Been smoking way less, but still smoking. Funny, buying a pouch from Woolies is ~$100, buying a 20pk of Marlboro reds from my local tobacconist is $18.
Even more reason to quit: Marlboro is made in the USA lol
Discussion Thread 🪷 Wednesday 8 April 2026
Submitted 1 month ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I swear by the nicotine spray thingy
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That shit gave me horrible acid reflux. Nicotinell patches were the bomb tho.
Caveat: i’m very good at recognising dream states. Which is good because they were wild on those things.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Ah! Smokers warning. Can’t at my place – body corp rules and a cunt neighbour who will report. So heads up.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Few years ago a dude offered me 2 x 50g of champion for $50 at a club thing.
Obv. stolen. had all the australian warnings. Couldn’t pass it up though 😇
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Last night, I went to the movies with the boyfriend (The Drama gets 2/5 hobbits), and we were walking back to my car. I accidentally went down the wrong street and the most gorgeous orange kitty came up to us and started purring and rubbing itself on us. I wanted to take it home. Do cats typically not have collars? This one didn’t have one. It looked like an adult.
No cat tax because we were enjoying the moment. I love my dog but I think thanks to you guys and this cat we saw, I am starting to want a cat.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Correct me if I’m wrong cat people, but if the cat has a tattoo in its ear, it’s been chipped.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Neutered.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Ear tatt means neutered. Blue tag means chipped, but that’s dependant on the owner. our boys are chipped but no blue tags .
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Behold mouse trap w/ swivelling bottle with peanut butter on swivelling dowel over a bucket of water with ramp v.2.0.1
Improvements over v1.0
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more peanut butter
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Soap applied to inner walls
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Longer ramp with peanut butter.
Worked in Melbs but was after a rat not the mouse that got in.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
This is a magnificent contraption! For washing mice for your new cat.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Y’know I jus so happen to be in the business of sellin’ mousetraps. We jus got listed on Bunnings too
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m so invested!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
we will see
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Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Dipping in and out of work mailbox onnphone to clear out monitoring notifications. Fucking employer has sent me more goddamn emails in my two days of holidays than he has the rest of the year combined.
Cunt is pathological and they are not getting actioned. Get a fucking hobby.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Isn’t there a law that says that employers can’t email employees on time off? It’s called “Right to Disconnect”? fwc.gov.au/…/right-to-disconnect-fact-sheet.pdf
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
He’s sending to work email, not personal.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Two things.
First, Carrot Man has a new carrot, or at least a freshly painted one. Looks very nice.
Second, I just saw a young bloke on an electric scooter with a small fridge on the platform. Not secured with anything resembling an occy strap. Scooting down the hilly bit of Bridge Road. Which is due for resurfacing next weekend. Courage takes many forms.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I think I’ll get some cheese cake in advance of tomorrows excitement.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yes!!!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Black cat angst
I haven’t heard from the rescuer so texted her again, and asked if this guy can be treated outside or needs to be confined. I’m clearing my space and buying a cheap tent to make an easy quarantine zone or keep him to be scanned… But I’ve also told her I’m not feeling confident in the ringworm treatment and asked if she can start looking for backup foster homes because I’m not sure I’m able to take him. I’m also looking for the owners in any way I can. It’s a hard one. I care about the cat and don’t fully want to give him up. Torn. Keep flip flopping. I’m just trying to be responsible and let them know to start looking for a placement now rather than bite off more than I can chew and then suddenly need someone else to take him on short notice. Or just stop caring for him because I can’t. I wish things were different. 😢
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Whoever reminded me about Moser Roth Madagascan vanilla chocolate from Aldi - my diet this week.does NOT thank you (but my mental health does…yummo)
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Ozbargain needs to stop. It’s giving me scotch deals again
tone212_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That site is dangerous, I’ve learned to limit how often I visit there.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It’s meant to help you save money but I end up spending more from being on there. Plus I’m on one bottle of Morris from Rutherglen with another to get through, it’s all Ozbargain’s fault
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Been reading a kids book of Aesop’s Fables to the kids and I’m struggling to take it seriously.
The reading level its written for and the laboured metaphors of talking animals just remind me of long LinkedIn posts or really bad boomer memes.I keep telling the kids we’re going to read some stories to help us excel at B2B sales
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Please post the name and author lol
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It says they’re retold by Ann McGovern and the intended reading level is grade 4. Copyright also goes back to 1963 so they’ve just been reprinting this thing
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
My pumpkin vine has put out a bunch of new female flowers, it must feel like it’s in with a chance for more fruit than the 10 currently ripening. The squash and zucchini are also making a late fruiting run.
The snow peas on the collapsed trellis had some dried peas so I’ve planted those on the remaining trellis and will hopefully get some new plants growing, and also harvested some fresh snow peas from one plant which decided it’s just going to keep growing on the ground. The climbing bean is also being pretty productive at the moment, so even though I didn’t get everything growing in the garden I would have liked it has been a fairly successful year.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
You’d be ahocked, last year i threw a bunch of compost in a bed in jan, giant pumpkin trellis erupted, they held and we got enough to soup all winter.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
zucchini are also making a late fruiting run
That’s impressive. Mine were out of the ground well over a month ago.
