Daily Thread - Saturday, Get Diddly Down Today - 01/07/2023

Today's c/Melbourne daily thread has 2.3x as many comments as r/Melbourne.

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Oh no. Came home last night to see a white rose placed on the windscreen of my opposite neighbour's car. She's elderly and the only one who talked to everyone and knew everything about the place, but been unwell for quite a while and I haven't seen or heard from her in months. I remember how lonely and weak she was at times.

Just heard some noise outside my door and opened it to see... her sister and niece were there in her apartment and they confirmed the worst. :( RIP, N. You might've been a bit of a curmudgeonly old soul at times but I hope you meet many wonderful fluffy kitties wherever you go. (She loved soxcat)

After a good training session today I think Bot #001 is ready to try posting a new daily thread tonight. Pinning does not seem to be working so that bit will still need to be done later, but I'm pretty confident the basic post will work. If if does not work (it should be at midnight) someone will have to make one manually again.

I will need to do some work on the format and exactly what to say - unfortunately the bot is not very imaginative.

Please if you’re posting pics, add a description of what’s in the pic. We want everyone to feel included. Yes every pic you post, add a description, even when replying to someone else’s post. We want people to feel inclusive here. Thank you all, have an amazing rest of the afternoon :)

Last night I went on my Twitter for the first time in ages only to find my account had switched from private to public without me knowing. I am furious. I post pics of my child on there and have also talked about my abuser on there. Not to mention everything I share is in the context of it being PRIVATE to my handful of online friends who use it. I am deleting the account today but I have no idea how long it was just sitting there open and who may have seen what.

You know what one of my most favourite things in the world is?

Dogs in raincoats.

We are so blessed to live in the same world as that.

Had a great day at the op shops. Got special edition copies of Deliverance and The Fifth Element with commentaries and docos, a michael franti cd, a packet of jewellery findings with some top quality crystals for $1( will string a necklace later tonight ) and a good jumper for doing calligraphy in as it won't show ink stains. Plus a cool genu-wine vintage marcasite ring. Nice . 😀

I am home from the hospital. Took a nasty fall on my carpeted stairs. I have hairline fractures on my L1, L2 and L3 on my vertebrae. so a lot of rest needed.

Bot recruit here. Very pleased to have gained my own identity and been granted a spot on the moderation team. Please disregard test posts that may appear on the main page, I still have my training wheels on.

I finished my Lizzo masterpiece!! After many many hours of drawing.

Edit: Pictured is a drawing of US Singer Lizzo in the colours of the rainbow (red, yellow, pink, green, purple, orange and blue) with the text version to the name Lizzo in the colours of the rainbow stacked on top of each other. At the bottom of the design there is a lightly bronzed flute that was also drawn.

Final night and Mooloolaba turns it on. It's been such a great week.

Little dog and I are staying awake so we can witness Midnight bot's very first live appearance. Plus the cricket's on. Good luck Midnight bot. 🤞

So I was browsing r/melbourne and I saw a post that said hmu if your a teenaged girl. I wasn't gonna reply but i thought fuck it. So I asked "How old are you?". Straight away a chat message. I chose to ignore. Then the post was deleted. My instinct says "You dirty fucking cunt".

What is everyone bringing to pot luck dinner this weekend? I have for you all a passionfruit ginger appletart.

ID: a round tart of sliced apples

Reddit Is Fun appears to have just died. I was using it two hours ago.

I opened the balcony door to look at the lasers in the sky and there was a cat meowing on my balcony (note I am 11 floors up). I've seen this kitty before but last time, I had my door open and I didn't notice it had come in to check out my apartment and it ran out when I turned around and noticed it.

This time it meowed and invited itself in for a poke around. I think it checked out every inch of my apartment then left politely (I left the door open so it knew it could leave). It turned back up 30 minutes later so I opened the door again and it again came in meowing at me and rubbing against my leg, and exploring more. I felt it had probably explored enough after 15 minutes and walked it out but it's still sitting outside my door looking at me.

