Daily discussion. 24 July 2024 Wednesday

I forgot to mention, they are paying for 2 monitors, a dock and a keyboard and mouse and will have them couriered to my house so I can work from home.

That's fucking crazy lol

Enjoy your day everyone ❤️

Hoping today I get my call 🤞
- Fingers crossed mate!
- Hoping to celebrate with lots of smoked fish?
- Preparing to break out the sardines for you... 🤞
Oh wow, so how often do you need to work at home and go into the office for? Does it suit you?
- Im in office 3 days which is fair I reckon.
  Pretty standard these days.
That should be the bare minimum for a job that actively supports WFH. It's a small expense for them to keep you working even if you're sick, for example ;) Nice one getting the dock paid for, they're so expensive and the cheap ones really can be useless

Had one of the worst days of my life yesterday.

But I have TAFE tomorrow, I can do this.

oh no, hugs.
is there anything we can do? more hugs?
You can. ❤️‍🩹
You got this! I belive in you :)
Hang in there, and hugs
Oh no 😔 happy for you to vent to me if you want

Got assigned my first client today! Also a title change. Now service delivery manager. Fancy title same job as before.

Otherwise there's a lot to take in! It's only day 2 so expectations aren't high, but still. I want to be picking this all up quickly so I can to the actual job.

The new sewing machine inspired me to finish a simple job I've been putting off for ages - I have sewn a zipper into a cardigan my Mum knitted for me ages ago. The machine sews beautifully, I'm very pleased with it.

gang violence should carry an automatic sentence. You wanna act the teenage dickhead you get treated like a teenage dickhead. Where the fuck are the parents in all this? Lock them up too. jeez I sound old.
- I too wondered about the parents.
  either they are to blame or they have been victimised as well
What's this about?
Edit, nevermind:
Teenagers jailed over murder of 16yo Declan Cutler outside party in Melbourne's north

In a tentative sign that I might finally be kicking this stupid cold/flu/whatever, I just had to stop work and make emergency pikelets. I haven't felt like eating anything for a week so this is good.

..my garmin watch did give me a heartrate warning while I was doing it so I think a couple more days on go slow is a good idea

It's always a really good feeling when your appetite returns! Definitely sounds good to ease yourself back in though

Enough with the wind already, I'm sleepin' here! I'M SLEEPIN' HEEYA!

have you tried beano?

I’m sorry to have concerned anyone yesterday.

baleeted

Thanks for the update - I think we were all a bit concerned. If this eases your mind, I'm fairly sure someone here (might even be me) will take care of Melbcat if needed in a hurry and you don't have time to set up a preferred option. I don't have a cat at present, so can offer no charge care in my home which is cat proofed in anticipation of getting a cat in the near future.
- Thanks so much.
  baleeted
I'm sorry you're going through such a hard time. I hope that between the private specialist and public system can at least offer support for you 🙏

Yay: I didn't lose my expensive but very good fingerless gloves, they're at the doctor's!

Nay: now I have to drive there and back. Meh. At least I'm not as incapacitated as the last two days. I really need those gloves though!

Also, reading that thread on the escaped cow in South Yarra on the other site, I have had that song in my head all morning. We will fight for, bovine freedom...

They came with a needle to stick in his thigh, he kicked for the groin, he pissed in their eye. Cow well hung.
gloves are good

Bloody AusPost left my parcel up a fucking tree.

Can quokkas even climb trees? 🤔
- I guess the hard part is getting back down.

Sky pretty.

So pretty! Best sunset in a while.

Seeing Deadpool & Wolverine tonight in the first preview screening woooo letsgoooooooooooo

I've avoided all trailers since the first teaser so I'm looking forward to being surprised

Good choice. The trailer I saw appeared to be half the movie.
- Right? insane how much they were giving away even in the first trailer!
I'm gonna try go see it tonight at my local theatre. And same, avoided all since the first trailer/teaser.

Today marks my 1 year anniversary of living in lead tenant. It sure feels like it's been longer than a year.

