Daily Discussion Thread: 🍾 Fri 2 Feb 2024

Do you ever look at an empty box and go "that's a nice looking box. Better not throw that out. That'll come in handy some day". You don't know what you're gonna use it for yet but it's there just in case.

Just did my first reverse into a car park at Southland in the new car.
breathes into paper bag

Just took this photo. This phone camera is awesome!

just saw a P-plater in a datsun go past blaring vogue and instantly flashed back 30 years

First bountiful harvest from the chillo patch:

Heaps more coming but an impressive haul nonetheless.

I declare 2 pm to be beer o'clock today.

Fuck work and fuck whatever may be bothering you today.

I call this my Lonely People Email Filter and it is vital to my mental health

My doorbell camera AI is very fail - it thinks a magpie is a person at the door. It’s pranking me - I keep getting anxiety omg who is at the door

Back in the day people used to take whole watermelons injected with booze into the cricket. So what you do is bite a little hole in the top and suck the juice from it. Then you start chewing through it. By the end of the day you're wearing the rind as a helmet, giving a little wave 🤘 to the camera and off ya chops.

There's a little culture for ya.

The truck missed picking up my bin today ☹️

Normally it would not be an issue for me as I don't have much rubbish, but I've been doing a big cleanup and this week it is packed to the top and I have a pile of stuff already waiting for next week too. I've reported it to the Council so it should get emptied, but I presume now it won't be until Monday at the earliest.

The meds have settled down now.

At this current moment in time, I'm really isolated. A have a couple of good friends but I've always had different groups of friends that I've flitted between.

Most of my dreams are about hanging out with people.

It's an ache of sorts. One that frustrates you because sometimes no matter what you do, you can't alleviate it.

I chose a non traditional pathway. I spent a lot of time being a drug addict, which has long term consequences I never considered.

That aside, the dull ache of depression has lifted, which is nice. Now I have the energy to make big changes in my behaviour.

I think that's the point of these meds.

/Rant

Ok guys. I have a new recipe for youse.

Coat the rim in choc ice magic. Then choc powder (not cocoa) fill with Cointreau.

Application: lick the rim and scull the liquid. Lick the rim again. Thanks @dumblederp@aussie.zone

How do I still have 3 and a half hours left my work day, this day is dragging like a limp dick

-high pitched screaming-

'Floating sauna rescues occupants of Tesla that plunged into Oslo fjord' is not a headline you see every day!

My daughter's doing chemistry this year and loving it so much she decided to tell me about her lesson today. There was talk of electrons and...that's as far as I remember because I tuned out but I nodded at the right times then I made an escape but not before I turned to the dog and said "I live in a house with nerds". He agreed.

I'm writing a cover letter for the first time in 7 years (got my last job through contacts and personally introducing myself).

This is so tedious and frustrating. I keep writing "I bring..." and it ends up sounding like "I bring tales of adventure, stories of wisdom, and the skillset of a wizard" or something stupid like that.

I'm also trying real hard not to start a paragraph dissing myself with "While I have an unconventional background in..." - like, don't lead with negatives. hard habit to break

Had the sudden urge to strip my bed. It was a lot of effort for a Friday night. Worked up a sweat getting that doona in the cover perfectly. My technique for this is a workout, there’s probably an easier way. But it’s done and now I have fresh sheets sleep to look forward to.

Picked up a bit of Macca's for lunch because I hadn't had it forever and just wanted something quick, and jesus fuck do I feel sick this arvo. I'm supposed to be doing dinner but I loathe to move because my stomach's so gurgly and upset.

👋

if you like kingsman go watch argylle

Bill Cat 😂 So I fell asleep watching telly and Bill decided to tickle my toes to wake me up. I jumped about a mile, little brat. I'd yell at him but he's too cute.

godamn suspended on reddit again. imma fix this later

If you love Taylor Swift or know somebody that does there is Taylor Swift Girlfriend Magazine out now with posters and stuff in it. Gee I loved Girlfriend back in day.

