Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 5 February 2024
Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 5 February 2024
Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 5 February 2024
I might be breaking up with my boyfriend the next time I see him.
I think I put in much more effort. I go to his house because I have my license (he never got his). He doesn't text me to make sure I get home safe, so I might as well have just left his house and see how long it took him to notice I wasn't reaching out to him. On that note, I generally am the one to reach out first. Listen to him talk about himself and his interests. Today I listened to him explain about how a sound mixer works because he was so excited about it. Yet the whole card thing. He couldn't even write me a bloody card after he said he would.
Most recently, he's been ignoring my text messages if I've sent long stretches of messages. He will leave me on read for ages or just not reply, which makes me feel like he doesn't give a shit about him. And today when I brought it up, he just said, "Do you want me to go back and read all of those from ages ago?" making me feel like I was in the wrong. Not even a "I'll reply later". His excuse was that he gets overwhelmed by long stretches of text. HOWEVER, if I ask something about him or his day, he has no trouble talking about that. Selfish prick.
I got so pissed at him today that I gave him an ultimatum over fucking text message. I told him why I was mad and said if he doesn't step up his game, we are over. We have a musical to go with tickets THAT I GOT HIM FOR HIS BIRTHDAY and then I AM FUCKING DONE! I AM GOING TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND I AM NOT GOING TO LET ASSHOLE IMMATURE BOYS STOP ME.
Thank you and good night.
DRAMATIC EXIT in style of ANGSTY TEENAGER
Not a teenager but I almost feel like one right now sadly. I shouldn't have to revert back to such an awful period in my life.
I might go and get my nails done (even though that's kinda silly and I've never done that) and head to the gym to feel better.
Yasss! You go… You deserve better, get it.
Remember, we accept the love we think we deserve.
That's not how you treat someone you're invested in (his behaviour). He comes off as a user type. Getting you to do all the legwork, all the listening, getting you to buy him things...
It's a shame about the tickets as he doesn't deserve them. But you can always just dump him now?
Edit: I'm sorry to speak so plainly. But seriously, fill the gap he occupied with something that feeds you or advances your life, he's 'there' but is really just taking from you.
It's pulling down your self esteem and the amount of time spent traveling to him and thinking about him means you won't be able to accomplish something else. Like building a real support network, studying for a qualification, meeting a genuinely good guy, or working towards a career change. In your 20s that time is so valuable.
or go to the musical with a friend
I wish I could but I already gave him the tickets :(
Rookie mistake
The guy is an idiot.
He doesn't seem to know how precious it is to have a loved one speak, to have a loved one share. That sharing is what makes intimacy, is what informs.
People who love you want to know.
I could listen to my loved ones all day. 😻
That said, I come from a background where no one was interested in me so I don't know how to do it, I had to teach myself ( so I am very imperfect)
So maybe he doesn't know how.
There must be a german word for the slight feeling of disappointment when your test results come back negative, and it's not that you want something bad wrong with you but you do wish someone could tell you why you are so tired and run down lately...... (other than just being tired and run down ..)
Can completely relate. I had a full set of bloods etc. done late last year for pretty much this exact reason, and according to the tests everything's just dandy. Feeling like utter garbage seems to just be part of getting old.
Yeah I am not a fan of this old person malarkey
I feel you bro. A normal test result doesn't help much when you know something's up
This is the bestest weather don't @ me. No sun, 18-22c, no rain. Bliss.
Great, I jinxed it. Drizzling now.
Bestest weather +1
Ah man... I feel like I have a tendency to accidentally stick my oar in a lot, or sound like a know it all. Just know it isn't intended that way. I have little pieces of random info and am trying to contribute to the convo, tend to infodump, or am genuinely trying to help. I'll rein it in.
Noo, I love it. It's personality. It's positive and comes from a good place. We are all happier for you posting here. 🤗😘
Thanks Seagoon
What Seagoon says!
We like it! That's why we recruited you over here!
Just dropped Gibson off for her blood test.
A bit scary tbh because they have to sedate her. Hopefully she'll be ok 🤞🏾
Got your kitty back yet?
