That's not how you treat someone you're invested in (his behaviour). He comes off as a user type. Getting you to do all the legwork, all the listening, getting you to buy him things...
It's a shame about the tickets as he doesn't deserve them. But you can always just dump him now?
Edit: I'm sorry to speak so plainly. But seriously, fill the gap he occupied with something that feeds you or advances your life, he's 'there' but is really just taking from you.
It's pulling down your self esteem and the amount of time spent traveling to him and thinking about him means you won't be able to accomplish something else. Like building a real support network, studying for a qualification, meeting a genuinely good guy, or working towards a career change. In your 20s that time is so valuable.
There must be a german word for the slight feeling of disappointment when your test results come back negative, and it's not that you want something bad wrong with you but you do wish someone could tell you why you are so tired and run down lately...... (other than just being tired and run down ..)
Can completely relate. I had a full set of bloods etc. done late last year for pretty much this exact reason, and according to the tests everything's just dandy. Feeling like utter garbage seems to just be part of getting old.
Ah man... I feel like I have a tendency to accidentally stick my oar in a lot, or sound like a know it all. Just know it isn't intended that way. I have little pieces of random info and am trying to contribute to the convo, tend to infodump, or am genuinely trying to help. I'll rein it in.
Huh. I was just thinking there should be chocolate toothpaste with fluoride, and saw Chemist Warehouse has it. There are a bunch of novelty flavours (some of them half off too) but I couldn't justify the price.
Che disastro, my street is blocked off for the next month for tram works, and the council promised I would still have access to my driveway. The construction company has decided no we won't have access. So now the council is pissed, and I have one car stuck in the carport and one car that can't get back in, and I don't have permits to street park. All a complete cluster fuck, but at least the council are actually being really proactive about finding a solution for me.
Since moving out on my own, I've put on weight. I don't know how. I'm eating healthy, my dinners are usually a combo of chicken, veggies, and rice (sometimes no rice), I don't eat much during the day and don't snack as much. No soft drink, mostly water, very little chocolate or sugary snacks. It's frustrating so I decided to do some more active work. I went for a run on Sat and Sun morning and feeling it today.
Old age is a killer.
I also bought some boxing gloves and a punching bag to do as well and plan on getting a bike to do rides with little one.
I got three concept ideas for my next book cover and all three are amazing. I'm stuck between 2 to choose from. Good problem to have.
nah, that's not a danger moment, that's showmanship.
It's a show and part of the thrill for the audience is the perception of danger, so the performer makes it look scary. Another thing is the audience has to think it's difficult. Now these performers do this all day until it's second nature, but then the audience doesn't see the skill and practice in it. Hence they have to make it look difficult or the audience won't appreciate it.
I've definitely caught something today, been feeling dizzy, sluggish and nauseous with an awful sinus type headache and a bitter taste in my mouth all day. Made myself eat but I think I'm gonna have a very early night tonight.
Finished reading The Ocean at the End of the World so I can finally return it to the library.
Now I'm gonna reread one of my favourites, Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey - or as much of it as I can before I fall asleep or throw up from this nausea - before the long awaited sequel Red Side Story drops tomorrow. 14 years!!!! @lemondrop@aussie.zone I dunno if you come here much but I'll be keen to know your thoughts when you read it.
Girl, I am so excited you have no idea. My pre-ordered copy should be arriving by the end of the week but I'm going to reread SoG before diving in. Hope you're feeling better! x
So good to hear! Enjoy SoG all over again - it still holds up so well - and the new adventures of Eddie and Jane. Keen to hear your thoughts when you're done! :)
Camping was amazing. The Mt Oberon hike was... intense but super fulfilling. Might need to upgrade the swag's mattress though. Also gotta shout out to my new car, AC that actually works is a freaking treat!
I might have to. Gonna try a cheaper solution first. I've camped in WAY colder conditions than that before so I'm not totally sure why it was so cold, but the ground was hard as a rock and you deffo felt that.
