Daily Discussion Thread: Fri 08 Sep 2023

Wedding anniversary today, going to celebrate (despite the weather) with a posh lunch in Briiiighton then back to Mordi for a few drinks :)
- Congrats ! 🎉 💃🪩🕺
  
  Thank you!
- Congratulations.🎉
  How many years did she get? 🗝
  
  Thanks! hehe...16 years
- Congrats and happy anniversary!
  Hope you're enjoying (enjoyed?) the posh lunch in Braaaiiiighhhton, and don't get blown into the bay at Mordi. :)
- Congrats. Have a lovely day. 🥂
  
  Thanks! Should be a good one, I have a rare Saturday off work so let the champers and margaritas flow!
- Congrats!
- Congratulations 🎉 🥂
- Congrats! Have fun!

Very upsetting what just happened on Bourke Street
- I'm shook. Hope the injured recover and the lost soul's close ones find peace.
  The culprit can fucking rot
- Once upon a time it was safe to walk or take the tram around the city. Not any more. It's so sad.
  
  This feels like a little bit of a leap.
  
  it's getting more and more dodgy inside the trams too
- I saw the report on the Guardian. Awful.

DTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!! After half a year the car search has ended, I have finally replaced my 4x4 that shit itself during covid. Ya boy is about to make up for years worth of missed camping and road-tripping.
- Congratulations 🎉
  
  Thank you!
- What did you get?
  
  Mitsubishi Pajero NT 09 3.2L diesel.

Allergies are calming down a bit today, the wind and rain has got rid of some of the pollen particles. This has been my worst year for rosacea for 15 years. Big hugs to everyone who is having difficulties with allergies and inflammation.
- Big hugs to you. My hayfever isn't bad yet but it's coming.
  
  Bill Cat has scratched his face raw 😿
- My allergies only started calming down a couple of days ago as well.
  Now my skin is healing but damn is it really hurting on my hands and feet as it hardens and comes off.
  Hope you're not suffering too badly from it all.
  
  gentle hugs
- I’m not too bad, rosacea hay fever and asthma are all under control but my dog is going crazy scratching her belly.
  
  hugs to both of you
- hugs hope everything is okay.

Just went down a travelator behind a man who had jammed the trolley hard against the side of the travelator side, and it was making this horrid scraping noise as it was going , scraping a dent/scratch into the side of escalator. Man either totally unaware or could not give a fuck. I was thinking how sad it is how much the public just trash stuff and how much it must cost to be constantly fixing things, no wonder everything is expensive. This is why we can’t have nice things.

Eating Tiny teddies for the first time since I was a kid. There is something very moreish about them. It’s a bit dangerous, the whole box might get mindlessly consumed if I’m not careful!
- Honey or chocolate?
  
  Half coated choc, so I think honey.

- Opening yesterday's thread, the Brisbane daily thread, or accidentally sorting by "old" are my favourite ways to add a touch of confusion into my day.

- You made it pretty! 👍
- Beep boop. Good human. Good pie.
- Omg you made it, I'm so impressed. Very aesthetic too.
  Perhaps this is an insight into what the robots will feed us when the revolution comes.
- Looking good!

COLD 🥶
- As my heart on Saturday morning.
- All four of my cheeks are freezing 💀

.... Nailed it.
- Look at those enormous breasts!

I made baby cheesecakes last night. Very easy to do.

I used a block of philly cheese (Manhatten from aldi) at room temperature. Added a half a jar of lemon curd. A tiny bit of milk and a tablespoon of icing sugar. Gave it a stir until all combined. Put a butter nut biscuit in the muffin patty pan and top it with my mixture. Put them in the fridge to set.
You can make them with your choice of jam and biscuits.
- Ooooooo
  
  They are really good ngl.

10 days off has officially has begun.
- Enjoy!

