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  • Thanks for making the DailyThread cuavas 👍 the bot must be asleep

    • It looks like the bot was just having a Sunday morning sleep in. No errors, it just shut itself down for no obvious reason. Thanks cuavas for filling in.

  • Seems like a chill kind of Sunday, today.

    For some reason, I’ve taken a liking to motor inns recently. Something about budget, no frills you pretty much get what you expect is… comforting?

    I’ve had the fortune of staying in nicer places, but they always seem to be… I don’t know maybe the higher the price the higher the expectation and the I don’t find they quite meet in the end.

    Anyways, how is everyone?

    • I love a good motel. You can get a nice room for under $100 in lots of country towns, so a spontaneous weekend away can be pretty affordable.

    • Doing as well as can be. Staying warm and recovering from some physical ailments.

      It’s been a lazy day I have to admit.

      I have been fed with frankfurts I recently found in my fridge (still good) and now have a cup of large coffee here with a hot water bottle in front of the tv watching footy.

      How are you doing?

      • Sounds like you’ve had the perfect day for you! Just hanging out a little out of town and doing a bit of window/online browsing. The sun was glorious this morning so soaked up a bit of that, but otherwise good/grateful for sure!

    • I've been mostly staying at motels when travelling these days - honestly all I need is a clean bed and toilet/shower and a halfway decent mattress, and a quiet night. Plenty of motor inns that don't do even that, but plenty others that do for a reasonable price especially off peak. Best compromise between a hotel/airbnb and camping.

      Been a bit headachey and blah earlier but better now after going out to get some Brussels sprouts and pruning the curry leaf plants, and a bit of reorganising around the house. The friend I was supposed to catch up with today had to reschedule because she's got a cold and I'm secretly relieved because I'm really enjoying a day of no commitments.

      • Clean, safe, functional.

      • I replied on the way home in the car but Lemmy ate my text. Glad you have been having a rest! Also I am envious of your curry leaf plant! (Fried curry leaves!) The one we stayed at had both split cycle and wall heating as well as electric blankets. And the usual bits, fridge, crockery, mugs, glasses, a kettle, toaster and microwave. Extra blankets etc. And the usually complimentary coffee, tea and biscuits. Really couldn’t fault it at all. I keep driving past the Kyneton Springs Inn and that seems to have been done up in this super cute retro decor. So there really is life to these motels yet!

  • I slept in much like Botbot but I don't feel refreshed. After being in a house in the burbs for a month, being back in an apartment has not been relaxing. The minor traffic noises of cars driving past even at night have been making me feel tense, let alone the downstairs neighbour's Sunday morning bass heavy music, the upstairs neighbour vacuuming, and random talking from the garden next door... Honestly it's making me feel like curling up in bed all day wanting it to stop. It sounds so silly and irrational that I don't feel safe in my own home from perfectly normal noises? I really don't think I can live in an apartment for a while 🙁

    But I certainly can't afford to rent a townhouse or house in most of Melbourne and moving is expensive. If I'm going to move I'm honestly leaning towards just having a new start interstate...

    I think this realisation is adding just that extra bit of fire towards making those big life decisions around work, study, family, etc... Luckily I'm cat/housesitting for a month again in a freestanding house, from the week after next. So I'll have more time to let those decisions fall into place.

    • Maybe consider playing some white noise to help drown that out? I sometimes play rain or ocean wave noise to help me fall asleep.

      • Yeah, I've got a good online radio station on backup for that at night. I'll manage. But it was just a bit of a downer realising how sensitive I was to that noise and of course it didn't help in the morning... Plus there's just this physical feeling of being unmoored that I can't shake off

    • I hear ye. I honestly think the soundscape of cities is bad for overall mental health.

      When I'm down the bellarine there's a bit of road noise / more garden / powertools but come 9pm it is DEAD quiet. Can hear the individual waves crash from 2kms away. It is BLISS. Makes such a difference mentally.

      • Hundred percent. Honestly I think I've been ready to get away from the hubbub for well over a year now. Now that I have options I think this is going to be an important factor in whatever next steps I make

    • I live in a Docklands apartment but every so often will go and house/dog-sit for my parents when they go away out in the outer suburbs (Melton). I absolutely get it. It's SO QUIET out there, and so dark at night compared to in here (the roll down blinds in my apartment don't help there, they suck). If you have a car it's so easy to live out there. I've been looking to get out of the city for a while now.

      I also want to be able to crank my Sunday morning music without worrying about neighbours. I have some country bangers going but I can never crank that dial.