What swag do you have? So many come with shitty inch thick mats. One of my camping buddies got a bit of foam and cut it to size, swags bulky as shit now, but he seems to sleep like a rock in it.
23Zero Dual 1100. I've been really really happy with it so far, this is the first time I've had a complaint to be honest. But I've never used it on dirt-so-hard-its-concrete either. its supposed to have a pretty good mattress in it, but my mate in a cheaper swag also had a bad time. he was talking about going to Clarke rubber and basically getting a yoga mat type material to go under the existing matress.
I've only seen that brand looking at awnings, looks like pretty nice swag though. Clark rubber thing was basically what my mate did, only he cut it down to size himself.
I work in an old double brick building and I forgot how they stay hot for DAYS after a really hot day. Someone's turned the office air con off and it's immediately hot. I want to turn back on but someone will whinge that it's too cold. Can't win.
I saw a $10 Kmart paint set that includes a few cheap brushes and tubes of medium... but my attempts at blocking in on the drawing app didn't look good. I also don't know how to mix/choose colours yet, and the chance of my sheets and my cat participating in the creative process are non zero. There may also be a sip of paint water on the cards.
Must... not... collect... more hobby clutter
I haven't even done another test run with the charcoal because I'm physically wrecked and spend all free time sleeping
Kmart paint isn’t worth bothering with. It has no depth and doesn’t blend properly. Brushes don’t need to be super expensive, but anything that cheap will shread in 2 minutes.
Digital is totally different!
Cats will drink paint water, it is inevitable. As are some unwelcome signatures 🐾
May I recommend these? Lots of colours, not crap and very not clutter. Grab one small pointy brush and one narrow flat one, or a cheap set Plenty to figure out if you like the hobby. These two pics will get you under $30.
I have a new art project I've been thinking on a few weeks, now I have my ideas on paper and have a plan. Have some skills to learn but that's always the case. I am calling it The Spud Project. 🥔🩶🖤🩵
Is it COVID? Is it a cold? The flu? Idk but I've had a sneezing fit this morning, and my brains splattered against the wall. As they slide slowly down I send a callout text to my boss and wish I was someone else.
I bought a breadmaker on the weekend and have produced 2 poor attempts. They're really crumbly. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Maybe not enough liquid when it does the kneading.
first question: Religiously following instructions? (You'd be surprised. Cooking is jazz but baking is SCIENCE with all the rigor). Up to and including the required order of ingredients?
this is the answer. Different flour has different water absorption characteristics. Even the same brand will be different depending on the season of the year and when the wheat was harvested.
Add a tbsp water at a time until it's consistency/smoothness you want.
Maybe the yeast is old or not activating very well for some reason? You can 'bloom' it in warm water with a little sugar first. If it goes all foamy it's working well and can be added. If it doesn't chuck it and buy a new packet.
I hear more liquid is good as well, you want the dough almost a tiny bit sticky and very soft then it should go more smooth and elastic as it kneads.
I'm reading a book on western/latin alphabet calligraphy and it has a page on Carolingian. I've been there, where the monk Alquin of York made this!! I've been to Charlemagne's Scriptorium in Aix le Chapelle.
Imma practice this one , it's kind of exciting to have that personal connection with history, even if it's just being there in the rooms 1200 years later to see where it happened.
I keep getting cheques in the mail from Medicare addressed to doctors who charged an out of pocket fee. The letter is addressed to me, the cheque isnt if that makes sense. This has only just started, but makes 0 sense that Im getting cheques addressed to the doctor right? Like, it aint my job to deliver shit to the doctor after they charged an out of pocket.
Is this some weird new thing Medicare are doing? I keep throwing them in the bin because its not addressed to me.
Well maybe it'll incentivise the practice to get with the times. Although I guess that once they to that it means patients will need to pay in full up front.
I think most practices still using PDVC do so to cater to patients who would struggle to front up the cash for the full amount (even just for the 24 hrs or whatever it takes before they get reimbursed) which is why I've only heard of it being used these days for more expensive treatments with higher Medicare rebate amounts.
If they can wear the 90 day delay in order to support these patients then good on them.
