Daily Discussion Thread: Wed 13 Dec 2023

Graduated! But also, goddamn, they were super cheap with the celebration. The bar was closed after just 90 minutes - by the time I'd got my degree framed, they'd already closed the bar.

Congratulations! 🎉🥳
I've set up a special bar here and it will be open all night so help yourself!
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- Cheers mate! I always appreciate the local bar in the daily thread! 🍷
🥂CONGRADUATIONS🥂
Congratulations. 🤗💗😸🥂🍾
- Thanks so much mate!
Congratulations 🥳
- I really appreciate it mate, thanks so much!
Congrats mate 🎉
- Thanks mate!
Congrattos!
Congratulations!!! 🥳
Congrats! Well done you!

I usually wear a jumper on at work but todays a shirt and chinos day and my coworker told me I was looking swish. That made my day 🥲

Imma gonna say it: kilt!

I would like a cool change now

❄️
- your efforts are noted.

My dog just backed his arse up, launched himself and stole the treat out of my kid's hand before she could finish saying "you're such a good boy". He has no fucking shame.

Risked it and gave myself a much overdue haircut. Absolutely nailed it. Saved myself an easy $30 there. Even took a little off the top!

I will admit that I can't see the back but it feels ok!

If you're walking and there's people behind you sniggering, then you've done a shit job.
time to spend that at the South Melbourne market

Oh yeah. I just walked to the shopping centre and am now dripping. Free saunas for all.
Yes. 75% is a perfectly reasonable humidity.

Captain Holt died...WTF

Watching my cat's arsefur flap majestically in the fan wind

sort of like when Donald Trump's scraptoft catches a breeze
( https://tmoliff.blogspot.com/2012/09/scraptoft-n.html )

Thunderbolts and lightening, very very frightening!

It's like thunder. Lightening. The way you love me is frightening. Oh you better knock knock knock on wood baby ooooo oooo oooo.

Lightning, huh

Caught some big strikes on video, but didn't get much of any rain in Burwood. With my room being 30c and the humidity, I am drenched in sweat.

I like this warm weather because it's nice to never have the cold set off my sciatica. :)

Ok it’s slightly warm on the tin roof. AC shit itself. Did I turn it off and on again? Yes. Does it work now? Yes.

Gawd I need to take a deep breath after today.

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I've recently just signed up for Coles/Flybuys and Woolworths Rewards (never really shopped enough to give it much thought) and it's a LITTLE creepy getting an email talking about specials on 3 of the exact items I bought 2 nights ago. The system knows what I'm buying now. Not that they probably didn't already track it by my payment details, but now I'm being shown it.

I do regret not doing this sooner as it seems that racking up points/dollars isn't too difficult.

Woolies know exactly how much money I've spent there. It's actually terrifying - over $100k since whenever they introduced that rewards card.
Even worse, they have my data when I never signed up because my partner has one and we alternate paying for shopping so linking shit.

what a weird and bloody horrible nightmare

Dreamt I was given half bad broccoli and cauliflower muesli for breakfast

You wished everyone else sweet dreams last night, did you forget to include yourself?
- My extra sleep gave me dreams of passionfruit cheesecake tarts , which I am now going to make for xmas 😊

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

Some dry toast and triple-sec champers please.
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Cup of tea and some tropical fruit please
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Hey earthlings what are these in my yard? I promise they're not dog turds.

Something has clearly escaped

yabbies
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/article/who-s-digging-in-my-lawn/
- I wanna get my inspection camera out now and go exploring.
Cicadas!
maybe.
They're going off here at the momo.
For reference:
- Ah the first one I thought little dog got creative with his artwork. Then I spotted the second one went nah.

Oh man, between a shitty work day and this weather I am a very cranky monkey this evening. Need it to cool off, and for my holiday to begin already.

Having my evap on yesterday morning led turned my downstairs toilet into a sauna for the day.

Thankfully the moisture has disappeared for now.

- I know, I know. It kind of made upstairs bearable, but downstairs was the fucking swamps of Dagobah.
  I capitulated and just put it onto the fan setting eventually. Same breeze without added moisture.

Had to dress for all seasons today. Outside hot, office can get really cold. Not sure I succeeded, already getting cold. The thought of bringing a jacket to work on a tropical day was too much.

