Daily Discussion Thread: 🐬🦭🦈 Friday, 10 January, 2025

Hello, I am here. Never left just stopped posting. I was quitting smoking, since new years. I've been withdrawing, and all the lovely symptoms that go along with it have been wrecking me.

I made it to today and relapsed.
\ I don't want to die of cancer.
\ I WILL try again after this pouch. 💪🏼

Ditch the pouch and pretend it didn't happen.
Quitting cigs is ridiculously hard. Can't remember how many tries it took me. Finally kicked it, but the first relapse isn't the end.
- I'll try to.
  This is the second time I tried. First time I made it 9 months. Just 9 days this time. But I can do it. It's only going to be healthier for me and my household.
Glad you're still around. I must admit, I was getting worried about you as well
I've never been in your position, so I don't want to offer useless advice. But I'm glad you're working on it as best you can. It's a hard habit to kick
Also, if I might insert my 2c: you made it 10 days. You've just proved to yourself you can do it. Sometimes it just takes a few goes. When my mum was trying to quit, the first time she made it 16 hours. The 2nd time she made it 2 days. Then 4. She "failed" every time, but AFAIK she's managed to break out now, and no longer smokes
- Thank you Baku. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done. I thought losing weight would be hard, but that only took cutting out soft drinks and OMAD. This shit is insidious.
  I'm really happy to hear your mum quit! That's fantastic! Besides, we only fail to quit when we stop trying to quit. She never failed, she succeeded!! Your advice is not useless and neither are you 💜💜💜💜
Pouch? Bruh I say this with love: You fell off the horse and thats totally fine! but throw the rest out. Start now. every extra one you have after the relapse makes it so much harder to quit.
I STILL want a smoke 8 years later and I only ever smoked when drunk.
EDIT: the sting of throwing the rest out and "pissing the money away" might help reduce the urge to buy another too.
- This is a great idea, I'll try! I've only had one so far and just had a cry in the bathroom 😭 lol
  I really appreciate your support and understanding.
ooh it's hard to kick.
I tried with vapes but realistically just replaced one addiction with another heh.
You got this but don't beat yourself up if there's a cheeky accident along the way.
Hey good to hear from you! hugs quitting smoking is the hardest thing I ever did (I smoked for 20+ years). Mr P finds it too hard, refuses to quit and keeps smoking (he's been smoking for 50+ years). Good on you for getting this far, it's often a case where you quit in sort of fits and starts before you quit for good. One thing I found really helpful was cutting down with a view to quitting. Over time I went from a pack a day to half a pack, to 6 cigs a day. Then I started to view it in terms of time. It took me 10 minutes to smoke a cigarette, so 6 smokes = 1 hour of the day spent smoking. I told myself, "stop complaining about not having enough hours in the day when you're wasting an hour every day!" Whatever works, the most important thing is to keep trying. Every time you try and don't succeed, you learn more about what your triggers were and what made you start again, so the next time you try I find you're more mindful and prepared and more likely to succeed. It took me about 15 goes before I was successful, so please don't beat yourself up too much about it. You'll get there!
- This is so comprehensive thank you! I really appreciate your understanding.
  The first time I made it 9 months, but this time only 9 days. I relapsed the first time when I went to get some drinks with mates and I had one of their ciggies 🤦🏼‍♀️
  This time it's just my mental health, but if I can quit I can put that money towards actual therapy instead of this bullshit lol. But I will try until it fucking sticks. I want to be here for my cat and my partner.
Sending strength to Spud! A step forward, no matter how small, is still a step. The patches worked for me, just enough to take the edge off so smoking wasn't my only thought. It changed it to an every 5 second thought instead. 12 years free in April this year, and if I can do it, you can too.
nope. don't' do the full pouch. Cut that shit, smoke your day, then JUNK IT. give it to a neighbor, toss it on bin night, get rid of it.
You will slip up. it happens. Dont' keep it around when you do. it makes it easier to keep slipping
Quitting is hard. Every attempt teaches us something we can use for the next attempt, eventually you hit on the right thing that works for you.
Just don't use my Dad's method. He tried to quit once. It didn't work, so instead of trying again he just pretended he didn't smoke and spent years furtively sneaking off to smoke and buy cigarettes like a teenager. He somehow seemed to fool himself into thinking no one knew, even though it was incredibly obvious. It was bizarre, and meant that when he was finally forced to quit (when he was physically incapable of accessing cigarettes on his own) he had to go through the withdrawal alone and unsupported because he still couldn't admit he had been smoking the whole time.
I can’t speak as if I’ve had any experience with smoking but all the best and good luck!
Keep at it and never give up!
- never give up
  Hol' up.
so many hugs
You can do this. 💪🏻
It’s ok, you can try again. It can be incredibly hard.
Took me a hundred goes to quit, keep at it.
Good to hear from you, Spud.
The first step to change is realising that it would be good to change something. You can do it. Don't give up 💜
Saw the phrase somewhere, "I will one day, but not today."

