Good swim, no meltdowns, no "what's for dinner", good sleeps, good comet, no locking of horns...
Only spoke to a dog at the dog beach and the magpie. Bliss.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
:-)
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
@PeelerSheila@aussie.zone when is your birthday because I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday and hope all your wishes come true. You are an inspiration 🎂 ❤️
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
We ❤️ you, Peeler!
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Happy birthday Peeler! 🎂
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anotherspringchicken - 2mon
Happy birthday from me, too! 🎂🥳
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PeelerSheila - 2mon
It's the 16th 🙂 And thankyou for your kind words
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
the irises have started blooming, the colour is intense
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Bottom_racer - 2mon
ooh they're out!
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
Beautiful. I was just wondering yesterday if they were blooming yet!
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
:) not frilly but the colour is so deep
I was reading they are one of the few flowers that come in all three colours, reds, yellows and blue/purple
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
What a gorgeous colour! 💜
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PeelerSheila - 2mon
Beautiful! Mine started blooming out the back and exMIL decided to chop them and put them in a vase in her living room ☹️
Edit: she knows not to, I've told her off before.
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MeanElevator - 2mon
I have been mildly stoned daily this week and have been very productive (home related things). Still managing to chill and nap regularly.
Great week off.
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
Actually living the dream.
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MeanElevator - 2mon
If this is what retirement is, I'm ready.
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
My front security camera had a short story to tell me today. A small dog came to visit, trotting up the driveway and trying the front door and side gate. A bit of wandering around, looking like it expected someone to let it in. Then a person showed up, there were happy greetings and the dog was picked up and carried away. Poor dog, all the houses around here look the same!
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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon
I used FB for my buildings FB group, and insta for memes, but it gives me the heebies when it recommends "friends" from highschool. Like, no thank you, they were all bullies. It gives me schadenfreude though when I check their profiles and the girl bullies are all stuck in a pyramid scheme though 😂
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
Didn't really feel like a swim after work but dragged my ass there and of course felt 1000x better after some laps. Being in water is healing, even when it's chemicaled up the wazoo.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
I will definitely be going to the beach tomorrow
maybe one of these I will even go in the water
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Go karting was funnn. We had enough for two groups, after the first set of races we got split into the fast group and the slow group. I was the slowest qualifier for the fast group 😎 and then I came sixth of eight in the finals which was the fasties
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Did they breath test you before hand?
I came last in the race we did, my friend said "thank you for sticking to the left. It made going around you easy".
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Yes they did breath test us! These karts were no joke. 55kmh 🫣.
Now I can beer though. Cheers 🍺🍻🍺
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Le Mans by any chance?
They were absolutely no joke either haha way too fast for my liking.
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
No idea. Not a car guy at all
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
My elbows hurt for a week afterwards. I have shitty elbows though.
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Lots of complaints about sore wrists but I was okay, let's see how I pull up tomorrow
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Cheers everyone and 'ave a good weekend 🍺
Update on my experiment. I definitely feel better than before. My head, nose, ears, throat feel a bit clearer. Possibly just masking symptoms but atleast I can breathe a bit better. I need more Guinea pigs if anyone is game.
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
Ibuprofen is antiinflamatory, hayfrever is partially inflammation.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
True. I didn't expect it to work as well as it has. I walked out to the letterbox and came back. No sneezing. I was very surprised. It's like a booster.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Cheeeeeeers!
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Cheers 🍺
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Friend who is a big procrastinator and only started her assignment today keeps messaging me to tell me how frustrated she is because her code didn't work or something and she wants to kill herself. Fucking yikes.
I procrastinate like that too but I keep those thoughts as inside ones.
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
FWIW, they really sound like a programmer.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
🤠
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
Talk like that concerns me. I don't find it funny, tell her to not ever say anything like that in jest
and if she is being manipulative I would cut her as a friend.
What does she want from you?
If she doesn't overtly ask for something what do you think she trying to manipulate you into doing?
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
She wants someone to comfort her in her distress. I told her that a psych appointment takes five minutes to book, she can see one through Zoom, it's FREE through her uni, and she won't get one straight away, so the don't have time is an excuse.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
encouragement is what she needs, not comfort
"You can do it!"
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Done :))
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Yikes. Sounds like girl needs to join a coding forum or something for the technical help, address her pacing struggles with the teacher, and not say such things to you even as a joke.
Edit: She needs help if she’s actually serious and it’s not hyperbole or even if she’s genuinely just overwhelmed. Friends can help of course and I’m sympathetic but I feel like without boundaries and proper supports in place this lady could bring you down with her
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Yep. She said she doesn't have time to see a psych, even though her uni offers them for free and it only takes an hour. She's used AI to code most things these days, saying that it's the processes that she needs to know, not the actual code itself...
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Yeah… You seem like a good friend but please take care of yourself here and watch out. Don’t be the only friend she goes to and maybe distance yourself a bit.
Sorry if this is unwanted advice. It’s just in my twenties I had friends who were chaotic and insisted on using me as the go to while refusing to let me link them with more appropriate supports (or help them in practical actions to fix a problem), and I burned out so hard I had to drop them. Then I was the one not coping.