- Looks like a serious case of ADORABLEE!
- So get the magnifying glass out. Is it wet, dry, chunky, large, small, medium, firm, loose, black, brown, other?
- awww
- Cheers Catfish Cat. I hope you recover from whatever it is. 🍺
  
  If OP is Catfish, clearly that is Fishcat
- Would it be out of line to ask what young man is dealing with symptoms wise?
  I have an older cat and have been on the medical merry go round of working out what’s wrong. Perhaps there’s something that sounds similar to an issue we’ve solved, an idea of where to go next.

Cheers homies and home girls 🍻

That was a cold freaking walk back to the accom. 10C feels like 3, hectic winds, spattering rain - and now lots of wooshing and swooshing while I'm trying to settle down in bed. Pros and cons to getting accom with palms right out the window.
Absolutely fabulous day otherwise, was a bit nervous/overwhelmed at first but met heaps of good folks today. Weather aside, only downside was I think I had too much dairy in the dessert and got straight up liquid shits (scrambled to the toilet just in time). Or maybe it was the wine. I don't know but my gut definitely feels unsettled, still. I need a substantial breakfast tomorrow to make up for it. Ninight.

was out for a walk early this morning. after an hour, even with brisk walking, came home freezing cold, windblown and ever so slightly damp, wondering what I had been thinking.
am now reaping the benefits by working in trackies, my slippers, with a cuppa, feeling smug as my wife complains about having to leave the house while I have done my exercise and errands for the day and can remain toasty warm and comfy inside.
- same here. Is it schadenfreude? why yes, but that makes it no less delicious. Enjoy your trudge in the rain sir, me and my 11k steps shall be playing Totk

hmmm, I don't think I'll be using this dinosaur fabric for masks after all. Partial long bronto neck looks a little odd . 🤨
- use eggplant instead? 🍆
  
  may as well 😂
- serviettes and hankies it is!
- Once you see it you can't unsee it.

It's raining here now so hopefully it kills the wind or I may lose a fence if it hasn't already gone. I'm too scared to go outside.
Ooo and the sun's out too. Jfc
- Jacket on, jacket off, jacket on
  "That leany thing" gets me everytime 😅
  
  That's the cheese stick God damn it.
- 🎵🎶 Fourrrr seasons in one dayyyyy 🎶🎵
  I'll keep an eye on the skies for your fence... hope it's all still good! 😬
  
  Thank you.
- Bin day today and they tend to do ours at about 2 so I can't wait to chase the fucker halfway across south road.
  
  Mine is Thursday's. Every fucking Wednesday night/ Thursday morning it's either pissing down or windy. EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

Horrible weather out there, it's actually getting colder. I stopped at Bunnings on the way home from work, they were closing off the garden entrance and had lost a few plants in the wind already. The staff were in remarkably good spirits considering how miserable it is outside today.

I would really like some coffee ice cream. diet says no 🥺
- Affogato
  
  I love that stuff
- Gelato might be healthier than icecream? They might have coffee. Edit: Or coffee frozen yogurt.
  And allowing the occasional scoop might mean less craving
  Edit: Or you can make an iced coffee at home by dissolving sugar or Splenda with instant coffee in a little hot water (no need for special syrup) and adding your preferred milk
- I say 2 scoops won't hurt you and then you won't think about it.
  
  it's moot, I don't have any anyway

Have given in and chucked the heater on, my little finges are like icicles.

Hmmmm got the job (VPS) but it was never explained that it was a fixed term contract until I just got the offer letter, I was under the impression the whole time it was a full time contract, so it ends after a year and if they don't have the budget I'm out of a job potentially? Exactly the sort of thing I wanted to avoid and why I was willing to take a paycut otherwise why not just work as a contractor?
- spend the time applying for permament positions
- Being in VPS on a fixed term carries over all your leave and progression through any other VPS job and department.
  Start looking after 6 months for another longer role. It's what pretty much everyone does.
  Also, welcome aboard comrade
- Is it a "contract" or "permanent fixed term"? The latter gives you leave entitlements and other benefits (that I can't currently think of) of a permanent employee

Can't believe I was wearing shorts yesterday and now I'm wearing my super thicc wool tights.
I also just wanna go home and play Starfield, though I do get my new glasses tonight so that should be exciting. Sad to retire my current ones.
Maybe next time I might go all out and buy the $249 pairs because they always fit the style I like, damn you Specsavers...

