Today is the first day in over 3 weeks I’ve had any time to myself.
I’m fucking exhausted and emotional.
Daily Discussion Thread: Tue 09 Jan 2024
Submitted 9 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Eagle@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Hugs. From a distance so you don’t feel ambushed.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Nonsense drama on my street today. Tomorrow is bin day, some residents have rolled out their green waste bin, whilst others (myself included as it’s the correct one) rolled out the recycling bin.
One neighbour asked me how I knew (checked the council website to verify) and quickly corrected his mistake.
The neighbour that had a blue with his missus rolled out his green one and gave me a very patronizing smirk.
When my bin gets emptied I’m going to wait until he’s outside to roll mine in. Debating whether to blow him a kiss or just wave enthusiastically.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Hahahaha I’m laughing at the thought of you smugly blowing a kiss. What a fucking wanker.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I wondering what the person who asked how you knew thinks the system is. I am imaging them asking with bewilderment, how do you know which bin it is?!? Maybe they think it’s random each week and you are a magician who can see the future.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
They’re the type that would go to the council office and ask instead of checking online.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 9 months ago
It was passed down in the lore… only to those who would listen to the Elders…
just_kitten@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Did I just spend over 5 solid hours in the same position on the couch trying to solve a question on a Stack Exchange website? (for a grand total of 2 internet points because most of the userbase isn’t online at this time)
…really better go and have a walk now geez.
bull@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I have arrived in Albury pretty glad to have decided to break up the drive. I could have pushed through but it would have been rough near the end I suspect.
Lovely day here too! I was expecting rain but found sunshine.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Yeah you missed all the fun on Sunday and Monday - driving down the Hume in Vic would’ve been an absolute blast those two days. Now it’s back to being boring!
prime_factor@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Yay, pick up the keys to the new unit today.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
This is my latest creation. I call it The Nest
A creme caramel centre with vanilla icecream and ice magic. So good. So bad. But so really good.
cherryripesalmoncake@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Put it in me
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
😂
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
That looks delicious. 🤤
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
It’s very naughty but if ya gonna do it, go big I say. It’s out of my system now.
tone212_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Work has been busy from the get go this year. Isn’t the first week back in January supposed to be cruisey? I’ve got a meeting for a new contractor position on Thursday where the $$ earning potential is very good so fingers crossed that goes well. I’ve got another place on the hook that wants to sign me up as well. Between them, I think I could make a reasonable living (with the added flexibility) so I can escape my hellhole workplace ASAP. This is the place that asked me to voluntarily leave months ago. Coming back to it in the new year has been rougher than expected. I’m not invested in this place at all, and faking/forcing it is super exhausting.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Why do cows eat grass?
For the moo-trients.
It’s dumb, but my God does that make me giggle.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Tell me an udder joke
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Thank you!! I stood straight up and told that to my boss, who just shook his head at me while I sat back down and giggled for a bit.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I wouldn’t ruminant on it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
😐
wscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Does anyone know what that yellow circle in the sky is?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
It’s taunting you.
Pilk@aussie.zone 9 months ago
What else is exciting, intriguing or moving you right now?
Any personal projects you’re planning, have started or recently completed?
Anything new or interesting that scouts the boundaries of the depth and breadth of the human experience?
Or just been noticing the weather?
00Steve@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Ill be entering a couple of bottles of my mead into the Redhill Mead Competition in February which is very exciting, We have been brewing for around 9 months now :)
Im also signed up for a nervous system course in Feb/March which im looking forward towscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Lol are you suggesting that I’m dull?
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I don’t wanna go to work today. ☹️ Is anyone able to go in and impersonate me for a day instead? Can pay in zucchini.
indisin@aussie.zone 9 months ago
[deleted]Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I was still following the previous zucchini negotiators and thought this was advising hiring zucchini body doubles, or possibly human body doubles and training them in the ways of zucchini
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Train them? That would take way too long, I was hoping for someone really good at bluffing and bullshit. The type that have absolutely not idea how to do their job but somehow seem to get through the day without anyone noticing.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I’ll do it for 17,000 zucchinis
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 months ago
That is a lot of zucchinis. I might need to pay in installments. Would you accept a payment plan of 5 zucchinis a week over the summer period for the next 283 years?
bull@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I’ve been awake since like 2:30am and can’t get back to sleep… but the plus side of that is that I got to see the underside of the Sydney Harbour Bridge about 25 minutes ago. Pretty keen to get off the ship and on the road apparently. I’m glad I went to bed relatively early!
Still won’t be able to disembark for 2 hours due to the customs staff not being at the terminal until 6:30am… which is ok because the car hire place doesn’t open until 7:30am.
Hurry up, time!
bull@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Was the 4th off the ship and I booked my Uber from the gangway like a boss so my car was ready for me as soon as I walked out. Beat the surge pricing hell yeeeeahhh!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Have a safe drive back mate, don’t push it too hard on low sleep - there’s still some rain hanging around Goulburn heading east, hopefully it clears up by the time you hit the frog and toad.
Catfish@aussie.zone 9 months ago
My favourite dress seems to have been discontinued. I must have worn to bits at least twenty of these over the years, it’s damn near my uniform. Now the horrors of finding something new and dressing room mirrors 😾
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Hate that so much. I feel you on the uniform.
I don’t know what the budget is but perhaps a tailor could recreate it in different colours?
There’s always finding a similar pattern but the same sit isn’t guaranteed. Recreating it yourself is possible too but could require taking it apart.
I’ve tried the ways of making a pattern without unpicking the garment but had issues not distorting the pieces which screwed with the shape of the armholes.
Sewing is a skill and can be a bit of an undertaking:(
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
If you can sew maybe you can use an old dress to cut a pattern for a new one.
