Discussion Thread 🛸 Friday 16 May 2025

Not sure where CEO is so I’ll start this off tonight.

Cheers everyone!

🍻🍬

Go amazing news today. Those projects I killed myself proposing last month? All approved and rolling. I am right pissed 🍻🍻
- Celebrations all round! 🎉🍾
- Fuck yeah!!!!
She was sleeping.
- Back to sleep you go.
  🥱🛏️
Cheeeeeers!
- Hope you’re doing well buddy, have you tried out Doom dark ages yet?
Cheers! 🍸
- Classy!
cheers, I have some pink moscato set aside, nom nom
- Yum yum, I love a pink moscato. Enjoy!
Cheers! 🍷🍸🥂🥃.....🥛....💊
- 😴
🍺
- 🍟
Hot choccy for me! ☕
- I could use of those right now. I feel cold!
CHEERS 🥂
- 🍷

1 hour to go. Fuck yeaaaaaaaaah!

Edit: I'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

Fuck. My neighbour died.

Fuck. He was around my age and leaves behind 3 kids and a wife. Fuck.

Recently had an elderly neighbour die, all his belongings turfed onto the street for collection including Narnia books and other long owned sentimental books/VHS. Had to collect it before it got rained on or collected to go to the op shop that was only 200m away.
Jeepers! That's a shock to the system alright.
- Yep. Even in her grief she was so kind as to get one of the neighbours she’s closest to come and let us all know the news.
  Mrs b is taking it pretty chill but it’s kicked me in the fuckin teeth.
That's terrible. 😔
- Yeah. I feel like shit. We didn’t know him all that well but we know her very well and she’s always been super duper kind to the family.
  Can’t even imagine what she’s going through.

I have made it to Ballarat. Looking at the traffic going into the city I am glad I wasn't travelling the other way.

I have hot air coming from my ceiling vents, and hot water comes out of the taps. The internet is internetting. Now I need to do a bit of cleaning and start making the place look more like a home.

eat a takeaway pizza whilst sitting on the living room floor. its tradition.
- yup 🍕🚫🪑
Sounds wonderful.
In a way we are so spoiled to have such luxuries as warmth and hot water on tap.
- I don’t think I’d manage without. As cool as bushcraft videos are I’m an inside cat
Grats! The new phase is so weird but it will be home soon
Congrats! Here’s to new things!

I've had this crazy expensive headset from an old job for almost 2 years.

I have just now figured out how to get it to work wirelessly.

I work in IT.

It's a razer blackshark 2 Pro.

Haha. From one IT folk to another I see ya

Well fuck me gently with a chainsaw

Such loving reminders of their presence.
- Er, um
That's Art, that is.
- hands you a scrub brush
I'm sorry, but I can't help laughing!
- Washing feet results in:
- I made a bad choice Re trusting a nap
They made you a finger painting ❤️
Catson Pollock?

It would appear the people who moved near the other day are fond of substances and DV.

To be continued...

Maybe you need to put cat footprints all over their side, they might think it’s a cat ghost.
Drugs and violence.....how wonderful.
Hope you can avoid the fuckery mate.
- No common wall but same central courtyard thing, we shall see

Glad I cut up heaps of fruit for the inevitable waking. Strawberries and jazz apples are a good combo with salada and peanut butter.

Also, I wish they'd bring back Sale of the Century. Random I know.

Who am I? Tony Barber! Every single time.
- I miss that show so fucking much lol

From the other side of the street

Is that a letterbox? It looks fucked.
Hey little fluffy guys 👋👋👋
- They must have an inbuilt clock because they're always perfectly on time lol

It was meant to be! Salmon was on special. I was tired but I painstakingly picked the watercress, made the salad with apple and a lemon dressing (painful with a cut finger), and heaped some delicious pre-made potato stuff. A fine dinner to the end the week on!

Tucking in now all rugged up watching Jerry McGuire because why not.

That looks so good.
I hope you’re able to relax and stay warm tonight while you chill with a movie.
Yum 😋

Cheers dudes 🍻🍻🍻two weeks off 💪🥔🥔🥔

I'm not quite there yet but cheers! 🥔 🥔 🥔 I'm going to go buy myself a new fillet of salmon tonight to have with this fancy potato mash shit I bought earlier in the week. No late night for me toniiiight

Hola my boozehound friends. $25 off $150 online spend at Dan's, code "GET25"

Onya mate

Aww my friend who's been living and working in China for a decade or so has decided to leave and wants to bring me a small gift. Wants to know what I want, and I have no idea what to suggest! Any ideas guys? Something useless for the kitchen?

