Update to the spontaneous country day trip (if you don’t know: partner told me we’re going to the country today and the location is a surprise). He took us to two spots.
The first was a coffee pit stop at the Dromkeen Gallery in Riddells Creek. Everyone was so friendly and they let us drink our coffee in the prime spot: in front of the open fire. Very cosy, especially as it gets extra nippy out that way. The baby enjoyed the never-ending piles of picture books and we bought one about Migaloo the white whale to take home.
Then we forged onward. I still didn’t know where we were going. I have to admit I was starting to feel a bit uncertain when we turned down some bumpy dirt roads and the baby started to get upset. But it soon all became clear: we were headed to the Mount Macedon Winery for lunch! My oh my it was absolute heaven. Completely delicious. And the ambiance was so relaxed that the baby just chilled and people-watched while partner and I got in some quality time together.
Feel free to add regular snippets of knowledge. I'd be interested in knowing more about First Nations languages - and as I know next to nothing now anything you add is bound to be new to me!
I'm desperately pawing at the screen and nothing is happening but I can sense the restful bliss and gentle purring emanating from that photo. What an adorable little nook 😻
Best way to teach respect for electricity. I approve. A few small shocks are far more educational that one big one. I miss penny bungers for their power to teach respect for trajectory.
I refer to my dog as Little Man, so for a moment I picturing a little dog happily wagging its tail while watching slot cars race around. Twas an excellent mental image, thank you!
Had to call WorkSafe cause someone had an ouch that meant we had to call 000. The ouch was minor and a pre-existing condition. So they're all good.
Someone also had a pre-employment drug test that needs further investigation on the THC front.
But I also:
Held a really good job interview with someone I'm going to hire.
Helped my manager represent our department in a global meeting for our company where we are seen as pioneers for OHS.
Held my own in a meeting to develop SWMS for a national team.
Definitely one of my more rewarding days since I started. It has been a rollercoaster the entire time and I love it, even on the days where it challenges me.
Upon waking partner instructed me to “get ready for a country trip today, you can’t say no and the destination is a surprise” so
I guess we are going on a day trip 🤠
Thought I was born in 1982 before now hey? 😉😉 (dw you're not the only DTer who has belatedly and then publicly acknowledged that they just got the name)
Mead is correct. Making a big 23L batch of traditional with just the honey for flavour and then will split it after fermentation to play around with adding oak, tannins, acids and back sweetening to start to explore how they all effect the final product :D
It looks easy enough, its a pretty quick process by the looks of it. Just mix some ingredients, add yeast, leave for a day and then bottle, consume in about a week
From what i read you make then bottle straight away and it is meant to be low alcohol, if you left it for a month you would have to be alot more careful regarding sugar quantity otherwise you would end up with higher abv and risk of bottle bombs.
I dont have any bottles at the moment because none of our batches are ready to bottle yet, maybe ill grab a few extra when i buy some and ill give it a go for you :)
Haha i like that way of looking at it :P
It certainly is, got some funny looks last time i went in there and asked for 6kg, a couple in the shop thought i was crazy haha.
I just take the big fermenter bucket in with me and get him to decant it straight into that, that way i only have to sanitise the fermenter once and dont have to try to get the last little bit of honey out of multiple jars!!
Oh I know this one! Bees distrimimate based on food availability, as different trees flower at different times of the year. A wild honeybee nest will forage hotspots within ~6km, but Typically will stay within a km. The different honeys are classified by the beekeepers who follow the "golden highway" as different species bloom, and knowing what the bees were foraging before harvesting leads to the type of honey produced.
It's been a while since I thought about bees, so as always, feel free to fact check and correct!
What Alamut said :) Banksia has been my favourite of all the honeys ive tried so far, which is why i chose it for this traditional so that i can try to really celebrate that flavour :D
So cold. Also I hate wearing layers. Hate how the inside long sleeve somehow manages to creep up your arms and you have to try to pull down from the top of two other long sleeves. And it takes forever, and if you don’t it’s just going to irritate you to no end. Curse you cold weather. Curse you. Incase you can’t tell. I don’t like the cold 🥺
And if you don’t pull it down it feels like your blood supply is being cut off because it’s really bunch up hard. Like ffs can’t you just stay still when I pulled you all the way down to my wrist. Stop wriggling up!
And yes just let me put on pant and a tank top for warm weather and I’m groovy
Omgsh don’t get me started. This happened to me twice Monday and Tuesday. Somehow I pushed the sleeve of my top up my arm to wash my hands, and it slid down and got wet (Monday) What the heck? Was more cautious Tuesday and somehow it got wet again 😒 rude!
Yeah, oddly enough my arms get cold with multiple layers, I think due to the long sleeved shirt.
I’m under blankets right now. Trying to wrap them around me but it’s a pain at times keeping them wrapped, especially when you need to keep the arms free or get them out or move.
Hate wearing layers? You're in the wrong state my friend! Tried a wife beater as an undershirt, then a short sleeved, then a jacket/shirt/jumper? It's how I generally avoid the sensory overload while keeping my core toasty
I’m small why would I be wearing men’s shirt. Men’s shirt would be too big on me and wouldn’t fit with the sizing of the rest of what I wear. I’m confused by your suggestion
Different people. From what I can tell there were only a few mods on r/Melbourne that are still actively moderating, and they were spending their time on a Discord group.
Lodion (who I believe is in Perth) set up this Lemmy instance with all the Australian groups set up, I wandered in and saw a familiar looking group & a daily thread, and put my hand up to moderate. If you look at the older posts there is some discussion there about what people want from the group that I used to write the community guidelines - that and this daily thread is probably the best way to see what the vibe here is. 🙂
Embrace it! Load up some cannons into the back seat, go broadside a Coles truck on the monash! retire having sold truck full of overpriced food at 50% of the store value.
I would rather a slow news day than a bunch of bad stuff happening tbh.
“What the duck?!,” one person wrote, while another was convinced it was not a duck, but a dachshund poking out from behind the cape."
Yeah I can see that.
Swinburne are looking for volunteers for their open day, using an opening of "remember what it was like when you were trying to choose your course?". Yeah, I do. I went "oh, the government is letting me do a course for free. There's one I can do entirely from home, why not. If it sucks too bad I can just quit." I suspect this is not what they are looking for in a volunteer.
I'm in this Italian cafe in Ivanhoe after a huuuuge psych session this morning, when I say Italian it really is an old school tiny cafe with 90s signage, zero attempt to look trendy or have vibey music, there are homemade Sicilian donuts, the proprietors speak Italian and look like they came out of the 1950s, and most tellingly, they asked if I could pay in cash first (but they did accept eftpos too).
