Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 19 Oct 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 19 Oct 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
You know those stories people tell when they had gastro, and they are sitting on the toilet whilst holding a bucket at the same time because they needed to do both at once? I thought that was very much an exaggeration or a story you tell kids to frighten them into washing their hands. Nope. It is real.
Apparently i gotta keep hydrated, but how the hell am i supposed to do that when i drink water and double the amount I just drank “leaves” me?
Yep been there. Whist on an overseas holiday. Could not leave the hotel room for 24 hours. Was starting to panic about what to do if it keeps going but thankfully seemed to resolve. Don’t know if it was food poisoning or gastro, but single worst sick day ever. Sipping something very slowly through straw helps to get liquids in. Cold drinks and ice.
Yeah that’s pretty much what I’m doing. Hard not to scoff it because I haven’t eaten properly in like 24 hours
I'm feeling weird because I bought a $65k car today and it feels like it should be more of a big deal or something but it's also kinda not a big deal. I think it might just be weird nerves for dropping that much cash so suddenly but I'm sure I've made a good choice. Between the US trip, PC monitor, new years cruise and the new car I've been spending big in the 2nd half of this year. Is this a mid-life crisis or realisation that you have to enjoy life while you can? I did turn 40 a few months before all of this spending.
You're pretty much Oprah rn.
'You get a car, and you get a cruise, you get a monitor'.
I think part of our brains are devoted to very simplistic pattern learning, and it does not respond well to nuance or change. So while you are not spending it is learning concepts like "bank balance go up = good, bank balance go down = bad". It completely misses the entire point of why you put money aside, so when you spend it that simple brain becomes a bit alarmed. It makes a useful warning system to double check with your rational brain if you are doing the right thing, but it can be tricky to disarm when it is giving a false alarm.
NQR had this for $4. I had no choice but to buy it. I may have already had a slice.
The epitome of luxury.
I remember when these first came out, they were so amazingly decadent, expensive and reserved for very special occasions. Ice cream in general has gotten a lot more decadent since then, and there are so many amazing options.
I fucking love NQR
Which NQR?
This was at the Ringwood one - they had a few tubs of good ice creams quite cheap too. Ben & Jerry's choc mint and salted caramel for example (which I vividly recall because I don't like either flavour, and that was what I was orignally planning to get)
I had a nice chat with my boss (she's resigned and I'm very sad about it). We discussed my career development and what she will do till her last day to support me. Also that I can always reach out to her anytime about anything (after she finishes up) which was super nice of her. She's an amazing boss I'm gonna miss her heaps 😢😢😢
She also noted that I have quite high EQ and that I'd be ok without her and ngl that made me feel good lol 😆
Estate agent phoned - bringing in some new potential buyers tomorrow afternoon. Cross fingers, everyone!
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Going to the Star Wars MSO concert tonight! Awesome weather for it - going to knock off work early and head into the city for a drink.
I'm about to head out and test drive that Subaru. Apparently it only has about 200km on the clock so if I love it I might just pull the trigger quickly. It'd be like buying a new car without having to wait months for it.
If anybody has any tips for haggling/dealing with buying a new/demo car please shout them out. I haven't bought one since 2010 so I'm a bit rusty.
I bought my car in 2006, so I'm even rustier. (Rusty by name, rusty by nature..)
I bought a new Subaru, and my car buying technique was to research what I wanted online, including getting a quote from a broker. Walked into the dealership, said "I want one of those" and got a price. Got offered a discount plus accessories for a car built in the last year (which apparently makes a difference to people) which would save me a few thousand so took that. Agreed for them to give me a quote for finance and was surprised when it was a better deal than the pre-approval I had already arranged, so went with that too. Car arrived a few weeks later and I still have it.
Basically, I did everything they say you should not do and it worked out really well. 🤣
Realistically I think the best thing is to make sure you know what price range you think is reasonable in advance and what features/problems actually matter to you. Then disregard everything else the salesperson says to try and sway or distract you. Trying to focus on tricks and techniques for haggling tend to just be a distraction to you. Know what you want and ask for it. Know what you will accept if you can't get best case, and be prepared to walk away if you can't get it.
It's done. I bought it lol
I pretty much followed what you said here. I had an idea of what the car was worth, what promotions were available (2 years free servicing) and a rough figure on a trade-in for my car. They came in low on my trade-in figure so I managed to bump them up a couple of grand to where I was happy to settle. Otherwise there are things I would have had to do to the car to get it ready to sell privately and then the fees for selling privately etc.. it wasn't worth the hassle.
I pick it up early next week! Wooo new car summer!
Love a Subaru. Had to sell mine to unfuck the Mrs car problems, and it was the sadest day of my life. What model did you look at?
