Daily Discussion Thread 🍻 Friday 19 Jan 2024

I love how one of the selling points of my phone (which was all the smart "AI" crap, one of which being the ability to transcribe a recording) completely falls apart the moment it's not an American talking directly into the microphone.... I don't think it's actually understood anything I've tried to use it for, even in person and very clear discussions. But my favourites are trying to record train announcements:

"Now arriving at Berwick [Berrick]" > "now I'm riding ash ferric"

"Next [unintelligible] is Narre Warren station " > "best mattresses marijuana station"

"Berwick [Berrick]" > "Spheric"

And bonus from Sydney: "Saint Peters" became "simp penis"

Christ on a bike!

Finally, I can see these on Lemmy.ml again. I think the federation issues were stopping any posts from coming over. Good to have this back!

Really enjoying the cooler weather. Unfriendly reminder that loft beds only sound like a good idea and that you're in for a world of suck if you can't get air circulating up there.

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🎤 quiet please

I have been banned from Reddit. 1st time with my seagoon, 4th time including all reddit accounts

apparently calling out hate speech and racist lies is now abuse

But I am not surprised, the troll armies have been brigading on other sites to get posts and people banned

So upending the sofa turned into a puppet theatre cubby house. Totally grown up we are.

Rocked my interview this morning.

I'm gonna hate telling them I won't be accepting the role.

Two more interviews lined up next week. Today's was good practice.

First run in my new runners this morning. Got a pb. Felt like I was running on cushions.

Back to bed to rest up 😫

luv u all

I was at the Coles deli today and the young lass stuck the barcode to her shirt and then couldn't get it off so I said to her with a straight face "just don't try to walk out of here because the gates won't open". She then laughed so hard she really couldn't get it off.

just had a covid booster and forgot to buy eggs. only 3 left.

Miss Seagoon bought me some chocolate in Thailand.

Yellow curry flavoured chocolate. It was revolting.

Why does this even exist?

I have the best news ever! My local Coles, which is a 5 minute stagger down the road is getting one of those 10c deposit bottle thingos. I just need to borrow a trolley now and I'm laughing. Today keeps getting better and better. 👍

one more day, one more day to go, got next week off w00t w00t gonna do a bunch of repointing

I'm going to bed, I'm stuck in hell,
One more day 'til my knock-off bell.
Worked long days and slept short nights,
Tonight I'll fly high like Franklin's kite.

Put a fork in me, I'm done,
I've forgotten everything fun,
Brain clocked out before I've begun,
Oh remind me: what is fun?

Please lay me down gently, I've done my best,
Let the blacks of my eyelids put me to rest.
I was so naive to believe that life was a test;
This universe is chaos, we're just stuck in its mess.

Crisis averted. I found some temporary beer glasses

Never ever give up hope.

Can't stop eating the prosciutto stuffed olives I bought at the market yesterday! Every time I'm even remotely close to the kitchen I descend upon them like an animal.

Just so you know, the world's best corn on the cob was made tonight. By me.

Still hanging in there. Slowly getting better but it's slow. Having less meds so that's a good sign. :) I wish a bad back on no one

I've finally had enough and I'm buying a new mattress. The super-duper firm one I've had for a while is just making me sore all the time. I have a thin and a quite thick mattress topper on it but it's still way too firm so it can go bye bye.

The bed on the cruise ship was so soft I actually thought it might be a waterbed when I first laid on it and I slept really well! I think I need to reassess my pillow situation while I'm at it because I was using 3 pillows on the ship but they were the type which were filled with feathers (I think) and sunk a lot. I've been using a high-profile latex Dunlopillo for years but I think maybe it's not right for me anymore.

Anyway, I'm pumped to hopefully not have sore hips/lower back pain every morning.

Edit: anyone bought from and have a referral code for Sleeping Duck? I get $50 off and you get a $50 e-gift card in 100 days.

Was going to go to a speed dating thing tonight, but am staying home to keep an eye on fluffy butt. Not too annoyed, just want her to feel better. Gave her some pain relief before and she's dozy so we'll see what happens.

That said, I have a question for you guys:

Do you find it hard to make meaningful friendships in Melbourne? It seems to cliquey here for some reason. I lived in Adelaide for about 6 years and everyone was super friendly and I made friends within 2 weeks of moving there.

I dunno if it's just me...

I think he loves my singing

Onya Tobes.

Aaaaa the kitties are after me chicken nuggies!

How good is a ham and salad roll?! Almost good enough you dont even notice your eating a wholemeal grain roll.

A friend has give us some home-brew to try. Today is that day. It occurred to me that of the hundreds of glasses I own, I don't have any beer glasses. I will have to slum it and use high ballers.

Finally had the last antibiotic from the Zooki bite saga, so I should be able have a little drinkies if I want by tomorrow. Also had my booster this afternoon - the first weekend it's been quiet enough to do so (touch wood). Nothing happening in the real estate world so no need to drag my arse out for any inspections.
Now lying on the couch with Zooks watching a documentary on Lewis Collins that YouTube threw into my recs.

I have made the probably insane decision to patchwork recover the overly cat loved sofa. Done dining chairs before, but this is a whole nother level of mad. Wish me luck!

