Daily Discussion Thread:☎️ Tue 6 Feb 2024

Sherlock Dan has solved the Case of the Crumbly Bread.

And like most cases, the reason is pure idiocy on my behalf. I thought I put in 340ml of water. But, the measuring cup is 200ml and I put in 200ml and then another 40ml thinking I'd already had 300ml in there.

So did another one last night with the correct amount of water and the result was pure, heavenly breadiness worthy of Jesus himself.

Maths. Every. Single. Time.

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Be careful of recipes on the net and buying measuring utensils. make sure they are Aussie.

Our American friends use Freedom Units. The cups are 240 ml and the tbsps are 15ml.

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I have only stepped out my apartment once in the past 3 and 1/2 weeks and that was to go to hospital . Can't wash my hair and have mostly been subsisting on frozen food. I missed xmas and nye with friends and fam too.

But I have recovered from depression so that is good.

I have so much to do. :)

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I'm glad things are feeling better 🙂

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Oooo

Mildura to Mallacoota by PT, 22 hours with the longest layover being a couple of hours. I'd arrive the next day, but because the last leg of the trip leaves the same day, the entire fare would only be the price of a daily

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As someone who frequently caught the Tilt Train in QLD before moving here and had an alright time, I'm kind of curious as to what the route actually entails. Are there any swap overs, is there a decent stretch to get some sleep since it's a 22hr journey, are there sleeper cars, and what about food options/amenities?

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- tilt train (and Qld in general) is ♥️♥️♥️
  
  the route is mostly coaches but does have 1 train. I've done the Mildura night coach a few times (which is 9 hours and arrives at 6am), plenty of people do get a nap on that but being a coach there's no sleeping areas, best you can do is put your seat back by about 30° and hope there's not too many potholes
  
  The journey looks like this:
  
  8am coach from Mallacoota to Genoa (30 mins)
  
  Connect to a coach to lakes entrance (3hrs)
  
  2 hour layover in lakes entrance
  
  2:30pm coach to Tralagon (2.5hrs)
  
  5:20pm train to Melbourne (2.5hrs)
  
  2 hour layover in Melbourne
  
  9:10pm coach to Mildura (9hrs)
  
  Arrive in Mildura at 6am
  
  The train is fairly smooth but not designed as a sleeper, so you could get a nap but it wouldn't be great
  
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But why

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- Why not
  
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- Spirit of adventure! And PT is freeing because you can look at the scenery
  
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ffs, reddit is so full of paid political trolls it's painful

this place is a blessed relief

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I can never understand the anger people have on reddit. The cattiness and the back and forwards is just not for me.

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- Anger is the right word. So angry and for what purpose? 🤷‍♀️
  
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I had two wins today. Some code I straight copy pasted off the internet worked first go, fixing a real doozy of a work project in one swoop.

The I put Linux mint on an old laptop and the WiFi started working again. I'll either give it to the kids to play with or I'll play around with it as a home server.

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Sauce dins:

Special shout out to the lovely retiree couple who always waves from their balcony on the way back from the beach and says hello. The world needs more of that. I have no idea who they are but they always say hey which is nice.

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That looks wonderful. :)

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How did ya keep the nuggets warm?

The way the sunset rays hit those nuggets making them golden. Superb.

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- Followed your advice with the foil with a few pricks. Not sure if there's a better way :)
  
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Go do a blood test 5 minutes before opening time. Notice there's already 10 people in front of me. Go get a coffee and croissant. Will fast another day.

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A blood test is #2 on my To Do List tomorrow. I will be there fairly early and expect I will also run in to a bunch of people, both because before work is convenient and because the earlier you get the test done the earlier you can start eating. Hopefully it won't take too long, but if it is too quick I'll be early for #3 and #4 on the list and will probably end up buying coffee and cake myself just to pass the time.

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The regulars are always there early. I've found it pretty easy to fast to 1030 and go then.

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- Got meetings all morning today and probably wouldn't make it without food until the end. I'll try again tomorrow or Friday. It's not urgent, just wanted to knock it on the head today if possible.
  
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I went to the art site of the youtube channel to see about the free colour wheels (it has a free stuff section). It looks legit but even with no cost and a free pdf downloadable it still wants your credit card details and address. That's gonna be a no from me dawg. Downloading anything is already something I'm hesitant to do. The ones being sold on art supply shops online are kind of different, not how I want.

I'm sure I could make equivalents if I was determined but honestly not really seeing the point. I've gone off art a little bit lately and am just feeling like shit, sleeping all the time.

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I came across paletton a little while back. Works pretty well, exportable colour charts, is web-based though.

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gentle hugs

if there's anything I can do just ask :)

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Grabbed some hummus chips from Aldi to try.

Inhaled the bag within minutes. They're that good.

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I will be unable to make the new thread at midnight for tomorrow if somebody else could do it, that would be great.

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Will do it ifyalike.

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- You're a legend
  
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If anyone is looking to eat more healthy I recommend this cookbook from Michael Mosley. It's got a lot of really good and easy recipes in it.

The ultimate fast 800 recipe book

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Thanks for the tip - am a big fan of easy recipes

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My parents keep taking their dog away in the caravan then realising that taking the dog with them sucks because they can't go out anywhere together because they can't leave the dog alone. This leads to me being asked to house/dog sit at their place, which I'll be doing from tomorrow until Monday. Doggy is being driven home from Yarrawonga and dropped off today. Sigh.

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Can we please have doggy tax when you get him?Thanks

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- Absolutely!
  
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Can't they take their dog everywhere with them?

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- Nah they go out to the RSL and other clubs. No doggies allowed.
  
