This reminds me a bit of my grandfather's 80th birthday cake. Well you just try putting 80 candles on a cake, any cake. So Mum put a 75w light bulb in the middle and 5 candles around the edge. Grandpa didn't know whether to be amused or offended. And he was easily offended.
As an occasional drinker, I can vouch it make a bad time way worse to deal with. It's a momentary relief, a way to check-out of our brains, but doesn't solve anything. Not really.
You have made the correct choice and continue to do so! Despite it all, you are strong and awesome. A kind and beautiful person! (Just wanted to pass on some love 💜😁)
oh, I'm so pleased I gave up. for me it was a sleep issue, but it has helped in so many other ways. I still drunk occasionally, but I absolutely notice it when I do
yup - giving up has been a great choice! mostly I don't miss it, but an extremely hard few weeks makes a glass of red in the bath sound very tempting. Here's a herbal tea cheers to you (or whatever your muddle aged person drunk of choice is!)
edit: drunk of choice was a totally appropriate typo so I'm leaving it
edit edit: props to you for giving up, for whatever your reasons were
Thanks! My drunk of choice is herbal or matcha tea actually. I gave up for a few different reasons, basically the kids, the money and the health. I'd been using it as a coping mechanism for too long when it wasn't working, the kids deserve to see better role modelling and every other adult person in their lives drinks so somebody has to not. I don't begrudge others a bevy though.
Good on you for not drinking when things are tough.. it's an easy way to end up with hard problems sometimes.
My girlfriend has finished her first day of her final placement. It would be great if she got a job out of this. It's a more chill childcare centre because it gets direct government funding and it's a 5 minute walk from our place.
She could be out the door at 8 and home at 4. Unbelievable living for an outer suburb like this
4 days later and my toe is basically better. Still can't fully move it, but it's definitely muscular rather than bone-ular...
Also massively overstretched my calf and shin muscles in the incident, which is the main source of discomfort now. Always tuck your backpack straps away people.
I tried my best. I hope I didn't let anybody down. The competition was ferocious tonight but I'm happy to come out with a silver medal in competitive....... gin rummy. 🥈 🇦🇺
My new drivers licence arrived! Relief. I've been waiting for that to submit my stuff to my new job's third party ID/police check company which I just did. Also pretty nice to have unexpired photo ID for the first time in three years.
Now I just need to hope they don't have an issue with the murders I've committed.
I've had the same licence photo for 13 years. The years have not been kind inbetween that and my passport photo that makes me look like a hardened criminal.
We will be commencing day drinking soon. Not too many because the third wheel has school tomorrow. Apologies in advance anyway because there will be soju involved. 🍺
Had a radox salt bath last night (would've bought it 15 yrs ago). Haven't had an actual bath in donkeys ears. Trying to undo some back niggles from the weirdo twisting weight / angle stuff with this fukn retaining wall.
In my raver days used to come home at an ungodly hour, after the all night boogie, jump in the bath with that green stuff then really struggle to crawl out.
They were good times. These days not so much. No rave, only pain.
the mrs honestly thinks a bath will cure all. Back Spams? Bath. Got a cold? Your going in the bath! Missing a limb and bleeding out? Believe it or not, bath!
4 lb. Beaver Leg and Back Meat, Cut into 1 inch pieces
8 oz. Smoked Bacon, Chopped
1/2 C. Morel Mushrooms, Chopped
8 oz. Onion, Diced
12 oz. Celery, Diced
12 oz. Carrot, Diced
1 C. Tomato Juice (or a chopped whole tomato)
2 C. Water + 2 t. Beef Base
6 oz. Salad Oil
1 oz. Chef Depot Wild Game Seasonings
1 t. Dry Parsley
1/2 t. Salt
1 t. Black Pepper
Flour, As Needed
Method -
Soak the beaver meat in a brine solution of 4 cups water, two teaspoons salt and two teaspoons of cider vinegar for at least 1 hour, drain brine and reserve. Soak the morel mushrooms in a cup of hot water for 10 minutes. Dice onions, carrots and celery and reserve. Toss the beaver pieces in flour. Heat oil in a heavy pan until very hot, and beaver pieces and cook until brown, place on a sheetpan. Pour off oil and add bacon, cook it almost crispy and add the vegetables and morels, cook until onions are transparent. Add all remaining ingredients and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 minutes, or until tender. Serve it hot with warm bread!