Going into the cold this year will be bok choy, coriander, lettuce and maybe beetroot which I’ve never done.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve had a good result with beetroot and a couple of other root vegies - I have a few beetroot ready to pull up now. I need to do some more planting, I haven’t really gotten onto doing any of the leafy veg yet, but I keep intending to.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I went to Aldi today and there was no cheap dry pasta. Had to buy the more expensive $2.35 one. I wonder if there’s a shortage or the staff are just lazy cunts.
I don’t know why but when I go there I always get zapped. It’s so loud too. YL was about a metre away from me, not even looking at me and she heard it. When we were leaving she patted me on the back twice and I got zapped twice.
Does it happen to anyone else? Why me? And no I don’t wear synthetic shudder.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It means that static electricity is building up in the actual room/building itself. And will discharge as soon as it can. If you are even slightly damp from the rain etc. then this will trigger the static discharge (water is a wonderful conductor and we are mostly made of water). Gold rings also can trigger a discharge.
General diagnosis - problems with the building’s electrical grounding - should be reported but it’s such an expensive fix that management often ignores it. If you can, report to the local fire brigade as it’s a known explosion risk in the event of a gas leak. And EPA. And Worksafe. I did that last time I got zapped at Norfcote Plaza. Caused no end of a hoo-ha but I haven’t been zapped there since.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
It happens at every Aldi I go to. Starts in the carpark getting out of the car. I don’t see it happening to anyone else. They’re all busy shopping and I get weird looks. I don’t wear any jewellery. It has to be me for some reason I haven’t worked out.
Sometimes it’s a couple of zaps per shop. Sometimes it’s every single thing I touch.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I get zapped at one of the local shopping centres in my area. Every single time.
No idea why.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Trying to catch a mouse in the house.
It’s smarter than me :(
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Do you need to borrow a Jack Russell? Cannot guarantee the state of your house afterwards, but th mouse will be dispatched.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
‘Rent a Russell’ actually has a nice ring to it. 🤔
Trying to befriend the cat down the road for some back-up but to no avail.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Clearly you must adopt a cat. Or give up eating cheese. Get the cat.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
thank you trump for the bad dreams , not had one of those 4 decades
political science by randy newman seems apt again 😔
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 month ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
One of the Customer Service women has brought their daughter into work today. Last time she was in I tried plugging her switch into one of the computer docks to play on one of the monitors. It didn’t work, I don’t know if it’s Nintendo or Dell’s fault but that’s bullshit
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
You need a switch dock to play on a screen (it comes with one).
Unless it’s a lite, then there’s no additional video out.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I wanted to check if it would work with any USB-C dock. I guess it only works with the switch one. I might mention that about the dock to the mum tomorrow
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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Good night everyone
sweet dreams 😘
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Black cat, bummer
The rescuer lady is being pushy and I’m seriously wavering because I’ve got attached to him but I don’t think I can keep this cat. I was getting pics of where I think the ringworm still is and he enjoyed the fuss so much he did a big stretch up onto me and accidentally punctured my leg with his claw. Luckily I can get antibiotics tomorrow morning but have a compromised immune system and don’t want to get cat scratch syndrome. So I’ve told her about it and said I don’t think I can keep him. It’s just too much in the circumstances. So I’ve lost my Melbcat and will have to give this one up too 😭
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
melba, he’s a normal cat
be calm, calm is good for your immune system
just wash the wound and put dettol and savlon on, it will be ok
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve washed and dressed it but have an history of infections getting out of control. And was feeling like I couldn’t take his care on even before this.
tone212_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Got a big viet coffee with my banh mi to power my afternoon after a shit sleep last night. Got a few work tasks I want to knock out today. Let’s do this.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Go 'em. 🚀
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
beach
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
brain stuck
also have a bad case of what’s the point
Pilk@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ve been using Affinity more now that it’s a unified free app (genius) and I’m starting to realise that I’m learning how to use it the same way I learnt how to use Photoshop. Slowly, gradually over time as I need to achieve various things.
I made this little explainer that approximates what we are seeing in the Earthset image. It makes it way easier to pick out the Indochina Peninsula and Borneo on the left of crescent Earth, and potentially a little peek of Antarctica on the right.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Lazy morning start tucked in doo a watching French Dispatch. And now i mush wash and possibly cut downspout
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
good night everyone
sweet dreams 😘
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
1 more day and I’ll have been off suboxone for a year.
I’ll save my thoughts till tomorrow.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m so proud of you
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yes, sobering. And the fact that you’ve been off it for a year speaks volumes for your courage and self-control. Dam admirable imo.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Thank you :)
I haven’t had cravings for about 8 years so that part was fine. It’s the not being emotionally numb part that was rough
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
My god, man. You are un fucking stoppable. Holy shit. I am in awe.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That’s really kind of you to say :)
I’ve come to believe that there is no choice but to keep moving forward.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Well done mate.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
so many hugs and kudos
change is so very very hard, any change, you have done awesome 👍