Some of the trouble is that paying upfront does provide confirmation that you did visit the doctor and paid for them.
Whereas an IOU for the rebate doesn't necessarily provide the same confirmation that a patient received the services provided.
I do think PDVC could be improved though with a threshold amount, rather than being based upon the absolutes of an account being paid / unpaid. A $100 payment made already on an account is probably enough of the patient's money to indicate that they did receive the service.
Joining the caught-something club, I think I’m at the tail end of it. Went to an incredibly crowded place on Saturday. No fever but rather fatigued since Saturday evening. If it’s COVID it’s not showing up on the test. Maybe that’s what happens when I am freshly vaccinated.
Nothing will top Jeff Kennett calling John Howard a cunt to his face
I said, “Tomorrow John” and he said, “I know where your sympathies lie”, and I said, “I couldn’t give a fuck. I have no sympathies any more. You’re all a pack of shits and tomorrow I’m going berserk”. Well he went off his brain and in the end I said to him, I said, “Howard. You’re a cunt. You haven’t got my support, you never will have and I’m not going to rubbish you or the party tomorrow but I feel a lot better having told you you’re a cunt.”
I tried this recipe and it was quite good. I thought I could link it but I can't. Get a piece of bread and make an indent in it. Pour an egg in the indent and airfry for 5 mins on 200c. Pull it out and add cheese and bake for 1 to 2 minutes. You get something like this.
Here's their instructions but 10 minutes was way too long
Quick laundry question. (Figured I'd ask as there's parents on here and it's probably similar to dealing with cloth nappies.)
For a small amount of fresh cat urine: A pre-wash cycle with biological detergent + dissolved sodium percarbonate in both the detergent and the bleach dispenser should take care of it right? Or do I need to soak the items in a warm/cool bucket of an enzyme powder like Pink Napisan first (or add an enzyme powder like that to the prewash dispenser) and then do the hot percarbonate wash? I sprayed the towels with enzyme pre-treater first but don't always.
I've been setting the machine to 40C to not damage the washable puppy pads but apparently it's more effective to use 60C with the percarbonate... With the prewash setting it uses cold water first and the Trimat Advanced Sensitive claims to be effective in cold/remove sweat stains... so rather than setting the stain, hopefully that's washing most of the pee out first and then the percarbonate hot wash is releasing peroxide to get the last of it. 🤞
@melbaboutown@briongloid my maximum attack cycle (assuming you get the offending item fresh!) is presoak in a bucket of Sard soaking solution with the full quota recommended in the hottest water available for several hours. Then (front load machine) put another generous portion of Sard in the prewash dispenser and max half recommended detergent on a hot cycle (60+). Increase water level and rinse cycle as machine allows. Good luck!
Thanks! I'm used to doing dark washes with minimal/no stain removal necessary and have now changed to whites with heavy stain removal so wasn't sure if I was doing it right.
@melbaboutown@AWStephen Sard Power Soaker. Bear in mind that Aldi now has very good equivalent products at sometimes significantly reduced cost. I just don’t have 25yrs experience with it like Sard.
Thanks, that's good to know. I've been buying Coles generic soakers due to budget and tend to forget things are soaking so good to know that should do it
Don't think that fixed it, unless the council cracked the shits at them (the owners had already alerted SE Water), but it was still pissing on saturday so its a recent development
This one is actually bloody good on the learning things and being interesting front. Not all schmoozing nonsense. Don’t mind a free rice paper roll though.
Coming to the end of my Wondefalls rewatch, and Fox really did invent the "fucking with a good show for no reason" model.
Also Caroline Dhavernas only being in like three good shows (Wonderfalls, Hannibal, Mary Kills People) will never not be a travesty, I'm always so drawn into whoever she's playing when I watch her in something.
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Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 2y
Going to pick her up now! I forgot what it was like living by myself without a cat. It sucked lol
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
yay! Lots of Gibsons cuddles are in order this afternoon
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 2y
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Yasss! You go… You deserve better, get it.