Housesitting this week which means I have a backyard momentarily. Am making to most of it and working outside in the sun. Need to find myself a good spot near home in the sun/nature that I can go to work sometimes because this is nice.
Each time I get my tax info from the ATO, there's a breakdown of where the money is going.
About 30% of my paid taxes goes to aged care. I'm not saying we shouldn't take care of the elderly and we have an aging population, but imagine if we actually invested a chunk of that into our future and education.
I know that aged care employs a lot of people and provides good services, but the proportion just seems massive.
My concern is more if THAT much is going into it why are some of them living in such squalor? I've 0 issue looking after the aged care, they should live like kings after paying taxes all their lives. But I have a massive issue with paying that much for what were getting. Imagine you spend 100k on a new BMW and the dealer delivers a MG and pockets the rest.
That would have to include pensions and other welfare instead, I think actual aged care is about 8% of govt. expenditure.
A lot of the problem is that aged care is just really expensive, especially as we are able to keep people alive for longer with higher needs. We also have a system which sucks a lot of money out into the hands of private providers, which is not something I can see changing as long as the dominant cultural opinion is that Govt. services = expensive bureaucracy, and that private providers = efficient, competitive services. The reality is generally the opposite, especially when services are being provided to vulnerable people who are not able to advocate for themselves. A system where elderly people who are struggling to manage on their own are expected to compare providers and shop around for the best deal is ridiculous, but that is what we have. And instead of the scams and rorting by providers who overcharge and mismanage the care packages being addressed, they are adding in more restrictions on what elderly people can actually receive. A top level home care package can provide $60k a year in funding - about $21k of that goes directly in management fees to the package management company, then more gets sucked out through fees with the agencies that actually provide the staff, high profit margins on supplies and equipment etc.
LOL, would kill to be missed! Right now its just "Mum mum mum mum mum mum mum". I know its a phase and he will get through it, but damned if it doesnt sting a bit.
I’ve been teaching Melbcat how to use a snuffle mat. She’s been needing some hints such as me scratching at where I hid the treat and flipping the fabric up a little bit but she’s definitely got the idea. She’s snaffled it a few times by biting at the hiding spot.
I’m even seeing some tentative paw boops and hoping it means she’ll learn to lift the flap.
(She’s very bright and was a fantastic mouser until no longer allowed to hunt. Going after something immobile like a hidden treat is just not instinctive for a cat. And it’s only been a few demos.)
Took today off to focus on uni, predictably I have been "busy" with life admin/house chores... gone out to get a coffee, organised a drs visit, bought groceries, doing heaps of laundry... 🤪
That said I have a meeting with an uni person at 2pm which will light a bit of a fire under my bum. And I have mapped out exactly which papers to read and in what order so I'm confident I'll make some progress.
I think my sports itch has been soundly satisfied for a while. That was a fantastic Olympics. We were in third place on the medal talley right up until the Japanese wrestlers wiped the floor with everyone over the weekend.
The heartwarming little video of the US Long Jumper and her husband got me to wondering how many similar stories were untold among the Ten Thousand athletes. A couple of the Marathon Walkers kissed at their introduction. Because they're engaged.They keep talking about the thousands of condoms issued to athletes in the village, but some of those hookups turn into something more. It's all very sweet. I love how positive the tournament has been in general.
Anyway, I still have a few events left to watch - probably tonight/tomorrow night. Maybe the Closing ceremony. Then I'll go back to not really watching sports all that much any more. At least until the 2026 World Cup.
I would probably watch some of it if it didn't cost another $27. I'll have to satisfy myself with the YouTube highlight clips.
We paid the $27 for the Olympics on the day of the opening ceremony, so our month runs out the day before Paralympics starts. It isn't only the money, we honestly have overdosed a bit in the house for sport. The kids have gone to bed late pretty much every night over the last two weeks. We justified it a bit with "it's only a couple of weeks every four years".
I think it was mostly money well spent. My biggest complaint was the Stan editing team didn't bother editing the field events, like at-all. The Pole vault competition for example could have been edited out to under an hour if they cut all the waiting around, but they didn't bother. Same with pretty much all the jumps and throws. Most of them also had no commentary. No editing at all - just the raw feed.
