Daily Discussion Thread: Fri 10 Nov 2023

Got the news - I got the job!
Funny thing was, they were trying to call me all week but they thought I wasn't answering until they got through and found that they were calling the wrong number - it had somehow been entered wrong, so just as well I sent my resume through to the original person! Just a few extra bits of paperwork and the induction next Thursday and then we'll see when I actually start (probably week after).

I NEED TO TELL SOMEONE

I got approval from work to travel home during Christmas / NYs and work remotely so i'm going homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to family. Best part is it's a surprise so i'll land home and surprise mfer my parents! So excited wooohoo!

Also hope that my organs are safe cuz im going via Scoot. An other airline was charging $1000 more so fk that 🤞

Well the funeral for my grandma was today.

It was an emotional day. I’m glad my friend came with me today to lend me some emotional support.

The eulogies were really hard to get through, more so for the speakers.

It was open casket so I got to see her and say good bye to her one last time.

I’m ready for a rest after today.

A bit of a ramble here. So you know when kids are young and they get asked "what do you want to be when you grow up?" A doctor, a vet, a teacher. And your reply "well you can be anything you want to be".

Then they get a bit older and they still have those dreams so you have to let them down gently. A doctor maybe not. There's blood and guts involved and you're not really good with that kind of stuff are you? A vet. Well you've gotta shove your arm up a cow's rear end. I mean they give you a glove and all but still are you prepared for that? A teacher. Um yeah they get paid good but you gotta put up with arsehole children and their arsehole parents. Not enough pay for that.

Anyway after much consideration, my daughter would like to do something sciencey. That's cool. She has her heart set on uni. She's smart. Whatever makes her happy. My only question was "Does this mean you're not leaving home anytime soon because Mummy would like her sewing room back?" Her response "Have you seen the cost of houses lately? We are in a crisis. Nah it's probably best I stay here".

The thing is from the time she was little she has always wanted to do something sciencey. Sure shit changed along the way but she always had that as a goal and her mum and dad will support her no matter what. We are investing in her future so at least she can have one. I don't ever want her to leave home.

Just got back from port melbourne beach.

Been a while since I've been but that water isn't too good. Swimming through a shitload of plastic and probably a thin layer of bunker oil.

Also poor form award to the wanker who was sinking tinnies and yelling at women that they looked hot. The beach should be a place where you can get your kit off and not have that shit happen.

Shingles update, it's shingle....

The thread in the other place from someone thinking they were ripped off by their property manager is a trainwreck.

OP has now learned that monthly rent is not 4× the weekly rent.

And a bunch of commenters have learned that there aren't exactly 52 weeks in a year either.

Classic.

goddamn depression. I get triggered into negativity and feelings of rejection , some days it's like I'm on a wild seesaw of emotion,

Omg guys I have gone to a 4/10 from a 1.5/10. Need to apply another coat of paint but we're getting there 😳

Link to photo: https://i.imgur.com/lv7iuLQ.jpg

mmm, unless you look really closely at the door - you can't see the little divot but hopefully it's gone with the second coat of paint. Else, do I wait for paint to dry and putty+sand again?

I came here for tea towels

Running the washing machine and cooling all day...zero grid usage.

Solar should be fucking compulsory in any property offered for rent

Sometimes I fold the laundry as I take it off the line. Today is not that day.

Cheers everybody 🍺

If one more person knocks on my door I'm gonna let them full have it. 3 people this week trying to sell me shit. this is my home. I dont harass you in yours so leave me the f alone.

Done my back. Don’t know how. Faaaark!

I didn't get any work done yesterday, but I did get started today - the trick was to tell myself I am good at what I do and people need me, and actually believe that for long enough to get the dopamine going. It probably helped that I caught up with someone from work yesterday. Stupid brain tricks, it's like working with a petulant child sometimes to just pay for a roof over my head

It looks like I've got shingles (appt later to confirm since I'm developing the symptoms my specialist on Wednesday said to keep an eye out for)... What a pain in the fkn arse!

That's going to be an embarrassing email to my new section since it's contagious to those who've not had chickenpox.

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I don't wanna go to work ☹️

Good morning from sunny Inverloch

I appear to have discovered a new method for sprouting stubborn seeds: give up and order seeds of a different variety. Knowing there is competition on the way could just do the trick. It appears to have worked for my artichoke seeds, anyway.

forgot to press the cook rice button
icecream it is

Let’s be safe out there today. Look up and live.

Vodka is a great pain killer. Shall we play a round of dodgy art requests? Pet portraits welcome but you can also just makeup things. Beep mm boop.

Holy shit. My physical and mental state are just further deteriorating.

But I’ve got a vet appointment lined up for the hairy baby next week and have ordered two different types of new biscuits to see if she will eat those

I only have a 30 minute 11am meeting today so it'll be good to get out in the sun. I might pop over to IKEA and have a poke around. I haven't been for a couple of years and I need some new tea towels anyway so that's a good enough excuse. Get me some meatballs with loganberry sauce or whatever that weirdo berry is, and gravy.

Something stinks and I can't find it. Smells like something died.

I've already cleaned a few likely suspects but am just going to have to go down the list one by one

Got a full day of meeting and i'm still expected to have a bunch of extra work done. One of the meetings later on is why I havnt done a certain aspect of work. I'm going to laugh and say "what would you like me to have dropped to get that done?"