Remember, we accept the love we think we deserve.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
That's not how you treat someone you're invested in (his behaviour). He comes off as a user type. Getting you to do all the legwork, all the listening, getting you to buy him things...
It's a shame about the tickets as he doesn't deserve them. But you can always just dump him now?
Edit: I'm sorry to speak so plainly. But seriously, fill the gap he occupied with something that feeds you or advances your life, he's 'there' but is really just taking from you.
It's pulling down your self esteem and the amount of time spent traveling to him and thinking about him means you won't be able to accomplish something else. Like building a real support network, studying for a qualification, meeting a genuinely good guy, or working towards a career change. In your 20s that time is so valuable.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
No problem. I know it's hard but keep trying to build a good life for yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h6EqKJqadU
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
or go to the musical with a friend
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
The guy is an idiot.
He doesn't seem to know how precious it is to have a loved one speak, to have a loved one share. That sharing is what makes intimacy, is what informs.
People who love you want to know.
I could listen to my loved ones all day. 😻
That said, I come from a background where no one was interested in me so I don't know how to do it, I had to teach myself ( so I am very imperfect)
So maybe he doesn't know how.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 2y
There must be a german word for the slight feeling of disappointment when your test results come back negative, and it's not that you want something bad wrong with you but you do wish someone could tell you why you are so tired and run down lately...... (other than just being tired and run down ..)
mysticgreg@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Can completely relate. I had a full set of bloods etc. done late last year for pretty much this exact reason, and according to the tests everything's just dandy. Feeling like utter garbage seems to just be part of getting old.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah I am not a fan of this old person malarkey
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I feel you bro. A normal test result doesn't help much when you know something's up
fullkitwanker@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
This is the bestest weather don't @ me. No sun, 18-22c, no rain. Bliss.
Great, I jinxed it. Drizzling now.
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Bestest weather +1
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Just dropped Gibson off for her blood test.
A bit scary tbh because they have to sedate her. Hopefully she'll be ok 🤞🏾
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Got your kitty back yet?
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Yup!!! Poor thing is a bit woozy but she's happy to be home and im happy she's back 😃
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Ah man... I feel like I have a tendency to accidentally stick my oar in a lot, or sound like a know it all. Just know it isn't intended that way. I have little pieces of random info and am trying to contribute to the convo, tend to infodump, or am genuinely trying to help. I'll rein it in.
bacon@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
infodump is what this place is for, please don’t rein it in
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
You have no idea what you're unleashing
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
i look forward to it
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Noo, I love it. It's personality. It's positive and comes from a good place. We are all happier for you posting here. 🤗😘
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
What Seagoon says!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Thanks Seagoon
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Ditto in aspie.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
sees an opportunity to contribute
jumps in boots first
At least I do
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Yeah. Taught myself to shut up in person. Perhaps too much so. Not online.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
We like it! That's why we recruited you over here!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Huh. I was just thinking there should be chocolate toothpaste with fluoride, and saw Chemist Warehouse has it. There are a bunch of novelty flavours (some of them half off too) but I couldn't justify the price.
ponte92@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Che disastro, my street is blocked off for the next month for tram works, and the council promised I would still have access to my driveway. The construction company has decided no we won't have access. So now the council is pissed, and I have one car stuck in the carport and one car that can't get back in, and I don't have permits to street park. All a complete cluster fuck, but at least the council are actually being really proactive about finding a solution for me.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
How was everyone's weekend?
Since moving out on my own, I've put on weight. I don't know how. I'm eating healthy, my dinners are usually a combo of chicken, veggies, and rice (sometimes no rice), I don't eat much during the day and don't snack as much. No soft drink, mostly water, very little chocolate or sugary snacks. It's frustrating so I decided to do some more active work. I went for a run on Sat and Sun morning and feeling it today.
Old age is a killer.
I also bought some boxing gloves and a punching bag to do as well and plan on getting a bike to do rides with little one.