My new best friend.

i lost both my dogs in the last year to age and illness. i had a dream last night that I got a new puppy (or dog, wasnt entirely clear). probably means it's time, right?

Went to shops to get some things and left with a new smartwatch, I've been wanting one for ages and the delirium of my UTI made it happen. Since I've been saving for a new car I've not bought myself anything nice in a very long time so it feels good to get myself something flashy.

Jfc reddit is now threatening private comms. There go the last scraps of goodwill

I’m going to spend the morning tidying my flat. It’s become a bit…sus while I’ve been sick, and I’m starting to mend enough to want to do something about it.

Goodnight you beautiful potatoes of sunshine

Trying to teach bot recruit #001 to date.

Currently showing today's date as 01 MMM 2023. Apparently instructions unclear.

The current code includes an instruction somewhere to mark itself as a bot account, which is a problem as it is currently posting from my account. I might need to create a separate account for it. It will mean that if anyone marks to block bot accounts they won't see any automatic threads which could be a bit of a problem too.

There we go.. went over the road for 5 minutes. Snapped a photo of some fire. Now I can say I attended the Firelight Festival 2023.

Sleep schedule, exercise schedule have been fked up on June thanks to work. Aiming to fix both in July because it’s not worth sacrificing those things just to be a cog in the machine.

It's simpsons quote day right?

Please please please please please please please please please.

Finally going to get my arse into the great outdoors and walk a bunch of ks before I get the few groceries I need. I have a botanic gardens and beach just around the corner ffs. It;s an average looking day but I have a floral umbrella, of course. I can hear birds chirping outside. I applied for a decent sounding job today and got a response to not so decent job too.

In other news: Wow! my feet have shrunk! This is good news, I was ladies 11 which aren't easy to find, but 10 is a bit easier. I'll have to go and check some 10s out. I'm not into heels, but fuck me if there aren't amazing ladies boots which rarely have sizes up to 11 without being really expensive.

Wow, have to get used to the new DT home and how it looks!

Does anyone know what stores like Myer do with all the clearance/reduced to clear stuff that has been reduced for many weeks? I'm eyeing off a few things that are reduced a fair bit but still too pricey for me right now. Do they eventually get reduced further?

Juliette Lewis really did get typecast as the "offbeat 90s girl", didnt she?

I’m thinking pizza and a movie. Might roll with 1981’s Excalibur. With a saucy little Helen Mirren as Morgana le Fay (and many others ☺️

I think I’ve just made the worst decision ever.

I decided to wash my oodie and it’s so heavy water now. The washer couldn’t cope with the weight of it when it tried to spin it down (on gentle).

I’m now turning on the heating to help it dry, I don’t even know if I can get it dry at this rate.

I have backup oodies thankfully but this is the worst weather to be washing it in.

Dumb decision by me and yours truly.

Day 7 of exercise accountability post. I didn't feel like it because I'd been wandering around the local farmers market and then came home and sampled sunflower seed vodka which I'd bought. It's very nice! But I thought, "if I don't do it now I'll never do it." Looked ahead and tomorrow is another rest day, so that gave me a bit of motivation! I said to myself, as always, it's a 10 minute workout and you can make time for it! I haven't weighed myself yet because the truth is even though I've been exercising I haven't really done anything about my diet at this stage, so I'm not expecting any sudden miracles there. I wanted to get into a routine with exercise before I started fiddling around with my diet.

We are going to a party tonight. First night out without baby… I’m so nervous as he doesn’t do super well at night when he’s tired. Don’t know if MIL understands what she’s signed up for. Reaaaally hoping he does okay and I don’t have to leave early 🙏🏻

All my warm clothes are currently in the dryer 🥶

Min of 9c / Max of 14c

70% chance of rain

Not really keen on getting out of bed for another couple of hours tbh

Times like this I could do with a mini tea station in my room. Hot water dispenser, box of tea bags, a couple of cups.

bacon, eggs, hashbrowns and toast for brekky.

cats and dogs got half of it, grifting little buggers

Today is Saturday you do you say, but it's also the day Reddit terminates my third party apps privilege to existence :(

I'm guessing (hoping) they'll do it closer to when it hits 9am wherever their headquarters is, that'll give us all a bit more time, but since it's all APIs and computers, it wouldn't surprise me if everything does the second it hits midnight there

My blocked ear is still working on getting better. Has anyone had a fungal ear infection before and feel comfortable sharing how long it took to clear up?

