Just beautiful on the beach tonight… Water is the perfect temperature.
Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025
Submitted 1 day ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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calhoon2005@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Gorgeous photo, perfect angle.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Alright. The meeting for a pay rise is tomorrow.
Thankfully, I’ve got 2 more interviews. One from Australia and one from a very large multinational electronics firm.
Let’s see what happens.
Goodnight all ❤️
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Goodluck!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Goodnight and goodluck 😘
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Got up from my desk to stack the dishwasher and clean up and somehow ended up in bed with the covers over me…no…I have been exhausted all day. No idea why
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Got an early start tomorrow, we’re gonna beat the heat (hopefully) and get the pizza bases finished early. Now I’ve got to try and get some sleep in a house where everyone is still up and about 🙉Goodnight everyone! 💤
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Good night 😘
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
I just saw a Reddit thread about why people don’t drink alcohol. I don’t drink super often but
reasons why I should be sober indefinitely
- I have social anxiety and drinking is taking the easy way out by reducing the tension that automatically happens in social situations. I feel like my body loosens up and I can actually move and dance when I’m intoxicated. It’s weird. - the buzz is superficial. It’s not a deep, fulfilling kind of contentment, it’s just a mask - physical symptoms, like insomnia - alcohol doesn’t taste good - and it’s expensive - plus the body doesn’t like it - with each drink, I have less control over my ability to say no to the next - my most embarrassing moments have happened under the influence of alcohol - grandfather was addicted to alcohol and smoking, and I don’t want to turn out like that. His son, my dad, drinks wine everyday, and he becomes a bit of an idiot. I think this has to do with self-medicating because undiagnosed ADHD.
I’m going to download one of those sober apps, and use it as a conversation starter with new people, where drinking is involved. I think having a sense of achievement is one way to feel fulfilled in life, and this can be a little win.
End rant.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Well, after a DISGUSTINGLY sweaty and horrid day out (bonus fly that kept trying to kiss my lips or eyeballs), at least I got home in time to make the dinner I promised myself.
However, I got a bit ambitious… Keep forgetting how very, very little kitchen space there is and I can’t make several things at once. I ended up doing teriyaki salmon (delicious but way too fussy needing the flouring first), blanched amaranth with Japanese sesame sauce (goma-ae), and a quick pickle of shittily julienned carrot and daikon radish. With gluggy rice because I stupidly followed the packet instructions instead of my own experience that jasmine rice needs 1:1 in this rice cooker 🙄
Took like 3 hours in the end… Not exactly worth it but well at least I tried. Rest of this week is gonna be far simpler! Fuck I hate this kitchen.
too lazy to plate dinner properly
Now for all the washing up 😮💨
Duenan@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
That’s a pretty good plate!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
That looks amazing!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Thanks! Aside from the rice it mostly worked pretty well as a combo. The upshot is I have heaps of pickled carrot and radish for the next few weeks…
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Done. Got up. Reset kitchen, got some yoghurt doing its thing in the instant pot, even managed to wipe down the bathroom surfaces while it boiled. Now bed for reals. Night all
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
good night, I’m beat too
just_kitten@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Christ it was hot and muggy out there. Disgusting!! Felt so gross by noon. Burnt, dehydrated, fly- irritated … The one plus point is I managed to leave early enough after hitting my quota and have embarked on dinner as I promised myself.
It’s turning out a bit ambitious: teriyaki salmon, blanched amaranth with sesame and miso, quick pickled carrot and daikon (my life for a julienne-r - atrocious knife skills). Now for a quick run to the shops for short grain rice to round it out, even though the Coles ones taste like cardboard.
Cut too much daikon so that’s gone into a spicy stir fry with more carrot…
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
been too hot to work on the terrace garden for long, 10 minutes an hour is better than nothing
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
Washing machine sorted. A leaky hose. Now I have 4 weeks worth of washing to do. Me happy.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Hooray! Good weather for a wash-a-thon.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Sure is.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
you had 4 weeks of undies? I couldnt go 2 weeks, and even then wouldnt make it that far in socks.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
Well. Undies were the last things that I washed and sometimes I didn’t even bother to put some on after showering. It’s good to let bits breathe occasionally.
Baku@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Ditto
I can last 5 days without washing, but I wash everything after each use, regardless of dirt levels (I’m a very sweaty person). I could make it 7 comfortably reusing things as necessary. Although opposite to you, I’ve actually got about 3 weeks worth of socks, and would be okay reusing them once most of the time
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
I would just start hand washing necessary clothes.
Baku@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Btw goons, I can do tonight’s thread no worries
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
Hooray we got it. Actually had no idea I did until this morn. lol. Turns out it was a bit more south than i thought. Couldn’t see it with the naked eye.
10" exposure 800iso f/1.8 so pretty faint really. I thought it was supposed to be brighter. but now we know where to look (thanks to tha little rock in the foreground thanks buddy) so will have another go tonight.
Pilk@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Such a lovely shot!
StudChud@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Omg that’s an amazing photo! I actually like the asymmetry of the photo, with the comet to the left like that.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Gorgeous photo!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
That’s beautiful. The colours are so perfect. I’d frame this
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Bleugh. I napped today too, and didn’t get everything done due to anxiety paralysis. Why is being alive so hard
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Hugs.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
I’m back. Spent Friday in hospital with some pretty sketch vitals but they gave me an IV and I appear to be alive again. Viral meningitis is the leading theory, we couldn’t actually diagnose it and given I’m no longer looking like the reapers next target no one is all that stressed any more.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
God, glad to hear you’re feeling better now
Catfish@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Eeep!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
That is a shock, Tiny! Speedy recovery!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Holy shit. Glad to hear you’re still with us but that sounds like the shittest weekend possible. May you recover swiftly
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Eeek! Glad you’re feeling better now. Helluva way to weekend though.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Oh wow! So glad to hear you’re feeling better though!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
so many hugs, rest up
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Meningitis 😮 Glad to hear you’re on the mend Tiny!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
Glad to hear you’re ok mate! I’ve had that illness and it fucking sucked!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
That’s scary! Hope you’re on the mend soon
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
Ow. That’s bananas and very scary. Glad you are on the mend
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Oh shit. Glad you’re feeling better.
