Daily Discussion Thread: ⛔🚫🛑 Friday, 27 December, 2024

I'mI was answering a question elsewhere and it reminded of what I saw when I went to Kmart today. The store was in an absolute shambles! I mean when I first went in there was a staff member taking things off the shelves in the ladies clothing section that didn't belong and throwing them into big steel cages on wheels that were full of the most random stuff; my first thought was "gee that's an odd way to pick an order" lol. Then as we wandered around I started to notice that, around most of the store the place was in utter disarray. Packages torn open with items missing, and nothing on the shelves corresponding to the shelving tags. But in kids clothing and toys it was absolute carnage. It was like fully 80% of the items had been just ripped off the shelves and thrown back in completely random. I've truly never seen anything like it in my life! Shoes weren't in categories, they were just randomly mixed up and placed on any hanger all together. Shoes were in toys, toys were in homewares, food was everywhere, like a rock star trashed a hotel room. Elder was disgusted by the discovery of random Cheetos and food remnants just shoved in amongst the toys on the shelves, crumbs everywhere. He wanted a NERF gun and had to take care to find one which was unopened and unpillaged from. Many packages were ripped open and presumably stolen from. It was in such a state that I don't honestly know how you'd even begin to sort it out! A percentage of the stock had just been chucked on the floor and left there. Surely this is not a normal post boxing day sale thing; I've seen the old days of Fosseys and Forges and I've done boxing Day sales in the past. This was just incredible to see, like in part the store had been deliberately wrecked. I just had to share my middle-aged shock somewhere.

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I attacked that holiday to-do list with gusto today. Got some of the painting jobs out of the way and cleaned up the many layers of dirt in my outdoor area. Thinking of hanging up some fairy lights out there for ambience.

Still plenty more to do but feeling accomplished!

Got startled awake thinking someone was standing outside of my window talking.

It's Gibson snoring. ...

Sorry peeps, I'm about ready to pass out so I might let someone else handle the thread if nobody minds

I did give Jason a go before bed. He did good. Better than expected. There were a couple of things he didn't pick up that my cheapo from Kmart wouldve

Night!

Goodnight everyone. Here's to a better day tomorrow ❤️

Saw Anora at the cinema. It’s a wild ride, you can see the car crash is coming and keep bracing for impact, not sure when it will finally hit. Many hilarious moments with the Russian/Armenian fix-it men, but overall a very heavy movie. If I may use the hobbit rating system, I give it 4 hobbits. The lead actress will be an Oscar contender for sure, she made the character so very real in every scene.

Grocery shop done. Took longer than I thought and got caught close to closing time.

Bought a pizza for dinner tonight and will throw it in the oven soon with some extras.

I may have stocked up on too much food I went over my food budget but perhaps that’ll lead to me buying less next time.

Also got some chippies for snacks.

I'm cooking a big batch of corn & zucchini fritters for the freezer. Two dozen done, about another dozen to go. This is rather slow going in my little press which only makes two at a time.

Edit: finished! Three dozen fritters cooked.

Anyone else do the help your parent with their laptop thing and find this......

Chillo update:

Up they go. No leaf drop.

Pulled off the ultimate prank on the mother in law. They ALWAYS leave cash somewhere when they stay and it shits me to high hell. but she just dropped me off to the airport in her car that she didn’t notice had a mysteriously full tank of petrol. Bloody got her!

Jason has been configured. I think. Jason is now sleeping. The instructions say Jason must sleep for at least 4 hours before vacuuming

At about 10:30, Jason is gonna do a lap around the room. Jason is short, but, uhh, a bit wide, so may have some trouble in certain spots but can fit under basically everything

I haven't entirely Jason-proofed my room yet. Hell try to eat his charger and the blind thingy if I leave them there. Not 100% sure what I can do about either of those though. Don't really have alternatives

My zucchinis are officially being dipshits.

