Daily Discussion Thread: ❤️🖤💜 Tuesday, November 19, 2024

You're back! Fucking grouse man! This is such a tight little group, you know some people miss you when you're not here. I had to look at trains because you weren't here. I mean, I look at them anyway, but I thought of you and wondered if you were also train enjoying. Well, were you?
Edit; had alcoholic ginger beer at a park near a train station, sorry for effusive language. I'm ok.
Yay Baku's back, alright!
Good! Well a bit stressy but good. How are you friend?
Heya
Hey Baku. Good to hear from you! I'm good thank you. Yourself?
Welcome back!!!! How are you going?
Welcome back!
Baku 😮, is that really you?
It's great to see you back here. It must mean things are going well again
Hi Baku welcome back! 🤗
BAKU ♥️
Hey Baku.
Welcome back!
I hope you’ve been well!
ee the baku back!
Good to see you back. You missed strawberry day, but are just in time for golden syrup pudding 🍮
Baku!! How’s things?
I'm also BakuToo now, I'm not sure if I'll switch back to AZ yet, or stay on my SJW account, but just know I'm a real Baku, too!
hey Baku. Nice seeing you. 🙂
Hope you are doing well. 🤗
Yay!!!! Nice to see you back, a bright light in a difficult week (for me anyway)

Just want to say thank you all again for the support yesterday. Truly a supportive space here with great advice. After going into the eye and ear today for a follow up her schedule has reduced which means less refusal and it's going to be a bit easier for her.

good news , I'm still sending all my "power wishes" 😣 so she will get better soon

Finished work early and.. just didn't feel like going home straight away. So I'm having a cheeky can of alco ginger beer in a part of a local park not frequented by children and their company or youths (I dislike drinking around children and will actively avoid it). Might have an extra can too. Because fuck it, that's why!

I am so freaking pleased to hear you’re taking some time for YOU!! You are such an amazing soul, carrying so much for your family, good on you for enjoying a moment!
- I can't think of anyone more deserving 😘
that sounds nice too , ginger beer is so delicious and refreshing
now I want one 😹

General manager is resigning.

Big blow. He's one of the reasons I like it here.

Goddamn it.

Oh damn. Too soon, feels like you've just barely started! Any chance you can follow him to where he's going?
- Something odd happened last week.
  He reached out to offer some mentoring because he felt that maybe it would help, which I agreed to.
  He must have known he was leaving last week already. Curious to see what this will be about.

Had a really helpful session with the psych today. Talked a lot about why I am struggling to let go of stress and work and gave me some good exercises to help getting some structure back and some boundaries (for me). I picked out this time. She is kind but not afraid to suggest stuff - which is good. Practical.

Step one. Back to decent bedtimes. Night all. ♥️

So I went to check out this blue sky thing. It turns out I actually created an account on there at some point under my real name. I don't remember doing that, it had to be before Aussie.zone became a thing.

So I log into it, I'm already following half a dozen accounts that I don't remember following (but they're awesome people like George Takai and Mara Wilson).

Review:
It's all about US politics and how awful Twitter is. Boring. 😔

I never sent a single tweet in 15 years, I can't see myself using this site either.

I have a Blue Sky account just to secure a user name and... Just checked and got the same experience. I'll never use it either unless it becomes good for data mining.
Nath, if you're not into microblogging in general then perhaps you won't ever be interested in it, but the algorithm is easy to train or replace with a custom Feed, moderation lists like this one let you mass block confirmed dickheads, and labellers like this one let you filter everything else.
Given your skillset you might even enjoy creating and publishing your own custom feed algorithm.

Ohhh fuckity.

Boss: How do you feel you’re going?

Me: I’m planning on resigning in 2 weeks.

Boss: … can you not?

you: Sure if you change [x, y, z that's making you leave]!
- He's going to discuss with the directors about sidestepping me into another role, I'm not well suited for the one my original role grew into. I'll see what they offer, but I think it'll be adios for me.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Fucking cleaning took so long even with the help of a friend because there was still Stuff that took long rob to load. Wish I didn't have overdue stuff to do at work this morning.

But i am really, truly, for sure this time 99% done - every last thing has been cleaned except the kitchen and second bedroom floor, it was too late for a vacuum. Tomorrow lunchtime i shall mop, take exit photos, drop off the keys and be done with moving out.