Catfish@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I’ve already got some similar patterns but have put off attempting them. Size grading and all that fuss. Boobs are inconvenient.
bananafungus@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Thought I’d give the housemate a break from making my meals since I still can’t touch any shared spaces, so I ordered some lunch with enough leftovers for tea and jesus fkn christ it’s highway robbery out there.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 months ago
We found a Thai joint on the weekend that was ridiculously cheap. Like pre-covid cheap. 4 mains, 1 entree, 1 large coconut rice…under $75 (take away)
I saw their website pricing and had to call to make sure it wasn’t an old site.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Can’t leave us hanging like that.
Here’s the only asian place near me down here on the bellarine.
Peak season nosebleed pricing.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Isn’t it funny that over the break I slept fantastically. Solid every night, just about never needing to get up for the toilet, etc, but back to work and I’m awake at 4am musing over the stupidest things – not even always work related! Very frustrating.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 9 months ago
You slept?! Lucky. I went to bed at 11, think I fell asleep like 3am? feel like death warmed up.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Oh noes! I hope you get a bit of rest today and a better sleep tonight!
the_procrastinata@aussie.zone 9 months ago
It’s so annoying, isn’t it?!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 9 months ago
So frustrating! Especially when the kitty realises you’re restless, so he comes in for love and cuddles (but really wants you to get up feed him), but you try to remove him from the bed and end up with kitty claw embedded in your thigh, which causes you to shout out and wake up the dog who then decides he needs to go out to pee and then do his senior stompy zoomies around the house…
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I always think I’m going to enjoy some family free time when it’s coming up, then I get it and I’m lonely the first night. Empty house and all that. On the flip side, I’m having garlic bread for dinner.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I’ve only had 1 nighters solo so far, and I’ve gotta say it was amazing! Actually no I tell a lie they were held in the hospital a couple of extra nights when he was born and the last night damn near killed me.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
aww. I know the house felt empty when young Miss Seagoon left after staying 5 months.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Beautiful!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Thanks.
and a surprise, I didn’t they would grow back at all
oztrin@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Two jobs cancelled today, one in the doorstep so I still get paid, hooray!
In other news, turns out guy who I cleaned house for today knows the seller of the place I’m interested in and can vouch for its condition and the neighbours. Small world…Catfish@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Work has confiscated all our desk bins. Got a plastic bag. What an innovation.
Nath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
However they spin it, It’s a money saving thing. Cleaners are cheaper if they aren’t dealing with desk bins.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 months ago
About to begin building a new ‘puter.
Old main workhorse desktop just decided to kick the bucket. 13yrs it lasted me! We had our ups and downs but now that it’s finally gone it won’t get jeaslous of the new one.
But reading up on the way to go for the next build… jeez things have moved on. Thankfully I don’t need a gfx card those prices are stupid.
I will try and resurrect ol’ mate one or two more times but after that it’s going in the 'puter graveyard :(
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
My husband likes to collect the magnets from his old computers and stick them on his filing cabinet and hangs shit off them.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Same, I used to collect speaker magnets too.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 months ago
heh that’s a great idea.
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
hmm. Drier than expected after the deluge prods with stick
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Don’t wake it up, I’ve got paint to dry!
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Right? Suspiciously so.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I’m in a weird silly mood tonight. Maybe it’s the sunshine. ☺
I already typed this out then I pressed something and it disappeared. Sorry if it attached to someone else’s comment. ☺
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Audio books are great. I have listened to one science book and half a true crime book ( Narcos ) this year already. My mind feels refreshed and I don’t feel guilty for not reading. 🤓I have also read 3 chapters of an art book from Tate Gallery.
I totally recommend audio books. 👍
bull@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Baku@aussie.zone 9 months ago
So I seem to have discovered why fans usually have a mesh over the intake (beyond trying to save peoples fingeys). My Big W heater I got doesn’t have one, and because I run it as a fan most days, a lot of dust has gotten inside and all collected on the heater wire thingo. Fast forward to today when I tried to turn it on and it starts smoking (I was curious how much power it draws (bought a smart plug), not cold, before anyone asks).
And because of a combination of Big W hating repairability and not wanting to get sued cause some kid got burnt and electrocuted from touching the heating element, I can’t really take the back case off to clean it out… They used a star style screw that’s very deeply recessed and has uneven spacing, and appear to have melted these plastic tab things in place so I’ll both fuck up the backplate and void my warranty for trying to make it not catch fire
God damn it Big W
wscholermann@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Now they’ve found loose bolts on Boeing AirMax. Fuck me dead those things are a flying death trap. It seems Boeing have learnt nothing from the MCAS tragedy.
Would not set foot on one of those things if you paid me and I don’t care who has allegedly certified them.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Back to the office today. Ugh
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I have had Richard Marx’ “Hazard” stuck in my head for days. I have no idea why. Plz send help.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I wish something encouraging would happen. Everything is just a slog
just_kitten@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Loud sounds of something like a chainsaw here in the inner NE, very late at night, going on for quite a while… I’m going to guess SES it’s dealing with a large tree in imminent danger of failing. Who the fuck else would do it past midnight.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Interview went ok. They did catch me off guard with a couple of questions. But fingers crossed for a positive result!
I got another call from a recruiter for a government contract job that pays literally double what I was making before. So that’s a good backup.
Baku@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Fingers crossed for you gibby!
Duenan@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Do you know when they will get back to you?
What’s the government job looking like? More work or more advanced skill set required?
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Hopefully tomorrow at the latest. It would greatly grow my skillset and career in general.
Government job is actually easier, but contract is only 6 months. Wouldn’t be learning anything new, but pay is remarkable.
So pros and cons to each.