Looking at the new Mcmansion build going up next door:
Oops! shouldn't laugh but lol.
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melbaboutown - 1mon
They’ve got a swimming pool!
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Bottom_racer - 1mon
lol. So the 'real' swimming pool they're doing is on the right near that concrete corner which is probably 1.5 metres deeper than what you see currently. It's clay heavy soil so there'll be a lot of swearing on wednesday heh.
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Catfish - 1mon
Hoping that doesn't become next door's problem. Looks damn close
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anotherspringchicken - 1mon
In-ground pool! Maybe they’ll let you use it if you ask nicely
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Bottom_racer - 1mon
Free mud bath and clay mask :)
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
The man went to get his script filled from a different chemist and he happened to have the last box with him (empty because he'd already taken that months worth) because he wanted to point out that he didn't wanted these ones because the pills were too big.
The lady said "wait that box is not on this script but I'll get the pharmacist". The pharmacist then told him that these are the wrong blood pressure tablets and that they are 8× the dosage (he is on the lightest dosage). She took photos and escalated the complaint.
Now the original chemist has contacted him apologising profusely and wants him to come in for a check up. He wants to know what he can get for free because they tried to kill him.
I've said this before the man is a machine.
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
Stonefaced, ask for a handy.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
They keep asking him if he's had any bad reactions and he says "no". I told him next time they ask, tell them you've been eating more icecream lately and you think your dick's grown a few more inches and see what they say.
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melbaboutown - 1mon
He should start reeling off pregnancy symptoms
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
Yessss!!!!
I told him "tell them your wife plucked a long white hair that look like a cat whisker from your eyebrow today. Could that be a symptom?".
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melbaboutown - 1mon
Claim hairy palms
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
😂
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Pilk - 1mon
Has he been feeling dizzy or anything like that lately? That is alarming. Maybe you can get a big box of jellybeans.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
No. No dizzy. No fainting. Maybe a bit more tired than usual but that's cos he's actually working more these days.
Fuck yeah it's alarming considering he drives machinery.
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
tiredness can be a symptom
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
True but he averages 18000 steps a day but last 2 weeks he was doing around 25000 a day so it could be that too.
He got his shipment of chilli that he's been high on so even if there were anymore symptoms he wouldn't know it.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
Firstly, what a fucking legend.
Secondly, I'd be wanting a fuck tonne of stuff for almost killing me.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
BTC shopping would be a dream come true.
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
shopping basket in the pharmacy
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
I feel like I'm getting the raw end of the deal somehow.
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melbaboutown - 1mon
Is it 3 ply?
I hope she realises that just a few years ago toilet paper was a luxury prized above rubies
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
it's such a simple thing and it makes her happy 😸
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SituationCake - 1mon
So I’ve had a slow creep of weight in the last couple of years, and though it’s not super excessive it’s the heaviest I’ve been and not a trend I want to continue. Gonna try and reduce the snacking and cook some lower calorie foods for a while. Also gonna attempt some fitness improvement, but I’m a pretty sedantry person so need to start gentle. If anyone has recommendations for apps or youtubers etc for beginner fitness would love any tips.
Edit: love all these great recommendations, thankyou all!
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
I've been using this calisthenics program for surgery recovery/rehab. It starts at a pretty easy level with progressions as you get fitter. A friend said I was looking musclier the other day but it's probably the weight loss.
On YT I like "Chloe Ting" and "Move with Nicole" for other good workout vids. Girls and Boys muscles are pretty similar and when I watch female exercise youtubers I don't get incel algo spam with it.
I walk to one park, do a workout set, walk to the next park and do the other set and then home. I do that twice a day on the dog walks.
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tone212_ - 1mon
Walking is very effective, low impact, the weather is (usually) better for this now. Work up to 10,000 steps a day. Good luck!
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LowExperience2368 - 1mon
Also an interval walk consisting of 3 minutes of fast walking followed by 3 minutes of slow walking, repeated until 30 minutes is reached, can be effective
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
make sure you have very good shoes and never exercise/walk through pain. "No pain, no injuries."
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SituationCake - 1mon
That’s good advice. I’m pretty lucky, no current injuries. Just need to work on getting started!
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SituationCake - 1mon
I used to do a lot more walking in the past due do different location and job, maybe that’s part of the problem, less incidental exercise. Will be getting out there once the weather clears!
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thatKamGuy @sh.itjust.works - 1mon
Depends a lot on your personality; some people are successful with dramatic dietary shifts - I had success just straight switching to keto 7ish years ago, and it helped me drop 42kg over ~18 months. But I know for others such a drastic shift can be too over-whelming and smaller changes snowballing over time have worked better.
I’m pointing this out to begin with, because that there is no one-size-fits-all solution; everyone’s path is going to be a little bit different - and it comes down to your individual relationship with food.
Weight loss is ultimately all about one thing; a caloric deficit. Work out what your Total Daily Energy Expenditure is (there are heaps of calculators online), start tracking your calories using an app like MyFitnessPal or Cronometer (at least initially, until you get a feel for it), and find a way to comfortably, sustainably maintain a caloric deficit.
