Dear My Brain,
Please stop awakening me at 3:50am on the dot every night.
Sincerely,
Me.
Daily Discussion Thread: Monday, 24 February 2025
Submitted 22 hours ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 34 minutes ago
it depends how hungry Ted Cat is
the meowing and then the pawing can start about 5
tone212_@aussie.zone 46 minutes ago
Same, but around 5 - 5:30am for me. I’ve been researching why I keep having interrupted sleep and I’ve put it down to stress. But my life has a baseline level of stress so I don’t know how to reduce it below that to stop this from happening.
Taleya@aussie.zone 30 minutes ago
We’re gettin old
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
Ahhh how the stress just disappears.
Bliss.
For the moment lol
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
D’ya reckon you could make a successful pea and ham soup with sliced ham rather than ham hock?
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Yes, but it will lack most of the jelly. How thin is this ham cut? I wouldn’t try it with sandwich slice unless really stuck for options.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Yeah, that’s kinda what I was thinking, it lacks the collagen that hock would come with.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
I actually use smoked sausage called rookwurst. I put the whole sausage in ( shut up ) , it swells up, ( shut up ) then drag it out and slice it to have with the soup .
I also put a tiny bit of maggi seasoning in my bowl of soup.
iow, why not, there are many different recipes and they all taste good
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
I’m not much of a chef, so my instinct is that you’d end up with a soggy sausage, but what you’re saying is it’s quite firm at the end?
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
🤣
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
Yeah won’t taste exactly the same and the texture/consistency will be more “liquidy” I think. Should still taste good though. I normally chuck in about 200g of cooked/chopped bacon as well.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
I reckon you’d need to make the base stock with a ham bone - they’re cheap at butchers shops. With the pease, onion, carrot and bay leaf as per usual but cook it for longer. A slow cooker would be perfect for the job. Then add the chopped sliced ham to the soup at the end. No need to add salt then, the sliced ham will have enough. Just using the sliced ham only you’ll lose out on the glorious gelatinous mouthfeel of a proper pea & ham soup, and it won’t set to a jelly like a ham bone/ham hock soup would.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
Ordered 3 got 4 🙃
I think that’s the trick… go on a Monday. So lucky to have a view like that just opposite the place.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
Oh yum! 😍
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
smashes paint
Aht
I put down some of the Born olive green and tried to match it with a limited palette of Anko paints. It’s not identical but if you look at the palette knife (used to mix) and the centre colour put directly on the swatch it’s kinda close
I should wait and see if it darkens when it dries.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
looking good 🙂
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
The colour dried way darker than it looked when wet so I don’t know what I’m gonna do about trying to match :( I’m not really going through anything in an organised way. Just figured I’d give it a go.
That looks really neat
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Contract has been signed. Resignation letter is being drafted.
Woooo fucking hooooo.
Theres literally no one to replace me. Fuck these people.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
YES
burn 'em to the ground
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 38 minutes ago
Damn straight!
The utter hubris is beguiling.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
Late reply but congrats!! Let’s hope the next place is reasonably sane although it’ll be hard to beat the chaos this place has fallen into. Pretty sad how quickly it went down there gurgler compared to when you first started!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 hours ago
I’m genuinely sad that this is how it’s played out. I’ve never seen this happen before.
They’ve now had 6 resignations this month.
Unreal.
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
No longer your circus, no longer your monkeys!
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Congrats!!!
I’m sure they’re not worried about disgruntled employees at least, they’ve got a great security team to protect things!
Oh wait…
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Hahaha well, I’m sure all the medical clients we have are going to be thrilled.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Maybe I could get a job there and just faff about for a few weeks of pay until they realise I’ve no idea what I’m doing.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
DT Takes Fluffy Butt’s Former Workplace
I’m so down
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Don’t worry, they’ll just transfer the workload to one of the few remaining staff they have left and let them handle it all for no extra pay. What could go wrong?!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
That’s great news. I’m so lad you’re out of there
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Thanks heaps mate :)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Yay. 🍾
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Woo! 🎉🎊🥂
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
👌🏻 nice
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Congrats dude. Onwards and upwards.
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
Woo hoo. Good going! So happy for you!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
Thanks mate :)
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Yay!!🥳
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Oh god, oh god oh no my toes!
I can deal with other people’s and animals injuries, but when it comes to myself I feel like fainting
I have jelly legs from changing the bandaids omg
💀💀💀
I’ve died
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Oh no! What have you done? Can your OH help? That’s what I do with injuries that involve blood, being a big wuss myself
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
It’s just warts that I’ve been using salicylic acid on for the past two weeks lol 👀💀
The big toe has a big wart that’s on its way out. My second toe had two small warts which have come out, but the wound/crater is deep and gives me the epic willies 😂 it doesn’t hurt but looks fucking AWFUL 😱
Mein liebe is totally ick AF about stuff like this haha! He’d help if I ask, 100%, but I’d rather not subject his weak stomach to my witchy-toes ha
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Yay, I got the new house rental. Just got to sign the lease and I;m in.
here comes beach living 🥹
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Congrats 🎉🥂
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Grats!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Congrats!
