Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Work from home, light day on the schedule at work, so I decided to do a cheeky bake session in the garage.
Guess who was looking at the wrong Friday, and has meetings all afternoon?
Go on, guess.
the garage?
Compression session!
I wasn’t ‘baking’ I was getting ‘baked’
This gave me a good chuckle, thank you lol. Good luck! 😂
I’ll manage. Not completely baked, just nice and toasty. Can function without arising too much suspicion.
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Of course not. Mine neither.
I’d say you read the schedule 100% and applied the correct survival strategy
Good advice. Got one more to go and am, thankfully, feeling grounded
The baker
Oh.
Oh no.
As part of the sorting I redid the TV stand (we’re going to eventually put the TV on an articulated arm up over the fireplace, with the cavity cabinetted out as a console nook), moved it out into His Lordship’s office ‘cos the little bugger has had greedy eyes on it since we started dating 20 odd years ago and wants it for his gaming corner (it’s actually mine and predates him), then shufted the big ol’ 78 record player over where the TV stand was and plonked the TV and accoutrements on top of it as a temporary measure.
Thing is, that’s over a heating vent.
And Misha remembered she fits under it
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Image ID: A fat buttery cat wedged under a record player in front of a heating vent with no intentions of moving
I have made a terrible mistake
Your cat is really adorable!
She’s a demon shitbag, mother of buttheads!
I know the feeling lol
Good kitty.
Dinner is served. The silverside did not fall apart.
I am the master chef, come at me bruh 🖐🖐
Masterfully executed silverside!
First time too, I don’t generally cook meat. Turned out real nice. Leftovers will be used in another dish.
Yay, go you! Perfect!
🥰💜
You little beauty. Tuck in and enjoy. Don’t forget the mustard.
🤤👉👉
Looks fantastic.
Leaving me drooling here with how tasty it all looks.
Minus points for opening potato… but I still want it
I’ll cook you a smol german feast instead: homemade pretzels, kartoffelpuffers, sauerkraut, bratwurst. Much better than this.
I accept your terms of surrender
😳🥔😍
That sounds delicious!
Day off today to celebrate Mr Smeg’s birthday.
Then tomorrow is the day we pickup the dog
Not a bad week really
Happy Birthday! 🎂
Happy birthday to Mr Smeg! I hope you all have a lovely day and omg yay Batdog!!
Happy birthday to Mr Smeg and happy gotcha day to little Batdog! Have a great long weekend.
Apparently the Melbourne subreddit has been banned for “violating the Reddit rules”? Huh…
I wonder what rules 🤔
Honestly I think this is Spez going after the subreddits that dared to challenge him. He did threaten to some time ago, after all.
Looks to be back now… seems like the mods are either not saying why or don’t know themselves.
Edit: “We reached out to them and they did the bleep bloop and we’re back from the dead 🙌”
👀
Good :D
People are asking why on r/australia. This looks interesting. Also comment history for r/melbourne is gone too.
Holy shit!
I do love the hubs but jesus I get a lot more done when he’s not around. Dining room is 100% cleared, most of lounge, things getting squared away and navigable w00t w00t. Also I get to blare music like whoa.
one horrible upside to the housing crisis: It’s real easy to get rid of packing boxes on your local buy nothing group
Dins:
Image is of spring rolls in lettuce.
yum yum spring rolls in lettuce is my fave 😍🤤
bloody hell there are lots of great cooks here on the dt😊
Yummm.
Whats on for the weekend all? Last night i went out dancing to a live jazz band which was lots of fun. Tonight is Fish & Chips and mead maintenance. Tomorrow is yoga/meditation at the Buddhist centre followed by my first date in 2 years, going to see Oppenheimer, excited and nervous haha. Saturday night going to see the Burnt Sausages and then we have a nice chilled out Sunday :)
I have a cake to make today, drinks tonight and lunch at the local Vietnamese restaurant on Saturday.
Chocolate mousse cake?
You are correct.
Goodluck :)
Thank you.
Just a chill night tonight. Tomorrow going to an “Emo vs Anime” club thing which should be super interesting lol Sunday I train a friend of mine at the gym and make meals for the week. Good luck tonight!
Sounds like a great weekend :)
Final (8 week follow up) psychology sesh with the really awesome dude, gonna be back at mine for the weekend after a month so lots of plant maintenance to do. Cooking. And then maybe Barbie with a friend
Good luck on the date mate!
Date should be okay, at least its not an app first date. Its someone i met on my snow trip who was a friend of a friend that we were staying with, so we have already spent some time together :)
Enjoy the plant maintenance and movie :)
I think, and I could well be wrong here, that we don’t have any kids birthday parties on this weekend for once.
Haha, i hope for your sake that you are correct and you get to enjoy your weekend some other way :P
Good grief! Just sat on the West Gate Bridge for almost over an hour, contemplated driving off the edge for a second there. 25 minutes home took almost 2hrs in the middle of the fkn night.
I swear the west is cursed
I hate that bloody thing
I’ve been learning a lot about investing and making a few small investments in shares and funds over the last couple of years, and can definitely say that buying shares in individual companies is not my forte. For the most part the shares I bought have been steadily declining in value, against the trend of the market. Apparently if the shares drop enough the company can arrange to buy back the shares from small stockholders whose parcel of shares has become worth so little they don’t meet the minimum trading amount to be able to sell them through brokers. Who knew?