I have like 13 male flowers in the fridge, the female flowers seem to have died before blossoming and the upcoming ones are still in infancy. One fruit I thought was fertilised rotted off. So between 4 plants there’s one healthy developing fruit which I hand pollinated myself.

The pumpkins can help pollinate them when they get bigger because they’re both cucurbits but I kind of don’t want to cross pollinate because there might be a higher chance of them turning bitter and toxic.

The tomatoes are bushing out and flowering but I’m wondering if it’s too early and a result of stress. I’ve planted everything so late.

Built a couple agricultural level bait stations on christmas eve, now there's no less than three distinct nests going ham on the one under the lemon tree, oblivious to their impending doom. I need some killer artwork on that thing, we're calling it The Death Silo

Visiting the NGV tomorrow. See you there.🙂

Edit: Never mind it’s sold out😕

Got to finish work 3h early again 🥰

Against better judgement I’ve gone out grocery shopping so I don’t have to do it super early tomorrow as I want to watch the Test match.

It’s actually pretty here now, a lot more quiet than I was expecting.

The microwave meal is alright. I feel a lot better now, I think I just needed a healthy serving of greens and some proper meat. Wellllll proper may be a stretch, but it was still satisfying enough

I took Jason out of the box and flicked through his manual. Seems easy enough to set up. A lot heftier than I was expecting, too. It was only $160ish, while the mid tier room as start at like $400 with the high ends going for the 1-2k. I thought it would be plastic, flimsy, and lightweight. I think it is all plastic (and resin plastic for the LIDAR sensor), but it feels like the sturdy type of plastic, not the "this'll snap after 3 uses" plastic

I've got to get some cables and such off the floor so Jason doesn't asphyxiate, then we'll be laughing!

Cricket is on in the background, it’s not something I normally watch. What is going on with the grating annoying tooting horns? Is this new? How have these people not had beers poured on them and booed out of the stadium yet? I would go crazy seated anywhere near them.

Accidentally doubled up my adhd medication. So, so sleepy...

Bit of a rant:

It appears I created a cardinal sin for dating apps (aside from joining them).

Monday morning I sent a recent match on messenger (and she requested my info) a silly Dad joke and hope you have a good day.

She laughed. Said thanks. Hope you do too.

That night I asked how her day was.

No response.

Alright. Maybe busy or something. Left it at that.

Then Christmas Morning I said Merry Christmas. Hope you have a great day.

No response.

I've not said anything since. Not bothering (though still facebook friends, go figure).

Social conventions confuse me. I figure she's found someone else/better.

But I think 2025 is going to be the year of no apps. Just a focus on my goals. So ladies, you got 4 days to friendzone or ghost me before the chance is gone lol :D

Because one of my strengths is wasting time, I made a crying tally this year, just for fun. I went to make some graphs to analyse it, but my emotional self decided not to stick to the columns and just dump thoughts and feelings on the spreadsheet. I'm going to make a google form next year.

Made it back home safe and sound with Glen 20 and a microwave meal (mostly because although I have easy to do meals, I don't have the energy to do something nutritious... Mostly in it for the low quality veg on the side)

I'm still very nauseous though. No clue if it's something I ate, the smell, the lack of sleep, some kind of toxin or gas or something, or just a combination of everything but I do not feel very well at all

Sorry I've been so self centred recently. I'll try and at the very least being some positivity in over the next few days

E: LL messaged to say somebody will be coming on new years eve afternoon

I love this part of the year. Still have just over 2 weeks of leave left.

That panic i normally get when it's Sunday and time to go back to work has receeded. For now.

Saw someone getting kicked out of Kmart today. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something about the role of a security guard, because it really seemed like it was mostly the manager and a few staff members doing the kicking out while security dude was just standing in the corner looking slightly frightened. I mean, I wouldn't expect them to be dragging someone out by the hair while simultaneously suffering 3 dozen stab wounds, but if they can't even handle kicking out what looked to be a fairly passive, maybe 4 and a half foot tall girl, I don't really understand what they actually do

ok guys, I'm going to the shops. Is there anything I can get you?

