Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 27 Nov 2023

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Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 30 pts · 2y (11 replies)

I got the job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh thank fuck. Thank absolute fuck!!!!!

Uber eats for me, and the super fancy cat treats for Gibson!

anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

Yay! Go you!

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

so many hugs and a happy dance ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

CONGRATS!

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

Congrats!!!

underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

Woohoo! Nice work!

useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

Congrats fluffy butt!!๐Ÿฅ‚

6368_39162@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Bloody wonderful

oztrin@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Huzzah! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฅ‚

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Congratulations ๐Ÿฅ‚

Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Congrats!

PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

Late to the party on this one but I congratulate you and Gibson on your impending lifestyle creep! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿป๐ŸŽŠ

underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I know perfectly well that I shouldn't eat all the cherries on the first day of cherry season (well, the first day I have cherries, same thing). They're soooo good. But my gut might not thank me later.

Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y

Yasss love me some cherries!

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Much sauce has been turned into many sauces.

One sauce was also turned in to dinner.

underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

My goodness that's a lot of sauce.

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

40.5 serves ๐Ÿ˜

underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm pretty chuffed with myself if I manage three serves of something for the freezer!

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

The nice thing about really big cookups is that the workload does not increase in line with the servings - and it becomes worthwhile pulling out the food processor to do things like dice the onions so I don't need to do all that by hand. And I now have lots of nights where future me has a quick and easy meal ready to go ๐Ÿ˜

fullkitwanker@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Going by the number of bottles, safe to assume this isn't your first rodeo with too many sauces. Also, what sauce and how delish is it??

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

Bolognese, very delish.

T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Christmas shopping is awful. Everyone is getting book vouchers or chocolate.

TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y

Your buying folks presents?! everyones getting a firm handshake this year.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y (11 replies)

Had a fam dinner last night and my daughter's granma was there .

I didn't let gran eat off my plate ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„ and the evening went down hill from there. Again.

MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Wait. An adult person wanted to get something off your plate (also an adult person), you rightfully refused, and this caused problems?

Gran needs a lesson on entitlement and table etiquette.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (5 replies)

She calls it sharing. She also wants to choose what I order and says it to share , and gets miffed if I order something for myself she doesn't want. ๐Ÿ˜‚

anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Sheโ€™s nuts, and very entitled. Can you order something you like that she doesnโ€™t?

E: just realised you mentioned she gets miffedโ€ฆ hope you donโ€™t have to see this person too often

MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I'm feeling a lot of 2nd hand rage here. I suppose her ordering what she wants is out of the question?

anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

โ€˜Iโ€™m feeling a lot of 2nd hand rage hereโ€™

Oh, me tooโ€ฆ

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

she hates me, always has. She is angry that I won't go away and that other fam members like me

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

She gets to order for herself what she wants

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Did you fork her?

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

No. She expected me to put my plate in the middle of the table, so she could have access, I had it front of me.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

How dare you expect to eat your meal on your own. Shame on you. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

she spent the rest of the evening provoking me

landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Gosh... changing my sheets makes me realise how disabled I actually am. Jesus Christ.

But hey, the summer sheets are on, though this week it'll be cold so...

6368_39162@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Not disabled, dodgy back. The fancy mattress that is comfy to sleep on weighs a ton, changing sheets isnโ€™t easy and I sure as hell canโ€™t turn it myself.

landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

I mean changing sheets suck no matter what. I just wish I did it earlier. Oh well, that's my fault.

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Back in Melbs from the Bellarine.

Already miss the ocean :( There's something calm but also panic inducing about being alone, 50m out, getting dark.. the mystery of what's below. Could be a giant squid, a horny dolphin... If something went wrong no one would know. But that has nothing on the shitshow that is southern x station just after 5pm.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

It's another world, or should I say a part of the world that isn't ours.

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y

I think today is perfect weather to cook the big pot of bolognese sauce I have been planning on. Unfortunately this means I will need to physically go to the shops myself to acquire onions. I guess if I have to go I might get some cheese as well. You can never have too much cheese.

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y (3 replies)

::: spoiler Much sauce has been created. #singlepeoplecooking :::

A few taste adjustments to go, dividing up into individual jars and and a stint in the pressure canner to go.

PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y

Pressure canning? Gun gardening? If the world goes to hell in a haycart I want you on my side!

baconmash@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

be there in 5

Duenan@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

ooohh that looks so yum!

Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I didn't get to buy myself a present for my birthday this year, but now I have this new role, I'm dreamily browsing for a new piece of music equipment lol and fancy cat trees of course.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Do it.

Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

me: yoo I need a teamviewer access for about 5 mins to update your firmware. Normally I could do it without you even noticing, but this one actually disables our tunnel software as part of the process, so I need a fallback. Won't take long, very quick.

chain A: Bah too much hassle, send me entirely new units for these sites

chain B: Why? This is metro. Send a tech out

ASK ME AGAIN WHY TECH STAFF HATE PEOPLE.

Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Jesus tap dancing Christ. Who the fuck wants whole new unit costs just so they don't have to hand over TeamViewer deets?!?!

Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Someone who thought they wouldn't have to pay it. The 8k price tag per unit magically made a zoho login appear

baconmash@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y (4 replies)

i would like to thank hans zimmer for writing music that gets me to CONCENTRATE when i want/need to

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

I love hans zimmer so much

Nath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Do you listen to the individual scores? Or just make a greatest hits playlist? Personally, the Gladiator score is my go-to focus music.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Once upon a time in America is my art work music

baconmash@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

I have multiple lists. Top Gun is currently mine.

bananafungus@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Reading His Dark Materials after watching the series and can't stop thinking about the sort of daemons* Australian's would have. Like how many people are wondering around with huge arse kangaroos and koalas or the random arsehole with a full-blown cassowary. Also some poor fucker ending up with a witchetty grub, or some other weird insect.

*Daemons are a physical manifestation of the human soul in animal form, they are not pets/animals and can speak and have their own thoughts and feelings, though you feel everything they do and vice versa (to an extent).

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Very similar to indigenous 'totems'. Which can be almost anything. Interesting programme on the abc a couple three years back, I think off the top of my head it was Conversations with Richard Fidler. A woman with fertility issues went to stay in NT due to husband's job. She was bored and started talking to the local people. They took her swimming at a secret women's business waterhole, and she felt something wriggle inside. Shortly after she discovered she was pregnant, considerably against the odds. The local women assured her that her proto-baby had a totem - which was a striped leech and that the waterhole had given it to her. Never heard about any followup, but I think maybe this sort of thing might resonate with your comment. I have no information about how true this story was, but the abc are usually pretty good at fact checking. So probably not a wish fulfilment thing.

bananafungus@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That sounds interesting, might have to go have a look for it.

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

Might have been Sara rather than Richard. Can't remember but it was def pre-covid.

T156@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Also some poor fucker ending up with a witchetty grub, or some other weird insect.

On the other hand, they can shapeshift, and their chosen form is usually one that fits you personally, so I doubt that someone who ends up with a weird bug would mind too much. At least until someone tries to relocate the weird bug outside, or accidentally treads on it.

It's the clumsier people accidentally slamming their daemons in doors that might have a worse time. Getting your finger or hand caught is bad enough, injuring a physical manifestation of your soul probably hurts a lot more.

bananafungus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

I am clumsy people lmao

baconmash@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

and someone would have a white butterfly

Duenan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Covid seems to be taking turns around with the staff at work these recent weeks. I wonder how many people it's going to go through before we knock off from work for Christmas.

Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Iโ€™d say a fair few. I think a lot of people will have symptoms that theyโ€™ll just write off as being tired/time of year/allergies and there are some people who donโ€™t get symptoms at all. So unless it hits like a ton of bricks and one might be in an industry that needs to be a bit more careful, itโ€™s unlikely people will bother testing.

Trams have also been packed more than a sardine can. Masks and sanitiser. They donโ€™t hurt to have if one is concerned and there are more viruses like RSV that can spread and be an issue to older adults/immunocompromised. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

Duenan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yeah, I was working offsite from my normal workplace and I overheard a conversation about someone taking a RAT test but she only took it for one day and had a negative result and didn't do anymore and she came into work with symptoms.

I wouldn't be surprised if she was positive at that point and was spreading it around like wildfire at that workplace.

Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah, downside is that it can take a few days to come up after exposure.

