Curlcumbers and a tomato.
Daily Discussion Thread: Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Submitted 8 months ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 months ago
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Bail refused for the bird graffiti artist, but somehow is granted to violent offenders in some cases.
Am I missing some legal nuances here?
dumblederp@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Bail refused for the ram raider and assaulter of transit employees who also happens to do bird graffiti.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 8 months ago
It does seem really strange, considering what other people get bail for
Duenan@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Maybe, with the violent offenders I can think of the underage ones and they always get bail no matter what they’ve done, even when it resulted in a fatality like the car accident a few months ago.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I really feel like this past year I’ve been feeling the heat a lot more. It’s not meant to be nearly as hot today as the last three but I’m still feeling it. Maybe I also need to drink more water… might have to do with the ADHD medication too…
Made very very minor progress on uni stuff but brain has otherwise shut down after poor sleep last night. I have developed a bit of a nasty attitude to this project, sadly. It’s now just this awful traumatic thing I need to get out of the way. Not how I intended to finish this degree but w/e.
Should be ready to finally get a belated start on my uni fieldwork tomorrow at least. Even half a day is better than nothing!
Eagle@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Study is hard, especially when life happens and then you lose your mojo. Be kind to yourself, you will get there!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Thanks, I needed to hear that. I’m trying to let go of this old story about who I thought I was and what I was good at. I’m learning to be fundamentally ok with who I am even if I’m not impressing anyone anymore. Even if I need to limp to the finish line I’ll make it happen!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 8 months ago
ADHD meds tend to do that (they also increase my baseline levels of anxiety 😅). It’s like you keep drinking water but it feels like it’s never enough. Hope things pick up soon for you <3
just_kitten@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I take a really low dose so that I don’t have as much of an issue with the anxiety but boy the heat intolerance is something else. I confess I feel a bit better after some ice cream lol.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Same thing here with the ADHD meds. I sweat A LOT these days
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Another account manager quit.
And then there were 2…
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Wow.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Yeah they can keep their raise.
@TinyBreak@aussie.zone was right.
Just finished a meeting with the new manager. I’ll pass.
Have 2 more final stage interviews this week then I’ll pick the best offer.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 8 months ago
well. Shit. So a poor offer? or they just really dont care?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
No offer till Friday. I’m not interested. Today was an utter shit show.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Sounds like the right move and I can’t wait to hear when you’re getting out of there
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Once I’ve completed the onboarding for another role I’m out. And taking all my sick leave so good luck with the handover lol
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
losing weight takes so long 😫 I expect I have to do at least another 6 months of this meal replacement diet
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 8 months ago
You’ll get there! It’s boring at times but worth it for how you feel about yourself.🫂
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I’ve gone down one clothing size in 3 months, which is not bad, just got so much to go still
so in a way it’s already good, I’m getting new clothes and have a wider choice now
at the same time I’m not so young anymore but fuckin’ hell, I just can’t believe what other women my age wear, those giant abstract shirts or lurid prints.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Well done on your progress so far! Do you mind if I ask how many meals per day you’re replacing, and is it with shakes? I need to shed a more than a few kgs and am struggling to get motivated
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I’m just doing the dinner. My breakfast and lunch is already pretty minimal. I’ve reduced snacks and replacing bad foods with better foods.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Ate some toast for breakfast and only after noticed some blue mould specks on the remaining loaf. It’s been nice knowing ya all. Pray for my guts to survive the day.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
You’ll be fine.
Catfish@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Assuming no penicillin allergy, in which case you can have a delightful rash
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I have a new dinner bowl / plate and used it to make nachos and have grossly underestimated the amount of nachos it can hold…it will be a race against time to finish this code review before I slide into a sweet sweet cheese coma
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
this is a problem I could handle
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 8 months ago
It’s a problem I experience many times per year, the over-nachoing. I regret nothing.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I wondered if you could reheat nachos… surprisingly the answer is yes? The word is that microwaves make them soggy but air fryers do well
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Good to know. But I can’t try it because I ate them all like a big guts. At least I don’t need dinner now
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Taking the rest of the week off because I can. Also have 2 interviews this week AND another manager asked me backfill a role in his team (higher pay) for the next few months AND urged me to apply.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 8 months ago
same! Im going camping tomorrow for 5 days and cant friggin wait! First real holiday in a while!
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Perfect weather too. Enjoy it, you done deserve that.
Duenan@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Last night my aunty who is the executor of the Will of my grandma messages me to try to influence me into making my other family members hurry up with reviewing financial documents so that the will could be executed and distributed to everyone.
She tried to influence me by telling me that she was going overseas which would see the delay of the will and also was telling me how much interest I would be missing out on because everything was sitting in a trust fund.
She ends the message with “Please settle asap”.
I was trying to stay out of all of the family politics but even I’m suss about the financial documents not being up to scratch but overall I’ve taken a neutral stance and choose not to be involved to help my stress.
For all the complaining and being the poor victim that my Aunty says she is, she’s trying to also drag me into the conflict.
I really hate that.
Anyway I left a message telling her it’s not up to me and that I’m not in contact with the other members of the family but I really thought about not responding or telling her not to drag me into the conflict as I’ve made it quite clear I didn’t want the stress of it.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Tomorrow as per the BoM:
‘Winds northwest to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly’.
They should really condense that and just say ‘yes wind’.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Wind ✔️
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Unfurl the headsail and raise the Blue Peter !
