Discussion Thread 🚂 Thursday 19 February 2026

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As an alternative to further hospital stays Melbcat is home now on daily subcutaneous fluids, pain and nausea relief, and antibiotics. The idea is to support her body and keep retesting her values at least every three days while trying to let the acute kidney injury recover. 🤞If she worsens she will have to go back into hospital.

  I’ll also try to encourage her to drink broth, offer those pouches of soup style meal toppers, and get some electrolytes from the pet shop.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    gentle hugs

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  • _miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    🖤

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds like you have your hands full, but they are the best hands for her.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I would much rather have kept her admitted and on iv fluids but the costs of that could get out of control very quickly. And she will need further care.

      At least this way she has more familiar surroundings and her own bed…

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Juice from a tin of tuna in spring water is very much a fave of the puss puss. We used to do liquid for punky, tuna for my jaffle.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Good idea, she did like tuna juice so I’ll get more mini tins.

      I’ve moved a small container of frozen broth into the fridge to thaw and am trying to clean the disaster area of my kitchen to hopefully cook more once I’ve had a bit of sleep.

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have arranged alternate leave, very slightly later. This is acceptable to me. I would have LIKED it to include my birthday, but I’ll take a few days off just afterwards

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Couch has been chopped up and removed from the house the easiest and, coincidentally, the most satisfying way: chucked through the window! Dining table has been moved to it’s new position and it’s looking great in here! I even put up different curtains (my exMIL bought herself new curtains but couldn’t get them up by herself, so I did that for her and scored the old ones 🙂).

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    DEFENESTRATE! 🤖

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I was Russian to get it done in one morning

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Throwing furniture out of the window is cathartic lol

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It sure is! My oldest was home and he helped with it as well. It’s certainly not something you get to do every day and I think he really enjoyed himself 😂

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  TheVoid caught a mouse. Good Boy!

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He is a mighty hunter

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Indeed. A majestic garden panther.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yay 🐈‍⬛🏆

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  One of the black kittens let me pick them up.

  Feels good lol

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So just how many are you keeping? 😹

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a real struggle lol

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    😻😻😻

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    aww 🐈‍⬛

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The worst thing about changing your diet for the better is when you decide to treat yourself like you used to and your guts decide you’ve been poisoned and must remove all the offending foodstuff asap. 😢

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It feels like betrayal.

    “why body?!?! I’ve been so good to you, just let me have this one!!!”

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Eeeeeek I walked through a spiders web, right across my face! Mad swiping of face and hair ensued, hoping spider wasn’t present.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Has anyone heard from Melbtown and Melbcat?

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hi - because of hospital stay costs Melbcat has been allowed to come home with supportive care and monitoring to see if her kidneys recover. 🤞 If she worsens she’ll have to go back into hospital

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No but I just came here to check. If you are listening Melbs family we are thinking of you

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  yay, I bought a new controller so I can play computer games 👍🎮33

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oooh, so fun!! I’ve been really enjoying playing computer games with a controller. E33 converted me, until then I was a strictly mouse and keyboard person.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the writers of the game said to use a controller so here I am 🙂

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Had to visit Camberwell for a meeting today, not an area of Melbourne I’ve ever visited. Such a contrast to my west side hood, in the types of people walking around, the much nicer houses and buildings. Their office was very flashy. Felt like the person from the ghetto seeing how the other side lives.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The leafy green burbs in the east are definitely something else compared to the west.

    With that in mind, feel free to rob people. They’re scared of us from the other side of the bridge.

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just plant more yuccas, bit of synthetic grass, few footy gnomes it’s not all bad out west.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Used to live in camberwell near the junction many moons ago as a 20 something.