The coffee is a proper damn espresso, too. I didn't intend to get a donut but I might now
e: ahhhh an ancient nonno and nonna shuffled in and ordered everything in Italian (or maybe Sicilian I wouldn't know). They must be in their late 80s. It's a glimpse of a Melbourne that is disappearing
Old Med migrants speaking the language are literally dying out and with them a certain way of life that, from my understanding, was once very prevalent in Melbourne. Newer generations of migrants from those areas are very different, as are the descendants of the old migrants. Wouldn't expect most of them to be primarily monolingual in an Italian language, and very different education levels/attitudes/life experiences
On the way home, someone got on the bus wearing a sign around their neck that said, "Homophobia is not a scientific phobia." When we got off the bus my kids asked me to explain it. I said, well, to the best of my knowledge, a phobia is when you have a physical fear response to something. What happens when we're scared? Our heart can start racing, we might start sweating, pupils dilate, we might start shaking, that kind of thing. Homophobia is a bullshit made up phobia that doesn't trigger these physical responses. By the way, falling in love can trigger a similar physical response.
If anyone knows the sign-wearing person, tell them my daughter liked their outfit.
I'm back with my 8 cheese products. Crisis averted. Thanks to all those that left messages of support. I couldn't reply because my cheese gags are a little bit dirty tbh.
::: spoiler shit cheese poem
Sweet dreams are made of cheese
Who am I to diss a brie,
I cheddar the world and the feta cheese,
Everybodys looking for stilton.
Some of them want halloumi
Some of them want to get danish blue
Some of them want manchego
Some of them want provolone
:::
After what I've seen she can't continue driving she's going hurt someone or herself or worse and my advice is falling on deaf ears and stripping independence. hrmm
and thank you to all for the advice yesterday now is the pointy end.
Seems to be the way for politicians caught doing bullshit. But don't worry. She won't see any jail time, fines or significant penalties. And in about 3 years (give or take) she'll be appointed to the boards of several private companies.
The really annoying thing is that if one of us did a wee bit of fraud it would be, go straight to jail, do not pass go, and a hard time finding work ever after
a wee bit of fraud 😂 I know I have felt guilty for walking out of the self serve without paying for my bread because it was sitting where babies sit. These cunts are writing cheques after a good root.
::: spoiler shit fart poem
Uncaffeinated yet avoiding sleep,
my guts protest the meal ingested.
Noxious fumes, smell it and weep.
The cat snorts; he feels disrespected.
:::
G'day! Felt a bit guilty about not doing my workout yesterday on account of being absolutely stuffed from work and crashing early. Woke up to do it this morning and discovered that yesterday was a scheduled rest day! So it's day 4 and I've done my exercises. I feel different in a way I can't put my finger on, sort of a teensy bit fitter. Probably psychosomatic but it works for me!
Taking the Mini Peelers to Melbourne Central today, looks like a nice one out there!
You do get improvements very quickly when you first start an exercise program - a lot of it is your muscles learning to work together and coordinate better. The other part of improvement is actual muscle development, and you will often notice that most after a rest day. When you exercise you actually damage and break down your muscles a bit, and the body responds by rebuilding them better than before. So the rest is vital periodically to make sure your body has the capacity to rebuild.
Still haven't woken up properly, nor have I emerged from the oodie knockoff except for a quick change from pjs to clothes.
Thank God (Gouda?) I did the shopping yesterday.
Nothing, let me stress nothing upsets me more than being thanked for my patience and understanding. The nerve of assuming you are entitled to either metro speaks fucking volumes about your service.
I believe Friday is the day they parade the football players around town so that people can assess their form before placing their bets. Like with horses before a race.
New movie for today was Grey Owl. I read this guy's books last year and read some bios too. Sadly the movie was a disappointment. Just a run of the mill bio. He is an unusual adult with skills and an interest who becomes a writer. The only thing that makes him different to other writers about nature and indigenous peoples is he pretended he was one. That is all. It could have been a good movie, spend time on his childhood and his beginnings. On the secret , have him hunted down by a journalist. Then public reaction and his legacy. ( and it's a good legacy, he helped start the environmental movement in Canada ) Maybe 2.5 hobbits out 5 and nice to see something that's not a marvel movie.
I went into centrecom to get one tube of thermal paste. I assumed all would be well since I click and collected it.
All was not well. I spent an hour and a half in there and I now have 4 more Ethernet cables, a new USB stick I didn't need and yet another can of air duster
::: spoiler spoiler
___ in my defence, the USB stick was $8 for a 32gb USB 3.2 HP stick, and the Ethernet cables were $2 each
:::
Edit: and I almost bought a new ethernet switch, even though I already have 3 I'm not even currently using
Ah the joy of cats. Number ones in the tray. Big production of scratching at the side of the tray from multiple directions. Move next door to the covered litter tray. Number twos. Another big production of completely useless side of box scratching. Wander off happy. I get to clean out two litter trays. Thanks cat.
Nice. If you have grinding capacity (food processor, spice grinder etc) I highly recommend looking into vegetable powders. You can dry excess vegetables, and often skins - including pumpkin skin & tomato skins - and then grind them to make powder. It's a great way of preventing waste, you can see what is left in the vegetable crisper at the end of the week and dry it if it won't be used. You can then use the powders to add flavour and thickening to stews and add them to baking - dried zucchini can be substituted for normal flour in many things, and zucchini, carrot, pumpkin etc. can all be used in cakes and breads. You can also make your own vegetable stock powders.
Those are some oddly coloured spuds. A friend grew her own turmeric in a pot and got a good harvest after one year - dehydrated them in the oven and ground them down for the most mindblowing turmeric powder
if you get browning a quick dip in lemon juice / citric acid will prevent.
I like to use an l-ascorbic bath when drying granny smiths because it elevates the bite to near war-head levels. Dear god I'm salivating just describing it.
I read up in advance and gave them all a lemon juice bath before going in! Where do you source the ascorbic?
I've made a mix of granny smith, pink lady, and some other type I can't remember the name of to see what I like 😁
Ebay for bulk and cheaper - it's just vitaminC powder. Do a bit of digging, it's one of those things that stupid "wellness" wanks sell at a wild markup - you can get a poncy little jar of 20g for $20 or half a kilo of the same damned thing for $10 elsewhere.
Can proudly proclaim that whilst I still hold out the tiniest hope of hearing from my ex, I know now that I couldn't have a relationship with them unless they owned their behaviour like I have reflected on my own and changed. I'm a completely different person now and I know what I want and don't want and how I should be treated.
Edit for context; what I'm trying to say is, I have this tiny hope, but when I have the thought I then realise I don't want to get back together with my ex and that I've come to that realisation. In saying that I want ownership of behaviour and change in behaviour I'm setting a boundary because I don't see that happening and it's stands I've now set. I see now that I wasn't clear in this. Lol.
The treasurer is not gonna fire Philip Lowe. The government makes it a point of order to make their forecasts wrong. Just look at BOM for crying out loud.
Those with mortgages are encouraged to accelerate when you see him on a pedestrian crossing though. "Sorry mate, I was forecast to break but then suddenly slammed on the accelerator and screwed you"
Despite it being so cold I have manged to get out and do some weeding today. Which is just as well, the self seeded parsley is starting to take over. I also have lots of self-seeded lettuce coming along strongly, and some fennel which is starting to get some rather fat looking bulbs. It's not doing too badly out there for a mid winter garden.
