Discussion Thread Tuesday 29 🛸 April 2025
1y 1mon ago by aussie.zone/u/YarraByte in melbourne@aussie.zone
I have been approved for a home! I shall not after all be homeless.
It is in a new estate, so comes with the standard building noises during the day I have become used to, but should not have the regular demolition sounds. There is a dishwasher. There is heating. There is cooling. There is a walk in pantry and double glazing! Now I have to order a dog door insert for Mr Woof, organise the removalists, and figure out what goes where.
I guess this means I'm officially no longer a Melbournian, I am an official Ballaratian. Or is it a Ballaratbag?
Ballaratatouille
Yay! You'll need that heating, Ballarat nights are nippy.
And I'm moving just in time for winter. Into the suburb of Winter Valley. ❄️🧊🥶
The garage connected to the house will also be very good for that, less ice scraping from the windshield.
Congrats!! Yay!! And definitely Ballaratbag (as a former Bendigonian)
OK, I'm late to this party, but I thought Ballaratbag only applied if you live in Wendouree. Or has that vibe expanded with new settlement/immigration. I last lived there in the late 70s, so my info could well be out of date.
Congrats!!!
I'd love to move out that way.
Hopefully I can get fully remote by the end of the year.
aim higher. Get a place in nambucca heads for like 600k and live like a freakin king!
Congrats! Sounds like it will be a comfortable place.
Hurrah! Enjoy the serenity of the Rat. I am well acquainted with some of the new developments around Delacombe (E: specifically winter valley!). Quite affordable for the space and facilities as a rental. Will it be a long commute to all your usual things though?
16 minute commute to work, which is the main reason I leave home. Most everything else will be a similar distance or closer. I will be much closer to cows and forests.
That's awesome . 🙂
And it's Ballaarcunian. 👍
Congrats! That’s great news! There’s good gallery action there if you like that stuff
Congrats 🎉
Yay! That sounds perfect 😊 double glazing is a big win near Ballarat
The twins.
Unrelated but didi drivers struggle with maps
🐈🐈⬛😇
On the unrelated: yep, recent DiDi trip I somehow ended up from Collingwood on the eastern freeway heading east, I live in the west. I was quite drunk but not enough to realise he was going away from the destination.
I watched 2 drivers miss my street and drive onto the freeway lol
More good news on the rental front: the agent takes direct deposit rather than insisting on you using an app that stops you from automating the payments unless you pay extra fees.
I have checked all my shit in, bestickered my suitcase and scooter, and made it through security. They are satisfied my crutches do not contain a bomb
Safe and comfy travels to you!
an absolute shame they do contain powerful laser weaponry but good thing your responsible enough not to use them!
No poison spikes in the ends, a la KGB umbrellas?
Plane go brrrr. I'll touch base on the other side
See you three hours ago.
Update from midair…
They give out ice cream. I’m currently holding a coconut-mango Magnum
Which airline are you flying with?! Yummo!
Qantas did me a solid
Tinyest can now say his name. I was surprised cause lets say his name was Tinyest, we often just call him Tiny. But he knows the full thing as well. He some times just says to himself "Mommy, Daddy and Tiny" which is so cute. Sometimes the pet names too.
He can also now say "Come Here" so poor mrs b is getting summoned a LOT. Daddy is mostly just used for playing cars which means forza horizon on the xbox doing jumps.
this is beautiful 🙂
I just helped out an excitable dog by the name of Sadie, who had gotten outside without authorisation and didn't know how to get back in. Fortunately her people were home. I now smell slightly of wet dog and have a few paw prints on my jeans.
Really happy about the Canadian election results. Anti-Trump and pro democracy won. 🙂
Seeing headlines saying the Liberals won has been a bit of a head spin though
Me too!🙂
I am holding out big hopes for the USA mid terms
the republicans might get a huge loss
and we here might be influenced by anti-trump sentiment too
Agreed. I feel that Trumpism has the conservative extremists and Nazis of the world seeing how far they can lean into it too. Need to send a very strong and solid message that we will not tolerate that shit here.
Damn straight!!!
or anywhere
Have infection in hand. Taken antibiotics yesterday and today. Am completely wiped out :(
Edit: I'm so fucking bored. Too fucked to do anything fun. Just sleep. Laaaaame.
Today's the day!
Holiday!
April in Paree ...
Perth, but the vibe is there
Perth is beautiful and so clean. Make sure you use the bus port. It's so much fun.
whats going on with perth atm, my brother in law is going over thursday as well. I dont get it.
I wanted to get as far away as possible from the bullshit that's been driving me mad. Perth is As Far Away As Possible
for future reference: not as far as a swag under the stars with a camp fire, trust me.
