Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
    20·
    1 year ago

    We had to say goodbye to this beautiful furry girl today, and now there’s a cat-shaped hole in the house.

    She was not herself over the last 2-3 weeks, then went downhill rapidly in the last couple of days. Its only been a few hours and I keep expecting her to pop up and demand food or that the bath tap be turned on.

    We got her 2nd hand from Lort Smith and had her for 12 years, so she had a good, very pampered innings. She was definitely boss of the household.

    Could everyone please give their pets an extra squeeze for me this evening.

    E: Thanks everybody, I really appreciate all your kind thoughts 🧡

  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
    14·
    1 year ago

    Are you sitting down right now? Is it painful? No? Enjoy that.

    This comment is brought to you by an allergic reaction to haemorrhoid cream.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Update on my gardening journey

    We went to Bunnings today and had a look at some plants. I decided to go with herbs to start off with, since I don’t really know what I’m doing, and herbs seem somewhat happier. Ended up getting a few and a large raised garden bed, as well as 2 mint plants and 2 rosemary plants (as well as 2 completely seperate pots for those). So I settled on Oregano, pizza thyme (I’ve never had thyme before but pizza thyme sounded funny), sweet basil, Italian parsley, mint, and rosemary. Now that I write all that out, it sounds like a lot, but we got a fairly large garden bed and the potting mix we got said it could support all of those, so that’s the main reason we chose them

    Not really looking for any advice, Bunnings seem to have decently in depth articles written up on them and the people in the store were very helpful suggesting the right pots, potting mix, and garden bed to choose. I’m just very excited! I don’t actually know what any of those really taste like fresh, I think I’ve had fresh parsley and that’s it.

    Pic:

    Things probably aren’t planted properly (is the term sowed?), but I’m very proud of the fact everything is actually in a pot/bed, even if not perfectly

    Edit: oh, and despite being the least handy person I know, Bunnings put that curse thing on me and now on the weekend I’m going to learn how to change a shower head and install a tv mount

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
      7·
      1 year ago

      Herbs are a good choice. Fresh herbs are great to have for cooking and tend to be the best value for money as plants go.

      Planted is the correct term - sowing is for seeds, planting for plants. If you get really into gardening you might also get to use “pricking out” which is moving very tiny sprouted seedlings into pots.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah herbs did seen like the best thing to start with, and you don’t usually need a lot of them when you’re cooking either, so everything I got should satisfy my herb needs for a while!

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      5·
      1 year ago

      Looks good! They’ll settle their roots in and grow happily.

      If you find the parsley doesn’t perk up, that’s normal, just keep picking leaves from the outside and new ones will grow upright from the centre.

      It should be fine. Only mention it because I once had to do that with a supermarket rescue parsley. When I took the supporting cellophane off the pot the whole thing looked like it had fainted and drooped outward.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks melb! Yeah, the roots looked a bit sad when I moved then from their pot and I was a little bit worried about how they’d go

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Thanks :) a few of them didn’t seem too happy about being moved and ended up with half their roots falling off, but hopefully they’ll take well

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      Looking good!

      One thing to bear in mind, planters lose water faster than in the ground. You want to be careful on high sunlight days, as water can magnify sun rays (so leaves with water droplets on them will scald), so try and get the ground around them. Mulch is your friend, will stop evaporation from the top layers.

      If it’s a REALLY hot day, no matter how much water you give them they may look wilty - this is normal. Plants will pull water out of their leaves in high heat so they don’t boil. Check how they look when the sun goes down, you should see them starting to plump back up as the plant sees the boiling danger has passed.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for the warning Taleya! I would 100% have thought they’d died lol. I also didn’t realise water would do that, well I mean, I knew it could do that, just not that it’d affect the plants too much

        • Taleya@aussie.zone
          1·
          1 year ago

          no worries, had to talk His Lordship out of a tree more than once when that’s happened! particularly leafy greens are a bugger for it, they have hundreds of fine capillaries all through the leaf that carry water. Generally check on them when the suns at the level it is now - plenty of light left, no heat, no blaze. If still wilty then, water. And don’t be afraid to stick a finger in the soil! up to about the middle knuckle - the top end of your finger should have lovely damp soil sticking to it, if not, water deeply

  • Walter_Ego@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 year ago

    dingus (dixie cup) and donut (carl from yesterday’s sister) having a little kip on shady boy

    edit: hours later, still going on, another pic

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 year ago

    Kiddo’s started to accept hugs. Up until now if he is being held he wants to be facing away from you so he can see the world. But lately he’s been ok with facing your chest and having a little cuddle. And it is AMAZING. Even if you end up with a t-shirt covered in drool.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    Well never in my years would I expect to be throwing echium, cherry blossom, jasmine and no fucking idea what the other thing is in a fridge to test cold tolerance for my brothers’ wedding and here we are.

    So far so good.

    I am doing this, the flowers will be put with other bought flowers (that’s going to be fun), and they will all be REAL flowers fuck yo’ fake flowers I got this.

    I am not going to be bitter about it but I am losing a lot of flowers and monies and fridge space.

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    Please be forewarned that the cooker rally is occurring this Saturday (as usual) but on the theme of “NO TO THE VOICE” (not usual).

