Daily Discussion Thread: 🍟🍟🍟 Thursday, October 24rd, 2024

Ted is being adorable

I have un-grumpied my butt with cat cuddles, some food and making loud, discordant noises in the studio.

And everyone is now tucked in for some sleep. Goodnight ❤️

So I went to the street yard sale that Thornbury posted about.

It was massive , cool and interesting.

Two types of sellers, those who want to clear stuff out of their house, those who are trying to make money.

Prices were generally high, often higher than Op shops.

Lots of kids stuff, lots of over priced old clothes. So many books and by the look of it no one was buying.

Few dvds, even fewer CDs and vinyls.

So what did I get. From an old guy who was clearing out a shed, a nutmeg grater, some antique glass bottle stoppers.

From another stall I got a pair of light weight cargo pants.

had a nice chat with a woman who fixes up old chairs and does sewing. 🙂

It was an ok day.

I got 15cm of my hair cut off and it looks so much better. 🙂

The Gisele Pelicot case really makes my blood boil. All these gutless, horrible men who really do think women are chattel and that their consent means less than a man's entitlement to pleasure.

they would treat other men badly too except they only abuse those who are physically weaker than they are
also, how come Giselle's doctor didn't look after her? That puzzles me so much.
- These questions here too.
I just read up on it because I was unfamiliar with the case. Good lord what a poor brave broken woman. The husband admitting guilt is of little comfort. What a hideous POS.
What a fucking pig of a husband. I don’t even know what to say. That poor woman, and her courage
Edit: She obviously wasn’t moved to another location but would this count as something similar to human trafficking?
I read this when it came out. Her husband, I have no words. No consent, the STDs… I am also in awe of her courage. I don’t think I’d be able to even leave a room let alone have contact with people ever again.
If those complete and utter POSs thought they were taking part in a sex game, then maybe the game wasn't sex so much as domination, and the whole point was the absence of the power to choose. Which to me indicates a very frail and fragile sense of their own masculinity. The husband should be executed imo. Preferably by lethal injection.
- | Preferably by lethal injection.
  Or tied to an anthill

When will people learn. If your rubbish bin is overflowing, the birds will come with their mates and scatter your shit all over your nature strip and if it ends up on mine I will go out there and relocate it back onto yours with a huff so use your limp wristed hands and push that shit down so the lid sits flush. Dickhead.

Another day, another job interview. Two this week, one that felt okay and one that felt pretty good - fingers crossed I get to the next stage with at least one of them!

Edit: second interview for one lined up for next week, yaaaay.

I have the grumpiest bum in the whole world today.

The fluffy boi has been having testing on his kidneys, and the vet's incidentally found a serious heart condition. Poor little chicken. More expensive tests that I can't really afford to follow.

I’ve just eaten almost a whole bag of Doritos and as a consequence am no longer hungry enough to have motivation to cook dinner. Maybe a toasted sandwich will do for today, with some fruit after. Healthy eating starts again tomorrow.

I’ve done that. It’s so easy to keep eating a bag of chips without stopping and before you know it the whole thing is gone.
- I put some chips in a little bowl and put a clip on the bag and put bag away
Oh, hallo twin. This was me last week.
I just walked for an hour to get a bag of Coles brand corn chips. I feel you. But I'm saving them for tomorrow.
I may have eaten a packet of chips and a whole family block of chocolate at work today (it was not a good day).
It's nachos. Raw, but nachos.

Downpipe at the p's fixed! Took about 2 mintues. Saved a few dollaridoos there.

A few days ago when I was there I said 'hey I'm going to try and fix it this way". He cracked the shits 'I MAKE THE DECISIONS AROUND HERE". Dude has acute NPD but there are work arounds. So I said okay you do it. So I pissed off down the bellarine.. Get a call:

Me: How's that pipe going Him: The pipe has fallen 10cm I can't do it. Getting a plumber in a few weeks.

I get back, go over today (while he's away).. Turns out he pulled the down pipe down and it disconnected from the gutter. I chuck it back on try and recreate what he did and he must've been trying to climb the thing. Easy fix.

So now I'm putting a mock invoice in his letter box:

Call out fee: $200 Labour: $300ph x 0.033 = $10 Materials: 4cm of 100mm PVC: $0.5 Use of toilet: -$1 Stealing a glass of wine: -$9

He will hate that. Apparently he spent an hour trying to do it.

He may hate it but admit it, you love it.
Dunno if you're AFAB or not but it's fucking spectacular when you pull this shit on a FIL as a woman XD
- I would imagine that'd be twice as satisfying heh.

Dude get some fucking headphones bro seriously

Edit: sorry for my bus related rant. I still haven't got my skin swab results back and I'm a bit miffed.

That was me last week I think or week before in a cafe.
Like seriously, get some headphones or something if you’re going to watch a video right next to me.
No word yet? Taking a bit to get the results.
- Well there were 2 swabs done, one for Buruli and one for other stuff. Receptionist said one of them has been completed but they're doing more tests on the other one.