I'm trying to find the right balance between effort/time and money in terms of feeding myself. Sadly no money for FairFeed this week or next. But I have caved and bought some frozen sliced green beans. I shall be making a pot of dal and I'll stir fry the green beans with a bit of chilli and plenty of onion. That along with defrosted curry should see me through to the weekend.
Well, since no one is helping me with my vertigo issues (it's real) I'm going to plough through a bit of duty free since I'm not working until monday and try and buy a bread roll from woolies for a peri-peri chicken burger a bit later.
Any canned fish aficionados here ? Prior to Reddit shenanigans I had recently discovered /r/CannedSardines and I felt like I was home. All canned fish is welcome. Personally the King Oscar Briesling Sardines in Olive oil that you can find at your nearest Coles are excellent. I am sceptical of fishes canned in oil other than olive but perhaps that's an unfair baseline
Another Marketplace sale today - lots of beer bottles out the door, and more space inside for me, yay! My old bottles are going off to bottle some samples for someone starting up a new brewery, so an exciting new future in marketing for them too!
God damn targeted instagram ads. I’ve found some jumpers/tshirts that I now desperately want but the store looks low key dodgy and the prices are deceptive because they’re in American $$.
I started off around 14 this morning, I have just made it past 17. Miss Meow is on my lap adding a couple of degrees of warmth too, so not doing too badly.
I want to believe this was a rave inspired incident that burned down part of your home and all your precious chillos with it. And somehow butters was involved.
Another pakige arrived - this time a very well worn copy of a book on sustainable housing published in 2000. Complete with this
::: spoiler slice of history
:::
This one is still a library book, so I don't have to feel naughty. I'm a student so they send the books to me, with a pre-paid label to send them back again.
It suppose it does feel a touch naughty though, as it is a free course (well, HECS waiver so the govt paid & I used up a study credit). I get access to the library, to LinkedIn Learning, access to computer packages. Even without the course itself it's a great deal!
G'day peeps, google sent me a a coupon code for 4 months of free New York Times games (no credit card needed). I don't want it. If anyone else wants it, just reply and I'll DM whoever asks first (it is almost 2:30 though so may not be instant)
Idk if its a shareable code (might be locked to just my email or something) but I'm willing to find out
Thanks Baku. I get access to a subscription through my work. PSA Many public libraries and the State Library also offer access to newspapers and magazines, so check your local library service for subscription details if there’s something you’re considering buying.
So I retired even earlier last night, about 830. Kitten woke me at 230am by gently patting my forehead with his paw and slightly extended claws. I finally managed to get back to sleep after he mewed and hassled me for about half an hour, but they still got me up before 5am.
Spent the morning doing aa stuff, my sponsor is a gem. More emails for my volunteer work this afternoon and was able to share some info which is really going to help someone and I've been getting some delightful replies for help I've given in the past. Having shared lived experience really bonds people.
EDIT: The kitten must have been eating too fast and sounded like he was choking but only puked, I went to see if he was ok and mumma cat came in growled at me and her tail puffed
right up. I moved away from the kitten and she got in between us and growled again. She's such a wonderful mumma. She got over it pretty quickly and enjoyed some scritches soon after thankfully.
I re-read this page of the gender "dysphoria" bible, if anyone is interested on what the hell is going with my journey. It's like I get a whole system wide upgrade, there's just so much going on. I've experienced a lot of things in it in surprise so I'm kinda glad I didn't read earlier and know what to expect. Plus the section on adhd really gave me some backup knowlege to what I'd recently thought was happening. It's anecdotal but based on a lot of andecdotes. It's annoying to think I'm still just a guinea pig in this science because we've been marginalised for so long, but at least we're moving in the right direction in Australia.
Note: It's not called gender dysphoria anymore, it's called gender incongruence. The term hangs on though but it's not always the trans experience to live in a state of dysphoria despite many of us having some level of it some of the time. https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en/second-puberty-fem
Wednesday night trivia was a total blast, even if I did stay out too late for a school night and had a few too many drinks yet again. Dry July is looking appealing this morning.
Just had someone on another board try to tell me Indiana Jones taking the Ark of the Covenant was an example of colonial stealing of historic artefacts on a par with stealing the Elgin Marbles.
um, except the Ark is a mythological weapon of mass destruction . So other than that exactly the same. 👻👻⚡⚡😵🤯
Alright so the person came back onto the tracks?! Right so clearly they are unstable or unwell or something, so it’s morally abhorrent that we run them over but we don’t care enough take them into care and get them the help they need… yeah that’s where you lose me. Either it’s a dog eat dog world, or we actually give a fuck about people and properly help them.
Bit of a technical tangent/rant about all the PC temp issues I was having, if anyone remembers from Reddit
::: spoiler rant
So continuing on from the CPU overheating saga from Reddit, if anyone remembers. (for those who don't, I had issues with my PC running a bit hotter than I'd like under load, so I tried to fix it with a reapplication of thermal paste. Thanks to not having a clue what I'm doing, I fucked it up every time and somehow made it worse)
Today I decided to fix it once and for all. It seems to be working. It's been idling at 80-90 for the last three weeks with just Chrome, Steam, Spotify and Discord open (plus task manager and HWInfo64 to see what's happening). Now it's at about 50-60 while I'm writing this comment. Not ideal, of course, but I don't really know what to do. I think the cooling system is just inadequate (stock CPU cooler on a ryzen 5 3600, 2 fans at the front and 1 at the back)
I don't know whether it's the new thermal paste (I was using Arctic Silver 5, now using Noctua NT-H1), the really good dusting a gave it, using an electric scredriver making it tighter or something, or a combo of everything but it seems to be running a lot happier now
Update to the spontaneous country day trip (if you don’t know: partner told me we’re going to the country today and the location is a surprise). He took us to two spots.
The first was a coffee pit stop at the Dromkeen Gallery in Riddells Creek. Everyone was so friendly and they let us drink our coffee in the prime spot: in front of the open fire. Very cosy, especially as it gets extra nippy out that way. The baby enjoyed the never-ending piles of picture books and we bought one about Migaloo the white whale to take home.
Then we forged onward. I still didn’t know where we were going. I have to admit I was starting to feel a bit uncertain when we turned down some bumpy dirt roads and the baby started to get upset. But it soon all became clear: we were headed to the Mount Macedon Winery for lunch! My oh my it was absolute heaven. Completely delicious. And the ambiance was so relaxed that the baby just chilled and people-watched while partner and I got in some quality time together.
All in all a very nice day!
6 months after leaving my old workplace, I got a email last night asking where things were. I can't even.
Send an invoice for $2500 and wait until paid in full before replying
Haaaa wish I'd thought of this.
new number who dis
10 years on Reddit. Not a word.
2 weeks on Lemmy, MrsGod asks what my username name is🫠
I think it's funny how Aust-tralia meant south but Aust-ria meant east.
They've been teaching the kids down here a bit of Palawakani in schools lately. I think it's a nice initiative.