Yeah, but I'm a cripple who can't drive. It's a tad more complex when you're me
If the driving part is the only hurdle there I'm happy to bring you out next time I go. Or even just an onsite cabin down Philip island (which I assume is PT accessible) is still a great way to unwind.
Ooh I'm off to Perth in a few weeks too! Enjoy
Erin Patterson's trial begins today, I think it'll be really interesting to hear how it turns out, what a wild story it's been.
Is this the mushroom lady?
Alleged mushroom lady.
Yeah, that's the one!
I find it so crazy that she (allegedly) thought it would work, and that no one would consider her suspicious
Early morning movie review
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
I finished watching the other day and can't stop thinking about it.
It's about grief and justice.
4 hobbits
I am not sure how I felt about it in the end. I'm glad I watched it but... yeah. Similar story with Nomadland. Keep thinking about that one too.
I just read the wikipedia article because I'm terrible at watching movies lately and... just... huh?
yup
wikipedia wont convey the atmosphere all that well. the movie is 90% mood.
I think I think about it because it's like real life in that life doesn't make sense to us all the time and questions can go unanswered
that's the thing, why ask questions, what can we do with answers,
are we trying to change the past, bring people back from the dead and do we believe in the Just World Fallacy , what is justice anyway
a lot of people in law pursue justice as an act of caring toward the victim
my take was it was something she could control. the chase for justice was within her power to do. Taking action is often easier than doing nothing.
That's one of my favourite movies, it's so well done and the acting is phenomenal
Martin McDonagh is a fucking legend.
Agreed, Seven Psychopaths is a fucking amazing film. Another favourite of mine. In Bruges is a classic, and I've yet to see Banshees of Inisherin but it's on my watchlist.
this guy is going on my watch list 👍
I'm due a rewatch of all of them. Banshees in particular. I think there was a fair bit of subtext I missed first time around.
The sads
I’m feeling overwhelmed by life and getting emotional about things that are either a no win situation and/or probably don’t matter.
I’m just so tired man. I’ve been struggling against so much for so long with no headway and anything good I try to do seems to be for nothing (or gets punished).
At least I can get this tooth removed this week. Due to cost I’ve decided to be awake during it so wish me luck.
Hugs homey.
Sligth pep talk - I had my last few teeth pulled (one infected, one broken and an old wisdom) without general. Not all at once. These were 3 separate occasions.
Local shots were more than enough. Jaw was sore for a few days after, but that's all.
You're sorting things out one a time. You'll get to where you need be eventually :)
My OH also had a broken tooth pulled recently under local and had the same experience. Had to eat modified food for a couple of weeks but is all good now
so many hugs
Good morning!
Cheerfulness at this hour is verboten
How about now?
Good Morning!
Hmmmmm.... Nope 😝
Rise and shine! Have a most wonderful morning!
Morning!
Democracy research complete. I have written Nutter next to rather many names. Well meaning ones in several cases but full of crunchy crazies nonetheless. Bring on sausage time!
I think I might vote above the line this year
just too hard to pick which fascist should go last
I was planning below but stopping when there cease being reasonable options.
Local I have to pick a last from Family First or One Nation. Yuck!
I do under the line, but stop when I get to the right wing crazies. I have numbered every box before when that was still required, and trying to rank those parties by degrees of fascism is definitely a challenge. I'm very happy to be able to stop at 12.
I might do that, stop at 12.
There are some interesting candidates out there
There sure are. The guy who is openly running as a joke would get numbered way above many of them.
past elections with crazy policies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6mJw50OdZ4
Ooh! Thanks for reminding me. The school was calling for sausage volunteers on Saturday and I forgot to reply.
Qute
Two hours of absolute brain frying over R and stats and plots with my supervisor on coffee and an empty stomach, hunched up on the floor in a tiny room... and that's just the beginning of a very packed day. I just want to go back to sleep 😭
Late breakfast, then help mum with the shopping, then do a small bit of work that has to be done before 2pm my time, then no more screen time: help with cleaning up, lifting stuff, laundry, family friends coming over and then an early exit to go see my brother for dinner (which will involve some Big Conversations too). I have to quarantine my brain from all the cognitively taxing stuff before my head asplode. Python will wait till tomorrow
PS chatgpt has admittedly been very helpful with breaking the inertia of getting started with basic coding. I feel like I'm getting dumber every time but needs must!
You’re doing an absolutely amazing job! Ninja-level juggling
scary stuff out of Europe. In the event of a prolonged outage would be scary. Especially if I'm in the city when it occurs. Seems like my campers gas fridge might work but my solar cuts out when the grid goes down and no battery. To say nothing of water as well.
This is why I eat a lot of carrots.
So I can guard my single backup can of baked beans in the dark.
Sadly, the carrot thing is a myth. Deliberately spread by the British government during the war, no less, as an explanation for why they could track German bombers in the dark without letting on that they'd invented radar.