It's an odd feeling. Overall, my life is definitely better now than it was this time 1 year and 6 months ago, but with everything that's happened recently, it's difficult to say that I'm still happy here. It's difficult to think back on how good, and how happy I was a month after moving in to now when I wake up in a panic at 2 in the morning thinking I've heard something, and barricade my door at night time.

Baku, I think I speak for a lot us when I say how impressed I am with your maturity and common sense. Things have been hard for you recently, and this will take some time to adjust to. Waking up at 2 am thinking we've heard something happens to us all, I think though for most of us its just possums or rats or a piece of household equipment falling over (thank you cats). You are being exceptionally mature about this, especially since the threat is probably still quite real.
- Thank you TW. The nosies thing has happened before, but it's affecting me a lot more now because I'm pretty sure it's all in my head
so many many hugs
the effects of loss of peace of mind is not to be under estimated
- Thanks Goonsy. I've been through this all before at the last place, multiple times, so it makes it a little easier to know what to do, but it never gets any easier to cope with

I mentioned earlier that I had a video of myself play Beat Saber.

I’ve uploaded it if you want to have a look.

Song is Believer from Imagine Dragons

This was done some time ago. I really need to get back into it as it’s lots of fun.

https://youtu.be/Z8fo5_GhsgA?si=LwmR-xWOOu5I4_aM

That looks like terrific fun.
- It’s very fun, more so with songs that I enjoy.

ta da, got the last 50 tacks out of the chair seat frame, special gloves helped 👍 🤗

Pakige was not at my local post office. I didn't even look before I drove there, but it was actually at a business centre so I had an impromptu drive to Bayswater to collect it. While I was out I took the opportunity to top up the petrol tank at a station which is still at 177c instead of 219c which most of them have jumped to.

Pakige was worth the drive - I now have a new-to-me sewing machine. It appears to be barely used and in full working order, including the all important automatic needle threading which I really struggle to do myself now that my eyesight is getting dodgy.

Blargh. This is not the hour for cleaning of the cat trays. But my brain is dumb.

I feel like I'm stuck in waiting mode in life right now. Next year is very up in the air - if I get a job, will I be able to return to study? Etc.

Trying to focus on the present.

make this a time to learn and heal and create
lots of hugs 🤗🤗🤗

Soooo still haven't heard back..... Beginning to feel uncomfortable

why is it I cannot purchase clawed feet to put on my furniture as I wish. Surely mankind has progressed to this point.

Surely someone can 3d print them.... I'd like some cat paw feet for my couch when you find them.
- 3d print, yes, but they will not be structural
https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-antique-brass--feet-.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.search.0
- Ohhh i ain't falling for that again.
  Peanut fer scale
Schotts emporium in Clifton Hill.
- Wow, really? There was a schots around the corner on cochranes i lived to poke, never saw clawed feets

I spent a few hours trying to tidy up outside today. I was planning on doing gardening, but ended up deciding to sweep the patio and pavement instead. It was still kind of calming though. I could spend a month straight sweeping it and there'd still be more to do, but at the same time I can still see I'm making actual progress. It was soothing.

I really need to tackle the mess I've created inside. It's been hard to get started, because I also have to clean up the mess the last kid left. The program manager cleaned most of the obvious stuff before I got back, but there was a bunch she didn't notice. Stains in my fridge. Dirty plates in the cupboard. Random phlegm in a cup. Etc. He also went through my cupboard and stole or fucked with a lot of my food, and tipped flower and sugar all through my cupboard, which is on me to clean up too.

It feels so violating having people go through my stuff. I noticed clothes that I had in a bag tipped out, and my paperwork box rifled through, a few empty product boxes I kept had been pulled apart and torn up. It makes me feel so violated and upset. I wonder if he did that specifically to make me as upset and cause as much damage as possible. They make us fill in these fucking stupid all about me things where you have to list your likes and dislikes. I listed one of my dislikes as people going through my things or entering my space without permission. Not going to make that mistake again, that's for sure

Edit: after writing it, I feel pretty sure that's probably what it was. No doubt the valuable things that were stolen would've been stolen to hock for drugs, but the rest (like slashing my bike seat and poster) definitely would've been done purely to cause distress. Cuntbag.

