He kicks his litter onto the mat, because he is my toilet cat
Discussion Thread 🍨 Monday 8 December 2025
Submitted 1 day ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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StudChud@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
He’s making snow for Christmas
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
I thought bubs had a grubby spot on her lower back due to flea dirt but was told by a vet it’s simply because she can’t reach that one spot to wash (long back + stiff with arthritis). But also just got told by a vet nurse that it’s flea dirt.
I’ve been a bit slack because she’s indoor only but I guess I tracked in some from the black cat outside.
Guess I’ll gently comb and wipe out if she lets me and re-treat. I don’t think I’ve given the flea and worm spot on yet this month. I need to make a space on the chore chart for monthly cat care jobs.
Washing all the cloth and vacuuming is going to be buns.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
You’re the best cat mum, so many hugs to you both 😽😽😽
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Melbcat disagrees, she’s calling the RSPCA /j
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Good night everyone
sweet dreams, 😘
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Eyelash tint has made me look like a raccoon. I normally don’t use Vaseline around my eye and am careful but today, that was not the case. Frantically rubbing micellar water on my eyelids to look less crazy.
Catfish@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Embrace and enhance the crazy!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
I just use a pencil and then a bit of mascara, but I cheated, I got Miss Seagoon to show me the best shape for my face
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
That’s a good idea, but I have the dexterity of a blobfish (it takes practise, I know)
May I ask what the best shape is? Or how she figured that out?
Eagle@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
It’ll fade. I bit the bullet and had my eyebrows dyed last week. I’m naturally very fair, and the rate i was plucking greys out i would have no eyebrows left. And rather than stuff it up myself, i paid a professional.
But now I look like Wreck it Ralph. They have faded a bit but I’m pulling my fringe down to cover them still!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Yes they do fade! I have had many many bad eyebrow dyes as someone with pretty much invisibrows.
I remember paying almost 80 bucks for some lady to dye and shape my eyebrows and I ended up looking like Wreck It Ralph but even more intense.
if you want to diy
Would recommend the 1000 hour tint if you want to try doing it yourself! It’s pretty simple to do and cheap compared to getting them done by a professional. If you have some Vaseline, it should be a-okay. The lighter tints are a bit warm toned though. There’s a brand starting with R that does cooler toned ones, I’ll have to think of what that was. Also have heard beard dye works well too.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
today first day I don’t feel tired from the vax
I might go out for a bit, look at some art stuff, then do my UnKAOS chores when I get home.
Cats are cranky today, it’s the 2nd day where I reduced dry food ration by 2 tbsps. They are both at least a kilo overweight still. ( as am I )
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
I kind of got stung by a bee on the ride to work today. I felt something during the ride to see a bee stuck to my trousers. I don’t think it got too far past the fabric but I can feel my leg a little.
Also, I checked the odometer of the bike and I’ve done over 1200km on it so far. That’s 2-3 tanks of petrol depending on how you drive.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Anywhere people recommend for buying second hand or refurbished PC parts? I’m looking to upgrade my girlfriend’s laptop because she’s trying to live in 2025 with 8gb ram. I know ram prices are meant to be crazy right now but I hope people aren’t paying top shelf for second hand laptop memory.
The only places I know of either sell new or refurbished full PCs.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
You need an overclockers forum account, the sales section unlocks after 3 months.
What kind of RAM? I think I’ve got some 4gb laptop ram about.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
I was going to join that years ago but it wants the email from your ISP which contains identifying info for me
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
I remember you mentioned that and I signed up. It has 2 slots for DDR4 SODIMM so 16GB would be enough, 32GB on a deal would be perfect. And yeah, an NVME slot and an empty 2.5 slot
tone212_@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
I had to buy a new laptop to move on from living on 8gb in 2025, the RAM was soldered on. Looks like I might have bought at the right time if RAM prices are going to make new laptops more expensive?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
You bought at the right time. The demand for compute means the AI companies are gobbling up all the RAM, I’m sure they’d find servers with slots for laptop RAM.
I got my girlfriend a Dell, and whilst I have my issues with them at least they have that workstation DNA where they come apart alright and everything is removable
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
Any instrument or former instrument players or even crafty people here, what is something you did in your practise that lead to significant improvements?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Slow down if you’re making mistakes
Use a metronome
Record yourself so you know how you sound
Music theory is not the enemy
But above all of that, have fun!!!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Thanks! Love the last point especially :)
phant@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
For gigs. Practice how you play. Sure I can practise the act of making the right notes by sitting in front of my computer. But there’s more involved in a gig and I learnt it’s worth practising it all (as much as feasible). Stand up, guitar into pedals into amp, mic on mic stand (plugged into some speakers if possible). On stage it’s easy to forget shit like this-pedal on/off now or shit I’m s’posed to be at the mic right now. And then just general stage presence. Open mics also great practise grounds.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Yeah I should practise standing up! Thanks for the tips :)
Eagle@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
Listening to a recording of myself. Quietened my loud breathing down after that! ( it was a wind instrument but I sounded like I was gasping!)
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Ooh yes that’s a great one! Thanks!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Are there any exercises to practice to improve individual skills in isolation?
Like a particular ‘song’ made to get you used to a tricky chord and ingrain it in muscle memory?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Thanks melba! I don’t believe lazy is entirely a thing. You can either be disinterested, or want to do it, but have various barriers in the way.
I absolutely struggle with inconsistency at the moment and am trying to rectify that. My problem is that I don’t push myself because I tell myself that it’s going to be too hard when I do need a nudge.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
mozzies got me
got a big hot angry bump
time for antihistamines
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Strongly regretting having got rid of my old ps2 years ago. Maybe I should buy another one to watch dvds and play games. Just not sure if they’re compatible with modern tvs.
I’m not really savvy about tvs
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 day ago
You’re good hon, its only a concern if swallowed because it could potentially knot up and block the long complicated spaghetti machinery that resides within yon puss. Usually when I catch our buggers doing that it means they want more grass or a chew stick, I don’t think you hurt her mouth if shes drinking and using it like normal.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
I managed to pull it out with slight resistance so it’s possible it started to go down her throat and I slightly hurt her. There was soreness but she’s eating and drinking so that’s good
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Alfie did similar with tinsel.
I once used a tinsel wall (so long strands of tinsel) to do some Christmas photos and turned my back on Alfie for one moment. Heard some weird chewing, turned back and sure enough he’s chewing the tinsel. I grabbed it and started pulling it out of this month… and kept pulling… and kept pulling. I can’t believe how fast he managed to gobble it down!! Absolute buggers!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Oh yeah, I will not have a Xmas tree. Normally Melbcat doesn’t eat anything dangerous but after this the possibility is there and needs to be accounted for
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
she’s a silly
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
mozzie itching intensifies 😖
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
If you have no Stingose you could try to run water as hot as you can comfortably stand over the bites so the heat deactivates the thing causing the reaction? (Be careful not to scald yourself.)
Another option is aluminium antiperspirant which is a lot weaker than the aluminium in Stingose but might help somewhat.
Also if you can’t resist scratching, try instead lightly slapping the bites or around them (old advice for tattoos). It creates a distracting sensation without the damaging friction on compromised skin.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
i’m putting lidocaine cream on
it’s swollen up right on my wrist
bacon@aussie.zone 1 day ago
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SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
Was bracing myself for a nasty rental increase, looking at another (almost identical) unit that’s gone up for rent in my area, but have been offered another year with a $10 increase. Very very surprised and pleased by that!