Daily Discussion Thread: Wednesday, 26 February 2025

Doggo much more comfortable after his second summer haircut.

"This just in:
Man gives up and just lets cat bite him. Figures it's better than getting the claws."

Handover documents are almost done.
Spoke to my old manager.
Turns out it'll cost twice as much to replace me than what I was asking for a raise.
Fucking idiots.
In more positive news managed to complete a new track from the music sesh last night. Pretty happy with the outcome!
- Are you collabing with my neighbours? She’s at it again.
  
  Go out back. Lean over the fence and say " excuse me, can you not sing outside this late please?"

On the airbed at the new place tonight trying to get the cats acclimatised somewhat before the Truck tomorrow. LittleOne coping much better than TheVoid. The bottom corner under the stairs is his lair now and he is NOT coming out. I feel so mean.

I just had the most outstanding ice cream. Mango and cardamom is love, mango and cardamom is life
- That sounds fancy and now I want some lol
- Wow! Is this marvellous confection purchasable perchance?
  
  The chai shop at QVM was selling it at the summer night market

I have harvested seeds from the red and yellow manzano chilies ready for next season. I think I'll plant them up in autumn and grow them in a protected area to get a head start.
- plant them up in autumn
  Keen as mustard! You're more adventurous than I am! I don't even have a ripe one yet.
  
  i've eaten most of mine already , they are yum .

sky very pretty

Long long day out in the heat but at least I was out in the hills all day so that was slightly less heinous. Something that really unexpectedly lifted my spirits on the way back was having a ute coming in the other direction flash me a warning about a mobile speed camera ahead (although I already had a warning come up on Waze). Idk why but it was just so heartwarming. Maybe they were being extra nice because I was in a work suv with high viz on. (I know it's a done thing especially outside the city...)
I also saw an old cream-coloured 60s car (Chevrolet?) with club permit plates... that was a LEFT HAND DRIVE. I thought you needed a sign on the car but evidently not. Props to the young woman driving it who had to look around pretty well to merge and shit
Time for a nice cold shower and scrub, and then maybe one of those shitty frozen fillets with a bit of raw carrot and celery, and call it a day. Back out west tomorrow ugh.

omg omg omg, picking up a calligraphy brush after 2 years and I remember it all, still have the skills 🥹
now to complete some projects 🙂
- Is the muscle memory still all there? That's impressive
  
  It's just like writing but with a brush. ( I have about 800 hrs of practice )

In the last half an hour the temp in my backyard has dropped from 38 deg to just over 30. Thank you clouds.
- Yay. I told Mr Woof it was too hot for second walkies, but it is looking like an evening walk might be possible after all.
- There's a lovely cool breeze coming through too.

Offer for new job received. Will peruse and accept when I get home.
My current bosses are very happy for me
- bosses are very happy for me
  Probably to see the end of you (sorry just joshin' :).
  Congrats!
  
  They knew I was looking and this frees up a spot that can be left unfilled. Everyone wins
- congrats! A lot of this going around this week.
  
  Tis the season it seems.
  Hope it works out. I sold my skillset quite a bit.
- yay
  to infinity and beyond 🙂
  
  😁
- Yessss, another one! Congrats!!
  
  ❤️😊
- Congrats!!!

- I'm sorry you're experiencing that shite. Fkn junkies, just make everyone feel unsafe and seem to get off on it like they're tough shit.
  I wish there was something tangible I could do to help you feel safer, Melb 💜💜
  
  Thanks. I don’t really care what anyone does with their life but I am so tired of watching my back.

Man, I'd love to convince the old people to switch over to Thunderbird instead of Outlook if they HAVE to use an email client, but it's probably more trouble than it's worth.
Also, I think I'm covering too much in these sessions at once. We make good progress but how much is sinking in? Stretching things out means more money from return sessions, but it's also probably better for them as we can spend more time going over a single action
- I think shorter sessions are better, with enough time to practice.
  Otherwise you're just rehashing the same thing each lesson.
  
