Daily Discussion Thread: 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥 Saturday, November 2, 2024

Can we all just bask in the lovely warm feeling that hanson has zero legal recourse now if you refer to her loudly and publicly as a racist

There really should be more politicians of a working class background representing the interests of ordinary people… instead we get that. :(
Also it’s a bit rich for an Aussie to tell anyone to go back where they came from…
- Also it’s a bit rich for an Aussie to tell anyone to go back where they came from…
  It's because those Aussies don't see First Nations as actual real people with rights lol
Maybe she'll stop getting a weekly spot on Sunrise now

Art supplies have been obtained . I got 4 tombow calligraphy pens in classic ink colours

I haven’t seen you post up your calligraphy in awhile now that I think about it.
- I haven't done any in a while. Just spent too much time sick in bed this year, at least 4 months 😔, and the rest of the year was doing big house cleaning and sorting

Bank locked my account due to suspicious activity. Can't unlock till Monday.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuckity, fuck.

That doesn’t sound right. Isn’t there a 24/7 number?
- I ran em. Need to present photo ID at a branch...
Have you got food and a little cash? Hoping the weekend flies by
- Yeah I'm OK. I frantically messaged a friend and he was super cool about it. I feel really grateful for that :)
You gotta stop giving those drug dealers an upfront payment before getting the goods. Especially if they tell you to desposit it via cashapp or PayPal lol.
Always cash when buying, and no pre-payment lol
Nah jokes aside that's fucked up! Like wtf? And the fact they did it on the weekend when they aren't open is evil. There isn't an after hours number you could call? Or something you could do via the online portal? Idk I'm sorry
- Gibson must have been buying catnip and temptations treats from the dark Web lol
  But yeah it sucks. Mate jumped in and helped :)
Dafuq, what kind of bank locks you out over the weekend??! Surely there's a way through. People get stuck overseas at all hours AEST...
- Need to present at a branch with ID

Chef is going on a date and cannot sleep.

Joking aside, you seem really cool and the kinda person I'd wanna hang out with and so you've more than got this mate! If they're obnoxious though then please do share the goss ❤️
- Thank you!! I already know this person and they are very nice.
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Good luck! Hope you have a fun time!
- Thank you!!
Chef!!!!!!!!!
- Yes!

Go bacon, bacon go…. Go!!

DON'T GET TOO DISTRACTED THOUGH WE STILL NEED BREAKFAST.
- Other persons might need breakfast more 🖤
Ahahaha thank you! I don’t think we’ll date because of circumstances. But definitely friends and I am very happy about that. Most importantly we had a great time!
- Glad to hear it went well. :)
- Glad you had a great time :)
- Aww at least you had a great time and will continue on being friends.

Second batch of soap (the one I messed up and had to re-cook) is now out of the moulds and looking good. Now I just have to wait a couple of months for drying.

No shortbread this time, just fake brownies. Lies!
I would definitely accidentally eat one of those.
- My brother totally did that with a Santa head shaped soap. No, not white choc. 🫧
- You should notice they don't smell right before you get to the point of taking a bite
That looks so much like fudge…
Pausing from painting for a snack break, saw those and thought yum
I thought they were brownies 😦
Looks tasty!

One of my neighbours has been playing classical music over the last week or two and it's just so lovely to go out on the balcony and listen.

Some opera singers, classical instrumentals shame I know the songs but not the names of them.

Edit: O Sole Mio!!! That's it! That's what my neighbour is playing right now

That does sound lovely.
- It really is so soothing. I think the neighbours playing the classical music might be the two Melbourne famous musicians who live in my building. The lady is a composer and conductor for an orchestra, and the bloke is a semi-well-known jazz sax player. They are so cultured 😭 I'm intimidated lol but they're extremely down to earth and lovely people tbh

In my dream someone was making breakfast cocktails. Something with blitzed pears.

My cup of tea is fine, but I could totally go a fancy pear cocktail.

That sounds intriguing

Things feel pretty hopeless lately but I’ve got a furry baby asleep on my chest so I stick it out

I'm glad you two have each other <3

Second breakfast was a success. Met with friend/colleague from last job and sat in a cafe playing chess for two hours. Won 2/2 games which is rare, she's better than me, and the second game was an absolute epic. No blunders, really long and spicy end game. Lots of fun!

Grandmaster Force graces us with his chess prowess

There was a fly lol

I'm betting on Gibson here.
Ahh the simple pleasures of life.