Suggest a random thing from one of their favourite shops or places?
A piece of clothing?
- A cool tshirt 🤔or scarf or beanie. That sounds good actually! Thanks mate!
a small bronze or piece of pottery in traditional style
I’d suggest dumplings but I don’t think they’d make the trip.
Some decent tea perhaps.
Gotta make sure it's okay biosecurity wise, but tea straight from the motherland would be awesome.

Cold mornings serve as a reminder to moisturise face and hands.

My face is starting to get so dry
- I've been slapping the Nivea cream on for a few weeks. For once I'm trying to be proactive with skincare.

Hey, shit sleep club is popping off. I did go to bed very early. And took a magnesium pill w/dinner to combat muscle soreness. Maybe a familiar movie will bore my brain into more sleep.

I did the same re: super early bed and magnesium tablet.
I'm going to get some restavit tomorrow from the chemist to see if it knocks me out for a full 8 hours.
Shit, even 6 hours uninterrupted would be a god send.
checking in here, woke up with a tummy ache as well to boot.
Short nap after putting the kids down coupled with a sore throat. Having a great time here
Want some merch?
The fact that "Essentials" hoodies with a similar font can sell for $100 bewilders me.

Has anyone else noticed Bonds stuff is shit these days?

I used to be able to rely on them for fairly good quality clothes but yeah. Stuff falls apart really quickly now.

Haven’t bought Bonds in years because it’s now overpriced and the last time I checked them out the cuts were really weird
Yep. Undies and socks are much thinner.
and expensive
I may as well buy european clothes for the same price
Their baby stuff has been good but it doesn't surprise me it's all on a downwards trend
As colour isnt as good as it used to be either. Step ones are complete crap too! I'm wearing uniqlo and wayver stuff a fair bit lately for a combination of cost and seems to last ok.
- That's a real shame. I fucking love as colour tshirts.
It’s awful. The fabric is tissue thin and the elastic in the underpants stretches out of shape within 6 months. I am completely happy paying a premium price for good quality basics, I just which I could find some! My money is available for any brands willing to make a decent product. I suspect there’s little incentive though, because dirt cheap material costs and frequent repurchase is probably more profitable than higher quality and lasts longer. The modern economy has deemed I must wear shit undies.
Complete shit. Mostly the underwear. And vastly overpriced for the 'quality'. Don't even bother with their socks/underpants - go to Kmart/Target for those. Kmart has good bamboo fibre socks, my last lot from there has lasted about 3 years on high rotation which is good for socks I reckon. Bonds still has reasonable trackie daks and hoodies.
I definitely noticed they have cheaped out with the manufacturing. Fewer pockets, sticky zippers and lighter fabric weights.
The chesty singlets are still the same, twice the price. The jocks on sale 5for$10 tend to last me ~4 years. I haven't tried anything else of theirs. The trunks went to shit ten years ago, elastic gave up after six months.
- I bought the bonds trunks and they got a rip in them barely 6 months later.

Well, I complained and complained about my unit being a hot oven over summer but it's working to my advantage with this cool weather atm. Let's see how well it holds up over the weekend. Still haven't gotten the oodie out or heater on. No thermals, no puffer jacket...

It’s been a tiring week. Had a nice meal tonight and I have eaten much cheese. Now I’m gonna either watch tv or read something, but I’m doing it from bed with the electric blanket on.

Today at the beach I found a Spaceman, I will call him Taylor. Also some barnacles and a whole lot of ibises.

Lunch at a new Japanese place that's opened up proved to be a good idea, even if it's far enough from work that it stretched the time limit. But pork katsu curry don really hit the spot.

Have been an idiot with lunches this week, time to tighten the wallet next week!

I can't help but feel like a prick ugh my aunt has moved to Maffra and is hosting family tomorrow night/overnight to celebrate housewarming/April&May birthdays.

