Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 16 Oct 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 16 Oct 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
- ✅ First class XPT train tickets between Southern Cross <-> Sydney
- ✅ South Pacific cruise booking
- ✅ Mandatory travel insurance (free through credit card) + $10 upgrade for cruise features
- ✅ Work annual leave submitted (taking 12 days of leave gives me 22 days of holiday woo)
I think I'm just about done! Holiday SORTED!
Once I've figured out Christmas presents, I can go into the holiday period stress-free 😎
Sounds like it will be a great new years :)
Carl on the prowl
I love Carl! Great pics.
Help
Cat has pillow
Edit: I'm being pushed out of the bed
Oh dear, did you finish the night on the floor, or did you manage to negotiate some space?
Miss Meow spent some time sleeping on my shoulder while purring loudly in my ear. Which always sounds nice, but 3kg of cat in the wrong spot gets really heavy, and the purr directly into the ear is a bit like having someone starting a chainsaw outside, and is not condusive to sleep.
You do know this is the correct order of the universe?
Of course. She was just a little more correct tonight
I thought I was so smart putting my drink in a travel mug so it wouldn’t get spilled.
Cat tmi
Melbcat spewed on it, hit it bullseye along with the carpet. The concave cup lid acted as a little basin 🤢
It’s rinsed off and in the sink while I decide how best to deep clean it or whether I can face using it again after that.
The carpet has been blotted well and soaked in biological cleaner so hopefully that should be okay. I’ll scrub and reapply if I need to.
Edit: the spinnos look a bit less happy today. They’re still valiantly pushing up leaves but one looks very slightly chewed, others have tiny pale bumps and pin fine light trails on them, and a few look wilted with dark stems near the soil. I wonder if they’re damping off
Damn. Precision strike.
Her aim was impeccable
I woke up this morning to the news Afghanistan beat England in the cricket. It's their second win ever in a World Cup the first being in 2015.
Today I found out what a burpee is. Yeah nah. I'll start with the modified version first thanks.
I can't do those and probably never will!
I watched this video and thought I could eventually work up to it. Slowly.
Someone on instagram posted 'ten weeks till Christmas' and now I am filled with anxiety over how fast things are going D:
I'm not a Christmas person, but bring it on. 2023 can eat a dick and I am very ready to move on.
Amen! 2023 can get in the bin
The signal to mobilise is the Mariah Carey battle cry.
Shut up. 😂
That gives me 10 weeks to perfect potatoes in the air fryer, as I offered to do this for Christmas. I believe this will be achievable, but will have to do many test runs to make sure they are perfect. It is a sacrafice I am willing to make.
not that i'll be doing anything special but wait what
A week after that it will be next year
Which reminds me I really need to decide whether I'm going to try and book some kind of holiday over the xmas/ny period and get on that.
I had a dream last night that I owned a golden Labrador called "King" and he was such a good, gentle and kind boy.
I've never owned a dog. Our house and yard are not suitable for a dog... But I kinda wish King was real.
marge
I thought it was raining here too, but turns out the kids upstairs were just eating corn.
Got my "Peony Bouquet" wax melts delivered today and with no shock to anyone, they're super florally. I'm not completely sure these really fit my whole vibe but I'm still going to melt them flowery motherfuckers nonetheless.
flowers are lovely, peony is my fave candle scent at the moment, peony or green tea
what is your vibe ?
Usually more of a masculine scent around me. Woods and spices sort of thing.
I reckon my cat does know how to put the kettle on, he just pretends not to.
He's living it up when you're not there.
Mr Woof must have sensed I was thinking of moving the dog bed on the floor that he doesn't use as he is curled up in it tonight. I guess it stays where it is after all.
He does know how to do cute.
We've had sunshine, rain and wind today. I'm waiting for the snow or hail. Not likely but you never know.
I've had multiple bouts of hail in Ringwood.
Ding ding ding. You win.
About to go on holidays, and the longest time away from work for quite some time and man, I gotta tell you, I'm feeling down af. I don't know why. Hoping that when I finally get away that it'll change my mood.
Be careful of what you wish for, your low mood might be because you know deep down inside that you'll enjoy your time away so much that when you come back you'll feel even worse...
Jk - I do hope you get the best of it all, refreshed and energised in a way that sustains you after you come back.