the exhaustion from field work after not doing it regularly has hit me like a ton of bricks, but it is lovely having a few more days of fresh air and slow, quiet life with company, off my phone most of the time. I definitely need an extended break from the city once I'm done with things.

Having a tense moment with sibling who wants to split the annual health insurance for mum by 3 and saying how he's just dropped 17k on his kids overseas uni fees...

hugs
you are family too and there is no reason why the guilt trippers should set the tone and not you
from the sound of it you have made the right decision in moving and starting your own life
I hate being guilt tripped into now having to pay up more than I can afford because i chose not to reproduce.
Yea I feel you on this. So rubbish.

Have been talking to the bank. I threw up.

yeahhhh you know those home loan adds where the 20 something guy carries his laughing girlfriend through the door? Its NOTHING like that. Least it wasnt for us. We got in the door, basically collapsed on the ground and went "Right, that was fucked and this is a dump so lets at least get rid of these god awful curtains!"
Bank dicks you at every turn as well.
- but then you pull up some shitty carpet, or get solar installed, or drill a hole for mounting shelves and it's fucking wild
- I’ve got a distain for bank ads. There was one a little awhile ago with some guy singing totally mangling up a song by wedging in more words than a melody could provide but how tonedeaf to be singing about money when we’re struggling so badly.
- Sounds about right 😺
It’s ok. You got this! Fingers crossed for you. When all of it is over you’ll be able to settle in and make the place your own.
Don't give up. We bought a shit house in a shit house suburb while working shit house jobs with shit house pay driving shit house cars but it's our shit house and we will grow old together giving each other shit. Hopefully soon you will have that and not have to put up with shit house landlords. Best wishes.
it will be ok
keep your goals in mind
resist sales pressure, do not agree to anything extra on the spot, say you will discuss it at home

Yesterday I helped get a lost Teddy back home. I would like to spend this micro amount of karma on No Bank Fuckups.

Bless you.
One of my earliest memories is of a kind lady who found my lost koala ( made with real kangaroo fur ) and returned it to me.
I must have been known in the neighbourhood as the little girl who carried her koali everywhere.
That is some high octane good karma
- I had a roo skin koala too. Loved it into complete baldness.

Just got back from smelling the corpse flower. It smelt a little rotten, looked like I expected it to.

Just got my new license with the new photo.

God I look horrible in that photo.

I don’t even recognise myself in it.

Mine looks worse than my old one but not horrific which is ok given that I went for a ten year renewal.
- My hair was also sticking up in my new photo and they also told me to take off my glasses.
  The person taking my photo could have at least told me my hair was sticking up!
Mine gets progressively worse with each one.

Bought a nice birthday card, spoiled it with my crap writing. Ugh.

Don’t know if anyone else has that problem, but if I don’t write regularly my hand writing goes downhill and I can’t seem to write half decently unless I’m seated.