Yup!!! Poor thing is a bit woozy but she's happy to be home and im happy she's back 😃
Huh. I was just thinking there should be chocolate toothpaste with fluoride, and saw Chemist Warehouse has it. There are a bunch of novelty flavours (some of them half off too) but I couldn't justify the price.
Che disastro, my street is blocked off for the next month for tram works, and the council promised I would still have access to my driveway. The construction company has decided no we won't have access. So now the council is pissed, and I have one car stuck in the carport and one car that can't get back in, and I don't have permits to street park. All a complete cluster fuck, but at least the council are actually being really proactive about finding a solution for me.
How was everyone's weekend?
Since moving out on my own, I've put on weight. I don't know how. I'm eating healthy, my dinners are usually a combo of chicken, veggies, and rice (sometimes no rice), I don't eat much during the day and don't snack as much. No soft drink, mostly water, very little chocolate or sugary snacks. It's frustrating so I decided to do some more active work. I went for a run on Sat and Sun morning and feeling it today.
Old age is a killer.
I also bought some boxing gloves and a punching bag to do as well and plan on getting a bike to do rides with little one.
I got three concept ideas for my next book cover and all three are amazing. I'm stuck between 2 to choose from. Good problem to have.
Took little one to the circus on the weekend. It was really awesome but this moment scared the living christ out of me.
nah, that's not a danger moment, that's showmanship.
It's a show and part of the thrill for the audience is the perception of danger, so the performer makes it look scary. Another thing is the audience has to think it's difficult. Now these performers do this all day until it's second nature, but then the audience doesn't see the skill and practice in it. Hence they have to make it look difficult or the audience won't appreciate it.
I'm not entirely sure the skipping rope misstepped was showmanship there. I think he messed up. Music went off and stopped the whole thing.
Maybe you are right, but I didn't get that impression based on the show as a whole.
Yep I agree. All part of the show.
I imagine it shook the performer a bit too
Yeah. But he gave it another go and did it, and then went around blindfolded.
I've definitely caught something today, been feeling dizzy, sluggish and nauseous with an awful sinus type headache and a bitter taste in my mouth all day. Made myself eat but I think I'm gonna have a very early night tonight.
Finished reading The Ocean at the End of the World so I can finally return it to the library.
Now I'm gonna reread one of my favourites, Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey - or as much of it as I can before I fall asleep or throw up from this nausea - before the long awaited sequel Red Side Story drops tomorrow. 14 years!!!! @lemondrop@aussie.zone I dunno if you come here much but I'll be keen to know your thoughts when you read it.
Hope you’re feeling better soon
feel better soon 🤗
Girl, I am so excited you have no idea. My pre-ordered copy should be arriving by the end of the week but I'm going to reread SoG before diving in. Hope you're feeling better! x
So good to hear! Enjoy SoG all over again - it still holds up so well - and the new adventures of Eddie and Jane. Keen to hear your thoughts when you're done! :)
So keen for Red Side Story, finally!
Hope you perk up soon.
oooh first habanero for the season:
Also has some corking! normally see that shit on jalapenos. I guess that means the water do be good.
Generally pick the smaller ones when they're ripe so more energy is diverted to the bigger unripe ones.
Which brings us tooooo today's not so rave choon:
TIL I learned that them little stripes on chilies is called corking.
and ripper choon. I am a huge arnie fan 😀
Camping was amazing. The Mt Oberon hike was... intense but super fulfilling. Might need to upgrade the swag's mattress though. Also gotta shout out to my new car, AC that actually works is a freaking treat!
We used to run up Mt Oberon as kids, we camped at the Prom every summer. I did it again just a few years ago and fitness is wasted on children.
As a frequent swag user, 11/10 recommend investing in a stretcher to pop under it, changed the swag game for me.
I work in an old double brick building and I forgot how they stay hot for DAYS after a really hot day. Someone's turned the office air con off and it's immediately hot. I want to turn back on but someone will whinge that it's too cold. Can't win.
if it has the setting, punch up "DRY". can't complain about a dehumidifier
My house is like that today. Got a shock walking outside. Had to go put a jumper on.
