Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    14·
    1 year ago

    Finally got settlement date on the new house. 23rd. And then 2 days later I’m going to Melbourne. I knew it would happen that week, lol.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      Two days sounds totally like enough time to completely unpack in your new house and then pack for a Melbourne trip!

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    14·
    1 year ago

    I am all peopled out methinks.

    4 years ago could easily have done it but now no go. 5 days in a row of lengthy small talk with so many people is just too much.

    So today is just gonna be laying some dripper hose I’m absolutely happy with that.

    Also the azelia made it through the night in the fridge. I was told categorically it wouldn’t. They were wrong.

      • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yea tomorrow. They had another one in Indo a few months ago. This is the local one. Double wedding! Double stress, double flowers.

        • just_kitten@aussie.zone
          2·
          1 year ago

          Aha. Yeah my bro had something like that two decades ago. It was a heck of a lot of logistics. Godspeed for tomorrow!

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Is it ok to physically assault people who walk in squadron formation of 5 people across through shopping centres? I feel like there should be a legal loophole here.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Imagine yourself as a bowling ball and them as the pins. Aim for the middle and walk with determination. Make no move to move out of the way and you should be able smash through them lol

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

      I believe the appropriate response is to join the group and keep walking, whilst playing “Eye of the Tiger” loudly on your phone.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    Just rolled out of bed to find I have also left my split system on overnight at 18C 😱 RIP my energy bills.

    Sore throat came back overnight. Not sure if it was the temperature or maybe the dust that keeps circulating around my apartment. When I get back from my short interstate trip I definitely will need to do a deep clean of the apt. Air purifier will be in by then too so maybe it’ll help…

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        1·
        1 year ago

        It most certainly was. Oh well, I’ll be away for a fair bit over the next few weeks and I’d been away a lot the last two months so hopefully no additional power surprises.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    My homeburger

    Homeburger has smokey bacon, burger patty, smokey cheese, fried egg, pineapple ring, tomato, lettuce, onion, tomato sauce, hot sauce and kewpie mayo on a brioche bun.

    It was delicious therefore I give it 5/5 yum yums 😋

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    Standing in line at the Chemist, looking at the assorted fragrances for sale. It seems there are a lot more marketed at blokes than there used to be.

    Thing is: I don’t understand who wants to smell like an NRL/AFL/soccer/cricket player? The first thing I do after sport is shower and get rid of the smell.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    I just walked out to the garage and the man’s got a sensor light set up and I nearly fucking shit me self when it turned on.

    • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      So it works then?! :) We’ve just had one replaced that’s now brighter and more sensitive than the old one, gets me every time, usually greeted with “fuck!” as it blinds me

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        3·
        1 year ago

        That’s exactly what happened. It was on the opposite wall from the door. When opened the door it shone right into my eyes and I was like a rabbit who dropped its guts. It has been moved now.

        The conversation went “you know that light you’ve got in the garage it needs to leave because that wasn’t fun” he said “I’ll move it”.

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    Having a look at the cooker rally pages and communities to get an idea of how big the “No to the voice” rally today will be. I don’t think it’ll be big but it will still be very disruptive to trams along Bourke, Swanston, Flinders, Elizabeth. There are speeches planned under the clocks at Flinders St Station.

    I wonder if they can stick to the main subject matter instead of pro Trump, anti wind farm, anti vaccine, anti 15 minute cities, anti UN and WEF, and more… They seem to be quite unhappy that there will be politicians that don’t want them talking about the conspiracy stuff in the Sydney rally, too.

    • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Had no idea what 15-minute cities are, and like I know why they’re against it now, but like my GOD that’s stupid. I just want to be able to get to places without having to uber (my docs are close-ish to work but not close to home).

      • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
        5·
        1 year ago

        Don’t even have Uber 45/50km from the cbd. Auspost doesn’t deliver parcels at all. Post office is closed Saturday’s. Local Doctors aren’t taking new patients so it’s a 40min drive to the one I was seeing. Train is 20 min drive away. Bus stop is a 4km walk. Dirt road. No sewerage service.

        Local things would be a luxury.

        • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I had to sacrifice a lot when I used to live on the peninsula. Like, I lived really close to the shops, so I could go and get groceries whenever I wanted, especially like if we ran out of milk. And also within decent walking distance to the doctors I was with at the time too, and when I used to go to high school I could walk home and back (it was still maybe a 20 or 30 minute walk give or take, but it was also when I wasn’t so physically disabled). However, the closest train station was Frankston and that was an hour and a half bus ride, while I was close to the bus stop, I had to always leave whatever I was doing in the city so early. Also when I was studying it was hell – especially 9am starts.

          Now I live closer to a train station, but Coles is something we have to drive to, work is a drive, and so is my doctors. Though I am lucky that our Post office is open Saturdays but I think it’s only the parcel pick up maybe?

        • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Seriously! I mean holy shit, look at the people who cry about socialism whenever someone says that healthcare should be free and not privatised. Or that hey, maybe people should be paid a liveable wage. It just doesn’t make sense whenever people are so against something that, yeah, could benefit them. It reminds me of that moment where Fry from Futurama is asked why he’s cheering against poor people because he’s not rich, and he replies saying “Someday I might be rich, and people like me better watch their step!”

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      5·
      1 year ago

      They make it so obvious they are part of the Kremlin conspiracy movement. They just keep repeating the same talking points that you hear from the Russian trolls. Not sure what the aim is, maybe to drive a wedge between our long alliance and friendship with America and NATO.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think that many people voting no are doing so because they are indifferent, disinterested, don’t care about politics. So the rally won’t be a good indicator of the size of the no vote. The ‘if you don’t know vote no’ was such an easy win for the no campaign. Everybody is entitled to their vote but I feel people living in democracies shouldnt waste their votes because ‘meh’. I think there a moral obligation to participate, whatever your decision is it should be an informed one with real reasons.

      • Pilk@aussie.zone
        3·
        1 year ago

        Oh for sure, the size of the No vote in Victoria and especially inner Melbourne will be quite small just based on demographics, voting patterns and reports from pollsters.

  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
    8·
    1 year ago

    I need to do better with groceries. I get lazy and forget to cook and sometimes need to throw some away cuz moldy 😒

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    7·
    1 year ago

    All these other biscuits are full of pea protein, lentils or beans, all of which give my cat stomach pain. Chickpeas are about tolerable but I can’t find that without the others.

    It’s giving me the shits. I have a just opened bag and a full unopened bag of expensive food but because the factory made the pieces too hard it’s inedible.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 year ago

      Would it work to put them in a ziplock bag and give them a bash with rolling pin to crush into smaller pieces? Not as much chewing needed?

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3·
        1 year ago

        There’s a bowl of biscuit powder from using a mortar and pestle but she isn’t eating it.

        Good suggestion though, she ate a bit of biscuit dust the last time they messed her dry food up

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’m considering it. Physical energy is a factor unfortunately (the reason for having dry food out as insurance)

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    7·
    1 year ago

    Thank you everyone for your support today.

    I’m sorry I didn’t respond to each one of you as I fell asleep listening to the radio and podcasts this afternoon.

    They are all valid points and I’ll make an effort to take it all onboard.

    I’m not great at reflecting on things as I’m so harsh on myself for mistakes made.

    I guess the biggest thing on my mind is that I can’t rectify the problem. I’ll try in the coming months if I can.

    Anyway I have to forgive myself first and that will be hard to come to terms with in the current situation as it may make my life harder in the future.