Daily Discussion Thread: 🚓🚑🚒 Saturday, 4 January, 2025
Daily Discussion Thread: 🚓🚑🚒 Saturday, 4 January, 2025
Today's weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 17°C, max - 37°C. 100% chance of no rain
Daily Discussion Thread: 🚓🚑🚒 Saturday, 4 January, 2025
Today's weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 17°C, max - 37°C. 100% chance of no rain
Father dead. Zero clue what to do with this information. Boyo no help would be celebrating demise of his.
Condolences. Now comes the hard part - being kind to yourself and your immediate family. Which will be damned hard. Take time to process your feelings - either positive or negative. I found both. The one true purpose of funerals/memorials is that organising them helps to process those feelings. Be aware that other family members will have different feelings. The damned part is being patient with them and validating their feelings as well as your own. Don't shortchange yourself in that department. Take whatever time you need. Sending vibes to help when the feelings ambush you. Which they will do - usually when least convenient. Been there and done that myself. I found a grief counsellor helped me a lot after my bloke died during covid. The language of grief/relief can be grimly humorous too which I found to be an unexpected bonus.
I’m really sorry. Take as much time as you need to absorb, it can be complicated
I'm really sorry. Even when you know it's coming the death of a parent is really hard. Know that it's OK to not be OK for a while, but that you will be OK again. We'll all be here for you and do whatever we can to support you in our limited way.
Thinking of you ❤️
I'm so sorry Catfish. Sending you my love.
Condolences 💜
I'm glad for you all that his stay in pall care was not prolonged, and I hope that his comfort and care were exemplary. Grief is a funny thing, and you are among friends here. ❤️
Oh shit I’m so sorry :(
My condolences. I'm sorry for your loss 🙏🏼
So sorry to read this. Sending 🖤.
So very sorry.
I'm really, really sorry for your loss ❤️
Oh catfish. He went into palliative not long ago, right? My condolences, hugs and hope for all the next steps to be as peaceful and easy as they can be. But right now your job is just to breathe and feel whatever you have to feel for a bit.
I’m so sorry.
I’m so sorry. I hope it was as peaceful as possible. My thoughts are with you and I’m sending hugs 💛
Poor void 😿
studying is hard work
That looks like some kind of ecology subject? Interesting stuff!
It's a chapter about honeyeaters and habititat. The pics are different flower shapes they get nectar from.
The subject I'm doing is "Backyard Biodiversity", about primarily about creating habitat in your garden for a range of native species.
Shadow box completed.
Now on to the Avengers tower 😁
So cool!
cool
Woah, that's lit
Wow, impressive!
Baku, we are time-travelling once again 🫡
I didn't even realise for a moment.
Holy hell. How did I find this place last night? Lol
Arghhh
It's okay Baku, I wrote the wrong year this morning too... in nursing notes..... oops
Sunset tonight will be spectacular. All those wispy bits of clouds will light up I reckon.
Would have been lovely to see. I almost tempted to go the beach late this afternoon.
I have to go to the shops for foood. Pray for me.
EDIT: Thank you all for your good thoughts. I have returned unscathed, bearing watermelon and icy poles and lettuce and jelly. And boring bread & milk etc. We will survive this. The cool change on Sunday night/Monday morning will be EPIC!
🙏
i too am going to brave the day
Dear Sun God/ess,
Please do not scorch Thornbury Witch with your mighty UV rays,
And do not blind her eyes with your super bright ways,
And do not roast her head with heat stroke,
And do not cause car seat and belt buckle burns, that shits no joke.
I'm en route to a social occasion. It's hot and busy and I don't wanna but I gotta
☀️!
Dear Wicca deities, go easy on our resident witch. Regards aussie.zone.
In Albury for the night on the way back. I've definitely had my cup filled (but already missing being out in nature all day and all night, and physically very tired from various tasks). It's an absolute oven outside. Thankfully the AC was running at my accom before I arrived so I'm just chilling for now (got a free upgrade to Queen, score!).
Debating whether to get a proper meal for dinner or just some ready-to-eat stuff from Woolies... Might splurge on the meal tonight and get some crackers and dip for breakfast and the rest of the drive home tomorrow.
