Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 11 Dec 2023

Munich Christmas market! Much less crowded than Nuremberg, although less variety in the stalls.

This is great. Thank you. Is your focus Christmas markets on this trip?

Also that person in the bottom right look like they ate a lemon lol.
- December and Jan are great times for us to take leave from our jobs, and we love coming to Europe. When we googled things to do in Europe at this time, Christmas markets popped up, so we’ve been going to a bunch but also doing other things. In Munich we went to two art galleries and a classical music concert, and we’re about to go to a town on a lake so we’ll do some walks around there.

Took a few days off work last week, left pretty specific instructions on what to do in my absence.

Returned today to absolutely fuck all being done. I'm extra shitty as I've covered for others when they were sick/holidays and things progressed in their absence.

Looks like I'll have to return the favour and be 'too busy' for everything until after Xmas.

Better or worse than when people enthusiastically and confidently do just ridiculous things when there was no need for them to take action at all? I'm going to be doing a lot of unpicking and detangling when I'm back tomorrow. I'm practising my patient face.
- In a way better, cause I don't have to put out their fires. I'm just super bitter as I've always helped people out in the past. This was just a kick to the guts.

First day new job. Got here way too early. Please deity, don't be a shit hole...

Good luck! Keep us updated!

My tooths are now very clean. Which is good, but they don't feel like my teeth anymore.

I like the new dentist I saw and am booked in for a torture session/filling soon. Why are teeth so poorly designed? And why don't they come with a warranty?

I bought a Terry's mint-flavoured chocolate orange, with the thought process being hey, I like chocolate oranges, I like mint chocolate, let's give it a go.

A week or so later I saw it in the cupboard and had a horrible thought: is it orange AND mint? What kind of monstrosity have I purchased here? Is this going to be like a Vegemite Tim Tam?

Upon closer examination I can confirm, no, just mint, but shaped like an orange because Reasons. So you can all relax, I'm sure that was stressing other people too.

This made me check the two I had and they are definitely orange. Then I had a brilliant thought, what if I somehow shoot them open with my salt gun?

Update: experiment did not work. Salt gun not powerful enough. Terry's #1 is too heavy. Terry's #2 will have more thought to it.
- Please report back with results!
- Need to throw the Terry’s choc orange like a grenade
That combo would be like OJ and toothpaste

I hate this weather, so sticky and yucky, doesn't feel any better inside or outside today. Yuck! :(

It's ridiculous! Even my giant office in the city is sticky inside, almost feels like there's condensation on every surface..
is it hot, is it cold?? How do I dress for this weather 😵
- dressing gown
- I wish I knew, I can't even dress myself properly today.
- I went outside in a tee and shorts. Warmish. Not windy.

This morning on the telly they were talking about non alcoholic drinks for dogs because owners like to buy shit for their pets. Paw Blonde, Pawroni and Pawsecco are available for your party animals.

Oh Paw-leeze.
- Oh you better pawlieve it.
You can get cat wines and they are loaded with nip. 🐈🐈‍⬛🎉🎉

Just went out to the supermarket. The city is covered in a rare evening fog. Can't see the tops of the taller buildings. Humid as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

I don’t know why, but I always want or need to bake on days that are hot or humid.

Resident weirdo checking in.

This weather is good for yeast cookery - buns, bread or cake. Not good for pastry.
- I think I will make some naan bread then
I get that with hot days, too. Probably due to being stuck in the house and looking for something to do.

Thought I'd order a late breakfast.. rider sat waiting for some other order for like 30 minutes or so before going to get mine. I paid for priority delivery but that doesn't mean they'll prioritise collecting it. Prick sat on it not allowing another rider to collect it while it went cold. He's nearly here now 45 minutes past the original expected delivery. Angry.

one star him
- The star ratings are for the restaurant. There's just a thumbs up/down for riders. I still went with the full one star, thumbs down and raised a support ticket to complain. I got about half refunded AND 3 minutes in the air fryer brought everything back to life as if it were fresh, but that's not the point. They should do full refunds for this like they used to. Fuckfaces.
  
  What I find hilarious is that even when you give a rider a thumbs down, it'll ask you if you want to add a tip after.
I ordered too, the delivery was totally wrong and when I messaged the driver he cancelled my delivery. So I got someone elses breakfast for free. sadly its all dairy and cheese so I can eat it.

I'm wearing a cardi, how in hell is going to be 33 tomorrow. 🥴

Melbourne weather is actively hostile, doesn't want you to acclimate and doesn't want you to be here.
Came to say the same thing. WTH. When did this happen?