I got three concept ideas for my next book cover and all three are amazing. I'm stuck between 2 to choose from. Good problem to have.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
If you are under a lot of stress that can have an impact on weight gain.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I reckon this is the most stress-free I've been in the last 5 years haha.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Well that's actually good because stress is probably the hardest to control.
Once you find out why the weight gain you'll be able to correct it. You've got this!
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Brown rice? supposedly whites not great for you.
Weekend was nice, but hot AF here yesterday.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Brown or black rice.
And somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 a cup.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Took little one to the circus on the weekend. It was really awesome but this moment scared the living christ out of me.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
nah, that's not a danger moment, that's showmanship.
It's a show and part of the thrill for the audience is the perception of danger, so the performer makes it look scary. Another thing is the audience has to think it's difficult. Now these performers do this all day until it's second nature, but then the audience doesn't see the skill and practice in it. Hence they have to make it look difficult or the audience won't appreciate it.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I'm not entirely sure the skipping rope misstepped was showmanship there. I think he messed up. Music went off and stopped the whole thing.
Maybe you are right, but I didn't get that impression based on the show as a whole.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Yep I agree. All part of the show.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I imagine it shook the performer a bit too
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah. But he gave it another go and did it, and then went around blindfolded.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I've definitely caught something today, been feeling dizzy, sluggish and nauseous with an awful sinus type headache and a bitter taste in my mouth all day. Made myself eat but I think I'm gonna have a very early night tonight.
Finished reading The Ocean at the End of the World so I can finally return it to the library.
Now I'm gonna reread one of my favourites, Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey - or as much of it as I can before I fall asleep or throw up from this nausea - before the long awaited sequel Red Side Story drops tomorrow. 14 years!!!! @lemondrop@aussie.zone I dunno if you come here much but I'll be keen to know your thoughts when you read it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
feel better soon 🤗
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Hope you’re feeling better soon
lemondrop@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Girl, I am so excited you have no idea. My pre-ordered copy should be arriving by the end of the week but I'm going to reread SoG before diving in. Hope you're feeling better! x
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
So good to hear! Enjoy SoG all over again - it still holds up so well - and the new adventures of Eddie and Jane. Keen to hear your thoughts when you're done! :)
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
So keen for Red Side Story, finally!
Hope you perk up soon.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Camping was amazing. The Mt Oberon hike was... intense but super fulfilling. Might need to upgrade the swag's mattress though. Also gotta shout out to my new car, AC that actually works is a freaking treat!
Eagle@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
We used to run up Mt Oberon as kids, we camped at the Prom every summer. I did it again just a few years ago and fitness is wasted on children.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Ponders if that was the awful walk we got dragged on at grade 6 Wilson’s prom camp… everyone was so tired and couldn’t walk any more
Eagle@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
It may have been. Sealers Cove is a long one too.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
did it have an amazing view at the top? if so, thats it.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Gosh isnt it just! my watch said I hit 200bpm at one point. I mean, i know I'm not mega fit but I guess all the dog walking isnt enough.
bananafungus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
As a frequent swag user, 11/10 recommend investing in a stretcher to pop under it, changed the swag game for me.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I might have to. Gonna try a cheaper solution first. I've camped in WAY colder conditions than that before so I'm not totally sure why it was so cold, but the ground was hard as a rock and you deffo felt that.
bananafungus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
What swag do you have? So many come with shitty inch thick mats. One of my camping buddies got a bit of foam and cut it to size, swags bulky as shit now, but he seems to sleep like a rock in it.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
23Zero Dual 1100. I've been really really happy with it so far, this is the first time I've had a complaint to be honest. But I've never used it on dirt-so-hard-its-concrete either. its supposed to have a pretty good mattress in it, but my mate in a cheaper swag also had a bad time. he was talking about going to Clarke rubber and basically getting a yoga mat type material to go under the existing matress.
bananafungus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I've only seen that brand looking at awnings, looks like pretty nice swag though. Clark rubber thing was basically what my mate did, only he cut it down to size himself.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
yeah thats what Im thinking. Or a cheap yoga mat from kmart or something.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
oooh first habanero for the season:
Also has some corking! normally see that shit on jalapenos. I guess that means the water do be good.