Today at the opshop I found an antique book of autobiographical travel essays, Across the Plains, by RL Stevenson. 🙂
It's just been Mr Woof and I at home since the middle of the week, and at first he was super duper anxious, lying near the front door, waiting for everyone else. Last night, I went upstairs to my room to check the temperature, and he started fluffing up my bed to sleep on. He's only ever done that if my mum is in my room. ::: spoiler now he's enjoying the sun
:::Half price freezy stuff for those who want:
Zooper doopers half price $3.60 for a 24 pack) at Coles
Golden gay times half price $5 for a 4 pack at Woolies
Bulla Splits and crunches half price $4.50 for an 8 pack at Coles
Connoisseur half price $6 for a 4 pack of full size or 6 pack of minis at woolies
The Big BOM's cancelled the heatwave warning
Somebody should probably go outside and tell the heat. I don't think they've quite got the memo
Well, we're hotter, quite a bit hotter, than Darwin rn.
The situation in Korea is wild right now. There's an arrest warrant for the president (call him in for questioning related to his declaration of martial law, which could amount to treason I think) and his personal security guards (and public supporters) are physically blocking the arrest from happening, and apparently they only have a few more days to wait until the arrest warrant becomes invalid. What the actual fuck
It's totally wild. I kinda thought South Korea was a pretty stable government too. Spent some time in Seoul and the south ages ago. Seoul reminded me of a bigger Melbourne - so friendly. Kinda hope it all is sorted and doesn't spill over into bigger violence.
I had a sneaky late night choc cross buns. Bleh. The ones I get from Aldi have something chocolatey inside. The woolies ones I got don't, they just put cocoa powder into whatever mixture they used and got rid of the fruit
Dammit. I have a split mail on my finger. Think I made it worse after snagging it on some clothing.
Got a spplit right on the side and about my probably 2 or 3mm long.
Put a Band-Aid on it for now so I don’t make it worse.
glue part of an teabag paper to it.
The split is vertical from top to bottom for context.
It’s been trimmed back as far as it can go.
Solidarity to my fellow no AC gang. Going to be a rough next two days, but sure we can make it!
If your house design can accommodate it, have some sort of awning on the north side of your building. Not everyone can afford it, but if you can spare a couple-hundred dollars on a cheap camping Gazebo, you can stop the sun hitting the brickwork and windows and that will account for a few degrees.
My north and south walls are shared with neighboring units, sadly. I have massive east-west facing windows and have asked for awnings to be installed, but no luck yet. Awnings are really cool though, and if given the privilege to choose where to live I'd prefer to be in a place that has them for sure.
Have to abort my heat hibernation to go to friend kid’s birthday, I really want to stay under my air con.
They have a pool and told us to bring bathers so I will but dunno if I’ll get in. It’s so hot that I might. There will be pizza too.
You should!
A party is a party, and whether you socialise or just lurk, it is often good to be around other people, especially when the weather is difficult to deal with.
We had an 80th here yesterday afternoon. Lunch was rotisserie Bolar Blade and roasted Pork Neck on the BBQ, accompanying salad bought by old people.
Our house has very good thermal Insulation, but very bad acoustics so within an hour it sounded like the scene from Sneakers with the geese, but much more humid.
Outside was much nicer, with the dry heat, tasty food and peace and quiet, even when some of the other guests came out to join me.
Now we have cleanup day today, but this is why we built our house. It shouldn’t take long.
We have a 1st and an 18th this year and a 21st and a 50th in 2026, and we will probably have all the minor birthday parties too!
The forecast's back up to 40 for today and tomorrow for us northern suburbs types. Which isn't a big difference from 38 in real terms, but psychologically...
I've been to the gym (which is also a large council pool, it was bananas) and I'm hibernating with the cricket for the rest of the weekend.
Stay cool! Remember to eat all the icy poles.
My box of kid size pineapple and raspberry callipo's is getting munched.
Having a lazy day after washing blankets (great weather for it). I can't believe it's almost time to start thinking about dinner 😦
I never would have thought I'd prefer to stay in Queensland weather wise but even with humidity I'm regretting booking my flight back to Melbourne for tonight. I suppose I'll miss a day of it but my apartment is going to be a hotbox when I get back.
On the plus side I guess, you'll (presumably) be arriving back at the coldest part of the day. Still sucks to walk back into a hot place, but you can open up the windows and it should cool down quick ish
Yeah I'm hoping there will be a bit of a breeze to move some of the hot stale air around once I open everything up.
First jelly of the day has already been consumed. Sweet, solid water. What more could anyone wish for on a day like today?
The garden has been watered, and I picked my first ripe tomatoes. Apparently I have an unexpected tomato hybrid, with trusses of yellow tomatoes. I was expecting red, so failed to recognise some earlier tomatoes had actually ripened.
I took some pics of the mini dishwasher. Sorry there’s no banana for scale. They’re also kind of minimal because I didn’t want to post any clutter or my reflection. You will get the rough idea though.