Feel free to add regular snippets of knowledge. I'd be interested in knowing more about First Nations languages - and as I know next to nothing now anything you add is bound to be new to me!
Oh, etymology, the study of insects!
I should do some cleaning, but
::: spoiler this is happening. :::
oh well. Cleaning can wait a bit.
Absolutely nothing must disturb that picture of peace
She has now disturbed herself, and relocated to the basket in the corner where she is in position to catch any afternoon sun should there be any.
::: spoiler basket case :::
I'm desperately pawing at the screen and nothing is happening but I can sense the restful bliss and gentle purring emanating from that photo. What an adorable little nook 😻
oh my
Aww kitty
My little man is turning 8 today! I got him a Scalextric slot car racing track. One with loop-de-loops.
I had a normal oval track back in the late 70s, and was so jealous of kids that had ones with loops.
I can’t wait to set it up and play it with him.
Happy birthday to him!
Oh man I loved Scaletrics when I was a kid!
Best way to teach respect for electricity. I approve. A few small shocks are far more educational that one big one. I miss penny bungers for their power to teach respect for trajectory.
I refer to my dog as Little Man, so for a moment I picturing a little dog happily wagging its tail while watching slot cars race around. Twas an excellent mental image, thank you!
Happy birthday to your kiddo!
I referenced pinky and the brain today at work, and my younger co worker just stared at me like wtf. Bloody whippersnappers these days!
What did you say? What was the reference? You can’t just leave us hanging like that 😛
LOL well I just said him and the other supervisor reminded me of them cos he is lanky and tall and the other has a massive head!
And then the obligatory humming of the theme/intro song dududududuuuu dududududuuuu one is a genius the others insaaaane
🤣
Strange but rewarding day today.
Had to call WorkSafe cause someone had an ouch that meant we had to call 000. The ouch was minor and a pre-existing condition. So they're all good.
Someone also had a pre-employment drug test that needs further investigation on the THC front.
But I also:
Held a really good job interview with someone I'm going to hire.
Helped my manager represent our department in a global meeting for our company where we are seen as pioneers for OHS.
Held my own in a meeting to develop SWMS for a national team.
Definitely one of my more rewarding days since I started. It has been a rollercoaster the entire time and I love it, even on the days where it challenges me.
Upon waking partner instructed me to “get ready for a country trip today, you can’t say no and the destination is a surprise” so I guess we are going on a day trip 🤠
Ooh how mysterious! I'll need closure later!
I love this!! Looking forward to hearing how it goes! Have fun!
haha look at what the Spotify desktop app does to the progress bar when you play Star Wars music. It's a lil lightsaber!
::: spoiler Image is of the spotify progress bar being a lil lightsaber :::
That's so CUTE
I only just made the connection about what your username means 🤦♂️
It's okay, for about 3 months I was reading melbabouttowns flair as "Melba-thome" rather than "Melb-at-homd"
😂
Thought I was born in 1982 before now hey? 😉😉 (dw you're not the only DTer who has belatedly and then publicly acknowledged that they just got the name)
I have to go shopping and it's fucking cold. I gouda go or I run the risk of a severe cheese shortage over the weekend.
You cheddar get going it's not getting warmer.
It might be a bit Brie-zy out there, but rug up & you’ll be fine
If you don't go now, you won't be able to camem-bare it later
You better not be stil(ton) at home...
Just get in and out as swissftly as you can
Have you fon-done it yet, or parmigia-no?
Off to the bee man later today to purchase 8kg of banksia honey :D
That is a lot of honey. I just finished a 500g jar I bought probably 2 years ago!
Is it just for general eating, or do have special plans for it?
mead I beelive.
Mead is correct. Making a big 23L batch of traditional with just the honey for flavour and then will split it after fermentation to play around with adding oak, tannins, acids and back sweetening to start to explore how they all effect the final product :D
I want you as a friend so I can steal your mead.
Friends dont steal friends mead :P
It would be a trade for my amazing company. Also, I can help make it, I have experience brewing beer and washes!
Can you make sima?
It looks easy enough, its a pretty quick process by the looks of it. Just mix some ingredients, add yeast, leave for a day and then bottle, consume in about a week
A month is better apparently, but that's neither here nor there I suppose.
I'll buy some off you if you feel up to the challenge?
From what i read you make then bottle straight away and it is meant to be low alcohol, if you left it for a month you would have to be alot more careful regarding sugar quantity otherwise you would end up with higher abv and risk of bottle bombs. I dont have any bottles at the moment because none of our batches are ready to bottle yet, maybe ill grab a few extra when i buy some and ill give it a go for you :)
Your life is series of Zelda side quests - and I'm here for all of it.
Also, that is a fuckload of honey homey.
Haha i like that way of looking at it :P It certainly is, got some funny looks last time i went in there and asked for 6kg, a couple in the shop thought i was crazy haha. I just take the big fermenter bucket in with me and get him to decant it straight into that, that way i only have to sanitise the fermenter once and dont have to try to get the last little bit of honey out of multiple jars!!
Do bees discriminate between trees?
Oh I know this one! Bees distrimimate based on food availability, as different trees flower at different times of the year. A wild honeybee nest will forage hotspots within ~6km, but Typically will stay within a km. The different honeys are classified by the beekeepers who follow the "golden highway" as different species bloom, and knowing what the bees were foraging before harvesting leads to the type of honey produced. It's been a while since I thought about bees, so as always, feel free to fact check and correct!
Honey from different plants tastes different. You'll get something super different in a clovery meadow than you would in a stand of ironbark trees.
Beekeepers can move their hives around. Bee man has probably got a reliable stand of banksia for them to buzz in
What Alamut said :) Banksia has been my favourite of all the honeys ive tried so far, which is why i chose it for this traditional so that i can try to really celebrate that flavour :D
So cold. Also I hate wearing layers. Hate how the inside long sleeve somehow manages to creep up your arms and you have to try to pull down from the top of two other long sleeves. And it takes forever, and if you don’t it’s just going to irritate you to no end. Curse you cold weather. Curse you. Incase you can’t tell. I don’t like the cold 🥺
/rant
And if you don’t pull it down it feels like your blood supply is being cut off because it’s really bunch up hard. Like ffs can’t you just stay still when I pulled you all the way down to my wrist. Stop wriggling up!
And yes just let me put on pant and a tank top for warm weather and I’m groovy
Oh yes and what about when the ends of your sleeves get wet or when water somehow runs down your arm ooof
Omgsh don’t get me started. This happened to me twice Monday and Tuesday. Somehow I pushed the sleeve of my top up my arm to wash my hands, and it slid down and got wet (Monday) What the heck? Was more cautious Tuesday and somehow it got wet again 😒 rude!
I like the cold, I’m in and out of the fridge and freezer all day at work and I wear jeans and a T-shirt all year around.
Aye I wouldn’t last thirty mins in your work
Yeah, oddly enough my arms get cold with multiple layers, I think due to the long sleeved shirt.