  I'd do a different thing each session, but you'd be surprised the things they have trouble with. Even just downloading images and moving them around takes a couple of goes. I feel like we go over it once or twice then I move onto the next thing they want to do. I think I should have one session where we get good at storing images, then do something else next session
- I've already had someone switch to Thunderbird since The Windows Mail app stopped working.
  
  I tried adding an email address to Thunderbird for experience to help people and it imported my gmail information too easily. I quite liked the look and feel of it, much nicer than outlook, but the layout is different, it's not a 1:1 with improvements

Took the dog down the beach this morning, he's getting on but he absolutely loved it.

the final clean out has commenced
packing starts tomorrow
🙂
- While packing and moving is always a pain, no matter how well practised, think of how good being close to the beach is going to be! Beeeeach!
  
  Beeeeach 🥹
  I am n/k, it's a 5 min walk to sand
  and the same to the train station

My parents had carpet in the kitchen. Dumbfucks.
- I lived in a house with a carpeted bathroom. It was gross.
  
  I saw that in a friend's place once, they even had carpet right around the toilet

I'm too hot for this shirt
\ Too hot for a skirt
\ Too hot to be alert
\ Too hot to be hurt
\ Too hot for the desert
\ Too hot so I'm inert
\ Too hot to be a flirt
\ Too hot for that pervert
\ Too hot so I'll reassert
\ That I'm too hot for this shirt
- Right Said Fred got nuthin on Spud

If you have applecare and need a repair dont stuff around with apple stores just go to mymac in the city. Apple and I have been playing "is it cracked enough yet?" for months! Mymac were like "its damaged. its your care plan, lets fix it!" no debate no arguing nothing. Heaps better!
- They'll just bill Apple as a replacement and provide 'evidence' if asked.
  I tried claiming something from Google on warranty, ended up going to JB and they swapped is straight away.
  My original purchase was from the Google store.
  
  I like Samsungs approach best. No questions asked phone ususally back from repair within 24 hours.
  Apple complaining their insurance company is being difficult doesnt fly with me. I purchase apple care FROM apple. Imagine having the nerve to tell your boss its really chat GPTs fault you stuffed up, not your own.

booyahhhhh
next steps (when i can be arsed)
Cut down the top doors so we don't have to open them to roll out the drying rack
paint top cupboard innards / shelves
fit a drawer facade (tasmanian oak, stained to match the frames)
Test route the offcuts, if the chipboard holds up, put a nice decorative groove on the doors, paint, maybe jus up the inset with some greenery / tropical wallpaper (going a victorian theme in here)
fit something along the line of these babies!
....not necessarily in that order
(please excuse Mount Washmore, 'tis the day)

Why did I wait till today to clean the house for the inspection tomorrow?
Not very clever lol
In other news, my nap to meeting schedule has become more "nap aligned" lol
- You've had work related stuff to attend to/worry about. Don't be too hard on yourself.
  
  Very true. Thank you :)

woooo a little bit of shimming on the side with the wonky wall, and the pull out drying rack is dooooooooone.
High and wide enough for a towel, and we have ikea cushion pegs hanging that slide back into the enclosure when not in use!

Mashing paint again for this video. https://youtu.be/eBuR2nMGBhQ
I’ve stuffed up a few times and am only halfway through but oh well. And the paint dries quickly being in small space limited piles even on baking paper. I think I need a proper palette or something
- Maybe try paper plates? Or those ultra cheap plastic ones from colesworth?
  
  The plastic ones sound good.
  I’m finding paper absorbs moisture and speeds drying. Also I’ve been accidentally scraping through wet paper
- just keep on practicing, use different materials, daiso is very good for cheap and good artist supplies
  but you are awesome, you are slowly but surely doing things 🙂
  
  Thanks. For paint I’m currently using Anko from Kmart and Born from Officeworks but will check out Daiso for more art supplies
  Edit: The Reject Shop also has cheap primary colour paints

Delicious toastie
- Mmmm toastie. I had a cheese, pork and sauerkraut toastie today, what was on yours?
  
  Assorted vegetables, some cheese and a smear of eggplant dip
- I had an amazing tuna melt toastie for lunch, sooooo good.

