Discussion Thread Thursday 1 💽 May 2025

F YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just had a knock on the door and the police handed me back my mower and whipper snipper plus a 6ah and 5ah battery. Thats the bulk of my replacement costs there! all appears to be working as well. Still short a few tools and batteries, but police know who did it they are just trying to find him.

The police actually followed up! With that kind of luck you might have to buy a lotto ticket
Shit that's lucky!
Wow! That isn't usual.
Wow, I have to be honest, I didn't expect that to happen. That's awesome!
Fuck yeah dude!!!
Lol the police did some actual small crime policing! That's awesome you got those back!! 💜
- Lol the police did some actual small crime policing!
  Nah sorry gotta push back on that. From my experience with them they've been nothing but prompt and professional! I understand that maybe not everyones experiences, but my own in this instance has been pretty great considering the circumstances.
- they usually don't until they get enough to make it a Big Crime which means the cunt in question actually gets serious conequence
Woah I wonder how they managed that!

Mooooon

so unmotivated

just doing stuff cos I gotta

motivation will come later

i am unmotivated and did only laundry today when i should be doing a LOT more and it's stuff i gotta do
- I cleaned the kitchen , the small bathroom and cleaned the cat's room and trays. I did 1 hour cleaning up in the garden. Did a 45 min walk down the beach. Made a kallax cupboard for in the bedroom. Made some space in living room for another bookshelf. This entailed moving 100s of LP records.
- Laundry is doing plenty.
  I only puked and went back to bed 👍

Why is going to Chemist Warehouse such a stressful experience? Narrow isles with too many people, long waits for prescriptions and then waiting in a line to collect them. Then another line to pay. Or maybe my local is just a bad one. This place is a time suck.

The need to fluro ticket everything shits me.
Most of the ones I've been to are like that. The less terrible ones are the ones with more space like the High St Northcote shop.
And just the amount of different ads and videos playing everywhere, it's awful.
I've got 3 of them near me, 1 of them are really packed, another one did some renos and have a bit more space now and the other one in a warehouse like place has plenty of space, I like to go to that one if I can because it's less squished.
I really hate all their fluro tags. Not really special if everything has a tag like that.
They stuffed up the OHs scripts yesterday. Same name, very different address. Didn't notice till we got home, but it does make you query the efficacy and safety of their systems.
- It is a stuff up, but same name is pretty uncommon, and there's some level of due diligence on your part to check the medication at the store.
Think they’re all like that… I hate going there for that reason

Hey @briongloid@aussie.zone we're in May not March. I blame Yarrabyte for not turning up today.

I wonder if the emoji could be moved somewhere other than between the day and the month, too ;)
Didn't you hear? We're time travelling.

Just noticed today that La Trobe St outside State Library Station is now clear for eastbound traffic, definitely a sign we're getting much closer to opening the munnel. They've also laid brand new cobblestone in a side street which is pretty cool.

Wow, it felt like that was never going to finish. It'll be great to see that whole area open again!

It's..... May isn't it?

Yeah, someone else offered an explanation that made more sense and I think I was definitely wrong on the internet. Which is annoying because normally I’m the one being really picky about sources and reading comprehension.

All I can say is that I haven’t been sleeping and have been vomiting today. The past few days have been rough so I wasn’t thinking too clearly when trying to get something that seemed important out there.

Also I’m a bit defensive (when normally more chill) because others (not on Lemmy) have been stirring me up. 😑

just hugs

I've said hello to more strangers today than in the late 5 years.

Morning.

I’m off into The Desert today. Sky will (hopefully) be pretty

Going overnight???? The starblaze could be super magnificent.
- Stargazing daytrip, so...until about midnight?

I have now officially spent a small fortune on stuff for the new place. A fair bit of it is stuff that needed to be replaced anyway, and some of it is just because I want the place to look nice. It's been a bit tricky to work out how to place all the furniture, but I think I've got a layout that will work (pending measurement for a couple of things). It's a fairly square lounge/dining area, with foot traffic that will cross somewhat diagonally from the rest of the house to the door to the back yard. I'm not sure it would be possible to get a decent layout if you had a tv. A big couch or dining table would also be tricky.

The biggest purchase is a (very small) dining table and a couple of chairs. I spent nearly as much on new furniture for Miss Meow too - I had been planning to recover the tree she currently has as the frame is good, but it's not really going to fit in the new place. So now instead of one big corner unit she will have two smaller units and a window hammock. I also bought a couple of pink fluffy footstools that look like her cat bed on legs that I expect she will use for snoozing.

