Yesterday on the way home I saw the fire brigade breaking out somebody stuck in one of the old cast iron toilets. Hope you all have a better day than that unfortunate person 😸
Discussion Thread 💈 Thursday 10 July 2025
Submitted 3 weeks ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Catfish@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
When I was little I got my hand stuck in a trolley. All I heard was a staff member say “I’ll get the butcher”. My dad was a butcher. I knew what they did. I cried. The butcher brought out a tub of fat.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
tub of fat
to feed you and fatten you up?
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Oooh I wanna know the whole story. I wonder how long they were there before they realised they needed proper help. Oh that poor person!
tone212_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I think I’m going to bail on that 1st birthday this weekend. The only people I know at this birthday are the parents and they’re going to be busy socialising with everyone, and I’ll probably feel awkward in this setting being childless. I’ll just message the day before that I’m sick and don’t want to spread germs. Does this make me a bad friend? I’ll plan a catch up with this friend in a few weeks and still give a present then.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Not a bad person. I’ve skipped plenty of kids parties for similar reasons.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s ok. 😊
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Already so cold, it’s going to be a cold night.
Going to need my hot wattle bot again.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I could do with a wattle bot 🌳 hot or otherwise!
I’ve been living in my oodie all day today. Tomorrow I will Be Productive ™
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
My frozen fingers can’t type.
I’m hoping it’ll be somewhat warmer tomorrow too.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Fireplace is working overtime in anticipation
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Hot water bottle doing it for me, the ambient air in here is cold.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Nooooo, fav banh mi place nearby has had a ~glow up and is now offering heaps more fancy things, looks like it’s changed ownership. Unfortunately means it’s no longer reasonable to nip there on a lunch break, boo.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Is there still boxes of tissues on the tables?
tone212_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
My fav local banh mi place is still slinging loaded rolls for $7.50 and is never that busy, I hope it never gets a glow up. The salted coffee sounds great tho.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I kind of hope Hungs Bakery doesn’t sell out and go up market because the tofu banh mi is absolutely legit especially for that price and speed. But I’m guessing so long as those commission housing towers are the, Victoria Street won’t gentrify like the rest of Richmond
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Hooray made it down to the beach.
Not so hooray fucking weeds.
Is good to be down here though.
Resident magpie remembers me so appeased it w/ cheee. Really makes you wonder just how much memory they have. Haven’t been here for months and the thing was right at my feet without a second thought.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Glad you made it down there today!! Love that you got a birb greeting. Clever little tackers!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Beach. 😊
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Took the Minipeelers to Highpoint today and had a fun time topping up our supply of trackpants, T-shirts and other things that were not so practical lol. Some Lush products were purchased and bathing indulged in once we got home. The house smells a treat!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
This be me tomorrow night
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I’m with you. Big 16th is tomorrow night and I might disappear into the hedgerow with a beverage haha.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Don’t let your parents catch you sneaking a drink.
Nah just joking. Happy Birthday Miss God. 🎂
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I’ve been so successful in weatherstripping around the sliding door the dog door panel is inserted into that now the air pressure is blowing the dog flap open and letting in even more cold air than was coming through the gaps.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I decided to check the status of my tax return and my voluntary super contribution has been reset to $0!!! Wtf! However, it’s still being processed (“Balancing accounts”) and I don’t want to slow anything down so I think I’ll just wait until it’s been finalised and maybe it’ll be added back in by then. I’ll be a very unhappy camper if I have to amend the lodgement and delay getting my money back…
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I’m paying the ato this year :(
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I was going to be in that position due to an improperly taxed second job and a taxable cash scholarship, but dumped a load into super to get around it. I really need that tax return and not a tax bill, so it’d be nice to get that processed properly…
mertn22@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Me too. They usually hit me up for about $4000 :-(
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Has your fund processed your NOI yet?
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I got the letter confirming the NOI and saw the deposit in my super balance minus 15% tax several days before I lodged my tax return. I didn’t enter a value for TFN under my super contributions (just the fund name, fund ABN and amount contributed) because I couldn’t find a TFN for the super fund (I assume that’s for SMSFs or something), so not sure if that was an issue.
But, my ATO account has been a bit weird, random errors when logging in (not a scam) and there’s a new “payments” promlt at the top of my home page even though there’s nothing outstanding - in fact it says I have a debit amount of 2.2k which doesn’t match up to past tax returns (or what I’m expecting to get in this tax return).
So I’m hoping it’s in there somewhere and they’re just splitting things up and it will be added back in. I have no idea how any of this works.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Good morning. 😘
Today we are going to the local community museum, pictures will follow.
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Going to see if I can finish I watching The last of us Season 1 tonight.
Then I’ll start making my way through Andor.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Last of Us was just amazing , I totes recommend
I haven’t seen Andor yet.
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Stopping at season 1 though.
Past few nights I’ve done a few movies, Thunderbolts, Heads of State and the Amatuer.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I had a spot of cleaning mojo and vacuumed and mopped the floors. I now have nice clean floors but the kitchen’s too wet to go in and make a cuppa. Boo.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I have considered making some absorbent cotton slippers to wear after mopping the floor, so I can walk all over the wet floor and call it drying the floor.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Please, how do I catch cleaning mojo? Need some for the weekend.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
It really doesn’t come my way often. I recommend impending visitors with a tight deadline.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Imagine your besties are coming to visit and you want the place to be nice and clean
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
First sing and play since I dropped suboxone. Felt like my head was going to explode from endorphins.