I woke up at 4:45 and at the time decided to roll with it and actually join my 5am online yoga class live instead of waiting for replay (teacher is USA based). Regretting it now - so tired and so much of the work day left
- know how you feel. started at 7 the other day and was desperate for lunch by 10am.
  
  I'm up at 5:30 and at work just before 7 each day. My normal lunch time is around 11:30 (ie. now - leftovers are in the microwave!) because any later and I'd just about pass out from hunger.

sweet sweet yum yum sweet sweet yum yum

The rotary tool arrived. Thankfully I got the package before it could be stolen. But idk guys.
The depression and anxiety are getting really bad. It seems pointless to make work for myself and pour out energy I don’t have. Starting a compost bin might then require a second bin for the finished compost or using it immediately to make space for the next wave of detritus and it’s all just more planning pressures when I’m not functioning.
I’ve stopped watering the flowers in the dust bowl as it only encourages the invasive tree roots to encroach and send up new growth. The flowers will probably be ripped up or stomped anyway.
- About 1/3 of my compost goes back into the bin at the new location.

how goods a new phone screen. Rest of the phone looks chipped and scratched to buggery but the screen looks a million bucks! Real question is how long will the phone last now that I've solved its primary problem. Its done 2 and a half years tour of duty so far. Longer it lasts the more comfortable I feel just buying a current gen pro when it finally shits itself.

For the retro techies out there... I have a CRT monitor that needs repair to fully complete my retro gaming rig. Tube, cables, HV/flyback etc. are fine, it's got other electronic issues resulting in no video, that are a little more outside my skillset to fix.
Places willing to fix CRTs are now basically non-existent that I can find, anyone have any tips for somewhere that may repair such a thing? Most hear 'CRT' and nope out.
Extra frustrating because my dad used to DO exactly this for a living! I swear I have aches that stem from helping him move mega-heavy CRT TVs around his workshop as a kid! I have no doubt he'd have been able to sort this thing out in a hour or less. 😔
- There's a few mobs in moorabbin that specialise in older tech - got my CD player repaired there (https://europeanelectronics.com.au/, although they mostly truck in sony). Moorabbin Television Services Pty Ltd I've heard good things about, apparently it's an ex service bloke who's just running it as a spinner on the side. AN Electronics are apparently not too shabby either, they're in Huntingdale. There used to be a great one near the library in Mount Waverley I went to back in the day but I'm pretty sure they're long gone.
  Basically: look to your slightly shabby postwar suburbs.
  
  These are all awesome recommendations, I'll see what I can organise! You are a legend :)
- There's an old guy in Hopetoun Park that does stuff like this but I'd need to wait until the man comes home from work to get the details.
  
  Thanks, that would be much appreciated! I'm in the outer-east but am willing to travel to get it sorted if needs must.
- What kind of repair? Maybe a degaussing wand? Remember having speakers near the TV?
  
  Nah degauss is all good and gives a nice satisfying clunk (I lurrrve a good degauss lmao). Not getting any kind of a picture to need it!

Morning. I look forward to the idea of today being better than yesterday
- Hoping for the same but with an air conditioner.
- I like your idea.
- Let's cross our fingers.

I have just worked out why I've been having trouble with the connection between my phone and headset. I've got my GPS unit on in the other room and it's trying to make a handsfree connection through that instead. Most of the introductory recorded message got played in another room, if it had been a real person they'd have hung up on me before I got it figured out.

Wondering how you'd all approach this:

I'm thinking about leaving a polite note? (rather than just shoot them dirty glares like they seem to prefer). Just saying something like "The singing is fine, but lets maybe be considerate of those around us with the volume and time of day of our performances"? We don't share walls or anything (this isn't Officer) but you can absolutely hear a neighbor fart in their backyard if you are in yours.
- I vote hose.
  
  Spoken like a man who understands the power of water. 🙏🏽
  
  +1 for Team Hose. Start with a nozzle set to a gentler spray pattern, but if noise persists, time to turn that dial to full-blast jet.
  
  she does it again at 9:30pm and it may just happen. Or a bluetooth speaker blasting Blink 182's Family Reunion.
- Print out the noise level requirements including times etc. from your council OR the EPA. Attach to a polite note from you saying you have a toddler that sleeps very lightly and would appreciate it if the noise could be limited after XX time. Leave in letterbox.
  If nothing happens, then record a loop of a brass band playing Colonel Bogey (look it up) at full volume, and play that over the fence whenever the noise level next door gets too loud too late. It's nearly the most offensive tune I know. Be aware that neighbourly noise disputes can lead to knife attacks, so I reckon starting softly is the way to go. They might not realise that this country has noise limits delineated by time. And a nice 'offishul' document might be a good starting point.
  