Baku@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Bloody hell, I’m so sorry, tiny. Fingers crossed they nail down and fix the root problem!
Wishing you a quick and pleasant recovery, and all the hugs in the world 👨💻
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Holy shit dude, glad you’re better. That’s absolutely scary.
StudChud@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
I’m out of NRTs
So I’m going cold turkey
Pray for me 😭Seagoon_@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
I have just ordered 2 boxes of frosty fruits. 🧊🍊
tone212_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Sky pretty
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Some shitty news at work this morning. A couple of vacated senior positions will not be back filled. That’s a few opportunities we won’t be getting. Time to start looking elsewhere methinks.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Pet Peeve - someone messages you on teams with a question, you go to reply and their status is set to Busy or DND.
Check later and they’re offline and out of office until next week.
Are some people really that scatterbrained?
Baku@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Double update: I got distracted from my schoolwork to admire how good the Bitter Sweet Symphony is. Everytime it pops up in my shuffle, I feel compelled to stop and actively listen to it
There’s plenty of songs I like more, but I honestly think I would rank The Bitter Sweet Symphony as the best song of all time
(I had a chat with my teacher, she’s not fussed if I’m a day late with my work, so I’m damn well going to silently sing the song damn it!)
Baku@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Update: today has kinda been a write off, but not as much as I was anticipating, which means I’ve ended the day a bit happier than I started it
I did however forget that I have school work due tonight, that I haven’t even started yet 😬 but in my defence, it’s been the holidays, and the unit we did before isn’t due for a couple of months, while this one we started in late Dec and only got 1 class on (I think) is due now. Breaks the brain a little. Legal and ethical, too, but of a bleh module
Duenan@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
SituationCake@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
One of the larger companies account managers needs to be away for 2 weeks.
So guess what’s happening? Either me or my feckless co worker will have to do his job while he’s away.
If I get given this, and no pay raise, then I’m bailing asap.
Baku@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
Okay, it’s almost been a month of owning Jason (the robot vacuum), here’s my review:
review (long, rambling)
Overall, I really like it, and find it extremely helpful! I haven’t vacuumed the rooms I allow Jason into (all except the bathroom and toilet room), because I think it does a fantastic job at them, and has an equal suction power to my cheap 40 dollar Kmart vacc. I do still vacuum the toilet and bathroom manually For me, I think it fits in pretty well with my life. The biggest downfall of a robot vacuum for most people is that just about everything needs to be off the floor, including cables to TVs/extension cords, etc. it will either unplug, damage or get tangled in things that are on the floor. But that’s actually a big plus for me because it encourages me to fully clean areas, rather than just vacuuming up any visible bits. It also means stuff doesn’t end up under my bed, and I have to move my computer chair to let it under my desk (still a pro for me) If I were to buy another one, I still wouldn’t buy a name brand Roomba, but I would go for a couple models up with the same brand. I don’t care for the automatic mopping stuff, I really just don’t trust it to not try and mop the carpet, plus it’s basically just dragging a wet rag over the floor. Seems pointless to me. But I’m biased because my house is about 90% carpet. Maybe if I didn’t have much carpet, I would be more interested in it Obstacle avoidance is pretty cool - it drives around mapping everything with a LIDAR sensor then remembers it. Unfortunately, if it hasn’t previously mapped an obstacle, and it isn’t still mapping (you lock the map so that it won’t update because of temporary obstacles or people nearby), it will slam full steam ahead into them. It has a bumper on the front which pushes in to detect impacts and cushion it a little bit, but it does get pretty zippy at top speed, so I am worried in the long term it might loosen internal parts or damage things The obstacle avoidance and detection is pretty good, but my bed legs/supports in the middle of my bed are very thin, so it doesn’t detect those as obstacles, and bumps into them. I’ve got a baseboard on one side of one room where I guess it’s shifted a bit, and the lidar sensor now sits slightly above the top of the baseboards, so it tries to vacuum them and gets confused about where it is when it bumps into them Also, because of those floor to ceiling windows, it’s been able to see some of outside, which makes it try to vacuum the grass via the window. AFAIK this is an issue with all robot vacuums, and the recommendation is to temporarily place some cardboard on them for the first mapping session so it doesn’t try to break through them. Not much of an issue though, I just set a “virtual wall” just in front of the windows, so it doesn’t try to break out Still, all in all, for $160 or however much it was, I think it was very very well worth it. If you can commit to picking things up before running it, I’d recommend it. I’m not too sure about hardwood floors though, for some reason I just feel like it’s not the most worth it if you don’t have a lot of carpet. No particular reason or science done there though, just subjective uninformed opinion
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
Can’t wake my brain up today. Really wish I was out for a swim instead of at my desk.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
Ugh, ded.
Big weekend of scooting around. Sabotaged bedtime in typical Llab fashion. Waking up hurts.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
One of the boys had a croaky voice and now I’m feeling it too. Time to see how flexible the new job is with being in the office, lest they want everyone else to get sick too
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Hard to choose the sunset swim pic but we’re going with this:
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Also met the most ridiculously tiny toy doggo who just ran up to say hello. Would’ve been no taller than my ankle. Fearless.
bacon@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
sky pretty
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Wow!!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Yes