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Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 06 Jan 2024
Submitted 9 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 months ago
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Precious as heck
lemondrop@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Hey, pals. I’m doing my free cuddle buddies again for 2024; here’s the link if you’d like to check out the post on Reddit (boo hiss) and here’s the link if you know the gist and would like to make a nomination ❤️
Duenan@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I wanted to put one in for my next door neighbour as they’re going through a rough period at the moment but I wasn’t sure what size or creation to go with.
Still thinking about it.
And thank you for doing this!
lemondrop@aussie.zone 9 months ago
My pleasure :) I’ll keep the nominations open for a couple of days so hmu if you think of something.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Ok thank God for context because I thought ok wow that is some service they are offering 😂
Baku@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Would you mind sharing your patreon here?
lemondrop@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Here you go :) I post most days; little life updates, works in progress, and now that I’m doing this project, I’ll be sharing the process.
lemondrop@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Can you do self-promotion here? Feels weird. 😅
Catfish@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Seagoon for a numbat 😜
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 9 months ago
What a beautiful looking day! In another instalment of “You Know You’re Getting Older When…” You look at a morning like this and think “great, better get some washing out” instead of “great, where can we go/who can we get pissed with” 😆
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Personally I like a sunny day with a slight wind. It’s good for the sheets.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Kids and I are going through videos on YouTube and we stumbled on The Tea Party (Canadian rock band from the 90s and 00s)
Is it appropriate to tell my kids that I’ve hung out with the band at a bar and the recording studio.
And yes…many, many lines of Columbiab marching powder are featured in the stories.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Tell me dude, Tea Party was huge here late 90s. They played a bunch of uni’s instead of concert halls when they toured. I saw them at Monash Clayton and Monash Caulfield for about $20 a ticket.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
See my other reply 😁
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I want to hear the story!!! I fucking love that band!!!
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
The bar we used to hang out at was near a local recording studio.
Tea party were recording and would go to the bar for drinks.
I recognised the singer and introduced myself and my mates. He was super nice and thrilled that we knew who he was. My mates were musicians and he would talk shop with them.
The other guitarist/bassist was chill and would talk hockey and movies. The drummer wanted nothing to do with us and just sat on the side drinkinig.
At one point I went to the toilets and heard a loud snort. Two band members exited a stall, saw me, laughed and offered me a line.
I accepted, as one should.
Went back and kept chatting.
We probably ran into them 3-4 times in a span of a month and they remembered us each time.
Few months later they were shooting a video at my uni and had no idea who we were, but we’re still nice.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Omitting stuff and white lies are ok to protect young ears. They don’t need to know all the details. 😉
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
That’s what I’m thinking…at the same time my son asked me the other day how do I get my rice paper rolls , rolled so tightly.
I told him it was luck and about 20 years of unrelated practice
Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Colombian marching powder :) I don’t want to hijack your story, but let’s just say that a long time ago, back in the UK, someone said that exact phrase to me and it started a chain of events that ultimately lead to me sitting here now, in Melbourne, typing this reply.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Hahaha love that!
Coincidentally I love the devil’s dandruff too.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 9 months ago
So many great tracks…
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 months ago
A terrible tragedy in the Raven household, the water fountain has died. The pets will be forced to drink still water until a replacement pump arrives. The indignity of it.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Lol you just reminded me of the time a housemate of mine (many moons ago) got one of those bamboo zen Feng Shui tabletop water fountain things for Xmas. The water was constantly needing to be topped up for some reason, and eventually the motor burnt out. The cat looked decidedly miffed at this turn of events.
Do you have a bath that the cats jump into? Maybe you could set up a bowl with the water just trickling a tiny bit into it?
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I think she’ll be ok drinking from the bowl still, but the flowing water is definitely better.
Pumps often do tend to have a limited lifespan. This does vindicate my decision to pay for their 10 year extended warranty when I bought the fountain (something I normally don’t do as they are generally a bad deal). The standard warranty is 2 years, I’ve had it just under 3.
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
unacceptable!
oztrin@aussie.zone 9 months ago
It’s so hot even the cats are floomping around, instead of lying around blissfully, as is their wont.
Meanwhile I just cracked the bottle of cold prosecco. Yum.Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Well, your resident weirdo was walking the Noojee Trestle Bridge at 7.30 this morning…
ReadEverything@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Ohh you were literally down the hill from me, hope you enjoy your time here😊
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Ahaha! Thanks! You, too! ✨
bananafungus@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Embracing my bogan roots and filling up a $20 blow up pool to escape the heat in.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Those are great fun. 😊
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Good morning!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Good morning 🌄
bull@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Be me trying to reserve an Uber for when my cruise gets back in: “7am from White Bay Cruise Terminal”
Uber: You got it! 6am booking confirmed. Driver will wait until 6:12am.
3 times just to make sure it wasn’t something I was doing. Every time. $48 for 15 minutes estimated drive too.
Might try and sneak my way onto the shuttle bus which goes to central then just make my way from there to the car hire place.
Meanwhile! I still have a train ticket booked which I’m just not going to use. Ship gets into Sydney at 4:30am, so when I booked it I figured I’d have HOURS to kill before the 7:40am train. Turns out disembarkation will start at around 6:45am so if something caused any delay I’d miss that train anyway. If I wasn’t carrying my own bag out my disembarkation group time is 8:35am so that would have been doublefucked.
