I am properly in my 30’s now and still have no idea what I’m doing with my life!!!

OH! OH I know this one! You're going to physio a LOT more and actually paying attention when they give you exercises instead of your 20s where you just stuck the paper to the fridge and didnt do anything with them.

Happy Birthday.

There's something about this age where I think it's perfectly normal to think that...saying from experience. I'm six years removed from this very birthdate and still have no idea what I'm doing with my life but the current is taking me where it wants and I'm slowly but surely getting comfortable with that idea. I might snag a branch or two along the way and see if I can steer the course but it's all flowing downwards anyway. Happy birthday, though. And I hope you enjoyed that cake!

Happy birthday! I don't think anyone ever fully has any idea of what they're doing with their life. Cake for breaky is a pretty good starting point though 🎉

You're now old enough to know better, but young enough to recover if you don't.

Good times.

Happy birthday 🎂🎈

Happy birthday 🎂

Great age, congratulations! Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a fabulous day!

Also, I have no idea what I'm doing with my life either. I'm trying to just get through each day. That's all we can do.

Happy Birthday! 🎂

Happy birthday! 🎂🎈🥳

Happy Birthday. 🤗😊big hugs and kisses 🎶🎉🥂🍰🍰🍰

Cake for breakfast sounds amazing. Happiest of birthdays to you.

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Sending you all my karma

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For all the great encouraging words you have given to myself and others I hope that the universe repays you in kind.

Wishing you the best!

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I'm a bit late to the party on this one but I too would like to wish you a speedy and favourable response! 🚅📧💨

I think it depends from artist to artist. If I had to generalise - the older the crowd, the more likely people in the seats are going to sit for the entire concert. Lorde and Harry would attract a younger crowd, Lizzo an older crowd. I don't understand how people can sit through a pop/dance/rock/upbeat music concert and so I'll typically get GA tickets.

Sometimes ppl purchase seated tickets cos they can’t stand for a period of time (disability/ fatigue/ chronic health issues/ sore feets from working all day…). If you wanna do more than dance/ enjoy while seated, select GA tix?

Sending healing vibes to you. This situation is awful but IT WILL NOT LAST. You will be feeling much better soon. Eat something nourishing and cuddle up to kitty.

hugs

📜👮‍♂️everything appears to be in order here. Carry on.

Good luck!

Sending you good vibes for being such a supportive and wonderful person and you deserve something good!

Edit: Ooohh it's progressing! I really hope you get it!

Re: edit. Woohoo 🙌🎉

Goooo you got this!!! 💪💪💪

YAY!!! I'm really happy with this news.

I owe money, so I'm in absolutely no hurry to do mine.

I lodged mine last night.. I'm gonna get a return which amounts to less than a weeks pay. Glad someone in this thread is getting something worth waiting for, but I hope you don't have to wait too long!

I made way too much lasagne.

It might have overflowed a bit into the oven. This does, however, mean there are some good crispy bits.

don't rinse the riceeeeeee

It made all the difference to me. Was a long journey before I became confident behind the wheel but it was 100% worth it. Which part of Melbourne are you in, I might have a recommendation.

Sexy indeed....but Edge as a browser?

I think this is a very important turning point in Australian politics. For the first time ever the good of the common people have been prioritised over business.

None of this crap about job creation we would get from the LNP. The facts are plain, games are a cost and the losers are the people.

And we can't justify it as being a PR exercise in the Cold War, we aren't in the Cold War anymore, it's turned into a hot war that we backing .

Great call, and it's annoying the media outlets are by-and-large trying to make it an even bigger deal than I feel it needs to be. I understand that a few sports stars are put out, and regionally speaking it hurts some areas in some respects - but we could be fucking celebrating the fact that a fiscally responsible decision was made, and one that should still provide benefits that are needed more (like housing) compared with the cheap Olympics ripoff the Comms games are.

Strong indifference.

I'd honestly completely forgot we were throwing it for a bit there heh.