... next stage is moving in... I live in a fortress of bags and boxes. But first, my car is loaded up with shit that needs donating including a neglected bike (with good parts). Gonna try and temporarily store it at work so I don't need to be driving around with a whole ass bike in the back for the next few days.

Also, the check tyre pressure light came on even though I got a new tyre. More headaches! Rahhhh!

Good night everyone..

You're doing really, really well! Things will settle soon :)
Go you!
Often that light will come on after a change because it just needs to be reset. Pop into a servo and check the tires and if they seem ok there'll be a way to reset the sensor.
And cheers in advance for handing back the keys 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Happy International Men's Day

Turd burgers! Ripped the stocking I bought an hour ago

Stockings suck. I gave them all to a mate of mine to practise cricket on the clothes line.
- They’re also good for tying plants up with

One warm mince pie with cream and Bailey's custard. I could go another one.

Ok maybe I did.

interesting development at work. Boss asked some common sense questions, leadership team didn't really have answers. Looks like things may not be as doom and gloom as we originally thought, so thats awesome. I don't love the company but I do love the boss and they'll pay to upskill my unqualified ass so thats worth something.

got my entire maslow’s hierarchy of needs satisfied yesterday ☺️

gmta

Good night everyone , sweet dreams. 😘😘😘

Goodnight ❤️

Pearl Jam absolute rocked last night.

Eddie is such a treasure.

Was amazing!
- Not a single bad song. Even the new stuff sounded good
Yellow Ledbetter!
- And rocking in the free world!!!

I have realised that my enthusiasm level for going to work is closely correlated to how well I have done food prep.

Why dis wind sooo cool on such a lovely day?

Been asked like 3 x if I’m going riding, but I have my sooky pants on.

Stupid packages haven’t been sent on the same day.

I hope the one delayed arrives by Friday or else it’s going to get wet. :(

I've been complimented on my mug today.

Gave me a nice little laugh.

oh gees, I thought you meant your face 😹
- Haha, me too!
- Haha oh trust me. Nothing worth complimenting on my face.
Show mug!!
What was the mug?
- It's just down below in my reply to MeanElevator.
  It's a Cookie Monster mug I got ages ago.

"Today the children pretended to eat the vegetables and say "yumm!"" You know what daycare, I will give you 500 bucks if that was actually the case! Given i watched tinyest pick out a fleck of zucchini from a casserole and when I asked him if he was gonna eat it he looked me dead in the eyes and said "Nooo".

I was really lucky, Miss Seagoon was pretty easy, only when older she developed likes and dislikes. No capsicum, no pumpkin and no no onion. I solved it by first, not making any drama at all if she didn't want something, she could leave it on her plate. And then when older letting her serve herself, that way there were no arguments
- My kid was the same. Ate every vegetable. Still eats every vegetable except spring onion. From a very early age, around the table, we discussed the benefits of each veg (every veg is a Super food) and the fact vegetables give you good poo poos. Never had to hide them. Never separate meals.
  I had a more tough love approach. You don't have to eat them but you'll go to bed hungry. Was that bullying? Probably yes. Does my kid have a problem with food? Not in the slightest.
Yep. Feels. Inserting vegetables into small kids is a thankless task. Thank god(s) for meatloaf - and a food processor for pureeing suspicious items into unidentifiable goo. I am eternally grateful that homemade tomato sauce also contains an adequate quantity of vegetables.
Both my boys went through a 'vegetables are poisonous' stage, which was mercifully brief but hoo boy it was hard to cope with at the time!
I think the only reason my kid eats vegetables now is from peer group pressure at childcare, lol. No idea how they got the other kids there to eat them, though
I also became an expert at hiding extra veggies in things like bolognaise sauce
They will eat anything at daycare and love it. You could make exactly the same recipe at home and they hate it. Welcome to the art of hiding vegetables.
Tbh zucchini is a low tier vegie.
(I planted it because it makes a lot of food.)
- You take that back! Zucchinis are one of the most versatile veg out there. And delicious.
- Zucchini slice is the best.
- Wash your mouth out with soap!
Combine zucchini and bacon and you have food of the gods
Edit: and chargrilled or bbqd after soaking in seasoned olive oil

Working from home feels like a rest after such a big weekend. I want to focus though so I can work on other things the rest of this week

Here's the recipe for Golden Syrup pudding

Got no argument on the recipie - it's very similar to the one I use. But. They left a lot out in terms of method. Feel free to ignore this if you already know the details.
- Some very good points there. I can only go on what my Nana used to do and what I remember. Yes, she used a trivet and a stockpot. I think she used brown paper for the top. She also wrapped the pudding bowl in calico (pudding cloth) like you do for boiled pudding because it's easier to get out of the boiling water. Also I'm sure she added a small amount of ginger powder.

