Submitted 4 weeks ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
Hi, I’m CEO and I have a crockery problem. I am currently dealing with it but I would like to apologise to anyone who has given me stuff in the past thinking I will use them in good faith. I do love serving bowls but I don’t need 10 of them and I don’t need the tiny bowls that go with them.
The good news is someone else will appreciate this stuff more than me.
I just gave away half of everything to the Young Seagoons. 👍
Update on the DT house partay for those wanting to come along.
Would anyone be keen for the 14th (Pi day)?
Was thinking kicking it off say late arvo 4/5pm-ish.
Partners anyone else welcome.
Inner east, will dm the deets :)
Yeah man keen as fuck!
I’m in! Boyo will likely tag along! Let me know anything I should bring!
Yup I’m in!
I’m a strong maybe. I’ll be coming from (and returning to) Brunswick if I make it.
I’m in as well!
Been trying to decide if my property manager(s) are incompetent or just lowlifes. I think it’s both.
back from doc, I am good, just gotta keep doing what I’m doing 👍
Great news!
Thank you. 😘
Yay! You are doing amazing! And I just back from doc too! I need iron but that is not unexpected
Everyone seems to be at the doctors recently!
I get the results from my blood test tomorrow, last time it showed low iron and vit. D, and given I’ve not been anywhere near as good as I should have been at taking the recommended suplements I expect I will have the same result again.
oldgreeg, hugs, hope it’s not too debilitating
I just went to post my bowel screening test back and realised I forgot to actually put the tubes in the envelope. I actually had the envelope in the delivery slot when I realised, luckily I hadn’t let go yet.
The Temu return was much more successful. The dodgy ill-fitting shoes are now out of my life.
hahaha. Thanks - I’ll make a note to remember that myself!
I’ve been static buzz so haven’t seen little man to get the paper collar on him. And still need to actually set up the new printer and print the found posters.
But I know someone who used to work in cat rescue, and they know someone down my way who is still actively involved. They will be able to scan him on site for a microchip and would be able to trap him if I want to go ahead with that. There are foster homes that completely bypass the danger of the overwhelmed kill shelter. I’ve also passed on his picture to be posted in lost and found groups. It will be devastating to give him up as well if it comes to that and I haven’t fully decided if that’s something I want to do. Hoping to get him back to an owner while mulling over a name and trying to think if I could foster. I’m just really not okay and don’t know if I can reliably care for him right now. So… decisions. Winter is coming and even with shelters I don’t want him out there with his bad chest. I guess the first thing is to find out whether he’s still owned. Then every decision can flow from there.
I’m still having intrusive images of Melbcat’s final sleep and memories of her alive. I hear a little sound and think she’s coming back into the room. I’m unable to finish tasks now. Sleeping all the time and falling into deep depression. I can see it happening. I’ll foster sweet boy in an emergency if I can get help but feeling absolutely raw and not functioning.
No need to pressure yourself into fostering if you’re not ready. If the rescue organisation gets involved, they will find the right person. You will be the right person one day too, to a different cat. After my dog died, I wasn’t ready for another companion for a year. Everyone is different in how much time they need. It’s all normal and you are not alone. Be kind to yourself. You loved Melbcat so very much, of course the loss hurts. Let the grief process happen, it’s okay. And if things do spiral, please reach out to get support. Here, or medical, or irl contacts, whatever you need. Melbcat would want you to.
You’re right. He loves me and follows me around like a dog, but is also a highly energetic young chap while my circumstances require my pets to be exclusively inside. I also feel he needs more hands on deck for his care. :(
I’ll just have to see what happens and choose what’s best for him.
so many hugs
it’s normal to have these thoughts and memories
hugs
Fuck corner cupboards. I had to basically get inside the cupboard with head down, feel around in there and slither back out. I found relics.
PT really sucks ass.
Left the house at 7:20am and due to “signalling faults” I ended up going back home.
signally faults = people stealing the copper wires
Considering where I live that wouldn’t be surprising.
If I made protein balls would that be cheating in my no sugar for lentish even though there’s a small amount of maple syrup (2 tablespoons) in them?
I’m not religious but sounds like your making a healthy recipe, so maybe it’s a fair exemption
Yeah I think so too. Thanks
Just had a fruitful conversation and maybe I could get a job at barbecue sauce?