Same story with many of the less popular events. Just the base feed. This wasn't always bad, though - in fact I'd like the option to turn commentary off sometimes.
My best Olympic experience was when I had access to the British iView service during the London Olympics. It was like what we had with Stan: Every event live or on-demand, ad free. But the interface was loads better. That's probably the other bad thing about Stan - the Interface sucked sometimes. They did try, to be fair. But finding some events was just not doable. I wanted to find the final Archery match between India and Canada - I never did.
Poor pole vaulter? That image is worth framing! 'I lost the Olympic pole vault because my pole was too large' (He didn't - that bar was already falling because his calves knocked it before he even went over - but the bulge photo is marvellous). His jump will be a highlight reel for years.
I'm trying to fit gym, tennis, swimming and other sports into my calendar and it's lookin a real busy. I want to gym 3x minimum but this is what I'm mostly struggling with. Maybe I could combine swimming and gym on Thursday and squeeze in a rest day on Wednesday? idk
I love the local redistribution system of stuff we have here. I put out books yesterday, old beads n stuff in little bags, odd glassware, a decanter set I have never used and never will use. Today it is all gone.
I love being on a train through the city loop, and closing my eyes. I can feel the train take the turns in the loop, the slight sway and shift in my centre of gravity.
I imagine the train is going faster than it is, and I'm zooming through fantastical futuristic cities or alien landscapes or in space and it's like flying.
The footage is enough for a police report. If you know who it is and can provide the police with enough information to identify the rider, then they will probably act on that.
Even if all you give them is an example of this bike doing this at 4am, when the guy is eventually apprehended, they'll pile this onto whatever he is charged with.
then yeah I'd be going to the cops, and contact your organization and tell them your being harassed by him. Make it their issue. They are the ones who F'ed up, right?
Making glacial progress on the readings... feeling very easily distracted... I technically have a sickie to last me from today to Wednesday (more for uni purposes), but I'd feel bad taking time off work and creating more work for my colleagues, when I'm actually well enough to work, after being sick for 2 weeks last month.
Maybe I could use it for Wednesday. Or at least ask to work from home on Wednesday. Time is crucial, this thing is due next Sunday and I want to finish a draft by this Friday. (I have also applied for an extension, but I refuse to let this drag - plus there are time sensitive components that need to get into motion soon)
The other night I thought "I wonder when Madame Web comes out online, I'm curious to see how bad it is" and then found out that it had been out for a while, I just somehow missed it. Odd considering how often I check recent releases.
Anyway I tried to watch it and I made it maybe 10 minutes in before I couldn't take it anymore. They were not kidding about it being bad. It has some of the worst acting I've seen since The Room, and I've seen Morbius.
I'm a big superhero movie/content fan but this will just be one of the very rare superhero things I'll never watch.
I checked Metacritic for that one to see what people are saying. I've never played the game so I wouldn't be offended by any butchering the IP but apparently it's just bad. I think I'll wait for it to be on Netflix or Prime or whatever.
That classic balancing act of whether to take the kids to childcare and risk getting a call to come pick them up, or have them stay home and deal with them the whole time.
My boy is in better spirits now the rest of the family is up, so I'll take my chances taking them in
Binged through all of Fake on Saturday night. Man, it was compelling, almost like an Aussie Baby Reindeer. So many things that were infuriating in how people were acting.
Also watched The Instigators with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. Story isn't all that flash, but I thought it was hilarious. The banter between characters gave me a good laugh most of the time.
102 Comments
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 2y
Not a traditional birthday cake but we don't do traditional in this house
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
I’ve always admired your culinary expertise. You make it look so effortless.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
I'm no half job Harry.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
This reminds me a bit of my grandfather's 80th birthday cake. Well you just try putting 80 candles on a cake, any cake. So Mum put a 75w light bulb in the middle and 5 candles around the edge. Grandpa didn't know whether to be amused or offended. And he was easily offended.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
That's genius. I feel like after 21 it doesn't really matter.