Exercise is a great booster, but you can’t put-exercise a bad diet. Focus on the food first, and slowly add in exercise gradually over time. Walks are a great way to get some sunshine, fresh air, and catch up on your favourite podcasts or audiobooks.
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
drastic dietary change here
found out I am allergic to milk and to yeast a few months ago ( can't even have vegemite and right now my lips and tongue are on fire from having one piece of bread )
no cheese, yoghurt, butter, milk, ice cream, or anything made with above, including chocolate
no breads or vegemite,
I haven't tested beer yet , this is the worst, I love beer
it's really hard, I have stopped buying so much , have changed how I cook but I still have some occasionally, it just causes reactions
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SituationCake - 1mon
Well done, this sounds really tough!
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SituationCake - 1mon
Congrats on the 42kg! I only need to shift about 10 to get back to my regular weight. Just want to get on top of things before it keeps going in the wrong direction. I think drastic or strict diet is not sustainable for me, I think a general overall reduction in calories will be the goal.
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melbaboutown - 1mon
Try out the stuff geared at rehab and oldies as it’s gentler, and really watch the potential for injuries.
Go for core strength first as it will really help.
Pilates is a lot more supported than yoga and doesn’t necessarily require much more equipment but classes are more expensive.
Also swimming might be an option? Low impact exercise. (Though I hate bathing suits and changing rooms)
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Thornburywitch - 1mon
Cherry tomatoes make great snacking foods, and baby cukes too. Also nourishing.
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
yum :)
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Thornburywitch - 1mon
And you can dip them.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
Look at Tom's Guide. Their articles will often have YouTube links. There's something for everyone.
My starting point was walking to the shops with a small backpack to get that night's tea. There's no room for snacks that way.
When the dog takes me for a walk I still take my backpack and I put weights in there.
Good luck.
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anotherspringchicken - 1mon
Do you like yoga? Yoga with Adriene is good and there’s lots of levels (on YouTube)
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SituationCake - 1mon
Will check it out.
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melbaboutown - 1mon
There’s also chair yoga which you can do seated
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
Something that worked for me in the beginning was to stop eating when I was full.
That made a big difference when I was trying to lose weight.
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PeelerSheila - 1mon
I agree with SaneMartigan about the Hybrid Calisthenics, Hampton is really good with motivation and encouragement for all levels of ability. I've been using an app called FitOn which has heaps of free on demand content to try, everything from quick 5 minute routines to lengthier total body workouts. There are some fabulous trainers on there who are super encouraging and I've been using it for about 3 months and loving it.
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
Heh, The Andrew formally known as Prince.
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Catfish - 1mon
What about the cunt? Hasn't been exiled and attainded.
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
Yeah, he's been kicked further down the road.
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TheWitchofThornbury2 - 1mon
His two daughters have kept their titles though.
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
I'm up. 😵💫
back wants more lie down
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Catfish - 1mon
He has showered. He has not seen the new ducks. starting count down...
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tombruzzo - 1mon
I showed the boys the 2015 Jurassic World yesterday. I see it as more of an action movie than a horror movie but it has that horror movie DNA because everyone in the movie is an idiot and the whole thing could have been avoided if there weren't some glaring plot holes and people thought about things for a second
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PeelerSheila - 1mon
The stupid is strong with that movie for sure. I watched it last year with my tween/young teen kids and it was cringe/comedy 😆
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LowExperience2368 - 1mon
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
Sitting watching the rain through the bedroom window cuddled with the ball of fluff.
Ah the serenity.
Goodnight all ❤️
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SpinMeRound - 1mon
I get to pick the Spotify playlist today, taking into account that there's 2 other people on the floor, although one can't hear the radio from her desk. Hmmm, the possibilities!!!
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MeanElevator - 1mon
I'm working from home and my motivation is essentially non existent. I have two (maybe 3 tasks) that I'll complete within the hour and then just be 'present' on teams for the rest of the day.
At least I can curate my own tunes :)
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SpinMeRound - 1mon
Yeah, my motivation is the same. Physically, I showed up for work and that's enough for today.
With early 2000s Euro Trance for the music, will change if there's any complaints!
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MeanElevator - 1mon
If your coworkers don't like DJ Scooter, they're just wrong.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
So I'm making an executive decision.
Due to the weather, the zonk will be extended for 1 more day.
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Catfish - 1mon
Ok bad drawing club tomorrow, Chuck a sicky, this is important
Also, book launch for the last Miss Fisher is on Sat. Please Do
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force_majeure1234 @lemmy.world - 1mon
Today we had 19 or 20 people call in sick from our Melbourne office today, normal amount for a Monday might be 5
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Catfish - 1mon
I booked mine. Not back 'til next week
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Taleya - 1mon
Yeah i took monday and friday off. Five day weekend for pennies.
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
I had four meetings, but one was DnD.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
What are we drawing? Horses, boobs or cats arses?