Got attached by mozzies and March flies when watering plants last night. Soooo itchy
And… we have Easter Eggs…
Sometimes I just wonder whether they’re from last year.
Check the date on them. If they say best before march 2024 then you've got last year's
TIL
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Scrambled eggs on hash browns with bacon, and a coffee please.
🥚🥚
🥔🥓☕️
A fruit platter please, no mango.
🍇🍊🍌🍉🍇🍓🍋🫐🍑🍒🍈🍍🥥🥝
Same as Thornburywitch - but fried not scrambled eggs
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🥓🥔☕️
Is it COVID? Is it a cold? The flu? Idk but I've had a sneezing fit this morning, and my brains splattered against the wall. As they slide slowly down I send a callout text to my boss and wish I was someone else.
I thought it might have been last week with your vomiting and headaches and stuff.
I have a new art project I've been thinking on a few weeks, now I have my ideas on paper and have a plan. Have some skills to learn but that's always the case. I am calling it The Spud Project. 🥔🩶🖤🩵
Colour me interested
I hope to be able to share it with all of you once it's done. 🖤
I saw a $10 Kmart paint set that includes a few cheap brushes and tubes of medium... but my attempts at blocking in on the drawing app didn't look good. I also don't know how to mix/choose colours yet, and the chance of my sheets and my cat participating in the creative process are non zero. There may also be a sip of paint water on the cards.
Must... not... collect... more hobby clutter
I haven't even done another test run with the charcoal because I'm physically wrecked and spend all free time sleeping
Kmart paint isn’t worth bothering with. It has no depth and doesn’t blend properly. Brushes don’t need to be super expensive, but anything that cheap will shread in 2 minutes. Digital is totally different! Cats will drink paint water, it is inevitable. As are some unwelcome signatures 🐾
May I recommend these? Lots of colours, not crap and very not clutter. Grab one small pointy brush and one narrow flat one, or a cheap set Plenty to figure out if you like the hobby. These two pics will get you under $30.
Watching the Malcom Turnbul doco on ABC and it’s a real bitchfest. Barnaby Joyce called Malcom a shithead, and Malcolm has called Dutton a thug.
Nothing will top Jeff Kennett calling John Howard a cunt to his face
I said, “Tomorrow John” and he said, “I know where your sympathies lie”, and I said, “I couldn’t give a fuck. I have no sympathies any more. You’re all a pack of shits and tomorrow I’m going berserk”. Well he went off his brain and in the end I said to him, I said, “Howard. You’re a cunt. You haven’t got my support, you never will have and I’m not going to rubbish you or the party tomorrow but I feel a lot better having told you you’re a cunt.”
https://australianpolitics.com/1987/03/23/kennett-peacock-car-phone-conversation.html
Imagine if the politicians cared about running the country as much as they did about back stabbing and name calling and power jostling.
Nemesis?
Yes that one.
I'm reading a book on western/latin alphabet calligraphy and it has a page on Carolingian. I've been there, where the monk Alquin of York made this!! I've been to Charlemagne's Scriptorium in Aix le Chapelle.
Imma practice this one , it's kind of exciting to have that personal connection with history, even if it's just being there in the rooms 1200 years later to see where it happened.
I feel like I should be doing things on the breadmaker today. Naan or pull apart? Either way there will be cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese
I bought a breadmaker on the weekend and have produced 2 poor attempts. They're really crumbly. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Maybe not enough liquid when it does the kneading.
If the recipe calls for warm water, make sure it's warm (or borderline hot). The yeast activates better in my experience.
first question: Religiously following instructions? (You'd be surprised. Cooking is jazz but baking is SCIENCE with all the rigor). Up to and including the required order of ingredients?
What model maker?
Maybe the yeast is old or not activating very well for some reason? You can 'bloom' it in warm water with a little sugar first. If it goes all foamy it's working well and can be added. If it doesn't chuck it and buy a new packet.
I hear more liquid is good as well, you want the dough almost a tiny bit sticky and very soft then it should go more smooth and elastic as it kneads.