The kid got a candle stuck in a macaron and a speedy happy birthday song in the middle of Brunetti's. Her friends loved it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
That looks delicious. 😺
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
They are so good.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
🙂
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 2y
it has been a rough few weeks, team. I kinda wish I weren't off the booze, which means it's probably a good thing I am.
edit: before anyone's concerned, I've been off the booze all year, I'm just saying
StudChud@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
As an occasional drinker, I can vouch it make a bad time way worse to deal with. It's a momentary relief, a way to check-out of our brains, but doesn't solve anything. Not really.
You have made the correct choice and continue to do so! Despite it all, you are strong and awesome. A kind and beautiful person! (Just wanted to pass on some love 💜😁)
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
oh, I'm so pleased I gave up. for me it was a sleep issue, but it has helped in so many other ways. I still drunk occasionally, but I absolutely notice it when I do
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Hugs mate.. Ikwym about the booze, I have days where I think "I'd have been blind by now if I still drank."
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
yup - giving up has been a great choice! mostly I don't miss it, but an extremely hard few weeks makes a glass of red in the bath sound very tempting. Here's a herbal tea cheers to you (or whatever your muddle aged person drunk of choice is!)
edit: drunk of choice was a totally appropriate typo so I'm leaving it
edit edit: props to you for giving up, for whatever your reasons were
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Thanks! My drunk of choice is herbal or matcha tea actually. I gave up for a few different reasons, basically the kids, the money and the health. I'd been using it as a coping mechanism for too long when it wasn't working, the kids deserve to see better role modelling and every other adult person in their lives drinks so somebody has to not. I don't begrudge others a bevy though.
Good on you for not drinking when things are tough.. it's an easy way to end up with hard problems sometimes.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 2y
My girlfriend has finished her first day of her final placement. It would be great if she got a job out of this. It's a more chill childcare centre because it gets direct government funding and it's a 5 minute walk from our place.
She could be out the door at 8 and home at 4. Unbelievable living for an outer suburb like this
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
oh god I didn't get time to get a coffee before this god awful meeting. Send help.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
☕☕
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
4 days later and my toe is basically better. Still can't fully move it, but it's definitely muscular rather than bone-ular... Also massively overstretched my calf and shin muscles in the incident, which is the main source of discomfort now. Always tuck your backpack straps away people.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
hehehe
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I read that in a 90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voice.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
I tried my best. I hope I didn't let anybody down. The competition was ferocious tonight but I'm happy to come out with a silver medal in competitive....... gin rummy. 🥈 🇦🇺
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
Team leader spent the first five minutes of our group meeting talking about poop
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Sounds about right for your workplace
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
Love is when you give your prized possession to the one you love.......🎤 and they have a great time.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
My new drivers licence arrived! Relief. I've been waiting for that to submit my stuff to my new job's third party ID/police check company which I just did. Also pretty nice to have unexpired photo ID for the first time in three years.
Now I just need to hope they don't have an issue with the murders I've committed.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I've had the same licence photo for 13 years. The years have not been kind inbetween that and my passport photo that makes me look like a hardened criminal.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Nah, your evil twin did the murders. You're golden.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
We will be commencing day drinking soon. Not too many because the third wheel has school tomorrow. Apologies in advance anyway because there will be soju involved. 🍺
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Medicare: Please upload invoice Also Medicare: please manually enter all the details from that invoice you just uploaded.
For fucks sake!
tone212_@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
That’s like upload your CV, now input all your work history and education history separately into our application form.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Booked Mickey in for his next set of vaccinations (I forgot to do it last year 👀😭💀) for next Monday, and booked myself in for a CT at 7:30AM!!
I hate myself for saying yes to such an early appointment ugh. UGH! UDHDHSJKSCIBNSOpa(";';'7#92+383!$@)0{®=€}¢
-BSOD-
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Get it over and done with while the day is young.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Miss Meow is booked in for her vaccinations next Monday too, it must be a good day for it! I don't imagine she'll be pleased about it though.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Had a radox salt bath last night (would've bought it 15 yrs ago). Haven't had an actual bath in donkeys ears. Trying to undo some back niggles from the weirdo twisting weight / angle stuff with this fukn retaining wall.
In my raver days used to come home at an ungodly hour, after the all night boogie, jump in the bath with that green stuff then really struggle to crawl out.