I hope it sparks discussion about the obscene costs and requirements involved with other sporting events too (it won't though probably).

In the current financial climate, I somewhat respect it. But struggle to care much about it.

My friends only became aware of it when the cancellation announcement was made.

I don't really have much interest in the Commonwealth games and if it's going to be a massive loss in budget I'd rather go without it.

Could also do without all the intense media coverage too.

I forgot we were hosting it, but I'm glad the funds allocated are being assigned to more pressing issues. I think Dan made the right call.

About the games specifically, I do not care who hosts it. I haven't cared about the Commonwealth Games for over a decade.

I think for Andrews it's a "damned if you do damned if you don't" situation where the media are concerned. Honestly the media in this country by and large deserves a severe lashing; all reactions and sensationalism and little analysis, absolutely pathetic. I agree with the decision, and was a bit surprised we were going to host it to begin with.

One aspect of the old workplace situation might bear some consideration. Making a complaint or whatever, is the effect such has on the person that treated you so badly. Not a personal effect, but on the formal record. This makes it more possible for future employees of that person to have some warning of what that person has done before and might do again. So it's harder for the nasty person to say "I'm not the nasty person, it was them over there". One could call this an act of charity rather than being vindictive. Legal advice sounds like a good starting point to me.

Too early for sleeps

If you're going to sleep who is going to navigate a microwave they are not snoring activated.

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They may do it every now and then but not permanently. Unless you’re using the Maccas app (which I hear sometimes has nice deals? Idk I don’t use it, just heard from other people) Maccas isn’t cheap anymore. And I’m not talking inflation, it stopped being the quick cheap fast food option about 3-4 years ago? Maybe more 3? I only eat Maccas if I’m craving for something in particular like occasionally a Big Mac or filo o fish or apple pie. Heck have you seen how expensiv, if you like the taste of the cookies just get a packet of malt o milk at colesworth, they taste quite similar. They’re about the same price (cheaper on sale, so grab a few) they just won’t have the Maccas character etched on it.

I agree about the maccas menu.

It’s not great value for money, especially since the other day I got that tin of herring and slapped it between two pieces of bread and that was cheaper than buying a cheese burger.

That ton of herring alone had more meat in it than a maccas cheeseburger has which is really sad.

I do miss the loose change days where you could grab something for a dollar.

I recently ate a cheeseburger from maccas because it was a birthday freebie and it was pretty sad and small.

24 nuggets is $11.95.. that's pretty good

A hot jam doughnut.

A duck! A ladder! A waterballoon! A certificate of achievement! A Team! A Bee, See! A sense that you've gone on holiday and left wet clothes in the washing machine at home! A single fettuccini noodle! A country song about a dog! A list of random nonsense! ( 🤞 ) A turtle!

Chicken noodle soup with basic dough dumplings.

Oh god... I remember reading something about this. I think the answer was "water". As in, if you're not sure what your body needs but it need something then drink some water. But that might be for headaches.

Fuck it. Default to whiskey. That'll fix what ails ya!

A burger?

I always rewatch things. It's a comfort thing.

Same with audiobooks for me. I always listen while drifting off to sleep. First run through is fun and interesting, then repeats are more soothing and I don't mind I'm missing bits, pay less attention, and fall asleep easier

Yay Thomas Jane!

I keep rewatching movies all the time without shame and tv shows too.

Leftover pizza 🍕

Home made fried rice and sweet and sour pork. Mr Peeler was a chef and when he gets his shit together the food is freaking awesome!

omg, I just had some home made pumpkin soup with a half an olive bread roll. I'll have a piece of vegie pizza later

Leftover Thai red curry beef and rice.

I'm doing a vegie tray bake and pork rissoles.

More pasta tonight in bolognaise sauce!

I've never been able to use ear buds. I've tried multiple types, including ones with multiple tips, and none of them work - they are either uncomfortable or fall out. I've just accepted they are not for me and now use over ear ones instead.