I did 3 pullups today

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I can’t even do one.
- Yeah, but you’re juggling some manner of complicated health issue - I do not know what, and I’m not going to ask because that’s your business, but you’re very open about the notion that your health is complex.
  The benchmarks might be in different places for you
- It took me like six months
Nice work!!! Better than not doing them at all!! 3 pull-ups are hard! I can't even do one lol Very proud of you!! And you should be very proud of yourself too! 💜
Strong! I couldn't do one now but I went from 0 to 12 in about 9 months a few years back. I know how hard it is! Keep at at it 💪💪💪 Edit: don't mean to one up you. The first one is the hardest, if you're at three now it's going to be easier from here to build.

Super grateful I got the ps5. As much as I love music, the spark isn't always there.

Final fantasy rebirth is so good so far!

I have to admit though, I do find it hard to just relax. This intense need to be productive at all times hangs over my head.

I hope you’re having a good time and fluffy isn’t annoying you too much as you play.
- The shoeboxes have proved to be a fantastic little spot for her to hangout while I play lol

Saturday morning insight into the weirdness that is my brain:

Dream recollection #1: being unable to breathe (scary, I have a feeling of being somewhat aware that I was dreaming but couldn’t quite wake myself up).
Dream recollection #2: randomly eating a piece of 5 day old bread.

How did I even get this far in life?

Because your brain now remembers it needs to breath and not to eat 5 day old bread! Remember to thank your sleep paralysis demon for the good advice 😊

Good lord now things are warming up again my m. deliciosa is cooking up a new leaf. This thing is already nearly touching the ceiling. If I stop shitposting on here it's because it has claimed me as fertiliser.

Feed me Seymour
- How'd you get this pic of my bedroom? 👀

Whenever it’s a long sort of weekend, I always forget.

TF. The traffic at nothing, heading down to Geelong. Such a joke.

It's just as bad on the way towards Phillip Island.
- Ugh. You headed that way?
Clears up after hoppers or there abouts.
- It did after a few kms after the cameras, but seriously, so many poor drivers.

Drove all the way to Preston to fill up at the last servo still doing 169/L (forgot I gotta drive to Ballarat tomorrow). Saved $7 compared to the other joints at 189, probably worth it as it would've only been about 50c extra of petrol. Dropped off some insanely overdue library books. Worked out how to undo the key lock I had my spare keys in. Laundry done. Now time to make a brunch of spinach, scrambled eggs, smoked salmon and toast.

Next up, grab some boxes and sort out empty jars (colleague has offered to take em all) and expired/unlikely to be used food in pantry. Might use up some of the pantry stuff to take tomorrow, maybe a big batch of BBQ jackfruit. E: nope it's going to be rice and curry, so jackfruit curry it is. And toor dal with spinach.

Yeah, so good. I paid over $2/L Blergh.
- Ouchhhh. I haven't had to think about petrol regularly for quite a while (work car, then rarely needing to commute for work) and forget about the bloody PH price bump... Hope where you're going to will be worth the petrol tho!

Took the Minipeelers out for an ice-cream and walked along the local creek. It's a windy, polleny kind of day but it wasn't unpleasant, not along the creek path anyway. Cut some of a plant outside that had keeled over for some reason. Did a couple of loads of washing and cleaned the bathroom. Am procrastinating on the kitchen.

How are you feeling today?
- Feeling a lot better thankyou! Just keeping up with the cortisone and calmoseptine and the rash has almost completely disappeared on my arms. How's your day going?

Late night brigade.

Salute! 🫡

House got cleaned. Cars have been washed and detailed. Nap has been had. Time for some Pho!!!!

Perhaps a movie later.

Mmm, Pho! What movie are you thinking?
- Settled on Blues Brothers.
  Watched it last night (favourite of all time), and kids haven't seen it l, so watching it again.

Went for a walk down at Point Nepean and checked out some of the old structures. Fascinating stuff. So bloody thankful to live here! Now time for some drinks, music and chilling out!

Ahh i fucking love fort Nepean. Fun fact: first allied shots of both world wars were fired from down there
- Controversial
From this side (bellarine) we call that "the dark side".
I will wave at you from across the bay :)
- But... like... do you have cookies?

Yeah I'm definitely finding it hard to relax. There's always this nagging in the back of my mind "you're wasting time, do something more productive".

It sucks and I don't know how to stop.