They were good times. These days not so much. No rave, only pain.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
the mrs honestly thinks a bath will cure all. Back Spams? Bath. Got a cold? Your going in the bath! Missing a limb and bleeding out? Believe it or not, bath!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I see no problem with this.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
🦫Now Wynona took her big brown beaver
🦫And she stuck him up in the air
🦫Said, "I sure do love this big brown beaver
🦫And I wish I did have a pair"
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Primus sucks man.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Yep! That slappy loose bass is so irritating. Beaver song can get in the bin.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Heeeeeeee....a...heeeheeheee...🎶
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
INGREDIENTS-
4 lb. Beaver Leg and Back Meat, Cut into 1 inch pieces
8 oz. Smoked Bacon, Chopped
1/2 C. Morel Mushrooms, Chopped
8 oz. Onion, Diced
12 oz. Celery, Diced
12 oz. Carrot, Diced
1 C. Tomato Juice (or a chopped whole tomato)
2 C. Water + 2 t. Beef Base
6 oz. Salad Oil
1 oz. Chef Depot Wild Game Seasonings
1 t. Dry Parsley
1/2 t. Salt
1 t. Black Pepper
Flour, As Needed
Method -
Soak the beaver meat in a brine solution of 4 cups water, two teaspoons salt and two teaspoons of cider vinegar for at least 1 hour, drain brine and reserve. Soak the morel mushrooms in a cup of hot water for 10 minutes. Dice onions, carrots and celery and reserve. Toss the beaver pieces in flour. Heat oil in a heavy pan until very hot, and beaver pieces and cook until brown, place on a sheetpan. Pour off oil and add bacon, cook it almost crispy and add the vegetables and morels, cook until onions are transparent. Add all remaining ingredients and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 minutes, or until tender. Serve it hot with warm bread!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
**served with microwaved bait on toast
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Housesitting this week which means I have a backyard momentarily. Am making to most of it and working outside in the sun. Need to find myself a good spot near home in the sun/nature that I can go to work sometimes because this is nice.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Each time I get my tax info from the ATO, there's a breakdown of where the money is going.
About 30% of my paid taxes goes to aged care. I'm not saying we shouldn't take care of the elderly and we have an aging population, but imagine if we actually invested a chunk of that into our future and education.
I know that aged care employs a lot of people and provides good services, but the proportion just seems massive.
Honestly, I think I vent about this every year.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
My concern is more if THAT much is going into it why are some of them living in such squalor? I've 0 issue looking after the aged care, they should live like kings after paying taxes all their lives. But I have a massive issue with paying that much for what were getting. Imagine you spend 100k on a new BMW and the dealer delivers a MG and pockets the rest.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
The mixed model of private and public aged care has a lot of answer for.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Midsommar cult has the solution
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
That would have to include pensions and other welfare instead, I think actual aged care is about 8% of govt. expenditure.
A lot of the problem is that aged care is just really expensive, especially as we are able to keep people alive for longer with higher needs. We also have a system which sucks a lot of money out into the hands of private providers, which is not something I can see changing as long as the dominant cultural opinion is that Govt. services = expensive bureaucracy, and that private providers = efficient, competitive services. The reality is generally the opposite, especially when services are being provided to vulnerable people who are not able to advocate for themselves. A system where elderly people who are struggling to manage on their own are expected to compare providers and shop around for the best deal is ridiculous, but that is what we have. And instead of the scams and rorting by providers who overcharge and mismanage the care packages being addressed, they are adding in more restrictions on what elderly people can actually receive. A top level home care package can provide $60k a year in funding - about $21k of that goes directly in management fees to the package management company, then more gets sucked out through fees with the agencies that actually provide the staff, high profit margins on supplies and equipment etc.
bacon@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Afternoon tea, with scones and jam and cream please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
☕️🥯🍇🥛
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Thank you very much. Now the only remaining question is, one lump or two?
bacon@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
three
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
various configurations of potato please
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Can I too have configuration potato.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
We will just have to self-configure :( gotta be at the truck on time
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
🥔🍠🫕🍟🍾
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I'll have fish and chips served in a basket please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🐟🍟🗑️
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
The boys lasted until 10:30 before I got the call. I knew I should have kept them home but it was worth a shot
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
my kid was iffy this morning too. Fully expected to see him back home before lunch time but so far he is still going.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
That's what I was hoping. I thought he might have been in a better mood with all the other kids and toys, but nope, he missed his dad too much
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
LOL, would kill to be missed! Right now its just "Mum mum mum mum mum mum mum". I know its a phase and he will get through it, but damned if it doesnt sting a bit.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
I’ve been teaching Melbcat how to use a snuffle mat. She’s been needing some hints such as me scratching at where I hid the treat and flipping the fabric up a little bit but she’s definitely got the idea. She’s snaffled it a few times by biting at the hiding spot.
