I did it! I got the contact I interviewed for. I just need to go through reference checks and I'll start in a week. Everything has worked out and lined up for once.
This will get me on the other side of Christmas if I don't get anything else, and it will give me recent experience in the space I want to work in again.
Thanks everyone. This 2 weeks has gone from a rather stressful period to a kind of paid holiday by my old work. I'm ready to put clunky systems, sales teams, and clueless managers behind me. It's been great having this space to vent and get support from everyone while I've gone through this
This has turned the termination into a blessing in disguise because I'd been speaking to recruiters and the biggest thing stopping me from moving into a contract was my notice period
Yeah, it's about 6 months and these things do tend to get extended. I can put in for longer term things in that time or just see what happens where I am
God work is over. I need sleep and maybe some uber eats.
Tbh I'm still buzzing.
When I first got sober, the guy I lived with had a friend who ran open mic nights in Brunswick.
He got me to go along to watch and I ended up doing them for about a year every week. Was probably one of the few things that made me feel good about myself in those early days. Where you try to figure out who you are and what the hell normal life is supposed to be.
Once it was my birthday and they brought out a cake which was probably the happiest I'd been in more than 5ish years.
I stopped when I got into bands playing guitar again, and with Tafe and work, just stopped singing in general.
The band I was mainly concentrating on, and had an album recorded, gigs lined up etc died when lock downs happened.
Last night was a real big step back into live music. Thanks again everyone for all your support over the last 12ish months.
As a fundraiser, the school sent us to a website where you can view some art your kid has done and then order it as a pillow, tote bag, calendar or a bunch of other options. Only this website lets you look at every piece of art that every kid in the school has done and pick any art any kid at the school has done. You just say I want this kid's art on my $15 tote bag, thanks.
My dilemma is my kid is not the greatest artist in the school.
There are no new account requests waiting for approval.
Well, there was one, but it was some spam about roof repairs in Canberra and I rejected that one. Now, there are none waiting.
HR dumped this on a random desk in my office to show their gratitude for all we do. Starts off with "Hi team". There's two people who work in this area, me and someone else and we aren't in the same team, not even in the same site technically.
Dunno why they couldn't be honest and just say they found this at the back of their cupboard when doing a clean out. It would have been less insulting.
Something that's not getting as much publicity as it probably should. This got put up in the Coburg library, a friend of mine alerted me to it last night.
ooh I had one a few years ago on the back of my calf. Was basically a 10c coin sized thing that took about a year to go away. Got it from down the bellarine where it's quite common. For me it was really mild / didn't hurt or itch. Interestingly the bacteria belongs to the same family as tuberculosis and leprosy.
Mine started like a ringworm looking thing, so I treated it accordingly and it flared up massively and popped up in a couple of other places on my biceps and thighs. Then I went to the Dr and he thought it was Impetigo so prescribed me antibiotics for a week. It did nothing and during that week spread even worse. Now I have open ulcerating wounds on my thighs and biceps, with other spots like the original ones popping up on my calves and lower arms 😳😳😳
It's a Friday and I'm still feeling despondent and miserable in my bones despite every effort to cheer up. What a drag... At least I'm meeting up with a friend on Sunday as a reward for the mega-clean I gotta do tomorrow. Booked in 4 rental inspections for Sat, Mon and Tue. None are exactly ideal places but I gotta start inspecting at least for my own mental health.
I hope you find something suitable. What's happened is really, really fucked up.
The power imbalance between landlord and renter in this country is insane. It breeds a contempt for renters.
Australia could be a paradise, but instead we're desperately trying to find somewhere to live. For a 1st world country to be using housing as a commodity is repugnant.
Thanks mate. I agree that the obsession with real estate as investment and this rent-seeking economy has been deleterious to the fabric of society on so many levels. It is not good for anyone's psyche...
I'm increasingly convinced that the only real way I'll earn enough decent coin is to live with family for a while rather than upskill/work harder. Not easy living with them (and they're interstate), but easier than sharehousing with strangers at this age.
It's otherwise so futile, pissing away so much of my hard work just to pay someone else's mortgage and taxes.
There is one place I just saw that I'm keen on, it is a bit further away but not hugely (15-20 min drive to work) and ticks every other box. Inspection tomorrow morning.
I'm prefilling the application so I can apply asap if it suits, although my latest payslip doesn't reflect my updated annual pay (as my change in hours kicks in from next pay cycle), and I haven't asked for a rental ledger from my current LL yet.
I'm worried that I won't be a very competitive tenant given that I'm single and on a confusing PT wage but I just gotta try.