Assuming she’s able bodied and not incapacitated by her mental health your friend has choices here.
Even if they’re not something she wants to do, such as deferring for a while, withdrawing/failing and retaking the course, changing courses, or withdrawing/failing and going into work instead. I’m not sure how everything works now but she has options.
If she’s both physically disabled and her mental health is unmanaged/unmanageable she might actually be fucked but also you have the right to maintain boundaries and your own wellbeing.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Thanks Melba. I have linked her to appropriate supports and been encouraging. A voice of reason and self-compassion if you will. Now I will be disengaging to work on my own assignment due soon.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
She said she doesn’t have time to see a psych,
she's a drama queen
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melbaboutown - 2mon
If you don’t have a lot of choices due to the service being subsidised some providers can be terrible. There’s also a shortage plus high demand.
But a lot of them do Zoom now. I think she just doesn’t want to. It’s easier to demand informal supports from a friend to just vent
Edit: Obligatory warning against using Better Help though
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
She is a student and has access to counselling and psychology through her uni. I sent her all the links. I think it's all a mental thing for her, like it is for me.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Yeah, I completely understand the mental barrier thing. But it is something she has to do herself. You’re doing what you can
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Absolutely
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
I've been silently informed that just because I've come back from band rehearsal, doesn't mean I get to disrupt her quiet time by singing.
Goodnight all ❤️
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
Good night.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
What are we doing today Skip?
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PeelerSheila - 2mon
Taking over the world! Oh wait..
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
I'm going go karting after work with work social club
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
I love how your work has a social club
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
It's pretty cool, so far I've gone to a wine tasting, comedy festival night, ummm some other things. Have missed a fair few things. I pay $5 per fortnight and every activity is heavily subsidised
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
That's so good! Every company should have something like it.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Spending the day on the couch with a wheat bag and chocolate.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
I’ve got my wheatbag in the microwave as well speak.
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Catfish - 2mon
Lego & vacuuming
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Eagle - 2mon
We have a wedding to attend 😃
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Practising for open mic night soon.
Sleeping because the roadworks etc
Maybe some video games but probs just more music stuff.
Maybe a night out if band rehearsal isn’t tonight.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Work
Finishing an assignment hopefully on time
Maybe watching an episode of something if I finish the assignment before the deadline.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Question of the day: What's something good that happened to you this week?
The other day the man and I had been out and about and when we got back home I said "You've either got a stone or nail in your tyre because i can hear click click click". I got out and had a look and yep there was a small screw in there. I felt like a hero because any more travelling and he would've been changing a tyre at 5am on the highway.
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TheWitchofThornbury2 - 2mon
The derelict van belonging to the squatters in the local (derelict) milk bar got towed by the council. No more of their 3 flea-stricken mongrels wandering in and out of everyone's front yards. Yes those dogs were definitely NOT being looked after properly - all were entire males and challenged every other dog in the street and people too. Sometimes very loudly. They chased small children from the local school coming home, were fed mostly on KFC and were disobedient to their 'owners'. And the squatters' non-registered land cruiser got towed as well. I think everyone in the street rejoiced at the sudden increase in parking and now can walk their dogs without fear of large vet bills. And let their children come home after school unaccompanied. Which I think is healthy. There's far too much helicopter parenting nowadays. While I understand there's a housing crisis, and mental health (and drug) issues make it hard to find a cheap rental, keeping 3 hungry, disobedient dogs in a derelict van only a couple of blocks from a primary school is just plain bad pet parenting. I'm very glad indeed that there were no tragedies.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Definitely a win. There's so much wrong with this. Shit.
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TheWitchofThornbury2 - 2mon
Hasn't been fun dealing with it. Fortunately my "I'm no one to mess with" mojo hadn't deserted me, so the dogs mostly stayed out of my yard. Lots of us here in the street were walking on eggs with regard to those dogs. We are SO GLAD they're gone. I don't think anyone got bitten, but imo it was only a matter of time.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
I never narc on squatters but these guys were arseholes. I’m glad things are safer now. With the dogs free roaming they could have bitten a kid.
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MeanElevator - 2mon
Was at the shops with my wife and and saw an elderly couple struggling with their trolley.
Took the trolley to their car, wife chatted with them. I loaded the groceries and they couldn't stop thanking us.
Was hoping to get in their will, but alas a thank you was enough.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
That's so sweet. My husband is like that. Helps anyone who's struggling. That's why I love him.
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MeanElevator - 2mon
Just because I hate people in general doesn't mean I ain't gonna help them.
At the same time I'll tell off a pensioner if they try cutting in line. Queueing is sacred regardless of age.
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imoldgreeeg - 2mon
My mate bought his dog to the pub just now. Puppy time
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Puppy alert! What kinda puppy?
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imoldgreeeg - 2mon
Jack Russel at the pub today and a gooodle at work
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
Some back physio has really improved my life.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
I love that for you. Can you share what you're doing to improve that?