One of my coworkers came in sick. We are so unbelievably busy and have been in a state of crunch for the last month, and I have leave scheduled for Dragon Age and my partner's birthday in a week.

I will be so sad if I catch the horrible hacking cough she's got, I booked an expensive restaurant and everything

Having jjust had 2 weeks leave and Boyo’s 40th ruined due to plague… Run Away!!

I’m doing all of the positive things but man life sucks. It’s like wading through molasses. On an incline. And then sliding back

theres a real "back and forth" feeling lately. was standing in the shower earlier and sort of realized I feel like im taking the hit of each wave rather than riding them atm. Feel like a lot of us are doing that after covid.

someone is making yoko ono sounds on the train

microphone isn't on?

The inconsistency across baker’s delight sliced bread thickness is problematic. I need it THICC.

Um, buy a bread knife???
I thought we invented machines to solve this problem and it was meant to be the best thing ever

Come down with a cold or something, so missing my human first aid lesson. Ugh. I should just be able to do the course via a charity anyway, and as long as it's done before I finish the course it will be fine.

But damn it! Damn it! I hate missing stuff and having to play catch up. Whatever. I just have to trust myself that I am capable. And I don't mind paying $200 for a one day human first aid course. But fucking fuck fuck fuck

when see blood where it shouldn’t be, apply pressure to where blood come out
- Nb not with a tourniquet to the neck
Tablespoon of formaldehyde is a cure-all in a pinch
A great deal of the human course is what I would hope is common sense. Mine is long expired though I remember the important bits. But legals…
- Such a pity radical phlebotomy has gone out of fashion. Maybe we can do a tiktok video ... could be an excellent way to lose weight.

Tradie next door building houses having what sounds like a meltdown and is shouting loudly. Very good atmosphere for my sister who is WFH and on the phones, and me trying to scramble to finish assignments.

Shouting loudly? Nah that's just normal tradie talk. Oi cunt. Turn the radio up. Love this song

Ah godammit, my food was delivered to the wrong address, the driver didn't supply a photo like they usually do so I couldn't go hunting for my food and didn't answer the phone when I rang. 1 star review for you, the first time I've ever done that. Replacement order on the way but for crying out loud!

Did you get your replacement order yet?
- They immediately replaced the order and a guy drove it from there to here like he had Satan at his heels lol. The food was delicious, the chicken super crispy and tender on the inside and the sauces were beautiful 🤩

Tired from my labours, but finally sitting down to relax before bed. I’m rewatching Seinfeld, have needed a comfort show lately. Something I’ve watched before but enjoy watching again, requires not much concentration and is from a simpler time.

Tell me your comfort show (if you have one).

Buffy. Girl kicks ass.
Have you been paying attention is good for a laugh when you need one from the Ten network.
- Working Dog are great. Have finally started watching Utopia and really enjoying it so far.
I watch lord of the rings/tolkein podcasts and videos
and I listen to old BBC radio comedies , such as the Goon Show or Hancock's Half Hour
Not something you’d expect, but American Dad. It’s mindless enough to semi-engage without getting too bored and while edgy it doesn’t seem to be enough to be genuinely upsetting.
And the lack of continuity/wacky hijinks resolving back to the status quo means it doesn’t matter about what order or whether the uploader has chopped it up into many out of context chunks.
I wouldn’t say I was a fan. In fact it’s easier to chuck on for background because I don’t care about following the show. But it’s something that’s kind of reliable to just watch when anxious or tired or flossing or gaming without worrying about closely following the plot or missing anything. It’s Comfortably Dumb.
Family Guy tries too hard though. Kinda lame. The offensive jokes aren’t even offensive to me, they’re just lazy.
I would say scrubs

First full nights sleep in over 3 months and I feel worse than normal. Goddamn it.

Sleep hangover?
- Could be. I'm not usually a grumpy butt, so I think you're right.

blerp, case of the anxiety wobbles again today. Didn't help that today's viewing got cancelled at the last minute. LL has sent through rental ledger as requested, which is all okay, but it's pretty dumb that some part of my body now gets extremely tense every time I see her name in my inbox or I have to deal with her. Truly silly.

I have another viewing tomorrow that ticks lots of boxes but "Inspection is a must" and the sudden advertising of this property does make me wonder what's going on. Pics look a bit too good to be true. Wondering if it's a case of suspicious neighbours...

It’s totally not silly. 🖤

Seagoon is back? Time to celebrate. 🥳🎉

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I just looove this - wish I had a Fjord available this year. Sheer genius.

EDIT: shear genius surely.

I put the heater on. 🫥

Don't blame you, it's nippy tonight especially after the past few days of sweltering nights
I was cold in the morning because one of my layers had fallen off. Felt the chill.