Thanks! Yeah it was a really good time. The people at the venue were real nice and having some peeps from this thread to hang out with as well made it awesome!
Drank last night, drinking tonight (because I forgot my FIL was coming over from Perth, and always goes to the turf bar lol), prolly drinking tomorrow (races that FIL must do when he comes to Melbs).
If I end up depression-posting, remind me I've been drinking for three days straight please
Sox is being unbearably cute today. Cuts through the ennui a bit, even though I've been neglecting her, lost in my own darkness. I've carefully kept away her very long whisker from last night as a good luck charm for the weeks ahead.
If you can, I highly recommend burying your face in her fur. It really calms me; just move away if she stops purring. As long as you don't use your hands, may tolerate it. It really helps me stay grounded, the smell of mickey, his scent mixed lightly with the clean litter. They're soothing animals.
Saving whiskers is something I wish I started sooner. But I've been collecting them now and keeping them in a tin container. I hope to make him a toy with them when I have enough because he likes to eat them lol. I think keeping soxcats whiskers is a good omen, a positive influence that cats (and animals) can bring to our lives.
so, word on the street is that it is going to be a hot, humid summer. Any ladies here able to give recs for a hairdresser who can deal with fine....ahem....frizzy hair that has a tendency to curl? Shorter, rather than longer styles.
I have fine hair and I go to one of those Asian hairdressers that you have to sit and wait in turn. They're quick, don't try to chat to me and I'm out in quick time. I get a shoulder length cut and it costs me around $25.
Just ate a toastie that when I saw it I thought "hmm, it doesn't look great, but slim pickings, so whatever"... how wrong I was proven. Mushrooms, cheese, pesto, perfectly salty and heavenly and happiness!
Ah red wine my old friend
I've popped you open again
I am drinking and I am dying
Mickey is playing and is biting
And the sounds of the neighbours watching tv
Float up to me
Is less than silent
Damn some lowlife has put a cigarette lighter to every single intercom camera on the apartment buildings along my street. Some people really fucking suck
a really easy salad dressing is just to mix some yoghurt with a teaspoon of dijon (or other nustard, but dijon works well) and a touch of water. A salad would also be good for recovery...
Smoothie? Get mild tasting natural yoghurt (I like jalna if I don't make it myself) and add banana peanut butter and some water or milk to top it up ? Or a handfull of frozen berries .
I dug out what I thought was a combination DVD and VHS player and plugged it into the TV, turns out it was just a really big DVD player. I couldn't get it working with the RCA inputs into the receiver so I've just hooked up the other DVD player for the moment. The current DVD player also has RCA output and that didn't work either, so it could be the cable.
I put on some DVDs for the kids and it was so much better. You know what you're in for, the shows have a proper start and end, and they can pick out a DVD like they do books when they're ready
Will do, once I figure out how. I think I'm going to have to cave in and put the DT on my phone. Does the Jerboa app still work? Could use step by step instructions as not a techie.
In the last 10 minutes it hammered down with a couple of boom booms and now the sun's out and the birds are chirping and flapping again. Strange days indeed.
to be blunt, then I cant see a good reason NOT to get a PS5 if its what you really want.
keep in mind a steamdeck is now around 700 bucks though, and EVENTUALLY most Sony games come to steam.
with a dock I think so yeah. But the steamdeck isnt the most powerful thing in the world hence the price. the ROG Alley or Lenovo Legion thing may be a better bet, but then they are more expensive.
Don't ask me. Just this week I've bought one for the child's birthday in December. I'm having the hardest time not spilling the beans because he is gonna lose his mind when he gets it.
The PS5 Pro will sell for $1200 here. You can get a cheap gaming PC for that price and have access to your Steam, GOG, and Epic library, as well as using it for everything else you can use a PC for. Get a controller and a loungeroom keyboard and you can use it from the couch just as easily as a console.
That's my reason against. If you've already got games on PS5 then it's a harder argument against it
That's a heck of a studio PC. I think it would work fine, you may need to upgrade the graphics card depending on what you want to play but you don't have to go top spec there
I'm going to upgrade to an AM5 CPU and up the ram to 64gb. The virtual instruments I use eat up insane amounts of ram. For example, 1 drumkit can take upto 15gb of ram.
But cheers, I reckon this will do nicely for a loungeroom gaming pc.
Umm if you do get it I would almost say get it tomorrow.
If you unpack it and stuff you’ll need to update it and all that jazz and if you’ve got digital games on your account already, we’ll BG3 is digital only you’re going to need time to download it as well.