I have a safe now though (a month too late...), so I'll put my valuables and documents in there from now on.

anyone else get a kick out of doing random tasks without their partner knowing and then seeing how long it takes them to notice? (if at all). Usually bigger jobs have to be scheduled between us with the toddler and all, but today I used my lunch break to do the lawn and i'm giddy with the prospect of her looking at it like a weeks time and going "wait.... when the heck do you do that?!"

anyone else getting vibes of summer out there? dont get me wrong, Im still in a hoodie with the heater on, but something about the light or the atmosphere has shifted in the last couple of days.

Its the north wind I reckon - that's spring "you can have a warmer day but it'll come with 100kmh gusts"
The sun feels like early spring sun, instead of winter sun. I can't explain why, but it does.
- Maybe the stillness of the air pre-wind? Not sure, but the sunset was definitely early spring like.
Not at all with this wind. But yeah that biting-ness has temporarily lifted. I'm sure it'll be back
Hahaha you say that like you won't still be wearing a hoodie in December!
Not at all after being out in the wind this afternoon.

Pet dilemma. I've bought 2 new cat trees online, because 3 cats/1 tree not good. One is ready for pick up and it's for the youngest flufflebum. He likes to sit in the area between the kitchen and the dining table so he can watch me and speak snugs in. Its a small hut thing with a bed up on a platform. Do I set it up now or wait until the second one arrives for the spicy cat so it's equal? Edit: the ginger fluff has claimed his bed. The troll under the bridge is unhappy, but hers is bigger and hopefully not far away.

Plot twist: only 1 tree gets used at a time whilst the other sits idle.
- For that they'd have to be friends!
Set it up and whoever gets to it first gets a gold medal and the national anthem played. Am I ever gonna see your face again.
- No way, get fucked, fuck off style?
- And if the other one wins its "I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh" right?
gonna be a shitfight either way. If you leave it till both arrive both will be ignored anyway so you really cant win.
- I just don't want the spicy one to think I'm favouring the fluffy one just because he's a smoochy sucker.
Who gets the box?
doesn't matter, they'll fight over both.

Here's a new one.

Bought a pizza from leos in kew and it had a bolt in it.

Very lucky I didn't bite down too hard.

Don't really care if it's a hair, or half a rat but a bolt would be an expensive fix if that went wrong.

I wonder how that got in there...
Are you going to let them know?
- Yea I'll contact the manufacturer (small company I'd imagine).
  At first I thought it was a bone heh. Bit of a surprise :)
That would've been an expensive bolt, too.... surprised you didn't make your own pizza
- I think I'll do that from now on for a bit.
  Being lazy is dangerous :(

o washing day o washing day, I'm washing all the clothesies

Ugh I don't wanna

Reasons why I stay when I despise my manager. Related job posted today: 6 grand less, talking to public, oversee whole other branch of stuff, look after kids… and have a qualification that does not teach the most relevant skill. Fuck off.

Goodnight everyone ❤️

Goodnight. 🤗

I had a dream where I got picked up in car with a kangaroo in it. I sat in the passenger seat but because I was sitting in it's seat it had to sit on the driver's lap (it was the driver's pet) it's legs were spilling onto my side. I asked if I could move the roos leg because it was digging into my ribs. The kangaroo hissed at me.

When we got to where we were meant to, they were giving away some cool stuff like electronics and collectables and there wasn't much stuff left but someone had kept me a Snoopy dog mat.

That's fairly atypical.
- Yeah. I never have exciting adventure dreams.

i’ve had multiple people telling me i have an australian accent

crikey

I dropped my phone quite harshly last night, and this morning I noticed I've finally shattered the screen protector. I got this phone on September 5th, but I didn't even use it until like the 7th or 8th because I was too scared of breaking it. Also, it's a glass backed phone, so it slid off my nightstand because apparently it's on a very, very, slight slant.