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Catfish - 1mon
Change it hourly ?!
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
Yeah. I'm up for that as long as you're the MC and it doesn't start too early. 👍
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Catfish - 1mon
If I am MC 4:30 is likely
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
Oh shit. Up with the crack of the birds.
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TheWitchofThornbury2 - 1mon
So draw that.
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Nath - 1mon
Did Kerry Greenwood get a book in the works before passing?
Shhhhh! Nobody tell my wife. That's Christmas pressie fodder, that is!
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Catfish - 1mon
She did. Was dictating to her Wizard. I believe there will be one more Corrina also.
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anotherspringchicken - 1mon
I’m up for bad drawing club. What do we do?
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Catfish - 1mon
Destructions posted
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StudSpud The Starchy - 1mon
Vacuumed, moved the desk from back room to dining room and moved partners PC on there instead, and moved dining table the other day. Today I put away the clean clothes, wiped down the counters, moved the tv from back room to dining table, and have set up the PS4. Next is setting up the PS2, because SOMEONE* forgot the PS4 isn't compatible with PS2 games, and SOMEONE* wants to play Ratchet and Clank.
^*the "someone" is meeee^
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
Emulation? The PC is compatible with PS2 games.
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StudSpud The Starchy - 1mon
I've done it before on my old PC, I'd just need to do it again for my current PC. But tbh I have my PS1 and PS2 and their accompanying games from when I was a kid still, and I want the feeling of playing those games on a console like I used to do. A console that isn't connected to the internet not requires me to sign in or do updates; it's just the machine, the game, and me. There's something about that that I'm chasing I think
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
I feel ya. I've got a little Dell PC setup for emulation with no internet. It's still nice but it's no console. I mostly play 4 player Shadows of Mystaria (DnD),
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
I have a lake and now I need the ducks 🦆🦆🦆
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melbaboutown - 1mon
backstrokes past
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Alamutjones - 1mon
I have gymed, acquired food and attempted to dry out.
I’m going to watch The Taming Of Kittens in An Eatly Medieval Mercian Farmhouse
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
today as part of UnKAOS I am talking another bag of stuff to the opshop
then will reorg my desk and study
I'm doing ok
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melbaboutown - 1mon
I’m back on Mt Washmore
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
Hot dam, changed from Flip 25/12 to Tangerine 500/50 last night and it's already gone through this morning.
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DolphinLundgrin - 1mon
Yeah, my recent change took 30mins!
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Catfish - 1mon
Spotlight is carnage!!!
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Nath - 1mon
Isn't it always?
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force_majeure1234 @lemmy.world - 1mon
On my way to work. This is sucks
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
day 4 of a different eye shadow every day, it's been cool so far
i haven't hit the crazy colours like lime green yet ...lol
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SpinMeRound - 1mon
Oooh, I didn't know this was a thing we're doing! Can I join in?! I love eyeshadow, the sparkly-er the better!!
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
You are very welcome to join in. :)
Today I did very sparkly gold with a green bronze eyeliner
and I just do this kind of thing periodically might be earrings or clothes or whatever, music or movies I have, I have to wear or use every one of them
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SpinMeRound - 1mon
Fabulous! I've got a slightly pink chunky glitter I bought back from Japan that's part of a palette. I like this idea of this forcing me to reach for the ones I don't often use.
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
chunky pink glitter sounds awesome :D
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tombruzzo - 1mon
We went to the cafe Three Bags Full in Abbotsford after the museum and it was the perfect way to cap off the day because they give out little dinosaur figures with their babycinos. I didn't even know they did that, we just went there because the Star Wars cafe was full
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PeelerSheila - 1mon
You didn't miss much with the star wars cafe. It was a fairly underwhelming $ grab. Not a bad coffee. Nice service but really really average food.
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tombruzzo - 1mon
I'll go if things line up but as you said I'm not going to go out of my way for it. The boys haven't even properly watched Star Wars to appreciate it yet
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Alamutjones - 1mon
Three Bags Full has been excellent for years. I used to live in the area, and it’s been consistent for about a decade
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tombruzzo - 1mon
I lived there around when it opened and it's good to see most of the cafes in the area have stuck around.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
Bad news: The beer fridge has died 😔 Good news: Aldi have one on sale this week 😎
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SituationCake - 1mon
When a door closes a window opens.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
The beer fairies are looking down on me
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
The Beer Fairies were lovely in Nutcracker Sweet :) 🩰
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LowExperience2368 - 1mon
When the door to the beer fridge closes, another beer fridge's door opens?
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
Perfect at home weather!
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LowExperience2368 - 1mon
Sky pretty
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LowExperience2368 - 1mon
What in the weather is this? Half the people at work were in t-shirts, half in jumpers. I am currently team t-shirt, even as someone who gets cold easily. My dad is in fleece jacket with the heater on. I hope he doesn't have the flu too, but I have been staying in my room.
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melbaboutown - 1mon
I know right? Thankfully I dress in layers
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Eagle - 1mon
I've worked all day quite comfortably in short sleeves, got home and promptly put a warm cardi on.