Just about everyone I've spoken to or have seen online who has had a Subaru seems to rave about them. It definitely helped make the decision to pull the trigger. It's the Outback Touring XT 50 Years Edition, so Touring features/insides with the Sport outsides.
I think I had too much cheese and blueberries last night. There's a war going on inside my gut.
TMI
I've had about 3 shits this morning. I'm too scared to leave the house.
Assuming you got up at 7. On average, it's one (1) every 1 hour and 15 minutes. You have until noon.
Ah good. gastro. Fuckin A.
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Not good :( Take a sympathetic upvote
oooof you need that giant bin of cat litter more than I do sends barrel of powerade
Whole family had it last week. I wish you well.
Shit… I forgot to apply for that energy compare subsidy and probably have missed the cutoff.
Trying to be kind to myself because things suck right now and it’s full survival mode but I really wish I hadn’t been so distracted. Small savings don’t go too far when you miss big ones. And I used to be so organised.
Edit: Yes. The cutoff date was 31st August and I forgot to write it down. FUCK. I seriously need to set a calendar reminder for the next one
Ok it’s in the digital calendar now and set to repeat yearly 😤
Today is first day of almost two weeks off! Weather was beautiful and I spent all but 5 mins indoors. Off to a great start
Just discovered those 'firewood in a bin' dudes also deliver 55kg bins of cat litter for very reasonable pricing. Allloooooooo
Amazon just sent me a message that the item which was estimated for delivery tomorrow, but actually delivered yesterday, is now on board for delivery today. I do not think their delivery tracking system is working properly.
As I do every now and then I'm stuck watching Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown and feeling sad
Ok onto the Jerusalem episode which goes into Palestine and Israel stuff... interesting with today's goings on
@[email protected] I wrote out a long reply to your question about tomatoes yesterday and my app crashed before I posted it and I lost it all. I will try again today.
Good soil is the most important starting point - it should have good drainage and lots of organic matter. Digging in lots of compost fixes most faults (I like the cheap "cow manure blend" that bunnings sells - not a high level of nutrients so you can use lots to build up soil structure).
Don't use high nitrogen fertilizer (there is usually an N:P:K number on the packet, look for ones where the first (N) number is lowest relative to the others. Nigrogen encourages lot of leaves and will give you a great looking plant, but not much fruit.
Tomato plants can grow new roots from the stems, so plant them deeply, burying the stem and leaving just the leaves out.
Use lots of mulch (5-10cm deep) to keep the soil moist over summer. In the hottest weather your plants will also benefit from some shade - just some shade cloth draped over some garden stakes should be fine, you don't need to build a greenhouse.
The plants will need support to stop them flopping all over the ground. You could spend a small fortune on fancy tomato cages, but my preferred method is the Florida weave. Simple and very effective.
Disregard anything you see about pruning - you don't need the extra complexity right now, and there is no expert agreement about whether it is beneficial or not (but many strong opinions on both sides).
add to this: Calcium. Helps prevent blossom end rot. Definitely get a shading up, this summer is gonna scald the fuck out of the fruit.
thank you!! (twice)
Gonna give it (not killing them) a red hot go.
fresh haircut and a raid on the The Source. 3kg of sour gummy worms and I regret nothing
I no longer feel too guilty for eating 75g ( half a pack, I threw the rest away ) of low sugar fruit jubes
we haven't eaten the whole thing (yet) jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus.
I just cannot
👏LETS GO CATFISH,.. LETS GO!!👏
More sleep was obtained, early lunch eaten, ( little home made apple pie ) and then it's off for a walk to ease my back pain and get some sun.
Ted Cat has settled in well and lives downstairs now 😸
Then I suppose I better get the house ready for the young Seagoon's arrival. 😊
Ok, lovers of cheesy horror get on Tubi for Sister Wrath.
Sexy Nuns with uzis.
And many, many awful tropes, so very not PC warning I guess
Oh no, Kmart have shipped everything in my order except Miss Meow's halloween box. She is going to be so disapointed. Hopefully they will find one and it will arrive without too much delay.
I went to a local free food market this morning (where they distribute food being thrown out from the supermarkets. etc). and it was quite entertaining for people watching today. The volunteer who was organising people had no tolerance for people trying to cheat - a few people got sent away with nothing after trying to use old tickets to get in the queue sooner, and a few people got forced to empty food back out of their bags after ignoring the item limits (one guy multiple times!).
I got a few odds and ends including some mixed colour cherry tomatoes. I've kept a few of each colour for seeds to grow my own - I just need to work out where in the garden I want to put them.
I just had a burst of motivation to use an appliance I've owned for years and only used maybe 3 times ever. I'm not sure I've even used it once in this apartment and I moved here in 2018.
It's a pressure cooker which also does slow cooking, I think. I feel like making some sort of yum fall-apart meat based.. thing.. but not sure what.
