Discussion Thread 🫘 Friday 10 October 2025

Alrighty. Off to the in person interview shortly. Then the rest are either phone or teams.

Big day and I’m rewarding myself with a pizza of some description after it’s all done

Edit: one down. Not bad. 2 down. Not a fan of that one.

Today is a seasol day. Yesterday was a dynamic lifter day. Drastically underestimated the amount of dynamic lifter but I suppose that's not a bad thing because of the smell. Will do it in batches.

Parsley is having a good ol' time:

And the habanero / thai cross proved to be a very good tree to overwinter. Half the taste of habs but still hot af. Never stopped fruiting over winter (and lost very few leaves). Heaps of buds coming along so looks like early chillies this year.

Also heading to a gig tonight for the first time in ages. Will be more on the milder side of things so interesting to see what sort of crowd. At any rate looks like a lot of people are going (for that type of music lol) which is good to see.

This dude is playing

That's looking pretty good, I'm a touch jealous of anyone who has actual plants at the moment.
I'm planning to use Rooster Booster instead of Dynamic Lifter, then add a bit extra Nitrogen around the leafy crops (probably blood and bone). Maybe some Charlie Carp pellets around the natives.
Wow! I love your garden 😍
Such a beautiful space! Enjoy the gig!

3 down.

First one was good.

2nd one I’m not super keen on

3rd one could work out well

4th postponed till Monday

I’m done for today. Music and video games time lol

That sounds like an exhausting Friday. Go have fun!
- The drum kit is looking really inviting right now lol

I've been enjoying the Wu–Tang Clan - Black Samson the Bastard Swordsman album while making chilli oil, mowing and roasting capsicums. Got that funky NY hiphop beat. e: If you're looking for something new.

Always down with the Wu 👐

I have achieved more in 2 hours today than I did all day yesterday.

The lack of omnidirectional jackhammers works wonders

Wind is absolutely wild out there. It's recycling bin day and there are so many boxes and things blowing around the streets it's crazy. I definitely won't be doing any gardening today. I could try washing my sheets, they would either blow dry in 10 minutes or get caught by the wind and end up down the street in the dam.

Goodnight everyone. After possibly one of the most mediocre falafels I've ever eaten, I'm going to bed because I am utterly knackered. Will probably say hi to some of you at 2am-ish lol.

What happened to the falafel? I make the best. That makes me sad. 😔
- I was too tired/lazy to cook and most in the house wanted kebab for dinner, but I chose falafel instead. It came in a sectioned tray like an IKEA meal, four falafel and a feeble salad (the same salad spread out over the two smaller sections of the tray lol) with chunks of bread in a separate bag and two tiny tubs of dips. One dip was barely passable red capsicum and the other was an attempt at baba ghanouj which looked like the substance squeezed from a smokers lungs in a tv commercial from the 80s and tasted even worse. In all, a pathetic effort.
I'll be here, and goodnight :)

Ha! Real estate agent just tried to give me only 6 days notice for an inspection. Good luck with that buddy

F them in the VCAT!
- I'm waiting until tomorrow to reply so they can't be like "oops I meant next Friday not Thursday", so I get another weekend 😊
  Edit: ok wait. So they told me it will be next Thursday, on Friday morning. That isn't seven days is it?
  Edit 2: seven days after 10am Friday is 10am Friday - not 10am Thursday. I must be right

Do you reckon the makers of Tylenol will sue the US government for slander?

Cheers everyone 🍺

@Force_majeure123@aussie.zone I'm disappointed in you.

Shit I forgot. Cheers though 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
- Cheers 🍺
  You should never keep a thirsty lady waiting.
Cheers!!!
- Cheers 🍺 and good luck with the job hunting!
I still have an hour of work but its admin and its been a long week so might need a beer 🍻 cheers
- You do 🍺
Cheers!
- Cheers 🍺 have a great time tonight and update us please.
Cheers 🍻
- Cheers mate 🍺

Homemade?
- Absolutely. The slightly mis-shapen base should give that away (although I am getting closer to round these days!).
  I also made a second one for lunch tomorrow. 🙂