Just had a chat to the ol' man about how to go about this new potat patch. It's almost there and I said the shovel is the one to use for the rest. He said "you mean the spade".
And it reminded me of my late grandma's saying :"A spade is a spade and not a fucking shovel".
Miss Meow was missing from the lounge room tonight, and I thought she might have been hiding in the sewing room. Nope, she was having a lovely nap in the wardrobe. Apparently, my underwear is quite comfortable.
Been getting into baseball this year, with the playoffs going on right now and there is nothing so satisfying as the sound the ball makes off the bat when they crush a home run.
For a few months now we've been experimenting with soju. The aussie soju is like Black Douglas and the South Korean is like Johnny Walker double black. The difference is very distinctive.
There's another brand called Good Day which is good. As long as it's South Korean and not Australian it should be good. The Aussie ones are rough imo but the SK are smoother. Strawberry and watermelon are my favourite flavours.
Definitely soggy out there today. I'm glad the food market is now fully under cover. There wasn't a lot today, but I did get some nice beef sausages and some strawberries.
We have done morning walkies, we mostly avoided the rain but Mr Woof had his raincoat on just in case. I'm currently waiting for the storm to pass before afternoon walkies (or, as I explain it to Mr Woof, I'm waiting for the giant sky dog to stop growling at us).
I'm Bof Melb here - but there's been an outage with St George and Westpac (Bof Melb is part of that group) so no surprises if there is. Fourth outage this week apparently.
There's a slightly active community of photographers on pixelfed, kind of like the fediverse version of Instagram. I wonder if it would be possible to view its feed here
I did it! I got the contact I interviewed for. I just need to go through reference checks and I'll start in a week. Everything has worked out and lined up for once.
This will get me on the other side of Christmas if I don't get anything else, and it will give me recent experience in the space I want to work in again.
Great news!
Amazing, congrats!
Congrats!
Woo!
Congratulations 🎉
congrats!
Yay, that's awesome!! Congrats!!
Congrats!
That is great news!
Fuck yes!!!!
Dude I'm so happy for you ❤️
Thanks everyone. This 2 weeks has gone from a rather stressful period to a kind of paid holiday by my old work. I'm ready to put clunky systems, sales teams, and clueless managers behind me. It's been great having this space to vent and get support from everyone while I've gone through this
That’s awesome and moved along quicker than I thought.
Congrats!
This has turned the termination into a blessing in disguise because I'd been speaking to recruiters and the biggest thing stopping me from moving into a contract was my notice period
Is it just a short term contract you’re getting? Any chance of it being extended?
Yeah, it's about 6 months and these things do tend to get extended. I can put in for longer term things in that time or just see what happens where I am
yay, good for you 🥂🏆🍾
God work is over. I need sleep and maybe some uber eats.
Tbh I'm still buzzing.
When I first got sober, the guy I lived with had a friend who ran open mic nights in Brunswick.
He got me to go along to watch and I ended up doing them for about a year every week. Was probably one of the few things that made me feel good about myself in those early days. Where you try to figure out who you are and what the hell normal life is supposed to be.
Once it was my birthday and they brought out a cake which was probably the happiest I'd been in more than 5ish years.
I stopped when I got into bands playing guitar again, and with Tafe and work, just stopped singing in general.
The band I was mainly concentrating on, and had an album recorded, gigs lined up etc died when lock downs happened.
Last night was a real big step back into live music. Thanks again everyone for all your support over the last 12ish months.
Means a hell of a lot ❤️
/rant
I'm really regretful that I didn't come. It sounds like you were amazing and that everyone had a lot of fun!
All good! I'll be going every 2nd week I reckon as it gives me time to learn new material. So if you ever feel like it, hit me up :)
We surely did! Be there or be square! (showing my age here)
so happy for you, you deserve it all :)
Wet walk with the doggo on my rdo
Always gets to me that dogs loooove doing this, then crack the shits at the thought of a B.A.T.H.
This doggo hates a bath, but will happily walk straight in to a warm shower after a creek walk.
Seagoon update: login issues and she is waiting for her new account to be approved
I'm glad to hear she is not Seagone. The unexpected absence was concerning.
Can I pre-order a fancy big cake for a welcome back celebration?
Yes. Complete with marzipan art brushes and a fluffy meringue pair of cats on the top.
We have begun preparations
😂
WE WANT SEAGOON, WE WANT SEAGOON, WE WANT SEAGOON!
We have no power here
Awesome ❤️
Wait, what? There's no accounts waiting for approval?