    It was sort of souless but there was an awesome chicken place at the end of the street that arrested many a hangover.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    the west and north never used to be so ghetto and run down, it’s so heartbreaking to see

    I think the loss of rates revenue from the now closed manufacturing and defence facilities has left these councils poor

    pokies and gambling has not helped communities either

    If I were in the council I’d be applying for every grant, state and federal, that I could

    and would do my best to drive out pokies

    nothing will stop the centuries old prejudices but standards of living can be raised and opportunities nurtured

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Our historical landmark is pacific Werribee lol

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Heading home from work, my bowels are UNHAPPY

  I’d like to give my gratitude to my sympathetic nervous system and the crimson tide for the opportunity to look like a sick fuck at work ✌️💜

  I finished all seasons of The Boulet Brothers Dragula that I can access via Shudder (seasons 4-6, and Titans 1 and 2). Gonna rewatch Titans 2, and then investigate how to “obtain” seasons 1-3 and Resurrection lol

  I NEED MY HORROR DRAG QUEENS AND KINGS

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  • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    fmhy.pages.dev/video

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cheers :)

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Perfecto!

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Rutracker.org :)

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bless 🙌 thank you!

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Got the day off so I’m doing something drastic: throwing out my couch! It’s threadbare and disgusting and I’m sick of covering it with throws to try to make it look ok. It’s time to get it out of the lounge room. I also want to move the dining table to the space it currently occupies. ExMrP wants to help… I’d kind of like to do it myself but fine I guess. I threw out the last lounge suite we had on my own and this is smaller. I’ll see how I go!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I do 99% of stuff here on my own, that way it gets done

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Guy has only been single for five months. Will abort mission. I knew it was too good to be true.

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think that’s a sign to run for the hills straight away. How long were they together? Do you have any inkling that he’s not over it or you’d just be a rebound? Are you looking for a reason to run?

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t know how long they were together. Will have to ask. He has said he wants to travel but doesn’t have anyone to go with, and that he will go on a solo trip when he’s been single for “too long”. I think that’s just me reading into things.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For a different perspective: I was 2 months single, and still living with my ex, when I met my now-partner. Together since Jan 2019.

    It can work out. Unless you got icks for other reasons, I’d suggest at least a third date to see where his head is at.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks for sharing your perspective! And happy seven years :)

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had one of those. The Ex was knocked up.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah hmmm :(

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you mean rebound… naww

    5 months is okay.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I absolutely do not want to be someone to fill his void because he can’t be happy on his own. I couldn’t have imagined dating five months post-breakup, but everyone is different I guess.

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At least he is single…

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s mortifying 💀

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    that sounds like one of those unfounded stupid things that you can read on the internet

    and something I asked my clinical psych, she said it’s meaningless, people get on with life

    if you like the guy that’s what counts, make the effort 🙂

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes the internet is full of stupid timelines. Maybe I just take a long time to get over things. I couldn’t see myself dating someone five months after a breakup.

      I told him about PHM and he wants to see it with me. Hopefully not to fill a void

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Image

  What a fucking track

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This whole album is a great return from these guys.

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks, might steal it from you

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s been giving me endorphin rushes all day lol

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I put in for, like, three days of leave. I did this a month out. I want the leave in late March.

  Apparently the answer is still no. How damn early do I have to do it for it to be a yes?

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s bullshit. An employer can only refuse an employee’s request for annual leave if the refusal is reasonable. What’s their reason?

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    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That there’s no leave available. Too many other people want it.

      But like…why is a month’s warning not long enough to avoid that?

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Puzzle With A Piece Missing came on PBS this morning on the drive to work. I looked it up and Gotye’s Like Drawing Blood isn’t on Youtube Music as an album. The songs are there but not together. This is just one of the many problems with streaming

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Morning

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Either the heating in this building is totally crazy lately or I’m starting to have hot flushes. Yay peri-menopause.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve never had quinoa so I bought some today. If anyone has any tips I would most appreciate it.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m feeling efficient and have booked appts for both myself and Miss Meow to have checkups next week. Next in line is Mr Woof’s checkup and my dentist and the optometrist, then the car needs a service & a visit to the autoelectrician. I’ve ended up with lots of stuff piling up because I’ve been putting off decisions about new services for everything now that I’ve moved. My insurance company has been bugging me about getting a checkup though, which is probably good as it’s given me a push I needed to actually start organising things.

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kidcalhoons1&2 current favourite shows.

  Taskmaster & The Simpsons spoiler

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have listened to the ABC of Relativity a few times now.

  I have questions …lol

  why geodesics, why not paths of greater resistance , what causes these paths

  and the rest requires study of quantum mechanics

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Beep Beep 🚚
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