Discussion Thread 📖 Wednesday 7 May 2025

So, uh...this is dessert

Its got fruit in it, so its healthy, right?

Good to be back down the bellarine for a bit.

Main water leak down here fixed.. but.. rocked up to another leak in the shower lol. Fixed that then the laundry sink taps decided they'd join the party.

Fixed now but honestly water wins. I concede.

I have ordered a frankly stupid size of schnitzel

Finally cooked stir fry Hokies noodles and washed up. Now eating.

Have dinner for at least 2 or 3 more days of meals all sorted.

Pars, ham, onions, random assorted sauces and noodles = yum yum

My parents were saying they took a mystery flight interstate back in the day. They ended up in Sydney, but still, it seems like they lived quite a bit back in the day. My mum hasn't been outside of Victoria in over ten years and says she's used to having no holidays. I wish I could surprise them with a holiday.

Reminds me of when my grandmother visited Ireland for the last time, she knew it would be the last time due to age. She lived another 15 years.
Reminds me of the last time my grandmother visited Ireland, she knew she she wouldn't be able to go again and it would be her last time due to age.
She lived another 15 years.

Too frazzled and flustered to get my promised salmon. I can't handle any more changes of environment after psych session. I feel sensitive to every possible thing that could go wrong. I found a fix to something I urgently need to do at work. Now I'm stuck in a BSOD boot loop... Joy... the error message is CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED which sounds somewhat apt.

Oh no. Hugs. Go gently
- Go gently
  Uh, I think I heard somewhere that we shouldn't go gently ^{into that goodnight} 👀
- I thought I'd replied but classic me I'd typed it all out and forgot to hit Reply! I am going gently at the moment... RAGE is for tomorrow.
hugs
I was getting BAD POOL cALLER lots the other day, but it seems to have resolved itself
- It might be just me but that sounds like the name of some really bad Pornhub upload that somehow makes it all worse...
  I can't get access to the bitlocker key for this laptop to roll back the update or do anything so I'm just gonna leave it with IT to sort out. NMP!
I third the hugs.
it can be a comfort to do something or have something that is very familiar, fave tv show, movie, fave food,
- Thank you 💓 I pushed on with another hour of discomfort to resolve the urgent work issue I was gonna do on my work laptop, by doing it on my personal one instead (at least I worked out the bug and reported it so I feel a sense of closure and satisfaction).
  Now it is time for comfort food and tv show. and maybe I'll call/message my aunt who is with my mum. My work laptop is fubar atm so I think of it as a sign from the universe to just stop.
Farrk I'm so sorry Kitten, that sucks balls. Totally get ya on the post-psych sensitivity ugh.
I know it's all nuts right now, and you're feeling crappy, just make sure to set aside some self care time and treat yourself 💜💜 sending you my good vibes
- I think it was just like normal sensitivity that got ramped up to extra after psych (I got some good stuff off my chest but also brought up some tense stuff).
  I did have a moment of calming tf down on the drive back where I squeezed in a moment of observing my emotions with warmth "ah, there's the wound up toy!" and it's made a huge difference. but no more taxing the brain for tonight
😞 I hope this helps: 🥔
- I nearly thought that was a peanut (emoji very weird on desktop browser) and was ready to feel even more upset 😤
  but thank you for healing potat

🤧😷😵🛌

Saw a really bad car accident on my way home.

It happened on Hotham street close to the Nepean highway end.

A suv on its side all smashed up badly, I think someone was trapped inside.

Ambos only just got there as I passed by it, police and 2 fire trucks were on the way there.

Hope whoever is was is ok and didn’t get Injured by the accident.

It was that kind of day. Saw three close calls just waiting to turn left out of work. Hope they are ok

I'm reading The Burrow at the moment. It's excellent but also set during Melbourne lockdown. I think there's enough distance now for it to not take me right back there emotionally, and it's not the focus of the book, but it's a bit weird. Reliving the easing restrictions and density limits and all that shit.

It also makes me want a pet rabbit.

I don't think I COULD read a book with that setting. In a city I didn't know it might be different, but not Melbourne
- Neither could I. Still too soon, too close. Would need to be 10 years from the end of lockdowns imo

I think tomorrow I will spend the whole day painting furniture

I’m so enthralled by the mushroom lady’s trial. Using the different coloured plates to hers is sooo suss. But I don’t know, all this evidence so far reported seems circumstantial.

Maybe she only had a 4 piece set of good plates. Would've been interesting to see what plate the husband could've received.
- this to me sounds like clueless privileged lawyers who have never had to eat from a mismatched set
How could it be anything but circumstantial? It's rare in any murder trial to have direct evidence, and poisoning is inherently a hidden and secretive crime. Unless she actually videoed herself picking poisonous mushrooms, putting them the meal, and saying she know's they're poisonous I can't see any way you could have direct evidence.
Circumstantial evidence is not bad evidence. Once you have a reasonable amount of different bits of evidence all pointing in the same direction it becomes very solid evidence.
- I agree with you. But circumstantial evidence is good evidence when it leads to no other reasonable explanation besides intent to kill. I haven’t heard of any evidence (so far at least) that goes beyond the accused acting suss. There’s weeks of this trial to go, I’m only referring to what’s come out so far. Much more to the story to come.
So so suss, so much suss. But that's it so far. She had a different coloured plate, but her ex said she had mismatched plates.
The lying about having cancer and telling the victims, but why tell them that lie if she intended to kill them with the meal?
Lying about where the mushrooms came from when questioned, but she could have just panicked in a stressful situation.
I'm very curious to see the outcome of this tbh
- she could still just be very stupid

A mystery bag delivery has yielded assorted teas, a drill, condiments and seasonings, and a lil ukulele.