Beach is good for the soul :)
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Wow that was quick! Congrats.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Yay, that’s so exciting!! Beach life is so good!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Hot water fixed, yay. Now running through the usual “yes, I already tried that, as I mentioned in 3 separate emails” gauntlet to get dishwasher people to get someone out to fix it or organise a replacement… can’t be arsed going back into the office after working from home while the plumber was here. I had lunch and don’t feel like talking to anyone. Too late in the day to do any local site visits either. mehhhh
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
One room worth of blinds hung. No murders committed.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
now that you have blinds you can do murders with more privacy 👍
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Bwahaha
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Head of security resigned. They now have no security team lol
What a shit show
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
🤯
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Tackling mount washmore and had a mini rant about how putting his lordship’s stuff away FIFO so he gets even rotation was having a particularly trying battle today with my ASD “organise by textual feel so I can find on high sensitivity days”. And of course in swoops Le Dipshit going “Shouldn’t he be putting his own washing away??” like it’s some goddamn revelation previously unknown to man and a Great Strike For Equality.
aight, but he has raging ADHD so that part of his brain literally malfunctions. We’ve tried it. It don’t work. You gonna tell a fucking cripple to take the stairs ya fucken walnut?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
As a mother of a teenager who doesn’t exactly put the clean clothes away as I’d like after lovely washing them and folding them, we have come to a compromise where t-shirts get hung up (by me) in the wardrobe and while I’m in there I collect as many coat-hangers as possible ready for the next load. This system might help you a little bit.
Also, who’s the French Dipshit?
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
oh we’ve tried many permutations over the past two decades. Current best worker is I kondo all the shit into his basket, stacked by location (that’s just an added structure pleasure for me right there) for him to put away and put away his socks and underpants in a fifo but easily visible for selection (sock fashionista) because he just cannot get a handle on it.
We’ve had a rough time of it lately so I figured I’d put away all his washing since I had spare spoons and that ended up in half an hour sorting his running gear and pyjamas because at some point his squirrel brain panicked and shoved everything into the nearest void. Found a pair of socks he’s been looking for since last year lol. We jive well on his running gear though 'cos I sort that by texture / purpose (eg: wicking / cotton / tank tops / lightweight jackets) so he knows what vibe he’s after according to weather.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Manager knows that I’m waiting for a job offer and has indicated that I should take leave before the new role.
Currently on secondment and he’s kind of said to plan on not coming back.
Apparently I have excess leave and this solves a problem for him.
Okay then.
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
nah fam, make him pay that shit out when you leave
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
I get leave loading when I take leave, so end up getting a bit more. And I’m moving to another gov dept, so all my entitlements carry over.
Considering I’ve got shit ton of leave, it works in everyone’s favour.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
as in they dont want you back? or as in the role wont exist?
Are people taking Dutons DOGE threats seriously?
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
They’re looking at cutting roles regardless. Our programme is coming to an end, so if anyone leaves before their contract ends, they just won’t replace them.
With the announcement last week, there is a bit of a scramble. My vacant role can be canned, meaning someone else won’t be made redundant.
In my team there are three others doing similar work to mine, so my workload can easily be spread amongst them.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
All of the fucks have fucked off.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Melbcat has been poked and prodded. Her blood pressure is really good! (I think like 125-130?) The medicine is working.
Unfortunately I’m struggling to get the phosphate binder into her. I’ll either need to do a second oral syringe with it dissolved or get it compounded.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Today I simply can’t. That is all.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Does anyone here know about grading collectible cards? I’ve got a bunch of old magic cards that I should sell and it seems getting them graded will improve my sale chances, but it looks like $40/card. I’ve got about 20 cards that’d be worth over $100 but that’s $800 worth of grading.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Such a slow start today. These antibiotics are harsh and I don’t feel good
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
I’m helping a woman at the retirement village and I thought I’d ask here first:
Are there apps that can boost audio during calls? Just through the phone and not just putting the phone on speaker.
This woman was a hearing aid, it uses bluetooth but apparently the app only works on IOS. I’ll look into this and confirm if that’s the case or not.
This means she can’t really use headphones because she already has things in her ears, and she doesn’t want to put her phone on speaker all the time.
Has anyone used anything that works and is decent? I’ll look into her hearing aid brand and see what options there are as well.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
After taking the boys grocery shopping yesterday I’m glad I get most of my groceries delivered. I remember spending Saturday mornings with my Mum at Coles where it takes 1-2 hours to do all the shopping. It feels like a quarter of your weekend is taken up with buying the things you need to survive work for the next week instead of enjoying your free time.
We would maybe go see one of the sets of grandparents whilst out, but that’s not something the boys have to worry about here. The only grandparent they could regularly visit lives with them.
The only possible thing is you can go do your groceries at a larger shopping centre here. But I don’t know when I’d let them roam free, and even those places lose their novelty pretty quick when they don’t change and you have no money to buy anything.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Some gripes:
Business restructure for a couple of my suppliers has made them utterly awful to deal with.
When the “benefits & perks” section of a job ad actually have zero benefits or perks listed.
Some good things:
Blueberry pocky.
Sparkly lip gloss.
Think I’ll take a life admin day this week.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Thanks Brion 🙂
Good night everyone, have good dreams 😘
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
Cafe breakfast or a whopper with cheese meal hmmmm
Catfish@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
5am the supposedly fresh batteries put in the smoke detector in December clearly were not. Dodgy cunts.
bacon@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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late night ramblings
Late night memory exploration, but I’m getting better at accepting the past. The lost friendships, the wasted time, the fights and the pain. Ultimately, in a bitter way, I’m the person I am now because those experiences shaped me. I wouldn’t go through it again if given a choice, but I do (mostly) like myself now. Which is an improvement from hating myself wholly! I guess, it’s okay to be upset at the past for happening the way it did, but dwelling on the “what ifs” and “I should have dones” only perpetuates the deep hurt. I’m happy on my current path, and I’m grateful for the friends I do have now. I’m grateful for mein liebe and meine katze, and all the experiences I’ve had since 2019 onwards. I’ve travelled more, made new friends (without making them through my partner!) I’m changing career. I guess I’m just writing this out to solidify that the past sucked, but my present and future don’t at all! C’mon neurons, form those deliciously new happy pathways, dammit!
Duenan@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
Zzzzzz
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 12 minutes ago
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The face of “overstimulated from too many pats”.