I have the XM3s in-ear and I love them. That something so small can be so effective at noise-cancelling is amazing. They came with various sizes of tips and it was trial and error to find the pair that fitted and stayed in place.

I have the same ones with the same problem!

Lots and of people have the problem. It’s a problem with the product, not you. One size fits all doesn't really work, it excludes body shape differences between genders and ethnicities. Was probably tested to fit on an average Caucasian male ear. Aftermarket tips should hopefully help. Would be nice if different sizes came as standard option though.

2.5 hours?? That seems wildly unreasonable

The sad truth is there isnt much interesting coming out these days either. The current season of the Witcher is almost unwatchable. Secret Invasion is "Meh" at best. Silo was disappointing. I couldn't tell you the last thing we loved, beyond probably Picard? But even that had a horrible first 2 seasons. Grand Tour Eurocrash was ok. I am excited about Thank God You're Here though.

I've done so many rewatches of things, that I've missed out on a heap of newer content.

It's not a bad place to be. And I figure, should this strike continue, I'll be ready to rewatch stuff again.

Or go back to reading. Actually making progress through 2 different books right now and watching less during the week.

It's ART. Content is a product you find in cereal boxes.

Sadly I'm on rewatches because I watch way too much content and have gobbled up just about every half decent show/movie in each genre I like. In good news.. new Justified today woo!

Aw yeah potato salad
Deserves a proper ballad
Bacon in it, Bacon eats it
Sour cream and mayonnaise it
Some gherkins and some celery
Sprinkle on some parsley
With apple my Opa would make it
Lick the bowl, don't forget it

Yummy Yummy!

Microwaved salad.

I listen to some of these podcasts just to hear what the fuss is about, to learn about what my fellow humans are doing and why and ... I am amazed such intelligent people, like Rogan and Peterson, can believe such a lot of shite when the facts are so easy to find. It must take some real deep distrust of government to discard what is plain in front of your eyes.

I will say this positive thing about those popular broadcasters, they are kind and caring and insightful regarding the pressures endured by working class men and they don't call them deplorable. This is why they are popular.

Food coma incoming?

I have the same with my guy & I tested the water by just saying what I wanted to talk about as I figured I could more easily just say my peace rather than asking him to change. It has pretty much self-resolved as he listens and then engages and asks clarifying questions.

It’s kinda been nice to realise it’s okay to talk about myself without prompting. I can see it really assisting with open communication between us.

Hope you work something out that suits you too. 🖤

If It's worrying you enough to ask that here, it is definitely worth bringing up.

Before bringing anything up have a think about exactly what it is that is worrying you. Is it just that specific question of "how is your day" or are you feeling that he is not showing interest in what you are doing in your life in general? Also think a bit about how your communication is going in general and whether the issue is about him not asking, or maybe a mismatch in communication style - for example if you tend to lead with a lot of questions straight away but he tends to have more space in a conversation before he initiates things, then the answer would be not just for him to ask more, but for you to also allow a bit more space for him to do so.

With a clearer idea of what the issue is it makes it easier to raise it in a problem-solving rather than accusatory manner. So using my previous example, instead of saying "why don't you ever ask how my day is going" you can ask something like "I feel like I ask about your day more than you ask me. Do I need to give you more space to ask things, or is there something else?". That is much less likely to get a defensive reaction, and more likely to lead to a productive discussion that can help improve things.

Are you like, partners? Dating? If so, go for it. If not, I wouldnt mention it. Not until the relationships better defined.

I don't know if it's just me but I'm really struggling with the cold weather more than other times this year.

I got lost towards the end of season 2. I don’t know what it was, it just wasn’t super accessible for some reason.

I always wondered if your username was an Orville reference!

I've started season 3. Only two episodes in.

All systems nominal. We are a go Launch Director 👍

Tired, working hard to keep my emotions more positive so I can enjoy my last day of leave and relax.