Discussion Thread 🎱 Wensday 26 August 2026

I took today off instead of Friday and among other things I made Curtis Stone's mandarin cake. However, it came out a LOT bigger than I expected. So I put my glasses on and re-read the recipie and it says 12 serves not 2 ... Not sure if this is a felix culpa or not. Will take about half in to the office tomozz for general consumption.

Note to self: the syrup from the candied mandarins is worth making just for that - sooooo yum.

Taleya

ok buds I am on the W A R P A T H.

For the past three days I've been getting a call from a number that has not been leaving VMs. I cracked it today and picked it up - and it was a fucking real estate agent I told IN WRITING in June to stop fucking calling me. Like, I went to the district manager and told them in no uncertain fucking terms to delete my fucking number or explicitly mark me as do not call in their systems if required to retain for data purposes

ACMA complaint filed, who else can I send right up their fucking arse?

EDIT: CAV complaint now filed.

tombruzzo reply

Ombudsman. ACCC. I did this to Simply Energy one time and got a written apology out of them

Seagoon_ reply

you could write their number on dunny walls

put their number on an advertisement on light poles at pedestrian intersections

you could write their number on dunny walls

Have YOU been FUCKED by a real estate agent?

Do you HATE the current housing market?

Are you SICK of unsolicited calls looking to SELL YOUR HOME!?

You've come to the right [insert location]!
Call this number [insert REs number] to EXPRESS your GRIEVANCES now!

PeelerSheila reply

"Have YOU been FUCKED by a real estate agent?"

🙌🏼

Taleya reply

if I was going to do that I'd sign their number up for "government energy rebates"

do you have solar panels, amy?

Seagoon_

most tasks for the day done, dinners done,

lovely sunny day, tide is ebbing, think I'll go to the beach after changing into each clothes 😊 🌞

Gibsonhasafluffybutt

This photo perfectly encapsulates my relationship with Gibson.

This was 3 years ago:

CEOofmyhouse56

Everyone in for a group hug 🫂

imoldgreeeg reply

🫂

Seagoon_ reply

🫂

SaneMartigan reply

🫂

SpinMeRound

Too much emotion, staying home today.

SaneMartigan reply

CEOofmyhouse56 reply

🫂❤️

Seagoon_ reply

🫂💖

Gibsonhasafluffybutt

This whole album is gold, but this is a great ending track.

PeelerSheila reply

One of my favourites of all time. It takes me immediately to another place and time.

I love Jeff Buckley, but all my favourite songs of his are on Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk. Such a shame he died after only one album, I wonder how he would have shaped the music world had he lived (kind of feel the same about Elliott Smith tbh)

SfmStD songs I recommend:

The Sky is a Landfill
Nightmares by the Sea
Yard of Blond Girls
Vancouver
Morning Theft (my fav)

From Grace, I really love Eternal Life, Lover You Should Have Come Over, and Last Goodbye (Hallelujah is a classic of his though, he just does that cover so fucking amazingly).

I'm ashamed to admit it but I haven't listened to that album. I don't even know why. Grace was just perfect.

Will suss it out tonight.

Agreed about Elliot Smith. I have soft spot for him.

My fave songs on Grace are Mojo Pin and lover you should have come over. The Cohen cover is fucking amazing, I just listened to it so much and burned it out lol

PeelerSheila reply

I don't know if you've heard of Myles Kennedy but Jeff Buckley's guitar was loaned to him for this performance, and it was the first time it had been played since his death. I love Myles and it's one of those performances where I wish I could've been there.

I haven't actually! Will suss him out on the way home :)

PeelerSheila reply

He does a lot of hard rock heavy metal stuff in the band Alter Bridge, but he's also known for being the vocalist who tours and records with Slash. He was a guitar teacher when he was younger and his solo albums are chefs kiss to me. He's also known for being Thor in that movie with Mark Wahlberg (rock star I think🤣)

I know of alter bridge. I thought they were an offshoot of creed.

As an aside, marky mark has 1 good movie. It's the one with the rock and they're personal trainers.

He's a piece of shit. But that movie is hilarious lol

PeelerSheila reply

The drummer, bass player and guitarist are all from creed iirc, Myles Kennedy is the only one who wasn't.

Edit: Pain and Gain, sounds like a pisser of a movie 🤣I'll give it a watch soon I reckon!

Ooooo get on it lol my friend in HS burnt me a copy of Sketches and Grace, and I've loved them ever since. Sketches is so goooood!!

XO is my fav Elliott Smith album, Waltz #2 is perfect and still gets stuck in my head, but all his songs on there are great it's hard to name one from that album that's my fav.

I've stayed away from Elliot Smith the last couple of years, but it might be time to have another listen.

You know, Grace changed the entire course of my music life. In high school I was a full on metal head that only listened to metal. Then a friend of mine asked me to listen to it. I saw the cover and was like "the fuck is soft cock shit".

So fucking glad I actually gave it a listen lol

Gibsonhasafluffybutt

2 more head hunt emails this morning.

This is, I assume, because I threw the "250k revenue in 3 months" line on my seek profile.

Bring it on.

Seagoon_

bother, the new pants I bought two months ago are too big now

I will use a belt

SaneMartigan reply

I have a bag of too big/small clothing. It's all really nice clothing that I'm keeping in case I'm that size again.

SpinMeRound reply

Bet that feels awesome!

Seagoon_ reply

Yes. Do wish the pants fit better tho. They are awesome velvet pants with a baroque print

Yeah I have that issue lol, except I'm a hoarder so it's all the clothes I bought when I was like 100kg. Now I use them a spare cloth for sewing projects.

It's funny, there's some pieces of clothes I got as presents over the years, that didn't fit me at the time due to being too small. Now I can wear them and they're a bit baggy.

We ought to be very proud of ourselves for achieving this tbh

PeelerSheila

RIP Dolly 😞

SpinMeRound reply

Too young, no matter the age.

I found out through Enimen's instagram, which I don't even follow.

tombruzzo reply

She's one of those people you thought was going to be around forever