People who have effortlessly beautiful handwriting give me so much envy.

effortlessly beautiful handwriting
Gramps always used to say "good handwriting is a dunces accomplishment". He was a doc so checked out.
In combination with bad hand writing, I feel like my messages never live up to other people’s expectations.
The quality of my handwriting is entirely dependent on what I'm using to write with. A bold pen, chalk, dark grey lead pencil or wedge tip texta: great. Fine point biros and my writing looks terrible.
Rule lines to write on
get a nice pen
plan what you want to write
practice before you do the final copy
( my everyday writing is absolute shit but I can do nice writing if I put some effort in )
Computers and smartphones have ruined my handwriting. Scribbling hand written notes while working doesn't really count in keeping up my penmanship. I do know the pens to use to make my writing look somewhat OK.
Absolute same on lack of practice. And I used to have envious handwriting.
To add to this, who else can't make their signature repeatable anymore? Signing for things is such a nuisance when it's actually checked.
- If my signature is written correctly it's a sure sign of a forgery.
I hate my handwriting

Flexing chaotic kitchen draws...

I see your perforated ladle (far left of bottom drawer) and raise you a pair of herb scissors (surprisingly useful and a bit of a fave). Now if I can only find them under everything else ...
Ok. I hate this. Knives. Forks. Spoons.Where are the soup spoons you animal?
Also very envious of the space you have.
- I'm jealous too. I would kill for drawers wide enough to have multiple different knives all in their own compartments alongside various little utensils without anything being on top of or obstruction (or obstructed by) anything else. I've got a bit of space at the back of my drawers not ordinarily used, but the drawers don't pull out very far, hence the unused

Last day in the current role. It's a bit sad because I enjoy working here and we've had nothing on the past two weeks, so I've been enjoying that extended chill time at home.

I hope the new job is bearable. I think I need a job where I can lock in for a bit and make some progress. Either I can get some results and work my way up or have some impressive enough work to display on a resume.

I feel like I'm hitting a ceiling for the types of jobs advertised on the open market. Real advances from here will either be from promotions or networking

That last paragraph rings so true man. There's only so far you can go with external advertised roles i reckon.
- For most higher up roles they're either internal promotions, people they know, or at worst a recruiter with a network. I know not every job ad on seek advertises pay but you don't see many on the higher end of the spectrum compared to lower

dogs back from the vet. Shes scratched herself and got infected. shes such a good girl at the vet though! Does so well, unlike the other one.

The vet won't see Gibson unless she's sedated in advance lol
- yeah. the kelpie get the muzzle haha the cats are surprisingly chill though. One of 'ems an absolute whore for the attention which helps.

Why the heck not

two sets of 1970s-80s cutlery , rolling pin that looks older me
impressive
- There's a 'good' set of cutlery in its box too. The multi coloured bee stuff. The rolling pin isn't very old at all, it just got food dye on last usage.
This screams "I have more important things to do". Nothing wrong with that but fuck I'd love to get in there.
- It's a battle I gave up on. Clutter outside of drawers is more annoying.
These are good drawers do not let people tell you otherwise.
Mine would look like this except the other drawers hold tea towels, garbags and batteries, and appliance manuals.
Graters, rolling pin and bigger appliances/utensils got put in the cupboards

Half an hour’s airing on the balcony with a cup of mint tea.

I’m going back to bed

I tried almond milk for the first time today. Honestly, I didn't hate is as much as I thought I would. I had it in a mocha, and I could definitely taste the nutty flavour, but I didn't find it overpowering or disgusting. Honestly, besides the fact that my mocha tasted like somebody put a bit of a 7-11 nut mix in there, I don't think I'd even notice the milk was fake or that anything was different