This weather is bullshit and there were no correct choices.

I have finished the process of Boosting my phone. It was not as painless as it should have been. Some sort of issue with the first SIM I tried. Was flawless with the second one.

I've been told to go back to Coles to replace the faulty one. But it was $2 and I'm lazy.

They're hatless elves, but i can't help seeing them as furbies in cool futuristic sunglasses

I cannot now unsee that.
I love the Dropkick a Furbie card in Evil Apples

Whelp! Lightening hit the street behind my place and knocked everything out for a minute, it was like ear piercingly loud.

My eye make up melted. 😵 I'll wear powder eye shadow next time.

Tropical PSA: Remember your electrolytes. Water alone is not enough.

Nah. Electrolytes are a gimmick. Stay inside with the aircon, slugging down your favourite beverage. Fuck it. Day off for everyone. Margaritas all round. 🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹
- Actually just googled if wine has electrolytes..
  It does!
  Nommuch but some!
  Hooray.
- An excellent idea. I need to cook some ice though but afternoon margs might be just what the humidity ordered.
- Nah, I'm with Big Salt.
- Don’t forget to A-salt your rim 🫥
- That is a great idea. Have never made my own margaritas. Am looking up recipes now and might try it out tonight.
It's what plants crave.

I just went to pull out a weed I didn't recognise. Stinging nettle apparently. Ouch.

ouch i touched that once

night everyone , sweet dreams

Nighty nite!

Maccas are doing 30c (choccy) soft serves on the app today

This is going to be a disaster just like the great Optus fiasco. Prayers to the youngsters serving today.

Has anyone else noticed brown beetles at night time that have a low pitch loud buzz when they fly? Saw one a couple nights ago and then a few more again tonight. Haven’t seen them before. Friend or foe?

Fren.

Oooo. I hear rumbling.

Seeking recommendations for an ironing board and cover. It's for mum, she doesn't want anything ever, but she wants this, and she's about to buy a shit one to use up a gift card. She loves ironing. High budget.

Go to Myer or David Jones etc. - Myer has a homewares section. High end stock and prices to match. Or go to Spotlight/Lincraft for next level down stuff. Probably too late to go on-line for a really high quality professional one.
- Yeah, it's a DJs gift card. I might just make up the difference and get one of their good ones.
buy a wide one that also has an add on for sleeves and shoulders , get an extra thick liner
aussie covers: https://www.sewroo.com.au/
Does she want mine? I bought it when I moved in here in 2018 and haven't used it once lol
Bunnings and Howard's Storage World have ironing boards. You can't go wrong with a Hills.

I finally got some good news on the health insurance front - the Transfer Certificate finally arrived, and even though I haven't had extras for a few years they waived the waiting periods for that as well as for the hospital cover.

Loving the cool change and breeze. Now all I need is to sleep through the night 🤞

We can sing you a lullaby

Seeking suggestions for a cafe, open Saturday afternoons till 5pm or later, around Greensborough or surrounding suburbs.

Catching up with bestie and wanna take her somewhere noice without deafening music but good coffee. Focus here is being able to talk freely and hear each other.

Every place I've checked so far closes at 2 or 3pm. And this is just a coffee (& maybe cake) catch up.

Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks.

Caffe Matto on Burgundy St in Heidelberg is open until 8pm every day.
Clay Oven will be open and they have a coffee machine. I don't know how good the coffee is, I only ever bought pizza there. That's the sort of place you want though: Somewhere Italian that does dinners.
At 5pm, you'll be early enough that they probably won't mind you taking up a table without buying dinner.
- Thank you!

Too hot weather. And how do we get rain and thunder while it's boiling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstorm
- Fuck I'm an idiot

Wondering if “spice up your life” had had sudden jump in streams since Sunday?

I loved the fact they just dedicated the three/four mins to let Neil Patrick Harris just do his thing in a one hour special. Glorious
Out of the loop. Wha'happen?
- neil patrick harris does a dance number in the latest doctor who episode.

dear brownouts:

feck off, there's fuck all electrical activity here rn

*Lightning

Eh, auto duck your pristine linens

i probably shouldn't go out

I kninda wanta though. Feeling humanish for first time since Sat. Might pull out the big sparkle lashes and rock this voice to order something outlandish