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
I am walking faster ( not fast, just fast enough to bring different muscles into play ) and swinging my arms a very little.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
I’ve reduced my internet time and pivoted my interactions a bit more to some nicer people. It’s early days and I feel like I should keep my internet usage minimal (plus one or two are still friends with the mean people - a bit worried they might follow me even though I left) but it’s a start. Not everyone is going to automatically hate you.
I finally managed to get the vets to prescribe the antibiotics. They were finally ready today but I missed picking them up (doh) but can tomorrow.
I’ve decided to accept a little help around the home sometimes, from maybe one person I trust.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Wow that's lucky!
I think I already commented it a few days ago, but people at uni asking me to paint with them! Also have received a bunch of compliments this week, which may or may not have boosted my ego 😊
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Yes I did! So jealous! It's the small things that give you that boost to punch the air and continue! 🥰
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Definitely the job. I’m not designed to have so much spare time. I find that I use my free time much more effectively when there is a hard limit.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
That's definitely a good thing. Well done. 👏
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
Nothing in particular but it's just been a good week. I've been eating less animal based food. I've reconnected with a bunch of old friends. I've lost some more weight. My knee hurts which blows because I've been really enjoying doing more exercise. Spring, it's not kick-in-the-dick cold all the time. I've started doing an NDIS course to try and retrain my myo degree into something more useful to me. I seem to have a bunch more money than I thought. I normally don't pay much attention because I live so frugally and it's been stacking in the background. Not life changing money more like an extra grand for booze and toys - like the Ninja Creami, I'm having a tub of low-cal sorbet most days now - which is odd because I'm probably frugal to a fault so splashing out feels weird.
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Not me, but on my way home I told a guy in the tram that his boots were the coolest thing I've seen all week (they were, pointed leather cowboy boots with red all over them, very baller). I like to think that is one thing that sticks with him as a highlight of his week!
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
I managed to get a "I feel like a proud dad" comment out of my boss when I pulled off a joke on him.
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
NAS win. Pulled the drives and blew on them like my Atari 2600, it booted back up no worries. Checked the error log, nothing recent.
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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon
I used to do that to my Gameboy cartridges lol, works like a charm
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
New Tame Impala album dropped. Still listening, but he's gone down a different direction from all his other stuff.
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tone212_ - 2mon
I did not like the pre-release singles I heard, but I am going to dive in anyway and hope for the best. Currents is one of my favourite albums ever, what happened?!
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Agreed. Dracula sounds like it should have been a Dula Peepa track. Also that line about watching Family Guy?
I'm listening to the album right now, and so far I'm not really meshing with it. I miss his signature guitars and drums too. I feel like his older music was more 'eventful' if you catch my drift. E.g. the different parts of Let It Happen.
I predict Afterthought will be the commercial success from the album. Very much a dance track.
I don't dislike the album as much as the new Taylor Swift one though!
Do let me know what you think of the rest of the album when you listen to it :)
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tone212_ - 2mon
I have listened through a few times - also don't mind Afterthought, the first song isn't bad, and End of Summer has grown on me. But that's all the positive I have to say. It's just blah, what I love about Tame is the psych elements in the music and the catchy bass lines and melodies, and that's all but gone here and replaced with nothing interesting. Super disappointed.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Yep :( End of Summer has grown on me too, but I can't help hearing "I can feel it in my balls" in the chorus.
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SaneMartigan - 2mon
I spent an hour fighting with youtube revanced only to install new pipe via f-droid without issue and immediately start watching YT on mobile without ads.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
I still haven’t got around the pin of this unused spare android to do that. I have an idea how but unsure if it’ll work and kinda gave up in the middle
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
I've had a lovely afternoon in the sun, planting some of my tubestock and listening to the kids next door having a great time playing outside with their parents. There is something very uplifting about hearing children play.
I'm a bit behind on where I would like to be with the planting - digging out the grass is tough work - but I am progressing steadily. I do have all the herbs planted now and the larger natives, it's mostly the smaller ones and ground covers to go. It is nice being able to go outside and see actual plants.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Nice! I especially love that you have dwarf lemons. (I had to go back to remind myself what plants you had.) They’ll be good for fish, lemon drinks, and maybe some jars of lemon butter.
I'm out of that game, but any Rule other than trust your gut is pointless. The apps have changed so much, it seems all swipe and no questionnaires anymore. Meet fast is fine, having the attention span of a gnat gets only one type of relationship.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
Attention span of a gnat, going to steal that one :D
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melbaboutown - 2mon
I also joke that I have the memory of a goldfish, it’s not my turn to have the brain cell, or that my two brain cells are fighting for third place
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
Train!
At Newport railyards I saw a goods train go by that had 60 cars ( I counted ) , heavy cars that had long bogies with big suspension, each car with bogie must have been 15 metres. Including the 3 engines the train would have been a kilometre long. All types of cars too, refrigerated, containers, chemical. All going to rural Victoria. :)
Cool.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
My sister is acting like a mysterious teenager. She's trying to work her way up in her company into a team that's actually relevant to her studies and interests. Did an interview, doesn't want to talk about it. Ask her how she is, she will not respond. I think she thinks I'm prying, but either way, I hope she's fine
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Pilk - 2mon
I don't think she thinks you're prying, she's playing it cool to minimise any disappointment. Once it's locked in she'll definitely want to celebrate with you.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
She ended up saying the interview didn't go well!