Thank you guys 😭
As a fundraiser, the school sent us to a website where you can view some art your kid has done and then order it as a pillow, tote bag, calendar or a bunch of other options. Only this website lets you look at every piece of art that every kid in the school has done and pick any art any kid at the school has done. You just say I want this kid's art on my $15 tote bag, thanks.
My dilemma is my kid is not the greatest artist in the school.
If you want to send a message to encourage art improvement, get another kids art on a tote or framed lol
"This could be you one day. But for now, it's little Tommy in your class."
As a parent you’re obligated to get your own kid’s art.
Without a doubt!
Yeah, we will of course. His artwork is even pretty good - particularly for him.
Maybe if you want you can ask him if he wants to pick one out as well.
You go the cheapest option available with your own child's artwork and you will love it because it's the best artwork ever.
Ps. Can you please approve Seagoon's new login details.
There are no new account requests waiting for approval.
Well, there was one, but it was some spam about roof repairs in Canberra and I rejected that one. Now, there are none waiting.
I've sent a message to her.
🫥
who cares? its made with love. trumps any kind of artistic talent any day of the week.
Sounds like a copyright nightmare. Did you sign some sort of release?
I’m not sure what the dilemma is? You afraid nobody will buy their artwork?
@Duenan has hit the issue right on the head. 😆
Oh right, I thought that was a given that you would buy one. Shit, I’ll buy one
Say to the kid 'hey you can do ANY of them! Which one you like?'
HR dumped this on a random desk in my office to show their gratitude for all we do. Starts off with "Hi team". There's two people who work in this area, me and someone else and we aren't in the same team, not even in the same site technically.
Dunno why they couldn't be honest and just say they found this at the back of their cupboard when doing a clean out. It would have been less insulting.
Someone in HR has children that no longer likes these snacks so has empty their pantry on your desk.
Exactly my thoughts, lol.
Comes on the same day the site I work at was in the news because someone went whistle blowing to the media about conditions.
Very Homer Simpson "Inanimate? I'll show you inanimate" vibes.
😂
You have to let it be known that a gift card would be more appreciated next time.
Check the use by dates.
Can't see any on them. Lol.
Probably done with the "best of intentions", trouble is best of intentions really don't mean shit when acting on behalf of the company.
You’re still gonna eat some though I bet
Nah. I have a weird thing about packet food from strangers so I won't touch it.
In that case, perhaps we can go trick or treating together on Halloween ?😀
Dan does the tricks, God gets the treats. Seems fair 🤷🏼♀️
Haha like a lolly pimp 😎
The only legit type of pimp
Leave it all openly placed in your desk bin?
They're down in Hobart. They'll never see it. Was basically a dump and run.
Mail it back (on the company dime of course)
Gosh that is tempting.
Something that's not getting as much publicity as it probably should. This got put up in the Coburg library, a friend of mine alerted me to it last night.
Googling it because I've never heard of it before:
"A rare and exotic bacterial infection of the skin and soft tissue"
exotic makes it sound so appealing, lol.
until you find out it's carried by possum shit and then you freak out
That's wild are you gonna ask your dr for the test? It would be good if it can be cleared with antibiotics. Edit: nvm I just saw your post yesterday
Now I'm worried about the dry skin around my nose, though I'm sure it's just allergies. I hope you feel better soon, Peeler, it's gonna be okay 💜
ooh I had one a few years ago on the back of my calf. Was basically a 10c coin sized thing that took about a year to go away. Got it from down the bellarine where it's quite common. For me it was really mild / didn't hurt or itch. Interestingly the bacteria belongs to the same family as tuberculosis and leprosy.
Mine started like a ringworm looking thing, so I treated it accordingly and it flared up massively and popped up in a couple of other places on my biceps and thighs. Then I went to the Dr and he thought it was Impetigo so prescribed me antibiotics for a week. It did nothing and during that week spread even worse. Now I have open ulcerating wounds on my thighs and biceps, with other spots like the original ones popping up on my calves and lower arms 😳😳😳
It's a Friday and I'm still feeling despondent and miserable in my bones despite every effort to cheer up. What a drag... At least I'm meeting up with a friend on Sunday as a reward for the mega-clean I gotta do tomorrow. Booked in 4 rental inspections for Sat, Mon and Tue. None are exactly ideal places but I gotta start inspecting at least for my own mental health.
I hope you find something suitable. What's happened is really, really fucked up.
The power imbalance between landlord and renter in this country is insane. It breeds a contempt for renters.
Australia could be a paradise, but instead we're desperately trying to find somewhere to live. For a 1st world country to be using housing as a commodity is repugnant.