I’m under blankets right now. Trying to wrap them around me but it’s a pain at times keeping them wrapped, especially when you need to keep the arms free or get them out or move.
I hear ya with everything minus the shirt part. I have errands to run hence layers. Don’t care if I’m at home
Hate wearing layers? You're in the wrong state my friend! Tried a wife beater as an undershirt, then a short sleeved, then a jacket/shirt/jumper? It's how I generally avoid the sensory overload while keeping my core toasty
I know, I know. Also it’s singlet, 2 long sleeve and a medium warm jacket and my winter jacket sigh
This is why men's shirts have cuffs, right? So you can wear it underneath a dress jacket without it pulling up.
I’m small why would I be wearing men’s shirt. Men’s shirt would be too big on me and wouldn’t fit with the sizing of the rest of what I wear. I’m confused by your suggestion
just a general question, is this place managed by the same mods on r/Melbourne or a different group of individuals?
I wasn't personally enjoying the overall experience over there, just wondering what the vibe is here comparatively.
cheers
I believe the mods here are not the same.
The vibe here is a respectful and friendly one. It was on the original DT too.
Different people. From what I can tell there were only a few mods on r/Melbourne that are still actively moderating, and they were spending their time on a Discord group.
Lodion (who I believe is in Perth) set up this Lemmy instance with all the Australian groups set up, I wandered in and saw a familiar looking group & a daily thread, and put my hand up to moderate. If you look at the older posts there is some discussion there about what people want from the group that I used to write the community guidelines - that and this daily thread is probably the best way to see what the vibe here is. 🙂
thank you and thanks all, good to know! was a bit gloomy over there :D
Please join us for some friendly banter anytime.
Nah it's completely seperate from r/melbourne, mods aren't involved. Much more positive vibe over here!
I've told Mr Woof we can go for a walk at first light. He's using puppy dog eyes on me to try to negotiate an earlier start.
Edit: to correct accidental naming of RustyDog as Mr Wood. Which sounds odd and slightly kinky 🤣
All these settings on the oven and I just use the one setting. Forever.
So due to my own stupidity, I’m now wearing an eye patch for a few days. My co workers are absolutely delighted.
Yaaaar 🏴☠️
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Embrace it! Load up some cannons into the back seat, go broadside a Coles truck on the monash! retire having sold truck full of overpriced food at 50% of the store value.
hugs, hope it isn't too painful
Thank you! Such a silly thing to do, but oh well!
Hope you recover quickly, but during the recovery own that shit.
Thank you! I'm having dinner with some friends tonight and am desperately wishing I had a stuffed bird toy to take with me.
I'm sure a local dollar store will have something that can play the part.
Don’t forget the hat too. That’s very important.
I'm sorry, I had a bit of a giggle. My sister wore an eye patch during the recovery of her lazy eye when she was a kid. I thought she looked cool as.
I'm embracing it and having fun. Currently have a rhinestone on it, someone has given me a googly eye to stick on next.
HA! Fantastic!
Came home to THIS peeping Tom
::: spoiler spoiler :::
He’s lucky that he’s very good at his job and I respect his work.
Can't think of anything witty to say but this is what passes for high-stakes reporting in Tasmania. https://pulsehobart.com.au/news/ducking-awesome-duck-shaped-cloud-spotted-off-tasmanias-coast/
A news story not designed to scare or anger people? I'm calling Murdoch, this can't be allowed! He'll sort it out.
Anatidaephobia is a thing!
I had that when I was at La Trobe uni.
Better than the news coming out of NSW atm.
i'll take anything but that
I'm just switching on for the day and went to check the headlines as soon as I saw your comment. Urrrrgghhh
I would rather a slow news day than a bunch of bad stuff happening tbh.
“What the duck?!,” one person wrote, while another was convinced it was not a duck, but a dachshund poking out from behind the cape." Yeah I can see that.
Office rant. If you're gonna sit next to me and cough every 30 seconds then please just go tf home.
Also, someone did a big poo in the ladies and it's stinking the whole place. I don't like this one bit. That is all.
Swinburne are looking for volunteers for their open day, using an opening of "remember what it was like when you were trying to choose your course?". Yeah, I do. I went "oh, the government is letting me do a course for free. There's one I can do entirely from home, why not. If it sucks too bad I can just quit." I suspect this is not what they are looking for in a volunteer.
Hid the keys.
This'll be a conversation.
Not the best day today. Dont wanna be at work. Dont wanna be at home. Just... sad.
I've had vertigo from inner ear damage. I use Epply exercises to re-orient my balance.
Treatment depends on the cause of your vertigo. See a doc.
If this is in response to my vertigo comments thank you. It's a very bizarre sensation to have for an extended period.
hugs, vertigo is dreadful
try the Epply exercises , you can find them on line and can do them on your own. No harm in trying them first, they may work.
This appears to be my 500th comment.
🎉 woo!
Hope you all have a great Thor's Day.
I'm in this Italian cafe in Ivanhoe after a huuuuge psych session this morning, when I say Italian it really is an old school tiny cafe with 90s signage, zero attempt to look trendy or have vibey music, there are homemade Sicilian donuts, the proprietors speak Italian and look like they came out of the 1950s, and most tellingly, they asked if I could pay in cash first (but they did accept eftpos too).
The coffee is a proper damn espresso, too. I didn't intend to get a donut but I might now
e: ahhhh an ancient nonno and nonna shuffled in and ordered everything in Italian (or maybe Sicilian I wouldn't know). They must be in their late 80s. It's a glimpse of a Melbourne that is disappearing
tre fontane?
Seems like it has a reputation!
Curious what do you mean it's disappearing?
Old Med migrants speaking the language are literally dying out and with them a certain way of life that, from my understanding, was once very prevalent in Melbourne. Newer generations of migrants from those areas are very different, as are the descendants of the old migrants. Wouldn't expect most of them to be primarily monolingual in an Italian language, and very different education levels/attitudes/life experiences
Oh I see the 1950's italian crew.
It's quite incredible a fair few managed to remain fairly insular language-wise.
On the way home, someone got on the bus wearing a sign around their neck that said, "Homophobia is not a scientific phobia." When we got off the bus my kids asked me to explain it. I said, well, to the best of my knowledge, a phobia is when you have a physical fear response to something. What happens when we're scared? Our heart can start racing, we might start sweating, pupils dilate, we might start shaking, that kind of thing. Homophobia is a bullshit made up phobia that doesn't trigger these physical responses. By the way, falling in love can trigger a similar physical response.
If anyone knows the sign-wearing person, tell them my daughter liked their outfit.
I'm back with my 8 cheese products. Crisis averted. Thanks to all those that left messages of support. I couldn't reply because my cheese gags are a little bit dirty tbh.
::: spoiler shit cheese poem Sweet dreams are made of cheese
Who am I to diss a brie,
I cheddar the world and the feta cheese,
Everybodys looking for stilton.
Some of them want halloumi
Some of them want to get danish blue
Some of them want manchego
Some of them want provolone :::
I want this at my funeral when I die of a self medicated cheese overdose.
