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Daily Discussion Thread: 🐨Thur 11 Jan 2024

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Seagoon_@aussie.zone⁩ to ⁨melbourne@aussie.zone⁩

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I had such a good day yesterday. It’s really rare that I’ll have a day that starts good and stays good all day

    When I woke up I realised I woke up too early and could sleep for another hour, which strangely made me happy, and it was kind of cold in my room so it was so cozy in my bed. Then I went for a walk and it was a nice temp. My bus ran on time, my train was on time and less busy than usual, my tram ran on time and had lots of seats.

    I went to an advocacy training thing for kids in out of home care, and found out that it leads to lots of exciting positions that actually pay a decent amount (I was under the impression that it was all volunteer). I had a great time + free lunch. I asked like a thousand questions, and it seems like a great opportunity to do something that actually seems to make a difference and affect the course of legislature and government policy, which seems like a much more rewarding field to work in then selling people grease burgers in sugar buns

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  • oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Cross fingers for me everyone - I just put an offer in on the unit I want to buy.
    I was going to do it tomorrow after my aunt and I had another look, but I went to another OFI at the last minute and a woman with a family was very keen, so I got my offer in. Hopefully the fact that my offer is unconditional (inspection done, finance sorted) will give me the edge!

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How TF does one buy a house? There seems to be 85 steps and this is way too much adulting at once

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      🤞

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oooo exciting!! Good luck! Very excited for you!

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    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Good luck!

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lorikeets have officially stolen all me apricots :(

    They weren’t even ripe yet.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      nets

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      God damn it keetys

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’re dirty little bastards. I’ve watched them fight over a piece of fruit, spit it out, gnaw on the seed, toss then start on another piece. I think they use the seed to sharpen their beaks.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A swarm of them got into my neighbour’s tree a few years back. Not sure what sort of fruit it was but they all fell on my roof and created a massive racket early one morning.

      I think they’ve removed that tree now though as I haven’t had a repeat of it since.

      Booo for stealing all your fruit though.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In office today, kill me or wish me luck - whatever suits.

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can I wish you luck too, or do I have to kill you since dunenan wished you luck already? I wasn’t planning on doing murder today :/

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ll wish you luck! 🍀

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      make sure you get a nice coffee. Thats the only thing that got me through.

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Still haven’t heard back from the job. Expecting an answer tomorrow. Tbh I think it’ll be bad news, but I’m really hoping it’s not.

    Just have to wait and see…

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    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It always takes longer than you think. Sending good vibes.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yo whaddap guys I’m awake before 10am and am going to steady my nerves and start refining my CV today before I get sucked into some other form of media.

    Also clean the fuck out of the mess I left in the kitchen yesterday.

    And accept the fact that I may have thrips on this peace lily I inherited from my deceased neighbour and need to do something about it stat, even though it feels futile. Eco-oil is all I have at the moment, guess I’ll try that.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve been neglecting the plants. Most of the spinnos are gone, the two remaining starting to bolt. Everything else is alive.

    I pulled up the biggest carrots to make room for the rest to grow. I haven’t been keeping up on the fertiliser so they’re a bit slow growing and small. Tiny even.

    But they look like little round carrots and have a strong carrot smell.

    Carrots

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I once grew this carrot … thing.

      mutant!

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Chthulu-rot

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Looking good! And you are learning about a whole new world of plants, this includes making mistakes to learn from

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Life has been a lot to manage lately which is why the very casual attention to them :(

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thank goodness I have tomorrow off. Boss has been a hard taskmaster this week and I’m knackered. It made me feel old and sad, that I can’t work at the pace of a workaholic man a couple of years younger than me🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ About 80% of this first week back seemed to consist of things I haven’t done before, and I really tried to be as helpful as possible but didn’t really nail it. I guess I work to live and not the other way around.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So many hugs

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      • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Many thanks Seagoon. I think it’s been making me feel down this week and I needed to put it out there.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have acquired myself these from the front yard. Do tell me exceptionally British reasons why I deserve them.

    garden roses

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Beautiful roses for a beautiful lady.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      One must always appreciate one’s blooms in one’s garden while taking the air.

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    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because it’s Thursday :)

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  • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So, Google just did the whole “four years ago” photo nostalgia thingy with a cute pic of the kids.

    Forget the photo. FOUR YEARS AGO WAS 2020!!

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, wait until mid March or whenever it hit your region…

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      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        2 weeks in a friend in america told me to cancel plans

        so it’s been 4 fucking years

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      • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m in WA. It didn’t really hit here until Omicron. 18 months after everyone else. And by then, we were all pretty-much vaccinated.

