Daily discussion thread: 🦁 Friday, May 24, 2024

I brushed this boy's teeth and lived to tell the tale, winning.

Please kiss him on top of his furry little head for me.
What a face 😻 he needs a squish to hug.
Oh my goodness!!!! So cute!

Sad brain day today. Feeling very unloved and missing my ginger boy so much i want to bawl

You go ahead and bawl. Unless this upsets the other cats of course.
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Did I miss something? Punkin?
Edit: Searched and I did miss seeing that. I am truly sorry
so many hugs
Hugs 💛

The cat has been real picky lately. Turned his nose up at his usual wet food, so I've been trying other brands/flavours.

Seem to have settled on salmon paté, and will try the salmon in gravy later on.

Finicky, picky little Mickey

Edit: the accused in question, all comfy on my partner's legs

Oh Mickey you’re so picky 🎶 I don’t understand why you won’t eat this can
- Oh Mickey you're so picky
  \ Can't you understand
  \ Fish keeps you hydrated
  \ Though it comes in a can
Sometimes Melbcat isn't too excited about her wet food but will eat it with a meal topper of some cracker crumbs, or a couple of treats sprinkled on top. (I know carbs make cats chubby and are bad for their teeth, I'm just being very indulgent because of her age.)
- I have tried putting some treats on top, but he's too smart and won't have it lol.
  He's been gobbling up the paté, so I think that's a winner for now.

Miss Meow managed to knock her toy completely upside down whilst flying past doing zoomies. Apparently being upside down makes it very interesting and mysterious again.

Gibson does the exact same thing! She won't acknowledge it's existence until I turn it upside down and suddenly, new toy!
Ours is currently sideways. Has 2/3 cats intrigued.
Interesting idea. It has failed on the green version.

Curious to see if this is a "me" thing or not. so does anyone else when they make a new mate become like low key obsessed for a bit? or not obsessed but like, the social anxiety just dial up a couple of notches? just for like the first couple of days of the proper mateship. Then it always settles down. Like every time your phone buzzes your like "Oh, I hope its X person". and when they take a bit to reply you go "Oh, did I message them too many times? did I say something weird?" when you know they're probs just busy.

For sure man. I don't really have family so friendships are really important to me. I defs get all in my head about it when I'm connecting with someone new
- same boat hey, makes friendships so much more important.
Not just a you thing. Made a couple of good mates from my gym and texting anxiety was through the roof. Turns out they felt the same.
- making mates as an adult is HARD hey
I'm a slow boil. I'll be interacting with someone for ages before I suddenly realise one day they've made the move from acquaintance to friend.
So, no. For me it's more a sudden realisation after a bit. I'm reminded somewhat of the way my wife and I started dating here.
It's completely normal
Yes. Right now, in fact

I had my covid booster yesterday. Free from Chemist Warehouse (probably lots of other places too), got an easy online booking within 48 hours, was straight in and out when I got there and the pharmacist was lovely. No side effects except a sore arm.

Hospitalisations are rising again, get on it if you're due for a jab (if it's been more than 12 months).

Ah thank you for the reminder; I'll have to book a jab in so I don't get it again lol.
- You might not need to get a jab because you recently caught covid.
  It think it was recommended that you get a booster 6 months after you catch covid.
just got the flu shot yesterday, totally worth it!
I’m always envious of those who get vaccinations without being knocked out for weeks.
- Last shot Boyo got he was deliriously singing little songs about dancing bbq prawns. Hilarious but actually concerning.
- Until covid I've never had any reactions beyond a sore arm and a mild headache. The Covid vax was so awful I have decided I can't put myself through that again.

Survived the move. Of which more later.
Now on hold to Cennalink while they try to sort out what to do about the inheritance business.

I have a ton of crows in my back yard having some sort of cawing competition. Is this a sign of something? Should I be worried? I've also had a black cat cross my path...

This has been happening at my place too sans the black cat sighting. They're so loud as well. I don't know what attracts them here.
- The crows are definitely a rare event where I am, although the black cat is a regular occurrence. Usually she is trying to trip me up.
  There have also been a lot of cockies around lately, probably related to the liquidambar seeds everywhere. Maybe it's some sort of bird war?
- Your friendly neighbourhood witch
the crows in my area have been more active the past couple of days too
I always feel the need to say Good Morning to Crows and Ravens. No particular superstition about it, it just feels right.
- I feel that way about maggies as well.
Did the black cat walk under the ladder and break a mirror on the way through? If not, then I think you're all good.
- She was being a bit suspicious in the vicinity of both my stepladder and a cracked mirror in my sewing room the other day, does that count?