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Pilk - 2mon
Oh!
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SpinMeRound - 2mon
Maybe she just doesn't want to jinx it!
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
I think I may have found a hayfever hack by accident. Yesterday I took my telfast as usual but after a few hours I noticed it wasn't kicking in. I had a whopping headache, aches and pains. You know the deal. So I thought fuck this and I popped an ibuprofen with my coffee. After an hour or so I felt normal.
I'm trying this again today to see if it wasn't a fluke. Of course I'm not gonna do it every day. Will report back later with the findings when it's beer o'clock.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Metallica - St.Anger is a fucking banger song and I won’t hear otherwise
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Eagle - 2mon
I've never understood the hate that album got.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
It was album that came out following the doco Some Kind of Monster. Which I’ll admit didn’t paint them in a great light.
The metal community can be high grade cock waffles sometimes though and the Metallica hate was in vogue.
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tombruzzo - 2mon
I read an opinion piece that St Anger is an alright album if you treat it like a punk album and skip the songs before they go on too long. I can see the appeal, but you're also saying 'This album is great if you skip half of it.'
There's probably a severely edited down version that goes alright. Like if they played a St Anger medley live like they'd do for Justice sometimes.
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Catfish - 2mon
This glasses thing is really doing my head in. One pair has weird distortions, and both make me 'seasick' if I change focus. Understood they are for Reading but I don't want to puke if the cat meows for attention
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
Are they multi-focals? I believe they can sometimes take a bit of getting used to. But my first pair distorted things badly because they had done something wrong with the script and everything was bent out of shape, I had to get that pair replaced.
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Catfish - 2mon
No, singles but mod strong? I can't move around in them at all, faceplant a wall bad
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
That sounds like there could be something wrong with them. I'd go back to the shop and have them checked out. The ones I had that were dodgy made everything at the top look bigger than the bottom and made me feel seasick if I walked around in them. Everything was in focus so it took a while to realise there was a serious problem with them and not just needing to get used to multifocals, but the distortion meant all the distances felt wrong, a bit like when you look through water and things are not quite where you expect them to be when you reach out to grab them. I think it was something to do with the measurement they do of where your pupils are that had been transcribed wrong.
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Catfish - 2mon
Pretty much exactly that. My phone looks bent inwards and keystone effect on monitors. Totally taking them back.
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anotherspringchicken - 2mon
Are they multifocals? They can take a couple of weeks to get used to
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Catfish - 2mon
No, singles. What I don't get most is the supposedly identical scripts being so different
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Oh dear… special earphones for phone seem to be broken and the standard pin style doesn’t fit, so I thought to go back to the trusty old iPod shuffle. Redownloading music to freshen the selection, oops computer entirely full? I better move important but less frequently accessed stuff like pictures over to the storage drive to make some room.
Dig through to find those drives and… it’s not there. There is no second drive for storage. When I’m pretty sure there was before, and there usually is. Is my own computer gaslighting me? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
::: spoiler spoiler
I’m absolutely floundering in life and currently can’t organise my way out of a paper bag. Everything is a can of worms. But I wish I could back everything up, wipe the computer, change it to a version of Windows I don’t hate and then organise everything properly.
I intend to install Linux on old machine and could use that as a fresh start but I’m still trying to find a safe iso and the machine is a desktop which is hard for me to sit up at (as opposed to a laptop in bed). I’d put Linux on a laptop but there are some things that are Windows (or Mac) only 😩 I don’t think I can get them working on Linux.
Also some files I’m not sure how to reliably back up.
:::
I hate Windows 11 so much and wish I never “upgraded”.
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Tram ticket inspectors on st Kilda rd. Successfully confirmed even if they see you touch on only when they board they won't do anything. Quickly touched on when they got on right Infront of me, then presented Myki for checking and she was just like - don't worry I saw you touch on, you need to do that when you board the tram. And that was it
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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon
Are you a white male presenting person? Because that will probably help 😂
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
I’ve legit had them form some kind of weird circle around me. Which is when I sloooooowly try to find my myki so they start edging about giving me a fine lol
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Taleya - 2mon
I s2g those twats are specifically trained to escalate situations
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Catfish - 2mon
Yes. Can spot the goon power attitude a mile off even when they are 'plainclothes'
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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon
"plainclothes" but they all have those fat belts on with their readers and shite 😂😂 you're not fooling anyone ya failed police officers lol
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
How dare you make presumptions like that! Also yes
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Half the fun is getting on the tram and as it's slowing down to stop, looking to see if there's ticket inspectors ready to board. If that's the case, this is my stop.
Ps. It's rare I don't have a ticket.
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Catfish - 2mon
I've had the exact opposite happen on the bus. Watch you then come stomping on. Also demanding to see my concession card when I have a full fare ticket. Zero common sense.
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LowExperience2368 - 2mon
My sister did that on the tram and they told her that she could've been fined! Interesting...