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force_majeure1234 @lemmy.world - 1mon
I decided a month ago it was summer clothes weather. No backsies
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LowExperience2368 - 1mon
👀
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SpinMeRound - 1mon
I'm in a t shirt, but mostly because I have my own layer of blubber to keep myself warm.
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melbaboutown - 1mon
I tried to sleep through the night the best I could, but now have the dry horrors. Sipping slowly.
Melbcat has breakfasted and requires cuddles. I’m going to try and get her to finish the last little skerrick and then apply her nose cream.
Looking at an old picture I did and wondering why I’m so much better at drawing objects than people.
Edit: I mean to say it’s that unpleasant anxious dry throat stage of dehydration that makes you feel terrible. I’m not experiencing delirium tremens
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PeelerSheila - 1mon
I wondered the same about myself with drawing, my people always seem 2D. I think, for me anyway, it's because objects are kind of static whereas people have this sort of life essence that's hard to capture.
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melbaboutown - 1mon
I think people are a lot more complicated with more parts :(
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PeelerSheila - 1mon
When I draw people's faces there's a liveliness that's missing, they all look like zombies or on drugs lol.
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Alamutjones - 1mon
I have to go the gym. I would rather not
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
Installed Bazzite cos F win11. Pretty easy.
Steam: Helldivers2, Overwatch2, Baulders Gate3, Hollow knight, master of magic, lego LOTR all work without any issues tweaks, maybe need some performance tweaks.
Also Borderlands 3 (on Epic) installed via Linux's Heroic Games launcher (epic/gog/amazon front end), zero weird linux backend research to work. Clicked install, clicked run, ran.
There's a bunch of design choices I don't like about the Bazzite GUI, but it's free and runs games.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
I wish the audio stuff I use could be run on Linux without a large compute cost for virtualisation
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
How large a cost tho, C/GPUs are getting pretty powerful and *nix is getting better and better.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
I'm upgrading to a series 7 amd so I'll give it a go with a dual boot.
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
You know about the dual boot dance with bios safety features these days yeah?
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
I didn't, but I do now lol
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SaneMartigan - 1mon
You're supposed to enroll a security key into bios for the partition... or disable the security.
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
I took a big bag of stuff to the opshop. 👍 I have sorted it all out now, only 2 bags to take now.
and I came home with a set of 3 small nicely framed prints of seascapes. 👍 I did an image search and they are by Konstantin Volantis, the Turner of Greece and painted Circa 1870s . They are lovely and tell a story. One is of traditional boat maintenance . Another is fishermen in a squall, the last is of the market in a small fishing village, probably the village he grew up in. I'm imagining these pictures hanging up in the home of Greek immigrants ( who I assume came in the 50s or 60s, like my parents came from Europe too ) and for them they would have evoked memories of Greek places and pride in modern artistic heritage. I will love them too. :)
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Catfish - 1mon
Do I dare order myself a large finger rock from Poland? Last attempt from Germany resulted in 8 months of excuses, a full refund, but ultimately a loss due to exchange rates
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
what is a Polish finger rock?
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Catfish - 1mon
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
Is this NSFW Dirty Monday or what? Cos I'm ready to listen.
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 1mon
There maybe some drinking tonight. 🎉🍺 🎶 🎤
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melbaboutown - 1mon
I take it back, I’m not good at drawing objects either.
Screeeee
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Seagoon_ - 1mon
practice
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melbaboutown - 1mon
I drew a good thing a year ago, then a really bad thing that was very similar just now… I swear the art is just getting worse
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Catfish - 1mon
Bad drawing club tomorrow?
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melbaboutown - 1mon
Heh there’s an idea. Maybe there should be a booby prize (and possibly a suggestion of what people should draw)
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Catfish - 1mon
Boobs! Not sure this Instance allows those. But I'm up for whatever
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melbaboutown - 1mon
I dunno about boobs, the Australian gubmint would instantly card us all if we had those. Also I only know how to draw arse
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Catfish - 1mon
Rightio, only cat bums.
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StudSpud The Starchy - 1mon
Okay dayum I am sucked into Boulet Brothers Dragula show 😂 I'm gonna have to keep this Shudder sub so I can watch this new season airing at the moment.
Gosh the contestants are so dramatic and messy, so talented and fantastic performers, it's my new favourite show. The comebacks and witty remarks they have are just fucking killing me, like all of them have to go to the burn ward. But the show is so inclusive, all queers who are into horror drag are welcome regardless of identity. It's such a great performance and reality show, I love my trash.
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tombruzzo - 1mon
You should track down and watch Orgy Of The Dead by Ed Wood. I wish a service like Shudder acquired the rights and just turned it into an annual burlesque variety show. The premise has such great potential.
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StudSpud The Starchy - 1mon
OOOOOOO I'll check it out thank you for the recc 🙏💜
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LowExperience2368 - 1mon
Time to smash out this presentation. It's only 10 minutes long so 1500 ish words equivalent, plus 10 minutes of question time. They said the questions aren't designed to catch us out, but why ask questions if they won't catch us out?