Generally pick the smaller ones when they're ripe so more energy is diverted to the bigger unripe ones.
Which brings us tooooo today's not so rave choon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdMjRHRLfg
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
TIL I learned that them little stripes on chilies is called corking.
and ripper choon. I am a huge arnie fan 😀
tone212_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I work in an old double brick building and I forgot how they stay hot for DAYS after a really hot day. Someone's turned the office air con off and it's immediately hot. I want to turn back on but someone will whinge that it's too cold. Can't win.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
if it has the setting, punch up "DRY". can't complain about a dehumidifier
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
My house is like that today. Got a shock walking outside. Had to go put a jumper on.
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Scrambled eggs on hash browns with bacon, and a coffee please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🥚🥚
🥔🥓☕️
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
A fruit platter please, no mango.
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
🍇🍊🍌🍉🍇🍓🍋🫐🍑🍒🍈🍍🥥🥝
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Same as Thornburywitch - but fried not scrambled eggs
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🍳🍳
🥓🥔☕️
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
And… we have Easter Eggs…
Sometimes I just wonder whether they’re from last year.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Check the date on them. If they say best before march 2024 then you've got last year's
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
TIL
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I saw a $10 Kmart paint set that includes a few cheap brushes and tubes of medium... but my attempts at blocking in on the drawing app didn't look good. I also don't know how to mix/choose colours yet, and the chance of my sheets and my cat participating in the creative process are non zero. There may also be a sip of paint water on the cards.
Must... not... collect... more hobby clutter
I haven't even done another test run with the charcoal because I'm physically wrecked and spend all free time sleeping
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Kmart paint isn’t worth bothering with. It has no depth and doesn’t blend properly. Brushes don’t need to be super expensive, but anything that cheap will shread in 2 minutes. Digital is totally different! Cats will drink paint water, it is inevitable. As are some unwelcome signatures 🐾
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
May I recommend these? Lots of colours, not crap and very not clutter. Grab one small pointy brush and one narrow flat one, or a cheap set Plenty to figure out if you like the hobby. These two pics will get you under $30.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I have a new art project I've been thinking on a few weeks, now I have my ideas on paper and have a plan. Have some skills to learn but that's always the case. I am calling it The Spud Project. 🥔🩶🖤🩵
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Colour me interested
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I hope to be able to share it with all of you once it's done. 🖤
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Got attached by mozzies and March flies when watering plants last night. Soooo itchy
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Is it COVID? Is it a cold? The flu? Idk but I've had a sneezing fit this morning, and my brains splattered against the wall. As they slide slowly down I send a callout text to my boss and wish I was someone else.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I thought it might have been last week with your vomiting and headaches and stuff.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I feel like I should be doing things on the breadmaker today. Naan or pull apart? Either way there will be cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I bought a breadmaker on the weekend and have produced 2 poor attempts. They're really crumbly. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Maybe not enough liquid when it does the kneading.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
If the recipe calls for warm water, make sure it's warm (or borderline hot). The yeast activates better in my experience.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I'll give it a go next time.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
first question: Religiously following instructions? (You'd be surprised. Cooking is jazz but baking is SCIENCE with all the rigor). Up to and including the required order of ingredients?
What model maker?
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah following from the book that came with it. It just doesn't seem like it's enough, like it doesn't bind because it's too dry still.
It's a Breville Bakers Dozen.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
hmm breville are usually pretty damned good - got that one myself. Instructions are usually bang on.
what flour are you using?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
this is the answer. Different flour has different water absorption characteristics. Even the same brand will be different depending on the season of the year and when the wheat was harvested.
Add a tbsp water at a time until it's consistency/smoothness you want.
Most bread is btw 50-70 % hydration, ie, the water to flour ratio. https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2023/01/11/bread-hydration
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I got one of those Bread Mix's from Safeway to see how it goes.