Mittens_meow@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Iโ€™ve been masking as I donโ€™t want my scant few days off wrecked due to illness. Covid is taking turns hitting people at my workplace.

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Onions have now been aquired. Time to start on the sauce. I will need to decide whether to use the big stock pot or the really big stock pot.

baconmash@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

if you use the really big one we can all come over and help you with the leftovers

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

I'm only making 36 servings, nowhere near enough to share ๐Ÿคฃ

I will actually be canning the sauce, so this batch will last me a year or two.

TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

commented to the wife we were running low on baby Panadol as I was getting a dose ready for an unhappy kid, only to drop the bottle and spill everything everywhere. Turns out the next after hours chemist is like 20km away from my suburb, so that was fun.

wscholermann@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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baconmash@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

slurp really hard and feed panadol to baby like a bird

calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

We work on a 7 second rule

just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

It's fancy schmancy instant noodles with curry sauce again except this time I added some frozen vegan chicken in and added a bit of garnish.

::: spoiler appetising :::

I'm amazed that I focused on work quite serenely for 8 solid hours today and remembered to take the necessary breaks, etc. Need to see how much time allowance I've used up for this project though. Taken way too long on one section so gotta cut back on some others.

Nath@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y (4 replies)

So our super food spread yesterday definitely broke the diet. I normally only weigh myself on Sunday, but I had to know: I'm 2.3 kg heavier this morning than I was 24 hours ago. ๐Ÿ™„

Here's hoping it mostly comes off again. I swam 1.5km and ran 9km afterwards, so I hope it mostly gets burned and not stored.

Still, special occasion was special. No real regrets.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I saw your spread and I was pretty impressed.

Nath@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

And that wasn't even all of it. The "main" meat dishes were sticky Pork Ribs & Fried Calamari. Those were mostly eaten by the time the tasting board turned up.

We probably went a bit overboard.

fullkitwanker@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

๐Ÿคจ

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

!foodaustralia@aussie.zone Yesterday's What's for dinner?

fullkitwanker@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

Nursing my jammed finger. That means no tennis for a bit ๐Ÿ˜ฉ. But I guess that's also good because it gives my other injuries time to catch up because I play way too much anyway.

baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Breakfast ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Cup of tea and some peace and quiet please

baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Thank you. ๐Ÿ˜˜

6368_39162@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Frogs on logs please

baconmash@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ
๐Ÿชต

oztrin@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

I was thinking this morning thank God I don't have to work today, and when I called into the office to check on something they offered me a shift this afternoon.
Thanks but no thanks, people.

MisssDarylC@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y (9 replies)

Does anyone have any proven methods for stopping mosquito bites from itching? A few of them are now massive and I scratched two of them so hard that I bruised the skin beside them.

All this because I put insect repellent on my arms and neck for my zoo based Christmas party but didn't think about the exposed skin from my ripped jeans and they had a FEAST.

dumblederp@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

There's a piezo electric mozzie zapper device which is the same thing as the click-starter on a bbq or gas hot water system. Gas stove's have them too but they're often mains powered. If you see an old gas hot water system on the nature strip you can extract the clicker/zapper without tools. Then you zap the mozzie bite to help with the itch. Or, and maybe TMI, zap your partners bits while blindfolded but consenting. It's a pretty mild zap, as young teens we'd collect them to torment each other.

e: first I found without much searching: https://www.amazon.com.au/ZAP-Mosquito-Bite-Relief-Scratching/dp/B00CG3CM6Y?th=1

e2: This is what I pull out of hot water systems - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/203034603706

cherryripesalmoncake@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Amputation

MisssDarylC@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

This is the only solution I think. Amputation of both legs above the knee. Solves the problem of my sore feet too.

baconmash@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Calamine lotion or an antihistamine

MisssDarylC@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I did the antihistamine and unfortunately didn't work. So I'll have to obtain some calamine lotion instead.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Try both of them together

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I DO.

But it doesn't make much sense.

Dig your fingernail into the bite location pretty hard, rotate finger 90 degrees and push in hard again so you're basically making a little cross right in the middle of the bite.

(clean hands beforehand obviously and chuck a bit of antiseptic on bite after).