- And to make matters even better, they don’t answer their DAMN phone. Apparently this isn’t an immediate danger, according to the lead tenant
  Until it's on fire.
  What is this "organization", like the agent or what?
- Don't leave the heater on all night and you should be fine.

Whats on for the weekend everyone? Tonight im heading to a party at Max Watts run by the Rainbow Serpent crew, should be massive!! Tomorrow night will be moving my current mead to secondary to age on oak!! Sunday i have an axe throwing marathon, its only 2 weeks till the Asia Pacific Champs and Sunday will have 10 or more of the current top 20 in Australia throwing so will be a really good warm up :)
- It has not been a good week. The weekend will be spent recovering from the week.
  (Kid) Footy and Hockey seasons are finally over. This is the first weekend of not needing to up at 7am for various sports. I need to get my sleep cycle under control. Spent a day and a half sick/sleeping and I'm still not quite back to normal. My watch says I slept from 3am to 7am, but it isn't counting the bit where I crashed at 8pm and slept to nearly midnight.
  Also, a friend/workmate passed away this week. We're gathering this evening for drinks and memories/tears. He was roughly my age, with kids a little over my kids' ages. This feels too close to home, like that could have been me but for a roll of fate's dice. It could be my kids facing life without their dad. Cancer sucks.
  
  Belated, but sorry to hear about your mate. Reading that gave me chills, just imagining it happening to me or someone my siblings' ages, though I have no children. That's particularly rough when it's someone you worked with. Hope you've got some good strategies for handling the grief at work.
- That sounds like an awesome weekend! Will you be competing against the big guns? Are there amateur/novice divisions, or is it all or nothing?
  
  I will be competing against the big guns yes, im currently ranked 6th in Australia in the ruleset the marathon is running in. There is essentially two rules sets, standard and premier, premier requires a much higher level of accuracy but anyone can compete in either rule set. The marathons are usually capped at 24 people, so there will be a pretty big range of skills. The Asia Pacific Champs in 2 weeks is an invite only finals under the premier rule set, there were qualifiers around Australia early this year, the top 2 from each venue went straight into finals and then the rest of the spots went to the people with the highest averages in qualifying :)
- I plan to put some manure on the garden in the morning tomorrow, followed by a dentist appointment. Sunday I will be working all day.
  I don't think I will be winning any best weekend ever awards this week 🤣
  
  Haha never know :P

Cheesy scrambled eggs with mackerel and chilli-crisp
- Hmmmm. At the moment I'd say about 50% of my meals have fishies
- i miss the blue swimmer crab chilli scramble at ten square in the city. it's still on the menu, i just dont work in the city anymore.
  also the octopus/smoked eel omelette at operator 25 was pretty fucking good too.

Don't tell Las Vegas but I'm pretty casino'd out. I'm not exactly sure who I am now but I've had zero urge to drink. Even when offered free booze I've been getting lemonade/soda or water.
Anyway it's 7:15pm and I've decided to lock myself in my room with some gummies, lemonade and a cup of donut balls while I watch Ahsoka.

so I've figured out car wise what Im going to do. I've all but sold my car to pay for the mrs's car's loan. then im gonna get her car limping, sell it off and buy something brand new with a warranty. Its gonna cost a fortune, but given I stand to lose close to 20k on her car, and I'm having to sell mine to offset that I dont see we have a lot of other options. What do I do if I buy second hand and it blows up again? But I hear back from the diagnostics (mid next week) I dont know how much its going to cost to fix (If even possible). So I dont know the financial damage so I cant really order anything. Stressful. I just want this done and buried so I can move on.
- Bahaha, love it! I had a similar thought tbh, but the dealer I'm looking to buy from is 100km away. Thats gonna be an expensive tow, and fair confident the cars not gonna make it under its own power.

My dog has no balls to lick so he grooms his toys instead whether they like it or not.