I have not been able to organise for anyone to check on mickey while we're gone. It isn't feasible to bring him (dad driving us, aunt already has a cat, there will be a big dog). I know he'll be okay, we have done once before one Xmas where I left the aircon on for him and heaps of food around - so I'm confident he'll be okay and fine. But there's that niggling fear that I'm a bad fkn owner. Idk just a vent - I'm happy if people wish to pass judgement aita style.

I'm lucky he isn't super food motivated, I can leave food around and he won't scoff it then vomit. I'll put the reverse cycle on warm for him and make a couple of nests out of the oodies, hoodies, and couch-blankets. I'll leave dry food out and around and make sure his water is changed tomorrow morning before I go. He'll be fine! Fuck!

He'll be fine and content at home. I've had to relocate my 3 today while our house undergoes some treatments. We're all in a canin, but they have not emerged from under furniture yet. The trauma just isn't worth it sometimes!
- Thank you for this! 💜 I figured he'd be more comfy at home, and it's only for one night.
  And yeah moving cats around for treatments and inspections is just so stressful, for you and the bevy!
NTA!!!!
- 😂😂😂
put out two or three water bowls
he'll be fine
- Good idea! Thank you! 🙏🏼
Could you set up a camera in the main area he uses? Might give you peace of mind if you could check how he’s going, hopefully he’ll be fast asleep!
- Hmm, that is a good idea, i'll see if I can mcguyver something up maybe tonight. I kinda left it to the last minute - Dad's picking us up at 8am 💀😅

Aw yeeeee The Guardian app now has the cryptic crosswords - used to be a seperate app until they pulled it. Love me cryptics! Takes a while to learn each setters esoteric use of cryptic clues, but once one does one feels very "s.m.r.t"

You have a special talent if you can work out cryptic clues. I do not possess such talent.
- A lot of it is less to do with general knowledge/definitions, and more wordplay.
  Eg: in a clue, sometimes the phrase "caught in" or "buried in", even "inside", is used - it means the answer is in the clue itself. It could be an anagram of a word used in the clue, or the answer itself contained in another word. An example from the NYT:
  Clue: Lover of birds imprisoned in Alcatraz
  \ ::: spoiler Answer Cat. "Cat" is the answer 'imprisoned' in Alcatraz, with "lover of birds" acting as a descriptor of the answer. :::
  There's so many more techniques like that - approaching the cryptics like a wordplay game instead of a trivia game will help with completing them! The Guardian has beginner cryptics too, so it's easier to get into this genre of crossword!
I found a book on a chuck out table that explained cryptics really well. Didn't help me with half the puzzles in the book because wtf do I know about American tv presenters of the 90s, but the 'this word means it's an anagram' stuff was great
My cryptic skills max out at The Age. I can't do Guardian cryptics - though, once upon a time I insisted I couldn't do cryptics at all and then got addicted to the easier ones so I guess there's something to be said about giving it a go!

I think it's time to tidy up and call it a day.

Miss Meow's corner is so cute 😍
Miss Meow's corner is awesome and cool dining set 👍
The cat corner is a palace! Looks so fun.

I had like, 3 hours of sleep last night. Why am I still awake!?

💀

I got a decent thick fleece jacket at the op shop but washed it repeatedly trying to get the fabric softener perfume out and now it’s looking a little worse for wear :(

At least I also got a button up shirt and a woven cotton blanket which are like hens teeth now

Wouldn't airing it out be good enough?

Shucks, well I thought today's meeting with my supervisor was gonna be a bust because I spent all morning in a funk and didn't prepare much, but it was much less rushed than yesterday and we covered some really good ground! The model I was struggling with yesterday turned out to be good enough. Plus I got some very positive feedback on the logic flow and reassurance that it was all heading in the right direction (enough for a really minor thesis, anyway) even though I know there's flaws with the data.

Vacuuming and washing the outside of the windows has also been done. I'm just about to start on mopping and then I can spend some time assembling things (and bringing more stuff in from the van).

I have decided whoever installed the sliding doors here put them in the wrong way. The traffic flow through both the laundry and the living room would work better if they opened in the other direction, and the space for the washing machine (with both the power point and drainage point in the sink) would block the doorway if you actually put the machine there. Fortunately it's a big area and there is still space for the machine, but I am going to have to run the power cord across to the other side of the sink and hook the drainage pipe over the side of the sink instead of using the built in drainage hole.