I've also bought lots of dull but necessary things - new doormats, drawer and shelf liners, suction cup shelves for the bathroom, felted end caps for all the furniture to stop it scuffing the hard floor. I also upgraded my mop and bucket as the main living area is all hard floor.

Edit: Miss Meow is going to have a little garden themed corner, including a

You do realise that Miss Meow will ignore all these facilities, and seek out your best angora sweater to sleep on instead.
- Nonsense, she much prefers the sock drawer 🤣
  The tree scratcher is probably more for my entertainment than hers, although she does like the uprights for scratching on. I'm trying to stop her clawing up the new couch, so as many alternatives as possible is a good thing. Her main hobby though is progressive snoozing, with a series of ever changing nap spots being utilised on a daily basis. She likes the fluffy beds on the floor, hanging baskets, inside her little tunnel, and the aforementioned sock drawer. So she will probably use most of those types of spots, and the other climbing stand (which is a much more boring wood) will also double as stairs onto the small kitchen trolley that I will be re-purposing as her dog-safe meals area. The hammock on the window will get morning sun so should also make for a good napping spot.
  I haven't forgotten Mr Woof either - his needs are a bit simpler and he doesn't really need anything new, but I got a couple of fluffy rugs to go in front of the bedroom windows, which are the ones that face the street so he's likely to want to keep an eye on things from there.
That garden themed corner is going to be flippin' ADORABLE!! Loving the excitement for this move!
Loving the cat furniture!
Where did you get this stuff? Might get a sniff from Gibson lol
- They are all Temu stuff. A lot of the bigger cat stuff is shipping from Australia these days, so it should be arriving in a couple of days.
I find it hilarious when companies like Kmart and Temu photoshop animals into the pictures of pet accessories. They probably couldn't get a real cat rhough
- Some use stuffed animals instead, which also looks pretty silly. They often get the scale wrong too, most often on purpose to make their items look bigger. You always need to buy with a tape measure in hand and not rely on what things look like.

I just realised it is not Friday. This is a good thing, as I don't have to go to work untiil Saturday.

first 5 day week in 2 weeks hits like a ton if bricks hey

Dammit dammit dammit.

Was so tired the glass lid of my double walled coffee cup slipped out of my hands and shattered.

So devastated about it and I have no replacement for it.

Oh no, does that mean you still have the glass but no lid to go with it? I hate it when that happens, you'd almost rather lose the whole thing
- Yeah, I have the bottom but no lid now. It was really good too because it kept my coffee somewhat hot for awhile but also had safety because of the lid so I wouldn’t spill it on anyone.
  I liked it a lot, I hate silicon tops.

tide is low, time for lunch time walk on beach 🙂

Not sure if anyone’s interested in looking at this.

I’ve been playing Expedition 33 and just beat a tough optional boss. It’s a new rpg with an outstanding soundtrack & vision and needs some good reflexes.

It’s in 2 parts because I had to take a phone call.

Have fun if you decide to have a look at it.

Frost Eveque - part 1

Frost Eveque - Part 2

it has some really beautiful art and the music is pretty cool
i have loads of b'day and xmas money still
and i have a really good gamer laptop
i'm thinking about it 🤔🙂
- I don’t know how it’ll handle over on the pc side as I got the ps5 version.
  The music is outstanding and I love it so much, and the setting and so far where I’m at with the story is so great.
  I’m playing on standard difficulty, it needs pretty precise timing to get parries to work but there’s dodging if parries don’t quite work out.
  It can be made easier by lowering the difficulty and some little things can be turned off like the QuickTime button presses.
  My little boss battle almost falls apart at the end of the part 2 video.
This game looks soooo good, think I'm going to have to nab it. Will probably play on the lowest difficulty, but stuff like this is so cool to see. Thanks for sharing!
- I’m glad you liked it!
  Wasn’t quite sure about sharing but I was recording it for someone else as well.