C'mon guys. We're nearly up to 300 comments. It hasn't been done in a while.

I think there might be a bit of a plague of those "pretty white butterflies". Coming back from IKEA and I was startled by how many of them I saw in huge clusters. Most looked like they were trying to get it on too, in pairs.

Look, I know Coldplay is a bit naff these days, but goddamn I love Parachutes... And also that Fix You song, especially when the guitar riff kicks in.

Hey @Nath@aussie.zone see how the comments collapse after 300 comments. How can we make that stop?

I should say the replies. My apologies.

Apparently it's still 27 degrees outside. I might go out for a bit of a scoot.

Scooted along the Yarra from Docklands to Swan St bridge and back then around the marina/New Quay and back home. Did some fancy maneuvering. That was fun. Lots of people out enjoying each other's company.

joe sun means good morning in my language

but joe moon doesn’t make sense

The temperature is perfectly comfortable and I'm in shorts and t-shirts. My feet however still get freezing and I have to wear a pair of socks.

I parked my car in a dubious spot at the station because I was about to miss the train and didn’t have time to circle around. It was one of those spots where either side has parked too close to the line. Why people don’t park properly? Anyway, I hope to get back before those cars have been moved. I have no faith in those line parkers.

I was shown an ad to an electric note device. You write by touch and erase by pressing a single button. Reviews said accidental writing and erasing happened often, and once the battery runs out there's no way to use it anymore. It inspired me to buy this: https://www.kmart.com.au/product/mini-magnetic-draw-board-assorted-43112357
very useful when I want to write 5 words but don't feel like it's important enough for a post-it. No electricity needed, no accidental writing, quarter of the price, and fall damage resistant.

House to myself for the first time in wks. I watched a movie on loud. 😊

Speaking of serial killers, if there are any Fincher fans here, “The Killer” premiers on Netflix today.

Beautiful morning. Think I will go for a walk in the park. 😊

Going on radio again tomorrow and I found out today that the 3/3a tram doesn't go through St Kilda any more. So now I have to go to Malvern 😭 to catch a tram.

Though tomorrow afterwards my sister is having her birthday dinner at a KBBQ place (which I'm pumped for but also jealous because I wanted to do KBBQ for my dinner last year but mum didn't want to do that) so mum suggested that she can drive me to St Kilda. So whoo!

Ah dang it. Minipeelers want to see the FNAF movie but it's rated M. Knowing them (they love jump scares and horror themes) they could handle it, but they aren't legally allowed to so they are more than a little upset about it!

Half price Haagen Daas at Woolies? Don't mind if I do.

It was my partner's birthday yesterday and I made him a playlist called songs that convey how I feel about you.

He listens to one song on the playlist and tells me it was a pretty solid playlist. However, regarding the two heartfelt Taylor Swift songs on the hour-long playlist, he tells me I should switch them out for insert other songs that do not convey the same meaning as the Taylor Swift songs at all because they were "better". He didn't listen to the songs.

Maybe he's just not a lyrics person, though I'd think the title would convey that the lyrics are important. It sucks that I'll have to explain that and also that we are probably not on the same wavelength. I'm debating ending it.

So I looked at my energy usage over Tuesday and Wednesday when it was warm and I did use my aircon a bit. As far as I can tell aircon use only slightly increased energy usage which would suggest my a/c is fairly efficient.

Tried for T Swift tickets again, as hopeless of an exercise as the first time around. All gone. Delaying the sale of some tickets changes nothing on chances of getting.

Think it’s beer time.

Ok let's play a game.

I am old enough to remember when...........(you fill in the blank. You can have as many goes as you like coz it's Friday and it's hot)

The only eggs in the carton were white. Occasionally there was a brown one, which got left last because it was scary.

Vodka and the new Rainbow Sherbet flavoured Mother is such a pretty pink! Cheers 🩷

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I have just learned Diwali is on Sunday. I think I will use it as inspiration to put up my new garden lights.

I remember when It Wasn't Me -Shaggy was a hit.

2am. Cheesecake and Alan Wake 2. Yay for day off.

Has anyone been getting group spam texts? Like it'll be the scammer and then one other person? It's very weird, all the spam texts I've gotten in the past has just been one person until this week and now it's like group ones.

Hunting nappy bins at the moment. For zee cat litter. Turns out when you live in a house that isn't basically an open tent you can smell the turdbucket. Anyone rec? We're looking at nappy bins for the scent control, will just hold pee cakes, and we want to be able to put our own sugar spun garbage bags in, none of that tomee tippy individual baggy shit.

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Found an old and very thumbed copy of Dam Busters today. I just scanned thru the book and read a chapter. They were so determined and so brave. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise

I'm waiting for de Kock to come out swinging. I don't know if I'll make it. He always puts on a good show. 🏏

🎶🎶I ran into her on computer camp
(Computer cabin war)
Hard core, it started like a bore ending up on the floor
(Come on now tell me more)

Seen as supremus, you better know she's a genius and a Venus
(Tell me more; was it love at first sight?)
That's right this was god-given grace with a face you could praise
(Tell me more; did you put up the fight?)🎶🎶

I just got an email from Catch Mobile apologising for the network outage. I guess that mean they use Optus. I honestly didn't notice anything wrong and had no idea I'd been affected.

It really wasn't that long ago that people were getting around in horse and buggies.