God, isn't that the truth though - we've had this trip booked since, I think May? But also in a way this trip is a bit of a signpost since I know when I get back (even though it's the end of the year) there's a few hard truths I need to think about and act upon. There's the smallest dust mote inside trying to tell me that there's a massive possibility that the path before me, whichever I choose, will be really good. I gotta find that little dude a megaphone so he can shout it a little louder for the people in the back.
Enjoy your time away mate. Relax and spend some time with Mrs J.
Thank you - I definitely need the time off, I know that much. As does Mrs J. I wanna turn this mood around for her if nothing else :)
Here's an unexpected myki issue.
When I was cruising down the bellarine the other day, jumped on the tram did my touching and it said the card was expired, the 3 dreaded beeps that the adults dressed like kids salivate over. Jumped off went to 7/11 grabbed a new card with $20 on no biggie.
I thought shit, that can't be right as I just topped it up and it has $40 on it.
About to head back to melbs today and check the old 'expired' card on the website and it expires in Nov. 2024 with $40 pending.
The responsibility is obviously on the commuter to have a valid ticket. And I'm aware if a machine fails that's on them but if the card hallucinates then where does that leave you if the big kids want their lunch monies?
My son's just took a week for the balance to transfer from the expired card to the new one. We are not frequent public transport users and followed the whole process online for a replacement card etc.
I’m in the middle of doing this myself. Have received the new card, but having to wait 5 days for balance transfer is really annoying. What do people do if the inspectors get them? Lucky I have another card to use in the interim, but it’s not a great system
leaves you trying to challenge the cunce in court. But as thornburywitch said, just take it to the big dogs and say "Your fuckin' problem now" and get them to transfer the balance to the new card.
Each card only lasts for 3 years (I think). You can take an expired card to Myki booth at Spencer St/Flinders St and they will transfer the balance to a sparkly new card for no dollars extra. If you had auto-top up set, then you'll need to re-start that using the myki website.
Got caught this way myself a couple of times, cos I don't lose my card.Yea will have to swap it over. Just unfortunate it decided to expire itself 1yr before it was supposed to expire (according to the card account on the website, was only two years old).
Myki is such a pain in the arse. I wish they’d just kept the paper tickets and still let you buy them on the tram
I once got stood over, publicly talked down to and issued a fine all because their dumbshit scanner failed to function in the cold
I was hoping for pakidge today, but sadly it's not looking likely. The air will have to remain unfried for a bit longer. The rest of the week should be pakidge full however, as I'm expecting seven deliveries 😁
Weekly I slept like shit
I actually slept spectacularly and woke up so comfy and not actually hurting (a rarity for me). Maaaaarvellous
The young Seagoons ( they are only in their 30s 😉) are coming to stay for a few weeks before they move to NZ for a few years so I have heaps of cleaning and organising and probably shopping. Happy they are staying, sad they are leaving, but we'll see them again and NZ is a great adventure for them, which is so cool. 😊
We shouldn't complain ... much. NSW weather today
I am kinda loving the first page of my home screen at the moment so I thought I'd show it off. You can see the Google Calendar widget has seen the colour scheme of my wallpaper and made itself brown. Inside the Boost Lemmy app it has actually done the same thing which is awesome.
iPhone users, can your toys do widgets yet? I haven't been keeping up with iOS updates for ages.
Despite having to do some work today I feel heaps better, I swear to God it's because there's some real sun... and I think taking the melatonin last night helped somehow.
Sigh. Rent went up.
I still haven’t chased refunds/credit for the expensive arse cat biscuits she can’t eat, and she’s inhaling the expensive tins like she’s got hollow legs.
Mourning the clothing that got ruined because the equivalent replacements now are such bad quality.
Also I’m wasting money/letting food go bad/getting by in less eco friendly ways because I’m constantly so damn tired. Just bone deep fatigue.
Even the once free entertainments now want their pound of flesh.
Everything feels shitty and dystopian
big hugs
it's still free to go for walks in the park on a sunny day
( I also noticed that about food wastage, I read somewhere mexican has the lowest food wastage , I might try more of that )
Yeah… not the best idea in my area. Which sucks. That would open up more activities
Do I want to pull the trigger on this? I have no other ideas for what to do with myself over this time period and I really don't want to end up sitting at home at my computer. I've never been on a P&O cruise but I have been on 2 cruises with the same itinerary, which is the South Pacific islands.
I reckon yes - it looks like it would be an incredible thing to do. Who knows, it could be the start of a great tradition!