It's self care. It's okay to have leisure time, in fact it's normal and human and healthy. Do your best to quell those self sabotaging thoughts and enjoy! You're allowed to enjoy things guilt-free, but if you require permission then it is granted 😂
- Permission accepted :)
Yeah, and I was so antsy I couldn’t even focus to be productive. Make it make sense.
- That's the exact feeling. So i end up walking laps around the park near my house.
I think you’ve just got to come to terms with that it’s not a waste of time and just gradually change your viewpoint on things.
You’re having some recreational time to yourself, would you feel any different if you read a book, listened to a podcast, movie or watched tv or did something socially?
- I think this is left over from when I wasn't working. It's left an imprint on both my space and my state of mind.
  Going to have dinner and try to settle into some gaming :)
I often feel like I'm "not allowed" to do nothing, especially when there is housework or similar I "should" be doing. I feel enormous guilt at the "wasted time," even though it's actually really important. My parents especially would have frowned at the periodic inactivity, but they aren't living my life.

The pollen today is super fun. I think my face is actually exploding.

Yep, partner and I went across the city and sneezed so so much! I should download that pollen app again...
I think I lucked out either environmentally or genetically. I always feel so awkward when allergies pop up in convos.
The old man (who's a sub specialist doc) says "that's because i didn't care when you were crawling through the garden or dog shit as a kid". I mean thanks but maybe it worked.
- I know how you feel. I'm also moderately immune to food poisoning. Long story.
- Me too. I don't fully understand the grief people go through over allergies, as I don't have any myself. I too credit my lax (by current standards) parents who turned us kids out of doors a lot so long as we stayed in a pack. Also many childhood pets, cleaning with soap and water only (no anti-bacterial shit). And home cooking by Mum, a survivor of the Great Depression and rabidly anti-waste of good food. Tea yes, but no coffee or lolly water for us kids either.

Went to a barbie tonight. Had a few drinks. Cleaning Sunday maybe compromised.

4 day weekend, you've got time baby.
We cleaned today in anticipation.
- True.
Fridays are for cleaning, then you have weekend feee
This brings me joy.

Onions and mushrooms cut and fried. Massive bowl of it that should last a good few days.

Air frying chicken tenders to be all assembled with Turkish bread and some sauce.

Bon appetite!

Having two breakfasts today. R1 is scrambled eggs on toast with a side of avo. R2 at 10am, and idk yet. Maybe more eggs.

Was that home made or from a café?
- I would say ~~home~~ cafe because of the napkin wrapped up like that.

we ran out of gravel and fucks. off for more tomorry

Ooh that's looking good.
So what actually is going on here? What's the pipe?
- drainage. Our land slopes, the previous owners put in a brick retaining wall for a level garden bed. It had zero drainage, so was essentially a bathtub. The pipe is socked 65mm AGI, the arms slope down to the centre line, except the last one that the centre slopes into, and then goes out a drilled hole that will hook into further drainage. Finish gravelling over the pipe, fold the geotextile over like a fat sausage, kick the dirt back and then later putting in decorative dividers that will mimic what used to be a pile of concrete and brick bed dividers I painstakingly dug out.
Very impressive!

In an exciting start to the morning I have done some more updates to my budget spreadsheet. I have now mastered the use of TRUNC, ROUNDUP and EVEN functions. Hopefully my pay calculations will now match my actual payslips without rounding errors.

Teach me your mystical ways!

@Catfish - sent you a DM with the source I have that's nsfw (discussed earlier in this thread)

(it's pornhub.com)
- Imp. You have an appointment with my ‘hat’ rack
- You wish!
  Pornhub would be preferable to what the source actually is lol
Got it 🖤

Back in one piece and now the process of operation de-bug guts begin…

They just love going kamikaze on me. Just me. ‘Cause I fully look like I love massive amounts of bug guts smeared across my line of sight.

What's the plan to get rid of them?
- Oh, it’s just cleaning my gear. Little bit of soapy water and elbow grease is usually sufficient for my gear. Bit gentler for my visor.
  Still have to wash my bike at some point, so there’s that.

