Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 06 Jan 2024

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So many hugs.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Treats in bed with a napkin of sorts Image

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Precious as heck

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• lemondrop@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ❤️

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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!

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    • lemondrop@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My pleasure :) I’ll keep the nominations open for a couple of days so hmu if you think of something.

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ok thank God for context because I thought ok wow that is some service they are offering 😂

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Would you mind sharing your patreon here?

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    • lemondrop@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • lemondrop@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can you do self-promotion here? Feels weird. 😅

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Seagoon for a numbat 😜

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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” 😆

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Personally I like a sunny day with a slight wind. It’s good for the sheets.

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      See my other reply 😁

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I want to hear the story!!! I fucking love that band!!!

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Omitting stuff and white lies are ok to protect young ears. They don’t need to know all the details. 😉

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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  • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hahaha love that!

      Coincidentally I love the devil’s dandruff too.

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So many great tracks…

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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?

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    • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    unacceptable!

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• oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well, your resident weirdo was walking the Noojee Trestle Bridge at 7.30 this morning…

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  • ReadEverything@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ohh you were literally down the hill from me, hope you enjoy your time here😊

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    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ahaha! Thanks! You, too! ✨

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• bananafungus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Embracing my bogan roots and filling up a $20 blow up pool to escape the heat in.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is it in the living room?

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    • bananafungus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The carpet says no.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Those are great fun. 😊

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Good morning!

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Good morning 🌄

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• bull@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Drive safe and welcome back to Melbs. :)

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    She’s right…but you’re righter

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• anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Me: pulls laundry completely apart to paint it

  OH: so can I do some laundry now?

  Me: 🤨

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Point him to the bathtub with an oar

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’ve got a semi- ploughman’s!

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Applies triple if it’s evaporative. Keep ahead of it.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So you’re saying it barely used any power starting it up in the middle of the day?

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I have fresh sheets on the bed. Always such a nice feeling.

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yakkety sax is god tier thinking holy shit

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yakety sax is such a good choice!!!

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Love me some UKJ

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Linkin Park One Step Closer

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Image - great beach drink

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And have now had both fans blow in 24hr. FML

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  • bull@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Isn’t that their job?

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pedant. No, they should oscillate exactly the way a walking fish doesn’t

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• fullkitwanker@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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…

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Do iiit. Shared interest… you’re off to a good start :)

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  New bakery at the market, tucked in a laneway. They do excellent Portuguese tarts.

  This is dangerous.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sky pretty 😍

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  (>")>

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  i might be addicted to rice crackers

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Bloody hell, why are 500mm diameter round pavers so hard to find?

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