Carrots were one of the few foods it was easy to get lots of. Many fascinating recipes for carroty marmalade!
TIL! and that's really interesting.
The baked beans remain at risk!
The government released a whole pile of food related PSAs at the time, telling people about substitutions they could make, thrifty ways to stretch rations further or clever recipes that used food they could get easily in place of using imports.
The "Ministry of Food" put in a ton of work. I've got a cookbook that recreates a lot of their material. It's very carrot-heavy!
What is this cookbook called?
The Ministry of Food by Jane Fearnley Whittingstall
Thankyou, I'm interested in retro cooking and historical recipes so I'll check this out at some point.
It’s only a dinky wee little book, but within the specific sphere of historical intheresting it’s quite good. Not strictly a cookbook - there’s a decent section on how to start (and what to include in) a victory garden
The only reasonable solution is to keep a cache of weapons and pick off the weakest neighbours in a time of crisis.
I suggest pensioners as they will have good stock of blankets and canned foods. Also, decent tools and such.
Work your way up the ladder of weakness and you'll be fine.
I keep a large wooden sword under my bed for this exact purpose. Course if the neighbor has a wooden pen I might be in trouble.
The penis mightier definitely
Dunno. Havnt seen his so really cant compare haha
Stop wasting time then!!!
nahhh. people react SUPER weird when I say "yo, show us your dick"
We have a gas stove so I guess I could cook, and use candles for light, but no heating or fridge. Would need to eat boiled rice and ration what little canned items I have until power is restored. Rice with tuna and canned peaches?
mind if I have the canned peaches for desert rather than as the main?
water for your rice could also be an issue.
I find it hilarious that the things people viewed as insecurities like blushing and undereye circles, are now being more romanticised. When I was in school, people would make fun of me for blushing, and now those same people are putting a fuck ton of blush on their face. Or with undereye circles, they're leaving a bit unconcealed so they can have an "in-built smokey eye"
Beauty trends are so freaking dumb. 😍
Not as nuts a tooth blackening or painting blue veins on your décolletage
Taking a little arsenic to look pale.
Let's not forget painting nails with radium.
Mousehair eyebrow wigs
To make matters worse: blokes are totally oblivious to it all. I wouldn't notice or care what makeup you had on (or didn't) so long as you are happy.
The nose make up thing at the moment is really odd. I see it on insta all the time.
If done lightly it kinda looks cool, but yeah it's weird.
I'm not really on any of the 'hip' socials. Do you mind if I ask what the 'nose makeup' trend is?
Slept through the night, but plenty of flu_nightmares. Lots of jaw clenching and teeth grinding has given me a headache 💀
Still decluttering. This time I'm going through all the kid's toys that have been in storage so i can donate. She had a habit of writing her name on everything.
I received access to work's marketing automation platform today. Wow, it looks so much nicer than Marketing Cloud. I almost feel like it can't be as powerful because it's so easy to use, but I know that's not the case.
I'm looking forward to getting stuck into this program and learning it inside out. I feel like I'll be able to do so much with it since it's so easy to use. Just sending an email in Marketing Cloud felt like such a battle, so this should be a dream by comparison.
sore back today so takin' it a bit easy
Had planned to do a bit of garden work this afternoon, bit of leaf sweeping and fill up the green bin. It started to drizzle as soon as I started, so I went inside and made a coffee. I will obey the will of the universe and have an indoors afternoon instead.
Finally received my order of a hoodie of a cute dog I follow on Instagram – nearly missed it as it’d been sitting at the post office for over a month with no notification that it’d even been sent. Post office lady told me having an Aus Post account would have helped. Oh well, I’m just glad I have it in time for the cool weather and the quality is better than I hoped! And it’s flippin’ ADORABLE!!
My body clock is convinced it’s like, nine thirty. It is not
good night everyone, sweet dreams 😘
rain 🙂
I'm not used to such frequent rain, Carlton is in a rain shadow and very dry
I got some business cards printed through Canva and holy crap the quality is terrible. The "premium paper" is so thin and flimsy and the print quality is no good. I can export my Canva design and use another online printing service, any recommendations for a good one to use?
I've been impressed by fastprinting.com.au in the past. Consider ordering a paper sample book first if you want to get a feel for the weight options beforehand.
I also used to go to Minuteman Press (not online) for work related print jobs. The crew at the Southbank location were such legends and total print nerds. Would never sell you a flimsy bit of rag.
I've used my local Snap printing and they were quite good. They're everywhere and have decent quality.
The good thing about snap is they have physical locations so you can ask to see the card stock before you commit.
Long nap and feeling human again
Up for a few chores and dinner
Leonard Cohen playing
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Chicken and mushroom gozleme please
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