Your relationship with your body is complicated. That’s okay. You have an opportunity now to reset it and coexist with yourself on terms you like better 🙂
You're making positive steps mate, there's absolutely nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about! Good luck to you, you've got this ❤️
But almond milk is so meh IMO, soy or oat for me (oat no good for cutting calories though and I don't pay attention to soy vs cow calories).
- Thanks Indi, very much appreciated!
  Unsweetened almond milk comes in at the lowest amount of calories. Followed by unsweetened coconut milk. Skim milk and unsweetened soy milk are tied. Then "1%" cows milk, followed by unsweetened rice milk, and then full cream cows milk at most calories. Source
  I dunno, I'm pretty shit at tasting anything that isn't overwhelmingly strong. I usually double garlic, ginger, and other spices in cooking so that I can at least partially taste it. That's probably the only reason I didn't find the almond overwhelming
That's a great start! Any small steps towards health and fitness have the potential to become big steps.

growls at VLC I have 5.1 speakers, my system is configured for 5.1, I've configured you to run in 5.1, why are you dropping entire channels you gurning hemorrhoid

You leave vlc alone.
- It tasks me. It tasks me and I shall have it!

Show me your drawers people. I'll rate them.

I will add, if it works for you that's all that matters.

Everyone here being all like "wah my drawers are so cluttered"
- fuck me, our drawers are positively princely compared to you lot
- What is that white thing under the swirly straw? Also you need a little container just for the spoons. Fuck the rest. They'll live.
- At the end of the day, if we're being honest, practically that'd do pretty much everything.
- The simplicity is superb. But how do you eat icecream?
- Yeah. ✅
- Needs a wooden spoon.
Challenge accepted ...lol
- Beautiful. Knives, forks, spoons. Any other way is wrong. Great job.
Fuck we own some scissors.... and the third drawer is a disgrace. I'll fix it next week when I'm on leave.
- So, so many scissors!
- So colourful. That middle picture is beautiful. Rings on measuring spoons and cups shit me so they get removed immediately. The mandolin is danger.
- ohh I think that bottom piccy wins here. Impressive chaos.
It's a little sad because I still have a fair bit to load in. And I lost my bottle opener in the move

I will get dividers eventually, and I do have more spoons and other cutlery. It just didn't seem worth taking everything out of its packaging if I don't need them yet. The stains, chips, and various specs were complimentary, and aren't interested in moving out
And I still only have 1 knife. Hoping on Monday I can ask somebody to take my phone and run a knife block through the checkout
- Oh darling that's not bad. Have you seen Eagle's? Nah you're doing good mate. ✅
I failed miserably to take a pic of my cutlery drawers (I think my phone camera is broken) - so you'll have to make do with the everyday cooking hooks taken using my laptop camera. Yes I keep coffee sachets in a diced tomato tin. Waste not want not. Includes a portrait of my absolute fab fave aluminium egg flip/general purpose stirrer that I found at a garage sale and have been in love with ever since.

Tonight's beach piccy:

I love your wave pics. Just want to go for a swim

My aunt and uncle (mostly my cantankerous uncle) have spent the whole morning trying to get Foxtel support on the phone to help with their blurry signal. The whole thing is just pure distilled boomer

I have had a few more hours of sleep

I'm cleaning out my kitchen drawer and I found 8 vegetable peelers and 6 bottle openers. Time to be ruthless.

We just dumped our old stainless spatula-ladle set for a silicone one.
Feels good to get rid of old shit.
- I'm still chucking stuff away everyday.
  Yesterday it was spare nail polishes and an electric massage belt that my husband used once. Today it will be two cute toy but extra to requirement cushions.
Make an offering to the #discworld goddess of things that get stuck in kitchen drawers.
https://wiki.lspace.org/Anoia
- I like that. The first part really resonates because I didn't buy any of those peelers.

How has this thread become Kitchen Drawer World Tour 2025?