It's time for a windy morning dog walk. Mr Woof always looks so sleek and streamlined with a headwind, then we turn around and get a tailwind and he looks like a complete mess. Wind creating a part around the butt hole is never an attractive look. 💨🐕

I really felt it on the last stretch of the ride to work. They're still building out this industrial area so one part is just a massive open field with a road going through it and I copped the full headwind.
- I feel like a headwind might be better than a side wind when riding, it makes for harder work but doesn't impact balance as much.
  I'm on the edge of a new estate which is surrounded by open fields on three sides and still has a lot of vacant blocks and very little vegetation, so the wind gets extra wild through here too.
I feel your pain, mr woof (except for the butthole bit, fortunately). Arrived at work sporting the ‘dragged through a hedge backwards’ look today

Many years ago (ok, decades ago) I replicated a coffee and date loaf I got from Baker's Delight. I haven't made one for a very long time and can't remember exactly what I put in it, but I'm going to attempt to recreate it again today. It should add a bit of variety instead of always doing a standard fruit loaf.

I might do a small white loaf too and a couple of pizza bases. I could do pizza for dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow.

Shit sleep club. Had vivid dreams and woke up every hour. But I got through the day better than I thought I would. Some blunders here and there, but not so bad.

Cheers 🍻

Delicious chicken wrap

Sour watermelon sorbet.

I saw another wattlebird. This one was healthy and well

Encountered a sus man on the train. He had music up very high, typical junkie, and many people were giving him death stares, which probably wasn't the best idea considering he could become violent. He was filming out the window on his phone with the flash on, and then turned the camera towards my friend and I, and stared staring. I was considering pressing the emergency button and telling the driver to yeet him off the train, but we just moved to another carriage. I don't think anyone else really gauged what was going on, because after the man started banging on the train window yelling out, "Benchod", they probably just avoided his direction.

When I see junkies around in this city, I know they're humans going through a rough time, but it's almost like these people have been bitten by zombies, and need an antidote. Unfortunately it's not as simple as getting a gun full of goo and they turn back.

Good call, that’s an obscenity. (sister f*ker)
You should always do what keeps you the safest, nothing wrong with that. I feel you about the zombie behaviour

I'm starting a music thread. What are you listening to lately?

Here's a funky little tune

https://youtu.be/o0Pt7M0weUI

Curtis Mayfield. The Superfly soundtrack
Before it was dorky stuff and then it was Venom.
This has been getting rotation on walks though https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WdER7vaQuU4&list=RDWdER7vaQuU4&start_radio=1
Here's one of the most weirdest songs I've ever heard. NSFW
https://youtu.be/8Uee_mcxvrw
Still more funk
https://youtu.be/zfRNZucoCyw
Seems like tonight is all about the funk..
Bring the funk
- Isn't it Give up the funk?
- We got the funk
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked
https://youtu.be/HKtsdZs9LJo

I'm aiming to get on the good sleep crew tonight - fresh sheets have just been put on the bed.

I just grabbed the chance to do that.
Edit: Maybe I’ll try a quarter tablet of Restavit tonight right after Melbcat’s midnight meds. Enough to try and drop off without so much drowsiness the next day

Alright another song learnt for the next gig. One more and I'm done.

Getting excited to get back out there!

Basement: tiled, loose dirt bondcrete sprayed, organised. Brewery: de-lead painted, cleaned, new vwnts ordered and hopefully arriving today so we can fit before painting. Need to organise sparky to replace a socket with a four gang and a plumber to disconnect old brewery plumbbng and separate from kitchen.

What i plan to do this weekend will be both fuck and all.

Friday quiz

7/10 could do better

Ok yes, today off

Felt more productive today than the entire week combined, where I had permanent brain fog, tiredness and irritable mood. I'm blaming daylight savings for feeling off. Now to get blown away while getting some steps in and then relax 🍺

Last day of work before a week of leave. Not going anywhere, just chillin' and doing local shit. Might extend into 2 weeks (I have so much leave accrued).

Pretty much finished my tasks as well, but have to hang around online to be 'available' should any questions arise.

I'm having a real case of recency bias with the band Geese. Their new album got recommended to me, I was getting them confused with the band Goose that has also recently put out an album, then they were talked about on a podcast I listen to, then I did listen to them, then I saw they're playing at the Croxton next year, and now Thornbury Records got the new album in stock.