Then he tries to give it to me knowing it's wet.

10c outside 20c inside. And not just the room with the reverse aircon oh no no no, everywhere
Oh insulation. Oh ducted heating. Oh new house i love youuuu

Morning dog walk has been cancelled because of excessive wind. Possibly the afternoon dog walk will be cancelled for the same reason. Definitely not nice out there today.
- Have you tried charcoal tablets?
  
  I believe there are also charcoal-infused undies available
- The wind might help with propulsion 🏃‍♀️💨
- Missing an opportunity for a canine kite

I love it when the man goes walkies on his lunch breaks. He finds the most incredible places that sell snacks.

Right. The heater's on.
- I dont feel too bad about it, solar is JUST generating enough to cover the heater so I may as well. But I suspect thats all the solar is gonna be good for today.

Going for a run today was a bad idea. I thought my calf had fully healed, but 2km in and it started seizing up again. Probably put me back a few days. Real shame too, as my pace was probably my best yet, and I didn't even feel tired, but will just have to wait and see next time.
Guess I'll just stick to swimming until after my work conference.
- take it easy, mmkay 🤗
  
  Thanks! Will do 😄

My major case of hunger-grumps-crisis has been averted by hummus with pine nuts and crackers, phew!
I was way too spicy for the public.
- Chips, cheese and gravy here.

Family movie night. Encanto.... maybe viewing number 10?... I think my equivalent at this age was Back to the Future. I feel I was cooler.....fight me
- Kids movies are so soft these days. No cool factor.
- No clouds allowed in the sky....

i'm sorry, but i don't care for finals talk. especially in an open plan office situation...can you take it to the break room please? i mean, i'm 20m away and can clearly understand everything you're saying

fucking christ. trying to access work sever via vpn on a win10 laptop, vaguely mutter to myself "ugh you running sl-o-o-o-w is that why you're reporting as offline, baby?"
Windows fucking suggestion pops up with "Slow machine? check this" to which I say the only true and proper response of #YOU FUCKING WHAT MY SON
and prompt destruction of all microphone permissions.
This is a machine that has been gutted of bloatware and cortana, btw. Never. Trust. the cunce.
- See, as an only moderately tech-savvy person this makes me nervous
  
  as a highly tech savvy person I am fckin enraged. There's a reason why this is the only win10 machine in the house.

Holy shit I just saw what happened on Bourke. I regularly take the 86 / 96 and I use that specific stop a lot to get to work. So scary! Will keep the affected in my thoughts
- the mall seems to be a target 😔

- If the power board has a reset button, reset it. If it doesn't get one that does.
  Take the lamp and try it in another power outlet. Also try taking the globe out when it has cooled down and put it back in.

It's very wimdy. 😲 The front door flew open unbeknownst to me, ( the lock mustn't have been snibbed ) so when I opened the back door a vacuum literally sucked a heavy vase off the window ledge which then smashed on the floor.
- I've got that weird air thing at my place too. When you open the front door another door in the middle of the house slams shut. When I first moved there it used to freak me out👻
- the venturi effect in action 🤬

https://youtu.be/EuRjmzz6qL0?si=fvQGBd_Ilm6JuvoV
For anyone that needs a reminder that you're "hot shit"
Love you all!

- I froze to death this afternoon. The stupid wind was bloody cold.
  I’m going to have to heat up the hot water bottle and stay under blankets tonight.
- You just made my day. I hope the BOM isn’t pranking us.

- Wtf. Was it deliberate? Why does this keep happening
  
  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/car-crash-and-injuries-melbourne-cbd/102834612
  Superintendent Dunstan said the arrested man was known to police already. "He is recorded with us for some mental health interactions," she said.
  Well why did you let him out in public you fucking goon?
- I just saw the new report on TV.
  Apparently a life was lost as well :(
- I just got back from the CBD, the incident would have occurred sometime between 6-7pm-ish. I didn’t see it becuase I was having dinner near the GPO, but walked up Bourke St about an hour ago. Lots of police, fire, ambulance, sirens and police tape.
- Holy shit...
  we actually live in Gotham City this explains so much 🤦‍♀️
  Edit: oh fuck that only just happened wtf

- Friday drinks. Order pizza.💃🪩🕺
- ChatGPT says that could make a very interesting chicken pot pie.
  