Matches and aeroguard too, so now I wonder whether that Elon mural is still up and how much damage I could do with those two items 🤔

Edit: oh and also I didn't really have go stress I guess; I did the research assessment and submitted that, and then did the research and loose script for the (stupid) roleplay tomorrow.

This episode of my holiday is called BEEEEEEACH

STRONG recommend sipping a coffee by the beach and staring off into the distance. very therapeutic.
- I have substituted lemon gelato
WA? I can see why they are known for their beaches.
The water looks beautiful!
- Yarp. A day on Cottesloe. I've been in and out of the water all afternoon

Getting in the door was back to easy mode again today - package delivery was just two footstools. I now have two fluffy pink footstools to rest my feet on. They may be a touch small for Miss Meow to use as a cat bed, but I expect her to trial them out at some point anyway.

good night every one 😘

Local Colesworth had all sorts of cheesecakes reduced to clear.. lemon curd, french style, triple berries, caramel biscuit crumb and passionfruit pavlova dessert. I bought one of each and my greedy ass regrets nothing 🤤 Happy early mother's day fat ass 🤣

Calcium intake is important as we age, as is fruit. Add the base and you've got three food groups covered so it's all part of a balanced diet!
- I like the cut of your jib, Eagle. It's that kind of can-do attitude that makes ~~my waistline~~ this country great!
Thanks for the heads up. I fucking love cheesecake.
- It's just about my favourite thing! I'd be hard pressed to choose between cheesecake and tiramisu. I adore them both.

I've been playing around with work's Marketing automation and it is so nice to use. So much better than Marketing Cloud. I can't wait to get in there properly.

I may be able to convince the head office team to switch the CMS to drupal too. That combination would be dream working conditions for me, it would be crazy smooth workflow

This was from about 50 metres away

So cute 😍

Oi. That's a bit much...

Slow day, so I stopped at Officeworks and bought a 0.05 pen and cheap sketch book....

Few days off so heading down the bellarine.

Last few months has caught up w/ me so looking forward to some mindless garden things. Oxalis will be going off so will attack that (and lose). Sometimes in life it's easy to feel defeated, oxalis is there to remind us all that no, you will not win them all. The great leveller.

Water from the laundry tap vs kitchen tap. Hmmm...

Yeah, I have the same issue (shower tap is the worst). Old pipes be old. I have to remember to run it for a while before using - luckily water is included in rent at my current place!
The water at my place gets discoloured if it sits in the pipes too long, which is most noticeable in the kitchen because it is furthest away from the connection. The pipes probably all need to be replaced, so I just make sure I run the water for a while before I use it for drinking or cooking.
- We have PVC pipes, and realised it was the attachment on the tap that was making the water dirty!

Just witnessed what is - to me - a new ticket inspector tactic. Three of them got on in the free tram zone, didn't do anything for a few stops outside the free tram zone, then at a stop where a fair few people were getting off - they also got off, and used their bodies to block the exit of the tram stop, physically preventing some people who were trying to get past, to check their tickets.

I've noticed they have a type that they'll do that to.
Fucking cowards.
I literally cannot imagine being such a dweeb that I'd settle on that as a career choice.
- As far as I understand, actually being a dumbass is essential to pass the interview process to be an authorised officer; banging two sticks together, using their body to block people on ptv, and trying to put the square block in the round hole is dumbass behaviour.

hits delivery man with a stick WHAR PAKIGE

I need them parts to put in the overflow diverter for my tanksies! So I can overflow them into other tanksies! And then pump that into a huge tanksie! Except when I don't want to, then it all goes to stormwater

This rain looks pretty cool from a high-rise

weather from high rise is awesome

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I think you know what I want
- Working overtime 💼👔💻📞

Question for the parents or any teachers/child cares in the group: Tinyest turned 2 last month and had his MCH nurse appointment. they asked us to think about school. ::: spoiler Sketchy maths and schooling questions Since he will be 5 in April 2028 he could start school then. if so we'd want to do 3 year old and 4 year old kinder starting next year. But we can delay him, start in '29 instead, just because he would be VERY young.

Not sure whats "best" here. If school is 13 years (assuming no repeats) if he starts in '28 he'd be 18 when he is in year 12? Or in '29 he'd be 19 in year 12, therefore 18 in year 11... Lots of responsibility in the decision making here (especially for someone who still thinks a goat says "baaa"). And I just dont think I've got enough data to make an informed choice.

:::

When he's completed 4 year old kinder they will let you know if he's ready for school and usually the kids are especially child care kids.
All schools are zoned so depending on what zone your house is, they must except him. It's not necessarily the closest but usually it is.
I can't give any advice but he'll be very popular being 18 in year 11.

My head is an awful place today, so I got an ice cream. Not sure how that was going to help, but it was delicious.

It might not have helped but it didn't not help either.
I'm sure your day got slightly brighter after the ice cream.
- It did and had a nice interaction with buying it! Makes a difference.

I want to take the next two days off work specifically to stay home and eat microwaved potatoes with baked beans and cheese

Potatoes are so yesterday
- What?
I did fried potato chips last night.
I woke up late and slept in this morning.
I blame the potato.
- Potato is innocent of all charges

"hmm yes my tea should be ready now" go over and pick up an empty mug with just a teabag and air in it sitting next to the boiled kettle "You are not a smart man!"

Best use for my apple watch, no lie. I put the water on the tea and say "ten minutes" to the watch and it reminds me and I no longer have cold, oversteeped tea.
also useful for reminding me to check random tasks.

sky pretty

The sky i that beautiful delicate blue you see in old Italian paintings