Daily Discussion Thread: Wed 29 Nov 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Wed 29 Nov 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Sauce is now all packaged and ready to put away.
That's marvellous! One upvote for food related content.
Probably the sauciest picture I'm going to see today.
Oh stocking stuffers for the DT community! What a lovely gesture!
Our heartfelt thanks <3
Allow me to recommend banana boxes for storage. With the tops on the boxes, the contents are protected from light, have two layers of cardboard for insulation and stack beautifully.
My oh my. That is so neat.
I've been really good, eating home cooked meals for weeks, and a disgustingly healthy breakfast of red rice porridge with curry leaf puree and coconut milk.
I really feel like I could do with a pizza this week...
E: to add to this, I've been on decaf only since Sunday to reduce interactions with meds. I'm sure I deserve a medal at this point
Took the day off and did my grocery shopping and treating myself out to a coffee today.
Been awhile since I’ve sat out and had a coffee to relax to.
Just said stuff it and spent the money for one.
A Bill and Ted Cat story.
Ted Cat has food issues, he can't seem to control himself, is aggressive and has a tendency to eat anything. Last week he scoffed a piece of corn chip I dropped.
Happened again today but this time Bill showed Ted that he shouldn't eat corn chips, it's not good food. Bill went up to the chip and shied away. After that Ted stopped licking the chip and pushed it away.
Bill is looking after Ted, teaching him things he should know but seems to have miss out on learning when he was kitten.
This is heartwarming. After the initial suspicion, it seems Bill Cat is being 'mother'. So lovely to hear that Ted Cat is being civilised for life in a home.
I know, I love them so much. 😘😘🤗😭
My favourite thing about cats, is when you pat them sometimes, and they turn around and death stare you, then quickly groom the area you touched.
Dunno why, but it's so funny. I always apologise profusely and give a treat 🐱
Perfect day to have my day-in-lieu; raining, cool, don't have to get wet on the way to work, bliss.
I'm gonna do the dishes, the laundry, and then relax with my mobile games. 😙👌
Awesome. I took the day off too and went grocery shopping and relaxing in a cafe now.
After I get home I’m going to get all cozy and play games all day.
Ok so I am officially nervous.. I have this little tray of roast vegetables which have instructions for cooking in the air fryer. It says take the plastic film off the tray.. great yep.. then put the tray in the fryer. The tray is plastic. I feel like this isn't right.
Ted Cat decided to tell me it's time for second lunch by sitting on my jigsaw puzzle and staring at me
Did he have the look of murdering your puzzle set if you didn’t feed him?
He was swishing his tail, sweeping pieces onto the floor! 😱
( I put on my oodie in case he decides to bite my bum )
It is currently very wet, with a forecast of "rain increasing". I do not think I will be getting any gardening done today!
It is, however, perfect weather to cook the pork roast I have in the fridge.
Everyone should get a free "Get Out of Work" card on days like today. I just want to be tucked up reading a book or watching something cosy.
Had no idea Australian Sushi was a thing.
First time I had sushi here I wondered why it’s not cut yet but I ate it like a burrito anyway
It never dawned on me that nobody else sells it like that. Funny ole world innit?
TIL
it appears marge is leaving soon and i can go become mary poppins for a bit
The weva is wicked today.
Driving was... an experience.
Totally tired from peeling 80kg of potatoes at work today. I rarely do that many in one sitting these days as my labour is more valuable in other areas of the factory. Forgot to use allergy spray and felt randomly itchy all day, and my eyes were 😵💫 which I haven't had before. Got home and cooked dinner and accidentally overcooked the steak whilst I was distracted by laundry related tasks, dammit. The Minipeelers were good about it thankfully.
that is an impressive amount of potat!
I’m looking for some new bedroom furniture, and so far am uninspired by what I’ve seen. It’s either from big box stores- dated or boring styles, shitty materials and flimsy, or from designer stores at ridiculous prices. My search continues for my goldilocks furniture. Or maybe I should give up and buy the boring stuff because am tired of looking. So much of it is same same. How can there be so much choice yet so little at the same time.
Hit the government auction sites, the larger charity shops like the Vinnies/Salvos. The shops where they do furniture like the one in Trenerry Crescent in Abbotsford and the one in Smith St Collingwood.
I may check it out, but the reason I’m replacing it is I’m tired of the worn out set I currently have and want something nicer that will last me a while. So I think I’m gonna try for new but maybe finding something high quality second hand might work out too.
I found this too when I started looking, it's not easy. The affordable options are boring or made from crappy materials. I have a 3m wall that I'm trying to fit a king bed, means I need a bed frame which isn't super bulky and side tables that aren't huge. Limits the already limited options.
You can mix and match bedroom furnture which can be a cheaper way to do it. Not buying those packages where everything matches. That's all I know.
I got ours from https://www.interiorsecrets.com.au/collections/bed-frames. Got a hardwood since we owned to replace the old ikea malm (which I quite liked! But the mrs didnt). It wasnt cheap compared to idea, but it is nice having a proper wood frame.