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Catfish - 2mon
Newest historical series: newest whing about no underwear! King& you are found lacking
Apple & cucumber salad and 2 croissants and coffee please chef.
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bacon - 2mon
🍎🥒🥗🥐🥐☕️
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
Croissants sound good, I'll have those please.
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bacon - 2mon
🥐🥐
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Catfish - 2mon
May I have a Mexican croissant?
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bacon - 2mon
🌵🥐
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Can I please get a haircut and a burrito?
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bacon - 2mon
✂️🌯
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tombruzzo - 2mon
A child sitting on your lap insisting they watch train videos on your phone means no ride in today. Since yesterday wasn't so bad, I wonder if all that rain planned for next week will pan out?
YarraByte in melbourne
Discussion Thread 🦘 Friday 17 October 2025
Well that's the end of my little break :(
Good swim, no meltdowns, no "what's for dinner", good sleeps, good comet, no locking of horns...
Only spoke to a dog at the dog beach and the magpie. Bliss.
:-)
@PeelerSheila@aussie.zone when is your birthday because I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday and hope all your wishes come true. You are an inspiration 🎂 ❤️
We ❤️ you, Peeler!
Happy birthday Peeler! 🎂
Happy birthday from me, too! 🎂🥳
It's the 16th 🙂 And thankyou for your kind words
the irises have started blooming, the colour is intense
ooh they're out!
Beautiful. I was just wondering yesterday if they were blooming yet!
:) not frilly but the colour is so deep
I was reading they are one of the few flowers that come in all three colours, reds, yellows and blue/purple
What a gorgeous colour! 💜
Beautiful! Mine started blooming out the back and exMIL decided to chop them and put them in a vase in her living room ☹️
Edit: she knows not to, I've told her off before.
I have been mildly stoned daily this week and have been very productive (home related things). Still managing to chill and nap regularly.
Great week off.
Actually living the dream.
If this is what retirement is, I'm ready.
My front security camera had a short story to tell me today. A small dog came to visit, trotting up the driveway and trying the front door and side gate. A bit of wandering around, looking like it expected someone to let it in. Then a person showed up, there were happy greetings and the dog was picked up and carried away. Poor dog, all the houses around here look the same!
I used FB for my buildings FB group, and insta for memes, but it gives me the heebies when it recommends "friends" from highschool. Like, no thank you, they were all bullies. It gives me schadenfreude though when I check their profiles and the girl bullies are all stuck in a pyramid scheme though 😂
Didn't really feel like a swim after work but dragged my ass there and of course felt 1000x better after some laps. Being in water is healing, even when it's chemicaled up the wazoo.
I will definitely be going to the beach tomorrow
maybe one of these I will even go in the water
Go karting was funnn. We had enough for two groups, after the first set of races we got split into the fast group and the slow group. I was the slowest qualifier for the fast group 😎 and then I came sixth of eight in the finals which was the fasties
Did they breath test you before hand?
I came last in the race we did, my friend said "thank you for sticking to the left. It made going around you easy".
Yes they did breath test us! These karts were no joke. 55kmh 🫣.
Now I can beer though. Cheers 🍺🍻🍺
Le Mans by any chance?
They were absolutely no joke either haha way too fast for my liking.
No idea. Not a car guy at all
My elbows hurt for a week afterwards. I have shitty elbows though.
Lots of complaints about sore wrists but I was okay, let's see how I pull up tomorrow
Cheers everyone and 'ave a good weekend 🍺
Update on my experiment. I definitely feel better than before. My head, nose, ears, throat feel a bit clearer. Possibly just masking symptoms but atleast I can breathe a bit better. I need more Guinea pigs if anyone is game.
Ibuprofen is antiinflamatory, hayfrever is partially inflammation.
True. I didn't expect it to work as well as it has. I walked out to the letterbox and came back. No sneezing. I was very surprised. It's like a booster.
Cheeeeeeers!
Cheers 🍺
Friend who is a big procrastinator and only started her assignment today keeps messaging me to tell me how frustrated she is because her code didn't work or something and she wants to kill herself. Fucking yikes.
I procrastinate like that too but I keep those thoughts as inside ones.
FWIW, they really sound like a programmer.
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Talk like that concerns me. I don't find it funny, tell her to not ever say anything like that in jest
and if she is being manipulative I would cut her as a friend.
What does she want from you?
If she doesn't overtly ask for something what do you think she trying to manipulate you into doing?
She wants someone to comfort her in her distress. I told her that a psych appointment takes five minutes to book, she can see one through Zoom, it's FREE through her uni, and she won't get one straight away, so the don't have time is an excuse.
encouragement is what she needs, not comfort
"You can do it!"
Done :))
Yikes. Sounds like girl needs to join a coding forum or something for the technical help, address her pacing struggles with the teacher, and not say such things to you even as a joke.
Edit: She needs help if she’s actually serious and it’s not hyperbole or even if she’s genuinely just overwhelmed. Friends can help of course and I’m sympathetic but I feel like without boundaries and proper supports in place this lady could bring you down with her
Yep. She said she doesn't have time to see a psych, even though her uni offers them for free and it only takes an hour. She's used AI to code most things these days, saying that it's the processes that she needs to know, not the actual code itself...
