Daily discussion thread: 🦘 Wednesday, May 22, 2024

I'm on the plane and about to go... I'm just gonna make this trip work! Au revoir.

eee jello.
I hope you have a great trip, let us know you're ok after you've landed and sorted all your stuff out.
Bon voyage 😽
Have a safe trip:)
Have a fantastic time!
Where ya going?

Well after several delays and 3 flights and a long bus ride, over 24 hours from leaving home we are FINALLY at our first accommodation in Japan and I am ready to eat 50 convenience store meals and then sleep for 50 hours. Trying to bust out the Japanese after so long is breaking my brain. Next few days will be full on soaking up the atmoshere so I might be incognito over here. Thank you all for the wonderful messages this morning.

I still have some question marks for the second part of my trip but I've got plenty of flexible options and I'm not feeling quite so stressed out about it now...

Pretty much no one has a bad time in Japan. Have an awesome trip :)
- getting to the airport, delays, checking in, 3 flights, immigration, baggage then bus.
- Seagoon had it. Got to MEL early, flight delayed, transited through HKG, second flights was delayed, then some snafus at immigration for one of my friends, then a 1.5 hr domestic flight + 50 min bus to tonight's destination. Could've gotten here faster with a direct flight to Fukuoka or something but we had a really cheap deal earlier in the year with Cathay.
  And the exchange rate certainly helps. Feels like I'm living it up compared to spending the same amount on holiday in Australia.
You just rest up first then have a great time. 😘
Have a great time!

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/article/i-changed-my-ethnic-name-to-get-a-job-i-lost-my-identity-in-the-process-but-id-do-it-again/f00subs99

Guess it's not just me sadly

My dad changed his name and this was in the 1950s. At home he still kept his name.
And I've moved continents twice, each time locals adapted my name into something more familiar to them. It upset me at first but then I understood it was about acceptance into society and I felt that's a good thing.

Alrighty. One referneces down. One to go!

Still not getting my hopes up because of the police check but who knows, they might be understanding.

Hopefully.

If you've been clean for 7 years (I think) you can have your police record zeroed, wiped clean. Might be worth it for just such situations.
- It's been 9 and a half years. I'm definitely going to look into that.

Expert on abc radio saying nucular. Sorry, can’t take him seriously.

Shout out to PTV for using a replacement bus driver who doesn’t even know where he is fucking going. Cheers to the passenger who helped him out with google maps. If I didn’t have to fix something in the office I’d have already turned around and gone home.

So far that's never happened to me, but it's always fun when I'm stuck standing and the bus driver thinks he's in the NASCAR... You haven't lived until a bloke who thinks he's Michael Schumacher takes a roundabout at 60 while you're clinging onto a rubber handle that's older than your grandmother and disintegrating in your hands for dear life
- I’m always thankful when my bus turns out to be one of the electric ones because the driver can’t kangaroo it no matter how otherwise shit they are.
This isnt the first time I’ve heard of this happening.
Yikes. PTV ticked the box of having a 'qualified' driver, just not a knowledgeable one.
Still though, as a bus operator, surely you'd be familiar with a map app/software.

Today's project inspired by recent events: I have bottled 6 single serve arauras.

That looks great!
Pls put in sky preferably where I can see thx

I'm about to try dragon fruit for the first time. Brb.

Update: interesting. Not bad. Not flavourable. A bit like kiwi fruit's mute brother.

It looks and sounds so much more interesting than it really is.
- It really does.
I found it pretty tasteless, I bet it tastes better when cactus ripened and in a tropical country
- I reckon it would be quite refreshing on a hot summer's night rather than a cold autumn evening.
- I find it fairly tasteless and excessively seedy. Boyo adores it pan grilled. 🤷🏻‍♀️
I think your description is apt.
- 😂
Pretty is where it's at, I think. Looks lovely on a fruit platter or part of a cheese board - really shines there. As a fruit in and of itself - meh. The red sort is tastier than the white sort I find.
- I'm hoping to collect them all one day.
- It was the white one.

I have apparently passed the vetting (haha) process to do dodgy art for Pets of the Homeless in a few weeks. If you wish to charitably donate and have your fur/feather/scaled friends artistically demolished There is an FB event thing on the 14th of next. [not linking because FB]

I'm just going to introduce my super secret recipe garlic bread:

I had a big dinner and up until now was not the least bit hungry. But now I am hungry.

Eh. I had a room full of people all in their 20's and none of them knew who John Lennon was. They did at least know of the Beatles.
On the other hand, I had no clue who almost any of the Hottest 100 artists were this year.
History fades fast. But also I wonder what is being taught in school history. I know the world’s a big place and they can’t teach everything, but… not joking someone mid-30s recently asked me which countries were fighting in the Middle East. They meant the Gaza conflict. I explained it’s technically the same country, and that coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians has never really been settled since Israel was founded. She said something like ‘so forever then’, and I had to explain Israel had only existed since world war 2.

And in breaking news, family in crisis after finding one shred of purple cabbage in their white cabbage coleslaw mix from Colesworth. The traumatised mum said one of her toddlers almost ate it but luckily she noticed in time. ‘This will haunt me for years, how is it not even safe to buy coleslaw in 2024.’

I am full of pasta and regret (that I didn't eat enough for lunch and then stuffed myself with pasta). Was yum though.....