I need to remember to eat tuna /salmon or other oily fishylies tomorrow. This week has been really brain tiring and I have been starving the last couple of days. Always amazes my how much energy you burn thinking

hugs
how do Thai fish cakes made with green curry paste and coriander and spring onion sound?
Don't skimp on self care when you need it most, easy said I know.
- so many hugs and thank yous Peeler for your lovely supportive message on the other place 😭 It meant do much
  thanks to everyone here 😘😭😘

If anyone would like a pretty chill career change, get familiar with the CMS Drupal and hit up recruitment agencies to become a 'Digital Content Specialist'.

https://www.drupal.org/home

It's free and open source. You could buy some web hosting and install it through cPanel, then do enough Youtube courses to put it on your resume. All Victorian Government websites are on Drupal, and so are some Federal ones. You might be able to get a plush gig copying and pasting content from word docs to websites.

That’s so good of you to post that.
Used to work with Joomla, but that was aeons ago.
Wouldn’t mind switching back to a plush gig. (Have a bit of a jack of all background that always is hard to put on paper, but easier to chat about. Might be a bit too out of the loop these days.)
- That's where a decent recruiter can be really helpful. You talk to them and put your background in context and then they can advocate for you.
  I've been placed by the recruiter that got me my upcoming role a couple of times. I had a 15 minute teams call with the client and they decided to pick me off that

hugs
i hope we here at DT can brighten your day a little
I’m sorry dude. I’m in the same spot but doing the sad clown thing because really what else can I do.
I’d wish things to get better for you, but for some people they don’t and I don’t want to create even implied pressure to “get better”. Which in Australia seems to involve a lot of stiff upper lips and bootstrapping…
(A lot of the time people think they’re being encouraging but they’re doing toxic positivity and pushing you until you act in certain ways that they think you should or even hide your feelings. Also there’s nothing wrong with the way you feel. It’s a valid response to some inescapable circumstances.)
I won’t push you to seek professional help. It may or may not be available or affordable to you, you may not be able to find someone who can understand well enough to help, or you may even already be seeing someone. That’s none of my business and ultimately your choice.
What I will do is wish for you to get safely through these moments - if you feel that you can. I will hope that there will be moments of relief when this feeling will lighten.
I will tell you that there’s another person who feels very much the same and you’re not alone.
I will wish for something to shift so that you don’t have to feel like you don’t want to be here.

Losing the fight against some stupid broadleaf in the front yard lawn. MIL reckons I need to weed and feed it but a weekend 7 days after a mow but 7 days before the next mow with no rain is a bit much to ask for at the moment.

When I moved in the back yard was a dump. but what little kikuyu was there went nuts and within 2 years with basically no effort the kikuyu won and it now looks fantastic. Thinking I should just start transplant runners in the front yard and let it do its thing. Might take a few years but if it ends up half as good as the back yard I wont be complaining.

I'm amazed that people know the difference between grasses. Me - grass bad. Going back inside 🤧 Even fake grass wants to kill me.
- I can tell the difference between indica and sativa.
- to be honest I thought it was a VERY different name. I only really remember cause my parents would encourage us to steal runners from our neighbors lawn that were coming through the fence to help it spread into hours.
Agreed with CEO grass is evil. How about some nice chamomile or stepable mint?
My old man has been using Dicamba M recently which is a selective herbicide and it seems to be working so far. Not a fan of the shit but it's not harming the kikuyu (unlike glyphosate).
I've just been going around with a mattock removing it by hand and filling the holes with soil and some lawn food. Only problem this way is the green bin becomes super heavy very quickly.
- Sadly I'd be digging up half the damn lawn. That isnt a joke, it is EVERYWHERE.
I use chemical warfare., broadleaf herbicide and it works well, but I’m not a gardening enthusiast so my word probably doesn’t mean much round here
- yeah I have been trying that, but losing the war quite badly unless I wanna poison the whole thing.

I really should stop playing Satisfactory, but well the factories aren't gonna build themselves now are they? Please send help.

Sounds like fun. 🙂> Satisfactory
- Lovely to see you back btw <3
What help do you need? Remember, follow the veins to the altar and chant
- That was evil lol.
  Joking aside, for the past week and a half I've been playing between 8 and 18 hours a day ever day. I knew this game would be both bad and brilliant for my maths loving ADHD brain. Any ways, am awake, therefore must open game.
Have you dabbled in Factorio?
- Once.
  I opened Factorio in the morning and then the following morning when my partner got up we agreed that I should never open that game again. At least with Satisfactory I've managed to rope my partner in to playing too :D

I've lost my voice. And I'm running an event that requires me to basically talk all weekend. This'll be interesting.

Work so far has not been dreadful. I pray this continues

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Can you put together a fruit plate for Chook?
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Hmm I’m really craving chicken schnitzel for some reason please Chef.
Side of fries with that as well.
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Time machine so today can be tomorrow?
- Please enquire after eight
Giant steak with Chimichurri please
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Paratha combo w 1 meat 2 veg please
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I s'pose I better wear a raincoat if I don't want to get rained on

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