    It is possible that the rally will be bigger than the tiny handful of folks it had dwindled to, particularly because this weekend will be seen as a response to the Walk for Yes. It will interrupt various tram lines in the city from late morning through to late afternoon. Plan accordingly.

    • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I really hope that they won’t be around during PAX, though I imagine they will because I think the next weekend is the vote.

      cw: conspiracy theories and just cookers being cookers

      But Gods, last year my partner and I went out to do things after PAX and we went to Coles and as we stepped out, all of them were there. Which is weird that they were doing a protest at like 10pm. Now, I had a step parent (now ex) who while living/married with my mum was an absolute tosser. Believed vaccines caused autism because his half brother was diagnosed with autism after his vaccines (because that’s when they usually will occur but who cares about science), conspiracy theories out the whazoo, Alex Jones was often screaming through the house because the ex-stepdad didn’t believe in headphones (not like a they don’t exist thing, just he never wore them).

      Like absolute nutter. There’s also other stuff, but I won’t get into it. Anyways, I now have PTSD because of him and so I was having pretty much a panic attack because of these cooker’s screaming and carrying on. My partner IIRC was wearing a skirt that day and they aren’t a cis woman to put it like that. So yeah, it was a pretty shitty situation, but there was a woman who was talking to me about how she was picking up her grandson because he went to PAX and she was telling me about him. And it really calmed me down. But yeah, I just, do not want to experience that shit again but I imagine I might if I go towards Flinders St and stuff.

        • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          Same. It’s just tiring. Especially since they’re screaming about … lockdowns? Even though we haven’t had one in like what? Two years! Give it a break.

          • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yeah. They’ve milked that and are now looking for other things :( I’m really hoping they don’t get sucked in to the nazi and/or anti trans protests

      • Pilk@aussie.zone
        5·
        1 year ago

        They might be near PAX if there happens to be early voting taking place at the MCEC. But it would be illegal for them to interfere with the voting process… so in theory any shenanigans would be shut down quickly.

        • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Oh yeah there might be early voting. I can’t seem to find if there is going to be voting at the MCEC, but we might find out soonish. I may as well kill two birds with one stone if there is an early voting area.

          • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            AEC website says early voting doesn’t start until October - 2nd at the earliest. So won’t be happening this weekend. Expect the anti-Yes vote to ramp up as soon as the GF is over.

            • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Yeah that’s what I’m expecting. I just, ugh. I know that like obviously I have a bias, and if it isn’t obvious by now well… But like can these cookers just fuck off? It’s so tiring. No one is listening.

              The fact that their parties and leaders of all those looney parties got fuck all votes really shows.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’m still confused as to how the referendum got turned into a party politics issue. Over here, it had bi-partisan support until the LNP bosses told the local LNP people (there are about 5 of them) they had to be “No” supporters.

      Meanwhile, Julie Bishop (Who is probably still WA’s most popular LNP figure) is able to be visibly supporting the “yes” campaign, because she is not bound by LNP rules any more. It boggles the brain.

      Edit: I should mention that The Local Nationals have Mia Davis. She was leader of the Opposition here (yes, there are more Nationals Members than Liberals. The Nationals are currently the senior coalition partner) when they were told to back “No”. Then this and she has since resigned as leader of the opposotion and won’t contest her seat in 2025. I like her.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    My whole brain is in overdrive from too many stimulating chemicals but I have finally remembered to eat (yay!) and I crossed out one thing that was making me really anxious, after finally getting off my arse to investigate instead of spiraling I have determined that my firestick does still work (double yay!), it’s just that particular power outlet on the board has died since I left and came back.

    Feeling the “you are okay and the world is okay” chemicals coming back in again. Phew

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    10·
    1 year ago

    Just had a wander around the garden with the new phone testing the camera, I’m very impressed. Amazing zoom and very clear photos. Past me that thought putting cameras in phones was a silly idea and that it would be one of those things that didn’t catch on was so, so wrong.

    close ups of four different flowers

  • tone_212@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Update - I still have a job but my work standard has been slipping and they’ve noticed. Directors told me I won’t be progressing to where I want to get within the business and so I should think about moving on. Then they offered to help me with finding a new position - using their contacts etc. Has anyone previously told their employer they’re planning to leave before they actually resign? I feel like this is a trap.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      9·
      1 year ago

      Has anyone previously told their employer they’re planning to leave before they actually resign? I feel like this is a trap.

      If they aren’t happy, and you aren’t happy, and they can find somewhere for you to go and no longer be “their problem” that’s honestly probably their best option.

      • tone_212@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Well they read me a list of all of these things I’ve done wrong in their eyes over the past few months. Some of which was just not right but I shut up and took it for the most part. I guess telling me what I did wrong was support? I dunno. The forum for delivering their message in a super serious meeting didn’t feel like support, it felt like being disclipined. Then told me that you must not be happy here and we can help you move on. I didn’t get the sense they wanted to do anything to improve outcomes, they just want me gone. A really shitty situation.

    • jaybb3rw0cky@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ll be there in a month!

      I am definitely not looking forward to the humidity … hoping it cools a little by mid-October. But it’s a small price to pay to be in one of my favourite places on this planet.

      What are your plans while you’re there?

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    having a tough time focusing today. My heads a mess of noises and distractions. Just keep taking regular breaks and chipping away at what I’ve gotta do.