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 1mon
What's the topic?
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LowExperience2368 - 1mon
It's hard to explain, but broadly, it's about assessment in education.
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Catfish - 1mon
Next Sat is the launch of the last ever Miss Fisher novel. Do come support Kerry's Wizard/Wombat
Something that makes me feel okay with going to work today instead of taking the most obvious sickie ever
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bacon - 1mon
🤧🤮🤢📄
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Eagle - 1mon
I'm here for the bludge. Hopefully.
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Thornburywitch - 1mon
Full smorgasbord and about half a litre of schnapps please.
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bacon - 1mon
🧈🍞🥖🥨🥐🥯🪿🦆🦜🐥🥩🍖🛢️
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Catfish - 1mon
Pineapple juice and a slice of quiche please
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bacon - 1mon
🍍🥤🥚🥧
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Catfish - 1mon
Thankyou Chef
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SituationCake - 1mon
Very wet.
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tombruzzo - 1mon
So, not really any music recording done but I faffed around with some stuff I've been meaning to do like figuring out how to make my Circuit Tracks and Rhythm talk to each other. There's a bunch of music stuff I've been meaning to set up or learn so maybe I do that in the evenings after the kids go down instead of just playing games. If I don't end up recording anything, I'll be the most set up to record things when I'm readdy.
YarraByte in melbourne
Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 November 2025
Just got back from the bellarine.
Looking at the new Mcmansion build going up next door:
Oops! shouldn't laugh but lol.
They’ve got a swimming pool!
lol. So the 'real' swimming pool they're doing is on the right near that concrete corner which is probably 1.5 metres deeper than what you see currently. It's clay heavy soil so there'll be a lot of swearing on wednesday heh.
Hoping that doesn't become next door's problem. Looks damn close
In-ground pool! Maybe they’ll let you use it if you ask nicely
Free mud bath and clay mask :)
The man went to get his script filled from a different chemist and he happened to have the last box with him (empty because he'd already taken that months worth) because he wanted to point out that he didn't wanted these ones because the pills were too big.
The lady said "wait that box is not on this script but I'll get the pharmacist". The pharmacist then told him that these are the wrong blood pressure tablets and that they are 8× the dosage (he is on the lightest dosage). She took photos and escalated the complaint.
Now the original chemist has contacted him apologising profusely and wants him to come in for a check up. He wants to know what he can get for free because they tried to kill him.
I've said this before the man is a machine.
Stonefaced, ask for a handy.
They keep asking him if he's had any bad reactions and he says "no". I told him next time they ask, tell them you've been eating more icecream lately and you think your dick's grown a few more inches and see what they say.
He should start reeling off pregnancy symptoms
Yessss!!!!
I told him "tell them your wife plucked a long white hair that look like a cat whisker from your eyebrow today. Could that be a symptom?".
Claim hairy palms
😂
Has he been feeling dizzy or anything like that lately? That is alarming. Maybe you can get a big box of jellybeans.
No. No dizzy. No fainting. Maybe a bit more tired than usual but that's cos he's actually working more these days.
Fuck yeah it's alarming considering he drives machinery.
tiredness can be a symptom
True but he averages 18000 steps a day but last 2 weeks he was doing around 25000 a day so it could be that too.
He got his shipment of chilli that he's been high on so even if there were anymore symptoms he wouldn't know it.
Firstly, what a fucking legend.
Secondly, I'd be wanting a fuck tonne of stuff for almost killing me.
BTC shopping would be a dream come true.
shopping basket in the pharmacy
I feel like I'm getting the raw end of the deal somehow.
Is it 3 ply?
I hope she realises that just a few years ago toilet paper was a luxury prized above rubies
it's such a simple thing and it makes her happy 😸
So I’ve had a slow creep of weight in the last couple of years, and though it’s not super excessive it’s the heaviest I’ve been and not a trend I want to continue. Gonna try and reduce the snacking and cook some lower calorie foods for a while. Also gonna attempt some fitness improvement, but I’m a pretty sedantry person so need to start gentle. If anyone has recommendations for apps or youtubers etc for beginner fitness would love any tips.
Edit: love all these great recommendations, thankyou all!
I've been using this calisthenics program for surgery recovery/rehab. It starts at a pretty easy level with progressions as you get fitter. A friend said I was looking musclier the other day but it's probably the weight loss.
On YT I like "Chloe Ting" and "Move with Nicole" for other good workout vids. Girls and Boys muscles are pretty similar and when I watch female exercise youtubers I don't get incel algo spam with it.
I walk to one park, do a workout set, walk to the next park and do the other set and then home. I do that twice a day on the dog walks.
Walking is very effective, low impact, the weather is (usually) better for this now. Work up to 10,000 steps a day. Good luck!