  Note I've given ChatGPT custom instructions that I'm in Australia and sometimes it goes overboard. But at least it uses Celsius by default.
  
  That's really impressive
- Ok so you have a few different meals there. Fry up the mince and bacon. Add in some spice. Halve the capsicums and stuff them. Bake until soft. Top with grated cheese. Put them back in until cheese has melted. Any left over mixture make triangles with the pastry.
  Roast pumpkin and parsnips. Poach/grill/Fry chicken boob.
  Salami, cheese, bread = jaffle.
  Salsa will go with all 3
- Op1: Cook the chicken salami and capsicum, add in can or tomatoes or a red jar sauce if you have it, have with pasta. Op2: pork mince and veg stir fry, using selection of spices.
- Fry up a capsicum with the pork mince (and bacon?) Butterfly the chook titty, stuff with said mixture and roast until done with your choice of spices. Roast pumpkin cubes on the side, can cook while the chook does
  
  chook titty
  🤣💀

Fireplace on.
Drinks poured.
Baldur's gate 3 installed on the PS5
Let's fucking goooooooooo
- What's the tipple for tonight?
  
  Tomatin Legacy whiskey with a Pirate Bay pale ale chaser.
  And a large glass of iced water, of course.

My anal canal lied; that was not a fart. 🤦‍♀️😅
- You shit yourself. Meh it happens. Not to me. I know my body.
  
  I never sharted until I met my partner; I blame him haha
- Trusting farts is a dangerous game.
  There are no winners
  
  Sard oxy wonder plus, fab, water utilities, washing machines, lotta winners in the sharting biz.
  
  😭

Suggested soundtrack for the day
- This is the only good song ever released.
  
  it's the best 😉

Mr Peeler heard today that one of his cousins lost her short battle with MND today. It was only just over a couple of years ago she was fine, came over to our place for lunch. Here's hoping we can find a cure soon. I'm a bit of a stunned mullet, but Mr Peeler will be very upset as he was close to his cousins, having no siblings.
- I'm so sorry. Sending you both my love.
  
  Thankyou 🙏

ya like wind do ya?
- a neighbours tree fell on my new fence, so i don't like the wind very much rn either

Fucking joy, opened the wardrobe and somehow managed to hit my head and left hand with the door. Got a lovely looking egg on my forehead now.
I swear to God, if I start getting concussion symptoms (or worse), I am going to be very annoyed. Assignment is due Sunday and I'm still 600 or so words out from completion, so I literally do not have time for this bullshit.

If I had a nickel every time my data was compromised in the past year. I’d have three nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened three time.
(Optus in September of last year, AHM in roughly November of last year and now Dymocks) (Also I posted this in Thursday's DT not realising it's Thursday and I'm like "it's been five hours, why have I only gotten one like?" idiot... hahaha)
- I got done in with Dymocks as well. I’m not happy about that at all.
  
  I'm wondering if I have been done by dymocks, but I didn't see an email from them, 🤷‍♀️
  
  I've just changed my password. But honestly, hackers already know my info from the Optus and AHM hacks.

argh, what happened to Spring?
- Coming next week. Don't hold your breath.

Lemmy is being a butt. It keeps logging me out and saying my credentials are wrong (they’re not) but letting me back when I close and re-enter. Only to do it again on navigating to reply to a comment.
Lemmy we need to discuss your pranks
- I use it exclusively through an app now.
- Try it in chrome

AFLW - Danielle Ponter (Adelaide) has kicked a goal from the centre circle at Ikon Park. WTF!
- I had to look for it and found the footage of it. That was pretty unreal.
  https://twitter.com/aflwomens/status/1700051951168159853s=46&t=r9mAIrChwU7oF4nOLWSvww
  Edit: direct link to video on twitter.