I dropped off the sample and paid, hopefully it’s usable.

I feel so awkward around people and going outside these days. The Uber driver small talk script seems to be working ok, but it’s not exactly sparkling. And then there’s dodging the genuinely cooked neighbours 😬

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Right, that's it. time for fire. I just got banned from a tech forum for a naughty, naughty forbidden word.

The word?

kill. As in kill-9.

I've tried the Rexona pure rollon deodorant I got on special for a few bucks. It's... okay but I'm not a fan.

It goes on annoyingly wet and takes a while to dry. It smells like cucumbers, very slightly minty and like womens face cream (so not completely unisex), then it changes to generic chemical 'clean' scent. Kind of what gets named 'shower fresh'. Inoffensive, not bad but to me it's quite strongly scented for a while so not entirely comfortable using it.

Performance wise it's okay. It's absolutely not a 72hr deodorant like it claims, and I wouldn't even say 48hr. (I don't think those claims are ever true.) It's not amazing and that's possibly because it's an anti-white mark formula. Those are always less effective. Would I buy it again? Probably not. The sliminess and the strong perfume make me wonder if I'll finish it. (Sensory issues.)

I'm betting the antibacterial mens one will work better. Haven't tried that one yet. However while it smells good it's also quite strongly scented and will probably have that same runny slow to dry liquid that makes it so annoying to get dressed immediately and could stain the pits of your shirts.

The past few weeks I've been trialling toilet paper and these are my findings. It may get graphic.

Aldi's Confidence: my least favourite paper. It's rough and I know people think it's the same as Quilton, I can honestly say it is not. It might be made in the same factory but that stuff is like the tracing paper tickets you used to get in public toilets. My ring hole deserves better.

Quilton: Aussie made and aussie owned. That stuff disintegrates the moment it touches your privates. I don't like picking paper out of my pubes.

Sorbent: Good stuff. It's not as soft as it used to be but still better than the last two I mentioned.

Kleenex: Has to be the winner because it does what it should and it comes in double length now.

I wish I could support Quilton but it's just not as good as Kleenex.

Cheers cherubs 🍺

I think this is an ale. The other one was a lager. Both very fucking nice. I feel like I've had about 4 beers already. Whoa it's gonna be a good night.

Just went with mum to get our rona boosts..

Had to fill out the patient form

"How many days a week do you drink alcohol"... I wrote 'all' and she shook her head.. So I asked her how many nights a week does she not have a G&T, then a pinot then a baileys to top it off... she sheepishly said 'none'. "You're not supposed to admit it!'.

@CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone

Sorry about the late notice, been hectic today and tiring with the tradies over today and been busy ever since working stuff out.

The other night was a draw so the score is still Ceo - 14, Duenan - 12

We have the Heat and the Sixers tonight at 7:40pm and this time it’s your pick.

I missed the test match today because the power had to be out for a good few hours :(

I really hate most modern architecture. Looks artless and cheap.

my "Gaming" rig coughed and spluttered to life last night. it took so long I gasped and shouted with glee "this is it!!". But nope, it came good. Sulked out of the study and the mrs goes "Didnt die?" "Nope" "Better luck next time!" Stupid thing could hurry up and die for me so i can replace it. Might be time to at least get plex off it.

G'day! A colleague of mine is getting rid of her late mother's things and needs to get rid of the commode chair and other disability aid/older persons aid type items, but is finding a lot of charities and op shops won't take it. Does anyone know of any place that takes them? They've been cleaned, sanitized etc and she doesn't want to just chuck them away.

So many weeds 😫

Been waiting for a non windy non wet day to spray weeds again… plus endless lawn mowing. Neighbours not doing weed control so I’m getting their weeds sprouting in my property.

Just saw a teenager walked away from a Vline train station at Southern X in handcuffs, I'd say he was about 15. Have to wonder what he did. He looked so skinny, the wind could have blown him over.

Took myself out to dinner tonight which was fine untill

I’m awake way too early but I guess I need to start resetting my internal clock back for work.

Tradies are over today installing solar panels, ironically on a cloudy and maybe rainy day and they actually arrived early and on time at 7:30am. 😢 😴

Going to also lose power for a few hours too. I pray it’ll happen after the test cricket is done today.

Hot topic of late, tobacco shops!

Another one set alight this time in Point Cook.

Doesn’t seem like this is stopping anytime soon.

Decided to check out Prosper, Richard Roxburgh's latest vehicle loosely based off Hillsong.

I'm so sorry, all I see is Cleaver Greene getting into religious grift with his oratorial skills lmao. Cocaine and ego and all

@CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone

Welp that was a disappointing match. At first I thought the Sixers dropped the ball near the end but the Heat didn’t even show up to play.

Ceo - 15, Duenan - 12.

Next game is the Scorchers vs The Stirkers.

Your pick this time.

Good luck!

Had a massive but great day. Pizza, beer and tennis for Friday night chill is hitting the spot.

eyeing off portable / bench top washing machines. Mucho handier for things like gardening gloves / cleaning cloths. Hmm. Hmmmm.