Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 09 Sep 2023

Alright, 7 hours after the issue with the electrics was first noticed, the sparky finally sorted it. Apparently in our main connection box thing (the little black box that connects the main street wires to the house) had a lose connection inside. Apparently that can manifest as crackling in power points, lamps flickering, fire panels making grinding noises, emergency lights going on and smoke alarms acting funny. And, I'm going to sound like a houso here (interestingly, urgent after hours repairs in state care homes are handled by the housing commission maintenance people too), but that was absolutely cooked in the head

But goodness, I've always been taught to be like really scared of electricity which I suppose makes sense, but then the electrician is just plodding around with live mains wires and poking them with plyers. That definitely did reassure me that I would've been safe though

Also I need to be up in 6 hours, but naturally I'm here bitching on Lemmy about electricity instead of sleeping. Night peoples, and don't fuck with electricity, unless you're a confident sparky, in which case, poke away with plyers as much as you'd like!

That's good that it's all fixed now but seriously if your power board doesn't have a safety switch please get one that does.
- I think it does? I'm not sure, it's a fairly cheap one from Kmart but from memory I thought that all the boards Kmart sold had surge protection. I wouldn't really know how to find out, but I'm like 95% sure it does

One large filling achieved. Now I have a half numb face for a few hours.

good night everyone, sweet dreams 😘

Cat Tax: Mickey having a good snooze under the blanket by my feet.

For anyone who may require some brain-bleach today. 💜

Ahhh when the world is falling apart and nothing is going right - there's nothing quite like disappearing into an op-shop for a few hours and coming out feeling like a new person (or maybe that's just me...)

twins

Had a 10pm urge to strip my bed so I could have fresh sheets for sleep tonight. Exciting Saturday night being had.

A night in clean sheets?! Duuuuude that is exciting! Only way that could be better is a shower before bed!

Steaaaaaammmmmm trainnnnnnnnn!!!

Yeas and you call them Steam trains despite the fact they are obviously grilled

About to partake in some of the city’s finest parma. Always a treat.

Here's the US version of a chicken parma.. no chips or bullshit salad.. just a whole heap of pasta under it
Comicidentally I too partook in parma consumption, though I got mine in Ballarat. Slightly less of a treat
- I’m all about the Napier Hotel.

Back in melbs. I felt instantly sad. Despite tuning into my fave stations and patting the cat and getting that legendary 100kmh sign on Citylink.

That's no good :(

hugs

Husband is baffled and jelly at the fact i went to bed four hours after he did last night, got up the same time as him this morning, did more strenuous work today for longer, and am planning on another six hours of totk while he tapped out for sleep at 9. Poor bubbah.

I have one armour piece left and all I have is compendium and kuroks 😭
I don't want it to end!
- Gotten the Tears companion app? Nice completionist run there. And i found a whole new slew of quests!
  (Also when that's done you can do what i did in botw which was get 999 ancient arrows so I could screencap and make a friend shit themselves, then started seeing if i could max out ALL inventory items....)
totk is a strange way to write lotr
- Nah i did that last weekend. Totk break to watch lower decks then back at it.
Don't doo dat for too long onlies to fuck around and find out :)
- Nah i need less sleep than him. Also i'm 45 lol.
Geez, you are machine. Good job.

no daily thread on reddit 🥺

Was going back home after getting a haircut and saw the sad sacks screaming COVID is a scam and one said "getting the jab will kill you". Was in half a mind to say "I'm still alive mate" but then realised A) it's not worth engaging the fools and B) I'm super non confrontational.

On another note, my head feels cold now after the haircut.

Also, Queen Vic market is such a sensory overload!! Jeez

You know it's bad when you can hear them over the falcon cam... eyeroll

whoops... didn't realise the time. I've been playing Starfield. I should probably go to bed... then wake up and play more Starfield.

So, just like Skyrim in space?
- More like "Bethesda's take on Mass Effect" is how I define it.