Would anyone like a music quiz on this fine morning?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-01/countdown-music-quiz/104393248

5/12
I actually knew one answer, the rest were all complete guesses.
Hmm, bumbled a couple of questions, but happy with 8/12.
9/12
7/12.
9/12
Questions 4, 6, and 8 I had to guess and guessed wrong haha love me music trivia
No thank you. Not my strong suit
9/12 with a couple of lucky guesses

Some rather impressive model tram work here. I think the guy made these models himself and the overhead wires actually deliver power

https://youtu.be/ctBP3PXOAHc?si=ND7HmfNTPZw2mGzw

There was a big goanna on the line and then giant feathered dinosaurs . 🦎🐔

Good night everyone 😘

Night night! 🛌

i messed up and stayed up doing cable management - good night everyone!

Post the porn!

Ended up making a shit tonne of food, in addition to the dal and the slow cooked jackfruit, made a massive broccoli and pea and cashew curry that is bloody delicious if I say so myself. Not much progress with the jars and haven't started pantry cull yet. But I don't mind because I have momentum and a plan... and had a few nice family chats today so that was worth it.

Downside is I've picked up a nasty headache out of nowhere this arvo. I'm going to dish out this food, chuck everything in the dishwasher (I will fucking miss this dishwasher), finish the leftovers and call it a day. Gotta love winding down to Fresh Produce on PBS

I hope you feel better soon.
Give yourself a gentle shoulder shrug or three and see if you can feel any points of tension.
Pop some nurofen or panadol if you have any with your meal and that might make you feel better.
- Thanks. Had some Nurofen earlier which did nothing. I am gonna have some again, plus extra water as I think I'm dehydrated. I suspect it'll be better once I wake up. Feels like it was a reaction to something. So tired! I'm going to take it easy when I get back tomorrow.
Your food sounds awesome! Sometimes I get a mid afternoon headache from standing at a prep bench all day. It's something to do with the angle of your neck. I hope you feel better soon!
- Oh, I hadn't thought about neck angle at all! That's something to keep in mind. I'm really glad to read that you're feeling better too despite the Dr being unhelpful the other day. Here's to a restful and healing night for us both.

Bah. Lost most of my day to sleep. :(

Sounds like agood day to me
- Here here. Bring on the evening.
- Well maybe depending. I was thinking about getting stuff done and going out a little maybe but with all my stuff done now it should be 11am for me :(.

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Please note that Chef will be unavailable from 11:45 Melbourne time today.

Latkes & poached eggs please
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A large stack of picklets topped with cream and maple syrup please.
- I misread that as pickles and you know what? Still down for it
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post-date drink for you🍹
- Thank you!
Have fun!
- We did!
Oh I guess im having three breakfasts... Ummm fried chicken and waffles with syzzurp please
- 🍗🧇🍯

Still up waiting for the "when we were young" festival tickets to come available. In the queue. Wish me luck! 🤞

Multiple browsers and devices and still this:
I'm getting very tired :/
- Sorted :D

Grill Americano tonight. I’m fucking drooling right now.

That looks special, yum
- Slightly better than microwave potato. Not by much though

Lawd, after midnight again… 💀

Super warm tonight folks.

Adjust or have your air cons for best sleep.

hot like a sunrise

Where is the sun?

Doo doo doo doo

Where is the sun? And I say

It's not alright

🥶🥶🥶

(Maybe I have a fever because I am shivering)

peeks through the window
Nope gone.

This rain noises sleep track isn’t working. It just makes me want to pee a lot.

And a lightening bolt to the dick of your imaginary garden gnome.

I’ve just done a pleasantly chill gym sesh.

I’m headed in the general direction of the market for lunch

Maybe The Hobbit isn't in stock. My order has been 'partially shipped' with the Hobbit being the only thing not sent.

Why did you let me buy it if there's no stock, Kmart?

It's sold out nearly every where. Choose a store near where you live that has stock and do a click and collect
- It said there was stock online. I've been checking stock levels and it wouldn't let me buy it until now because it was out of stock. Something must have changed on the backend of their website
What tends to happen, especially if it’s Kmart or big w is that they’ll say they have stock but as people buy them the stock levels don’t update.
It’s not until they go and allocate your items in person that they discover they have no stock left.
I’m pretty sure their systems aren’t live updated regularly enough.
Edit: also because they’re slow with click and collect.
- I know I'll probably get a refund but I'd like to think someone at dispatch for Kmart is now going on a Jingle All The Way style quest to find me a copy of this book

Just a slight headache this morning.

💊
- Ta

Chicken tenders cut up, spinach, onion, capsicum. Garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepperberry, mixed herbs (lol), sesame seeds.

You, me and the apocalypse marathon. I regret nothing