Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 30 Oct 2023

I don't have anything to say that's important but I will say it's monday and that's an issue until friday.

The man bought me a chocolate self-saucing pudding. It says it serves 4-6. We'll see about that.

10 days later and I've got my taste back! Oh yeah.

Imagine, you're sitting on the couch watching the block, desperately pinning the pleats into the skirt you made too big and you go to fart, only to straight up shart. This is me currently.

oh dear
Oh no. 😂
- Luckily my reflexes we're lightening fast and I stood up in time to avoid it getting on anything but my undies 😂

Kids got gastro. Has had it all weekend. We thought he was better, but I just ended up covered in puke so me thinks not better.

take care 🤗😘😘

Internet in this country is an absolute rip off.

It’s a drag on our productivity. Fucking joke.
Being in Singapore the past two weeks it honestly makes me feel embarrassed what I'll be going back to (putting aside the differences in scale and density)

So I'm going to get tested for coeliac disease. If it turns out I do have it, it's gonna be a little tricky to navigate at first, but I'm happy to give up pasta and bread if it means I have a better quality of life.

I just dropped a full carton of eggs. Fortunately they stayed in the carton so the mess is not too bad, but dinner tonight is now confirmed as quiche.

Reminds me of an old joke:

"I would like a quickie"
"President Clinton, it's pronounced 'Quiche'".

Current state of Melbournians: sick or about to get sick

I'm still standin! Yeah Yeah Yeah!
Yep! I was planning to be sick tomorrow, but now really am. Joy.
does hayfever count
Saw a dept of health ad on fb saying there’s a Covid outbreak…..

gah this is so hard, i think i need to see a psych. i'm international (no medicare). any idea where to start? how much do they cost? does insurance cover it? probably will need to talk to my gp & insurance provider?

Chat to your GP first, they should have a list of recommendations for psychs they can give you, or generate a referral.

Typically, it can be between $150 - $400 depending on the clinic/psych. Medicare wouldn't help much; mine is $275 and I get $80 back 😓
- fkin hell that's expensive

Typed out something too personal and doxable and don’t want to get into it so I’m just gonna say society is fucked and I am suffering.

Life just shouldn’t be like this.

😞 hope things turn around for you. Sending good vibes your way.
Adding more good vibes to the vibes already sent.
Sending you many hugs.

That wind is a bit Cray Cray innit?

winzzz howling

Not me posting recipes like my stomach isn't wrecked and I haven't become intolerant to everything. And posting frugal tips like I didn't miss a big energy discount and am not still being charged for a non-working service I haven't got around to sorting out yet. 💸

But you know. It's better than doomscrolling, and if it helps someone else...

decided to try and write my daily affirmations out in a decorative circular pattern to have fun with it, maybe change the ink colours up

...and now I look like a crazy person.

lunch, just peanut butter toast

I had weetbix and blueberries.
- Since doing this diet thing, I've totally fallen in love with blueberries. They have almost zero kj, taste amazing and right now you can get a week's supply for $5 (two punnets).
  
  My lunch is basically 15 blueberries, 4 strawberries and a banana. Most of the kilojoules of that come from the banana.
- I'm having an English style pork pie with a pear & blue brie salad.

Sewing of covid masks continues

It may be the (not-Covid, hooray!) anvils in my brain or just regular overthinking. All sealed, no nuts, and some stickers for the sugarless/food dye issues. Have I missed anything?

a Halloween loot box

Oh that’s lovely. Nice work!

There’s also someone up my street with a giant inflatable black cat in the yard and the head moves back and forth. Dang I should’ve taken photos.
- Cheers mate. Now I get to overthink wet weather plans. F my brain 🙀

sky pretty

Wife has gastro. Last man standing!

Don't be bragging, you're next!
- Whole family had it last week, but I dodged it by obsessive hand-washing each time I dealt with a spewing child. It is possible.

So watching my new dripper hose system fail in different parts (where I forgot to use the clips) is sparking joy. I took the pressure reducers off because it wasn't enough and now it's too much. It's so counter-intuitive. I need to break it to feel comfortable.

Has anyone seen Rat tests in chemists that also test for RSV? I have a feeling that may be what I have but I don't really want to deal with getting a PCR by going to a GP if I can avoid it.

Wait. You have to pay for RATs? They just give them away at shopping centers, here. The School also sent heaps home with the kids. Pretty sure they're around the workplace somewhere, as well.

I paid for some at the very beginning, but the government program giving them out started soon ater and I felt foolish.
- I think you can still get the standard ones for free but I was after some that tested for RSV as well which is a newer thing.
  
  Found some over in Glen Iris so I made my partner drive across town to bring me some. I don't have RSV ☹️ The mystery continues!
- If you don’t have kids, then yeah. My workplace doesn’t have them either.

Such bad allergies, crappy sleep again. Going to need caffeine to get through today.

cauliflower, coconut and chicken curry for dinner, was yumm :)

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

May I sneak some Halloween lollies early?
- 🎃🍬🍭🍫
Smoked kangaroo salad please
- 🚬🦘🥗

Watching the ABC 'chinese capitol of taipei" Hold your horses that comment isn't going to age well.

r/technicallycorrect
- I know!.. everything is a risky comment at the momo.

marge

removed duplicate thread.

Thanks.

omg, Melbourne reddit 😭😭😭

que?
- some lovely chap wrote a good bye thread
I had to look since you mentioned it.

Just awful. I’ve been looking at so many YT vids on people in similar circumstances lately, this was just a little too close to home. 😭😭😭

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