      • Same same same. I've accepted, if somewhat selfishly, that I'd rather have a car on hand to be able to live out somewhere quieter (and also with an actual garden), as much as it sucks for the environment. This is where I have a real conundrum with myself because I definitely support better town planning and higher density, yet at the same time I completely understand why people prefer detached dwellings.

        I grew up my entire life in a very densely populated and extremely planned out country, with amazing PT and amenities everywhere - so quite different from apartments here - and yet I craved living in a house with a garden so very much from childhood. Even though I hated the suburbs when I first moved here

    • You’d be surprised on the affordability compared to the inner city. Can get something more spacious for the same price. Lots of suburbs where it’s walking distance to a train station. And even if it’s an apartment, it’s quieter at night than would be in the city, and there’s often community gardens you can join and larger parklands to enjoy. Downside is the choice of restaurants is less, and of course depends where you work for how long the commute would be.

      • I dunno, I'm already just about able to afford my 435/week 2br apt, if I'm moving to the outer suburbs I'd want a townhouse with private open space at least for that amount, but it doesn't seem like there's many options. I don't eat out much and can mostly wfh (site visits are all across the city, I will admit my place is very convenient for getting to most locations).

        But moving out alone will cost quite a bit just in expenses. Currently my rent is on a periodic lease and won't go up until next April at least. Whereas if I move to a new place I'm locked in for a year. I think I'm gonna see (a) how long I'm going to stick on at this job and (b) whether I finish my studies here, because without those two, there is absolutely nothing substantial enough to keep me in Victoria any more tbh and I'm ready for a change in scenery plus I miss my family in Perth and Brisbane. And I could do my studies interstate - it'd be a research project and it doesn't have to be in Melbourne...

  • So I uninstalled BG3 and am reinstalling from scratch. Fingers crossed that it gets past 92% this time, but I won't know until tomorrow.

    Least the download speed is jumping between 1.6MB/s and 3.0MB/s. Much better than .01.

    I just want to fuck the bear ffs

    • Gah. Still no luck?

      • Nah, it's downloading fine now, I just realised that with change of providers on GOGs end, and me having the Early Access version already installed, there may be some file errors preventing it from completing the download.

        So I aborted the download, uninstalled all BG3 files I had, and then restarted the download from the start. This seems to have fixed the 0.1MB/s download issue, I already have 5GB installed now, so early tomorrow morning I can hopefully start playing.

        Regarding your earlier question, I love playing a Wild Magic Sorcerer in D&D and the last campaign we were doing Descent into Avernus, so I may make them again. Though, they were a Kenku, so I'll have to pick another race. I hope they add Kenkus in a later patch, but I doubt they will because dialogue would be difficult haha

    • Oh no!

      Also can't wait to romance the bear in another playthrough. I've decided to romance a hot tiefling.

      • My poor partner can't wait to tell me about his playthrough, but he's in Act 3 atm so is refraining with great difficulty haha! I should have listened to him when he told me to download it days ago lol!

        I know I'm going to spend a solid hour to do character creation, because I love that shit, but I want to flirt with all the NPCs now haha!

  • The balcony looks a bit less sad. Took out a lot of dead stuff and crispy bits.

  • instant coffee has been achieved ( delicious and satisfying ) , also pb toast ( sans beurre because I'm not a savage )

    • Are you me?

      I would have done all of that if I didn’t go for a nap.

  • Chicken tikka masala for dins. Marinade smelling gooood. Going to be served with heavily discounted store bought frozen samosa that tend to fall apart mid-frying with coriander chutney for the full quasi-experience.

  • Dinner is served. Again, two new dishes.

    8 hour stovetop jackfruit in some storebought pulled pork jar sauce (mostly pear puree and smoked paprika??), with Carib flavours (allspice, thyme, two scotch bonnets from the garden added whole) and other bits (cinnamon stick, couple cloves, bay leaf, stock powder). The pot sucked arse so there's a whole bunch of burnt bits.

    Plus steamed Brussels sprouts in butter with a sprinkle of sumac and salt, and basmati rice and a side of spicy fried fish from a jar

  • Day 18 of exercise program was completed. Looked for a quiet place in the house to do it, as I generally don't like exercising in front of people. Settled on the formal living room in my MILs part of the house and started, then she came in and chatted briefly and was about to go when Mr Peeler came in and started chatting as well. I felt a bit like an exhibit but continued regardless.