All booked! Sorted out my work leave, travel insurance, etc. Now just to figure out which, if any, drinks packages I want and arrange transport to and from Sydney.
I don't really drink like I used to and for $99 a day I'm not sure I'll get the use out of it. I do love to have a frozen pina colada on me at most times of the day on a cruise though...
Tempted to just get the $25 one and pay for booze as I go.. but I dunno
drinks packages
Some of you might be interested in this
ohhhh there's an every two weeks option too!
I like the idea of this. There's sooo much waste in produce supply, and it's nice to see someone having a go at solving the problem. I'd rather have misshapen fruit and vegetables with some real flavour than perfect looking stuff that tastes like it's been in cold storage for weeks and has no fragrance.
Sorry about the rain on your morning commute folks, I watered my plants in with Charlie carp because there was a smidgeon of sun and I forgot to check the forecast
Went to put the car out in the street as the lawn guy is supposed to help me get the old couches out for hard rubbish. So of course the wipers stuck.
Picture me in a black dressing gown UGGs and thermals and severe bedhead fiddling with the wipers and coaxing them to move, dammit.
I hope the commuters along the highway were entertained, at least.Extra soggy out there today. Took Mr Woof for a walk (fully coated up, of course) and managed to time it pretty well between showers - it was a bit drizzly, but not too wet. Then I went back out by myself to grab some hard rubbish I saw on the way, and it decided it was a great time to bucket down. Not fun, but I now have a metal frame from some sort of shelving unit that will work perfectly as a cage for my tomato, saving me the time I was going to spend building one from bamboo.
So over the last few months on RES I've tagged what I consider suspicious profiles as "voice cooker". Going back through the list, about 1/3 are now deleted, banned, suspended. About 1/3 have stopped posting after posting pretty much all day long about the voice. About 1/3 have moved onto different subreddits wildly unrelated to the topic.
About 1/3 have moved onto different subreddits wildly unrelated to the topic.
that's not suss at all 🤨
Reading your comments so far this morning I'd expect to see dark skies and rain but it's sunny and blue here in Docklands. I've just opened the balcony door and bedroom window. Breeze is a bit fresh but I think I must have missed the winterpocalypse reported.
Finger's crossed that's coming my way. Although I have pretty much written the day off as an indoors day, if there is a bit of sun I will definitely be tempted outside.
Looks like we are back in winter today. Freezing and pelting rain.
Annoyed because I want to try actually watching the classic slashers for Halloween, if I’m not too much of a wuss that is. (I know bits because of cultural permutations and am curious but never actually watched them.)
But a lot of even the older movies and shows have been completely scrubbed from YouTube by DMCA. (It seems the full run of Buffy I watched over lockdown might be gone now.) There’s not much worth watching on Tubi, public TV is just a vehicle for ads even if I still had a telly, I don’t yarr and I am not getting a streaming service. Fuckem.
I genuinely miss video rentals. I used to get a bundle of 5 weekly videos for $10 and watch them while eating dinner.
Edit: Has anyone tried Plex? It says it’s free with ads and is legal. But does it make you sign up or download anything, and is it at all shady?
Kanopy is being discontinued due to the high cost to libraries. I never even did that… couldn’t be stuffed setting it up and my local libraries are difficult for me to get to in person
I've been a Plex user for yeeeeeeeears. It's a legit app/service but you can feed it not-legit sources. I used Plex to organise and play downloaded torrented movies/tv shows until very recently. You can also hook up to other people's Plex servers and play their less-than-legit content, usually for a fee, however I've never done that. There is some public domain type content available through Plex itself but I've never used it.
I now use Real-Debrid (costs moneys, I think it was something like $16 for 3 months) through an app called Streamio instead of downloading torrents. I used this guide to set it up. That's for content which isn't available on the streaming services I pay for, that is.
Stremio + Torrentio + real debrid makes it so easy and RD is honestly worth the money, can use it on desktop or on Firestick/Chromecast. The real debrid site might look shady but just use a throwaway email and even a prepaid visa/mastercard to pay for it as a once off - I'm confident it's good enough to go security wise.
Easy explanation of debrid services here, melbaboutown. Anything you stream is a direct download through the RD servers not the torrent so it's not like you can be nabbed from a list of seeds/peers
+1 for real-debrid. I use it in combination with the Seren add-on for Kodi. Works brilliantly.
plex user here, it has some good free stuff, you can add your own stuff too. Not shady.