I've been walking around muttering 'There's a bomb in my car' to myself the last couple of days. It's the sort of song lyric I'd put on Facebook with zero context back in 2009 and get no interactions.

I'm suddenly transported to 2009 where I would in fact post song lyrics without context 👀😂

Watched some more movies yesterday

Love these reviews, thank you!! I love reading about horror movies, but I'm terrible at watching them, too much of a fraidy cat. But I love to read the wikipedia plot and look at pictures, lol.
- I'm somewhat picky about what I watch - I don't like anything that depicts SA or related issues for example.
  If you're interested in "watching" horror films without actually watching them, these are the channels I watch on YouTube (so you won't see any gore due to YTs terms and conditions):
  Ryan Hollinger (horror film reviewer)
  Roanoke Gaming (he studied biology and discusses how horror film diseases could work irl)
  Foundflix (reviewer who basically gives a detailed rundown of the plot of horror films)
  For games and movies:
  Mertkaykay (expect videos to be 1-2 hours long as she provides very detailed analyses)
  Earlybird (similar to Mertkaykay, but discussed predominantly unknown, retro, and Japanese horror games/films)

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Chicken noodle soup please
- Sick?
  Poor lamb
- 🍗🥗🥦🥒🥕🌽🍜🍲

Okay, okay. I’ll get up

What smart watches are you all wearing and would you recommend? I've got a Galaxy 4 Classic and while I loved it, it doesn't track workouts very well and has started to just stop half tracking half way through, even if I'm still moving. Its battery life is also abysmal. Looking for something I can use to track rides, runs and swims.

I have a Garmin Venu. It's an old model now but it tracks everything you said and more. It pairs with Garmin Connect which has workouts and challenges on it too. I think they're up to Venu 4 now.
I try to buy cheap petite smart watches with a metal strap and a magnetic charger. Mostly for step tracking. So many seem quite large and it puts me off.
Edit: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006625455736.html The software isn't great, I wouldn't get it again.

Anyone using an iPhone. There’s a browser called Orion that lets you use chrome and Firefox extensions.

Anyone know how to (safely) get rid of a phone battery that's swollen up into a "spicy pillow"?

!spicypillows@lemmy.world

It's apparently a fire risk, so it needs some kind of special handling — I don't want to just drop it in a bin somewhere!

I took my phone to the repair shop in a lunch cooler bag and they dealt with it
Could call your local council, they usually have an e-waste process. Call them to ask about a pillowed battery and if they accept it. If they don't accept it, they might be able to advise how to dispose of it.
Anecdotally, I've heard Battery World accepts them, but again, I'd call ahead to confirm.
- So, update after calling the local council:
  The council rep said to drop it in their e-waste collection bin, next to the other mobile phones.
  I'm not actually sure that is quite safe enough, honestly, but maybe these spicy pillows aren't as dangerous as I have been led to believe.

dat feel when your boss hits you up at 4:56 on a friday asking for an update on an issue he has literally been emailed every goddamn step of.

My response was to just forward the last one back to him with reconvene next week bolded. To which of course he wants to know why. I point out the clients are saying that. "but why?" I do not know. fukken ask them. I charge overtime in minimum one hour blocks btw.

The wind isn't pleasant, but it is very invigorating. It's been trying to blow my back fence over, it looks like all of the screws attaching the side fence to the back support have come out so the panel was starting to cave in under the wind pressure. It looks like it's had a previous repair already as there are few extra holes drilled. I've managed to get some more screws in (which was challenging with the wind still trying to blow it over) but I suspect they will work their way out too. When I get a day with less wind I'll put some rivets in, they should do a better job of holding.

I also braved the wind to put the mint into it's pot - it took the entire 25L bag of potting mix plus half a bag of compost, so it definitely should have room to stretch it's runners out in there.

Edit: it is so much quieter without the fence rattling too

I’m probably going to be one of the bad sleep crew tonight. There are a few things to unkaos but having trouble getting moving.

Edit: For now - ten pulldowns on each arm just got done 😩

The muscles, they grow!
Get them gainz
- I also did ten squats and took a walk