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I went to a Korean place for lunch (oriental spoon on Elizabeth St). I had always assumed it would be average and overpriced due to its really good location. I was wrong! It was relatively cheap, $18 lunch special Bento Box which was huge - had bulgogi, spriNg rolls, fried chicken, salad. I got a serve of beef bulgogi on a sizzling plate, it came with rice and the side dishes of kimchi etc. it was $22 and ENOURMOUS, and delicious! I’m guessing like 400g of just beef, definitely meant for two people. I somehow ate it all which baffled my dining companion. 8.5/10. Food coma worth it

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  • oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Feeling rather ordinary today, between the infection itself, the antibiotics and the tetanus injection. At least I don’t have to go anywhere.
    Still no sign of pakige. Poo. :(

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What are you waiting on today?

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      • oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        A book that was supposed to arrive in November, goddammit. DAI stuffed up but good.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thank you for your good lucks! Got through the day with a nice coffee as per Taleya suggestion.

    Love you all!

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Many hugs. Mr Spud better spoil you when you get home.

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      • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        DW he does, he cooks dinner for me every night 🥰

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  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    Door stuck send halp 😩

    REA sending someone, hopefully they come soon. Atleast I won’t have to pay for this one 💁‍♂️

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pull the handle down and hip and shoulder it.

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      • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I tried, nothing worked 😢

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  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Update: tradie came and finally let me in after 5 hours. phew. i am tired now, but if i sleep now, i’ll definitely be wide awake at night so gotta push through 🥱

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ya’ll ever have one of those meetings where the second its done your boss calls you and you both just sigh loudly in a defeated manor, or is that just my workplace?

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    • notgold@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My wife calls me straight after hers each day and asks me existential questions. So glad mine are monthly.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Grocery shopping done.

    Going to treat myself to a latte as that’s something I can’t make at home.

    It’s unusually warm in this shopping centre already, almost like they don’t have the aircon on.

    Amazed I’m awake as I didn’t sleep much last night.

    Hoping for today to be a really good day.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It will be www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEeaS6fuUoA

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  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Awake early and was stressing. What’s the best oven cleaner to use? Is gumption ok? Have a can of bam or something also. Oven has a cycle to moisten the inside but that’s it.

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    • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I usually leave it too long between oven cleans, and I don’t have the will to sit there scrubbing, so I go straight for the strongest stuff. I use one of those spray on foam oven cleaners. Warning: it’s stinky and irritating so you’ll need to open a window and have fan on. Follow the instructions on the can and it will get the job done, oven will sparkle.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Get the ozkleen box. So much easier

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      • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        2nd this. Especially using the giant zip lock bag for the racks.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Gumption would be ok as long as you rinse it thoroughly. I’d refrain from using anything stronger.

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Classic full english please. With tea.

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      • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        🍳🍳🥓🌭🍅🍄🥔🫘🍞☕️

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A giant chicken Caesar please

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      • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        🐓🤴

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    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Double bacon McMuffin add caviar please

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      • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        🥓🥓🍳🍳🍔🪺

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    (>")>

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Fire and police services were called to the Free Choice Tobacconist on Pier St, Altona in Melbourne’s south west about 4am after the alleged arson was witnessed by members of the public. Police believe the arsonists threw jerry cans through the smashed front window of the shop before setting it alight.”

    What the fuck is going on in Melbourne? This following two firebombings of ice cream shops in Williamstown makes me think we need to change the number plate slogan - “Victoria - the crime state”

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  • briongloid@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is too warm for me…

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  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Skincare enthusiasts. Please recommend me a moisturizer for my face. Currently I just use the sunscreen on my face - Beauty of Joseon something, a friend made me buy it 💁‍♂️ and I really like the finish as it’s not shiny. I think I have combination skin (t zone is oily I guess?)

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    15 tortillas have now been made. I now know that it takes an average of 3 minutes per tortilla to roll & cook. Normally I only make a couple at a time, this was way more than I have done in one go before. I have gone a bit overboard for three people, but anticipate lots of yummy leftovers.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m so tired and still a bit sick. But crawling out of my skin with boredom and understimulation. There’s plenty to do but nothing is quite satisfying or able to hold my attention. This heat feels sticky.

    Between my physical energy and my feral neighbours I can’t even go for a walk.

    The cat won’t let me back into the bed so I’m just going to take the end and try to have another nap.

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Taco Thursday preps are almost complete. Just tortilla making to go. I have lots of little containers in the fridge: carnitas (the meat), lime-pickled onion, sliced jalapeno, roasted tomato salsa, lime & yoghurt sauce and pico de gallo. I will just slice the avocado rather than doing guacamole. I also have individual servings of caramel flan for desert.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Moobeans keeps being fussy and not leading me to what she wants… turns out she keeps eating a hole in her biscuits. Heaps left though.

    I had raised the bowl to see if that’s more comfortable but it might be too high for her to comfortably eat anywhere but the middle. She also had a lot of wet food today, seems hungrier in general

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As a rule I’m not really a fan of hot breakfasts. I can do it, but it’s not my preference, beyond say toast.

    Am I weird?

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I knew I should have changed into shorts at the office. That was a hot walk

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  • prime_factor@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thoughts on the rumour that Costco Docklands is closing?

    I kind of think it’s a good riddance. The inner city is ill suited for an automotive dependant single story superstore.

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