(I am not a bread expert. Just picked up a few tips when I used to make pizza dough, which is much more forgiving. Troubleshooting the most common stuff should help https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/baking-sos-how-solve-10-common-bread-problems-luis-troyano)
Joining the caught-something club, I think I’m at the tail end of it. Went to an incredibly crowded place on Saturday. No fever but rather fatigued since Saturday evening. If it’s COVID it’s not showing up on the test. Maybe that’s what happens when I am freshly vaccinated.
I tried this recipe and it was quite good. I thought I could link it but I can't. Get a piece of bread and make an indent in it. Pour an egg in the indent and airfry for 5 mins on 200c. Pull it out and add cheese and bake for 1 to 2 minutes. You get something like this.
Here's their instructions but 10 minutes was way too long
I may have cried a little watching the tribute to Tina Turner at the Grammys. Woo.
She's awesome. A real inspiration. 🤗😘
I keep getting cheques in the mail from Medicare addressed to doctors who charged an out of pocket fee. The letter is addressed to me, the cheque isnt if that makes sense. This has only just started, but makes 0 sense that Im getting cheques addressed to the doctor right? Like, it aint my job to deliver shit to the doctor after they charged an out of pocket.
Is this some weird new thing Medicare are doing? I keep throwing them in the bin because its not addressed to me.
Not a scam, actually a relic from the origins of Medicare - Pay Doctor Via Claimant (PDVC). See Medicare asking one million patients to hand-deliver cheques to pay doctors - 2017 article.
Ridiculous that it still exists. If you bin it the specialist/Dr just has to wait 90 days to get directly paid by Medicare
Medicare pays by cheque if the doctor provides you credit for the rebate, as a fraud control mechanism.
Medicare only allows electronic payments if the account is fully paid upfront (and then rebate claimed), or bulk billed.
I'll make tomorrow's thread because I'm awake.
thank you so much
when I'm better I'll start doing the threads again
No worries. Someone will have to the next one cos I gotta get up extra early tomorrow but I'll post about that later.
Quick laundry question. (Figured I'd ask as there's parents on here and it's probably similar to dealing with cloth nappies.)
For a small amount of fresh cat urine: A pre-wash cycle with biological detergent + dissolved sodium percarbonate in both the detergent and the bleach dispenser should take care of it right? Or do I need to soak the items in a warm/cool bucket of an enzyme powder like Pink Napisan first (or add an enzyme powder like that to the prewash dispenser) and then do the hot percarbonate wash? I sprayed the towels with enzyme pre-treater first but don't always.
I've been setting the machine to 40C to not damage the washable puppy pads but apparently it's more effective to use 60C with the percarbonate... With the prewash setting it uses cold water first and the Trimat Advanced Sensitive claims to be effective in cold/remove sweat stains... so rather than setting the stain, hopefully that's washing most of the pee out first and then the percarbonate hot wash is releasing peroxide to get the last of it. 🤞
@melbaboutown @briongloid my maximum attack cycle (assuming you get the offending item fresh!) is presoak in a bucket of Sard soaking solution with the full quota recommended in the hottest water available for several hours. Then (front load machine) put another generous portion of Sard in the prewash dispenser and max half recommended detergent on a hot cycle (60+). Increase water level and rinse cycle as machine allows. Good luck!
This conference has gone downstairs, we used to get fed!
the only point of any conference is the food
This one is actually bloody good on the learning things and being interesting front. Not all schmoozing nonsense. Don’t mind a free rice paper roll though.
well fuck me, looks like SE water actually got out there and fixed that leak
How long did it take after you sent the Snap solve thing in?
Don't think that fixed it, unless the council cracked the shits at them (the owners had already alerted SE Water), but it was still pissing on saturday so its a recent development
Coming to the end of my Wondefalls rewatch, and Fox really did invent the "fucking with a good show for no reason" model.
Also Caroline Dhavernas only being in like three good shows (Wonderfalls, Hannibal, Mary Kills People) will never not be a travesty, I'm always so drawn into whoever she's playing when I watch her in something.
Going to pick her up now! I forgot what it was like living by myself without a cat. It sucked lol
yay! Lots of Gibsons cuddles are in order this afternoon