I have had one success - Estia Health is being taken over, which means the shares I bought for them have seen a 43% increase in just over 12 months. Unfortunately I only bought $200 worth, and the profit from them is still nowhere near enough to make up for the losses on the others, but definitely better than nothing. I am definitely sticking with the index funds in future, I really don’t have the interest or knowledge for individual companies. And the clear winner is my Super fund - I got around 13% last year, plus many tax benefits.
I did some penny stocks the other year and it was wild. I don’t understand it enough, but they basically became worthless and somehow got folded back into the company. 😂
Ok, get the pitch forks out.
I don’t like sardines. They are too fishy. There, I said it.
kidcalhoon2 just skated to school for the first time, we were late, and i couldn’t get Huey Lewis and the News out of my head the whole time…haha. just needed a car to skitch on
Oh sweet you got a board.
Yeah. MrsCalhoon actually grabbed one, just a basic cruzer as there was a lot of asking and whinging whilst at the shops… Just from Kmart to start, but decent size wheels so a sympathetic board. Kidcalhoon2 loves it.
This pleases me greatly.
Why are most of the men’s trunks/boxer shorts so thin and synthetic? No one wants sweaty nut sack and crack. That’s bizarre.
It’s the shitification of clothes in general. Everything is thinner, flimsier, bad seams, shape cut for minimum cost not for best fit, etc. I remember when socks, underwear, tshirts could go through washer and drier and last for years. Now you’re lucky to get six months out of some stuff. It quickly shrinks, twists, pills, develops holes, elastic fails. They are selling junk.
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No. I do the washing thanks.
My partner gets his from the outdoor shops for hiking & daily wear and the thin & synthetic ones are some of the best ones. I have the same ones but female version. I guess the point is, not all thin & synthetic materials are made equal. Hope that makes sense.
I’ll take your word for it. Personally I’ve never worn synthetic and I never will. Everybody’s different I guess. Makes a more interesting world.
I have had a couple of ex officio brand synthetics that I got about 5 years ago for some hiking. Still use them to this day as daily underwear, they’re my favourite and have definitely stood the test of time
Some decent brands use material that’s quite good a drawing sweat away. I’ve got half a dozen on Nike trunks and they’re the best. The stitching around the waistband is a bit meh, but my nether regions are nice comfy.
Oh. I just wanted some novelty ones for the man because he usually wears jocks because he likes his tackle nice and close.
get some bamboo up ya. His Lordship has become a knobby devotee
I know Kmart have been doing ‘better cotton’ which may be recycled cotton. Which involves shorter lower quality fibres and potentially being mixed with synthetic fibres
Would love someone to do a proper analysis on this. Is it ‘better’ if the item is recycled but so poorly made it gets thrown out sooner, or is it better to have a good quality item that lasts longer. My instinct say better quality stuff, because there is no additional cost of disposal, collection, recycling, manufacture, distribution. Using the stuff we already own for longer is the most environmentally friendly option.
I either go cotton boxers from Mitch Dowd or bamboo from Boody, bit expensive but it’s worth it to have happy junk.
It’s a sad state of affairs when you’ve gotta pay more for something so basic just to be comfortable.
It really is. I try and mostly wear natural fabrics (for environmental and longevity reasons), and prices are insane for something as simple as socks.
Yeah. The socks I looked at were either thick thermal “I’m going to the snow” mf’s or the work socks were as thin as dress socks. I ended up getting Darn Tough men’s work socks but I know they won’t last long.
I’ve been wearing $10/5pk bonds jocks for years that are fine.
That’s what he wears. Some of the Bonds trunks and boxer shorts though are pathetic. Blokes are being gaslit into believing they don’t need a gusset.
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It’s one of my favourite words.
I wish gussets were more common in pants and undies.
I’ve got a couple of pairs of step ones that have lasted probably 3 years now? pretty happy with them. The breath real good too!
What are the Kmart ones like? I quite like their cotton-rich range, does the mens range have similar? I also like the Kmart period pants for bike riding - that extra layer of padding is most welcome.
I have no idea what they are like.
It was a rest day for me on the exercise front, but not at work! Peeled 40kg of potatoes and then cleaned and cleaned and cleaned some more! Gave the floor a really good going over with the deck scrubber and got into those annoying corners and crannies, moving prep benches and scrubbing where the legs usually go. Moving supplies and stuff and cleaning underneath. Cleaning underneath chest freezers and moving stuff around. Scrubbed out the whole sink area and underneath the dishwasher, which is in an awkward corner and is a bastard. Flour, pasta, various sauces and egg is a shitty combination to clean off anything, let alone a tiled floor. The floor, especially the grout, has been scrubbed so much and worn down in places over time which means it collects more crap. I love my cleaning times at work though, it’s really satisfying! Now I’m tired, which is also satisfying. We had Fatarse Friday and now I’m blobbing out in bed.
I’ve taken today as well as part of yesterday off, but having spent most of today out of the house, I’ve totally lost my momentum and left a shit tonne of chores till tonight - as well as a plethora of packing after a month of sprawling out around here - I gotta be out by 9am tomorrow for an appointment.
It’s feeling overwhelming but I’m using the washing machine and dishwasher running time to give myself a breather or time other tasks.
Driving on the Western was yet another shitshow today (even counter peak). Honestly there’s a special brand of insanity out there. I think what took the cake today was seeing a white SUV with a custom plate doing at least 130km/h (actual), undertaking both lanes on the left by using the MERGE LANE that was just ending from an on ramp
sleep is over rated 😬
Disagree. If anything sleep is underrated in society.
I’m joking 🥺
Ugh tell me about it and me still paying dearly for 3 almost-all nighters in the span of one week. I’ll get to have a massive sleep in on Saturday evening though.
