I can see three ringtails frolicking in the tree outside my window.
Discussion Thread đš Friday 9 May 2025
Submitted âšâš1â© âšdayâ© agoâ© by âšYarraByte@aussie.zoneâ© to âšmelbourne@aussie.zoneâ©
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imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone âš5â© âšhoursâ© ago
Was tired but had meal with a friend who invited another person because she figured we would get on. We did. New friend? Itâs nice. I am not good with understanding that people might like me. Even when we have demonstrably been mates for decades. But I try. Itâs nice to be rewarded with a good night out and no anxiety.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš5â© âšhoursâ© ago
Why wouldnât people like you?
You are smart and funny and kind and interesting . đ«đ
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone âš5â© âšhoursâ© ago
Thank you. Itâs a thing that is a bit broken in my mind. I know objectively that I am loved but I just have to physically remind myself. Like âwhy does this person sound excited to catch up?â⊠Oh yeah because they are my friend. I have no trouble feeling friendship towards othersâŠ? Just a broken connection somewhere.
I really appreciate that I can share this stuff here. It helps. A lot
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš7â© âšhoursâ© ago
My kid is going for her driver"s licence on her birthday on Thursday. Itâs gonna be a good day or an even better day. đ
dumblederp@aussie.zone âš7â© âšhoursâ© ago
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš6â© âšhoursâ© ago
Yeah. She has a professional lesson tomorrow then weâll book her into this. Thanks.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš6â© âšhoursâ© ago
Left the house at 5pm to organise a medical thing. Will not be home till 9pm.
I just want to zonk out with cheesecake and cat.
Very soon.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš4â© âšhoursâ© ago
Hope youâre zonked now⊠what kinda cheesecake?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš2â© âšhoursâ© ago
Thankfully I got home at 9.
Im cheap so I bought the marble cheesecake squares from Coles.
Next week Iâm grabbing a cake from cheesecake factory or whatever itâs called here.
Mmmmm cheesecake!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone âš6â© âšhoursâ© ago
wanker customer
Customer: I was going camping and we found the security tags on these clothes, but we lost the receipt. Me: sorry, I canât take it off without a proof of purchase. I know itâs frustrating. Customer gets aggro Customer: you donât sound very sympathetic, I can tell from your voice Me: sorry if it came across that way, it wasnât my intention to come across like that Customer: says nothing your team should be doing a better job and looking out for the tags Me: Iâm sorry about that. itâs not even my fault Everyone who gets the security tags taken off needs a proof of purchase. Her: what, you think Iâm stealing? Customer eventually shows a couple of bank transaction and I just take them off. Iâm just questioning if my tone of voice is shitty and not sympathetic enough. I asked a colleague, and she said Iâm impossible to get mad at. So maybe the customer took it the wrong way. Now I brush it off and serve more customers. Yay.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone âš4â© âšhoursâ© ago
I agree with Gibson. Why not just show the bank transactions first? Because they wanted to get shitty at someone.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš5â© âšhoursâ© ago
Fuck them. If they had half a brain they would have offered the bank transactions first.
Youâre all good :)
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone âš4â© âšhoursâ© ago
Thanks man :)
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš4â© âšhoursâ© ago
Some people just wanna be mad, good on you for standing your ground!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone âš6â© âšhoursâ© ago
That was a loooooong drive home.
The GPS told me traffic was really bad on my route, but assured me if I followed the new route it had calculated I would be home before 7. I decided to trust it, and ended up going through a bunch of places I did not recognise (Ascot Vale and Travencore included). Once I was on that route the GPS informed me that traffic was actually bad that way too and there was no way I was getting home before 7.
When I did finally get home there were packages waiting though - Miss Meowâs tree cat scratcher and the leaf shaped mats for the garden themed corner, Mr Woofâs new fluffy grey rugs for the front bedroom, and the big rug for the lounge. The big rug looks nicer than I was expecting and is very soft.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš6â© âšhoursâ© ago
I canât wait for your Ballarat shop recommendations. Mine are Aussie disposals, Beechworth bakery, Myer.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
lol last pic is an album cover!
just_kitten@aussie.zone âš6â© âšhoursâ© ago
Parental advisory: excellent content
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
Dude thatâs a damn good point!!! Hahaha
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
they are truly lovely cats
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone âš10â© âšhoursâ© ago
I am missing three out of four lip balms. I have accumulated that many because I bought one, then my mum bought a pack of three and gave me two, then the other one was because the first one was running out. I hope theyâre in a pocket somewhere, because itâs driving me a bit insane.
Anyway, happy Friday! Cheers đ»
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
Theyâll be in that bag you havenât used for a couple of months.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone âš5â© âšhoursâ© ago
Iâve looked in there :(
Turns out I had five (was given one for free from work for some reason). Found the work one that I didnât know I had, but not the ultimate prized one. Oh well.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
If I donât have a lip balm on me when out and about my day is ruined.
