat at home). Made pretty decent time just pedal to the metal to Albury now another longer break just past Yass. Just 1.5 hrs more after this. Caught up with the fire news and it looks farked. So many people love Halls Gap though I have every confidence it will come back even if it gets hit really hard this time
Aradina@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Last night I had a really nice dream. In it I was in a happy and loving relationship with someone who cared about me. It didn’t even last that long, but in the dream I felt like it had been longer.
I’ve been thinking about it all day. She didn’t even have a face, I just remember hugging her and thinking about how comfortable I was.
One of those not-nightmares that feels like one in retrospect
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Ok now for a positive comment. Visited the Nonna’s house and she had a guitar amp in her garage that must’ve belonged to one of my cousins back in the day. It was very dusty! She insisted I take it, so now I have an amp with overdrive yay!
omoikiri@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Best thing about today: hot cross buns go on sale
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m going to regret just finishing off a coffee.
I plan on watching the test cricket and doing the washing to take advantage of the weather.
Lazy day all round and I hope the cricket is good.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I need to brag - the trip to the shops ended up being absolutely worth it: I scored a puffer jacket for a grand total of $6.40. Now I’m extra ready for Japan and can put the rest of the money I thought I’d need to spend on a jacket towards Mofusand goodies!
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Braved the shops to get groceries for dinner. Apart from the heat, it’s not that busy actually. Plenty of parking and roads weren’t mad.
Very surprised.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It’s a sleepy day today.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Driving home yesterday evening the sun was so red. Would be cool if it wasn’t because of smoke.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I think today’s gonna be a calm day for me. Groceries are due to be delivered between 3-5, and temps are expected to peak by 4 (which is good because I forgot to order ice cream). I can have a sleep in and then I reckon I’ll get up and go for a dip in the pool
Today’s gonna be a rough one for the firies, though, that’s for sure. The Grampians fire is currently at 49k Ha according to VicEmergency. Probably more because there’s 2 separate incidents showing and one doesn’t have the Ha count. 40s throughout much of Vic today
There’s also a damaging winds warning for most of the state. 90+km/h, 110km/h gusts in some areas from after sunrise. That’ll fuck everything up if there’s a few embers. Wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a few bushfires around the more grassy parts of melbs today too
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
The winds! THE WINDS!!
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
This year I’ve ended up with some chocolates that I really like, some of them a little different from usual like orange slices coated in dark chocolate and peanuts coated in dark chocolate and a lot of Lindor chocolate.
I think I’m almost relieved this year not to get a Cadbury favourites box.
I think it’s the least favourite of any chocolate boxes i like to get because I hate what’s in them.
Oh and also got a box of shortbread biscuits, oohh they’re so good.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 month ago
All the leftovers, and everybody wants Chinese lmao.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Given how bad the wind looked on the forecast, I can happily say I’ve ridden in worse.
Down at my mates for Chrissie leftovers and their salads are the bomb. Surprised I was able to have a full late lunch given how my gut felt this morning.
Now time for some online shopping, methinks.
Hope everyone is having a nice Boxing Day!
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Hmm, do I need more pavlova?
Yes. Yes I do.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Gypsy has come for a visit. The cats are unimpressed.
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Eagle@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Pats for Gypsy’s soft head.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Gypsy is beautiful 😍
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
What a sweetheart!! I wanna cuddle her!