Clearance Kmart sketch kit arrived yesterday. The first thing I cracked into was the sandpaper sharpening board. It's really small and the wooden backing is chipboard but it's a vast improvement on trying to smooth/taper pencil leads with a pack of emery boards. (Doable but awkward and very easy to start honing at the wrong angle. They were previously all that was on hand and it was a hassle to buy sandpaper alone.)

It sounds like this might be the thing to get you back into art
- Hopefully. There's been a few things discouraging me, not least being so constantly tired

His Majesty, so regal upon his fluffy blanket throne 🙌

Blerghhhhhh

That is all.

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works had this thing blow up that I warned them would blow up last year. Really struggling to pretend to give a shit. Its got real "OH No! the consequences of our own actions!" kinda vibes.

ah IT. How I've missed you.
- Right? I love how you tell someone "This is against MS best practices" and they go "Yeah, but I'm SURE its FIIIIIIINE" then have the nerve to be like "OMG you MUST fix this thing that MS warned us would happen!!!!!"

There's a stall at my local farmers market specialising in gluten free stuff and I have spent all day today thinking about the hot pie I am gonna have for breakfast tomorrow. It's the little things

Eat a pie for me!! It’s hard to find good gf stuff.
- IKR it tastes like freedom when you finally find something good!!

I feel this in soul. So much condensation here too, I'll have to keep an eye out for any mold 😑
Our glass table in the backyard looks more water than glass
Just mould sprayed the bathroom. It’s a drippy mess. Like the so called exhaust fan literally drips water. What is the Building Code?
- Mine has done that before too. And I have an unfixable ceiling leak due to a structural issue that means my bedroom is filling with black mould

Assignment done! 3 days and 2 hours overdue and it wasn't my best work.

But the most important thing is that it's done, I should get some kind of grade for it that is a bit higher than a zero, and I'll be getting feedback on it.

Now onto studying for my exam.

Perfect is the enemy of good enough.
Sometimes handing in any old piece of shite is just what you need to do. I had some automatic 50% for lateness and a bunch of HDs. Pick your battles.
Well done. I'm about to work on mine. Got 14 hours until due. Hopefully I get done
- Hope it went well!

Cheers everyone 🍺

I decided to treat myself to a burger tonight.

I can’t move now after this.

Looks amazing 🤩

been busy ten days straight at least one more to go if not two 💀

[(https://on.soundcloud.com/6eTLr)]

If anyone remembers an old tool song called Pushit and wants to hear a not bad version I did the other night, there's the link.

I used to perform singing and playing guitar for a couple of years when I got sober, but stopped singing and focused on guitar.

Trying to get back into it now. Always open to criticism, constructive or otherwise!

Ted said it's breakfast time .

That was half an hour ago. I beat the bin trucks again. Stupid brain roosters.
- They're repaving my road, but it seems nobody told the garbos, which has led to some rather interesting noises this morning...
  Actually they didn't tell anyone on my street, so it's led to some very interesting noises. And lots of beeping
- I live on an alley, no trucks or cars here. 👍

Work relationships are so complicated.

My co-worker/superior spoke badly to someone I'm friends with and unfortunately also at the same time spoke for me.

Had to go during my break to apologise for it all I suppose explain a few things and whatnot.

Incident involved a really rudely delivered snappy comment about being busy but it came off really badly I felt.

Anyway I don't understand why she snapped like she did and I couldn't explain it and often I see double standards about things.

Just need to get through the rest of the day now trying to maintain the peace.

This week the man was nominated as worker of the month. So he spun the big wheel. Literally. And won a $50 card to spend. Question is do I spend it on food, beer or fuel?

Beer and some food/snacks!
Beer. It covers all three options really so is the only logical choice.
Beer.
Beer is fuel.

Enjoy your day everyone!

You too!! Say hi to Gibson for us :)
Also am interested to know, how did you name him?
- It's my favourite brand of guitar!

Hah. I'd completely forgotten about the Eels.

Mr E's Beautiful Blues fantastic song.

I've worked what I want for my birthday. A microphone. One that's compatible with the pioneer. The best of the best because I'm worth it.