I’m even seeing some tentative paw boops and hoping it means she’ll learn to lift the flap.
(She’s very bright and was a fantastic mouser until no longer allowed to hunt. Going after something immobile like a hidden treat is just not instinctive for a cat. And it’s only been a few demos.)
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Clever Melbcat! Tommy struggles to find treats even when they're right in front of him. It's lucky he's so pretty, because he's not the brightest.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Took today off to focus on uni, predictably I have been "busy" with life admin/house chores... gone out to get a coffee, organised a drs visit, bought groceries, doing heaps of laundry... 🤪
That said I have a meeting with an uni person at 2pm which will light a bit of a fire under my bum. And I have mapped out exactly which papers to read and in what order so I'm confident I'll make some progress.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
The big boys are on now. Aka the big speakers. 👍
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Plans for this lovely sunny afternoon: have a nice walk with Mr Woof, do some sewing and cook some corned beef for dinner.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Will that include mashed potato, cabbage and parsley sauce?
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
It was going to, but I got a packet of parmesan garlic cauliflower to air fry, so I'm going to try that instead of the cabbage.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I feel let down but excited for you. Enjoy.
Nath@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I think my sports itch has been soundly satisfied for a while. That was a fantastic Olympics. We were in third place on the medal talley right up until the Japanese wrestlers wiped the floor with everyone over the weekend.
The heartwarming little video of the US Long Jumper and her husband got me to wondering how many similar stories were untold among the Ten Thousand athletes. A couple of the Marathon Walkers kissed at their introduction. Because they're engaged.They keep talking about the thousands of condoms issued to athletes in the village, but some of those hookups turn into something more. It's all very sweet. I love how positive the tournament has been in general.
Anyway, I still have a few events left to watch - probably tonight/tomorrow night. Maybe the Closing ceremony. Then I'll go back to not really watching sports all that much any more. At least until the 2026 World Cup.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Don't forget the Paraylmpics will be on.
Nath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I would probably watch some of it if it didn't cost another $27. I'll have to satisfy myself with the YouTube highlight clips.
We paid the $27 for the Olympics on the day of the opening ceremony, so our month runs out the day before Paralympics starts. It isn't only the money, we honestly have overdosed a bit in the house for sport. The kids have gone to bed late pretty much every night over the last two weeks. We justified it a bit with "it's only a couple of weeks every four years".
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
That's fair enough. It's a shame it costs money to watch some of these sports.
Nath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I think it was mostly money well spent. My biggest complaint was the Stan editing team didn't bother editing the field events, like at-all. The Pole vault competition for example could have been edited out to under an hour if they cut all the waiting around, but they didn't bother. Same with pretty much all the jumps and throws. Most of them also had no commentary. No editing at all - just the raw feed.
Same story with many of the less popular events. Just the base feed. This wasn't always bad, though - in fact I'd like the option to turn commentary off sometimes.
My best Olympic experience was when I had access to the British iView service during the London Olympics. It was like what we had with Stan: Every event live or on-demand, ad free. But the interface was loads better. That's probably the other bad thing about Stan - the Interface sucked sometimes. They did try, to be fair. But finding some events was just not doable. I wanted to find the final Archery match between India and Canada - I never did.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
That poor pole vaulter - that has to hurt
Nath@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Poor pole vaulter? That image is worth framing! 'I lost the Olympic pole vault because my pole was too large' (He didn't - that bar was already falling because his calves knocked it before he even went over - but the bulge photo is marvellous). His jump will be a highlight reel for years.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
That's a 'hello boys' if I ever saw one.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
such lovely weather today , I might catch some rays 🌞😎
and take a trip to bunnings for some clear acrylic varnish 👍
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
It turns out roasted cauliflower goes really well with corned beef. Ate lots, am now officially stuffed.