Sometimes people just don't think about living in a space. I took our front screen door off when the movers were here because it opens the direction that blocks the stairs 🤯
I think I love you.
door and window track grunge drives me crazy

Oh my god our Eurovision entry was so good 🤩 Fingies crossed we make it through!

My votes today went to: Finland (fucking love), Latvia and Malta.
- Erika Vikman is my queen. Ich komme indeed, Erika 🥵

Adidas got a big sale on. 50 bucks for a decent pair of speakers isnt too bad in this economy.

I didn't know Adidas made speakers
The outlet?
- online. https://www.adidas.com.au/ Discount applies at checkout not listed prices and free shipping if you have an account with them. The Galaxy shoes are very true to size, the others tend to be a little hit miss.

I should have taken today off sick. I worked from home but I've just been so lethargic and unmotivated. It would have been better to not feel like I had to work and just relaxed

Any chance of a Monday sickie to really refill the tanks?
- The way I feel now I just might. My throat is so sore that I can't sleep, then I nap after putting the kids to sleep. So I end up waking up at like 10pm. So I can't fall asleep at a reasonable time and what sleep I get is broken by the sore throat

Oh jeez… today has not been a good day. It’s only getting worse.

baleeted

Sending you so much love and warmth, Melba. Hope your team fights hard for you!
- Thanks. I’m sick of it and just want to feel better
So many hugs, you are not alone. 😘😘😘
if it would help I could come over and help you around the house if you like. Because I know that worries you. 😘
- It’s ok, thanks for the offer but I’m good! I’m just complaining.
I’m so sorry you are going through this. I hope things improve with the diet, fingers crossed for you. Medical decisions are always a minefield of risk vs benefit and it’s so hard to know what to do sometimes. Sending you warm wishes and hoping you can find something to distract yourself from the mental worry.
- Yeah, I had my hopes up but seeing more stuff about how it isn’t necessarily an effective solution :/
  Cheers, I just have to do the best I can.

quiz

6/10

I've got a craving for Peking duck.

I don't want super pricey and fancy shit.

I'm good with mediocre quality at a price.

So yeah we're doing cheapish Chinese in the city tomorrow for dinner.

Don’t forget the plum sauce.
- I'm bringing my own crepes

Three days of no caffeine, and I felt the same level of tiredness, minus the "wired-ness". So today I drank a hojicha, which shouldn't affect me too much, I hope.

Maybe it's time to start exercising properly again.

Cheers 🍵

I always leave reodering coffee too late and it looks like I'll need to go the weekend without my usual blend. I think I'll go get a 250g bag because I'm not going out and paying cafe prices everytime I need one

Flinders trains broke, anyone know why?

UPDATE: Trespasser in the Richmond area, big delays. If you want to get home in a reasonable time, recommend walking, which will probably be faster.

Instructions clear. Walking 9hr16min to Frankston.

Happy Murderbot episode 1 day to all those who celebrate (me, it's probably only me, right?)

Food review.

IXL Breakfast marmalade. Very sweet, mild orange flavour, no tang, not much peel, good jelly.

I'm going to give 3 oranges out of four because it's made with good ingredients . It's just not to my liking.

From the supermarket ones, I like the Beerenberg blood orange marmalade.

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

Secureboot has been the bane of my existence recently. That's what was causing problems on the work laptop, and now it has turned on on my main laptop for some reason. It's locked to On as well, apparently I'd need an administrator password to turn it off. This laptop was from an old prospective employer that never asked for it back, so I'm certainly not going to be able to get that changed.

Early morning tv review.

The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Netflix. 3 episodes.

This was a well made short over view of the events leading up to and the reaction to the events of 9/11. It showed the dedication, skills and the personal cost experienced of all those involved in bringing justice and making the world safer.

4 hobbits

( maybe shouldn't have stayed up watching this, tho I already know this story well having read many technical books and biographies . So no surprises. But I did have a nasty nightmare , I think from last Saturday's train drama. )

Seems every time I find some curtains I like they turn out to be made in India by probable near slaves. Either I stop investigating or put it back on the DIY list? Gah, I fucking hate sewing slippery shear things.

Masking tape is your friend here.
- Er, please explain? Like tape the hems and sew through it?