melbourne_wanderer
@melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☃️ Wednesday, July 03, 2024 38 minutes ago:
I’m just a sucker for a winter coat! puffy jackets are way more practical, though
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☃️ Wednesday, July 03, 2024 42 minutes ago:
I swap the cons/chucks for r m Williams ro match the rest of the policy wonks…
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☃️ Wednesday, July 03, 2024 2 hours ago:
as a research academic (I.e. very few student facing days), my “middle aged professional” cold weather gear is a pair of blunnies (over thick socks), jeans, shirt and v-neck jumper under a long wool coat with a scarf/cowl.
basically, switch the blunnies for other shoes, drop the coat and scarf and it’s all remarkably similar to my all-weather, middle aged professional look.
more effort made on occasion when visiting 50 Lonsdale.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👻 Thursday, June 20, 2024 1 week ago:
what do you mean by “it’s probably willingly”??
I need clarification, but without it, any way I can interpret that as a is very superficial and probably a very unrealistic conception of what “today’s kids” need from/experience as life
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👻 Thursday, June 20, 2024 1 week ago:
so I buy quite a few things through prime (when I can’t buy them locally - am subsidising elderly dad’s retirement hobby): I have not received a price increase notification…
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👻 Thursday, June 20, 2024 1 week ago:
thought this (that it’s relatively warm) on my walk this morning. I am routinely out by about 5:15: last two days have been absolutely frigid. Today was just standard cool.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅰️🅱️ Edition (Wednesday, June 19, 2024) 1 week ago:
just had shanks for dinner. was a good choice.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ⏩🆚⏮️ Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2 weeks ago:
I absolutely love walking as “self care”. I merge it into my transport where I can - walking from station to office instead of catching trams, getting off the train at a completely different station so I can walk a few km etc - but also walk in the very early hours of the morning when I first wake up. it’s my favourite time of day.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ⏩🆚⏮️ Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2 weeks ago:
I love horror and always like recs. Ramble away!
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🧣🧤 Monday, June 17, 2024 2 weeks ago:
As a reformed slepper-in-er-er, I now routinely get up at about 5.
I am, I have to say, one of those abominable “morning prople” who waxed on about how much better it is to start early etc etc etc. Of course, I’m also basically a nanna who is in bed by half nine.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🏋️♀️🏋️♂️ Sunday, June 9, 2024 3 weeks ago:
Nothing too surprising! I love to cook, so use everything in the fridge fairly frequently, but there were a couple of hot sauces in the sauce drawer that have been there for…some time.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🏋️♀️🏋️♂️ Sunday, June 9, 2024 3 weeks ago:
I have already completed the satisfying job of removing everything from the fridge, cleaning all the shelves/drawers, wiping down all the bottles and containers and putting them back again.
I had planned on some garden work, but rain means I will plug away at admin in computer instead.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🏋️♀️🏋️♂️ Sunday, June 9, 2024 3 weeks ago:
40/50. one of my better attempts.
- Comment on Hundreds of CSIRO jobs under threat as union warns against ‘gutting’ of Australia’s science agency 3 weeks ago:
100% this. My large university went through a “business improvement program” as a cost cutting exercise, which basically meant cutting heaps of professional (v academic) staff. Now you have academics not trained in a variety of systems wasting a tonne of time trying to use them/do administrative work that a fully trained professional would have been able to do in a fraction of the time, making much greater use of everybody’s skills and financial resources.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 😸📺Friday, May 31, 2024 4 weeks ago:
still not back, sadly! I have an oil burner going with enough eucalyptus oil in it to make my eyes water, and still nothing… My doctor said to wait a few more weeks before I start to worry, so for the moment it’s still just an annoyance, but still
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 😸📺Friday, May 31, 2024 4 weeks ago:
am just getting over my first bout of COVID myself. Lots of it going around at the moment! Hope your symptoms stay mild.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: ☔☂🌂Fursday, May 30, 2024 4 weeks ago:
depends how much of the skin you’ve left intact
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🐻 Sunday, May 26, 2024 5 weeks ago:
don’t leave us hanging- what we’re the others?
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🐻 Sunday, May 26, 2024 5 weeks ago:
Still COVID positive so still isolating at home, but not feeling too shabby so I have spent the morning absolutely smashing out some garden/outside house jobs in this fabulous weather, and am now going to reward myself by lounging on the terrace with a book.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🦁 Friday, May 24, 2024 5 weeks ago:
I always tall to the maggies around my house. No idea why.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🦁 Friday, May 24, 2024 5 weeks ago:
Bit bummed that covid means I’ve had to give away my ticket to the Arsenal women’s game tonight. Boo.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🦘 Wednesday, May 22, 2024 5 weeks ago:
this is oddly tempting…
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🦘 Wednesday, May 22, 2024 1 month ago:
Stuck at home with COVID, I am dangerously close to doing a lot of unnecessary online shopping just for the excitement of a packidge
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🦘 Wednesday, May 22, 2024 1 month ago:
just…whatever. I can’t smell or taste it anyway!
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🌭 Saturday, May 18, 2024 1 month ago:
I’ve found that I can “sense” citrus, salt and chilli. Not quite what I’m used to, but better than nothing!
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🌭 Saturday, May 18, 2024 1 month ago:
A month! eep.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🌭 Saturday, May 18, 2024 1 month ago:
understood!
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🌭 Saturday, May 18, 2024 1 month ago:
so far, COVID symptoms rather mild, but appear to have lost my sense of taste. As one who loves to cook, this is distressing. Hope it returns quickly.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🥧 Thursday, May 16, 2024 1 month ago:
thanks - partner has gone for pharmacy supplies, I am set up in the spare room ready for any eventuality (lots of sickness, sleep and scrappy streaming tv/movies, or not so much sickness and isolated productivity). time will tell!
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🥧 Thursday, May 16, 2024 1 month ago:
thanks - my first time, hoping it’s not too bad!