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
roast cauliflower is a surprisingly great meal in and of itself
fullkitwanker@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I'm trying to fit gym, tennis, swimming and other sports into my calendar and it's lookin a real busy. I want to gym 3x minimum but this is what I'm mostly struggling with. Maybe I could combine swimming and gym on Thursday and squeeze in a rest day on Wednesday? idk
Mon - Gym (during lunch) + Tennis (match play) 1.5hrs
Tue - Tennis 2hrs coaching
Wed - Gym
Thu - Swimming 1hr
Fri - Gym (during lunch; alternate with Monday) + Tennis 2hrs coaching
Sat - Tennis social 2hrs
Sun - Gym / other sports
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
Jeez you're making us all look lazy.
I vote for Wed. being hot chips day.
fullkitwanker@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Hey gotta do something about the loneliness and depression 💁♂️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I love the local redistribution system of stuff we have here. I put out books yesterday, old beads n stuff in little bags, odd glassware, a decanter set I have never used and never will use. Today it is all gone.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I had a dream last night about water some sort of edible plant and it was starting to wilt by the end of the dream.
I remember also eating one leaf or stem or something and it was the most flavourful delicious thing I've ever eaten.
Being awake now and it being a vegetable I know that's a lie.
Baku@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
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StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I love being on a train through the city loop, and closing my eyes. I can feel the train take the turns in the loop, the slight sway and shift in my centre of gravity.
I imagine the train is going faster than it is, and I'm zooming through fantastical futuristic cities or alien landscapes or in space and it's like flying.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
💤💤
Baku@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Nath@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
The footage is enough for a police report. If you know who it is and can provide the police with enough information to identify the rider, then they will probably act on that.
Even if all you give them is an example of this bike doing this at 4am, when the guy is eventually apprehended, they'll pile this onto whatever he is charged with.
Baku@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
sorry who is he? I missed something.
Baku@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
then yeah I'd be going to the cops, and contact your organization and tell them your being harassed by him. Make it their issue. They are the ones who F'ed up, right?
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Probably ex-housemate from hell
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Making glacial progress on the readings... feeling very easily distracted... I technically have a sickie to last me from today to Wednesday (more for uni purposes), but I'd feel bad taking time off work and creating more work for my colleagues, when I'm actually well enough to work, after being sick for 2 weeks last month.
Maybe I could use it for Wednesday. Or at least ask to work from home on Wednesday. Time is crucial, this thing is due next Sunday and I want to finish a draft by this Friday. (I have also applied for an extension, but I refuse to let this drag - plus there are time sensitive components that need to get into motion soon)
bull@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
The other night I thought "I wonder when Madame Web comes out online, I'm curious to see how bad it is" and then found out that it had been out for a while, I just somehow missed it. Odd considering how often I check recent releases.
Anyway I tried to watch it and I made it maybe 10 minutes in before I couldn't take it anymore. They were not kidding about it being bad. It has some of the worst acting I've seen since The Room, and I've seen Morbius.
I'm a big superhero movie/content fan but this will just be one of the very rare superhero things I'll never watch.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
then i can guarantee my husband will put it on the telly, he has a knack of choosing bad shows
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
You should go watch the Borderlands movie in theatres. Apparently you'll have the whole place to yourself
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
The trailers for this look so bad
bull@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
I checked Metacritic for that one to see what people are saying. I've never played the game so I wouldn't be offended by any butchering the IP but apparently it's just bad. I think I'll wait for it to be on Netflix or Prime or whatever.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
That classic balancing act of whether to take the kids to childcare and risk getting a call to come pick them up, or have them stay home and deal with them the whole time.
My boy is in better spirits now the rest of the family is up, so I'll take my chances taking them in
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Binged through all of Fake on Saturday night. Man, it was compelling, almost like an Aussie Baby Reindeer. So many things that were infuriating in how people were acting.
Also watched The Instigators with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. Story isn't all that flash, but I thought it was hilarious. The banter between characters gave me a good laugh most of the time.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Playing an old LP I found of Adrian Boult conducting Vaughn Williams/Tallis. This is a much more orchestral version than Neville Mariner.
This music gives me Indy and the Last Crusade chills. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04wJKXn3opY