Also an interval walk consisting of 3 minutes of fast walking followed by 3 minutes of slow walking, repeated until 30 minutes is reached, can be effective
make sure you have very good shoes and never exercise/walk through pain. "No pain, no injuries."
That’s good advice. I’m pretty lucky, no current injuries. Just need to work on getting started!
I used to do a lot more walking in the past due do different location and job, maybe that’s part of the problem, less incidental exercise. Will be getting out there once the weather clears!
Depends a lot on your personality; some people are successful with dramatic dietary shifts - I had success just straight switching to keto 7ish years ago, and it helped me drop 42kg over ~18 months. But I know for others such a drastic shift can be too over-whelming and smaller changes snowballing over time have worked better.
I’m pointing this out to begin with, because that there is no one-size-fits-all solution; everyone’s path is going to be a little bit different - and it comes down to your individual relationship with food.
Weight loss is ultimately all about one thing; a caloric deficit. Work out what your Total Daily Energy Expenditure is (there are heaps of calculators online), start tracking your calories using an app like MyFitnessPal or Cronometer (at least initially, until you get a feel for it), and find a way to comfortably, sustainably maintain a caloric deficit.
Exercise is a great booster, but you can’t put-exercise a bad diet. Focus on the food first, and slowly add in exercise gradually over time. Walks are a great way to get some sunshine, fresh air, and catch up on your favourite podcasts or audiobooks.
drastic dietary change here
found out I am allergic to milk and to yeast a few months ago ( can't even have vegemite and right now my lips and tongue are on fire from having one piece of bread )
no cheese, yoghurt, butter, milk, ice cream, or anything made with above, including chocolate
no breads or vegemite,
I haven't tested beer yet , this is the worst, I love beer
it's really hard, I have stopped buying so much , have changed how I cook but I still have some occasionally, it just causes reactions
Well done, this sounds really tough!
Congrats on the 42kg! I only need to shift about 10 to get back to my regular weight. Just want to get on top of things before it keeps going in the wrong direction. I think drastic or strict diet is not sustainable for me, I think a general overall reduction in calories will be the goal.
Try out the stuff geared at rehab and oldies as it’s gentler, and really watch the potential for injuries.
Go for core strength first as it will really help.
Pilates is a lot more supported than yoga and doesn’t necessarily require much more equipment but classes are more expensive.
Also swimming might be an option? Low impact exercise. (Though I hate bathing suits and changing rooms)
Cherry tomatoes make great snacking foods, and baby cukes too. Also nourishing.
yum :)
And you can dip them.
Look at Tom's Guide. Their articles will often have YouTube links. There's something for everyone.
Fitness Coverage | Tom's Guide https://share.google/Lu9i67OPnklviuOFH
For healthy recipes I like The healthy food guide magazine found in the supermarket or their website.
Healthy Food Guide - Delicious recipes and expert diet advice https://share.google/pI3VyO6u0xD4Qk8xd
And The fast 800
Healthy Weight Loss Recipes | The Fast 800 https://share.google/eOQGWWeTjNPFXKn8E
These look great
My starting point was walking to the shops with a small backpack to get that night's tea. There's no room for snacks that way.
When the dog takes me for a walk I still take my backpack and I put weights in there.
Good luck.
Do you like yoga? Yoga with Adriene is good and there’s lots of levels (on YouTube)
Will check it out.
There’s also chair yoga which you can do seated
Something that worked for me in the beginning was to stop eating when I was full.
That made a big difference when I was trying to lose weight.
I agree with SaneMartigan about the Hybrid Calisthenics, Hampton is really good with motivation and encouragement for all levels of ability. I've been using an app called FitOn which has heaps of free on demand content to try, everything from quick 5 minute routines to lengthier total body workouts. There are some fabulous trainers on there who are super encouraging and I've been using it for about 3 months and loving it.
Heh, The Andrew formally known as Prince.
What about the cunt? Hasn't been exiled and attainded.
Yeah, he's been kicked further down the road.
His two daughters have kept their titles though.
I'm up. 😵💫
back wants more lie down
He has showered. He has not seen the new ducks. starting count down...
I showed the boys the 2015 Jurassic World yesterday. I see it as more of an action movie than a horror movie but it has that horror movie DNA because everyone in the movie is an idiot and the whole thing could have been avoided if there weren't some glaring plot holes and people thought about things for a second
The stupid is strong with that movie for sure. I watched it last year with my tween/young teen kids and it was cringe/comedy 😆
Sitting watching the rain through the bedroom window cuddled with the ball of fluff.
Ah the serenity.
Goodnight all ❤️
I get to pick the Spotify playlist today, taking into account that there's 2 other people on the floor, although one can't hear the radio from her desk. Hmmm, the possibilities!!!
I'm working from home and my motivation is essentially non existent. I have two (maybe 3 tasks) that I'll complete within the hour and then just be 'present' on teams for the rest of the day.
At least I can curate my own tunes :)
Yeah, my motivation is the same. Physically, I showed up for work and that's enough for today.
With early 2000s Euro Trance for the music, will change if there's any complaints!