I feel as though I missed something

Pretty sure it all started when CEO broke their cheese spoon, which seems to have lead to a bit of a drawer crisis 😂
I dunno, I don't really understand what's happening most of the time. I just go along with what the masses are doing, and I haven't been exiled yet, so it seems to be working? 🤷‍♂️
- You can't be exiled! Youre the DT bot!!
I start alot of shit. I do not apologise.
- "Na na na na na na I'M GONNA START A FIGHT"
- I won’t apologise for burgers and jelly trends either.

boss OMG THIS DOWNLOAD WAS SO SLOW FROM THIS COMPUTER. BUT IT WENT A LITTLE FASTER FRoM THIS COMPUTER. FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT

me: hey you know how I said I was updating the firmware on 150 odd servers because Qnap decided to yoink container station2 over christmas with zero warning? think that might have something to do with it there buddy?

He's complaining about 4mb/s speeds.

A few birds actually used the fkn bird bath. Probably pooed in it as a thank you for cleaning it out.

The rest of the kitchen is a mess despite how much I’ve been trying to get a handle on it.

This is a bit empty and weirdly neat because some stuff got used and is currently in the wash. But I did recently clean and wipe out the cutlery drawer so here you go

So neat!
- The rest of the kitchen looks like a bomb hit it
I dig your cutlery!
- I think the ones with the metal stripe through the handle were op shop. The plastic handled ones and the tray were from Coles
That's beautiful. Perfect.✅ It doesn't happen often but when it does "the magiCan can do this"? Never fails.
- There was a lot more junk in the side compartment (plus sticky splashes and crumbs) but I guess the extra utensils are either getting washed or got moved

Midnight house alarm activated over the road. Just what I need.

Apparently new meds mean Lifeblood can no longer take my blood. Oh well. Still got a honeycomb Nippys.

You gave it your best shot. Thank you.

I see all your kitchen drawers and I'll raise you a cutlery shelf

I think you're sicker than you realise.
- There's a stray fork in the first cup. He is lonely. Rusty must place him with the other forks. 🙏
Nope. Next.
Amateur
- How does the sign work for you? 🐈‍⬛🐈🐱

It's time to throw out my favourite cheese knife because he's cracked and I have others to replace him with. I loved his length, he's girth, he's sharpness. He felt great in my hand. We've had some good times but it's time to let go. sigh

Better to have loved and lost, than never loved at all.
- Amen
Glue that bad bwoy back together again like they should've done with humpty dumpty.
- Too late. He's gone.

Passport photos acquired. Surprisingly painless. I love the people at the new LPO, they're so lovely and efficient!

Edit: actually I looked at my photo and it looks like I've got an ever so slightly smirk. Not too pronounced, it's certainly not a smile. But enough that if somebody was intentionally choosing to be a dick could call it non neutral. There's also a few Tufts of hair that blew into my face on the walk over. Hope they're not dicks about that either

I'll never forgive auspost for trying to relentlessly up-sell me the express passport. I did it just normally, it took 4 days and saved a few hunj lol. Sneaky!
- I paid for express passport replacement because I didn’t have enough points of ID for COVID benefit payments.
  I then had a change of policy at work and didn’t get much benefits after all. The benefits barely covered the cost of the passport.
  Then, because of the change of policy at work, I got pushed into the next tax bracket and had to pay back the benefits plus more.
  I should have just burned some Annual Leave and not bothered with the COVID benefit payments at all.

Hey CEO, here are mine. This was after a serious declutter some time back, and they have miraculously stayed tidy

You gotta swap those knives with the spoon unless you are left handed otherwise lovely ✅
- Somewhat ambidextrous, does that count?
  Although, if you’re using your right hand then you grab a knife & fork easily with this arrangement. The kid is the only one who eats dessert, so he can fend for himself with the spoons
Love the vintage hand mixer. 🙂

For a little guess what, what do you think this is for and what's it called? No googling!

olive dish
- It is for olives, you clever woman but it has a name. Fun fact: it was given to me as a birthday present. I had no clue what it was until the giver told me.
Wrong answer: M&M "shot" tube! Load your M&M's in, then down it as fast as possible!
- Never thought of that! Maltesers would go a treat in there! Thank you.
Do tell us the answer (in a spoiler please)
It looks like a shoehorn, but that would be absurd. For deseeding something specific?
Baguette server? For slices of garlic bread.
Or a shoe horn.
- No.
Ok. This thing is for olives and is called an olive boat and I was as stumped as you were when I received it. There you go.
Oliver
- Close.