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Three sheets to the wind!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Let today be fairly easy please!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Seconded!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I’m going to the beach, nothing fancy, just Seaholme.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I did not have Trump commandeering Gaza,
kicking out all the Palestiniansstraight up demanding ethnic cleansing, and then proposing a property development to turn it into a ‘middle eastern riviera’ on my Trump bingo card. I don’t know how my mental health is gonna survive the next four years. I think I need to switch off the news. If ww3 breaks out can someone let me know, so I can go out and stock up on toilet paper. Ta.Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I haven’t read any news for about 2 months. It’s better for my mental health.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I really need to stop ☹️
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Can do. WW3 is not going to happen for some months imo. And when it does it will be in the northern hemisphere. Probably centered on Greenland. Toilet paper supplies should be fine for now.
In fact, Oz might just have lucked out AGAIN. China’s demand for iron/steel will probably drop to zero soon, but re-building Ukraine will pick up the slack and we’ll just sail through the next cataclysm pretty much untouched. All this is subject to further information coming to hand of course. I would worry if I was male and of military draft age. Particularly if potatohead comes to power, cos I don’t think he can resist the temptation to play little tin soldiers.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
It’s just words. Unless it’s in that Project book he won’t have any support.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Big convo at my husband’s work yesterday. A lady came in to the tearoom with a Vegemite and lettuce sandwich for lunch. Which the aussies declared “I’ve never heard of that”.
So it prompted my husband to ask me if I’d ever had this. “Shit yeah. It was mother’s favourite lunch to make for us. I never liked it because after 5 hours in a hot school bag the lettuce was pretty sad”.
He can gleefully skip into the tearoom now and announce that it is indeed a thing because his wife said so. 😂
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Hrmm… That’s the first I’ve heard of doing that.
Wouldn’t the salt in the vegemite draw moisture from the lettuce into the bread leaving a unrecognisable puddle?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Not a puddle but it did make the lettuce go old and limp if left to long. I would imagine if freshly made and eaten straight away it would be different but I don’t want to.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Goodnight everyone ❤️ Here’s to a better tomorrow for us all.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Goodnight.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I put Burnout: Paradise on the boys’ laptop last night and it works like a charm. It was a pirate copy because you can’t by the original anymore. I don’t know how Fitgirl gets away with it because it didn’t just install, it was downloading additional files to complete the installation. Like, from where? Where is she hosting these files and how haven’t they been tracked yet? Amazing work
SituationCake@aussie.zone 8 months ago
So smoky outside. Apparently it’s coming from Tasmania!
tone212_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
One hour on hold to get through to my water provider. The reviews online are hilarious, pretty universally complaining about hold times. Yet nothing has changed to improve that. Just make the customers wait, it’s not like they can change water provider if they’re not happy with the customer service.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Home from Seaholme. It has barely changed since last I went a few decades ago. It’s so quiet. It has big skies and quiet streets. It’s a bit out of the way but in regard to transport and access to facilities it’s the same. Carlton is just crappy for everything other than coffee, parks and university.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Gawd the ant situation down here this year is extreme. Going after everything.
Left a half full savoury shapes pack open and was crawling with them. Accidentally didn’t check, had a few… thought jeez that’s a bit bitter.
Anyway thanks to my associate professorship in Myrmecology and Alcohology and it’s my day off had 2 shots of gin so they could enjoy their final moments before being liquified by bile. It was the only humane course of action.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I am at a loss to account for the uptick in mood on Monday mornings though. Friday makes sense.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Unfurl the mainsail. !
Taleya@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Jesus christ did my domain hosting pick the wrong month to renew. $167usd = $266aud
tone212_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Came home to the ant invasion continuing, but they were better organised this time and gave away their entry point. Suckers. I hope I’ve stopped it this time.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Rode into work today whilst the weather’s nice. I tried the shorter route that’s a little less bike friendly and it was actually a much better ride aside from one annoying road crossing
tone212_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Spent the morning dealing with an ant invasion in my kitchen, which was not fun. Finally made it to co-working to start my work day. Feeling really overwhelmed right now.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 8 months ago
anyone else just got zero interest in fantastic 4? I dont get the appeal, Maybe you need to be into comics to understand it? Certainly feel the fatigue of so many cracks at trying to get it off the ground.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Ulcers in the crease of your mouth - the worst. Almost as bad as ulcers on your inner lip that rub up against your teeth. Time to whip out the ol’ Kenalog again I guess… If they ever come up with a medication to heal mouth ulcers in 24 hours I’d do anything to get it in a heartbeat.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Every now and then and I let myself think for long enough that I start wondering: is this enough? Am I a total fuck up? just a little bit? does it matter anyway? how could I be better? what if i…? and then my distractions blissfully take over and I forget all that for a few weeks. Ho hum
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 months ago
It doesn’t matter.
All that matters is that you have peace and contentment i think.
That’s how I try to live. I fail often, but I never give up.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 8 months ago
I solved that problem by accepting I was a fuckup. Lots of us are not perfect. That’s life.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
same, I just try to be my best self
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Fuck up compared to what? The middle-class aspirational consumerism-is-all lifestyle? Nah, that’s not where it’s at.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 months ago
this is where it’s at www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPfmNxKLDG4
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 months ago
As long as I do my best, that’s all that matters. Even if it’s shit compared to others efforts it doesn’t matter because I know I gave it my best shot. That’s how I sleep well at night anyway.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Ignorance is bliss.