Yeah… You seem like a good friend but please take care of yourself here and watch out. Don’t be the only friend she goes to and maybe distance yourself a bit.
Sorry if this is unwanted advice. It’s just in my twenties I had friends who were chaotic and insisted on using me as the go to while refusing to let me link them with more appropriate supports (or help them in practical actions to fix a problem), and I burned out so hard I had to drop them. Then I was the one not coping.
Assuming she’s able bodied and not incapacitated by her mental health your friend has choices here.
Even if they’re not something she wants to do, such as deferring for a while, withdrawing/failing and retaking the course, changing courses, or withdrawing/failing and going into work instead. I’m not sure how everything works now but she has options.
If she’s both physically disabled and her mental health is unmanaged/unmanageable she might actually be fucked but also you have the right to maintain boundaries and your own wellbeing.
Thanks Melba. I have linked her to appropriate supports and been encouraging. A voice of reason and self-compassion if you will. Now I will be disengaging to work on my own assignment due soon.
she's a drama queen
If you don’t have a lot of choices due to the service being subsidised some providers can be terrible. There’s also a shortage plus high demand.
But a lot of them do Zoom now. I think she just doesn’t want to. It’s easier to demand informal supports from a friend to just vent
Edit: Obligatory warning against using Better Help though
She is a student and has access to counselling and psychology through her uni. I sent her all the links. I think it's all a mental thing for her, like it is for me.
Yeah, I completely understand the mental barrier thing. But it is something she has to do herself. You’re doing what you can
Absolutely
I've been silently informed that just because I've come back from band rehearsal, doesn't mean I get to disrupt her quiet time by singing.
Goodnight all ❤️
Good night.
What are we doing today Skip?
Taking over the world! Oh wait..
I'm going go karting after work with work social club
I love how your work has a social club
It's pretty cool, so far I've gone to a wine tasting, comedy festival night, ummm some other things. Have missed a fair few things. I pay $5 per fortnight and every activity is heavily subsidised
That's so good! Every company should have something like it.
Spending the day on the couch with a wheat bag and chocolate.
I’ve got my wheatbag in the microwave as well speak.
Lego & vacuuming
We have a wedding to attend 😃
Practising for open mic night soon.
Sleeping because the roadworks etc
Maybe some video games but probs just more music stuff.
Maybe a night out if band rehearsal isn’t tonight.
Work
Finishing an assignment hopefully on time
Maybe watching an episode of something if I finish the assignment before the deadline.
Question of the day: What's something good that happened to you this week?
The other day the man and I had been out and about and when we got back home I said "You've either got a stone or nail in your tyre because i can hear click click click". I got out and had a look and yep there was a small screw in there. I felt like a hero because any more travelling and he would've been changing a tyre at 5am on the highway.
The derelict van belonging to the squatters in the local (derelict) milk bar got towed by the council. No more of their 3 flea-stricken mongrels wandering in and out of everyone's front yards. Yes those dogs were definitely NOT being looked after properly - all were entire males and challenged every other dog in the street and people too. Sometimes very loudly. They chased small children from the local school coming home, were fed mostly on KFC and were disobedient to their 'owners'. And the squatters' non-registered land cruiser got towed as well. I think everyone in the street rejoiced at the sudden increase in parking and now can walk their dogs without fear of large vet bills. And let their children come home after school unaccompanied. Which I think is healthy. There's far too much helicopter parenting nowadays. While I understand there's a housing crisis, and mental health (and drug) issues make it hard to find a cheap rental, keeping 3 hungry, disobedient dogs in a derelict van only a couple of blocks from a primary school is just plain bad pet parenting. I'm very glad indeed that there were no tragedies.
Definitely a win. There's so much wrong with this. Shit.
Hasn't been fun dealing with it. Fortunately my "I'm no one to mess with" mojo hadn't deserted me, so the dogs mostly stayed out of my yard. Lots of us here in the street were walking on eggs with regard to those dogs. We are SO GLAD they're gone. I don't think anyone got bitten, but imo it was only a matter of time.
I never narc on squatters but these guys were arseholes. I’m glad things are safer now. With the dogs free roaming they could have bitten a kid.
Was at the shops with my wife and and saw an elderly couple struggling with their trolley.
Took the trolley to their car, wife chatted with them. I loaded the groceries and they couldn't stop thanking us.
Was hoping to get in their will, but alas a thank you was enough.
That's so sweet. My husband is like that. Helps anyone who's struggling. That's why I love him.
Just because I hate people in general doesn't mean I ain't gonna help them.
At the same time I'll tell off a pensioner if they try cutting in line. Queueing is sacred regardless of age.
My mate bought his dog to the pub just now. Puppy time
Puppy alert! What kinda puppy?
Jack Russel at the pub today and a gooodle at work
Some back physio has really improved my life.
I love that for you. Can you share what you're doing to improve that?
I am walking faster ( not fast, just fast enough to bring different muscles into play ) and swinging my arms a very little.