Has anyone else walked through 101 Collins Street before? I swear you could set a Kubrick inspired horror movie in that foyer alone

Yep. Know it well. For a while, the State Revenue Office had it's customer service centre there (alas no longer extant). Went there a lot. Personally, I'd choose this spot to bury a few pharoahs for future reference.
- One thing I noticed today is the pillars don't actually connect to the ceiling. They go most of the way up then just stop. Purely ornamental
Yes, I used to do corporate catering for Macquarie Bank, many moons ago now. The foyer a massive cavernous space with marble from arsehole to breakfast time as I recall.
I think the start of Hercules Returns is shot there.
- That looks like it. They could have just set up a boardroom table next to the lifts

Feeling dreadful. Have called in sick

Welcome to the DT sick club. I hope you will be a member for as short a time as possible.
Hope you feel better soon. Maybe do a RAT just to be sure if you haven't already.
- Not that kind of ick. I’ve et something that hasn’t agreed with me

In my dreams I got a half leg tattoo. A portrait of Stephen King surrounded by his most famous literary characters.

On my arm, I got a rosary beads encircling some indiscernible text or logo. I remember feeling quite pleased with the work.

I spent the remainder of my dream being hunted down by Nazis.

I haven't had any vivid dreams for a while, I envy yours
I had a post apocalyptic thing that included grinding people into mince with some of wand appliance. It made a very unpleasant sound.
- Squishy wand of dread
- The owner maybe?!

Cheers hot bods 🍺

Ps. I did the best I could. Not happy with my Asian utensils being with my beaters, it'll do for now but there will be more evictions.

Impressed. Mine take up at least 2 drawers, and the least use stuff in a separate box in a cupboard.
- Oh there's still a small box of shit to go through. I gave up. Tossed it in the box for another time.
I have kitchen drawer envy right now.
- Hahaha. I was too embarrassed to do a before pic.
Drinks started three hours ago?? Why didn't anybody tell me 🍻🍻🍻
- Catch up. Cheers 🍺
🍻 ꧁༺ 𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓮𝓻𝓼 ༻꧂
- Cheers 🍺

In our defense: hubs has adhd

Cutlery in aforeshown basket, scissors in a magnetic sheath on the fridge

Shut up. I thought I was the only Aussie with a falafel contraption. Twinsies.
- Nah, that's a classic breville jaffle maker.
  We do have a quisadilla press tho (unless you mean something else in which case lemme know..)
🤤
It's....
Beautiful 🥹

You might be entering your Disney Princess Era. Look out for mice sewing ballgowns.
- and it's not easy
  the birds now want to come into my home to sit on me
  if they see me in the streets they will fly to me
- I was more hoping for forest hermit. 🤔

I HUNGER

🍄🫧🤸‍♂️
and here is mysterious wand. Turns people into squishy meat 🪄
- Delicious thank god.
You have a food van. Go to town. The oysters are good apparently.
- 🍰
Surprising, never known a chef to get hungry! They say to never trust a skinny chef, anyway
- WHO SAID WE ARE SKINNY

Ah man, I think I need to stop commenting on anything divisive on the internet.

I’ll post something that’s intended to be a fun fact or a conversational tidbit (or a smartarse little joke to get a laugh) and someone will take it really seriously. Like they think it’s a political endorsement or a personal challenge or something.

It isn’t. I don’t want the stress man. I’m mostly just interested in hanging out and chiming in with something vaguely related to the topic

Ditto
I find it much worse on Reddit, but even here there's a fair few people who like to be intentionally obtuse
- I get so excited to share a cool fact or off the cuff joke that I don’t realise how it comes across

I tried to pop into Troika Bar yesterday, but it was closed. I've been away for the last month and I'm hoping that it's closed just for the Xmas break, but through the window I noticed that all the silver mylar/foil was torn down.

