Submitted 1 month ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
Had a pretty good day. Nice end to the week. Had some time to chat with the CEO which was good. He’s really chill.
Guitar and rest tonight I think. I haven’t been able to play most of the last 2 weeks because of my shoulder which has been pretty rough tbh.
Have rehearsal tomorrow so will do the best I can tonight.
Here is one of the newest additions to the stray family:
Did we find Calico?
Sadly not :(
They just won’t stop growing. This is my fourth harvest and I’m barely half way through and the harvested ones are still fruiting.
I think I may have went a tad too far this season. My tummy hurts.
@Bottom_racer will gladly provide advice on what to do with a bountiful chilli harvest no doubt.
Haha, yeah Bottom_racer does sauces and that’s far beyond my skill level so I’m just dehydrating them and giving excess bags away to friends :)
I’m gonna ferment mine then blend them with roast capsicum (and a little chickpea, garlic, salt and vinegar).
frends and fam
Big ups to @YarraByte and @Brionglorid for the bot’s two week anniversary.
free noodles, free stew, free soup, free ice cream
i am beginning to think i am a cat
meow
One of my fave producers is comin’ to town later in the month but they’re hitting $115 per ticket.
Back in the day (2000’s) it was $30/40 for a line up like that. in the EU something similar would be 20 euros.
Can’t justify that coin when you’re spending 1/2 the time in the smoking area talking rubbish with randos holding an $18 pint.
Australia is not a cheap place and I understand the cost pressures. Promoters won’t be making bank (truly doing it for the love of it) but it’s hard to see the scene thrive for internationals at that pricing.
I’m gonna try and get Lady Gaga tix this week. $115 bucks would be a dream 😭
ooh yea that one will sting.
Who is it? Might dig up some cash and suss em out.
It’s one of the bigger line ups for the scene. If I was going to go the one set I wouldn’t miss is Mefjus.
On the 26th april at the timber yard.
This week can fuck right off. Work was super stressful. Time for icecream and beers
Same. I am going for wine and a new hair colour. It’s blue time baby
Don’t forget to put the black pillow cases on before the wine and dye.
The way our program is structured, in my new gig, Fridays tend to be quite busy. I’ve got like 4 meetings today and some serious work after lunch. Very unusual for me.
Had two beers, and then two tequila mixes, fell asleep at like 9pm.
I’m impressed I woke up at 8am today 😂
Funnily enough, had some evening drinks during the week recently (something I very rarely do). Probably like 3 beers and maybe 3 whiskeys. Definitely was tipsy but not drunk drunk. Had a great night sleep and was up early feeling refreshed.
Not like I’ll be making a habit out of this, but a few drinks ain’t the end of the world.
I AM ON HOLIDAY UNTIL THE 28th
tips for velveting meat for tonights stirfry?
Beef, chicken or pork? Anyway
1/2 teaspoon bicarb, 30 mins, rinse, done :)
Just grated a potato, soaked and rinsed it, stirred in some pakora batter powder then deep fried it till crunchy. Holy shit I need to be careful with this culinary heroin I’ve discovered.
Maybe they’ll be allowed more often if they’re baked?
OK so if work is making me give up my lunch break to go to someone’s going away lunch, I think it’s fair that I not have to pay.
Thoughts?
I reckon I’ve listed them in order of acceptability and reverse order of what I’d want to do.
2 is a really good option, probably what I’d do as well. The other time we had a work lunch at a nearby pub that was eye wateringly expensive, I didn’t eat and later when the idea of going there was floated again I just straight up said it was nice but out of my budget. Only then did some colleagues chime in to agree. Just gotta be brave sometimes
Very well put.
As dumble said, tell them that out of pocket lunch expenses are not in your budget at the time and you prefer to eat what you brought from home.
I’ve never actually attended a farewell lunch, especially for someone whom I barely know.
Hopefully this won’t affect your standing with your colleagues, but they should be accepting of your situation.
is getting my flu shout and bringing the kid to get his a bad idea? I remember my parents trying something when I was a kid and it did NOT go well. But I was older and they didnt really talk to me about it.
My kids had their boosters at all appropriate ages and still get annual flu shots and whatever else is required.
If the shot is suitable for young ones, it’ll be fine.
oh sorry, shoulda been clearer. hes getting it either way. More just “Is me doing at the same time a good idea? does it help calm things down or is it scarier seeing dad get his shot?”
It’s not good to be shouted the flu. But the HCP who injects it might be able to distract little one.
pfizer makes me feel like i am under the influence
Don’t get too pfucked up.
i’ll pfind out
I am home, and contemplating a visit to the pub
If you haven’t yet…do it
I woke up at like 6:30am today for some reason and got out of bed at 7:45 am. It is now nearly 3:45 pm and only NOW have I finally gotten a tiny bit started on that mindless desktop digitising stuff I was supposed to do for uni. I spent 15 minutes downloading a bunch of raster images and now I’m done. I’ll do the next step over the weekend. I could laugh, but I’m just glad I finally broke through the inertia - the first layer is always so hard.
Now that I’ve done at least THAT much, my reward is a shower, the last of that delicious fish curry with pappadums, and then the finale of The Pitt! 🩺
I had a Betty’s burger for lunch. Shit they are good.
One neighbour doing gardening this morning. Fine it’s a nice day.
Lunchtime, council is doing mowing grass maintenance around. Bit loud, but whatever.