  Print out the noise level requirements including times etc. from your council OR the EPA. Attach to a polite note from you saying you have a toddler that sleeps very lightly and would appreciate it if the noise could be limited after XX time. Leave in letterbox.
  I'm no toddler but I did exactly that and it worked like a charm.
- Stand on something near the fence so your head is poking up. When she acknowledges you're there, she'll either run inside or listen to what you have to say which is when you give her a compliment sandwich. "We really like your singing but we have a small child inside that doesn't sleep too well. Can you please keep it down at night. Feel free to sing during the day. Keep up the good work".
  
  I dont think she'll understand me. I dont think any of them speak english at all. Thats why I thought of the note, They can translate it if they need to.
- Record it and start listening to it around the house, loudly on the stereo.

Pre-teen daughter is really grinding my gears in the mornings these days....just so looking forward to the actual teen version of this.
- Oh you're in for a treat.

time for some silly music . The magic piper of love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkI2zD5XHSI
- opening from the austin powers album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd11cRuljMk 🥰
- Groooovy baaaaby!
  I love the video for this song, speaking of silly haha
  The Salmon Dance - Chemical Brothers https://youtu.be/dDj7DuHVV9E
  
  that's like something from a SpongeBob movie soundtrack. Not that i would know .

Decided to go into the office today....it's dead as.
I'll take it but can't even chat to anyone.
Booooooo
- I loved that about my old job. You'd go in to this massive empty floor of a building and no one would disturb you
  
  Generally I don't mind the quiet. Today is a bit different cause it's totally new people around AND I DON'T LIKE IT!!

I think I've caught a cold, bleh!
All blocked up and back drip making me cough while sleeping :(
- if its the one I had last week it was gone in 48 hours.
  
  Sadly I've had signs of it since last Friday/Saturday.

Everytime I read the DDT, I am always in awe at how such a community exists. I've never seen any online community that's as wholesome as this.
- I'm rude to plenty of people in real-life, this is an good outlet for niceness.
  
  Ditto
- Wanna fight?
  
  🥊
- It is something reaḷly special especially at the moment
- I really appreciate it too. Feel lucky to have stumbled into it.
- And you are a part of it. 🙂😘

Our Eurovision entry this year is...
- oh MY GOD YESSSSSSS
  he is so fucking hot holy shiet
- Dunno apparently shawn mendes is WAAAAAAAY worse in that department. Just constantly hunting for it.
  
  Can you give him my number?

Might head into work early so I can sneak out early and go to the beach this arvo if the wind is not too wild. ☀️⛱️

Breakfast, merr, merr, merr , get up Seagoon.
okay Ted, I was having a nightmare anyway

Junkie lady is having a meltdown next door. It was almost a perfect day. Date was awesome, the day went fantastic.
And this is why I hate the company I'm leaving. I'm stuck here for another 6 months.
Ah well. Can't win em all.
- Damn, I was wondering about your move. I guess getting out of work was more important, you have to prioritise and do what you can
- Damn another 6 months? I thought you'd be starting sooner.
  
  Probation is 6 months and real estate won't touch someone on work probation as you can be fired for no reason with 1 weeks notice.
- I know exactly how it feels. Hang in there, you will be getting out
- But we can win some.
  
  We can :)
  I had a great night, got to make some new music with a trained pianist which was awesome!

sky pretty

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Watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit and hoooly shit i forgot Donald called Daffy a hard r
- Donald’s a 1940s guy. He honestly probably would

My nose is stuffy can’t sleep. Was feeling fine today but something buggy has developed over the course of the evening and I have that cold/flu taste in back of my throat. Noooo.
- get some Codral, behind the counter at the chemist
- 🤞