Daily Discussion Thread:🍄Wed 10 Apr 2024
Daily Discussion Thread:🍄Wed 10 Apr 2024
Can we go back to the golden age of appliances where they sung a song when finished and then shut up pretty please
We have a washing machine from 2009 and it's very nice and respectful. It does its job, then it sings a lovely little song and then you won't hear from it again until you start pushing buttons. The dryer is much newer because the last one conked out. This one will make a long beeeeep that ascends in tone 3 times every 5 second until you go and open the door AND turn it off (just doing one of those isn't enough)
The air fryer makes an annoying sound, but isn't obnoxious about it like the dryer
12Product review: Lime Mojito in a cask, from Aldi.
I got carded buying this for the first time in many years. This is classy stuff. Not sure I've ever actually purchased a cask before?
First sip: is this just lime cordial?
Several gulps later: oh there's the kick, this is really quite strong isn't it.
Verdict: goes ok. Pretty tasty. Would be better in a fancy glass with some mint and fruit and shit but I couldn't be bothered. 3.5/5 🍸🍸🍸, a solid almost-holiday in a cask.
12People keep expecting good behavior from AFL players. Why? Young men that have been put up on a pedestal for probably most of their lives, then given a lot of money, plus the celebrity status they now have.
Money and power doesn't usually equate to good behavior and yet people are shocked when they don't play nice. What do you honestly expect? They are just football players and perhaps if folks stop giving the game more importance than it warrants them maybe you won't create such big egos.
10Oof. Walking to find the ginger ninja cut into my physical energy so badly I crashed and woke up at 11pm, extremely dehydrated and very late with Melbcat's supper and meds.
It might be that I can't afford the energy, just don't have the capacity to keep pursuing a cat I might not be able to catch. And I don't have the comfort level to engage with rescue groups. (This would involve using Facebook, speaking to strangers, doxing my location, and perhaps being asked to meet or cooperate with them.) Currently it's really difficult to even care for my own pet and myself.
There's also online friend group drama which I didn't cause and was not involved in... but am still stressed out by, and if I'm not careful I could be pulled into. I'm in an awkward position. (I absolutely have a side and am quietly distancing myself from someone due to their behaviour, but don't want to feed into any escalation). I really hope I'm making the right moves to classily bow out.
9Really don't feel like gym tonight but it's my second last training session before I'm on holidays for a couple of weeks so I'm telling myself to STFU and stop complaining.
9Still attempting to negotiate an agreement between my brain, the cats, and the clock.
7I just kind of want to take my eyes balls out of my head and give them a rest in a jar of eyedrops. My vision is shocking today from pounding my pupils on a screen for about two weeks, not to mention my poor hips from sitting way way waaaay too much.
I miss my bike, my bed and would like to be somewhere apart from dorm rooms with slamming doors that start from some ungodly hour in the morning. Yep, yah Llab is tired. You know, whine, whine.
In other news, how are we? I escaped before the poor weather, please regale me with tales of your happenings… Pretty please… <3
7At the p's clearing out their rain tank filters from on top about 2.5m up.
Reminded me when I was a teen scaling them (wasted) at night without a ladder full ninja to sneak in when I forgot my keys as the laundry window which was never locked is directly above one. Used to get in so much shit for doing that.
Now it's sanctioned, with a ladder, sober and far less exciting.
7Hi all,
I want to run an idea by you to see if I am missing something.
My 4th Van Diemen's Valley book is releasing later this month and I was thinking of contacting local schools/ones I've done author talks with, to run a competition for the kids to write a short story for a chance to win signed copies of my books.
I want to get schools involved for exposure and advertising it to the kids but also to give it some sort of authenticity and allay any fears parents might have. I wouldn't need access to their details aside from their name as well. It's really just write a story, put your name on it, give it to the library, I can pick it up (or if they do it on computers, get it sent to me), decide on the winner and deliver the books to the schools.
I don't see anything really worrisome about it but wondering if there are any outsider perspectives on this/if it's a good idea or if I'm missing something that might concern parents/schools? Thanks,
6I had the beginning of a root canal today and it was the first time I was in pain even with anaesthetic. Poor dentist had to squirt the stuff straight onto my tooth.
So afraid to bite anything using that tooth...
6I think every movie with Tom Cruise could be improved by replacing Tom Cruise.
I just watched Edge of Tomorrow. Sort of a bug movie and a computer game . Good movie that made me dislike Tom Cruise even more. What a waste, some other actor could have made that better.
3.5 hobbits but minus .5 for Tom Cruise.
5Did you know the Wombat from Diary of a Wombat is called Mothball? It's in the dedications at the start I think
5up and at em...! getting ready for work and planning to finally give my notice of resignation. I'm nervous but I've been feeling awful here for a long time.
2woke up with this tune in my head the past 3 days
shoulda known it was john barry
midnight cowboy ( such sad music , I suppose it's a sad movie ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgb52U7bJg0
2
