melbourne_wanderer
@melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Friday, October 18th, 2024 2 weeks ago:
so, word on the street is that it is going to be a hot, humid summer. Any ladies here able to give recs for a hairdresser who can deal with fine…ahem…frizzy hair that has a tendency to curl? Shorter, rather than longer styles.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Friday, October 18th, 2024 2 weeks ago:
a really easy salad dressing is just to mix some yoghurt with a teaspoon of dijon (or other nustard, but dijon works well) and a touch of water. A salad would also be good for recovery…
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍲 Tuesday, October 1 , 2024 4 weeks ago:
so…haven’t been around for a while, so I thought I’d launch myself back in with a random question:
Would it be really fucking weird to get in touch with a teacher who went above and beyond to help me through some really, really tough shit 30 years ago to just say “hey, I’ve always remembered you, and I have turned out OK and am pretty successful, thanks”?
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍢🍡🍢 Tuesday, September 10, 2024 1 month ago:
you know you’re getting old when you truly love waking up stupidly early.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🏖️🌊 🛋️🐩💤 Monday, August 26, 2024 2 months ago:
I found CPSU to be entirely useless when needed, Sadly.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🏖️🌊 🛋️🐩💤 Monday, August 26, 2024 2 months ago:
as an academic, zotero is absolutely the way to go.
Endnote does a job, but is comparatively slow, clunky and huge as a program - not to mention expensive, if you don’t have institutional access.
Even WITH institutional access to endnote, I use zotero and pay for syncing myself.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🏖️🌊 🛋️🐩💤 Monday, August 26, 2024 2 months ago:
my pay doesn’t land until Thursday night, dammit. I much preferred a previous job where it would arrive on a Tuesday afternoon. somehow that feels much more civilised.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🦖🍗🕊️🍗🦖 Friday, August 23, 2024 2 months ago:
first? hmm.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 💖 🎤 💖 Tuesday, August 13, 2024 2 months ago:
booyah
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🕺Monday, August 12, 2024 2 months ago:
oh, I’m so pleased I gave up. for me it was a sleep issue, but it has helped in so many other ways. I still drunk occasionally, but I absolutely notice it when I do
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🕺Monday, August 12, 2024 2 months ago:
yup - giving up has been a great choice! mostly I don’t miss it, but an extremely hard few weeks makes a glass of red in the bath sound very tempting. Here’s a herbal tea cheers to you (or whatever your muddle aged person drunk of choice is!(
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🕺Monday, August 12, 2024 2 months ago:
roast cauliflower is a surprisingly great meal in and of itself
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🕺Monday, August 12, 2024 2 months ago:
it has been a rough few weeks, team. I kinda wish I weren’t off the booze, which means it’s probably a good thing I am.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread 🥰🛫🏞️🏜️🏙️🌉 Tuesday, August 6, 2024 2 months ago:
Can’t sleep, so watching good ol’ SVU.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread 🟢🍅 Monday, August 5, 2024 2 months ago:
excellent news.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread 🟢🍅 Monday, August 5, 2024 2 months ago:
this is a difficulty for people who go straight from undergrad to PhD. It can also be a slight warning sign (but absolutely not always) if a phd grad has no experience at all, because usually phd students need to supplement their scholarship/RTP, and supportive supervisors will give good students a boost with some casual work to give them experience/time on the books.
But yes - I often encourage students to get some experience, one way or another, while studying. Often, the type who go straight from one degree to the next are precisely the type who worry that taking a few hours out to do paid work each week will negatively impact their academic performance, etc, and they need to be gently reminded that a well rounded application is stronger than a straight H1 student who has never seen or done anything!
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread 🟢🍅 Monday, August 5, 2024 2 months ago:
oof. Advertised for a junior/entry level position in my team (academic research), got 74 applications, many with PhDs. Rough.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread 🟢🍅 Monday, August 5, 2024 2 months ago:
Brie is a mild cheese
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🧔👱💈 Monday, July 22, 2024 3 months ago:
when I say car replacement, I mean if I factor in my daily exercise time etc, as an overall factor, not that it is like a car…
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🧔👱💈 Monday, July 22, 2024 3 months ago:
so several months ago, I sought advice from this sub on ebikes, and got some great input from a few people (Calhoon? thornburywitch? taleya? I can’t remember, but they seem likely…). Just wanted to say that a few weeks ago, I bought one (a kalkhoff as recommended by, I think, Calhoon?) and it has been perfect. Affordable (to me, I recognise that is not the same for everone), low end ebike, perfect for the commute from home to work. it is SO MUCH FUN to ride.
I love her (her name is Debra, just FYI).
model: everybodyebikes.com.au/…/kalkhoff-endeavour-1-b?v…
almost a total car replacement for anything in a…say…25k radius!
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👻🩻🎥 Wednesday, July 17, 2024 3 months ago:
eh…I’m old enough that social media wasn’t really around when I was young and doing stupid things more publicly. Now, my job makes me pretty public anyway, and there are very, very few people in the world with my exact name, so if you google it, only a few of us appear and the most public one is me. All professional pages, though.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍷💃 🎶 Sunday, July 14, 2024 3 months ago:
also 45, with a couple of guesses
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🐈⬛ 🛋️ Saturday, July 13, 2024 3 months ago:
I have had a very rough week and I appreciate this content.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🚒 🔥 🏭 Thursday, July 11, 2024 3 months ago:
so, I have no feelings about Celine Dion as a singer… but as a person who can’t sleep, I am finding her documentary fascinating and admirable
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🚒 🔥 🏭 Thursday, July 11, 2024 3 months ago:
champ!
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🚒 🔥 🏭 Thursday, July 11, 2024 3 months ago:
nobody else still up?
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🐶🐶🐶 Tuesday, July 09, 2024 3 months ago:
oh wow, congratulations mate - amazing news and a great end to a long journey
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🐶🐶🐶 Tuesday, July 09, 2024 3 months ago:
lunch chef?
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🐶🐶🐶 Tuesday, July 09, 2024 3 months ago:
eh? last breakfast?
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☃️ Wednesday, July 03, 2024 3 months ago:
I make sourdough all the time. it doesn’t need to be as much of a palaver as people make out. Starters are pretty hardy things, too.