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/252201/laucke-crusty-white-bread-mix
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Maybe the yeast is old or not activating very well for some reason? You can 'bloom' it in warm water with a little sugar first. If it goes all foamy it's working well and can be added. If it doesn't chuck it and buy a new packet.
I hear more liquid is good as well, you want the dough almost a tiny bit sticky and very soft then it should go more smooth and elastic as it kneads.
(I am not a bread expert. Just picked up a few tips when I used to make pizza dough, which is much more forgiving. Troubleshooting the most common stuff should help https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/baking-sos-how-solve-10-common-bread-problems-luis-troyano)
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Turns out I put in 240ml instead of 340ml of water because maths eludes me. Sorted it last night. Was delicious :)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I'm reading a book on western/latin alphabet calligraphy and it has a page on Carolingian. I've been there, where the monk Alquin of York made this!! I've been to Charlemagne's Scriptorium in Aix le Chapelle.
Imma practice this one , it's kind of exciting to have that personal connection with history, even if it's just being there in the rooms 1200 years later to see where it happened.
https://smarthistory.org/carolingian-art-an-introduction/
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I'll make tomorrow's thread because I'm awake.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
thank you so much
when I'm better I'll start doing the threads again
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
No worries. Someone will have to the next one cos I gotta get up extra early tomorrow but I'll post about that later.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I keep getting cheques in the mail from Medicare addressed to doctors who charged an out of pocket fee. The letter is addressed to me, the cheque isnt if that makes sense. This has only just started, but makes 0 sense that Im getting cheques addressed to the doctor right? Like, it aint my job to deliver shit to the doctor after they charged an out of pocket.
Is this some weird new thing Medicare are doing? I keep throwing them in the bin because its not addressed to me.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Not a scam, actually a relic from the origins of Medicare - Pay Doctor Via Claimant (PDVC). See Medicare asking one million patients to hand-deliver cheques to pay doctors - 2017 article.
Ridiculous that it still exists. If you bin it the specialist/Dr just has to wait 90 days to get directly paid by Medicare
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
then thats what they have to do. Cozzi livs. I charge a fee for delivery, aint doing that shit for free with diesel prices being what they are.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Well maybe it'll incentivise the practice to get with the times. Although I guess that once they to that it means patients will need to pay in full up front.
I think most practices still using PDVC do so to cater to patients who would struggle to front up the cash for the full amount (even just for the 24 hrs or whatever it takes before they get reimbursed) which is why I've only heard of it being used these days for more expensive treatments with higher Medicare rebate amounts.
If they can wear the 90 day delay in order to support these patients then good on them.
prime_factor@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Medicare pays by cheque if the doctor provides you credit for the rebate, as a fraud control mechanism.
Medicare only allows electronic payments if the account is fully paid upfront (and then rebate claimed), or bulk billed.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
So what, I'm expected to go out of my way to deliver it cause medicare cant figure out a better fraud system? Yeah... thats gonna be a no from me.
prime_factor@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Some of the trouble is that paying upfront does provide confirmation that you did visit the doctor and paid for them.
Whereas an IOU for the rebate doesn't necessarily provide the same confirmation that a patient received the services provided.
I do think PDVC could be improved though with a threshold amount, rather than being based upon the absolutes of an account being paid / unpaid. A $100 payment made already on an account is probably enough of the patient's money to indicate that they did receive the service.
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Joining the caught-something club, I think I’m at the tail end of it. Went to an incredibly crowded place on Saturday. No fever but rather fatigued since Saturday evening. If it’s COVID it’s not showing up on the test. Maybe that’s what happens when I am freshly vaccinated.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I may have cried a little watching the tribute to Tina Turner at the Grammys. Woo.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
She's awesome. A real inspiration. 🤗😘
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Watching the Malcom Turnbul doco on ABC and it’s a real bitchfest. Barnaby Joyce called Malcom a shithead, and Malcolm has called Dutton a thug.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Nothing will top Jeff Kennett calling John Howard a cunt to his face
I said, “Tomorrow John” and he said, “I know where your sympathies lie”, and I said, “I couldn’t give a fuck. I have no sympathies any more. You’re all a pack of shits and tomorrow I’m going berserk”. Well he went off his brain and in the end I said to him, I said, “Howard. You’re a cunt. You haven’t got my support, you never will have and I’m not going to rubbish you or the party tomorrow but I feel a lot better having told you you’re a cunt.”
https://australianpolitics.com/1987/03/23/kennett-peacock-car-phone-conversation.html
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Imagine if the politicians cared about running the country as much as they did about back stabbing and name calling and power jostling.