I took my phone in its box to one of those case shops in the middle of Watergardens shopping centre and asked the lady what the best case she had was. I wanted something durable that comes up ABOVE the screen, not just sits flush, and doesn't pop off easily like those cheap shitty eBay cases. She brought out about a dozen before I found one that actually had a decent clearance above the screen and looked sturdy. She had to order it in, and she sent me a message when it was ready to come pick it up. I picked it up and couldn't figure out how to put it on. Apparently sliding it in doesn't work. I took it to the phone last and asked her how to put it on, and apparently my case actually has 3 different components: a plastic back, a plastic front frame, and a rubber grippy thing that goes all the way around it.

She also put the screen protector on for me, and managed to do it well, properly lines up, and with no bubbles. I think I might actually take it back to her so she can replace it. I know I could save 10 bucks by doing it myself, but she did it faster and better than I can, and it stayed attached to the screen longer than when I do it (I'm not sure whether that's a case of a higher quality screen protector/adhesive, or just a case of me not pressing firmly enough)

Why is this an essay. FFS what's wrong with me, why do I write this much about a fucking screen protector Jesus christ

At our hardware deployment centre here at work, they have a little machine for applying screen protectors, that at first glance looks a little bit similar to one of those old school credit card manual kerchunkyslidey things (me English gud).
Install the 'insert' for the model phone you're applying it to, drop the phone in, put the protector in the guides, kerchunk-kerchunk, perfectly aligned and applied screen protector every time.
It's seriously like cheat mode. No way you could ever do it that perfectly by hand every time.
- Holy shit, that is genius! I've seen those ones you can by from AliExpress for like a buck before, but I've never tried it. I don't think it'd do a good job though, looks kinda flimsy
why do I write this much about a fucking screen protector Jesus christ
because these are the little things that are important. Having an actual good interaction and getting good customer service and deciding that its ok to go back there and get it done professionally again - embed that shit in your brain. It's good shit and a lot better than the other stuff you have been through lately.
Hell I messaged three different people and this thread about my love of my flannelette hankies yesterday!
- ♥️
I cannot be bothered to even try to apply my own screen protectors. Straight to the professionals every time.
- Justified! Plus then if it bubbles straight afterwards, they'll probably reapply a new one

Good morning and thank you to Dumble for today's thread. 😺

Had a dream last night that my dog's "battery cover" fell off and the batteries felt out of him. This morning as I woke up, I asked my mum where the batteries were and she was like 🫨

I have never seen that emoji before. It looks like an uneven European power plug

Spoiler-free but hidden behind a spoiler tag anyway Deadpool & Wolverine review: ::: spoiler spoiler as a fan consider me thoroughly, deeply, tenderly but not too tenderly, always with hard eye-contact serviced. :::

Since there's 2 anti-gratitude threads, I guess I'll do a second gratitude thread (it's all about balance):

I'm alive I guess
I'll fill this in later

I’m grateful there’s two gratitude threads

Got Christmas plans sorted for the first time in years. Despite me saying "Im not flying with a toddler! they wanna see us they can come here" I'm apparently flying with a toddler. Sadly someone has to come back early to watch the dogs as the pet sitter only works to the 28th or something, so tragically I think I'm gonna end up with a few nights alone which hasnt happened since the birth of Tinyest. Pretty excited!

awwww yes. Time to game in underwear
- Hell yes living that bachelor lifestyle. Gonna cook thing of meat and salad and thats what i'll live off!

Maybe I'm finally out of this thing 🤞 Not much coughing, not quite as congested or lethargic, sinus tension is minor and mood feels positive. Was so fed up with being in one place that I've given the kitchen counters and sink a good clean (incl grotty stove top - not cleaned for a month), and vacuumed the place (nearly two weeks overdue).

Ah, cleanliness! Health! Healing! I feel much more deserving of dinner and a movie now ☺️ Just need to have a nice warm shower and pick something to watch... Been on a Robin Williams streak as I haven't watched that many of his movies. Day before yesterday was The Birdcage and The World According to Garp. Last night I watched Awakenings, maybe I'll watch The Fisher King tonight. Before anyone says it, I recall watching What Dreams May Come before he passed away and I am NOT watching it again for fear my entire sinus will come undone.