Cheers đș
Eagle@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
I canât cope if I lose a lip balm. They all have their type and place.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
I just learned something new.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone âš14â© âšhoursâ© ago
I have house! đ
Still no power, but that should be connected some time today. Iâll need to figure out how to light the pilot light on the water heater at some point, butâs not urgent. I wonât be actually moving in for a few weeks.
It is as expected a bit on the dirty side - just the expected layer of dust etc. that accumulates in an empty house. It does mean I wonât have to do a perfect clean when I leave at least - but I definitely need to add window cleaning to my to do list sooner rather than later!
For afternoon fun I shall measure all the things, then assemble a bed and side tables and a couple of cat trees.
In other good news for the day, the accidental foam couch makes a quite comfortable temporary seat, so I have something to sit on before the furniture is delivered.
tone212_@aussie.zone âš14â© âšhoursâ© ago
Pilot light - if itâs like my old gas water heater, thereâs a ignition button you push a few times and hold once you hear gas, then watch for the flame to appear underneath and release.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone âš13â© âšhoursâ© ago
My old water heater used about 16 matches and a complicated pattern of pressing and releasing the gas button. It never occured to me new ones would self light.
It is an instantaneous heater, so no waiting required.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš14â© âšhoursâ© ago
This is wonderful news. đ
RustyRaven@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
I have bed!
That took a lot more work putting together than anticipated, and I still have to screw down the slats. Iâm happy with how it looks though. I donât think Iâve got enough enthusiasm left to start on the side tables today, I might have a start on the dining table and cat trees instead.
I still donât have any power. Hopefully it will be done soon, Iâd like to have it on before I leave.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone âš10â© âšhoursâ© ago
looks nice!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
Mr woof will love all that grass
dumblederp@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
turn those boxes 90 degrees and tada, theyâre side tables.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone âš5â© âšhoursâ© ago
I accidentally deleted an entire Facebook campaign at work today. I recreated it but it was just more time and panic.
The ads section of Facebook has such a terrible interface. Itâs so clunky and confusing. Youâd think that would be the one good part given itâs how they make their money
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone âš12â© âšhoursâ© ago
Hard rubbish down here tomorrow. Guy next door has a kiddy slide and Iâm really tempted to take it.
Youth is wasted on the young as they say.
But honestly the amount of perfectly good stuff people chuck is wild.
Catfish@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
Boyo once did a demo job where they had seemingly left everything, clothes, crockery the lot. Too rich to give a shit apparently.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš10â© âšhoursâ© ago
One of my fav YTers is doing a house reno in Japan and itâs amazing to see the state of a house in Tokyo thatâs been abandoned for 10 years. So many unopened, unused things, itâs totally bizarre.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
I used to see that attitude when I was living in Carlton. Rich students would just leave an apartment full of furniture and even their car when they finished uni and went back home to China. Their stuff would end up on the footpath.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone âš8â© âšhoursâ© ago
Mr P did demolition for a while. We didnât pay for cleaning sprays for ages. One time they found a whole lot of stuff for making fake IDs. Boss had dibs on the jewellery.
dumblederp@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
I did a bunch of removals jobs loading a house into the truck and straight to the tip. Threw out a bunch of good stuff. Sad really.
Catfish@aussie.zone âš10â© âšhoursâ© ago
Absolutely disgusting. Convention bump outs are the same. So much perfectly good stuff in the skip when a few phone calls could rehome it all.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
I used to live in hawthorn and the stuff put out in hard rubbish around there was incredible. Would have scored a lot of nice furniture except I couldnât carry it by myself
tone212_@aussie.zone âš10â© âšhoursâ© ago
I had a follower on my afternoon walk. Always give her pets when I see her but itâs never enough, follows me down the street demanding more.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš12â© âšhoursâ© ago
So does anyone else think that the leftovers that the kids ate was actually the leftover beef, not the beef wellingtons. They talk about meat, potato and beans, nothing about pastry. I know the mushrooms were âscrapped offâ, but I reckon they just ate beef, not beef prepared as wellingtons.