I’ve reduced my internet time and pivoted my interactions a bit more to some nicer people. It’s early days and I feel like I should keep my internet usage minimal (plus one or two are still friends with the mean people - a bit worried they might follow me even though I left) but it’s a start. Not everyone is going to automatically hate you.
I finally managed to get the vets to prescribe the antibiotics. They were finally ready today but I missed picking them up (doh) but can tomorrow.
I’ve decided to accept a little help around the home sometimes, from maybe one person I trust.
Wow that's lucky!
I think I already commented it a few days ago, but people at uni asking me to paint with them! Also have received a bunch of compliments this week, which may or may not have boosted my ego 😊
Yes I did! So jealous! It's the small things that give you that boost to punch the air and continue! 🥰
Definitely the job. I’m not designed to have so much spare time. I find that I use my free time much more effectively when there is a hard limit.
That's definitely a good thing. Well done. 👏
Nothing in particular but it's just been a good week. I've been eating less animal based food. I've reconnected with a bunch of old friends. I've lost some more weight. My knee hurts which blows because I've been really enjoying doing more exercise. Spring, it's not kick-in-the-dick cold all the time. I've started doing an NDIS course to try and retrain my myo degree into something more useful to me. I seem to have a bunch more money than I thought. I normally don't pay much attention because I live so frugally and it's been stacking in the background. Not life changing money more like an extra grand for booze and toys - like the Ninja Creami, I'm having a tub of low-cal sorbet most days now - which is odd because I'm probably frugal to a fault so splashing out feels weird.
Not me, but on my way home I told a guy in the tram that his boots were the coolest thing I've seen all week (they were, pointed leather cowboy boots with red all over them, very baller). I like to think that is one thing that sticks with him as a highlight of his week!
I managed to get a "I feel like a proud dad" comment out of my boss when I pulled off a joke on him.
NAS win. Pulled the drives and blew on them like my Atari 2600, it booted back up no worries. Checked the error log, nothing recent.
I used to do that to my Gameboy cartridges lol, works like a charm
New Tame Impala album dropped. Still listening, but he's gone down a different direction from all his other stuff.
I did not like the pre-release singles I heard, but I am going to dive in anyway and hope for the best. Currents is one of my favourite albums ever, what happened?!
Agreed. Dracula sounds like it should have been a Dula Peepa track. Also that line about watching Family Guy?
I'm listening to the album right now, and so far I'm not really meshing with it. I miss his signature guitars and drums too. I feel like his older music was more 'eventful' if you catch my drift. E.g. the different parts of Let It Happen.
I predict Afterthought will be the commercial success from the album. Very much a dance track.
I don't dislike the album as much as the new Taylor Swift one though!
Do let me know what you think of the rest of the album when you listen to it :)
I have listened through a few times - also don't mind Afterthought, the first song isn't bad, and End of Summer has grown on me. But that's all the positive I have to say. It's just blah, what I love about Tame is the psych elements in the music and the catchy bass lines and melodies, and that's all but gone here and replaced with nothing interesting. Super disappointed.
Yep :( End of Summer has grown on me too, but I can't help hearing "I can feel it in my balls" in the chorus.
I spent an hour fighting with youtube revanced only to install new pipe via f-droid without issue and immediately start watching YT on mobile without ads.
I still haven’t got around the pin of this unused spare android to do that. I have an idea how but unsure if it’ll work and kinda gave up in the middle
I've had a lovely afternoon in the sun, planting some of my tubestock and listening to the kids next door having a great time playing outside with their parents. There is something very uplifting about hearing children play.
I'm a bit behind on where I would like to be with the planting - digging out the grass is tough work - but I am progressing steadily. I do have all the herbs planted now and the larger natives, it's mostly the smaller ones and ground covers to go. It is nice being able to go outside and see actual plants.
Nice! I especially love that you have dwarf lemons. (I had to go back to remind myself what plants you had.) They’ll be good for fish, lemon drinks, and maybe some jars of lemon butter.
My favourite variety is Meyer lemons
It's Friyayyy!
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Sweet 8/10
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many guesses involved todday.
3 I'll get back under my rock
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7/10 not bloody bad
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This just dropped on abcnews. Might be of some interest to people here. Common sense really, but it's kinda nice to see it spelled out.
Red flags for dating
I'm out of that game, but any Rule other than trust your gut is pointless. The apps have changed so much, it seems all swipe and no questionnaires anymore. Meet fast is fine, having the attention span of a gnat gets only one type of relationship.
Attention span of a gnat, going to steal that one :D
I also joke that I have the memory of a goldfish, it’s not my turn to have the brain cell, or that my two brain cells are fighting for third place
Train!
At Newport railyards I saw a goods train go by that had 60 cars ( I counted ) , heavy cars that had long bogies with big suspension, each car with bogie must have been 15 metres. Including the 3 engines the train would have been a kilometre long. All types of cars too, refrigerated, containers, chemical. All going to rural Victoria. :)
Cool.
