Anniversary this week. 26 years. Ooof.
Daily Discussion Thread: 🤹♂️ Thursday, 16 January, 2025
Submitted 1 month ago by Baku@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 month ago
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Wow! Congrats 🍾
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That’s one successful hook 😺
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Congrats 💜🥂
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Congratulations, I hope you have many more happy years together. 🥂
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Congrats!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Happy anniversary!
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Congratulations!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 month ago
🎉💞
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Mickey is so tolerant. He was incessantly scratching one of his ears, as if something was in there. So I told him “I’m going to grab my phone for the torch, and I’ll have a look puss”.
He trotted to the tiles in the kitchen and flopped on his side so his problem ear was facing up. I was able to have a look, and noticed one of his body hairs was stuck in there. He let me gently tweeze it out and he’s been so happy since.
He is so fucking smart.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Beware of cats like that. First comes the flopping closely followed by world domination.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Before you know it, your entire life revolves around them and their fluffy demands.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 month ago
What a good boy.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That is so damn adorable ❤️
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Looks like Reservoir is affordable, easy to get to Brunswick and Coburg and to work.
Will go have a look the next couple of days at a few places. Really wanted Brunswick but if I don’t get a pay rise that ain’t happening.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Beware of Fawkner & Dallas. They look close but the agents are likely putting lipstick on the pig’s butt hole.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I know about Dallas. But is fawkner really that bad?
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Rezza’s just up the road from Thornbury/Northcote, with all the open mic venues and music. It’s a lot nicer than it used to be. May I recommend the butcher on the main drag? Has lovely grass fed beef, properly aged. Some good op shops too - the St Georges Anglican Church one is a hidden gem. Small but very choice stock. I did look into houses in Rezza when I moved out of EBrunswick. The lake side is lovely.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Reservoir is 10km from the city and close to inner north suburbs with the cool music venues! Inner-ish west could be another place to look? Or would you even consider somewhere north west or north east? I will have to have a think about suburbs
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Sounds damn good to me!
Pilk@aussie.zone 1 month ago
If you live on floor 4 of an apartment building in the city and you’re currently cooking up something lemony/spicy/smoky/meaty, please invite me over for dinner. The smell entering the elevator when the doors opened on your floor was ambrosial.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Not sure exactly what I’m doing today but I know it involves a huge batch of mushroom sauce and some pretty big lasagnas. So 🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙🫙 hey there’s no emoji for lasagna! Why haven’t I realised this before?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Have spoken to more people today. They’re bailing. The director has set an all hands meeting for Tuesday, where she will no doubt tell everyone she’s leaving.
Morale is non existent at the moment. Regardless of negotiations, im here till I move house. Then I’m out.
Unless the interview i have Monday comes through. Then it’s worth living in the middle of nowhere for another 6 months.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
we’re at the point today where we’ve got the doors open but both of us working from home with cats free ranging and mingling under supervision please don’t make us regret this please don’t make us regret this it’s been six weeks I want my house back
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve been sitting down all of 4 minutes and already my resolve for no coffee is being tested.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Just paid $200 so I can take a four hour test to say I have the literacy and numeracy skills to be a teacher. They threw in an “online convenience fee” too. 🙂🥲
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Spoke to some more people at work today. They’re all interviewing for other places.
Far out.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Thanks for all the well wishes yesterday with the doggo. He had surgery yesterday, and the vet said it went well. 💛💛
Baku@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I tried tofu for the first time today. Honestly, I’m a pretty big fan. I didn’t try it in anything fancy, just a small fried rice. I wasn’t sure I was like it, but tbh I don’t think I would’ve noticed anything wrong if they told me it was a chicken fried rice
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Don’t you open that trap door! You are a fool if you dare! Stay away from that trap door! ‘Cos there’s something down there!