Fisher King... Right on.

Anti-gratitude thread

Fell asleep super late last night listening to a podcast. The podcast was good but I slept too late. It was called You Probably Think This Story's About You.

Also, despite putting on a sleep timer, I end up extending the listening beyond that without setting another one, and before you know it, I've listened to two other podcasts in my sleep.

Annoyed that I can't live on a diet of potato cakes and chocolate. Boo for adulting.
- Can I add Fried South Melbourne market dim sims in there? Surely that covers all the basic food groups.
- Stupid tastebuds, can't trust them at all.
Two on my shit list today:
Yellowstone alarmists/conspiracy theorists. There was a small hydrothermal explosion which is not a sign of imminent eruption.
People being weird about Breaking (aka breakdancing) being in the Olympics. How different is it, in principle, to rhythmic gymnastics, artistic swimming, figure skating etc.? In fact, it's literally more directly competitive -- it's a 1:1 dance-off!
- I'm looking forward to the break dancing. Something a bit different.
I'll move mine here since my thread failed.
I feel unmotivated today even though I slept early.
I've eaten too much not so nice cake already and I spilt coffee grind all over the table and floor at work and it was so hellish to clean up.
Also failing at doing an Anti Gratitude thread today.
- Sorry I didn't see the thread you made :((
  Wanna make it tomorrow?
  Was the coffee good?
I have a 6am start for an overtime shift tomorrow so won't be able to sleep in. And I have one Sunday morning too ☹️
Sammi got the zoomies at 4ish and then demanded food when I got up to go to the loo, then hurled it up again so I had to get up and clean it up. So no chance of getting back to sleep on a day when I had an early start, whereas last week I only had one job in the afternoon so I could have at least gone back to sleep.
Also they both decided a few days back that they wanted Human Food Thank You but are now being fussy about it, so now it's like that "Mother... Provide" cartoon.

Gratitude thread

Grateful the 6am wakeup starts next week.

I'm still very grateful for sick leave... and for living close enough to a variety of shops to get any range of premade soups, from the shittiest home brand sludge to premium organic restaurant grade borscht or whatever. And so incredibly grateful for having a car so I can get my gloves without wasting an hour on PT getting re-infected
E: also very grateful to my second workplace for checking in on me and asking if I need any food since they're close by 😭 they're so nice, even the offer makes me feel so much better, connection is vital to health
Grateful for friends who call for a chat. And my fluffy lunatic cat.
The free food market had some porterhouse steak, so dinner is going to be yummy.
My new (to me) sewing machine arrived today, and looks in perfect condition.
Most of today is meetings I can keep the camera off and twiddle my thumbs or something
New client is very very nice and anxious to make sure I feel at home. Duties are to be there to support her and take her to appointments etc. if needed.
At the moment she's having a lie down so I'm sitting on her couch having a coffee.

Punishment for cleaning the stove top... out of nowhere all the ignitors have started clicking. Turned it off at the source. Am supposed to wait 24-48 hours before trying again. I hope something hasn't completely shorted because this is the worst possible timing to not have a stove available, I just finished up the last of my food in the fridge... guess it's air fryer chips and fish and blanched greens for dinner tomorrow.

Gas stoves are the worst...my clickers are stuffed and a thermocouple needs replacing. Thermocouple part costs $3.20 but the work costs $250ish and will likely need to be done in the others in quick succession. I bought a one pot induction panel to get us by and it's soooo much better.. Want induction now.
- I won't lie, I do have a penchant for cooking on gas stoves, seeing the flame (I know it's terrible for health and environmental reasons) Induction just feels... off.
  But I would be panicking if this turns out to be an expensive fix like yours. Not sure the landlord is gonna wanna cough up. I hope it's just a matter of everything needing to dry out, worst case start using matches.
You can turn the electricity off and use a match to light them. Dries them out a bit quicker.
Mine did this a few days ago after a service!
Apparently it's a safety measure.
I cleaned the ignighters with a pin, metho and isopropyl, waited for it to dry (then went again for good measure). It sometimes continually sparks but on my top simply re-ignighting solved it (thankfully).
Hope it gets resolved soon because that's really annoying.
- Looks like I should get around to cleaning those suckers. They probably haven't ever been cleaned...
  Where did you get isopropyl alcohol, isn't it usually rather pricey in Australia? Reckon just metho would work?