For some movies I buy cheap dvds from op shops, $1 or 2 each.
Nice, thanks.
I was considering the op shop dvds. The usb cd/dvd writer I got ages ago doesn’t really work well but I have an old computer with a cd drive
I made a hole!
Well, technically the hole was already there and I just uncovered it. Now I have to work out what to do with a big hole in the floor of my wardrobe. It's the old return air duct from long dead ducted heating, and it was a pain to pull out - it started off well with just undoing some screws, but one side was nailed down, then had the strip for the carpet nailed on top as well.
I'm thinking probably a piece of MDF and a carpet mat on top, and maybe something like corflute or thin plastic taped over the hole in the back wall, given it is not very visible (and the wall is masonite, not plaster). For now it just has the ugly space-stealing chipboard box cover back over the top of it to make sure Mr Woof does not use it as an excape route, but it would be nice to have that bit of space useable.
May as well do it properly - pull the grill and marine ply / masonite on the back section, put some cross braces from the underside and plonk a cut piece in the hole - you don't want anything floating over a void, that's how people fall in things.
As it is in a wardrobe no one should be falling into it, although it could potentially form the basis of a pit trap for the boogeyman.
Trying to brace and finish everything properly seems way more effort that it is worth, given both the lack of visibility and the generally poor state of the finish in the house in general. If I can find enough effort to do that sort of work I'll start with filling the cracks in the walls from when the place was re-stumped a few years ago.
Gosh, I was falling asleep at my desk at work today. I don't know what it was, I had coffee, I had my ADHD medication. Tried to walk around to wake me up. But an hour after I took my afternoon ADHD meds my body was like "okay it's wake up time!" ... ugh.
Though to add, I've gone to bed later than I did last night and I've been fine. So I have no idea why I was so bloody sleepy. But in good news, my planner arrives tomorrow or Wednesday so I'm pumped. I'm also looking at a bunch of Etsy stores that sell printable planner stickers because it's cheaper IMHO to buy printable stickers and then use Mum's cricket machine since the only thing I need to buy more of is the sticker paper.
Rewatching Utopia (UK) and forgot and how terrifyingly horrid it is. Also the casting of Anna Madeley and Ruth Gemmel in their respective roles was such an excellent choice, they really do look eerily the same (someone should actually cast them as twins one day).
I loooooove me some UK Utopia. Have you watched the US abomination? If not.. don't. Just... don't.
Have just texted lawn guy and suggested we put off moving the couches until Wednesday.
Aside from anything else, Sammi is ensconced in her fluffy bed on the other one.Test neg but I feel like I have razor blades in my throat...I don't remember having a sore throat like this ever...
Sore throats are awful. It's probably worth getting it checked out in case it is tonsilitis or an infection that can be treated by antibiotics.
I'd also get some anaesthetic lozenges which can help a bit - might be worth going to a proper pharmacy that has staff that can advise you on the best options.
When i had the covid sore throat i found that a mix of lozenges and anesthetic Difflam spray to be the best help
Had a horrible sore throat two months ago. I got some amount of relief from the medicated lozenges plus paracetamol plus voltaren. Hope it passed quickly for you 🙏
I have been invited to a party where the theme is to dress up like a meme. Any suggestions? Something not too complicated?
Stand in corner meme. Dress in white and paint a party hat white with a drink in hand.
if it were me I'd go as the This is fine meme. Little dog hat, draw some flames on cardboard stick it to the back of hat and sip bevs of choice out of a mug.
Arthur making a fist meme! Just wear a yellow jumper and glasses and walk around with a clenched first
Can also be Leo pointing at the TV meme.
Doomer Guy would be a simple outfit
walk around carrying a jar.
The apple keyboard is so ass. I was shocked to see gboard available on the store and installed it instantly.
The swipe is terrible, moving between words to correct typos is terrible. Jeez apple need to work on their keeb.
Has anyone here used teams meetings without having a microsoft account? Trying to work out if it is possible or if Microsoft are talking shyte.
You should be able to join a meeting online without an account, but I don't think you can use the app or access all the features unless you have an account.
Yeah. It says that but pretty sure it's either a lie or I simply cannot find the setting in our admin to let them in.
I beleive you wouldn’t be able to initiate a meeting, but would be able to join one if you have an invite.
Yeah that's what I thought but having a hell of a time trying to work out why my org doesn't work
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