Oooooooooh aaaaaaaaaaah-aaaaaaaaah-aaaaaaaah
I suddenly feel cheese deficient. I only have about four. Maybe I need to schedule a cheese buying foray?
You can never have enough cheese unless you've been constipated for days and then you remember why.
Making your own cheese is a bliss, but the downside of not having immediately available cheese upon completion is a killer.
Halloumi and other quesa fresca excluded
Bugger looks like I imported a head cold from OS.
Also missing the heated toilet seat I had for the last week.
Maybe your bottom is taking all the heat from your head to compensate?
I should probably drop a review for Burger king fries I had at CGK jakarta airport.
The dream was to compare KFC but had to settle for jackas..
They weren't very good. and for 38000IDR (about $3.80) I'm starting to wonder if they gave me a small instead of a large as some sort of 'in' joke.
2/10.
The truffle fries with a triumvirate of dipping sauces at the hotel however.. for an inflated hotel price of $9, were bomb.
9/10 for those.
And in the latest instalment of Fuck Nestle, they are upset because they don’t want tax transparency. It’s really bullshit how our economy is dictated by big business. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/29/multinationals-including-nestle-and-roche-push-back-against-scope-of-australias-planned-tax-transparency-laws
oh jeez
massive argument with mum.
After what I've seen she can't continue driving she's going hurt someone or herself or worse and my advice is falling on deaf ears and stripping independence. hrmm
and thank you to all for the advice yesterday now is the pointy end.
well that was a very cold walk. I normally finish a walk feeling warmed up, but today I am still chilly - especially my poor nose.
I have to take the dog for a walk today because she hasn't been in days cos I've been feeling crap.. definitely need to gee myself up for it
You can doo eet.
I did it! It was freeeeeeezing lol
Life is pain.
Naughty Gladys has been found to be handing out funds whilst romping with her boyfriend. Tsk tsk
I remember when their relationship story broke and thought to myself 'cheese sauce who the fuck would want to wake up to that'.
edit: to clarify talkin' about Daz
Maybe they're both into some really kinky shit. Good on them for finding each other.
At the same time, fuck them for breaching public trust and doling out public funds to pet projects.
Bit like a scene from 30 rock. They both get off on misappropriating public funds?
That show was as much of a doco as Utopia.
“Milf island” turned out to be spot on.
Life imitates art I guess
Maybe he just really really wanted that shooting range.
And was willing to be a very naughty boy to get it
bold of her to insist the ministerial code doesn't apply to her
Seems to be the way for politicians caught doing bullshit. But don't worry. She won't see any jail time, fines or significant penalties. And in about 3 years (give or take) she'll be appointed to the boards of several private companies.
Carry on, nothing to see here.
The really annoying thing is that if one of us did a wee bit of fraud it would be, go straight to jail, do not pass go, and a hard time finding work ever after
a wee bit of fraud 😂 I know I have felt guilty for walking out of the self serve without paying for my bread because it was sitting where babies sit. These cunts are writing cheques after a good root.
Absolutely. And it won't change until political fuckery is criminalized. Somehow private funds are sacred, but public funds are a free for all.
Shit in work in Public Service and the processes for funding and paying anything are very lengthy and quite robust.
I get very shitty when I read about massive contracts being awarded without due process.
Yes there's a lot of bureaucracy, but when it comes public cash, it should be scrutinised.
Isn't she an executive at Optus now? Or was immediately after resigning?
So it would appear. Wouldn't surprise me if she's got other roles/memberships as well.
Hey Gladys can you sling us a few pineapples for a new clay shooting range and a conservatory? By the way what's for breakfast?
::: spoiler shit fart poem Uncaffeinated yet avoiding sleep,
my guts protest the meal ingested.
Noxious fumes, smell it and weep.
The cat snorts; he feels disrespected. :::
😂
😅
i feel like taking a walk but it is still dark but i am taking the walk anyway
Are you Mr Woof?
wags tail
That's. No. Tail!
🎧shake-dat-ting🎵
G'day! Felt a bit guilty about not doing my workout yesterday on account of being absolutely stuffed from work and crashing early. Woke up to do it this morning and discovered that yesterday was a scheduled rest day! So it's day 4 and I've done my exercises. I feel different in a way I can't put my finger on, sort of a teensy bit fitter. Probably psychosomatic but it works for me!
Taking the Mini Peelers to Melbourne Central today, looks like a nice one out there!
You do get improvements very quickly when you first start an exercise program - a lot of it is your muscles learning to work together and coordinate better. The other part of improvement is actual muscle development, and you will often notice that most after a rest day. When you exercise you actually damage and break down your muscles a bit, and the body responds by rebuilding them better than before. So the rest is vital periodically to make sure your body has the capacity to rebuild.
Huh. TIL, thanks for that!
Still haven't woken up properly, nor have I emerged from the oodie knockoff except for a quick change from pjs to clothes.
Thank God (Gouda?) I did the shopping yesterday.
I think oodie knockoff may be the superior over size hoodie
oodies are so bulky movement is difficult
other oodies maybe easier to wear and move in
Nothing, let me stress nothing upsets me more than being thanked for my patience and understanding. The nerve of assuming you are entitled to either metro speaks fucking volumes about your service.
ordered a new computer, it arrived at my door 90 minutes later. i'm scared of it and have put it in the cupboard
Surprisingly unpopular opinion in my household, I think St Patrick's Day should be a VIC holiday.
I just reckon enough people casually follow it, so it would be a better holiday than some of our others. The main issue is the placing of it.
The day after St Patrick's Day if anything 💀
Same with the Grand Final day off...why the Friday? Let people get turnt on Saturday night, carry on into Sunday and have Monday to rehydrate.
The Friday seems silly, but I'll take it anyway
I believe Friday is the day they parade the football players around town so that people can assess their form before placing their bets. Like with horses before a race.
That makes so much sense
Hard Agree! Friday is the best day of the week! So little expectations, so much potential ahead.
And Friday before a long weekend is essentially a free day. BOOM 4 day weekend just like that.
Dictator Dan really screwed the pooch on that one
Oooof, controversial opinion with 2 downvotes there. But again, hard agree.
Might have been my 'Dictator Dan' comment, made in jest of course.
Either way, Monday is better.
as a Patricia I endorse this message
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A bucket of lumpia goreng plz
🪣
May be dangerous requesting this, but something hot I can stick my face in, please chef!
🌞
Nothing today thanks
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Hmmmm. Nothing for me today thanks chef
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What would the chef recommend to power a solid house cleaning session today?
🥭🥓🥞🍟🍨🍫🧃
No time for love Doctor Jones
the only doctor we have here is peppers 🛢
Mmm barbecue water…🤤
The Bach cello suites I’ve been listening to while I work have ended. It was lovely, but I need something else now.