I would buy old and solid Italian furniture and buy a new mattress
Yeah they don’t make quality like they used too.
Permission to have up to 3 coffees today?
nah throw in a chai or a hot chocolate to spice things up
Maybe a milk tea. I think I still have a couple of those sachets left.
Permission Granted
thank ye
Make one an espresso martini
You know we're pretty permissive here. Have 10 and bounce off the walls.
Bouncing too fast, going nuclear
Moved two cubic metres of dirt today. Really glad I didn't get three cube.
That is a good effort for one day's work. Did you not end up moving mud with all the rain?
The rain wasn't too heavy at mine today. Persistent drizzle. Super windy. Not much water. My rain guage is only half full. I had them drop the soil on some old ply I keep around for this sort of thing. They didn't get here til about 11 and it was blocking the driveway so I got to it. Made me think I should buy a Kei tipper and do small access deliveries.
I'll be cooking braised steak and onions today. It's that kinda weather.
Ugh, armpit boil. Most uncomfortable. Can't sleep on that side... Try to sleep on the other side but my arm can't rest on my body. It hasn't come to a head yet so likely another week of discomfort.
TIL armpit boils exist 😨
Do not recommend...
I seemingly accidentally ordered the 4 candles I bought to be delivered to a Parcel Locker I haven't used since pre-COVID (it's near my work) so urrrrrrrrrrrrrgh I have to go all the way across the CBD to get my candles. What a pain in the dick.
It's reasonable to pack 6 pairs of undies and 6 pairs of socks for a 3 day(3 night) trip right?!
Yep, what if you shit yourself everyday and then step in it?! Maybe chuck in another pair just in case.
Hahaha always a scary possibility but also it's because I wear a fresh pair of undies for sleep and then a fresh pair for the next days activities.
No. One for each day plus one extra should be enough.
It's because I like to put fresh undies on to sleep and then change them in the morning for the day.
After a week of issues with Startrack, the package has arrived! Housemate is now gazing lovingly at their first fishing rod while also tugging on my sleeve to plan a trip.
Port Welshpool or Port Albert , hire a little boat.
We've got a camping trip up on Lake Eildon coming up, so we will probably save it all for that. Gives us a couple of days for them to work things out.
Hooray, finally got a response from the uni about a course application. Now to start writing the long email to the supervisor, dig around for all of the unit outline papers, and end up neck deep in paperwork while I'm at it.
At least it's excellent weather for staying inside and being at the computer for hours.
Anyone else's internet down or just me?
Our WiFi is flicking on and off which is highly unusual.
Nah mine has been extremely slow or down for a good hr by now.. TPG fibre eastern suburbs
Apart from metal and glass I honestly think recycling is a complete scam.
Collect it, stuff it in a warehouse and then problem solved. Other option is to send it overseas to pollute someone else’s country. Then encourage everyone to consume more stuff, because the economy must have endless growth, or else.
Exactly so why bother with the silly charade?
Why do you think that? Australia is one of the highest recyclable markets for all sorts of things .Paper and cardboard is 87%.
I would be interested to know how they calculated that statistic. The website does have sources listed but it's so small and blurry I can't read it.
Suffice to say I'm very skeptical the figure would be so high and I suspect it's an overestimation.
For example, a lot of cardboards can't be recycled if they are contaminated in some way (ie food containers), and I would suggest a lot of cardboard that gets used is probably contaminated.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
One piece of dry white toast please. Quickly please I need to move along and not be some kind of creative weirdo😞
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May I have a bowl of cereal, a slice of toast with marmalade, and a pot of peppermint tea please.
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Something duck based seems appropriate
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Bwarghhhhhumphbleh
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Hey brains trust! What manner of tradie do I need if there's water seeping through the plaster of my wall??
As others have said, a plumber. They can investigate to find the source of the leak. Best to do it asap, as the longer the leak continues the more damage there might be to plaster or other areas, and might need costly repairs.
Thanks so much!
Plumber or roof plumber depending on the source I think.
Thanks!
Bill and Ted Cat are watching The Nutcracker with me. ( the Maurice Sendak production ) They like the Mouse King. 🐭👑
I don’t know where the day has gone. Feels like I didn’t do much and not helped by the 4 hour nap I accidentally fell into this evening.
RIP day off :(
It's a day off, you're not supposed to do much
Anyone here installed that Messenger Kids meta app for their kits? Sort of looks ok, but I'm hugely anti Facebook so am quite biased. If it's based on a Facebook account I'm going to be a very unpopular pa....
My kids allowed a facebook account when he turns 18. until then? Hard no. this includes any and all Meta products.
Do kids even use Facebook these days?
An outright ban is probably not going to be the best option for dealing with social media. Especially if all their friends are using a site they will either find a way to use it without you knowing, or resent you for damaging their friendships and social standing and be unwilling to listen to any advice you have to give in that area.
A better option is to assess what they are using on a case by case basis, make sure they learn about why these products can be a problem and how to keep themselves safe, and make sure that they feel free to talk to you about what they are doing.