I didn’t use the tap attachment but let me know if you want me to try that and take some pictures.
It's very cute and functional!
It’s cute but I kind of wish I got something with more room and better energy efficiency
Thanks for posting. I'll keep doing research on them, but I'm pretty sure I need something similar as it's too hard to keep up with the dishes currently.
Thanks for the pics! That's worse energy efficiency than I would've guessed. I thought dishwashers were pretty efficient when it comes to both electricity and water usage, so I wonder what it is about putting it on a bench that makes it less efficient. You have to load it with cold water, right? That might be it. I think normal dishwashers generally connect up to the hot water pipe and then heat it as needed
I'm also wondering whether double decker models exist and are worthwhile. That seems like an alright amount of space, although you'd really need to practice loading and work out how much you can fit in it without ruining it's cleaning capabilities
Is it heavy? Are you able to move it yourself? Any risk of leaving gouge marks on the bench do you reckon?
(Also heads up your partial reflection is in your last 2 photos on the tiles if you wanted to remove them)
Yeah I was a bit sad to see such low energy efficiency :( And the water efficiency isn’t amazing either. Loading is annoying so I would possibly have gone for something bigger. But at least I have something.
Yeah it’s cold water, it must heat it by itself.
I was able to move it by myself with a little difficulty. It was very big and awkward in the box but not as bad out. I dragged the whole thing over and then was able to deadlift the unboxed unit onto the bench.
Edit: Thanks bro I removed them
Too hot to be hungry. For lunch I ate a bowl of diced mango with a scoop of vanilla icecream. but now I’m peckish, maybe shall make myself a Vegemite toast.
Nice cool breeze outside!
Indeed
The sun's fucked off too
Yep. Finally can get out of the house!
Well that was a bummer.
Only a mouse but yeah :(
Melbcat was also sick on the bed while I was briefly out. I’m still trying to get her to give me a urine sample for the vet
You gave it care and a quiet cool place in it's last moments. That matters, I think.
yes, this is nice
old age perhaps
That's incredibly kind of you to try and help it. Even if it may not have worked, I'm sure it still noticed that you didn't immediately kill it as a predator would've
After trying to work up the courage to get ready and then go to the shops for the last 2 hours, I've given up. The shop I want to go to requires a 15 minute walk, but is open late. Given that, I'll wait until it cools down a bit
10 yr outta date electrolytes down the hatch ✔️
It's what plants crave.
Like water….. out of the toilet?
I've caved and turned on the portable air con. It's still really inefficient cause I can't really block the window. But I hung a sheet to try and block extra sunlight and some air getting though. These stupid blinds aren't helping cause they're rigid and the entire dimensions of the window
RIP my electric bill, again
I've got a smart metre thing so I can see my electricity usage, and the day I had the portable air con running for like 2 hours, I used 2kw more Ecotricity than my previous highest usage day. That is only like 80 cents, but still.
A tip, shading the window from the outside is more effective than from the inside. It’s because as sun passes through the glass, it heats up the inside. But if you prevent the sun from blazing through the window then it really makes a difference. This is why houses with eaves tend to be stay cooler than those without, eaves partially shade the windows and walls from direct sun.
It’s a sucky solution but taping tinfoil over large sun facing windows helps a lot
I can't remember who suggested it, but I'm considering those emergency warming blanket things since they're thicker than alfoil and I'm not sure what else to use besides alfoil
The rental laws also stipulate that you're allowed to put anything removable on the windows for the purposes of privacy or temperature control. So getting some window tint, or even completely blacking out sun facing windows could also be an option in the long run
3 things that make me lose my appetite
seeing people who eat with their mouth open
not washing hands
licking fingers and hands
just sayin'
Can I add chewing gum like a cow. The noise. The sight. Makes me nauseous.
I will lick my fingers in ur face with no regrets
Licking hands?!
Agreed
Ok I have my torrent box set up properly now.
Downloaded 20gb in just over 5 mins!
Make sure you seed!
Always! My dl is 18tb and up is 42tb :)
That's awesome and I love to hear it!
Somewhere around 130mbit/s, that's decent enough. Is it saturating your entire connection, or do you artificially throttle it?
It's the entire connection for a well seeded torrent on a private tracker.
You skills look into setting up Jackett if you haven't. It's a great way to search
Just had a look. Very, very interesting!
You got the *arrs set up too? Also each to their own but IMO usenet > torrents.