DJ DT, spin me a track
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
Here, have my playlist of strings covers
I is will spin a track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ix0W-TOFK8
Palatable old DnB :)
https://youtu.be/wI5usbhzmbY
These guys have such a nice vibe
You might like this
New movie for today was Grey Owl. I read this guy's books last year and read some bios too. Sadly the movie was a disappointment. Just a run of the mill bio. He is an unusual adult with skills and an interest who becomes a writer. The only thing that makes him different to other writers about nature and indigenous peoples is he pretended he was one. That is all. It could have been a good movie, spend time on his childhood and his beginnings. On the secret , have him hunted down by a journalist. Then public reaction and his legacy. ( and it's a good legacy, he helped start the environmental movement in Canada ) Maybe 2.5 hobbits out 5 and nice to see something that's not a marvel movie.
I went into centrecom to get one tube of thermal paste. I assumed all would be well since I click and collected it.
All was not well. I spent an hour and a half in there and I now have 4 more Ethernet cables, a new USB stick I didn't need and yet another can of air duster
::: spoiler spoiler ___ in my defence, the USB stick was $8 for a 32gb USB 3.2 HP stick, and the Ethernet cables were $2 each :::
Edit: and I almost bought a new ethernet switch, even though I already have 3 I'm not even currently using
Ah the joy of cats. Number ones in the tray. Big production of scratching at the side of the tray from multiple directions. Move next door to the covered litter tray. Number twos. Another big production of completely useless side of box scratching. Wander off happy. I get to clean out two litter trays. Thanks cat.
@[email protected] did you end up getting your Asian blue design bowls?
No not yet. Maybe this weekend.
Well I better get there first and buy it all up 😜 just kidding I do need to grab some ceramic soup/congee spoons though
Hello again 3am. We need to stop meeting like this.
Oh joy, Emergency Room. Only 4 hours by some miracle. Wear your damn safety goggles people!!
firing up a new toy for the first time
Nice. If you have grinding capacity (food processor, spice grinder etc) I highly recommend looking into vegetable powders. You can dry excess vegetables, and often skins - including pumpkin skin & tomato skins - and then grind them to make powder. It's a great way of preventing waste, you can see what is left in the vegetable crisper at the end of the week and dry it if it won't be used. You can then use the powders to add flavour and thickening to stews and add them to baking - dried zucchini can be substituted for normal flour in many things, and zucchini, carrot, pumpkin etc. can all be used in cakes and breads. You can also make your own vegetable stock powders.
The pro tips are always in the comments 🙏
Mmmmm.. The garnish for your Gin drink machine🤤 Blood Orange gang
What does it do with the moisture, if any? Never used one of these before either.
It doubles as an apple and cinnamon scented humidifier for my apartment
Drools and makes Homer Simpson style gluttony noises
Are you dehydrating potat now?
Test batch of apples before I risk potat
Word on the street is that you can do chillies in those things too.
I have a tub full of dried chillies that says you're right 🙂
You can do all kinds! This was gifted to me by a friend who knew how much I loved biltong. I expect its main use for me will be drying beef 🤤
wbeeps in microwaveThose are some oddly coloured spuds. A friend grew her own turmeric in a pot and got a good harvest after one year - dehydrated them in the oven and ground them down for the most mindblowing turmeric powder
if you get browning a quick dip in lemon juice / citric acid will prevent.
I like to use an l-ascorbic bath when drying granny smiths because it elevates the bite to near war-head levels. Dear god I'm salivating just describing it.
I read up in advance and gave them all a lemon juice bath before going in! Where do you source the ascorbic?
I've made a mix of granny smith, pink lady, and some other type I can't remember the name of to see what I like 😁
Ebay for bulk and cheaper - it's just vitaminC powder. Do a bit of digging, it's one of those things that stupid "wellness" wanks sell at a wild markup - you can get a poncy little jar of 20g for $20 or half a kilo of the same damned thing for $10 elsewhere.
Guilty pleasure - chewy oatmeal and raisin cookies.
Its rare, but every so often your north American roots shine through. This is one of those times.
Chewy cookies (of any sort really) are far superior to brittle counterparts. They even hold liquid better after dipping!!!
I'm glad I can bridge the cultural gap between Commonwealth cousins 😀
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Can proudly proclaim that whilst I still hold out the tiniest hope of hearing from my ex, I know now that I couldn't have a relationship with them unless they owned their behaviour like I have reflected on my own and changed. I'm a completely different person now and I know what I want and don't want and how I should be treated.
Edit for context; what I'm trying to say is, I have this tiny hope, but when I have the thought I then realise I don't want to get back together with my ex and that I've come to that realisation. In saying that I want ownership of behaviour and change in behaviour I'm setting a boundary because I don't see that happening and it's stands I've now set. I see now that I wasn't clear in this. Lol.
Maybe that extra large coffee late in the afternoon wasn't the best idea...
The treasurer is not gonna fire Philip Lowe. The government makes it a point of order to make their forecasts wrong. Just look at BOM for crying out loud. Those with mortgages are encouraged to accelerate when you see him on a pedestrian crossing though. "Sorry mate, I was forecast to break but then suddenly slammed on the accelerator and screwed you"
Despite it being so cold I have manged to get out and do some weeding today. Which is just as well, the self seeded parsley is starting to take over. I also have lots of self-seeded lettuce coming along strongly, and some fennel which is starting to get some rather fat looking bulbs. It's not doing too badly out there for a mid winter garden.
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⏰🥊💩
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⏰🐈⬛ boop 🐕 bounce
I'm trying to find the right balance between effort/time and money in terms of feeding myself. Sadly no money for FairFeed this week or next. But I have caved and bought some frozen sliced green beans. I shall be making a pot of dal and I'll stir fry the green beans with a bit of chilli and plenty of onion. That along with defrosted curry should see me through to the weekend.
Good morning
Big chicken burger for dins
Major hawt.
Lots of hawt.
Is anyone experiencing when posting a comment and post then the site just throws you to the top when you didn’t do that yourself? What the heck?
hey
Don’t know what has happened this week, but I am absolutely destroyed. Sleep tight, fam. ✨
Well, since no one is helping me with my vertigo issues (it's real) I'm going to plough through a bit of duty free since I'm not working until monday and try and buy a bread roll from woolies for a peri-peri chicken burger a bit later.
Uh oh so I have vertigo from the flight and feel like I'm constantly getting off an elevator.
I had it when I arrived in Indo for a few days and looked positively drunk for a bit there (not a good look).
I know there are things like Stemetil, betahistines etc.
I don't want to go through that again :(
Does anyone have some suggestions for an alternative remedy?
Any canned fish aficionados here ? Prior to Reddit shenanigans I had recently discovered /r/CannedSardines and I felt like I was home. All canned fish is welcome. Personally the King Oscar Briesling Sardines in Olive oil that you can find at your nearest Coles are excellent. I am sceptical of fishes canned in oil other than olive but perhaps that's an unfair baseline
Another Marketplace sale today - lots of beer bottles out the door, and more space inside for me, yay! My old bottles are going off to bottle some samples for someone starting up a new brewery, so an exciting new future in marketing for them too!