Thanks mate. I agree that the obsession with real estate as investment and this rent-seeking economy has been deleterious to the fabric of society on so many levels. It is not good for anyone's psyche...
I'm increasingly convinced that the only real way I'll earn enough decent coin is to live with family for a while rather than upskill/work harder. Not easy living with them (and they're interstate), but easier than sharehousing with strangers at this age.
It's otherwise so futile, pissing away so much of my hard work just to pay someone else's mortgage and taxes.
I hope you have some luck looking at the rentals this week.
At least looking might give you some options. Hopefully the pricing will be better too in light of that.
Relax and have a nice dinner tonight.
There is one place I just saw that I'm keen on, it is a bit further away but not hugely (15-20 min drive to work) and ticks every other box. Inspection tomorrow morning.
I'm prefilling the application so I can apply asap if it suits, although my latest payslip doesn't reflect my updated annual pay (as my change in hours kicks in from next pay cycle), and I haven't asked for a rental ledger from my current LL yet.
I'm worried that I won't be a very competitive tenant given that I'm single and on a confusing PT wage but I just gotta try.
Finally got food into me.
Not feeling too great today. Was out grocery shopping and felt a wave of dizziness and, ears felt blocked and I came down with major sweats.
If I didn’t have a wall or trolley with me I would have needed to sit down right then and there.
Anyway I did manage to do my shopping and I am home now.
Going to maybe get another sandwich and coffee and sit down for awhile.
Maybe grab some cold and flu tablets just in case
Ill take some panadol and nutafen for the moment just incase since that’s all I have.
I’ve literally sat here doing nothing except the laundry ever since I got home.
I had about 3 hours sleep last night, so that sounds like a great day lol
Not really to be honest. Feeling a bit rubbish after my episode today.
How come you couldn’t sleep last night? Too wired from last night?
Way too wired. Just feeling real positive and in a good mood! I'm not saying I'm unhappy a lot, but it's a nice change from the norm.
Tossing and turning for ages. Too wired to fall asleep lol
Goodnight everyone ❤️
Still awake?
I'm so glad it worked out for you, sounded like you all had a blast! 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Thanks! Yeah it was a really good time. The people at the venue were real nice and having some peeps from this thread to hang out with as well made it awesome!
Men have an age old solution to this problem.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hey so you all know my body is giving me an extremely hard time with eating/food and I’m still in a very long process of finding out why.
Would it be weird if I kept contributing to the Tucker Time thread/wherever with things I’ve had in the past or look good?
I’m trying to get the Aussie corner of Lemmy more active
No it's not weird and I'd love you to contribute.
Sweet, I’ma check if chicken is still cheap (I know there’s a limit on eggs) and post a nice simple chicken doner I saw
Edit: Food Australia instance, that’s what I was thinking of
Drank last night, drinking tonight (because I forgot my FIL was coming over from Perth, and always goes to the turf bar lol), prolly drinking tomorrow (races that FIL must do when he comes to Melbs).
If I end up depression-posting, remind me I've been drinking for three days straight please
I'm not gonna tell you about the perils of drinking but make sure you've got something in ya guts before ya start boozing ok.
I had a big feast of fish and chips just before lol thank you! I shall try to remember to remain hydrated!!
👍
::: spoiler my long son
:::
Such a sweet boy! Gibson is a very, very different type of cat lol
Sox is being unbearably cute today. Cuts through the ennui a bit, even though I've been neglecting her, lost in my own darkness. I've carefully kept away her very long whisker from last night as a good luck charm for the weeks ahead.
::: spoiler kawaii :::
If you can, I highly recommend burying your face in her fur. It really calms me; just move away if she stops purring. As long as you don't use your hands, may tolerate it. It really helps me stay grounded, the smell of mickey, his scent mixed lightly with the clean litter. They're soothing animals.
Saving whiskers is something I wish I started sooner. But I've been collecting them now and keeping them in a tin container. I hope to make him a toy with them when I have enough because he likes to eat them lol. I think keeping soxcats whiskers is a good omen, a positive influence that cats (and animals) can bring to our lives.
Wishing you a chill, cool night, Kitten. 💜💜💜
Look at those eyes and whiskers 😍
I've noticed her absence as well, I hope she is okay 💜
I'm right here 👋
Gotta laugh: about to leave to go camping near NSW/VIC border. If we can get through today without being washed away I'll be happy.
One thing I was taught when I was in scouts and cadets at school was to dig a little moat around your tent. Didn't work.
Bring ya gumboots.
and a boat.
Oh nice. Where you going? Hows your tent? Got a Gazebo?