As soon as they finished, old mate next door decided it’s his turn.
I’m going to mow my lawn after work out of spite (and because it needs it).
So I bought something from an aussie supplier on ebay
I get a notice it’s coming from china
so it was just a drop shipper
should I assume the seller has checked the product for safety? No. What would happen is I would be told to get a refund from paypal/ebay
I paid an extra $35 over what I could have paid on aliexpress
I bought a mouthguard a while back from Kogan, thinking I’d support a ‘local’ business. It was more expensive than from Amazon, but you know, local.
It arrived in a box with an Amazon docket showing the lower price kogan got it for, prior to the markup I paid. Bloody Kogan, never shopping from them again (and don’t get me started on the resulting spam)
it also bothers me on an ethical level, there are people who don’t want to trade with certain companies and yet we get shenanigans like that
You’ll still get a refund via paypal/ebay.
Leave a review saying they’re a drop shipper and not an aussie based supplier.
Predatory tactics, so fuck’em and report.
too late now
i only found out when it was pretty much on my door step
but I’m going to be more careful now
Comment that shit on their feedback . Challenge it if they claim “local stock”
Flights back to the Oppressive Soup are booked. 9 nights. Would’ve preferred not to stay as long but due to multiple things that’s the best option. Since my aunt was paying I got the max Jetstar bundle. So luxurious being able to pick any seat, including the special ones, without paying extra!
The other option was Scoot, which a friend (who does that route often) says is much more reliable. But the fact that you can’t even get free water without paying the max amount (and only 1 cup at that!) and use of charging ports is also blocked except for that top tier (but use of power banks is banned in-flight) really rubs me the wrong way. Singapore may be efficient, but that penny-pinching mentality really shits me (the charging port is ALREADY THERE and electricity costs basically nothing! Wtf!)
I already am only doing this trip because I have to… I’d rather deal with Jetstar’s inefficiency for now. Hopefully I don’t regret it.
Most of the people I know there (and still have any interest in meeting up with) are away because of their PH, so it’ll be mostly just me and my mum stuck in a dusty, noisy, humid and dark apartment 🫠 I’m going to be bothering colleagues on Teams and/or hanging out here to stay sane
I just got back from dropping off my van at the auto electrician and will have to walk back in a few hours to pick it up. It’s the last day wearing the fitness tracker for the study I am in, this week is going to have very different results from the last one, for which I barely moved from the couch because I had Covid. I guess that’s the whole point of a control group though, to work out what normal variations occur so you can tell if your intervention is actually making a difference or just normal random variation.
It’s good timing for the study to be over though, I want to use moving house to start incorporating some more activity in my general routine. It might mean shaking up Mr Woof’s walking schedule, but as long as he gets to go out he should be happy. I’m hoping to get somewhere that has a few more longer walking options close to home, but moving away from Melbourne traffic means I will be more likely to drive places to walk too. I just need to get out of the habit of staying home as the standard.
Anyone know what happened on the Mernda line? Trains are delayed around 15 - 20 minutes and just kinda stuck that way.
How good is RTO?
When RTO = rostered time off it is absolutely fabulous.
When RTO = return to office it is absolutely shit.
I saw all the traffic backed up on Plenty Road. Good thing I chose to ride in today
Image. This bit of shrinkflation amounts to a 20% price rise. For what is already a luxury/occasional purchase.
Err, I’ll take the big one thanks, Aldi. And I probably won’t be buying this treat very often any longer.
Shrinkflation really annoys me. I feel so betrayed when I buy something and notice after I open it that it seems less than before?Then not having the previous pack to compare, I wonder am I imagining it? And to add insult they keep the packaging the same size, so we fill up our landfills with unnecessary plastic all in the name of tricking the consumer. I would rather see the price go up so I can see what I’m buying.
Shrinkflation is getting out of control.
Imagine throwing away innocent animals food because of your “spiritual beliefs”.
What an utter cunt this woman is.
Fuck you you fucking piece it shit.
I will be here every fucking day and you can’t stop me.
/rant
Billion dollar idea: Computer software that adjusts monitor output to people’s glasses prescription - so they don’t need to wear glasses while they’re working/gaming etc. 🤔
I was just reading about a new law coming in for electric vehicles sold in Aus to have speakers that emit noise so that pedestrians will hear them. Good in theory. The catch is, each car maker can have custom noise, so of course they all want some special unique sound. I am already imagining the cacophony of clashing car noises. Lucky I don’t suffer from sensory issue but this could be a new form of hell for those that do. Oh, and the noise must be between 50-75db.
So I’m learning guitar from scratch with an app Yousician. It’s been really helpful because it listens to what string/fret I’m playing and tells me whether it was right, sort of guitar hero-like. Step by step lessons. My dad bought me a year sub to the app so now I can’t flake on practicing 😂
I hope that the walls of my apartment are thick enough and I’m not annoying the neighbours lol, we’re all nice so I would hope they tell me knock it off. I think it’s fine though: I can never heard my nextdoor neighbours, even when they have a dance party, unless I’m in the building hallway. Should be fine.
I need to take breaks though, I’m not used to holding my wrist in that particular way so I have to be careful not to strain it.
why is south melbourne market so hot
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
When you’re running late so you walk quickly to your seat on the bus, like that’ll make it go faster lol
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I walk to the front door of the tram to get off at my stop so I get home 5 seconds earlier.