I was wondering why I wake up in morning with a body battery of 10% and sometimes 90% (according to my watch) even though I get the same amount and quality of sleep.

So I'm doing experiments and found it mainly comes down to night snacking. The more snacks and/or closer to bedtime equals lower body battery in the morning. No snacks equals higher body battery in the morning.

Interesting. I will keep experimenting.

I wonder what the case would be if you woke up in the middle of the night and essentially demolished a box of cheddar shapes?
- Well it's early days for my experiment but I'd take a guess and say it wouldn't be good for energy levels the next day. Who can resist stuffing face with cheddar shapes at anytime though?
I find late snacking and alcohol are two culprits. Or stress/allergies/bug. I had the flu a few weeks ago and I am finding it hard to get the body battery back up. I feel like I am sleeping the same but I am obviously coughing or sniffling or something during the night. I actually find it kinda validating to know when I have to rest
- On Saturday mornings I'll wake up with a body battery of 5% which means alive. You can't get no lower than that. My husband will wake up with a 70+% body battery on a Saturday. Usually he wakes with a near 100% every day so alcohol definitely plays a part.

One person won the 150 mil, and still went to work today! I would have stopped working immediately. Call in the morning, sorry I’m rich now bye. Actually, an email.

That would be deeply foolish. Chuck a sicky sure, but doing anything suddenly out of character would be unwise.
I'd keep going to work, at least until I figured out how I was going to deal with having life-changing money. Maybe another month?
Even once I'd figured out what my plans were, I expect it'd still involve some sort of work. It's not like I'm going to sit and do nothing the rest of my life. I would just be doing projects that were of interest to me and on my own terms - instead of needing to work 40 hours a week and contributing to the family finances.
- I doubt I could concentrate on work having just won 150 million. I think I'd need at least a week off to have a minor nervous breakdown while I sorted myself out.
  Afterwards I definitely would not want a job. Which is different from not wanting to work or do anything productive. If I won a massive amount like that I would look at starting a charity, probably focused on providing housing and support to people in need. Working out how to do that would probably be a full time job, just figuring out how to actually set up and structure something like that, what the goals etc. would actually be, finding the people needed to make it a success.
- Oh there would definitely be some form of work happening after winning, I agree. But I would be thinking of what that could be while on my yacht in Europe.

I started playing fortnite. Never played it before. Actually pretty damn fun with friends!

Feel like such a zoomer with discord running on a seperate screen and fortnite going at the same time lol

Gardening Australia is slowing down. I gave it a poke.

Honestly I forgot it existed. But I feel like a lot of AZ has gotten slower recently, although once there are posts, there's usually decent discussion
- I'm trying to resuscitate things. It seems friendlier and less toxic over here

Soooo when a road that people live on gets closed for roadworks, are they meant to like... tell the people that live on it? Because the first I'm hearing of them ripping up and repaving our road is when they parked a gigantic machine in front of our driveway at 7am that's making an absolute shit ton of noise. The housemate has a car that nobody told him he wouldn't be able to take out of the driveway either...

It's not on VicTraffic, they never put anything in our letterbox, and the council's project construction page says nothing's happening in the area

I usually get a letter telling me they're doing road works of some sort in my area. I can't remember who they came from though.
My pavement gets ripped up seemly every 2 months. Sometimes it’s gas, sometimes telecoms, sometimes fixing the mess the last lot made. Never any notice and they block the only way out of the building.
Usually they do put something in the letterbox a couple of months in advance.
- Nope, as far as I'm aware, nothing's been put in our letterbox about this ever
Last time I got a letter. From council I think? They're responsible for local roads. And then the planned date came and went, and they came and closed the road on a completely different date with no notice. I guess they kind of tried?
- I had a letter posted about works that were nowhere near me, so disregarded it. Then I got a hastily hand addressed notice in my letterbox telling me about work starting the next day, so I think they stuffed up the address.
  I haven't always been notified of work in the street where they are closing the roads, but they generally haven't completely blocked access, I've still been able to drive in and out with supervision (to make sure I don't run over the workers!). I did have to park a few houses away temporarily once when they did block access for a bit, but the workers were very friendly and helped me carry my groceries home 😁

I finished watching Invincible, can recommend. Slept thru FOTR .

one of those rare shows that the second season was even better than the first IMO

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

Pakora & raita please
- And a PaddlePop lion for dessert.
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The canned fish extravaganza special
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Bit bummed that covid means I've had to give away my ticket to the Arsenal women's game tonight. Boo.