Watching The Wire for the first time ever. Why they have to do him like that (end of season 3). Best part of the show.

I think I ate too much chocolate crossiants things and strawberries at work today.

Feeling tired all of a sudden, can't wait till I can get home from today and watch the ODI today.

Also I made the decision last night to buy the ice cream and boy was it soooo good!

3 weeks of bed rest so far , argh, I have stuff to do but am stuck 😭

Today has crawled by very slowly. Still over an hour to home time. ☹️

I am looking forward to my weekend though - I have three days off and will be doing all the fun things. Hard rubbish. Assembling flat pack furniture. Maybe some mowing and weeding if I can fit it in. How did I get to have such an exciting life? 🤣

Sun is great and all but with such pale skin it's very hard to enjoy it until after 6 pm.

Finally done with work, having a coffee.

Have Parlez Vous Francais by Art vs Science stuck in my head

Gosh I love the music video

Aaaaahhh. I finally finished the entire application. My butt hurts from sitting too long and I haven't eaten since 11am and I still fluffed up a passage about time management, lol.

Once upon a time I would've felt profoundly sick at having to talk myself up so much and "sell" myself to an employer. I guess now I'm just jaded enough to recognise it's a game I have to play to keep a roof over my head. Just gotta give it a go. I'm not super invested in this job anyway tbh but figure it's the best option going atm and worth a try.

Still waiting for that 3-day a week/short term contract job that would work so much better for me.

Anyway time to go shower and eat and unwind.

Midsummer toes 😺

Called up Cennalink because the situation with the car and the payout is enough of a grey area that I need to talk to an actual person.
45 minutes and counting. 😖

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I went and bought a new downlight globe to replace a dead one in my kitchen and it's flickering :( Urgh why couldn't it just work perfectly?

Sorting the craft stuff into tubs and deciding what to get rid of. I really should be decluttering my wardrobe but turns out it's the newer 'replacement' clothes I want to ditch (plus the still new looking things that don't get worn) and the tatty frequently used clothes I want to keep.

The obvious answer is to get rid of both worn out and unworn items then buy more clothes I will actually wear, but the options in my price range are not looking good. It really seems the quality of clothing has gone down steeply

I'm a little late for beer o'clock but I've got pants on now. Cheers 🍺

Anyone awake enough to play brains trust? I want a female singer from approx 1989. Rich voice like Tracy Chapman, pretty sure Caucasian but had long dreads. Album cover Kaleidoscopeic? Something about a broken heart or tea cups?

Go away helicopter, you are very loud. 🚁

(Spent most of my time in Melbourne in areas that rarely get night copters, so now I know what people go on about... I'd close the window but it'll get stuffy. Wonder what/who they're looking for.)

Have today off work. Went in to city to get a haircut that was long overdue, had Crossways for lunch, and the weather is perfect. Feeling good 😊

Recent Wikipedia rabbit holes have taken me to some interesting places. Did you know you can cook watermelon rinds?!? Apparently it tastes like a cross between squash/zucchini, carrot and cucumber. I don't normally even buy watermelon but I have to try this out...

Suddenly wimdy…..

This week has absolutely blazed by. I feel like I just got back from my border trip last weekend. Now I gotta think of what to do THIS weekend! I have absolutely no idea what I want to do but I won't sit in my apartment for it, that's for sure.

I haz had a rye cookie from Baker D’Chirico.

Remind me of those Ovaltine lollies? That is all.

DT brain trust, I'm wanting to replace the radio in my car and was wondering how anyone in here has gone about it? Usually I would do something like this myself, but new car has lots of scary buttons and I'm feeling lazy about it.

Do I buy the parts and drop it at the mechanic, do I go to a special place, do I just say I want a new radio and they collect all the bits and do it?

Edit - I'm in the outer west if anyone has any recommendations.

Kidcalhoon2 is playing Sonic Team Racing on the ps4. The theme song slaps!

https://youtu.be/Xow4-KpkWC0?si=iJOmG0KCmzUTcciR