Baby steps.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
This is wonderful. 😊
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Rain, so much rain here over next 36 hours.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Ok, I despise Amazon, but sometimes you can’t find something anywhere else. I now accidentally have 30 days of their TV thing. What should I check out?
mertn22@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Check out that it doesn’t automatically renew after the 30 days are up.
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I think the expanse might be there if you like space shows
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Invincible
The Boys
Reacher (S2 is kind of a dog, but still worth watching).
The first two suggestions are violent and I mean VIOLENT
kudra@aus.social 2 weeks ago
@MeanElevator @Catfish seconding The Boys, and I don't even like violent or superhero. It's very clever, but quite awful, and very watchable if you can get past the ultraviolence.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Compare violent to opening sequence S1 American Gods?? Violence is fine by me if it has purpose and plot. That Bone Tomahawk bit was a shock, but made sense.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I think Sneaky Pete is on Amazon, I was ambivilent about whether I wanted to watch it at all and ended up really enjoying it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Nine Perfect Strangers.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Bumble for Friends is starting to feel like a dating app! People match and never reply, or they tell you to message on Instagram, which I don’t have. The latest is some dude trying to flirt with me. Umm wrong app buddy. You’re meant to be on the other one…
Someone asked me how my day is going. That’s nice but what about finding common interests? I don’t want to tell you that I’ve played games with my cousins, what are you going to do with that info?!
So I’m just going to go to more in-person things. Fuck meeting people through this app. I always thought I’d meet a partner through a dating app, but I guess I’d rather be single for the rest of my life than have to go on one of those again.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeah. Can’t say I’m surprised.
I did meet mine on OKC, but that was before it joined the Swipe club, and shock horror, had questionnaires and profiles
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I’ve never tried them myself but I’m glad I never had to rely on them.
I hope you at least start to have some luck with it.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I wouldn’t necessarily assume asking how your day is going is for nefarious info gathering. It’s just a normal part of small talk. (However I’ve never used any matching apps so don’t know the context, I just found out thumbs up emoji is apparently rude to younger gens). You can give nonspecific answers, just like you would in real life. Conversation needs to star somewhere.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I may have gone a touch overboard when ordering embroidry kits from Temu. I think I now have a lifetime supply, plus a bit extra.
The kits are mostly pretty good quality (except for one dodgy one I asked for a refund on) but a few of them will be a bit challenging as they are quite complicated. I’m chalking them up as a work expense as they are to help keep me awake on quiet night shifts. Unfortunately the ATO is unlikely to agree with that assessment, so I can’t claim a refund on them.
I also bought a few more decals, hopefully Miss Meow will like her litter trays being in a small jungle. In any case having a plastic coating on the wall should help protect it from her over-enthusiastic litter digging practices.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I am so sick of being interrupted when I’m talking. However, I’ve finally started to grow a backbone and call people on when they do it.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
One more day to go.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Another day, another subreddit banned me.
I was reasonable, used facts and spoke the truth. 😞 My bad.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
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I just listened to a very interesting YT on the mushroom case, this was all new to me
and it changed my mind completely
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Lost the laundry gamble
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I love how Temu tries to trick you into taking a credit on your account instead of getting a refund to your card. They tell you it will take days to repay to the card, but it actually goes through instantly. Plus they put in an extra pop up to try to get you to change it without realising that clicking on “get refund instantly” means getting an account credit instead of an actual refund.
Oh well, I know their tricks and have the refund in my account and gave a bad review to the dodgy embroidery kit I was sent. I was actually a bit surprised that only one of them was actually dodgy, and because I didn’t have to return the kit I’ll be able to use the cotton on the stitch book I got that didn’t come with any, so that works out ok.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
YL is watching Chicago Med on the telly. Someone is getting their innards massaged by a surgeon. Time for me to do some homework.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I am back from the local museum. Photos were not allowed.
It was terrifying. This whole area of colonised NZ was founded by a psychopathic cult leader who made his own rules and basically governed like a psychopath. Looking at the photos, after 3 generations the population starts to share too many facial characteristics. And I learnt a new definition of frolic. ( it means having to smile while you work )
Other than that there were some beautiful artifacts that settlers brought over. Tools an personal items. Very lovely. It made me question what I would bring to a new world.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Revenge of the Sith was a lot better than Attack of the Clones
3/5
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I just watched Heretic
spoiler
I thought once you got your vein ripped out you’d die instantly and not hang on for half an hour so you can club a cunt with a 2 by 4 with nails sticking out.
4/5 hobbits
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I need that fucking cable I’ve been saving for probably 8 years and never used and I can’t find it anywhere.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
You rationalised it in the last house move
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I just dropped all of mine off for recycling, so I can’t help, sorry.
tone212_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I have a draw of very tangled cables collected over the years. I’m sure I have one of everything by now but digging through there is not fun.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Hehe i know this pain.
With you fam.
Can’t have mine though because I can’t find mine either.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I can literally see it in my minds eye in the spot I left it last time and it’s not there :(