Yarrabyte having a well earned sickie.
Discussion thread ❤️Friyay 5th December
Submitted 2 days ago by SaneMartigan@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 days ago
You get the tick of approval for being over 16!
Cheers 🍻
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I think she’d need to scratch her username into the coaster?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Enjoy your beers everyone! ❤️
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 day ago
You too mate! Cheers
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I’m tired and cranky today. It’s my daughter’s graduation later. When I come home after, providing she doesn’t, I’m gonna get high. 🚬
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Had my daughter’s grad earlier this week.
Will definitely get high later today. Since it’s prescription…my kids know.
So much better not hiding it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I generally only use it as a last resort pain relief. Today it will be used as a stress release.
One time I was in absolute agony, finally I had some relief and YL and some friends came in all at the same time. Everyone is talking to me and all I’m hearing in my head is “blah blah blah shut the fuck up and leave me alone”.
That’s why I prefer to do it when I’m alone.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Friday has become pizza and weed night. Sometimes both, sometimes one of. I think tonight is a both night.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
👍
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
✌️☘️💚
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Listening to a colleague drone on about some shit that’s not relevant to my role.
It’s a Teams meeting, so I’m muting and un-muting them every few minutes.
He’s losing his shit.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I love this energy
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I get cunty when people fuck with my Friday afternoon
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Thanks for making the thread Sane
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 day ago
As soon as it gets dark, the thread will be made Bonkers
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
As soon as we get on the beers
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I have now hemmed two new pairs of pants. Miss Meow helped by confirming they were good to sleep on, an essential quality control step.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Ughh… I’m not feeling up to a walk but I’m so bored.
Got eaten by mosquitoes while taking the recycling to the bin. I’ve wiped off the kitchen windowsill then put the glass with the lavender cutting back. Put the disgusting sink of dishes to soak. And started a load of washing.
I need to put out fresh borax baits, change the bed and sweep the floor but don’t wanna.
I don’t even get to be baked for this
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
so tired
good night everyone, sweet dreams
extra hugs to those who aren’t feeling well 😘😘😘
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
🍻
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Left my work phone at work and everything that uses two factor has decided to log me out. So I guess I’m doing even less work from home today
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
To me this sounds like it’s beer o’clock
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It’s like that. Some things will have to wait until Monday, oh well
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
House inspection today so the house is clean to the point of weird, but am so damn happy to go into the weekend with nothing except tidy as you go cleaning!
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Afternoon team. GET20 for 20% off orders over $300 at Uncle Dans. At that price delivery is free too.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Thank you for your service
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Was chatting at work with a colleague, who is contemplating going into business selling charcoal packages - little one-bbq ones. Completely self sufficient - kindling is included in each pack as part of the base. Pack size is 2 kg or so and the base fits into standard webers/smokers/bbqs and most fire pits. 2 packs fit nicely into a half 44 gallon drum. Looking at using mallee root charcoal or gidgee (my fab fave for charcoal cooking).
Basically is a complete package that you only need to remove the outer covering and hold a match to the base, wait for the coals to ash up and then get to cooking or whatever.
He got the idea cos a huuuge 10-15 kg chaff bag of charcoal is usually too much for just one bbq/fire pit and is hard to store cleanly for next time. Specially in an apartment. So a one use only quantity with all included that can be bought as needed rather than stored since the last bbq is the basic concept.
As test of concept (not sales) - is this the sort of thing anyone here would be interested in? Particularly if you could pick up a pack at a petrol station or supermarket or the like? Would be very interested to pass on your comments.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I think with the COL rise and more people cooking at home, there’s plenty of people who would buy that. Especially apartment dwellers. Heck even I have a bbq on my balcony that I haven’t used because of the fluff around with charcoal and gas and shit. So I reckon there is definitely a market for it.
Also agree with Seagoon, that selling it wholesale to a retailer is a good idea because your mate can then spread the risks around rather than taking it all on themself
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Most apartments have serious no BBQ rules.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
There are dedicated Webber and lifestyle stores popping up around so there could be a market there too
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
the people to sell it to is Bunnings and Mitre 10 and Woolworths, that’s who your friend should be concentrating on
that’s who your friend’s customer is
about the product, sounds awesome , would definitely buy
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
If I had a fire pit I would be. Sadly I don’t
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I’m so ready for it to be knock-off time
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I’ve been doing some painting today, but not the artistic kind. I’ve been painting lots of weeds in the back yard with poison, focussing on the mallow in the lawn and the grass runners popping up in the garden. There were also a couple of very tiny bindi plants I spotted, but I seem to have mostly gotten rid of them for now. I should do a bit in the front yard too, but I was overheating enough just doing that much so will put it off until another day.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
You could just eat the mallow
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I do not wish to eat the mallow. If I did I would put a mallow plant somewhere convenient and nurture it so it was actually good to eat, not have it hide through the lawn.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I heard it’s called cheeseweed because of the round seed pod but doesn’t taste like cheese.