Progressed to Tchaikovsky
too cold, have progressed from jumper to wearing oodie
My Jerboa has decided to not let me sort any way other than old... Didn't even know there were Lemmy instances that old
God damn targeted instagram ads. I’ve found some jumpers/tshirts that I now desperately want but the store looks low key dodgy and the prices are deceptive because they’re in American $$.
But Urgh. Look at these.
::: spoiler spoiler
:::
I have procured nasi goreng rendang
i thought it was 14C inside when did it get down to 12 come here heater.
No wonder my feet are cold.
I started off around 14 this morning, I have just made it past 17. Miss Meow is on my lap adding a couple of degrees of warmth too, so not doing too badly.
Thank You @Seagoon_bot for posting the Daily Rippa!
TIL youi cannot insure high-value cars. Ended up with RACV. next week I shall tackle the PPSR with VCAT. fun times ahead.
Yeah you can. They just won't pay out.
Don't go with Allianz.
edit: oh missed the 'i' after 'you'.
Still.. don't go with Allianz.
went with RACV
Don't go with RACV for Home and contents :)
Learnt the hard way with both :(
I want to believe this was a rave inspired incident that burned down part of your home and all your precious chillos with it. And somehow butters was involved.
Youi quoted me $600 more than RACV and asked rude questions about my marital status. They get laughed at
Miss Meow snuck past me to have a great adventure in the outdoors. She was unimpressed with the weather and came straight back inside.
Another pakige arrived - this time a very well worn copy of a book on sustainable housing published in 2000. Complete with this
::: spoiler slice of history :::
When I find a second hand book and it's an ex library book I feel a bit naughty.
This one is still a library book, so I don't have to feel naughty. I'm a student so they send the books to me, with a pre-paid label to send them back again.
It suppose it does feel a touch naughty though, as it is a free course (well, HECS waiver so the govt paid & I used up a study credit). I get access to the library, to LinkedIn Learning, access to computer packages. Even without the course itself it's a great deal!
G'day peeps, google sent me a a coupon code for 4 months of free New York Times games (no credit card needed). I don't want it. If anyone else wants it, just reply and I'll DM whoever asks first (it is almost 2:30 though so may not be instant)
Idk if its a shareable code (might be locked to just my email or something) but I'm willing to find out
Thanks Baku. I get access to a subscription through my work. PSA Many public libraries and the State Library also offer access to newspapers and magazines, so check your local library service for subscription details if there’s something you’re considering buying.
Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks! Did you still want the code?
I’m ok thanks, happy for someone else to take that one.
Lunch.
Extrapolate.
Leftover spag bol with some broccoli added for vitamins
... dinner?
I went from Bach to Crowded House, and suddenly I’m on the Babe soundtrack. I cannot explain this
So I retired even earlier last night, about 830. Kitten woke me at 230am by gently patting my forehead with his paw and slightly extended claws. I finally managed to get back to sleep after he mewed and hassled me for about half an hour, but they still got me up before 5am. Spent the morning doing aa stuff, my sponsor is a gem. More emails for my volunteer work this afternoon and was able to share some info which is really going to help someone and I've been getting some delightful replies for help I've given in the past. Having shared lived experience really bonds people.
EDIT: The kitten must have been eating too fast and sounded like he was choking but only puked, I went to see if he was ok and mumma cat came in growled at me and her tail puffed right up. I moved away from the kitten and she got in between us and growled again. She's such a wonderful mumma. She got over it pretty quickly and enjoyed some scritches soon after thankfully.
I re-read this page of the gender "dysphoria" bible, if anyone is interested on what the hell is going with my journey. It's like I get a whole system wide upgrade, there's just so much going on. I've experienced a lot of things in it in surprise so I'm kinda glad I didn't read earlier and know what to expect. Plus the section on adhd really gave me some backup knowlege to what I'd recently thought was happening. It's anecdotal but based on a lot of andecdotes. It's annoying to think I'm still just a guinea pig in this science because we've been marginalised for so long, but at least we're moving in the right direction in Australia. Note: It's not called gender dysphoria anymore, it's called gender incongruence. The term hangs on though but it's not always the trans experience to live in a state of dysphoria despite many of us having some level of it some of the time.
https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en/second-puberty-fem
Wednesday night trivia was a total blast, even if I did stay out too late for a school night and had a few too many drinks yet again. Dry July is looking appealing this morning.
I feel like I am late to the party but I only just started listening to Renaissance by Beyonce and the whole album slaappppsssssssss
You are late, but it's a great album. What's your favourite song/s?
Virgo's Groove and today I had a full on dance party at my desk to Summer Renaissance. Cuff it is also super fun!
Blasting music in my ear in the hopes I don’t fall asleep on this bus that isn’t moving 💤
Just had someone on another board try to tell me Indiana Jones taking the Ark of the Covenant was an example of colonial stealing of historic artefacts on a par with stealing the Elgin Marbles.
um, except the Ark is a mythological weapon of mass destruction . So other than that exactly the same. 👻👻⚡⚡😵🤯
I saw Indiana Jones earlier. I liked it. I feel like it was a fine full stop to the Indiana Jones saga.
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I'm not sure why it's so hard to convince myself that the black on this chicken wing is just marinate rather than burnt.
Alright so the person came back onto the tracks?! Right so clearly they are unstable or unwell or something, so it’s morally abhorrent that we run them over but we don’t care enough take them into care and get them the help they need… yeah that’s where you lose me. Either it’s a dog eat dog world, or we actually give a fuck about people and properly help them.
theres nothing quite so soothing as late night cricket.
A bit cooler today, but still lovely in the water - https://i.imgur.com/CB4EoDu.jpg
Morning additions to the pictures community complete. Now time for morning porridge.
Heide yay! That’s my neck of the woods. Did you go the brunch at Heide Kitchen?
It was a couple of years ago now, but I think I took a sandwich and ate it in the grounds 🙂
Bit of a technical tangent/rant about all the PC temp issues I was having, if anyone remembers from Reddit
::: spoiler rant So continuing on from the CPU overheating saga from Reddit, if anyone remembers. (for those who don't, I had issues with my PC running a bit hotter than I'd like under load, so I tried to fix it with a reapplication of thermal paste. Thanks to not having a clue what I'm doing, I fucked it up every time and somehow made it worse)
Today I decided to fix it once and for all. It seems to be working. It's been idling at 80-90 for the last three weeks with just Chrome, Steam, Spotify and Discord open (plus task manager and HWInfo64 to see what's happening). Now it's at about 50-60 while I'm writing this comment. Not ideal, of course, but I don't really know what to do. I think the cooling system is just inadequate (stock CPU cooler on a ryzen 5 3600, 2 fans at the front and 1 at the back)
I don't know whether it's the new thermal paste (I was using Arctic Silver 5, now using Noctua NT-H1), the really good dusting a gave it, using an electric scredriver making it tighter or something, or a combo of everything but it seems to be running a lot happier now
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There’s no Darwin community here?
I tried to make a new DT but failed :(
Onto Mad Men s5. I deeply dislike this lovey dovey stuff with Megan but oh my god Jon Hamm's pubic hairs 🤯