Friend said let's meet at 1. I ask her if she's sure. She says yes. It's 1:46 and I'm still waiting for her. I knew I should've arrived at 2. She waited a million years for a bus so she didn't have to walk, when she could've walked. Grr.

I had to step away from a friendship yesterday for a similar reason.
It feels bad today, but I'm glad I did it because I don't want to be the kind of person who is OK with that behaviour.
This person doesn't value your time and that's a pretty big red flag.
I am a sometimes late person (a trait I don't really like but actively trying to improve) but being THAT late is insulting. You have to value other people's time.
late 🤨
i detest lateness when it is a choice that person makes
- She goes to sleep anywhere between 1 and 6am and wakes up maybe 12pm. I asked her if 1 was okay and she said yes. Clearly it wasn't!
Does she wear tight/fashionable/high heeled shoes? Was I wearing such, I'd wait a million years for a bus rather than walk and cripple myself. If, on the other hand, she wears comfy shoes - that's a different dynamic.
Did she have the courtesy to say that she'll be late?
Think it's a bit rude as well making you wait due to walking/bus thing.
- Yep she said she was still in bed when I arrived.

this coffee, slurp, is like the nectar of the gods , I need it

good day so far, got two floral blouses because I'm trying to wear less black, got a black denim jacket from dangerfield.

and a covid vaccine , i think this will tire me out

I feel terribly cold, suppose I better go back to bed

good night all 😘😘😘

Night!

OK. I might do some tv and movie stuff . I just look at random stuff or maybe watch what other people talk about.

The Package aka The Pakige with Gene Hackman. Before Die Hard there was The Package but without the jokes or impressive action scenes. 2 hobbits.

All Is Lost. If self reliance really was a thing then there would no such thing as outside people or events messing up life. Robert Redford was amazing in this.

3.5 hobbits just to watch RR

kevin can go fuck himself

I am reminded of Henry Miller writing of another author, the author writing of a man cut in slices, different aspects of the man and their life written as separate stories. Much like his nexus trilogy. Maybe he was talking about himself, eh.

or the verve singing their bittersweet symphony , being a million different people each day

edgy brave smart woman sick of stupid men tries to fight the system

but really, how many chances do stupid abusive men deserve? dumping them is not giving up, it's being real and cutting losses

this show had real potential, wasn't renewed

I liked Kevin Can Fuck Himself, it shows a really interesting perspective. I haven't watched the type of show they're making fun of in a long time - is Kevin exaggerated or are sitcom husbands really that bad?
- modern sitcom husbands aren't that bad, they are usually "lads" and in the marriage are still part of a team, kevin is a lying selfish prick

yay, today is Covid vaccine day 😬

Tyre change booked in for 2pm. Condition report to be dropped off. Cleaning this arvo.

At work for half a day because I have so much overdue but also it's a nice bit of familiarity and stability amidst everything

Living off sheer adrenaline, yeah!!! I think I'll need to take an afternoon dose of meds today...

Good morning all!

Here's hoping today is less of a fustercluck than yesterday was, but early signs are that it could go either way from here. Time to adjust my attitude and hope for the best...

(Also to all who went to Pearl Jam last night I am SO JEALOUS!!!) :D

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I'll have some golden syrup pudding and a side of golden syrup dumplings please.
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Something to get rid of the hayfever and to sleep well tonight.
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Hot chips and mayo please !
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Had a massive day, just sat down to go through the happenings of the DT. Two days in a row not WFH is a shock to the system, I’ve become such a home working slob. Quick wind down then off to bed as I gotta do it all again tomorrow. 😴

Digging holes...filling holes.

Digging holes...filling holes

What comes outta one hole goes in another....

I've never been so seedy in my life

Well, Spring is a great time to be seedy. You will grow and flower in no time.
Two day hangover? Ouchies.

getting tired from vaccine now

😴

I'm pretty sure that chocolate used to coat Oreo Dunkeds is tastier than regular cadbury chocolate.