The upside to all of this is that last night I extended my car hire by a day and booked myself a room in Albury for the night so I don’t need to do the entire drive in a day. So now it’s not a big deal if I don’t get going from Sydney as early as humanly possible.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Sounds very sensible to break the journey on the way back esp after being unwell. 2022 xmas I had to leave at 4am to get to Sydney in time for dinner and was barely sane by the end coming after many stressful days prior. Broke my journey on the way back at Albury as well and had a much better time. Detoured via Beechworth on the way back on the second day and had a blast
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Drive safe and welcome back to Melbs. :)
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
According to my daughter you don’t really need cutlery. Steak just pick it up and use your hands. Salad the same. Soup just slurp out of the bowl. I think this is the Arab in her that utilises hands and bread. I will still provide cutlery at my table thank you very much.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Look, hear her out… washing your hands after a meal is a lot easier than washing cutlery. Plus if you eat off and grab food with bread/pita/lavash there is no cleanup there.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
She’s right…but you’re righter
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Me: pulls laundry completely apart to paint it
OH: so can I do some laundry now?
Me: 🤨
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Point him to the bathtub with an oar
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Cheese, pickles, chutney and crackers for lunch. The crackers are sweet potato, and I’m not overly thrilled with them. A bit strong flavoured, although that works quite well with the chutney which is also strong.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 9 months ago
You’ve got a semi- ploughman’s!
wscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Remember folks it’s more efficient to start your air conditioning early in the day and keep it running to manage the temperature, rather than cranking it up when it’s already hot to cool down.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Applies triple if it’s evaporative. Keep ahead of it.
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
We used our powerpal reader as a meter when the sun was blazing and cranked the aircon as far as possible while reading zero grid use. Now maintaining comfy as shit with very little oomphing.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
So you’re saying it barely used any power starting it up in the middle of the day?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I am hating this Xmas period. Both very understimulated (normal life is pretty limited as is) but also stressed out by being surrounded by ferals. My art is improving but my physical and mental condition are really dipping.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I have fresh sheets on the bed. Always such a nice feeling.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Oooh juicy shit… neighbours are having a blue (again) on the street and I’m standing in my driveway cheering them on.
Nobody likes this lot, and I’m not worried about it getting violent.
Looking for song recommendations to blast on my phone to get them riled up even more.
This is a regular occurrence and the rest of the street is tired of it, but I’m the only one that is willing to kind of engage.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Apparently pubs had to stop playing Cold Chisel’s ‘Saturday Night’ because there were always fights when it was used. Urban legend.
My suggestion is Ramones - Merry Christmas. Or Yakety Sax
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Yakkety sax is god tier thinking holy shit
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Yakety sax is such a good choice!!!
bacon@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Linkin Park One Step Closer
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Love it.
I played Saturday night’s alright for fighting and the lady told me to mind my own fucking business.
So I played it again and sang along
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Catfish@aussie.zone 9 months ago
And have now had both fans blow in 24hr. FML
bull@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Isn’t that their job?
Catfish@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Pedant. No, they should oscillate exactly the way a walking fish doesn’t
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Just found a few microbats in the outside brolly I just put up. They are cute little things.
Kinda feel bad for disturbing them. Brolly hasn’t been opened since last summer so i imagine it was a bit of a shock.
fullkitwanker@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Help. Talking to someone on Hinge and we connected over tennis. I asked her if she’s going to the AO this year. She says “I’d love to go but haven’t booked anything yet” and then asks me if I’m going.
I should invite her right?? I’m just over thinking this aren’t I. How do I ask her? Do I suggest it as a potential date? I did initially say we could play tennis for our first date half jokingly…
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Do iiit. Shared interest… you’re off to a good start :)
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 9 months ago
New bakery at the market, tucked in a laneway. They do excellent Portuguese tarts.
This is dangerous.
StudChud@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I’ve been watching high level math videos
To fall asleep to,
I don’t know who that Riemann is
But his hypothesis is cool.About prime numbers and zeta functions,
They woosh above my head,
Correlating with a graph describing something else,
A millennium problem so I’ve read.Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Sky pretty 😍
bacon@aussie.zone 9 months ago
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Baku@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Apparently our neighbour across the road thought 2:28AM is a nice time to set fireworks off in the backyard. I shouldn’t find it as funny as I do, it’s not really, but most of our suburb is old people, old people who aren’t very happy about being woken up to fireworks at 2am, even on a saturday morning
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
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bacon@aussie.zone 9 months ago
i might be addicted to rice crackers
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Bloody hell, why are 500mm diameter round pavers so hard to find?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Thank you to all the people who gave me words of wisdom yesterday. I love this little community. And it’s nice to have people on my side. 🫶
I’ve got some self-care to do. Unread books, movies to watch, doggo to pat, new gym to try. Yesterday my dad made me stand in the green waste bin to squash down the leaves and branches. It’s the little things.
These bad feelings will pass. I will feel moments of joy again. I will focus on me and ultimately live the life I want to live. I will be okay.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
So many hugs.