True

Made in Satan's image 😍🙌

I'm thinking of making sweet and sour pork using a jar of Kan Tong. Once upon a time I tried chicken tonight (some sort of "creamy" concoction) and that put me off jar sauces for life but I'm willing to give Kan Tong a go.

Mama's making Kan Tong, doesn't take long for the word to spread around.......

We usually opt for a jar of something from the Asian grocer. I find them much less sweet.
- That's a really good idea. I've got a really good Asian shop nearby but it smells like piss because I think they mop their floors with ammonia and it hurts my nostrils.
Kan tong and leekeekim are top tier. Chicken tonight is mid
- My only concern is that I'll be eating a shitload of sugar which means I'll have to add stuff to it so it's edible.
Wow I just had a old taste memory of sweet and sour fish made with battered flake from the shop + kan tong sweet and sour sauce. An old party staple at my family home growing up. I used to love it!
I used to make pork meatballs with Kan Tong sweet and sour sauce. They weren't bad from memory.

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Porridge with honey and cream, and a nice cup of hot tea please Bacon.
- 🥣🍯🥛☕️
- Thanks!
just...whatever. I can't smell or taste it anyway!
- 🍲🧃
Surprise me!
Must include bacon.
- 🥓🏝️
Medium rare rib-eye steak with some sunny side up eggs. Lots of butter, salt and pepper. Thanks 👍
- 🥩🍳🍳🍳🧈🧈🧈🧈🧈🧈🧂

Pakige

Stuck at home with COVID, I am dangerously close to doing a lot of unnecessary online shopping just for the excitement of a packidge
- Depending on how eco friendly you are, you can pay 4 bucks for a onepass and then order a 60 cent Chupa chip from Kmart and they'll send it to you in a giant box
- You could sign up for samples of things I guess. But that puts your data out there a bit more
- I can't believe I forgot about these. You can buy Covid/sickness care packages online and get it delivered to you. I sent one to my friend a few years back https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+care+package+melbourne&client=firefox-b-d&sca_upv=1&oq=covid+care+pa
am still waiting. has been onboard since 8am. whare packige

Sleep well everyone. 😘

In exactly 20 minutes (as of the time of writing, closer to 10 at the time of posting lol), apple with change the number on my iCloud account and let me back in. In preparation, I wiped my MacBook then forgot to do the updates. I never upgraded it past Mojave because I wanted my 32 bit app support they deprecated in Catalina, so when I wiped it it went back to high Sierra. Unfortunately though, I couldn't even install it because my clock was years behind so https wasn't working.... I had to do some weird shit messing around with installer logs and nvram to force it to download over http

I can apparently go to Monterey, but I'm not sure about it. I've always known Mac as OSX, and I'm not sure about this new OS that looks like a glorified iPad, but it's gonna take 7 hours to install (♥️♥️♥️♥️ Australian internet) so I guess I have time to think about it

I understood some of those words. Grew up Mac only but stopped when the weird multicolour jelly ones came out. Do have an emulator to play Dark Castle and Fools Errand though 😺
- Yeah, my first ever laptop was a MacBook. Unfortunately I had issues with my charger port after a dodgy cable shorted out some of the pins and every other charger I tried to use (even genuine apple ones) would eventually short out too and stop working. After that I switched to windows with a bit of Linux here and there.
  It seems that using a Mac is not like riding a bike because I've forgotten how to use it and have had to google pretty much everything 😅

One of my workmates have enlightened me to some spices that they reckon taste like KFC seasoning.

I reckon I'm going to have to buy some and give it a try on some chicken next week if it all works out.

Do share kindly
I made little popcorn chicken type things the other night. I put garlic, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, and that one that smells like BO (names are failing me rn). It was pretty good
- I haven't tried it myself so I can't vouch for it but I will be trying to get some this afternoon after work and I'll see if it's any good.
  I'd hate to disappoint without tasting it first to see if it stacks up though I haven't had KFC in such a long time.
Then you need to share your findings with everyone.
- There will be a taste test for sure, will be grabbing some chicken tomorrow and cooking it up in the coming days.
  I will report my findings.

It took me one hour to write a fairly basic work email. Brain is in OFF mode today.

Same really struggling today. Just feel down and foggy. Can't hold a thought. Am about to try another coffee
Same, my brain is absolutely not wanting to engage!

Hot cocoa time

🍫🥛

Stupid phone! Why is the mute button where my ear can turn it off?! Not great when calling emergency.

You all good cat?
- Yeah, thought I saw somebody sus casing the street. Non-emergency redirected me to the big guns. Was a bit surprised.

{insert fun bullshit story i almost wrote but then got too lazy - it was going to be a jack and the giant beanstalk rip off, fwiw}

{Insert laughter here had you not been lazy and told the story, fwiw}
- It's the thought that counts

Movie Review. Tudo Bem no Natal que Vem with my fave Brazilian actor Leandro Hassam. This guy is as good as Groucho Marx, no lie.

this was a surprisingly good xmas movie, sincere, not overly schmaltzy at all. A cross between Back to the Future and A Christmas Carol.

4.5 hobbits

Looks like Dragon Age Dread Wolf's release date is going to be announced soon. Such a shame. I'm going to get gastro on it's release date and be knocked out for a week or so.