::: spoiler Finally a use for the front facing camera
:::
Ermagerd Gibson!!!
so, word on the street is that it is going to be a hot, humid summer. Any ladies here able to give recs for a hairdresser who can deal with fine....ahem....frizzy hair that has a tendency to curl? Shorter, rather than longer styles.
I have fine hair and I go to one of those Asian hairdressers that you have to sit and wait in turn. They're quick, don't try to chat to me and I'm out in quick time. I get a shoulder length cut and it costs me around $25.
Just ate a toastie that when I saw it I thought "hmm, it doesn't look great, but slim pickings, so whatever"... how wrong I was proven. Mushrooms, cheese, pesto, perfectly salty and heavenly and happiness!
Ah red wine my old friend
I've popped you open again
I am drinking and I am dying
Mickey is playing and is biting
And the sounds of the neighbours watching tv
Float up to me
Is less than silent
Mmm love me a smooth red wine.
Cheers you funny little Sea monkeys 🍺
Big night planned?
Always
Gumbi will spice things up.
Gumby's dropping tears into his beer there. 🫂
Cheers!!!
Cheeeeeerz. 🍹 Hoping this g&t will dull some of the ugh for tonight
🍺
Hey Simon, you've got groupies now. 👍
🤣
I spilt coffee on myself so that’s the end of drinks for me.
TAXI!!!!
Cheers!
Cheers 🍺
I think I could go a bunch of wine, margeritas and baileys, some stout and a millers
Has one drink and immediately looks for Mamma Mia 2: Fernando on YT.
Nooooo. Listen to ABBA Gold instead.
DANCING QUEEN
YOUNG AND SWEET
ONLY SEVENTEEEEEEEEN AHHHHHHH!
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
There was something in the air that night The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me for liberty, Fernando
Okay, but now, like, be Cher and Andy Garcia doing a weird hold and step back while fireworks burst and magic,
Do you wanna be Cher or Andy?
I'll be Andy for something different.
CHER
Damn some lowlife has put a cigarette lighter to every single intercom camera on the apartment buildings along my street. Some people really fucking suck
Need to figure out a way to force feed a man yoghurt. Antibiotics have unleashed chemical warfare on the plumbing.
A surprise but firm squirrel grip. When he opens his mouth in shock, you shovel in the yogurt.
the ol' christian kiss
Serve the yog on baked potat with some chives on top.
yakult
I've been doing yoghurt and muesli for breakfast for years since it's healthy and I can't think of something better. That could be an option
a really easy salad dressing is just to mix some yoghurt with a teaspoon of dijon (or other nustard, but dijon works well) and a touch of water. A salad would also be good for recovery...
Sourdough? Or Swisse make a pretty good pre and pro biotic.
I’d rather not buy pills when there is already perfectly good yoghurt in the house. Drown it in honey & Milo, just please eat a damn spoonful.
Smoothie? Get mild tasting natural yoghurt (I like jalna if I don't make it myself) and add banana peanut butter and some water or milk to top it up ? Or a handfull of frozen berries .
Mix cucumber and garlic in to make tzatziki - eat as dip or on a simple gyros of fried meat and flatbread.
Or he can just eat it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI
I dug out what I thought was a combination DVD and VHS player and plugged it into the TV, turns out it was just a really big DVD player. I couldn't get it working with the RCA inputs into the receiver so I've just hooked up the other DVD player for the moment. The current DVD player also has RCA output and that didn't work either, so it could be the cable.
I put on some DVDs for the kids and it was so much better. You know what you're in for, the shows have a proper start and end, and they can pick out a DVD like they do books when they're ready
I've decided to get this thing called a "beat buddy" so I can add drums to my live tunes.
Yeeeeeha!
Cat bongos
I wanna see Gibson play some box drums.
This the original of that song the lady was singing in Italian last night. Nights in White Satin and More recent live version. Off the Days of the Future Passed album.
Awesome thank you!
BTW could you please send me that pic from last night? I want to show my mates lol
Will do, once I figure out how. I think I'm going to have to cave in and put the DT on my phone. Does the Jerboa app still work? Could use step by step instructions as not a techie.
I use jerboa. It's good. I don't remember how I set it up!
I've now got it on my phone - just can't login - will keep trying.
I think you have to add Aussie.zone?
Ooooooo yesss that would be sick as!
I'm still fucking buzzing lol
Wish I didn't have to work today.
It'll be over soon 😭 not quick enough
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Spud - ✅
I’m on night watch, stoking the fire and looking out for danger
Late night patrol on duty!
Aye aye käpitan!
What are you up?
