Daily Discussion Thread: 🙀 Wed 6 March 2024

That interview I thought I fucked up? They rang me back lol. Moving to the next stage 🤣

Haha, I had a vague feeling this would happen! Congrats!! Good luck with next steps 🤞🏽
That's really good. Good luck with the next stage. 🤞

Got called for references for the job I interviewed for, feeling pretty confident I'll snag it 😎 Especially as despite my ex-boss still being a shit from what I hear recently, he was more than supportive on the phone when I gave him a heads up.

If it all goes well the employment checks shouldn't take more than a week or two, it'll mainly be up to the medical provider for the pre-employment medical.

good luck 🤞

Let sleeping cats lie

That singular paw sticking out ❤
What perfect toe beans!!!
The little pout and the beans.. cherubic

Well, I called it. Melbcat has potentially had a reaction to the antibiotic and has definitely got an ear infection and super itchy skin. I've been advised to stop the antibiotic (normally something you should never do) and give her eardrops and transdermal pain relief. They couldn't get urine today so not sure about the UTI situation but if she worsens it's specialist time.

poor sweetie, she having a rough time lately
- Yeah, she's allergic to everything poor girl

anyone else wake up in the morning and first thing they do is to check the news to make sure the world hasn't ended overnight, hoping for an excuse to not have to get out of bed?

Must feed animals or the furry little drama queens will perish ! Oh the suffering they have endured without food for 8 hours is immeasurable.
- Same.
  Ted Cat pats me on the face to wake me up if I am too tardy with the food. Bill just stares or yells at me.
No the first thing I do is stretch to make sure everything is still working. Then I let the dog out so he can have a piss.

I made rice with nuts, some cucumber raita and garama masala burgers.

I can’t understand how we’re going to end up with another Biden v Trump election. And that Trump has a very good chance of winning. Scary stuff.

I don't understand why he's allowed to run again, much less why he's not in jail.
- Even then he could still run while in jail and pardon himself if he wins too.
I hate politics especially US but I just don't understand how they can think Biden is the best choice now. Surely neither of them are anywhere near the best choices to represent their parties. It seems insane to me.
- The dems need someone loud and brash who boasts about all the democrat accomplishments and who brutally puts down republicans

Anyone else feel really sleepy at work this morning? I mustn't have slept a wink, the way my body's feeling

Me! I’m wrecked today, no idea why. Coffee’s not working either

Just woke up from a 14 hour sleep. Fuck lol. And I also have the Snappy Tom song stuck in my head.

Meow.

Fun fact: on September 26, 1983, an officer in the Soviet millitary, Stanislav Petrov made a good decision. He oversaw the early-warning system for the Soviet nuclear arsenal. His warning system's computer signalled that five American missiles were incoming. So he had to make a decision - does he report the missiles to his superiors? If he did, the Soviet military likely would launch a retaliatory nuclear strike.

Petrov decided the reports were false. Thank goodness he did, because 2.5 billion lives were at stake.

and that, is the true story of how I met your mother.
- Actually made me cackle hahah

I have eaten too much chocolate custard ughhh

-distant screaming: she's gonna blowwww!-

yum
I make this at home, I make instant custard with powder, hot, and then when cooked I add either nutella or a couple of squares of real chocolate
it is so yum

How good is oyster sauce? The good stuff, especially (I'm still on a bottle of Megachef that's lasted me over a year). Lifts up any tired old vegetable stir fry. The perfect balance of sweet, salt, and savoury 👌🏽　especially with a dash of rice wine thrown in. Don't need much else.

I love it. I add it to sauteed mushrooms. Special shout out to hoisin sauce. A fantastic little dipping sauce for all meat delicacies.
My partner puts it in the noodle stir fry he makes, along with sesame seed oil. It makes it taste like an amazing restaurant dish 🤤
I love oyster sauce!
Add to veggies or soups with 2 minute noodles and I’m in heaven!
- Oh it is such a great addition to 2 minute noodles. But in soups, I have never tried that before... I'm not a huge soup person but I should give it a go in winter. I can imagine it's a nice alternative to stock powder for cheap and easy seasoning

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If you want my future, forget my past
\ If you wanna get with me, better make it fast
\ Now don't go wasting my precious time
\ Get your act together we could be just fine!
You want a shit and a cigar?