Luckily I was awake anyway but three thunderbolts in quick succession just now. What the actual fuck?

Good Bot. 😊

Another night owl!

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

Something light and refreshing please. Plus a cool, moist facewasher.
- 🌧️⛈️
Can you do churros?
- 🍟
Microwaved sweet potato with cheese and hot sauce
- ⚡️🍠🧀🌶

Thank you for being functional today

I have very little enthusiasm for today.

how gay is the yuletide

Sketching while lying flat on your back is as difficult as it sounds

Trying dry mode on my a/c. I feel like it does actually make a difference, but I don't know if it's placebo.

I just tried my apartment's AC and it's blowing hot air. I think the only solution for me is a fan.
- When was your a/c installed? 1982!?!?

While making dinner this evening, I listened to just about every version of Santa Baby. There are a lot - Taylor Swift, Kylie, Cher, Madonna, Ariana Grande, Pussycat Dolls, Gwen Stefani to name just a few.

None of them are anywhere near as good as the Eartha Kitt original; though I give points to Michael Buble for his male version of a dude totally not flirting with Santa. It was his funny take that sent me on this journey.

Pull a muscle under my jaw yawning, and now it sort of hurts to talk and my tongue aches.

I have done that before and it really hurts!
- Feels like I've been smacked in the gob.

I think the mould is gone. If not the bucket of bleach is still there. Right now I can only smell bleach.

Mouldy Monday

Hey @[email protected] what's today's theme? Moody Monday Maybe?

Today is definitely Moody Monday.

Napping was a mistake. But since I was up a certain furry little potato got an extra wet meal and is now having a cuddle. I'm really happy the new wet food is working out well for her and is more nutritious. We've had a win here.

Too tired to do anything productive so veging and watching dumb shows out of order til I hopefully get back to sleep.

i continue to be amazed by how incompetent the BOM is

In their defense, it's super hard to predict the weather in Melbourne. Between the influences of the Southern and Pacific oceans, plus weather patterns can come from either the North or West. In short, the weather can come from any direction.

For Perth, it all comes from the Indian Ocean and the predictions are pretty accurate as a result.
What’s the bet the government isn’t funding them enough?

Did anyone else notice [description of weather]? It makes me feel [extreme emotion].

Did anyone else notice the drizzle? It makes me feel very glad I'm inside.
did anyone else notice the blizzard? it makes me feel euphoric

Absolutely revolting humidity. If this weather could kindly fuck off that would be super.

It is so humid this tropical meat is considering purchasing a dehumidifier.

Aaaargh!

When you realise you shredded a Kmart voucher along with a bunch of other receipts…

FML. This year I’ve also had two companies I’ve paid $$ that have gone under.

AND I still can’t find my Turkish towel!

Rant

I shouldn’t have bothered saying anything. I can hear the guy ranting again so my suspicions about the 72 hour psych hold were correct. Apparently the property managers are trying to sort it but are being forced to wait on VCAT and have no powers beyond that.

It’d be really nice if something positive happened. Right now it’s all just waiting indefinitely for things to improve. I’m cuddling the furry pudding because she’s the best

I avoided rain on my walk, but I'm still dripping. That humidity's brutal.

What an armpit of a day

I just ordered some moon cake presses so I can make pretty shortbreads for xmas. :)

That reminds me i should eat that moon cake from last year. It's safely in the fridge.
- I have this thing where I always buy one of those fruit pudding things marked down around New Years, but never get around to eating it. It's still in the pantry, it'll end up getting eaten and then I'll buy another one in about 3 weeks when they're marked down again.
  
  It's a silly cycle!

boom

ugh the humidity brought mould to that slits window above the toilet
closed the door for now, will clean it with bleach this evening

my housemate got some madeira cake from woolies. yummm

Back in my stoner days, I used to buy this, warm it up a bit in the microwave and then top with a generous serving of Paul's custard. So good.
Capital M on Madeira cake since it is named after a specific regional wine. 😉

Thunder here just now. O.O

Jane says it'll be hot and humid like Brisbane tomorrow. So......shoes are optional.

What about pants?
- Optional

Melbcat’s claws really needed a trim, they were catching on the carpet as she walked but her nail clippers are gone… they went to the cattery along with her slicker brush which did come back. I have no idea why they would have been taken out and left there as they obviously weren’t used. Perhaps they got misplaced on unpacking?

It’s fine if they got left behind, they were quite cheap. It just would have been nice to realise it sooner so a new one could have been added to the Kmart order. Melbcat had to borrow the human nail clippers.