Good morning! Why do my knees only hurt when I lay down at night 🤔

its back pain
Because that's when we finally have time to realise we are sore.
It's knee pain
- Maybe it's Maybelline
Consider a magnesium supplement in the evening.
There may be mechanical damage to your knee, welcome to being over 25.
Your hamstrings, calves and quadriceps muscles cross the knee joint if you wanted something to strengthen or stretch.

got followed by norman bates yesterday

weird frickin bloke talked to me when i was in the op shop to buy cds, ( i do not talk to strange blokes ) he said he liked the mannequins in the window because they don't talk or spend money ( he likes dead women?! )

i ignored him

after a few more stops shopping I went to the train station to go home and sat on a bench on the platform, he walked past 30 seconds later and spoke to me , i tried to ignore him again

the odd thing is he went right to end of the platform and then left the station, 🤔

Ew
- I'm just wondering if I should have done something
  i did check to see if he was boarding my train , he didn't but what if he was?
  should I get off at a busy station with more people around and press one of those help buttons?
  forgot to say he called women " you ladies" , iow words he "others women"

Sandboarding at Lancelin. I have sand in my ears

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere.
ears
For a split second I misread that.
Sounds like massive fun though :)
- What on earth did you think I said

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Some pappadums and lime pickle please
- 🫓🍋‍🟩
Potato wedges with bacon and cheese please.
- 🥔🥓🧀

Nooo, the thunder thighs have struck again and worn through another pair of jeans - my favourite ones at that! But they've outlasted quite a few, so I'll still take it as a win.

Any recommendations for lunch in Woodend? Four adults two kids.

Pub on main drag. Very good counter lunch the last time I went there. Some interesting menu items as well as the usual.
- Thanks but is that the Holgate or The Vic Hotel?
Holgate has good food. There’s also Super Lekker, had that last time I was there. But there’s only outdoor seating so needs to be a nice day.

I can now poorly pluck Aura Lea on the acoustic guitar. Slowly I'm learning haha

It's a clear sign that I've lived too long away from this place that I look like a lost and bumbling tourist at the wet market. Doesn't help that I'm brandishing my own bags and containers like my mum does but the stallholders don't recognise me so I have to explain and stop them from giving me new bags.

Anyway, fresh you tiao!!! 😋 😋 😋

Mr Woof is now clean and I am very damp.

I won't have my fully enclosed bath I can bathe him in at the new place, I will have to work out a new location. The covered area outside should work fairly well, I just need a way to organise water that is not freezing cold.

I do my little dog in the deep laundry basin with a couple of buckets of warm water on standby for washing then rinsing. Third fill the tub with warm water and use a jug to scoop and pour it over him.

Ah man, I’m getting nitpicked over a news title when the site wouldn’t offer a suggested one for the link.

Like damn dudes, I don’t perfectly understand something that doesn’t apply to me. But I do know a law changing that could invalidate a lot of drivers licenses overnight might be something people should know about? Preferably before they get pulled over?

If I made a small mistake in the title they can go read the article that will tell them the exact info.

Imagine going through life looking at everything to try to find the imperfections. Life must really suck for those people. There is enough bad stuff in the world without giong out of your way looking for more.
I wouldn't worry about their nitpicking - let them make their own life worse with their obsessive search for flaws, leave them to it and don't let them drag you down.
- they look for imperfection in other people
Lemmy overall has a bunch of nitpicky nerds who'll go overboard on any error they find.

The best part about going back to classes is the coffee from the cafe next to the bus stop ☕

Their largest are actually L A R G E

I've figured out how people make those fancy designed emails that all look like one image (Figma and the snip tool to break it up into parts).

Does anyone know some good resources on graphic design so I can actually make decent looking designs?

I don't know any graphic design theory and everything I do just looks too bland or busy. I know how to use the tools, now I need to know how to make them look good.

I don't have any good tips but I do muddle through using Canva. Its got some great templates. And MailChimp used to have good templates for mailouts too.
- I saw a good tip was to pull all the images out of an email you like and recreate it in Canva so you can see how the elements fit together better

Everytime I hear beef Wellington I get a little excited. If I was to make individual ones I'd use filo pastry not puff and slather that baby with melted butter. 😋

Hold the mushrooms please.
- They're a must.
- you dont like them sauted in butter?
Love mushrooms but was giving them the side-eye for quite a while after that story broke
- They were so cheap after the story broke and deemed safe. I was snapping those up quick.

Science week. Can you guess them all?