I think the thing I love most about steam trains is how much happiness they bring with them. The people on the train obviously tend to be fairly happy, but on top of that all the people lineside who waited half an hour to watch a train go past for 10 seconds are all happy too. Saw a bus driver in Ballarat who had pulled his bus over and stood in the doorway watching us go past. We also ended up in a race with a Frankston bound metro ok our way back and it was a constant cycle of them pulling ahead of us, then us overtaking them when they stopped. Most the usually depressed looking commuters had gigantic grins on their faces waving at us at we went past. Many old folks watched us fly by while (I presume) reminiscing about the days a steam train was not uncommon to see, as well as countless young'ns watching us go past too

Steam trains really are the best ^{even if they do have a habit of [starting bushfires ](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-28/ararat-grass-fire-sparked-by-heritage-train/100867174)}

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If you haven't already, head down to Queenscliff and hang at the Murray / Fellows Rd. intersection. You will get choo choo toots to the face 6 times a day :)
E: and many waves. Lotsa hellos.

She seems to have that invisible touch.....

Is that you Phil?
- Think twice....

🎼🎶Restless future burning briiiight
\ The past is holding on so tiiiight
\ Never heard the warning beeeelllllllllll
\ I JUST WANNA WISH YOU WELL🎶🎶

I have almost regained all the feeling in my mouth after the dentist appointment. Had an early risotto for dinner, as I was unable to coordinate my mouth to eat lunch and was getting a bit hungry. Unfortunately the toothache is back too, and might hang around for a few days according to the dentist. Teeth are a really badly designed system.

Why can't we have shark or dinosaur teeth that grow back?

My kid has tonsillitis so we can't really eat anything she likes because that's not fair. We're having puffy dogs. She likes puffy dogs but can't have them. I'm going to make her potato and gravy instead.

She's changed her mind to scrambled eggs.

I feel for you.. my eldest has tonsil trouble on occasion throughout the year and loves any food I make at home which has been crumbed! Luckily he loves pasta as well.
- Thank you. It's hard thinking of foods they can eat. I think she's over yogurt and just wants solid food now.

Lunch: dace and black bean with zucchini and broccolini and chilli-crisp on white rice
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I want you to cook for me one day, holy shit 🤤
- Open a tin of fish for a man, feed him for a day. Teach a man to open a tin of fish, feed him for a lifetime
9/10
Some of the Asian flavoured tin fish products are amazing. I absolutely love the Japanese saba mackerel tins
- I'm new to them. This was literally my first! I have the eel still, also in the pic, but I'm on the lookout for more!

Can’t sleep. Shoveled potting mix into the rest of the pots and sowed the second lot of grass seeds as the first are finally sprouting. I didn’t bother burying them at all, cbf soaking them, just a quick water and straight to the windowsill.

I’ll sort out the carrots and spinach tomorrow. I have perpetual spinach too which are a kind of beet grown for tops but not a spare pot for them

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

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- We have achieved undramatic cat poop 😺
  Huzzah!
- 🥂🍾🦆
I'm experiencing analysis paralysis. Please decide for me
- 🥔🐟🧈🧀
That egg-mackerel-cheese-chilli scramble someone mentioned yesterday sounds good, thanks chef. And a coffee.
- 🍳🐟🧀🌶️
- Excellent choice
Bacon, eggs and a hash brown please.
- 🥓🍳🍳🥔

Whether you belong to an organisation or not if you deliberately mow people down in your car you are a terrorist. Plain and simple.

I don't think I agree. In my understanding of the word, terrorist or terrorism implies some type of agenda or coercive purpose. If it's some mentally unstable person just doing it... just because. I don't think that's terrorism
\ Edit: note. Not trying to minimise what this person did, but I think it's a relevant and important semantic difference
- Actually agree with this semantic difference. Terrorism is intended to produce terror - and imo should not apply to random violence with no apparent agenda whatever the triggering factor was.
  Terrorism imo also includes gaslighting and domestic violence. It appears that the culprit was already known to the police for mental health issues. Carefully not specified by the cops. Criminal impulsivity is not the same as terrorism.
- I know you're not trying to minimise what's happened. When officials come out and say it's not terrorist related because the perpetrator was not affiliated with a terrorist organisation is wrong. The idea of terrorism is to install fear in the public. That is what he has achieved.
I have a problem with using the word 'terrorist' as a catch all term for 'nasty person'. See @force majeure122's comment below, which I agree with. Might as well call someone who cuts you off at the lights a child molester, which is apparently also becoming a catch all phrase for a nasty person too. Inaccurate (maybe), excessive and doesn't actually describe the nature of the offence all that well. Which I suppose name calling is supposed to do. Let's keep it accurate folks, or at least as accurate as we can given the limitations of the murdoch media.
- Martin Bryant had mental health problems, shot a whole lot of people but because he wasn't part of a terrorist organisation it wasn't terrorism. Like fuck it wasn't. Terrorism.