My sister is acting like a mysterious teenager. She's trying to work her way up in her company into a team that's actually relevant to her studies and interests. Did an interview, doesn't want to talk about it. Ask her how she is, she will not respond. I think she thinks I'm prying, but either way, I hope she's fine
I don't think she thinks you're prying, she's playing it cool to minimise any disappointment. Once it's locked in she'll definitely want to celebrate with you.
She ended up saying the interview didn't go well!
Oh!
Maybe she just doesn't want to jinx it!
I think I may have found a hayfever hack by accident. Yesterday I took my telfast as usual but after a few hours I noticed it wasn't kicking in. I had a whopping headache, aches and pains. You know the deal. So I thought fuck this and I popped an ibuprofen with my coffee. After an hour or so I felt normal.
I'm trying this again today to see if it wasn't a fluke. Of course I'm not gonna do it every day. Will report back later with the findings when it's beer o'clock.
Metallica - St.Anger is a fucking banger song and I won’t hear otherwise
I've never understood the hate that album got.
It was album that came out following the doco Some Kind of Monster. Which I’ll admit didn’t paint them in a great light.
The metal community can be high grade cock waffles sometimes though and the Metallica hate was in vogue.
I read an opinion piece that St Anger is an alright album if you treat it like a punk album and skip the songs before they go on too long. I can see the appeal, but you're also saying 'This album is great if you skip half of it.'
There's probably a severely edited down version that goes alright. Like if they played a St Anger medley live like they'd do for Justice sometimes.
This glasses thing is really doing my head in. One pair has weird distortions, and both make me 'seasick' if I change focus. Understood they are for Reading but I don't want to puke if the cat meows for attention
Are they multi-focals? I believe they can sometimes take a bit of getting used to. But my first pair distorted things badly because they had done something wrong with the script and everything was bent out of shape, I had to get that pair replaced.
No, singles but mod strong? I can't move around in them at all, faceplant a wall bad
That sounds like there could be something wrong with them. I'd go back to the shop and have them checked out. The ones I had that were dodgy made everything at the top look bigger than the bottom and made me feel seasick if I walked around in them. Everything was in focus so it took a while to realise there was a serious problem with them and not just needing to get used to multifocals, but the distortion meant all the distances felt wrong, a bit like when you look through water and things are not quite where you expect them to be when you reach out to grab them. I think it was something to do with the measurement they do of where your pupils are that had been transcribed wrong.
Pretty much exactly that. My phone looks bent inwards and keystone effect on monitors. Totally taking them back.
Are they multifocals? They can take a couple of weeks to get used to
No, singles. What I don't get most is the supposedly identical scripts being so different
Oh dear… special earphones for phone seem to be broken and the standard pin style doesn’t fit, so I thought to go back to the trusty old iPod shuffle. Redownloading music to freshen the selection, oops computer entirely full? I better move important but less frequently accessed stuff like pictures over to the storage drive to make some room.
Dig through to find those drives and… it’s not there. There is no second drive for storage. When I’m pretty sure there was before, and there usually is. Is my own computer gaslighting me? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
::: spoiler spoiler I’m absolutely floundering in life and currently can’t organise my way out of a paper bag. Everything is a can of worms. But I wish I could back everything up, wipe the computer, change it to a version of Windows I don’t hate and then organise everything properly.
I intend to install Linux on old machine and could use that as a fresh start but I’m still trying to find a safe iso and the machine is a desktop which is hard for me to sit up at (as opposed to a laptop in bed). I’d put Linux on a laptop but there are some things that are Windows (or Mac) only 😩 I don’t think I can get them working on Linux.
Also some files I’m not sure how to reliably back up. :::
I hate Windows 11 so much and wish I never “upgraded”.
Tram ticket inspectors on st Kilda rd. Successfully confirmed even if they see you touch on only when they board they won't do anything. Quickly touched on when they got on right Infront of me, then presented Myki for checking and she was just like - don't worry I saw you touch on, you need to do that when you board the tram. And that was it
Are you a white male presenting person? Because that will probably help 😂
I’ve legit had them form some kind of weird circle around me. Which is when I sloooooowly try to find my myki so they start edging about giving me a fine lol
I s2g those twats are specifically trained to escalate situations
Yes. Can spot the goon power attitude a mile off even when they are 'plainclothes'
"plainclothes" but they all have those fat belts on with their readers and shite 😂😂 you're not fooling anyone ya failed police officers lol
How dare you make presumptions like that! Also yes
Half the fun is getting on the tram and as it's slowing down to stop, looking to see if there's ticket inspectors ready to board. If that's the case, this is my stop.
Ps. It's rare I don't have a ticket.
I've had the exact opposite happen on the bus. Watch you then come stomping on. Also demanding to see my concession card when I have a full fare ticket. Zero common sense.
My sister did that on the tram and they told her that she could've been fined! Interesting...
Newest historical series: newest whing about no underwear! King& you are found lacking
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Croissants sound good, I'll have those please.
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May I have a Mexican croissant?
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Can I please get a haircut and a burrito?
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A child sitting on your lap insisting they watch train videos on your phone means no ride in today. Since yesterday wasn't so bad, I wonder if all that rain planned for next week will pan out?