Umm, Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie, Pythagoras, Isaac Newton, Thomas Edison, Einstein, Nikolai Tesla and the last one's a blank.
- Top left to right, Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Archimedes, Newton, Edison, Einstein, Tesla, Darwin.
- 6/8
Marie curie, Rosalind franklin, Pythagoras, newton, Edison, Einstein, Tesla, Darwin
- Bingo
Marie curie, Rosalind Franklin, pythagoras, newton, edison, einstein, tesla,...darwin?
- https://media.tenor.com/F8bEy-ExgLAAAAAM/thumbs-thumbs-up.gif

Looking for recommendations on both power tools and security cameras. My tools were Ryobi which I liked their reciprocating saw and blower but the mower wasn't great. I had a good experience with Ozito multitool, and been told apparently bunnings will take them back no questions asked. Open to any recommendations but budgets gonna be fairly tight since i'm starting over and want to spend money on cameras. On that note: Anyone had any installed? Things they liked, things they don't or installers that were good to work with?

I think I have used every power tool brand and usually go with Makita due to the consistency, durability, great batteries and a vast range of power tools on offer. (even coffee makers and microwaves haha!)
They are are a little more expensive though so maybe not a good choice for you.?
Ryobi is probably your best bet as it is an affordable option for DIY. I have used Ryobi in a professional setting as well and the only drawback is the battery life isn’t great so more batteries are required to keep going on jobs. (if you are worried about the lawnmower, I would suggest a good petrol power Honda or Victa anyway.)
Also check out Metabo (formerly Hitachi) they are priced competitively, durable and have a flexi volt system in which you can run them corded or on just batteries. I own a couple of their drills and they have served me well.
Hope that helps.
- Victa
  I think my victa push mower is about 30yrs old with minimal servicing lol. Just keeps going.
I don't know about gardening tools but my man has Bosch for the tools he uses all the time and the ones used occasionally he uses aldi ones.
Ozito are pretty good now, I have a mix of them and ryobi. My ozitos are corded though jsyk.
apparently electric mowers have issues if you grow anything like kikuyu or couch, wouldn't know for certain as we still have the ol' victa
There'll be a buy in deal soon enough. Something like an impact, drill, 2x batt and charger for way below market price. It's a loss leader sale to get you into their infrastructure.
From what I've seen makita/milwaukee/dewalt are on par-ish. Ryobi/Ozito are great budget options.
I've got the ozito PXC hedge trimmer, blower, cylinder mower and angle grinder. The angle grinder has a bit of chatter in. Everything's kinda weak. However they all do their job fine and were cheap as fuck. I've only got the one 2.0ah battery and charger.
I've got Milwaukee 12v hand tools, they're great, I got them in the deal I describe above. I needed a drill that day so was prepared to buy a decent one and the deal was with Milwaukee. I've since picked up half a dozen other bits n pieces, they got me.

My tooth broke yesterday while I was eating lunch, so now I’ve got a toothache and dentist’s appt. Hopefully it’s just part of the crown and can be re-glued. The tooth also has a big filling so I’m a bit worried they’ll suggest pulling it out

Nah mate, everything'll be fine, then dentist will have a look and be like "that? I can buff that out for $50." No need to give too much negativity to an unknown.
- You’re right, I shouldn’t have been so negative 😬😂. Luckily it turned out they can repair the tooth, for a teensy bit more than $50 lol

Today in one of the classes I observed, I heard some young people talking about how silly the Clive Palmer ads are. The thing I love about being in schools is that there are brilliant young minds and many of them can think critically and consider multiple perspectives. The other thing is that school can act as a protective measure against being an asshole in some aspects. A kid said something inappropriate to get a kick out of his mates and the teacher chatted to them about why he said it and why it was the wrong thing to say.

I don't think the kids are really enjoying my lessons right now, and I guess that's kind of sad, but okay. I had some teachers in school who made me enjoy some subjects I didn't love (e.g. had a teacher who taught history through storytelling, English through lots of modelling and active learning, maths through linking it to the universe). Maybe I'm not that right now, but one day I could be.

Another thing is that with kids who have been through trauma, you can potentially be someone who is a stable and trustworthy adult in their lives and show them what a safe relationship looks like. Again, those are VERY big shoes to fill, but I aspire to be someone who supports and advises young people to reach their potential.

I taught a liver function class to 12 sleeping students one time. It was dry content, they didn't need to know it, it was on the syllabus but not the exam.

Blenders are not supposed to smoke

Very true. Have you tried taking it's cigarettes/vapes away from it?
- I took away it's juice and told it to go cool off in the corner

watched Seven Psychopaths, I'll watch it again

Spud will be down on me but I couldn't help thinking of stewie and brian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-BfjHbHj60

Fuck yes! Next In Bruges!
- I've seen In Bruges a few times already, will watch again
  also, I've been to Bruges many many times, I used to live a short train ride away from there. 🙂