Being grossly drunk, full of leftovers -on-pita-bread-pizza , and about to conk out after making sure my alarms are set for class tomorrow (today).
What about you? :)
Slaying filthy Xenos as a Space Marine
Glory to the Emperor!
::: spoiler Gory
:::
Purge the Heretics!!
Seagoon- ✅
Ok, for real, after seeing him in Yellowjackets the question has to be asked:
Did Elijah Wood really get rid of the one ring? He has not aged a day in 20 years.
There has got to be an evil portrait lurking around in a basement or attic somewhere, I'm convinced
must ask who his surgeon is
Skies darkening, red blob on radar heading directly to me, it’s about to go down.
In the last 10 minutes it hammered down with a couple of boom booms and now the sun's out and the birds are chirping and flapping again. Strange days indeed.
I think I’m close to the sunny chirping part, it bucketed down hard and now the show is over.
Don't blink.
I've ordered 2 pizzas. Guess what they are?
Mystery pizza of course
😂
No I definitely picked these toppings.
I think it’s an Aussie with an egg
Luxury
No.
Hawaiian?
You're meant to pick two.
Meat lovers as the 2nd one.
One of them is correct
probably one with anchovies.
I have extra bin space btw free of charge.
I eat anchovies. I'm not a wuss.
I normally die on hills but this is not one of them.
capricossa or however you spell it?
I do love a capricciosa but no.
I order a half and half for dinner tonight. It's what has kept me going today.
Aussie and meat lover ?
None of those
hawaiian and pepperoni?
One of them
Hawaiian and supreme W anchovies
I'll give that to you
Hawaiian and the lot. 🏆
Dammit. That was going to be my next guess.
Too easy
Banana
OK guys I need some help.
What are 3 reasons why getting a ps5 is a bad idea.
Edit: waiting till Sunday. I want to have a good night out tomorrow and I know if I grab one today, tmrw night ain't happening.
Have you finished BG3 yet?
I had to sell my ps5 when I was unemployed so never got to finish bg3. Which fucking sucked tbh.
I'm super keen to grab one, was just trying to think of negatives to balance the equation.
ok so to be realistic, do you have enough savings that if the company went under tomorrow you'd be ok till you secured a new job?
I have about 6 months of savings. It was the first thing I did when I get my first couple of paycheques.
I have 6 months rent saved plus all expenses.
to be blunt, then I cant see a good reason NOT to get a PS5 if its what you really want. keep in mind a steamdeck is now around 700 bucks though, and EVENTUALLY most Sony games come to steam.
Does the steam deck connect via hdmi to TV?
with a dock I think so yeah. But the steamdeck isnt the most powerful thing in the world hence the price. the ROG Alley or Lenovo Legion thing may be a better bet, but then they are more expensive.
Don't ask me. Just this week I've bought one for the child's birthday in December. I'm having the hardest time not spilling the beans because he is gonna lose his mind when he gets it.
Dude if my parents bought me a ps5 for my birthday I would go absolutely nuts!!!!
because you just bought an amp :)
Damn good point!
And I want to get a box like the Novation Circuit Rhyhtm or Beat Buddy to get drums cranking at the shows.
vendor lock-in
Very true.
Spending maybe too much time with it?
Are you thinking of disc or digital unit?
Disc. And that was my concern. I'm trying to rebuild my social life after 7ish months of forced hermitage.
Yeah. I think that's the my main fear.
As long as you've got enough self control to prioritise things and not let it get away from you then I think it'd be ok.
The PS5 Pro will sell for $1200 here. You can get a cheap gaming PC for that price and have access to your Steam, GOG, and Epic library, as well as using it for everything else you can use a PC for. Get a controller and a loungeroom keyboard and you can use it from the couch just as easily as a console.
That's my reason against. If you've already got games on PS5 then it's a harder argument against it
Damn good point. My current studio pc is a 5600x 32gb ram and an rtx 2070 with some m2 ssds.
Say I was to build a higher spec studio pc, would my current one be enough for gaming?
That's a heck of a studio PC. I think it would work fine, you may need to upgrade the graphics card depending on what you want to play but you don't have to go top spec there
I'm going to upgrade to an AM5 CPU and up the ram to 64gb. The virtual instruments I use eat up insane amounts of ram. For example, 1 drumkit can take upto 15gb of ram.
But cheers, I reckon this will do nicely for a loungeroom gaming pc.
Ps5 pro will cost way more than just 1200. It doesn’t even come with a disc drive so that has to be purchased separately.
If you for some reason want a stand too you need to shell out extra for it.
I think personally it’s the worst upgrade to come out ever.