If your coworkers don't like DJ Scooter, they're just wrong.
So I'm making an executive decision.
Due to the weather, the zonk will be extended for 1 more day.
Ok bad drawing club tomorrow, Chuck a sicky, this is important
Also, book launch for the last Miss Fisher is on Sat. Please Do
Today we had 19 or 20 people call in sick from our Melbourne office today, normal amount for a Monday might be 5
I booked mine. Not back 'til next week
Yeah i took monday and friday off. Five day weekend for pennies.
I had four meetings, but one was DnD.
What are we drawing? Horses, boobs or cats arses?
Change it hourly ?!
Yeah. I'm up for that as long as you're the MC and it doesn't start too early. 👍
If I am MC 4:30 is likely
Oh shit. Up with the crack of the birds.
So draw that.
Did Kerry Greenwood get a book in the works before passing?
Shhhhh! Nobody tell my wife. That's Christmas pressie fodder, that is!
She did. Was dictating to her Wizard. I believe there will be one more Corrina also.
I’m up for bad drawing club. What do we do?
Destructions posted
Vacuumed, moved the desk from back room to dining room and moved partners PC on there instead, and moved dining table the other day. Today I put away the clean clothes, wiped down the counters, moved the tv from back room to dining table, and have set up the PS4. Next is setting up the PS2, because SOMEONE* forgot the PS4 isn't compatible with PS2 games, and SOMEONE* wants to play Ratchet and Clank.
^*the "someone" is meeee^
Emulation? The PC is compatible with PS2 games.
I've done it before on my old PC, I'd just need to do it again for my current PC. But tbh I have my PS1 and PS2 and their accompanying games from when I was a kid still, and I want the feeling of playing those games on a console like I used to do. A console that isn't connected to the internet not requires me to sign in or do updates; it's just the machine, the game, and me. There's something about that that I'm chasing I think
I feel ya. I've got a little Dell PC setup for emulation with no internet. It's still nice but it's no console. I mostly play 4 player Shadows of Mystaria (DnD),
I have a lake and now I need the ducks 🦆🦆🦆
backstrokes past
I have gymed, acquired food and attempted to dry out.
I’m going to watch The Taming Of Kittens in An Eatly Medieval Mercian Farmhouse
today as part of UnKAOS I am talking another bag of stuff to the opshop
then will reorg my desk and study
I'm doing ok
I’m back on Mt Washmore
Hot dam, changed from Flip 25/12 to Tangerine 500/50 last night and it's already gone through this morning.
Yeah, my recent change took 30mins!
Spotlight is carnage!!!
Isn't it always?
On my way to work. This is sucks
day 4 of a different eye shadow every day, it's been cool so far
i haven't hit the crazy colours like lime green yet ...lol
Oooh, I didn't know this was a thing we're doing! Can I join in?! I love eyeshadow, the sparkly-er the better!!
You are very welcome to join in. :)
Today I did very sparkly gold with a green bronze eyeliner
and I just do this kind of thing periodically might be earrings or clothes or whatever, music or movies I have, I have to wear or use every one of them
Fabulous! I've got a slightly pink chunky glitter I bought back from Japan that's part of a palette. I like this idea of this forcing me to reach for the ones I don't often use.
chunky pink glitter sounds awesome :D
We went to the cafe Three Bags Full in Abbotsford after the museum and it was the perfect way to cap off the day because they give out little dinosaur figures with their babycinos. I didn't even know they did that, we just went there because the Star Wars cafe was full
You didn't miss much with the star wars cafe. It was a fairly underwhelming $ grab. Not a bad coffee. Nice service but really really average food.
I'll go if things line up but as you said I'm not going to go out of my way for it. The boys haven't even properly watched Star Wars to appreciate it yet
Three Bags Full has been excellent for years. I used to live in the area, and it’s been consistent for about a decade
I lived there around when it opened and it's good to see most of the cafes in the area have stuck around.
Bad news: The beer fridge has died 😔 Good news: Aldi have one on sale this week 😎
When a door closes a window opens.
The beer fairies are looking down on me
The Beer Fairies were lovely in Nutcracker Sweet :) 🩰
When the door to the beer fridge closes, another beer fridge's door opens?
Perfect at home weather!
Sky pretty
What in the weather is this? Half the people at work were in t-shirts, half in jumpers. I am currently team t-shirt, even as someone who gets cold easily. My dad is in fleece jacket with the heater on. I hope he doesn't have the flu too, but I have been staying in my room.
I know right? Thankfully I dress in layers
I've worked all day quite comfortably in short sleeves, got home and promptly put a warm cardi on.
I decided a month ago it was summer clothes weather. No backsies
👀
I'm in a t shirt, but mostly because I have my own layer of blubber to keep myself warm.
I tried to sleep through the night the best I could,
but now have the dry horrors. Sipping slowly.Melbcat has breakfasted and requires cuddles. I’m going to try and get her to finish the last little skerrick and then apply her nose cream.
Looking at an old picture I did and wondering why I’m so much better at drawing objects than people.