Unfortunately I’m not able to test it out or even other foraging because my stomach is a little bitch
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
off to take a bag of stuff to op shop and take some good glasses ( ray ban small frames suitable for a young person ) to the optometrist to give to charity
most optometrists will take old glasses for charity to give to third world countries, it’s a very good cause, no point in knowing how to read if you need glasses
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
slow start, but I put the washing machine on, the robovac on, tidied a little, made some panettone bread mix
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Tool programming rage .
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Can anyone recommend a sparky for Springvale area? Power is still out, United claiming faults at many premesis in the area.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I finally got around to some long put-off sewing work and fixed some flannelette pjs. They’ve annoyed me for ages because the buttons all come undone and the front facings bunch up instead of sitting properly, so I’ve sewn the facings down and sewn the front shut so the buttons are now just decorative. Now when I pull it out of the cupboard after the weather cools down again next year I won’t have to go throught the whole wear it once and remember ‘oh yeah, that’s why I don’t wear that pair very much, I should do something about that’ procedure like I have been for the last few years.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ah wonderful. My job provider has given my details to another recruiter who has hounded me via text to apply for a call centre job at Probe. I tried so hard to avoid applying for anything coming from Probe or Serco (terrible word of mouth reputations amongst us phone monkey), but it’s done now.
I want to smack this man and his sickly faux enthusiasm
oh mY GOD AS I WAS WRITING THIS WHINGE POST PROBE SENDS ME A MESSAGE TO DO A FUCKING PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THEIR AI
AN AI!? AN AI!?
Fuck this shit
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I’d be rude to an AI. If a company can’t provide a human to interview me they’ve faied the interview. Job provider be dammed.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I hate myself a bit for saying it, but I’ll be phoning this one in for sure. Fuck techno-capitalism, I’m not begging for a shitty job from a tinskinned meatless clanker FFS.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Be careful, they’ll remember that in the robot uprising /s Especially as they bought up all the memory cards :p
Roko’s Basilisk don’tcha know /s
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
lmao that last line, that’s hilarious
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
They haven’t even called me yet. Useless clankers can’t even call on time smdh
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It seems to be a thing now. My kid had a preliminary interview by email with AI for a colesworth job recently
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It’s dehumanising in every sense of the word
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Smashing out work to be done by about 11 so I can enjoy the rest of the day.
Absolute slog this time of the year.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Hello Friday my old friend.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I think I need to get some more of the big sealable pantry containers to protect crackers and dry goods from moths. Maybe even keep stuff in the fridge or freezer to kill the eggs. Because every time I order from the supermarket back they come.
I think I need to sweep to get the stuff like litter and fur and then vacuum to grab any moth or flea eggs, but that depends on energy and Melbcat being in the other room when the noise starts.
I also saw a cockroach. Ew. I’m wiping stuff down and those baits are being refreshed tonight.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Customer wanted to return something that could be fixed with a screwdriver. Manager said just return it. Person who looks through returns got pissed.
Another Customer returned a mop that wasn’t suitable for their floor. Manager again said just return it. Returns lady got pissed at me. Mop had water in it. Returns lady extra pissed at me.
I knew I should’ve just said no and not asked for the manager’s input.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
“I was just doing what I was told to do, it’s not like returning a wet mop is following an illegal order lol”
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Obedience 😡😡😡😡
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Manager just doesn’t want to deal with either pissed off returns staff or pissed off customers (when they demand to speak to the manager after you say no). Lazy manager.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Spritzer made with goon, the Australian way
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Yay. 😻
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Up we get. Time for work
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I’ve had my pint - in increments, because I’m ^very little^ and Siobhan thinks it’s hilarious when I ask for a full pint in one go - and arranged delicious mi goreng.
Life is good
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
🍻
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I wish I could have a pint but my body has decided it’s an allergen or something
I still want one
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 day ago
It was Magner’s cider, if that makes a difference. I’m not much of a one for beer