    MIL is looking into her family history and we found out some really interesting stuff about an ancestor of hers who was a Baron, engineer, philanthropist and published expert in lighthouse optics among other things.

    Miniest Peeler is not well, was coughing a bit this morning. I can tell because she suddenly starts sleeping during the day, something very unusual. Funny how when some people are sick they sleep a lot, and others (me) find it hard to sleep at all. I'm keeping an eye on her and will give her a RAT test when she wakes up. Probably caught something from the Petri dish, oops I mean primary school.

  • TIL my local Aldi has in stock net bags of 10 small Hass avocadoes - each a bit bigger than a large egg - for cheap. I really like these as there is an acceptable flesh to pip ratio, and each avo is one serve so no half avos going brown and squidgy in the fridge. They are the end of season thinnings but I actually prefer them to the big ones.

  • umm.. so it's time to check in for tomorrow's flight and just out of curiosity I hit the "change seat" button, mostly to see if the only other seat it let me pick was available, but now it shows several seats to pick! Including the exact seat I actually wanted (front row, window).

    It is next to a bassinet seat which is also showing as available, so I'm taking the gamble and I've switched. My bid for an upgrade to business class still might come through anyway but if it doesn't, at least I got the seat I was hoping for now and I can cuddle up against the plane wall rather than potentially a passenger.

    Pray to the flying spaghetti monster with me friends that no baby is in the seat next to mine..

    • Would someone will choose the baby seat without being in the seat right next to it? Doubt it, so winner seat selection in my view. Did you have to pay for that seat?

      • From what I understand from reading the Qantas site, that seat can have a bassinet which I think doesn't take up the seat itself but might extend from the wall in front maybe but I could be wrong, so I think potentially a single parent/guardian could sit there with a baby. The odds of it are lower but not zero. I'm feeling optimistic about it though.

        No charge (booking the bassinet also don't get charged in premium economy apparently)

  • I have turned my apartment and my old bedroom at my parents place upside down trying to find my little travel pack I've been using for a decade or so, which is just my deflated-inflatable neck travel pillow and an eye mask tied together for easy stashing. Looks like I'll need to buy new ones before tomorrow night.

    I've always kept it in a place where it'd be really obvious for when it's time to travel.. but it's not in any of those places. The thing which gets me is that I'm 100% sure it'll just appear once I get back from my holiday.

  • I suppose I should start cooking dinner now. It's gonna be chilli with macaroni and melted cheese on top

  • I have bought 2 different coffees from 2 different McDonald'ses today, my usual order, and both have tasted like hot milk. They're coffee coloured but I cannot taste coffee in them at all.

    This is where someone tells me I've probably got COVID for the first time ever, 24 hours from my flight to the US.

    More likely explanation is the McEmployees making McCoffees today McSuck.

  • Strongly advise staying away from the city today; RMIT Open Day has everything at a standstill, it's pandemonium out here

  • Lol omg I thought I was okay but I'm getting more confused the more I read from the ato website trying to figure out tax deductions. Probably shouldn't be a Sunday night thing but lol it's been procrastinated item 1 out of 50 so I'm just trying to do something.

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  • I don't know if anyone used to watch MXC on Fox8 back in the day, well the original Japanese program Takeshi's Castle has a reboot of it. It came out April and is on Amazon (ugh) but it's actually been pretty fun.

    • Ahahaha, is this the one where they run from the giant ball?

      • Is that the one where they run up the hill to avoid the ball that's travelling down? Then yes. I don't know if they have it, but I've finished episode 2 of the reboot.

  • It seems the Miniest Peeler has a stomach virus or gastro. Symptoms correspond almost exactly.. it was suddenly hectic for a few hours there but seems to have settled down a bit now. Looks some time off school is on the cards. If she's ok tomorrow and just in need of fluids and rest for recovery then I can leave Mr Peeler in charge. If not then I'll have to take the day off. She told me lots of kids in her class have been absent due to an illness that still seems to be going around. Maybe people don't realise that even after someone has stopped vomiting etc and appear to have fully recovered, the virus is still contagious for a couple of weeks afterwards? I'll be keeping her home in any case.

  • Jesus Christ this Christmas episode of The Bear is so fucked and so real and explains so much about the characters but oh my god I want to scream into a pillow oh my god. I think you could get minor PTSD just watching this episode

    e: its been three hours, I'm still reading pages of reviews and comments and crying a bit, bloody hell what an episode. I'd go to bed but apparently I should really watch the next one as a nice pacifier

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