I'm disappointed that it doesn't come with a disc drive. To me that's insane and a blatant cash grab.
Umm if you do get it I would almost say get it tomorrow.
If you unpack it and stuff you’ll need to update it and all that jazz and if you’ve got digital games on your account already, we’ll BG3 is digital only you’re going to need time to download it as well.
It is m o i s t
I was lucky and times our morning walk to be mostly between showers and managed to avoid getting too wet. Mr Woof got a compliment on his raincoat.
Just had a chat to the ol' man about how to go about this new potat patch. It's almost there and I said the shovel is the one to use for the rest. He said "you mean the spade".
And it reminded me of my late grandma's saying :"A spade is a spade and not a fucking shovel".
Please post a sweet rave choon!
Today's rave choon!
With the rain and all the dirt left over on the driveway I have fears
So devved didn't make it to your gig though. I was too far gone which is no excuse :( promise to make it to the next one.
Fuck yeah!
All good man! I'll be doing at worst every fortnight :) It was nice getting the cobwebs out tbh. Gives me an excuse to make more music.
Miss Meow was missing from the lounge room tonight, and I thought she might have been hiding in the sewing room. Nope, she was having a lovely nap in the wardrobe. Apparently, my underwear is quite comfortable.
My poor LittleOne, he’s scared enough to abandon dinner 😿
Why? Did you chase him around with a knife and fork?
You don’t have sky BOOMs?
Oh his dinner not yours. Got it.
Yeah. I feed my dog snacks during the boom booms but little pussy-cats are different. I hope he's ok soon.
Honk Honk 🚢
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Hmm gin and tonic?
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Thanks again for coming along last night, was awesome to meet you :)
You were awesome!!
Super strong coffee for me today please Chef.
☕️☕️
Thanks Chef!
free car wash!
Been getting into baseball this year, with the playoffs going on right now and there is nothing so satisfying as the sound the ball makes off the bat when they crush a home run.
Today's Yankees/Guardians game was crazy.
GOOO TIGERS.
So wish I could have been there at the Park to see them play.
lots of beer, some burgers, and the game. Absolute magic. 🙂
Ooo its proper weathering out there
Noooo the T20 Women’s team got knocked out :(
We lost to South Africa.
For a few months now we've been experimenting with soju. The aussie soju is like Black Douglas and the South Korean is like Johnny Walker double black. The difference is very distinctive.
I do like soju a lot - any recommendations (of the south korean ones)?
These are the brands we're drinking tonight
There's another brand called Good Day which is good. As long as it's South Korean and not Australian it should be good. The Aussie ones are rough imo but the SK are smoother. Strawberry and watermelon are my favourite flavours.
Definitely soggy out there today. I'm glad the food market is now fully under cover. There wasn't a lot today, but I did get some nice beef sausages and some strawberries.
Funny, I picked up some fresh beef sausages as well from the market place too and some cheap Honey ham.
No walkies today for Mr Woof?
We have done morning walkies, we mostly avoided the rain but Mr Woof had his raincoat on just in case. I'm currently waiting for the storm to pass before afternoon walkies (or, as I explain it to Mr Woof, I'm waiting for the giant sky dog to stop growling at us).
Anyone experiencing issues with Bank of Melbourne / VISA credit cards?
Can't tell if it's an issue with the weather or I've been hacked, but my credit card got declined and the website says balance unavailable.
Tried contacting them, but after 8pm that's a no no apparently.
I'm Bof Melb here - but there's been an outage with St George and Westpac (Bof Melb is part of that group) so no surprises if there is. Fourth outage this week apparently.
Ahh, I seem to have missed that until now. Thanks for letting me know!
Down detector shows they having some problems being reported. Half of them were to do with credit cards.
Do we have any art instances in Aussie Zone? I thought we did, I subscribed to some art instances somewhere anyway, but not seeing them now…
Trying to sub to other instances remotely and it’s saying Aussie Zone or AussieZone are not valid…
Edit: Ok nvm, found the ones I’m subscribed to. But they’re Lemmy World, tbh I’m trying to build our Aussie instances up as well and get them active.
There's a slightly active community of photographers on pixelfed, kind of like the fediverse version of Instagram. I wonder if it would be possible to view its feed here
theres a fediverse insta? I would be all over that!
Yeah, I use the app Pixeldroid and there's pixelfed.au
I've watched some really weird stuff in my life but Paul T Goldman mini series would have to be up there with the most bizarre shit I have ever seen.
It starts off as a non fiction story and is now morphing into a fictional fantasyland James Bond like tale. Wow.
Goodnight and sweet dreams all 😘
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