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Nemesis?
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Yes that one.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I tried this recipe and it was quite good. I thought I could link it but I can't. Get a piece of bread and make an indent in it. Pour an egg in the indent and airfry for 5 mins on 200c. Pull it out and add cheese and bake for 1 to 2 minutes. You get something like this.
Here's their instructions but 10 minutes was way too long
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I hope you found a way to get butter involved
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
The weird thing is it didn't need it. Strange I know.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Blasphemy. Having eggs without butter is like having a wedding where you're the only spouse.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Hahaha. Because there's fat in the cheese it helped a lot.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Wow, I might have to try that though does it work with bread slices that are fairly thin?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Yep
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Quick laundry question. (Figured I'd ask as there's parents on here and it's probably similar to dealing with cloth nappies.)
For a small amount of fresh cat urine: A pre-wash cycle with biological detergent + dissolved sodium percarbonate in both the detergent and the bleach dispenser should take care of it right? Or do I need to soak the items in a warm/cool bucket of an enzyme powder like Pink Napisan first (or add an enzyme powder like that to the prewash dispenser) and then do the hot percarbonate wash? I sprayed the towels with enzyme pre-treater first but don't always.
I've been setting the machine to 40C to not damage the washable puppy pads but apparently it's more effective to use 60C with the percarbonate... With the prewash setting it uses cold water first and the Trimat Advanced Sensitive claims to be effective in cold/remove sweat stains... so rather than setting the stain, hopefully that's washing most of the pee out first and then the percarbonate hot wash is releasing peroxide to get the last of it. 🤞
AWStephen@mastodon.au · 4 pts · 2y
@melbaboutown @briongloid my maximum attack cycle (assuming you get the offending item fresh!) is presoak in a bucket of Sard soaking solution with the full quota recommended in the hottest water available for several hours. Then (front load machine) put another generous portion of Sard in the prewash dispenser and max half recommended detergent on a hot cycle (60+). Increase water level and rinse cycle as machine allows. Good luck!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thanks! I'm used to doing dark washes with minimal/no stain removal necessary and have now changed to whites with heavy stain removal so wasn't sure if I was doing it right.
Which Sard variety was it please?
AWStephen@mastodon.au · 3 pts · 2y
@melbaboutown @AWStephen Sard Power Soaker. Bear in mind that Aldi now has very good equivalent products at sometimes significantly reduced cost. I just don’t have 25yrs experience with it like Sard.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Thanks! The Aldi one is aggressively floral but I can look at the ingredients and find something similar or catch a sale
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
The first one is fine for fresh wee.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Thanks, that's good to know. I've been buying Coles generic soakers due to budget and tend to forget things are soaking so good to know that should do it
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
You only need to soak if you're not going to wash straight away.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
well fuck me, looks like SE water actually got out there and fixed that leak
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
How long did it take after you sent the Snap solve thing in?
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Don't think that fixed it, unless the council cracked the shits at them (the owners had already alerted SE Water), but it was still pissing on saturday so its a recent development
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
This conference has gone downstairs, we used to get fed!
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
the only point of any conference is the food
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
This one is actually bloody good on the learning things and being interesting front. Not all schmoozing nonsense. Don’t mind a free rice paper roll though.
bananafungus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Coming to the end of my Wondefalls rewatch, and Fox really did invent the "fucking with a good show for no reason" model.
Also Caroline Dhavernas only being in like three good shows (Wonderfalls, Hannibal, Mary Kills People) will never not be a travesty, I'm always so drawn into whoever she's playing when I watch her in something.