There was some lovely sunshine this morning, although it seems to be going away again now. I got a bit of gardening done - fertilising and pruning today. The apricot tree is covered with buds, hopefully that means it will be a good year for fruit. I'll have to actually net it, and not get too entertained by the lorikeet vs. wattle bird wars that break out to get any of the fruit for myself this year.

Now I have to go off to my dentist appointment. It's been a while, hopefully he does not want to do anything too dramatic.

Has anyone ever put party pies and sausage rolls in the airfryer? I'm about to try it. 👍 verdict very good.

Certainly have. They'll be fine, but just be careful as since the air comes out from the top they can burn fairly easily
- Thank you for that.
Isn't that what air fryers were invented for?
- Yeah I was just worried that the pastry would be too dry and crispy but it wasn't. It worked out well.

I'm getting too old to stay up super late... oof.

Kids are going to something at John Cain tonight. Info seems to suggest that reusable water bottles are not allowed....

Guessing anything <600ml and soft plastic should be okay.

Just made curry out of yesterdays chicken burrito mix. hee hee. All I had to do was add a can of coconut milk , some curry powder and vegies.

snap send solve? Is this app anonymous? Never thought to ask.

I saw a vid of someone tufting a rug of their dog lying on the floor and the dog promptly laid on it and now I am eyeing the cats and tufting guns...

My throat is properly sore from so much conversation. My brain is also completely ready to crash from so much stimulation and good vibes. It has been a fantastic 3 days. I definitely need to make time on Sunday to write out a bunch of notes and thoughts

E: ooh this flight has free in flight WiFi!

I am starving. Refused to fork out for overpriced airport grub. Gonna see what I can cook up back at my friend's place with whatever energy I'll have left. I could do XO prawns (shitty frozen prawns but it's something) with rice. ...and sad broccoli.

Your link isn't working for me.

gees it is so cold it's oodie time

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🤦‍♀️ three guesses bc I didn't recognise it ugh

Just a pleasant reminder to everyone here don't do the one chip challenge.

Don't do it.

I've never done it, don't plan on doing it and you shouldn't either.

"Hey, don't tell me what to do". Well I am.

Can I eat two though
- Stares blankly at the screen..
  One minute passes...
  Oh I see what you did there
I wonder what the difference between that corn chip and the "World Hottest Corn Chips" are?
- I think the one chip is a bit more than the chilli seedbank ones (wouldn't know though). I is advising against those things. Stomach lining is important :)

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On a lighter note, who's watching Medvedev vs Alcaraz with me? Looking spicy 🔥

Wasn't that spicy in the end 😔

Scheduled rest day from exercises today. Busy tidying the place up and tackling Mt Washmore. I don't care if it rains, it's better hanging outside than cluttering up my bathroom! I've got a hefty info pack from the Elder Minipeeler's future secondary school to go through that I've been putting off, so I'll tackle that today as well. Also Mt Foldmore is getting out of hand! Aargh!

I better get these carrots in tonight if they take 1-3 weeks to germinate. I might move the smaller boxes to my bedroom sill and give them the kitchen sill.

I’ve hit another art block where there are so many cool ideas but they’re beyond my skill/I get overly perfectionist and stress myself out.

Kelpie has engaged shadow mode. Not sure why, but it’s not unwelcome.

So did one of those floatation thingies yesterday. Kind of up in the air about it, granted sleep last night was deep and very much appreciated.

Has anyone else done one? What did you think?

I mean.. it's a flotation tank..
Perhaps you were.. beyond your depth.
I know where my coat is
- 😂 I’ll take it.
- 🧥👜
I saw Altered States at the movies when it first came out. Does that count?
- Hehe, I’ve never seen it so I’m not sure?