*This is not medical advice

MisssDarylC@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

I'll give it a good go.

bull@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So.. I have an espresso machine and I have both brandy and plain eggnog. Science must happen.

bull@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

Bandy Eggnogaccino: not great lol

baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y (5 replies)

is the bom radar glitched, it is clearly raining but the radar shows barely anything

calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I can give you a local predication... As long as my camper is out in the driveway getting dry from the weekend, it will continue to rain.

TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

ooooh where did you go?

calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Little school camp type deal around Yarra Junction. Was fun, but a wet weekend.

baconmash@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

Maybe I should wash my car to keep it going

dumblederp@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

I clearly got rained on, on my dog walk this morning with the bom telling me it was clear.

Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Annnd I have the worst buyerโ€™s remorseโ€ฆ The level of it is a surprise. I havenโ€™t not bought wanted not needed items before, but thisโ€ฆ

(There is a little bit more to it which I think blew it up. I somehow bought the wrong side (there is L/R and I clearly stated which side when I arrived) and no one picked it up, including myself until I got home.)

I think itโ€™s because I wasnโ€™t 100% and I overrode myself. Iโ€™m also usually super fussy as hell and was a blasรฉ.

Lesson learned. I should have stayed with my gut.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Can you exchange it?

Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Weโ€™ll try today. Downside is that it wasnโ€™t immaculate when I took it and I didnโ€™t think to actually ask, which is not like me. And if I had of, it would have been picked up.

Itโ€™s not 100% the end of the world, but itโ€™s definitely a downer.

Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
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Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

Ooo, managed (not me) to get it exchanged! I see some sunshine and am feeling better.

wscholermann@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
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just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (11 replies)

Well now that FRL is officially cancelled I suppose I should find something to do this weekend...

bull@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Oh damn.. I just looked into what this is and listened to some of the groups in the lineup and that seems like a good vibe. I might keep a note of this one. Sorry to hear it's cancelled :(

just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

It's been running for over 15 years but it seems like Council and this new cop in Wangaratta decided to shut the whole thing down less than a month out. It's been chaotic with the emails and backchat. The organisers are famously disorganised and prone to magical thinking as well though haha. At least all the money has been refunded

calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (8 replies)

Aww man. We were probably going to head up to that... Council forced organisers to cancel apparently? Any idea why?

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

Given how close it is to the creek and how flat the land is, council probably wants a good flood plan in place in case it rains. Wangaratta is a known flood prone area.

bull@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

I thought it may have been due to crazy weather but besides it probably being muddy from this week it looks fine

calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (5 replies)

https://www.wangaratta.vic.gov.au/News-articles/Folk-Rhythm-Life-Festival-2023-not-going-ahead

City of Wangaratta has not been able to obtain satisfactory event documentation including an emergency management plan to ensure the health and safety of attendees at the planned festival in December.

bull@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I feel like you shouldn't be allowed to sell tickets to an event until it's approved to go ahead...

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It could be worse. I was reading yesterday about a three year cruise that was cancelled at the last minute because the organisers did not actually have a ship.

bull@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y

You'd think that might be Step 1 of organising a cruise lol

anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

Maybe they were inspired by Fyre festival โ€ฆ

just_kitten@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

You can check out the full drama at the public fb group for the festival - https://m.facebook.com/groups/5410092330/

Presumably Lemmy doesn't block fb links...

bananafungus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Got my socks wet on my way to work this morning and they've still not dried even though I've stuck of to the loo to try dry them under the hand dryer a million times.

6368_39162@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

This Conference isnโ€™t a patch on last yearโ€™s. Let us see if day 2 improvesโ€ฆ

TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y (5 replies)

how good was it to see Donna back on your tv?!

T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Oh, is Doctor Who back on? I thought they were holding off until next year or thereabouts.

bull@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

The first special aired a couple of days ago. It's on Disney+ or the high seas.

Here are the air dates for upcoming specials this year.

T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Ah, nice. Does the ABC not have them any more?

bull@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Nope, gone to Disney+ after nearly 60 years on the ABC

T156@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

That's a shame. Another thing lost to the subscription services.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

#Worldle #675 5/6 (100%) ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿช™ ๐Ÿ“ท #WhereTaken๐ŸŒŽ #274 3/6๐ŸŽ‰ โญโญ