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Still not feeling great, the nausea is hanging around from god knows what, but thankfully the headache appears to have disappeared after a long sleep (got up before all my alarms! Hooray!) I'm going to try sipping a little bit of coconut water throughout the day in the hopes it eases the nausea.

Didn't get around to re-reading Shades of Grey yesterday, BUT... to my absolute chagrin, even though Red Side Story is supposed to be released today (6 Feb), the ebook is not appearing in the app - then I call and find out that release date is based on American timezones 😑😒😔😩 So 4pm here at the very earliest. Possibly 7pm. I guess I was being naïve and overly hopeful... but still, in the absence of any other information, with digital releases/information isn't it reasonable to think 6 Feb 2024 starts at 12:01 am in the local timezone?

Oh well, personally that works out well as I can blast through Shades of Grey now while waiting. Wrote a strongly worded feedback message anyway, about being clearer about this on the website/preorder info for next time.

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Pizzas are in oven

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Pizza dough is rising, pizza sauce is made.

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man I really wanna try that slow cooked lamb meatlovers from dominos. Even though I know its gonna suck.

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- maybe lamb kebabs from a local would be better
  
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keen to start planning my next camping trip. heck, I could even do tidal river again. Its just so nice down there.

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I haven't had one mozzie bite this summer.

Where'd they go?

Why aren't I attractive to them anymore? I work out, wear revealing clothing so I know I have a operational circulatory system.

So I'm having an affair with March flies instead. At least they know my worth.

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same here. Bloody chiggers in the long grass have been going to town though.

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Now that you say it I have seen maybe one mozzie all summer

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- It's odd. Down here at the bellarine I'm at a sort of mozzie hot spot.
  
  Last year was epic but this summer not a single one.
  
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I got bit last night! Then before that the last bite I remember was on my leg up in Albury nearly a month ago.

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I watched the movie "Mr Bojangles. I remember watching William Robinson movies growing up, old black and whites with Shirley Temple. Such beautiful movies.

People used to get up and walk out of his boundary pushing live shows and movies because they were so offended!!

Fuck 'em.

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Just on a jam packed tram into the city, and no one sat next to me. Lots of people standing etc. strange mix of nice because personal space, but also feeling like a leper.

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the seat beside you was occupied.

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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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Aussie Frugal seems to have died. I'm just in there alerting when hygiene products are half price because (other than occasional art supplies and basic necessities) I don't really buy anything

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Yeah sorry not a ton of free time to manage it these days. I’m hardly even on here.

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- It's all good. I think everyone else is also doing all the frugal tips already, so there's not much new to contribute
  
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Bought a few art pieces from Etsy that needs A) printing and B) framing. What's the best place to get prints - what quality and paper do I print and where can I buy cheap ass frames?

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I've found Myer to be a good source of cheap frames when there are sales on. The least expensive ones are still decent quality and have glass instead of Perspex. Others IKEA and Kmart are pretty safe choices.

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- Thanks pilk! Any idea about printing? What type of prints etc?
  
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- Officeworks too on occasion
  
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This is very early indeed!

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Just water for me. Need to fast for a blood test this morning 😠

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- 🧊
  
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Artistic potato please

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- _🥔🥔^🥔
  
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A late and leisurely breakfast I think - a grazing platter of delicacies with a selection of teas please. AKA can't decide.

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- ⏰🍊🍇🌽🥔🧀🍳🍳🥓🍟🥞🍱☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️🍵🍵
  
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What's the blue P plate mean? I'd google it but I don't wanna.

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From what I've noticed, it likely started out green but was a cheapo plate that didn't like being under glass in the hot sun all the time and discoloured.

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- Yeah maybe but this was a magnetic or a spit n stick one on the boot and it was like sea blue colour so it was quite vibrant.
  
  I've seen 2 in the past two weeks but it may have been the same car for all I know.
  
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Ok curiosity killed the cat. There is indeed a blue P plate. From what I read and understand it is for learners who are being instructed by parents or carers that may have gotten their licence awhile back so may not be up to date with road rules or something like that.

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hmm. Anyone played with home automation?

realised when stashing something in the basement that I expected the lights to come on automatically like I set them in the laundry. Which got me digging at motion sensors, specifically ones that will trigger a connected socket (running 100m of LED rope light will light up anything) and now I'm looking for a motion sensor that will trigger a connected socket and preferably not need to constantly be connected to an outside cloud network because fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that

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Have fun in the Arduino or Raspberry pi rabbit hole you're about to go down...

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I'm not sure if one that is just wireless will do the job? I've not dabbled but noticed that Ikea has some bits and bobs

Is this anything https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/tradfri-wireless-motion-sensor-smart-white-90370469/

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- mmm problem is most of the time when they say "wireless" they mean "not physically connected but requires your wifi to tap into a gigantic backhaul that passes constant data back to our servers to operate"
  
  I'm gonna build a hubitat (I swear I am mum really!) but the box itself is backburnered atm, as is wiring up the basement network-wise so was hoping I could find even some cheap shitty plug in adapter like the remotes you can get for power points.
  
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Does anyone have any experience with changing owner’s corporations? It’s been two years since the townhouses on our block were moved in to, no AGMs or meetings, no responses to emails or phone messages.

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just finished Killing It s2....jeeeeeeeeeeesus chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist

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This morning kitty was sweet as pie, snuggling and resting her head on my shoulder. Tonight after spitting out her medication I'm being kicked out of bed

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Kitties are so unpredictable. Yesterday Ted was biting me, today I am allowed to scratch behind his ear.

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I have eaten far too many cadbury dairy milk peppermint mini easter eggs. And according to their website, Piedmonte's has just reduced the price by one third. Ordinarily I dislike cadbury choc, but I make an exception for peppermint eggses. Just sayin.

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