The electric drumkit has arrived 😃 Elder saved his Xmas and birthday money plus all of his pocket money for an electric drumkit so he can practise with headphones on and not bother anyone (and also he’s learning so he’s shy). He saved the money and then asked me if he could get one, how could I say no 🥹 Great effort for a 13/14 yo, very proud ATM.
Discussion Thread 🎀 Wednesday 25 February 2026
Submitted 1 day ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
That’s really exciting. Electric kits have so many features like lessons and metronomes as well. Once he gets the hang of things he should dig into presets and more of the weird settings they can use
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
He’s very excited 😆 He and his dad are putting it together currently. It’s not a very expensive top of the range kind of one (he would’ve liked something better) but I said you can try it and play around with the features and start to get an idea of what things you like or want as features, then get something else later down the track. It’s a good starter kit and I wanted him to have that pride of having saved for something and got it.
tone212_@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Filling up petrol at 7/11 tonight, I see a sign about stocking onigiri and gyoza. Very reminiscent of Japan 7/11.
Inspected the gyoza more closely. Korean BBQ beef flavoured, looked good. Discounted $5.50 for 5 pieces. Eating now, they’re pretty good. Will try the onigiri next time.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Just don’t go near their egg roll. It’s a crime against taste.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 hours ago
Let’s just see if you survive the night first
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Will have to try! I miss the onigiri.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
anxiety
I know that there are bigger things going on atm and I’m being solipsist but anxiety chest pain is annoying. I am fine but my body doesn’t think so. It’s been three weeks. I just want to be able to sleep 😭 done the box breathing, the five senses thing, the just sitting with it thing, music, running, movies, and my body’s still saying danger and waking me up in the middle of the night. The last time I felt like this was when I was waiting on marks for a uni subject that I was going to fail, and before that, it was before a lesson I had to teach. Also happens when I have to wake up early. I took my sleep tracker off which I think has helped. I’m trying to tell myself that I’m not in immediate danger, but I’m at my wit’s end and probably have the struggle switch on. Thank goodness I have a psych appointment next week. I’ve done so much work on myself and my mindset over the past couple of years, but I feel like I’m back to square one. I know I’m not though, I just have to believe it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
so many hugs
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
Thanks for supporting me seagoon <3
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
I was in webinars since midday today, all the while a product photo on the website was wrong and felt like it would tear the business apart. Fortunately I turned one of the meeting rooms into a studio and got some new shots
Catfish@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Wow, so much upsetting cat news. Best wishes to all. 🖤🖤🖤 For contrast, TheVoid has had an uneventful dentistry visit, aside from discovering he has 1 forked tooth. Has scarfed multiple meals in one go and is snoring like a tractor.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Miss Meow also had a fairly uneventful vet visit. She has been vomiting a bit though, so the vet gave her an anti nausea shot and we have to wait and see if it comes back. If it does continue she might need to be poked and prodded for some more tests and/or we might have to do an exclusion diet to see if it is an allergy. But there are no other signs of anything wrong so it’s probably nothing too drastic.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Melbcat update
Bad news, TW cancer
They’re now saying Melbcat has an abdominal mass. That it’s probably cancer and has likely spread into her lung and lymph nodes. The three choices were biopsy and chemo, euthanasia, or try her on steroids to see if it responds. I’ve chosen to have a biopsy just to get more information on whether there’s any point to trying to treat it, or get an idea of how soon we would need to euthanise her. I’m visiting her this evening and will try to get a cuddle in. I’m not sure if I’ll get the chance to talk with the Dr more tonight or any more answers but I’ll just have to see.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Oh Melba, I’m sorry. Good idea on biopsy, just to see. Fuck cancer.
_miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Sending so much love. Hopefully further info will be revealed and help guide next steps 🖤
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
So sorry Melba :( cancer sucks. Make sure you feed her whatever she wants, I know you will.
❤️❤️❤️
SituationCake@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
So very sorry to hear. Whatever her path, I know it will be made as comfortable as possible due to your love and care.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Oh… So sorry to hear that Melba.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
I’m so sorry Melba
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
oh gees
so many hugs,
but it seems you caught it at a time when there are options, and that’s good , so that’s a positive
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
I’m not sure. They mentioned it being aggressive. I guess I’ll just wait for more information
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Tacos for dinner as a reward for all my hard work today
They are not very Mexican tacos, the meat is pulled pork with more of an American BBQ flavouring, but they were delicious. The slightly weird-textured yoghurt worked well - extra straining improved the texture quite a bit, it does make a decent alternative to sour cream, which was what I was after.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Melbourne PT is honestly useless.
On the way to work: signalling fault
On the way home: replacement bus
This isn’t uncommon.
Taleya@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
We did an emergency run to the vet last night , misha was restive and panting.
she had heart failure. She spent the night in an oxygen tent, they said ahe was very responsive to the meds and draining the chest fluid buildup, and we brought her home this morning with some meds and a consult with a cardiologist
she was minking efram and had a good day before it happened, now she’s tired and cranky and puking and I’m worried we just brought her home to die.
_miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Oh god it’s so hard to know what’s the right thing to do even with expert advice! Hoping things settle and are okay quickly 🖤
Eagle@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Its so hard when they are sick. Hoping both Missha and Melbcat are on the mend and they can stop stressing their owners out.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
hugs
sending lots of healing vibes
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
I’m so sorry Taleya. I have my fingers crossed for Misha 🤞
SituationCake@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
So sorry to hear. So sad, I hope the best for her and you.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Poor kitties atm :(
Hope misha pulls through.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
I’m so sorry to hear that Taleya
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Finally finished the fence post holes. Didn’t get a jack hammer, just chipped away at it. Prick of a job that needed to be done. Felt a kinship to the priest and Edmond in The Count of Monte Cristo tunnelling my way to success. Still need to set the posts, rails, pailings, letter box and doorbell. But that’s tomorrow’s job.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Call from the hospital.
Melbcat medical
To my understanding this has been caused by an infection that spread up to her kidney/s, one of them is enlarged or infected. I think they said the left. (I forget.) Pyelonephritis. There’s a dark spot on her lung but they don’t know whether it’s from inhaled vomit, if it’s normal, or something else. So she needs an ultrasound and X-rays. Normally they do 5 ultrasounds in a day and she’s sitting on 6 so not sure if it will get done today. She’s still seeming flat but also giving the vets some attitude which might interfere with the procedures so I’ll bring in her Zylkene to see if that helps and I’ve told them she can handle a lot of gabapentin. I don’t have a good feeling about this. :( I’m stressing about money but also about losing her.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Whatever happens she is the most loved cat. You are doing ok. We are here for you
_miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
🖤
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Thoughts and prayers for you and Melbcat ❤️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
so many hugs
seems like the doctors are on this ,
rest, try to get some nutrition into her, and you too
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 5 hours ago
Woah. Just finished Fever House by Keith Rosson. Read it on the strength of a passing mention on a podcast I listen to. Great, gripping book. Would highly recommend.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
just waiting for pastry to thaw and then I’ll be making a quiche
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
I got about halfway through the mulch moving this afternoon, so I should be able to finish it off in a couple of hours tomorrow morning. That will finish of about 1/3 of the area to be mulched, but the rest is being done with bales of pea straw and sugarcane mulch so is a bit less effort. Digging out the front edge of the beds to remove the grass is the tougher work. I can spread that out over a bit more time though, and might have to do it in gaps between rain based on the current forecast.
It will be interesting to see how successful I am at keeping the edge neat. It’s just grass straight against the edge of the garden bed, so I’ll need to keep on top of the edging to cut back any grass runners etc. I have an edger with the solid blade, so it should be fairly easy to just run along the edge before mowing, I just need to make sure I don’t get lazy and skip it.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Rightio - this is gonna be a long day at the home desk but I’m going to get everything done and I’m going to start out right with a big glass of lime water, and by tidying my desk and setting it all up ‘just so’
Immediately knocks over a pint of water on the desk and all the electrical outlets.
ugh
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Swapped my wfh day so I’m in the office with 4 people, only 1 of whom I talk to.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
I spent the morning weeding the front lawn and freeing the pop-up sprinklers from an overgrowth of grass that I think is impeding the effectiveness of the system. Because when I say ‘lawn’ I actually mean a patch of mostly dead grass with some green patches around the sprinklers. Now that we’ve had a bit of rain the dead patches are starting to get some green growth back again, but it’s mostly yellow and crunchy.
I also pulled the worst of the weeds out of the nature strip, including making a start on the tiny weed patch between my driveway and the neighbour’s. The ants did not like me doing that and I had a few little bites but I hate ants (after a couple of nasty kitchen swarm incidents) so it was worth it to piss them off. I’ve got some selective herbacide to kill off some of the nasty weeds like bindii, but once you get rid of the nasty weeds thre is not much more than bare dirt left at the moment. If I can clear the area and let some of the less offensive grasses move in instead it would be good.
My load of mulch has been delivered already, so this afternoon and tomorrow will be dedicated to hauling mulch into the back yard. It needs to be done by Friday, both because the weather is changing and because it’s on my driveway and I need to go out. I managed the pile of sandy loam in that timeframe, so lighter mulch shouldn’t be a problem. I guess worst case I spread it out a bit and drive over it 🤣
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
on my way to my first visit to the young seagoons 🙂
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Looking at bottom_racer’s burger and reading the discussion that followed has made me hungry for a burger.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
hunger is good
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
With the responses I feel like I’ve been tomato-ing wrong. I also forgot the mustard :(
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
I hope getting a cold isn’t the solution to my sleep issues but I’ll take what I can get for now. Puffed up glands and a sore throat for 6.5 hours sleep is a deal of sorts.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
I’m having a load of mulch delivered today and my enthusiasm level for moving it is currently at around 10%. Hopefully after breakfast and my morning stroll with Mr Woof I will be feeling a bit more motivated.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Great workout yesterday. Accomplished a lot. Felt on top of the world. Today, my body does not want to play.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
sending love and healing thoughts to melbs. 😘
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Ditto!! Lots of warmth and love!
bacon@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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A hearty plate of bacon and eggs with a couple of hash browns, please.
bacon@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
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_miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Was craving carbs like crazy, so cooked up a bunch of spuds and made some mash with cheese and slow cooked onions. Absolutely hit the spot.