Miss Meow is trying to help with my assignment by pressing the F1 key at random times. She has also managed a complete paragraph of ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
I am at the stage of flu recovery where my body is exhausted and my brain is running and I can't sleep. Guess it beats last night's fever but I want to SLEEEEP. UGH.
aww, hope you feel better and sleep soon 😘
Bird bath full ✔️ Sun's out guns out ✔️
I just finished my watering the fruit trees and back lawn. I can already see the water Vapor off the exposed part of the retaining wall.
Yeah… there’s soap powder residue on my cutlery so I’m having to rinse everything under the tap again before use. Hopefully it’s only because it was in the rapid cycle but there’s nowhere to put rinse aid in this machine and it’s not very convenient to load. I’m also having to put things on a dish towel or dish rack to finish drying.
Buyers regret. Like I am happy the dishes are getting done because it’s my hardest task but it’s also creating more fiddly little headaches. Pisses me off because of the money.
Guess I’ll use it in the meantime but will start saving up again and this time actually get something better, something I can see in person. When I get another one I can ask if anyone I know wants it or donate on Givit.
Try using less powder.
I can but I’m really picky about residue and there’s no extra rinse option
Damn… yesterday after the dentist I got the local homeless dude the wrong drinks. I usually only give him some change and only briefly saw his sign, so got a bit confused and bought the wrong option.
It’s cool. I’m not down that way too often but now I’ve figured out the right thing.
(Now him, he’s fine. The people around here are usually harassing me or doing scary disruptive things outside my house, hence my defensive attitude and unwillingness to engage, but he’s chill and doesn’t bother anyone. I’ve always got a coin or two for him when I go past.)
hugs, you're kind to care for the homeless guy 😘
Shops done. Missed Kmart though, so an excuse to go window shop tomorrow ig
Fuck shopping centres that half shit down at night time for no good reason. I went in the main entrance, as one does. That was open, but half way down was closed. Had to do a 10 minute detour around to the other side of the building to get to the supermarket entrance
I realise they probably try and justify it by arguing about all the closed shops, but it's really just ridiculous. It's such a car centric way of thinking
This happened at highpoint too where they closed the entrance from the bus bays and I had to walk about 20 mins iirc to get to the other side, and part of it didn't even have a footpath or the footpath just ended. It's ridiculous.
Had to take the Minipeelers to a birthday party at highpoint and it finished with a movie that finished after the most of the joint closed. It was a weird feeling walking through the place, a real liminal space kind of thing.
I went to see a late night movie with the old LT a few months ago, too, and hard agree. We did a bit of a cheeky and went somewhere it was implied (but in our defense never stated!) we weren't meant to go. Lights dimmed, escalators off, etc. super odd feeling. Pretty sure I took a video cause it was just so unusual feeling
The supermarket was almost empty today, and they were playing the butter sweet symphony. That's an interesting feeling listening to in an empty supermarket as well haha. Reminded me of that hey there Delilah in an empty shopping centre video from the states that went viral some time ago. Slightly sad but also somewhat nostalgic song in an empty place that's usually busy created an interesting atmosphere
Discovered last night that taking Zoloft can sometimes cause the worst avid reflux you've ever had in your life.
It still hurts the morning after
uggh, it's the worse. I had this happen to me the only time I took it, but in fairness it was an OD so not sure what I expected
Apparently according to unverified reddit comments, it's caused by the pill coating or something? It absolutely sucked. Can't imagine how bad it'd be from multiple pills
Let’s go!!! 🏏 🍟
I'm ready 🏏
I didn’t sleep much last night. Too restless
Hope I’d not fall asleep during the day today.
Bloody hell. Just turned on and Head gets caught. This is ... Interesting...
And we just lost Konstas a few balls before Head.
Hopefully Beau saves us.
tropical meat is not pleased with this lack of humidity
Nah, if it has to be stupidly hot at least let's have it dry as a dead dingo's donger. None of that swampy nonsense.
Tropical meat has avoided wet bulb so breakfast can continue.
Dried jerky please. No tropical meat.
Humidity is evil and yucky.
🛹
Welp, I'm fucked 🙃
I want to go down to the shops for some ice cream and flour, and while I'm there I might get some cross buns (hear me out: I think bringing back the "hot" will cause the weather to get even worse and it'll end up being 53° outside)
Jesus. I didn’t watch the 2nd BBL match last night but that double concussion injury was brutal last night.
Sweet F, hot potato….
Don’t think I’ll be heading back outdoors again unless it’s by car…
I'm on my way to the Mofusand shop and my excitement cannot be contained!!