Let's talk snacks. My favourite quick snacks:

Hot pockets
Sao, butter, tomato, cheese, p&s Jatz/topz/ritz/savoy/ butter, Salmon & lobster spread/anchovette spread/Vegemite
Jatz/topz/ritz/savoy/ butter sardines
Jattz/topz/ritz/savoy butter and pate
Cruskits butter, smoked salmon, cucumber, sour cream, fish roe.
Popcorn

I'm sure there's more. Can't think right now. What's your favourites?

I’m basic and lazy. For meals I like to put effort in, but snacks need to be instant. Fruit, slice of cheese, nuts, crackers, biscuits. If I’m feeling particularly energetic I might have a carrot with some dip. But I don’t faff around with making carrot sticks, just slice on the diagonal and dip in. I actually think it’s better slicing like this because more surface area to scoop the dip.
Peanut butter toast.
nuts
dried fruit
toasties
biscuits
any homemade cake, bread or scone
My very favourite snacks are Toasted Turkish bread with cheap olive oil spread and 333s mighty Mite or crunchy peanut butter, popcorn, dark chocolate, sliced tomatoes on wholemeal bread toast, mi Goreng noodles, something with pesto on it, olives, those rice cake things made of corn, breakfast cereal had at any time other than breakfast time, chocolate and oat snack bars, mandarins, tiramisu, chocolate eclairs, table grapes, vanilla yoghurt, lightly salted kettle type chips, bread, trail mix.. and actually a frightening amount of whatever the kids haven't finished.
Seaweed flavoured rice crackers smeared with cream cheese - agree that snax need to be instant. So packet of crackers on one side, tub of cream cheese on the other, plate and butter knife in the middle. If I'm feeling fancy I grind pepper on top of the cheese. Or plain saladas with pate.
- Cream cheese. I can eat that all day long. Just me and a butter knife and cream cheese. Yummy.

Pretty sure I'm meant to be working hard, I have a lot of things to do, but instead I'm just aimlessly staring out the window or refreshing my feeds. It's been a long week.

I binged Fallout in 2 nights. I’ve never played the game so I have no comments on its authenticity, but it was a fun escapist watch. Built up the mystery in each episode to keep me clicking Next Episode.

I have never played Fallout and really enjoyed the tv series.

Just had the MMJ convo with a Candor doc. Got prescribed some strains. Asked for three to be passed to TGA for approval.

Curious to hear about your experience. My appointment with Dr Bhangoo is on Monday morning, not sure what to expect.
- Be honest about previous use, and how it helped. What you're struggling with, that MC can help with. They ask questions but nothing super crazy.
  For me it's a rather simple, and even pleasant experience talking to them.

Toy sales should start next month. There are nonessential things I want to get the boys. And maybe myself whilst I'm there

I think everyone should be able to enjoy something as much as this charming gentleman .... francais_ bourgeois43

doesn't everyone love them 💖🚆🚂🚄

I must resist the temptation to do lots of housework and activities, I must rest.

So I have lots of movies lined up, first up, Time Out of Mind. This is going to be difficult.

Movie /TV reviews.

The Secret of the Greco Family. True Crime. Mexican. Not everyone is a narco, some are kidnappers. Psycho parents ruin lives. 4 hobbits.

Time out of mind. Movie about homelessness.

Richard Gere stars. I've seen homeless people, all the behaviours, this movie shows everything. Pride and feelings of independence are the last things to go. 😔

Please be kind to people, always give to those on the street who ask.

The movie making, the script , is so subtle you don't notice, it looks gentle, not much seems to happen, it's just slow. Everybody else seems to making the decisions for homeless people. 5 hobbits

I read somewhere that life is about fighting entropy, without great effort everything will tend toward chaos and then cessation. We get poor when we do not work. A society that doesn't let all people work, that doesn't reward work, there is something wrong with that.

In a harsh society true wealth is having friends and family.

Anyone of you people got a Pi 5? Worth the upgrade? I'm thinking a simple desktop computer for the kids to have access to...

Grab a second hand desktop from Ozbargian? A dell optiplex can go for like 150-200 bucks and run windows a bit more comfortably.
- Especially if you can wait a month or two. New financial year often sees a huge influx of these as companies update their hardware.
- I've got a similar mini HP machine that's an i7 with 8gb of ram that was about 150 second hand. Perfect torrent and media server.

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