Anyone know what the deal is?

I worked in about half a dozen bars, only ever went to Troika as a customer, it was a really nice bar.

Oh dayum a layered divider! 😍

5090 GPUs almost here... New gaming rig time?

Anyone got any kitchen/cabinetry people they've worked with in the past and liked? All the edging on my cabinets is stained yellow and some of its starting to come unglued. Between that, some very minor water issues and a bit of rust in the oven i'm pondering if its worth a small touch up, or if I need to start saving up to gut it and start over.

Dont think I can keep chipping away and these minor issues 1 by 1.

Avoid Kaboodle. I'll ask Boyo for the name of the good mob.
Newtek or Clayton's. The latter is a bigger mob but way underpay staff.

Crikey, I don't know what it is about today, but I'm so much sweater than yesterday. I almost turned on the air con, but the temp is finally dropping a bit now so the windows will very slowly cool it down a bit

Yep. I've been a sweaty mess all damn day. Like just dripping. I have a cool wet towel to dab it up and have been guzzling water like a hydro-slut. Maybe it's the humidity?
- Hydroslut. That's hot

Forgot my earbuds today, so now I get to listen to Xtrapolis train noises 😍

Xtrampoline
I hate them, but they do make some lovely noises

I won gin rummy. 5 to 2. Second complementary cuppa in the morning coming to me.

yesss
- I know 👏 👏 👏

While Miss Seagoon was here on holiday she did a lot of reading. One book was of the lovely edition of The Hobbit i got her. She really liked it but she had questions about Tauriel, Kili and Legolas . It was very fraught. 😬

"It's world building"

"It's a prequel to the lotr movies"

"To round out the characters and to also demonstrate the prejudices around relationships between dwarves and elves"

Ah good another ocular migraine. Love this!!!

Ew. Migraines can suck a dick, especially the 'fancier' types- I occasionally get vestibular or hemiplegic. So much worse than the common-or-garden variety, and those are quite bad enough.
I hope you get some relief soon.
- I’m very lucky that I don’t seem to get it as bad as other folks, my only symptoms (so far) are only ocular. Still, wouldn’t rate the experince.

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A coffee and W I L L P O W E R please, O Mighty Bacon 🙏🏼
- ☕️🐈
Dry toast plz. And a flat sprite
- 😲🚽
  I hope you feel better after that! Crook guts are never fun.
- 🍞🥤
Spicy Margherita and a small plate of nachos with too much guacamole
- 🌶️🍹🌽🥑🥑🥑

I watched a video on this modern pc that runs Windows 98, but it's like 500 Euros.

Then I looked up how to install windows 98 on an old thinclient. But it's complicated and you could lose Bluetooth, WiFi, and USB ports.

If you want a computer for authentic retro gaming you could put WINE on a cheap thin client since WINE runs old programs better than windows

Is it that gold one that was on the LGR YouTube channel?
- Yep, that's the one. It's interesting but so expensive for what it is. Really takes the fun out of the idea given what else you need to get it working

sky pretty

All I'll say is if you run a Bluesky account for an entomological society and your posts aren't 90% awesome macro shots of cool insects then you are very much doing it wrong.

My melatonin is coming from South Korea this time. That's interesting. Usually it comes from California. This time it came from Incheon, SK, and they've flown it over to Perris CA, US, just to fly it to Australia. Seems like it would've been more efficient to just make it go Vroom Vroom from SK to AU

I also ordered something from JB which is coming through "Australia Post Metro Services", which I've never heard of. Looks like it's basically just express post but they deliver on Saturdays and they pick it up from the sender rather than the sender dropping it off. JB reckons it will arrive tomorrow. Auspost reckons Monday. It's currently in Somerton, after having been posted from Thomastown. Bets are now open: will it arrive tomorrow, or Monday?

E: JB has been processed at sunshine west, which can either be delightfully efficient, or a black hole. Bets on.