This entire album is so good.
I just started listening to it yesterday.
I’m a huge fan of the first album, but never dug into the rest till now.
I’m off to get some blood drawn
Must be a sharp pencil!
Sorry, I’ll see myself out…
Boooo
So moist and sticky
I’ve put the aircon at work to ‘dry’ - really helps.
I did not know that was a thing. Experimenting now!
I decided to just wipe the big PC and put Bazzite on there and it has run a treat. Nightreign worked straight away, that was the main reason for the switch. I got crushingly close to soloing Gladius as Duchess. She’s a DPS powerhouse
There’s a few games I miss but I’ve been really happy with it.
I was on Mint before and getting bad frame rates in Nightreign. I wasn’t happy with Mint’s performance overall and found I kept going back to the Windows partition, so it was time for a change. I’m excited to use Bazz on a big PC with some grunt, I’ve only used it on a laptop with some weird Quaddro graphics card, but it has worked perfectly.
Spice sorting turned out to be a lot more effort than I expected, largely because the project kept getting bigger as I went!
But I have now cleaned out and rearranged all the herbs & spices, including freshly grinding a lot of the spices which were close to empty. I was very low on a lot of things and am completely out of ground cinnamon, which hampered my attempt to mix a new batch of mixed spice as well. I now have a shopping list to replace all the things I’m out of.
I’ve been sorting out my spices etc. and some of that stuff has been around way too long - expiry dates 8-10 years ago! I think it’s time to toss most of it and buy fresh.
I would also like to question my past self as to why she bought so much of so many different types of salt. I have rock salt, ground salt and salt flakes, all with iodised and non-iodised versions. Plus pink salt and black salt. The only saving grace is that salt doesn’t go off. Although the black salt smells like it has and I haven’t liked any of the uses recommended for it, so I’ve made the executive decision to toss that one out. Now I only have 7 different types of salt to manage!
I sort the pantry and all my cupboards every six months, just a habit from being an expat and not having much stuff
My pantry is mostly pretty good, there’s just a few areas that got a bit out of control, especially the spices. I had a bit much clutter and ended up with bits spread everywhere, then I’d buy more of things because I couldn’t find them. And then of course I moved house which just compounded the chaos.
I’ve got a spot cleared now to store all the bulk stuff (I mostly buy whole spices and grind my own). There are a few things in there I don’t really use to get rid of, and most of the older packets are pretty much empty.
Is the black salt, kala namak? aka eggy salt, aka it has sulphur in it. It might be supposed to smell like that.
Yes, it is. It is supposed to smell like that, but it’s not something I actually liked. I kept seeing things about how it was really great in egg dishes so I thought I’d give it a try, but I really didn’t like it.
I was at a fancy buffet breakfast recently that had an entire salt range! And a honey bar. Absolutely loved it. You could set up your own salt bar!
I worked out it costs me $650 a week after tax in travel time costs for work.
Crazy.
Time is valuable.
If you worked from home you could use that time more productively.
Our Eurovision entry this year. I live for a key change.
Ohh yeahhhhhhhh
Beep Beep 🚚
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Today is day 2 of using the nicotine spray.
Have cut vaping down by 90%
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
right on, that’s really positive. it took me at least 7 or 8 tries to quit (smoked for 15 years, at least a pack a day for most of it, but rolled my own so who knows really…), but it stuck on the last try and i haven’t smoked for 15 years. don’t beat yourself up too much about the cravings or if you slip at all, just give it another try, it’ll stick. those a-hole-assclowns really make that shit fucking addictive
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’m a bit like Force, I started with the spray and moved to the lozenges. I really liked the spray and used it for about 4 years before I switched to the lozenges. I can’t see myself giving up the lozenges any time soon but the way I see it, anything is better than smoking or vaping and I’m happy for myself, because I was really badly addicted. I gave up and then started again and quit again about 10 years ago. I’d had about a dozen attempts prior to that.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
you will cough because you are not getting as much nicotine directly in your lungs and nicotine stops the little cilia in your bronchioles from moving gunk out
and so many hugs and happy dances, smoking is such a hard habit to quit 🏆
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Nice one ! That’s a big deal