First time trying. Do not recommend 👎 taste like over sweet medicine

What is that supposed to be, Chinese booze?
- Has water, sugar, and like 7 herbs.
- I just used the google photo thing and it says it's Wang Lao Ji Herbal Iced Tea.

o washing day o washing day, I've finished washing clothesies

work gloves have been obtained

First world problem: I thought I could get away with cooking up leftover rice and pairing it with a can of tuna but because my fridge is full of veg I have to cook some of them so I can fit my beer in there for Friday.

rice + tuna + random veg + cheese + microwave. Easy tuna melt solution?
- I have some pork steaks so I'm thinking a stir fry with a runny egg on top.
  Tomorrow maybe a zucchini lasagne.
  Of course it may completely change getting towards dinner time.
Leftover rice is arancini in potential.

Found a video on my phone of myself playing Beat Saber on the PSVR from awhile back.

I need to chop the video up and maybe upload it to youtube.

Makes me feel like I should get into it again for some cardio.

Today's replacement thing is a 5TB external hard drive that was stolen. I bought the first one not long before I moved out of the last place. The plan was for it to tide me over until I purchased the parts to build a custom NAS, which I was meant to do before I moved in here, but never did..... I actually did buy a motherboard from overseas for it, but I never bought any of the other components lmao, so I just have a motherboard sitting in a drawer. I don't even know if it's functional, because I obviously don't have the rest of the components to test it with.

Interestingly, the Australia Post app told me it was a 2.5kg 60x55x32cm parcel, and I was very confused because the only thing I was expecting from JB Hi-fi was the single hard drive. When it arrived it was more like a 20x15x10cm package, that the sticker says weighs 0.34kg (dimensions just a guess though, I don't know how to eyeball measurements). They did post it in a toll (or "team express global" as they call themselves now) bag with an auspost sticker taped over it though, so maybe AP was just shitty at them 😂

But this is the last thing I think is coming this week, because interestingly both the program manager and my case manager have been MIA since Monday. No contact or out of office auto response on their emails. It's odd. I think this is the last thing from my list they ordered, and they wanted to drag their feet on ordering things. Maybe I need to escalate this to the regional manager again

So writing to the manufacturer of the pizza with a bolt.

Here's what we have so far:

To whom it may concern, I am writing to inform you that I recently bought a pizza manufactured by your company at Leos Fine Food and Wine in Kew, 3101 on 22/07/24 which contained a 1.5cm x 5mm metal bolt (pictured in the attached). It need not be explained the risks of finding a foreign object like a metal bolt in food.
It is my hope that you bolster the servicing and upkeep of the equipment in use to ensure this doesn’t happen again to other customers. Kind regards.

In plain language... that shit is gonna send peeps to the dentist buy a screwdriver and a torch.

They will probably ask you to send in the bolt.
Also, what would you do if they sent you a large shipment of dozens of pizzas?

I discovered this gif and every time I see it I just completely lose it.

Not so nice cake is such a disappointment. And yet you keep going, letting the inferior calories consume you, with sadness increasing at each mouthful.

Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Lots and lots of chicken drumsticks and wings till I can't eat anymore.
- 🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓
At last! I was getting hongry. Could I have one of every taco on offer please, and a LARGE cup of coffee.
- 🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮
  ☕️
KBBQ please with that evil soup
- 🥩🍗🍖🥓🫕🔥
jellyfish salad please.
- I read this as jellyfish and jelly salad and was going to call you disgusting. I don't like jellyfish though, so still a little icky. I don't mind octopus though
  Edit: misphrasing - I wasn't going to call you disgusting, just your choice in food!
- 🪼🥗
Oh I just ate 😔
- Same!
- ☕️