Today's preserving report: Lots of mixed berry jam made. I'm not sure at this point if it is going to set well enough, so it may be reclassified as mixed berry sauce before labelling. I ended up not doing the grilled vegetables and made 16 serves of overnight oats for the freezer instead, full of lots of yummy summer fruits.

I sometimes reboil jam the next day and use a cheat, I add will add some jamsetta. Of course that means recleaning all the jars again, which is a pain.
- I am always happy to have some that doesn't set, I have plenty of things I will use it for. It is much less stress to just let the fruit decide what it wants to be and go with it 🤣

Can't sleep. Doing that thing where I do the thing I shouldn't do (thinking) because it makes me not be able to do the thing I want to do (sleep)

Brooooo SAME. "I cant sleep because I'm distracted because I crave a distraction because I should be asleep but I cant sleep so I'm upset and so I'm craving a distraction" was a real vibe last night
- I actually did write out what was keeping me up, but I decided not to post it because it was the sort of stuff that would make everyone question if I'm actually ok, mentally. I'm fine most of the time, I feel completely fine on the vast majority of days, but there's something about trying to sleep at night that triggers crises in me some nights

I've cut up the watermelon. Dinner has been prepared.

OK, was it Duenan who said he had a screen shot of Gandalf with his Istari shield? I replayed scenes in both versions of the movies, have looked so close and just can't see it.

This is an artist's impression of the scene from the movie.
I'll have to go back and replay the scene to get a timestamp though.
- Aw that's sick as! I love it!
  I'll share the one I found and use :3
I think it's the sphere he formed when he said he's a servant of the secret fire etc. From 2:08:04 to 2:08:10 of the theatrical version
- I was thinking of a round shield, not a force field. 😐

Oh wow. 30+ years later, that jungle is absolutely still in there. Does this ad still air?

I have no idea. I just type whatever pops into my head at midnight.
I still “sing” it sometimes, I don’t even know if the brand is still available. I think I had to YouTube the ad to show the kids once, as well as other ads that I occasionally “sing”, because they had never seen them. I feel like less ads use a good jingle nowadays.

Partner off to their first day of their new job 🥰 so proud of them to get a job in the area of study they did!

Now... What to do with myself for the rest of the day...

May I suggest coffee followed by a little zig a zig ha?
- I think that is a grand idea!

Miss Moobeans has already settled down a lot. I should have trusted my gut about that antibiotic when her behaviour changed drastically two doses in.

If I have a proper posture I have no pain at all any more. I might get another desk chair, I have one of those stylish miller ones but don't use it as it too bulky.

Our Eurovision entry this year is One Milkali (One Blood) by Electric Fields.

That's AWESOME. I love it
AHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE IT
It won't win but I love it 😍
I'm so excited for Eurovision eeeeeeeeeee!
- Are we allowed to win? It's kind of a running joke that we're allowed to send someone, but I didn't think we'd ever be allowed to win.
- I think the stage performance is going to be pretty special!
Hmmm, not my thing personally, but I can see it as a good choice for Eurovision.

So they're doing a Lemmyvision contest for national communities, I'd love it if people here could take a few minutes to look at my recommendation (or suggest your own). I'd like to see us compete just as we do in the real thing.

https://aussie.zone/post/7628209

Also I found out that Adrian Bliss (weird costume guy who does comedy shorts) is coming to Melbourne to perform next month, gonna book some tickets tonight.

Baby girl threw up her morning meds 😞 I managed to get the washable puppy pad under her before she did it so that's easier for me to clean, but she still feels like crap.

Poor girl, it hurts when they're unwell :(
I hope she starts feeling better soon! Sending some good positive vibes your and her way 💜
- Thanks. She's still sitting in place not feeling so good :(

#Worldle #775 3/6 (100%) 🎉🧭🚩 📷 #WhereTaken🇺🇸 #358 5/6 🎉 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I think todays jam making endeavour will be mixed berry. I'll also pencil in doing some grilled vegetables for the freezer (I use them on grilled sandwiches).

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Fruit smoothie and porridge please.
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A plate of mixed bread products and a tall fruit smoothie please. Miss Meow has also made her choice and would like some fish.
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Leftover pizza please - reheated
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I have read more than half the book on back anatomy/backpain/back treatment . The gist is, "Stop doing dumb shit that injures your back"

I identify with this.