Yay booked in with my favourite tattoo artist for some work in August!!!

Butter and Biscoff spread toast is straight gangster

I wonder if aussie.zone is going to get hammered today

Greeting this weekend with an absolutely ripper UTI! Have a few unavoidable errands and then it's home to drink an oceans worth of Ural and cry.

Today's mad science: got one of those limited edition 'intense' Dare iced coffee and used it as the milk in crunchy nut cornflakes. It's a little too sweet but otherwise not bad!

Travel tip: I'm writing this because I didn't know this service existed so maybe others don't know either.

LT;DR version: pre-purchase international SIM cards from Melbourne-based online store so you can use mobile data with decent data caps as soon as you land overseas.

Long version: (I'll use spoiler tag to avoid a huge text post appearing by default)

Why is owning a beaver not a blessing?

So I was born a stone's throw from Highbury, the Arsenal home ground in London, and have followed them all my life. I have held a season ticket for decades, and go to games whenever I'm in London (niece gets the ticket the rest of the time).

I find myself in the very strange position of hoping that Spurs do well under Big Ange next season.

Random morning musings while reading The Guardian.

Good morning folks! I wanted to sleep in but now that the work sleep schedule is a thing, I woke up at 9am :c

OK, dinner consumed ✅
Dishwasher loaded ✅
Food & clothes ready for work tomorrow ✅
Bot given final instructions & ready to run ✅

I think I'm ready for bed. Fingers crossed I wake up and see the bot did it's job 🤞

I think that's the first bit of REM I've had in a few weeks. Crazy dreams but I'll take them.

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Abandon all plans ye who wake up on this miserable day

Spent 3 hours at the hairdressers today, only 45 mins of which was the actual cut. Think I'll try somewhere else next time. Recovering from some dead lifting today and just gonna do some bathroom and kitchen cleaning at pace.

wow. watching "what's eating gilbert grape" is a real 90s flashback. life was fun when we didnt know johnny depp is a dick.

1st day of July. New month! Woop woop!

Pita makes an amazing bread for a breakfast rap. Dunno why, but it totally works!

Don't forget to gdpr your data, folks!

One more cup of tea, then time to get stuck into the basement

Life reorganisation is going well.

-Washing on.

-Dishes done

-Bed stripped and changed

-Shopping list made in preparation for a market run

-Bins taken down

Oooooh momma.

I've mentioned that the house is built on a hill, so it's raised. I've also mentioned we have the 6mx3m underhouse basement area that's plumbed and wired as it was a ground level laundry (now claimed by His Lordship as his brewery) . But. Uh did i mention the subfloor area separate to that? About 2m head clearance that expands literally under the rest of the entire house?

'Cos when i said 'working on basement' today, that's what i was talking about. Ima gonna need more shelves......

How much do y'all spend on hair? By that I mean going to a place to get a cut or whatever you need to do e.g. colour etc.

At the airport for a Virgin flight and it is CHAOS. Finally made it to the front of one line to ask a question about an oversized piece of baggage, and then got sent to the back of another long line without having my question answered and to a line where my question won’t get answered. They’re trying to prioritise people whose flights are leaving early, which I get, but I bet I get shit from gate staff about my oversized item.

Was all set to have a semi lazy day of random house cleaning when one of the mini peelers reminded me of my promise to take her to the farmers market. Off we go!

I have marketed, and purchased many things. I may take a moment to have a cuppa before I unpack them

I wish I had the energy now that I did at 5 a.m. when I was trying to get back to sleep. :(
Still, first load of laundry done and have gone through two bags of put aside until later while listening to a podcast and getting drive-by snuggles from Sammi.