Forgive my ignorance but what's a mofussand
It's the little carton of a cat often wearing things love bread and shrimp on its head, or wearing costumes like a shark or a frog. Maybe pretending to be sushi. It's adorable.
I forgot to water this morning so popped out with my hat on, sure enough everything was wilting. Quick water then out to check the maggie’s water. They still had some.
But some beefy sunburned dipshit came stomping aggressively through like an elephant while I was talking to them and topping up their water. Really obvious nonverbal anger. Not either of the men that tip the water out but looks like the one that was swearing about ‘some prick feeding them’. Guess the target is square on my back now.
But fuck him. Pretty sure this is private property he’s cutting through. I pay rent so I’m the one that has the right to be here.
I’m getting very sick of random shitty men trying to intimidate me on my own property about things that are none of their business, and if he begins to harass me directly then perhaps the police might like some footage of him.
Edit: I’d consider some hotfoot powder to peacefully encourage the blow ins to walk a different way. Make all of our lives easier. But I don’t want the local cats to step in it and lick the spiciness off their beans, or me to track it in onto my carpet for Melbcat to stand on.
Other (white) suggestions welcome 😎
Bougainvillea or climbing roses to form a barrier? Hard to say without knowing what the space is like. In my area, every time someone builds an extension there are these massive rocks dug up that just get carted away in a tipper. I'd probably ask them to dump a few in the way so people couldn't pass through easily. If you can afford a motion activated sprinkler that would be funny to watch and has the element of plausible deniability, but I think some of them are actually marketed as bird deterrents. Could work for people though, depending on the range and where you point it🤔
Yeah, sorry I try to be a bit vague. Unfortunately a footpath is involved so I can’t block it.
If I was to wire the gates at each end shut (as another resident did) they would just undo it. Plus other residents need to ride their bike out.
Sprinklers would probably just get destroyed and the hose cut up for bongs :/
Angelica beside your front door has the power to drive away tax collectors, so should be able to cope with randoms such as you describe. For best effect, companion plant with dill and parsley. These are 3 of the power herbs in the north european tradition. Only problem, angelica is a huuuuge plant - a good metre across and tends to spread its tentacles a long way, so might not be the most space effective solution. Hard to find in Melbourne except from specialty herb suppliers too.
Oh dang, that might be a little big. I found the seeds on the seed collection site and do have that dry sandy patch but it might die and if the plants were in pots they might get stolen. 😢
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Yesterday I had oysters for a starter and then a lobster & prawn roll that had absolutely no right to be as good as it was. I can't stop thinking about it. Must go back.
So I would like another lobster & prawn roll please chef. Must be a brioche roll.
I too, would also enjoy some hot wing
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On my way home from a pub lunch and watching gladiator 2 at pentridge cinemas. I thought gladiator 2 was really well done. They got through an impressive amount of storyline while managing to keep it fast paced and action packed. 4/5 hobbits, would recommend
I didn’t like the way it ended or even the ending sequence.
It was really unnecessary but other than that I enjoyed it too.
It felt a bit rushed and cliche. I thought the whole movie was feeling a bit rushed - but I liked it that way? Hard to explain. It felt like it was going from one thing to the next at breakneck pace but it also felt natural
Whoever signed off on the wedding dress outfit in Mario Odyssey was a goddamn genius.
replaying the boss fight and having the cutscene of Our Hero (tm) kicking the door in and interrupting the wedding with Mario as a spurned bride is fucking peak comedy
Hmm… just tried the countertop dishwasher for the first time and a few things quite annoy me. I hope I get used to it or I might give it away
I do like that you can just pour the water in though rather than having to constantly connect and disconnect to the kitchen tap, that would drive me nuts. Especially as the connections aren’t necessarily universal.
Standalone/tank fill option means you can put the normal stuff in to get cleaned while you handwash the knives and the cooking pots.
I really love mine. It has saved my back on numerous occasions. I have one of those metal utensil holders with the holes all over it so anything that doesn't fit in the utensil holder goes in there. The 3 hour cycle I think dries everything but it isn't great. I never grew up with a dishwasher so anything would be an improvement for me. I'm really impressed with it.
Geez. We’re really doing our best to lose this test.
Yes this is not the day 2 I expected...
Did a 5k Fun Run this morning. Was fun as advertised. Minicalhoon2 did her first one at 1.4k. She made it, even with a stitch!
Onya kiddo!
Today a lady that I helped months ago recognised me and was so excited to see me. She asked for a photo with me. It was quite strange but I kinda felt like a celebrity for a second.