Heading to Flaming Lips tonight, should be fun. I’m guessing they haven’t installed aircon at festival hall…?
Daily Discussion Thread: Saturday, 1 February 2025
Submitted 3 months ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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calhoon2005@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Grackle@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I was thinking about going but after being in an un airconned Royal Exhibition Building all day I don’t think I can do another unairconned venue.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I didn’t even know they were playing 🫥
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
That looks amazing!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Nice shots 👍
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Festering Hall? Sounds like it’s worth the sweat though.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Out for a walk and brunch before the weather gets too hot. Now home for washing and relaxing.
Love this space on the internet and glad for all those who are or were part of it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I know. 🥹 I feel so lucky and grateful to have all these wonderful people share their everyday lives.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I bought a portable air con from Appliances Online. Rare delivery fail - didn’t get notified until the guys actually rocked up to deliver. First time this has happened to me.
Mega dramas hooking it up to the outside to vent (we all gotta vent from time to time). At the moment it’s held in place by repurposed cardboard and the magic of duct tape, which will do until it rains. If it continues to do well over the next few days, then will invest in a proper window fitment.
Unit works well - has shrunk the temp in my bedroom from 30 plus to 23 over 1 hour. Methinks this was money well spent.
Will be keeping an eye on the power bill, but my last one was $45, so I think I can splurge a bit on personal comfort.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Definitely worth shelling out to not boil in this horrid heat. You’d have spent so many decades the “hard way” with wet towels and ice cubes and what not. I’d only experienced that in my childhood overseas and that was enough for me.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Cooling is worth the cost if possible.
Portable air cons are a god send.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Played the Cure on Spotify and the autoplay has just been fantastic: Radiohead, Portishead, Mazzy Star, the Smiths and while bunch and now Billy Idol is singing me off to sleep.
Sweet Dreams, fam…
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Absolutely mazzy star. Been ages since I listened to them.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Ah, well she did you a good deed. Aww, Jeff Buckley, such a tragedy. I wore out Grace to death and it took me forever to get into Sketches for my Sweetheart the Drunk, but oh…
They were such great time for music.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Your photos give me life and make be wish I wasn’t so lazy with my own cameras.
Pretty sure I asked before, but I forgot. What are you shooting with?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Just an old shitty canon 550d w/ a cheapo 50mm for that one.
The sunsets make themselves at that beach at this time of year :)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 months ago
looks like heaven
so jelly
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Fuck it. I’m gonna get up.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Cat medical
The Melbaby got a day to decompress and then we went to the usual vet… her blood pressure kept climbing from stress so the next thing is a home visit. Hopefully that’s easier on her so we can get an accurate read and do something. Her eyes seemed a bit better and she’s eating but I’m still noticing some possible vision problems. I had to move a water bowl back into position in front of her and audibly tap the edge. I’m not seeing her usual quick curious glance.
Housing
I’ve been told of another housing option but the organisation doesn’t have a good reputation and reviews mention them not addressing prolonged violent antisocial behaviour against other tenants which is what I’m trying to avoid. I don’t know that I trust them.
TW suicide
I’m struggling with how hard and unforgiving and never ending life feels and really struggling to function in a basic capacity. Wishing I had the guts to end it. Melbcat is my rock and my anchor. I’m not going to be able to handle it when she passes especially having to make that decision. So I think that is going to be a really high risk time for me.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Oh man, I don’t know what to say except 🫂💙
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Thanks
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 months ago
so many hugs
and get a kitten. Melbcat will have someone to teach cat things to and to care for, it will be her cat legacy ❤️
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I think she’d be really stressed with a new cat, and she has chronic cat flu that she could transmit.
It’s a shame. I did think about fostering kittens for her to play with but it’s a gamble and I’m actually not sure about my capabilities anymore or about bringing them into my situation.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 months ago
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Rolled outta bed late and dehydrated but still managed to hoist myself out to do the needful:
⛽ Car filled up 🚘 Car given a long overdue clean and vac - tired of Monday’s gunk 🌬️ Car tyres pumped although I still get the tyre pressure warning… 🥕 Bought fruit and veg at my old shops on the way back (almost drove back to my old place out of habit 💔) 🍲 That includes a shit tonne of vegan snags and easy cook shit at the Fancy Woollies which I miss DEARLY despite the shitty parking 🍦 Grabbed half price ice cream and cheap chips from the shops across the road 🧹 Vacuumed the joint 🚿 Had a shower with hot water coming out of the cold tap, as usual on hot days, because this place sucks that way ❄️ Aircon on 🍽️ About to have a late lunch
That’s it. Staying PUT until Monday. I have plenty of food options. Window shades on my car windscreen because I’m not going anywhere. Need to buy a dash cover.
So many Severence theories to catch up on and then time for this week’s The Pitt, then I’ll need to tackle the dishes and get round to reading Juice tonight.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I didn’t mean to, but I also bought a copy of War and Peace today.
I guess I know how I’m spending the heat
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I’m going to be reading Tim Winton’s Juice just to really let it sink in
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I read that over Christmas. At the time I had some niggles with it but I keep thinking about it so I’d say it was good
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I wish I could do gaming on the PC sometimes but after sitting and staring at a monitor for 40+ hours at work i just can’t do it.