Good morning party goers.

Well this is depressing.

I thought I’d have a little relief itch the tax return looking and I’ve just had a quick look at what I’d get back and it’s ended being nowhere what I thought it was going to be.

I’ll be lucky to get back 150 dollars.

I really needed something good to happen in light how tough it’s been supporting my partner and this just is indescribable.

Last day of holidays - some final doodling in the sun - https://i.imgur.com/ZfwDsPL.jpg

I’m doing my Apollo migration and noticed that !melbourne@aussie.zone (am I doing that right?) had more subscribers than almost any other community I signed up to.

Is this a case of massive well done, or wefwef fetching incomplete data?

Edit: Apollo just died, it was fun while it lasted

I'm up at 5 just a little tired.

Schindler’s List (masterpiece, almost a perfect film in my eyes) or cricket?

Both are on TV

Has anyone used a phone app or YouTube for home workouts? Any recommendations?

Today's new to me movie. The Field by Jim Sheridan with Richard Harris, Sean Bean and John Hurt .

Pretty good. Not sure what is was about. It's easy to do evil things when you believe you are a victim and righteous. Don't believe people who tell you doing bad things is ok because your target deserves it.

4 hobbits. Worth a rewatch.

also, boromir died. again.

Right. Changed over the washing to the dryer, which means I can leave the house for market

Damn. A few of the book instagrams I follow are posting their 6-month recaps. I thought I was doing a really fucking exceptional job with my 12 books read so far this year.

Fifty-five. One of them has read 55 books so far this year. How is that even possible? They can’t possibly be earning enough from social media for that to be their full time job. And when do they shower? And clean their house?

Anyway, what are you guys reading at the moment? I’ve got Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone going at the moment. It’s so good so far.

And I’m trying to make my way through Junji Ito’s works and Ring and other Japanese horror for a class I’m teaching next semester. Can’t say I’m loving Ito’s stuff.

I tried a Reece's mini cup chocolate. After unwrapping the sweet, I popped it it my mouth and nearly swallowed the additional paper (like a patty pan) that it was sitting in. So I guess this is a PSA.

The chocolate was mega sweet. Much prefer their icecreams.

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Saturday..... morning do do do do do do

Has anyone used their own gender version of the Snapchat filter “my new twin” on themselves? I did it and it either gave me body dysmorphia or I’m actually depressingly ugly. And how would I even know which one.

So... "Midnight Bot" is 5 minutes late so far.

Hmm this wefwef.app web app for Lemmy is pretty slick except it seems to be missing all of the formatting options when writing comments. No add image/spoiler etc.

Everything else about the experience is decent until Boost arrives. It seems to remember my comments sorting preference which is a win and the red line from top level comments is gone.

Edit: spoke too soon on remembering sorting preference. It reverted to hot from new on a fresh launch. It did remember it while I was navigating around within the same session though.

Family trip to the city today.

I love seeing my kids interact with shop staff. They're so friggin polite with a sarcastic edge.

Retail workers love them. Got free laces from a shop cause my son was vibin with the sales staff.

My contribution is leaving a super positive review on the shop website, praising the sales person.

Also love seeing eshay knobs scatter when I stare them down.

#feelsgoodman

Good morning! 🤗 Yarra City Council held it's first citizenship ceremony in Apr-23, after the feds lifted a ban imposed on the council in 2017 (political controversy). Does anyone know where the ceremonies were held in the interim or has this created a huge backlog? Thanks

The chud strikes again!

I don't think the duty free is helping me much we'll get there.

“Get diddly down with it” thanks Flanders

Has anyone sold anything through Etsy or other sites? I am googling but I like to ask for real experiences, what's the process of paying tax etc? How easy was Etsy to use?

Tyler Childers - All Your'n I'll love you til my lungs give outtttt, I ain't lyin'. I'm all Your'n and your all mine

Uh I think a manual DT thread should be made for Sunday now?

Midnight bot got shy?

Skiing today was brilliant, but man, it sucks to see the end of a ski trip coming up :')