The grow bags arrived. I opened one up and it’s hooge. Potting mix is cheap but not at the amount I’d have to buy… gonna have to make some choices.

I wish I had a proper big vegie garden and the ability to do heavier work

I am going on a grand expedition

I am dubbing the robot vacuum "Jason". Because the first thought that went through my mind was "JASON'S HEEEYAHHHH" (reference to this Short). No clue why that was what came to mind, but it's been named

Anyways now that it's here, I can finally go down to the shops

Gonna take the Minipeelers out to spend their Xmas money and gift vouchers. They are a lot keener than I lol. I just want to blob on the couch, but I'll meet their enthusiasm somehow and probably end up enjoying it a little. Have finally almost caught up with the washing this morning so I deserve a little treat (🥃)

Another house inspection, another NO. If I were to be buying that as an investment property I'd be especially unimpressed with the disconnected smoke alarms and the person living in the garage.

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On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me

Three French hens

Two turtle doves

And a partridge in a pear tree.

Well, not really. But yay Christmas is over and we’re now in the short blissful period between Xmas and new year where the roads are quiet and weather is good and I can sit in the couch doing nothing for a week.

Watched that borderlands movie last night. What a steaming pile of shit. cate blanchett tried her best but nowhere near enough to save it.

It says you can still get limited tix at NGV?

I finally watched La Femme Nikita. Probably has to be one the few times I haven’t preferred the original.

Robo vacc is out for delivery! They also haven't put it on extra sale for boxing day (same price as when I bought it on the 23rd), so I don't have to feel the nasty buyer's remorse! But I'm checking the tracking constantly like it's a bloody Santa tracker. Partly because Amazon never knock and I don't want it to be stolen (there's nowhere it can be left out of sight from the street), and also partly because last delivery they onboarded at 7:30 and it was delivered at 8:45. This one was onboarded at 7:06 and still isn't here. Not a whinge, just an observation

Finally got through to the somebody about the smell. She doesn't actually know what to do or who to send. She said she'd try to find out what "the solution" is. I'm fairly sure she's about to tell me light up a candle and fucking up into the roof, or just ignore it and hope it fixed itself in a month or however long it takes 🙃

E: they said they'll send pest control at some unspecified time in the future ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

E2: the unspecified time in the future will, in fact, not be today, because: "It will cost us a fortune". As soon as parcel man comes, I'll hop on the bus and go buy some Glen 20, a portable exorcism kit, and anything else Woolies sells that promises odour removal

discussing shit on reddit

i have learnt that when i was young and straight out school i thought definitions and laws meant something. I thought de jure was real. ( I think laws are aspirational and indicative of the kind of society we want , so not totally useless )

now i'm old and see it's mostly window dressing, the de facto world is what exists.

I need to find a window where either the boys are asleep or my girlfriend isn't so I can shower

Steve Smith got his century!

I have a hangover. I have to go to work today. Cool

Gripe: Unable to get on the tram because morons travelling with their suitcases blocked access to the rear of the tram. 🤬

Edit: Well colour me uninformed. Apparently this is a regular occurrence in the holiday season. Next tram included 2 people in their 20s taking up 2 seats with ALL their luggage. Not to mention the others. No thoughts for catching Uber, a taxi or other?

Started watching La Palma and also Squid Game s2 yesterday, more interested in La Palma after 1 ep actually!

Nyeeehhhh

Ended up just kinda skipping sleep. Too hot. I was getting annoyed at not being able to doze off, so I said "ah fuck ya then" and decided to do some tidying up

The temperature inside has dropped down to 24.3°, having dropped down 7.5° from its peak of 31.8° at 21:00 yesterday. 3 windows wide open. 2 fans running at max speed. That averages out to about a 0.8° drop in indoor temperature per hour, if I did my math right. It is currently 16.7° outside

I've written out 3 vents here so far and ultimately decided not to post any of them

I think I need to just go to sleep. Night peoples