Edit: I mean to say it’s that unpleasant anxious dry throat stage of dehydration that makes you feel terrible. I’m not experiencing delirium tremens
I wondered the same about myself with drawing, my people always seem 2D. I think, for me anyway, it's because objects are kind of static whereas people have this sort of life essence that's hard to capture.
I think people are a lot more complicated with more parts :(
When I draw people's faces there's a liveliness that's missing, they all look like zombies or on drugs lol.
I have to go the gym. I would rather not
Installed Bazzite cos F win11. Pretty easy.
Steam: Helldivers2, Overwatch2, Baulders Gate3, Hollow knight, master of magic, lego LOTR all work without any issues tweaks, maybe need some performance tweaks.
Also Borderlands 3 (on Epic) installed via Linux's Heroic Games launcher (epic/gog/amazon front end), zero weird linux backend research to work. Clicked install, clicked run, ran.
There's a bunch of design choices I don't like about the Bazzite GUI, but it's free and runs games.
I wish the audio stuff I use could be run on Linux without a large compute cost for virtualisation
How large a cost tho, C/GPUs are getting pretty powerful and *nix is getting better and better.
I'm upgrading to a series 7 amd so I'll give it a go with a dual boot.
You know about the dual boot dance with bios safety features these days yeah?
I didn't, but I do now lol
You're supposed to enroll a security key into bios for the partition... or disable the security.
I took a big bag of stuff to the opshop. 👍 I have sorted it all out now, only 2 bags to take now.
and I came home with a set of 3 small nicely framed prints of seascapes. 👍 I did an image search and they are by Konstantin Volantis, the Turner of Greece and painted Circa 1870s . They are lovely and tell a story. One is of traditional boat maintenance . Another is fishermen in a squall, the last is of the market in a small fishing village, probably the village he grew up in. I'm imagining these pictures hanging up in the home of Greek immigrants ( who I assume came in the 50s or 60s, like my parents came from Europe too ) and for them they would have evoked memories of Greek places and pride in modern artistic heritage. I will love them too. :)
Do I dare order myself a large finger rock from Poland? Last attempt from Germany resulted in 8 months of excuses, a full refund, but ultimately a loss due to exchange rates
what is a Polish finger rock?
Is this NSFW Dirty Monday or what? Cos I'm ready to listen.
There maybe some drinking tonight. 🎉🍺 🎶 🎤
I take it back, I’m not good at drawing objects either.
Screeeee
practice
I drew a good thing a year ago, then a really bad thing that was very similar just now… I swear the art is just getting worse
Bad drawing club tomorrow?
Heh there’s an idea. Maybe there should be a booby prize (and possibly a suggestion of what people should draw)
Boobs! Not sure this Instance allows those. But I'm up for whatever
I dunno about boobs, the Australian gubmint would instantly card us all if we had those. Also I only know how to draw arse
Rightio, only cat bums.
Okay dayum I am sucked into Boulet Brothers Dragula show 😂 I'm gonna have to keep this Shudder sub so I can watch this new season airing at the moment.
Gosh the contestants are so dramatic and messy, so talented and fantastic performers, it's my new favourite show. The comebacks and witty remarks they have are just fucking killing me, like all of them have to go to the burn ward. But the show is so inclusive, all queers who are into horror drag are welcome regardless of identity. It's such a great performance and reality show, I love my trash.
You should track down and watch Orgy Of The Dead by Ed Wood. I wish a service like Shudder acquired the rights and just turned it into an annual burlesque variety show. The premise has such great potential.
OOOOOOO I'll check it out thank you for the recc 🙏💜
Time to smash out this presentation. It's only 10 minutes long so 1500 ish words equivalent, plus 10 minutes of question time. They said the questions aren't designed to catch us out, but why ask questions if they won't catch us out?
What's the topic?
It's hard to explain, but broadly, it's about assessment in education.
Next Sat is the launch of the last ever Miss Fisher novel. Do come support Kerry's Wizard/Wombat
event link
Will be there.
Yay! Nice to meet you
Looking forward to it. Grief that this is the last, but I reckon Kerry herself would thoroughly endorse celebrating the occasion.
Her Wake was very much i that attitude . Life well lived.
Beep Beep 🚚
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Something that makes me feel okay with going to work today instead of taking the most obvious sickie ever
🤧🤮🤢📄
I'm here for the bludge. Hopefully.
Full smorgasbord and about half a litre of schnapps please.
🧈🍞🥖🥨🥐🥯🪿🦆🦜🐥🥩🍖🛢️
Pineapple juice and a slice of quiche please
🍍🥤🥚🥧
Thankyou Chef
Very wet.
So, not really any music recording done but I faffed around with some stuff I've been meaning to do like figuring out how to make my Circuit Tracks and Rhythm talk to each other. There's a bunch of music stuff I've been meaning to set up or learn so maybe I do that in the evenings after the kids go down instead of just playing games. If I don't end up recording anything, I'll be the most set up to record things when I'm readdy.