Eagle@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
She never fed Wellington to the kids.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš8â© âšhoursâ© ago
Yeah, but it was phrased as the kids ate âthe leftovers, but sheâd scraped the mushrooms offâ, so it sounded like the leftover wellingtons, hence why the medical staff were scared for the kids. But what the kids are saying sounds like it was just beef.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone âš10â© âšhoursâ© ago
Lies all 'round wow
melbaboutown@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
Iâm trying to work out what the motive was. Assuming it wasnât accidental which it possibly wasnât. What did she think she was going to achieve?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
the local rumour is that the inlaws were nasty religious extremists
so maybe get them out of her life or stop their influence
still not the answer, she could have just taken her kids and left
Duenan@aussie.zone âš9â© âšhoursâ© ago
Not sure, havenât seen the details of their meals but what was just on the news sounded really suss
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš12â© âšhoursâ© ago
Yeah
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
Cheers gang đș
*This post was proudly brought to you by the new yank pope who brought home the chocolates
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
this is one choice of pope I can get fully behind
itâs a very powerful political move against Trump and Putin and their religious extremist allies
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
đș
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone âš10â© âšhoursâ© ago
CHURS đ»đ»
dumblederp@aussie.zone âš14â© âšhoursâ© ago
Iâve mentioned it before, but my new gp is fantastic. She listens to everything I say, she hasnât tried to bullshit me on anything. I stuck with my old shit gp for far too long. Literally wasting my life. If youâve got a shit gp, at least roll the dice and try a new clinic if youâre able. Pay the transfer fee and forget the headache. Theyâre not all grumpy arrogant wankers.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš14â© âšhoursâ© ago
Starting to realise that anxiety is just like being physically ill. It fills nearly all our thoughts/prevents other thoughts. When we live an anxious life we are never bored, never have empty time to fill, it keeps us busy.
This year I have recalled a few times a strange little book I read many years ago, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, it describes obsessive and dysfunctional thoughts very well. ( not that Iâm a sinner! ) The days and years fly by.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone âš15â© âšhoursâ© ago
Off sick today to make my dreams come true. I have all the ingredients I need, now I just wait until Iâm extra hungry. Pics to come
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš11â© âšhoursâ© ago
time for beach đ
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš12â© âšhoursâ© ago
Desk has been sanded with extra fine then cleaned and now first coat of stain has been applied. It looks great. Once the second is done, varnish is done, then I will shorten the legs by 3 cms. Donât worry, I know how to do it.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone âš17â© âšhoursâ© ago
Donated blood this morning. People might think I do it to save lives, but theyâd be wrong.
Itâs so I can get drunk of 2 beers tonight.
Taleya@aussie.zone âš18â© âšhoursâ© ago
Woke up in the early hours with a very upset stomach, Cerys is running around shrieking for food! Ffoooooooooddddd! And iâm doing the thing where you lie there hoping it goes away or trying to gather enough ooomph to take something or at least die in a slightly more scenic location and sheâs dancing on my corpse screaming FoOOooOOdD! and i hit the point of ok this is happening and bolt for the toilet with cat on hot pursuit thinking sheâs got me now oh yea, iâve bowed to her will and then i drop trou, unleash hell and she realises
i have made a horrible feline mistake
And then i lock the door.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone âš15â© âšhoursâ© ago
That wire thing that you dry clothes on inside, do you call it a clothes dryer or a clothes horse (itâs proper name) or something else? I had no idea what the man was on about this morning when he referred to it as the dryer thingy.
Duenan@aussie.zone âš12â© âšhoursâ© ago
One hour til home time!
Taleya@aussie.zone âš15â© âšhoursâ© ago
I open my email and thereâs an infodump from vasili about liquid home made fertiliser.
Life is absolutely taking the proverbial
just_kitten@aussie.zone âš16â© âšhoursâ© ago
I too had vivid dreams last night!.. mine involved being at my childhood home, my beloved aunt was there but so was my creepy dad; I was a young adult supposed to be flying to the UK but running late for my flight and realised I hadnât booked any accommodation⊠not the best dream ever. Luckily I woke up feeling rested and relaxed. First time in weeks Iâve slept this well??
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš19â© âšhoursâ© ago
sky very pretty
TinyBreak@aussie.zone âš15â© âšhoursâ© ago
Really wanna set this as my teams status! nohello.net/en/ âhello tiny break hope you are wellâ No you dont just tell me what you bloody want!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš5â© âšhoursâ© ago
Finally home!!!
@Duenan@aussie.zone Ive got the game youâve been playing!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš3â© âšhoursâ© ago
I cannot wait to hear what you think of the game!!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš2â© âšhoursâ© ago
That trailer was insane!
Duenan@aussie.zone âš4â© âšhoursâ© ago
Iâve been such a bad influence on a few people here.
Itâs such a good game and the soundtrack is amazing as well to go along with it.
Probably best to avoid my videos.
The early ones I have are from optional bosses but there are some story ones mixed into my channel now.
Let me know if you need any pointers.
Itâs a wild ride.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone âš4â© âšhoursâ© ago
Iâm 7 hours in and utterly obsessed. Itâs such a beautiful game!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone âš2â© âšhoursâ© ago
Iâm thinking Iâll wait till tomorrow night because I wonât be super tired.
All I saw was the trailer and I was hooked! Bought it as soon as I could.
Hell yeah!!!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš5â© âšhoursâ© ago
yay