#consolepeasent
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Boyo finally got to see me have a gaming meltdown tanty after struggling with a POE2 boss just earlier.
I’m a PC and console gamer. Depends on the game. I do agree that sometimes sitting down to my PC to play after being at work all day makes me question life and I play a lot these days… mostly because it makes my evenings go too quickly!!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I would love to setup a pc in the loungeroom connected to my large 4k TV and just use a controller.
Just being able to have mods is insane!!!
I don’t play during the week otherwise I’d play all night lol. I only play on weekends.
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I think that’s understandable if you’re feeling that way and able to make that link.
Means you need a break from the computer screen.
Time to chill and do other things if you ask me.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I use a controller with my PC if I’m playing a game like Dark Souls.
I guess the switch is easier for me because I have a couple of hours between work and gaming with the boys’ evening routine
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
That makes sense. For me it’s the sitting position. I play guitar sitting on the floor because I can’t hack sitting in a chair again lol
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 months ago
It’s a different screen, presumably in a different room. I feel totally the same way.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Had a whole wedge of cheese bang on it’s best before date last night and no cheesemares so that’s nice.
I’m thinking we go to a shopping centre this afternoon to escape the heat, and I’ve also been trying to pick up some of the cheap nick-nack shit Kmart has on clearance, but balancing where everything is in stock has been a headache
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Might watch Se7en now. I’ve been looking at what Cinema Nova’s been doing for their anniversary parties and following that
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I’d love to check out more of their events like that. It would be so good to watch those classics on the big screen properly
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 3 months ago
This weather is a blessing. 🌞
khortits@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I’m going to be hating it tomorrow 😓
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I’ve been to body pump, had a walk, done two loads of washing, and made a frittata. I will be on the couch until further notice.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I wanna go back to body pump, but have gotten so unfit that it scares me. But I also know how good it feels when it hits right!
Enjoy your couch time!
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Lunch done. Coffee made. Washing done and drying now.
Time to relax!
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 months ago
It’s doona washing weather
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Another year, another ‘Rod run’ car show down here where people show off they’re stupidly exxy hot rods. Some of them are absolutely bonkers. Sounds like they’re hooning at the start of the bellarine highway but in reality they’re probably the most careful drivers on the road heh. Definitely worth a look if you’re into that sort of thing. I’m not but it’s impressive how much coin and time they put in. I wonder how many of them have aircon cause tm will be brutal if they don’t.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Righto. I’m headed to the market before it gets too hot.
Please place requests below
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Yeah can I get aaaaaaaaaah, some fruit?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 months ago
🍇 🍈🍏🍎🍌🫐🍍🍐🍓🍑🍒🥭🍌
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 3 months ago
A cherimoya and half a watermelon please.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 months ago
🍉🍉🍈
Cherimoya makes excellent cheater’s ice cream, if you haven’t tried. Freeze it and go nuts with a spoon
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Strawberries and jazz apples?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 months ago
🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍎🍎🍎
Nath@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I miss the jam donuts from Preston Markets. Actually, I miss fresh donuts in general, they don’t seem to be a thing in Perth.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I feel like I’m missing something fundamental in my life and I don’t know what. Perhaps it’s boredom and sense of fulfilment, because there is so much I can do with ice on my face for most of the day. I’m trying not to see the future as scary, but as something with hopefully some sort of excitement.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I think it’s normal to see the future as a bit scary. It’s the unknown.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Haha I really hope so
Are you really living if there’s no uncertainty in life?
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I’m really not far north of the city, closest to the Viewbank weather station. It’s usually a couple of degrees warmer here but right now it’s 11 degrees hotter than the CBD. It’s 37C.
How??
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 months ago
it’s 30 here in Carlton
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 months ago
It never ceases to amaze me how good a game Ghost of Tsushima is.
The landscaping and details of flowers and leaves is quite amazing at times.
bacon@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋Catfish@aussie.zone 3 months ago
What sort of leg gnawing rat have I trapped myself with?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
2nd season pokemon intro song sucks compared to season 1.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Yesterday’s episode of Severence was so good I watched it again which is super rare.
thoughts
There is no way that could be Helly R down there. It has to be Helena, I’d be so annoyed if it wasn’t. Irving knows and Dylan is twigging onto it too. Dylan and Gretchen are going to be the actual throuple. The actress playing Felicia had the best facial acting when she gave Irving a hug. I felt like I was being hugged myself. Devon’s strained “yis…” when Natalie asks her a question as she’s about to leave the horrific Ricken ego-fest was one of the best lines from an already amazing actress who sounds so uncannily real in every line read. The goat people are almost all homeless or drug addicts hence the awful skin and hair. Cobel hurriedly left because she recognised the bodyguard from something and realised she wasn’t going to leave that building alive - or at least not without her memories.
and now to wait for next Friday, sigh.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Shopping is done. Now the veg out begins. 🍠
eatham@aussie.zone 3 months ago
My rabbits
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SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Their home is so cool!!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 months ago
They are so adorable and you are awesome at looking after them, these guys live like rabbit kings. ❤️
eatham@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Thank you!
Here’s them eating right now:
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