Baku@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I got bad family news in early November. Another death. It was somebody else that I never got to meet, but was directly and quite closely related to me
I’ve been thinking about it for a few months, and have even brought it up with my psych, but nothing’s really helped. It’s weird because I know that I’m meant to feel something, and indeed do feel something, but it’s unidentifiable and not overwhelming emotion
Apparently 2 days before he died, he tried to get in contact with me through child protection. Because of bureaucracy, I didn’t find out about it until over 2 weeks later. That made it worse. Nobody knows what the message was, but trying to contact me was one of the last things he ever did :/
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
sky pretty
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I am done for the day, sadly later than I’d hoped as I did not pick up the pace much in the afternoon. Now I must battle the tennis crowds to get out of here. So hungry. Might have a pizza tomorrow as a treat
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
super tired and have migraine, think I will have a lie down
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 month ago
this headache is just about approaching “bail from work” levels, but I have a psych appointment after work so I cant go home to come back in. And there is a not 0 change the headache is due to stress so its pretty necessary.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m putting this under a NSFW, as it may be triggering for some of us. Concerns a situation that I’ve become aware of at work. I’m not sure I have all the details either. But there’s a moral dilemma here that I would welcome some feedback on.
messy divorce case
A really messy divorce case. Husband accused by wife of child abuse, which he denies. Kids (2 aged 6 & 9) have been examined by psychs and doctors and don’t show signs of abuse. Barring a claim by the elder child that Dad won’t let him have more than one fizzy drink per day. Both kids are scared shitless of their mum, who is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who refuses to take medication. When in her custody, kids have twice taken themselves down to the Salvos begging for shelter overnight. Kids now in husband’s custody exclusively, and doing well in school.
Wife has sprayed accusations of child abuse across several forms of social media targeting : 1) husband, 2) her dentist, 3) kids’ doctor, 4) her doctor, 5) two teachers at the kids’ school, 6) four of her neighbours. All ‘targets’ have been investigated by the police specialist unit, and all except one have been cleared of any such crimes.
However, the dentist, doctors, and the teachers have all been sacked from their place of employment, and the dentist’s wife has been forcefully requested to resign from her tennis club and other social groups. And none were re-instated when the accusations turned out not to have any evidence supporting them.
One neighbour is still under investigation, but the others have been cleared. I don’t know if there’s been any further effects on them.
Given that several of the accused persons have suffered very real financial and social harm from accusations that may never be truly forgotten so long as the web exists. And they will be under suspicion for the rest of their lives and probably their families as well. Even though they’ve been cleared of wrongdoing.
Question for the DT hive mind : should the wife (who is clearly a very damaged person) be sued for libel/damages for her accusations? Has she committed a crime here? Should she get some sort of penalty for making false accusations? Or should she get off scot free because she’s mentally ill and presumably not in full control of her actions? Yes I’ve muddied up some of the details for privacy reasons, but the basic dynamics are as accurate as I can make them.Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 month ago
What up
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 month ago
HEY ! HO ! LETS FUCKIN GO !
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
ta da, tried on an old pair of jeans and they fit again 🙂 now to get into even smaller jeans and pants , maybe even some blouses that are way too tight
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Phrase you might not have heard in real life:
“Walking around money”
I love this phrase. Similar to “pocket money“
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
bankaust appears to have shat out o joyyyyy
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Should be a bright naked eye comet in the next few days. Lookin’ SW-ish close to the horizon at sunset.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Took melatonin last night. Woke up with a headache and drowsiness. Read some papers and it turns out the optimal dosage is 0.3 mcg according to some. I probably ended up taking 1.5mg. Ya live and ya learn.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Helllooooo.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
5pm rave choon get it like blaaaow
Gonna move a bit more mulch now… like blaaaow.
Thankfully the soil / mulch sitch is drawing to a close. Starting to resent the shovel.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Contact signed, deposit paid. Mad Kermit arms flailing!!!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yay! DT housewarming party
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Please remove your shoes and don’t piss on the neighbour’s fence
tone212_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Congrats! So happy for you.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Congrats!
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Fuck yesssssss!!!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Woohoo! Congrats! 🥳
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 month ago
how long is settlement?
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
30, going in fast Captain.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Aaaaaahhhhh!!! Congrats!!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Whoa. Congrats 🥂🎉
Sticking local or more hunt for a new coffee shop sitch?
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
About 3km difference. All the favourite things are still in range, just accessed a bit differently. What postcodes do to price tags is outrageous.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Congratulations!
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yay!!!
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Woo hoo!!!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yayyyy!!! That’s so exciting!!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 month ago
🎉
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Woohoo! Yay! All the screaming! 🍾🍾
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Much, much screaming 🐸 🙀
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Hey congratulations! 👏🏼🎊
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Congrats. 🍾🎆
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Woohoo! Best feeling ever.