It’s my birthday so that means seafood and cheese platter day.
Discussion Thread 🐬 Thursday 5 June 2025
Submitted 1 week ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
tone212_@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday! This platter sounds nice, which cheeses will feature?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks.
3× Mersey Valleys and a wedge of South Cape brie.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy Birthday to my favourite CEO 😘 🐟🦈🎣🍥🦐🧀💐🍾
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thank you. You’re my favourite Seagoon ❤️
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday!!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks
Duenan@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday CEO. Have a wonderful day!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Enjoy your special day, or 5.
All the best.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks
SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy Birthday! May it be a cracker!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks. It’ll be a 5 day extravaganza.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Hoppy birthday! All the beers you could want are coming your way.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks. Beers tomorrow. G&T tonight
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy Berfday Chief 🥂
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 days ago
🎉🎉 happy birthday!! Enjoy the festival of CEO 🍻
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 days ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR CEO!!! I hope you an excellent day and enjoy alllll of the treats!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday, here is a frozen sardine for your platter: 🧊🐟
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks. Just throw it at me, I’ll catch it like a pelican.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday! 🎂🧀🍤🦪
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday and birth week, CEO!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday! 🎂
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thank you.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday CEO! I hope you’ve had a lovely day for it. Can’t go wrong with the oysters etc you had.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Happy birthday CEO! Hope you’re having a fabulous day and getting spoilt! 🎂
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks. I am.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Welp, I may feel like my thesis is complete shite and that doing a research project was the worst decision ever that’s dredged up an unrelenting blast of old trauma, but because nobody fucking applies for scholarships in my school, I did… and guess who just got $3000 for filling out some forms - when I’m weeks away from graduating 😂
Sadly, it is taxable as I’m a part-time student, but hell, at least it’ll be in this FY where my taxable income isn’t as high due to having worked part time
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Nice. And trust me everyone feels like that weeks away from graduating - you are doing just fine.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I have a very dear older family friend that is in early stage Alzheimer’s. We travelled together about 18 months ago but she is really past it now and we kinda knew that would happen (it was a bit of a last harrah family visit). there’s a family event coming up and she would love to go. I have told her that I can’t manage to find accommodation that will suit us (true) and I also think she is a bit past it (true and said and received with love). But she wants to and is a little bit past reason (keeps saying ‘I will let you know if I can come’) and it breaks my heart. I am gonna zoom her into it (someone in her home can help).
But fuck this getting old business. She was the strongest most capable woman I knew growing up. Always a real rock for me. Aaargghh.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I’m sorry for what’s happening. Dementia related ageing just sucks. 🫂
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I’m so sorry. hugs
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Ayyyyyyyye!!! 🎂🎂🎂
tone212_@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Suddenly I don’t want my planned dinner, I want that
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I’m also having a seafood feast for dinner
(It’s sardines on toast)
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
A bit of crab meat rolled down my leg so the dog got some too.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Tacos!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 days ago
… I had tinned spaghetti on toast. It was delicious OKAY.
Glad you’ve celebrated hard though, this looks amazing and you deserve all of it!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thanks
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Well it’s official.
Hambam is now confidently an off leash walker.
I have waited for this moment for a long time.
Trick was to take him to the same park several times a day so he got over being hyper stimulated / fixated. It worked. Now he doesn’t give two shits about anything… other dogs / kids. So I have upgraded his braincell count to 3, from 2.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Has CEO invited you all to their party tonight or just me?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I survived work. Must make tea
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I wish I’d taken annual leave tomorrow so I could have a 4 day weekend. Ah well.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Step 1 in life admin day complete:
I have a desk
It is much more solid than I expected for the price, and a touch bigger than I was envisaging. It mostly went together easily too, with only a few bolts at the end which were tricky to position and in a place that didn’t allow you to turn the allen key fully. I think I’ve only got three more bits of furniture to assemble now, the two bedside tables and a small shelf.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Hullo
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Am meant to transfer to a new department at work next week, but the new team didn’t initiate the transfer correctly - so my old role couldn’t be backfilled…
…now there’s a fight brewing over when I should actually transition. It’s good to be wanted, but I feel like a kid who’s divorcing parents are fighting for custody!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Aaaaaaaaaaaargh
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Mickey crawls into my oodie and has the audacity to grumble (literally, it’s so cute!) when he dutch ovens himself (and me 💀). Of course I trapped him so he had to experience his stank - it’s the least I could do to repay his fart to my face.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Blended the 1st chilli ferment last night. 13 day ferment. The one w/ homegrown apricots, raspberries. Surprisingly it’s actually very good. Can taste them through the heat. Never had a hawt sauce like that. Raspberries made it a nice deep red. Was going to turn the last of chillies into powder but instead going to start anothery of that today.
I think taking the chilli seeds out before the ferment (usually don’t bother) really made a difference and let the sweetness cut through. Bit time consuming but worth it.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Miss Meow is finding her wooden climbing frame a touch high to jump on (and she shuns the little ladder designed to help). I’ve put a plastic container there to give her a step and she’s happily using it now, which is good as that’s the access to her food platform and the window hammock (which she is snoozing on in the morning sun right now). I’ve ordered a set of little steps as a more permanent solution.
Today’s goals: life admin and getting the computer set up.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I made hash browns. It just ain’t the same. Maybe brushed potatoes aren’t the best for it.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Nocturnal friend wants to become a ‘NEET’ which I have learnt stands for Not in Employment, Education or Training. She said she just wants to win the lottery. A girl can dream.
What would you do if you won the lottery?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Dream 1: Outfit competition with the band Oasis. Woke up before final verdict.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I was hoping to get a little bush hike in this long weekend but the forecast is not awesome. What can I do instead that’s warm?
Pilk@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Ah yes, a Victoria St tram that smells of cigarettes. Smells nostalgic in an old pub kind of way.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 days ago
omg, I think I had a dream/nightmare about edna eveage
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I’m excited for 28 Years Later, arriving in two weeks!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Cuddling with my warm fuzzy baby. Her bunny soft fur, her warm comforting bulk, her sweet good natured face. I love my cat so much.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Man, I just put all my estimated earnings and tax paid etc into a calculator and I’m depressed once again at the removal of the LMITO. I hate that I’m probably going to have such a 2.5-3k tax bill at the end despite working part time :( I’m so used to having tax returned and July being a bit of a splurge month.
Why the hell is my employer withholding so little tax?! Ugh. I know it’s better to have the money up front and earn interest (which also gets taxed…) but psychologically it effing sucks.
Next time I might start having a separate “tax” account to save the money into, like it’s an annual bill.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Besides getting no sunlight, is it bad to be a nocturnal human? It’s not conducive to working during business hours at least.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 days ago
I think I’ll get a big fast SSD for the computer to put Linux on. I might as well find things to claim in the EOFY sales because I’ve been getting tax bills the last couple of years. Might as well spend and claim
indisin@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Is anyone else still having to harvest their backyard / balcony chilli plants too frequently at this wrong time of year?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Guys, my newly adult daughter is on an overnight bus with her friend on the way to Adelaide for a few days. I am sad but I’ll be ok.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 days ago
That’s awesome that she’s having adventures!! What’s planned for ADL?? How has your night been?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
They’ll be doing touristy things. Staying in a backpackers hostel. My night’s been good, lots of laughs and now a little bit sad. I am happy for her but a little anxious because this is her first trip without a proper adult. Thanks for asking.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 days ago
she’ll be fine, you have raised her well 👍😊
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thank you.