Just make sure the lid is on:
This reminds me of the time I was given a deep fryer when I first moved out of home. I may have had too much oil in it and turned up too high because when I lowered my frozen chips into it a tremendous giant fireball flew across the ceiling. Very similar to the crown fire show.
Now the door in between my kitchen and lounge is glass so my husband comes running in "what the fuck just happened"? My answer "I don't know but we are not having chips tonight". What saved my ceiling was the fact it is wood panelled otherwise there would have been a giant scorch mark across it to remind me of my stupidity.
Whoa. Lunch did not go to plan.
KABOOM!
Lamb is the answer.
Lamb shanks, pork shoulder, beef brisket or just plain chuck steak & veg. This sort of thing is GREAT for the cheaper cuts of meat that need long slow cooking in moisture, but are seriously yum when you do. A beef daube (fancy for pot roast) would be pretty damn yum too.
Hmm I might have to shop tonight and think about using it tomorrow instead, just looking at the time and my afternoon meetings.
I had a scroll through the express recipes on the device and I could maybe do one of the easy/quick ones tonight like gnocchi with pancetta
Have a look at instapot recopies for inspiration.
I'm having a look, it looks like it also steams. Very nice.
God I hate Instagram, no wonder why I don't use it. When searching through tags you can't search via chronological anymore, it's either "top" or "recent top" and recent top you'd think is chronological. Nope! It's basically the most recent posts but has a higher like or view count. So you can get posts from a few days ago, then one in February and then one in July and then one from a week ago. It's ridiculous.
And the other thing I noticed is if you search through someone's feed, no matter if you follow them or not, you'll get ads! Look I get that ads are something the site will have, it sucks but like sure. The app needs to get paid somehow. But why in the middle of people's feeds? That is ridiculous!
I hate the internet.
Yeah… my spinach seedlings are damping off. It took a while for them to get going and then forgetting to drain the self watering reservoirs during those heavy rains has wrecked them.
The carrots might be ok and the cat grass/parsley are doing well but more of the spinach is just dying. I might have to trash them and try again with new potting mix after bleaching the pot
check out perpetual spinach if you can - it's technically a chard (like silverbeet) but it's bloody hard to kill and won't bolt in hot weather
I actually have a packet of those seeds too, I went with spinach because I thought more iron but honestly the perpetual would hold up better.
Especially since I now know keeping it inside on a sill to protect is during heat isn’t enough light
I could never get spinach to do anything either , I think they need a very free draining sandy soil and I just used ordinary potting mix 🤷♀️
I’m getting logged out using safari to browse from time to time. But then I refresh and magically logged back in. I don’t remember my password and the reset link never works. It’s stressful.
Anyway, today was a good day. WFH but not crazy, got time in the sun, fresh cut and now sushi train for dinner. Dreaming of going back to Japan. Or any holiday really.
I've bought some Biscoff spread. What do I do with it?
Oooh! Biscoff gang reporting in. I have it on toast with an unholy amount of butter.
Oooo. Thank you.
Spread it on your Biscoffs?
Damn it. I'll have to get some next time.
Crumpets! Or as a cake/pastry filling. Or a dollop on ice-cream. It's very sweet, a bit crunchy and tastes like every baking spice in existence except for chilli.
Interesting. Thank you.
My colleague has recently used it as an addition to Rocky Road. It's literally the best Rocky Road I've had
This is the reason I asked here.
20% on home insurance? Huddle, you got some fuckin' splaining to do.
Anyone here have experience with hearing protection in a noisy work environment? As in machine noise? Any brands that are better (or the best) to look out for? Price is not really a factor here - I'd like to pay for quality in this instance.
Can't go wrong with the Sony mx-1000 range. Over ears are brilliant and long term comfortable, 10 minute charge gives you 5 hours continuous use. If your work environment requires AS over ear protection, then look at the ear bud version of the same, and wear them under your peltors.
Are they primarily for listening to music while also blocking out noise? I'm looking into them and thanks for the suggestion but just to be clear, I only really need the noise cancelling aspect / hearing protection aspect. Unless these have some additional benefit over a non-chargable set of earmuffs I'm not seeing?
[edit] oh, and the noise will be intermittent, if that helps. Like, one blast of noise every 15-30 seconds or so. Like hummm BZZT hummm BZZT, etc.
Hearing protection has classifications for noise reduction levels, with class 5 being the highest. So anything in each category will give the same noise reduction performance. After that, it’s just individual choice what you find more comfortable, earplugs or earmuffs. If using earplugs, they need to be inserted properly to be effective, earmuffs are less fussy. However, if it is a workplace, employer should be providing appropriate noise controls and hearing protection. If you have concerns you can look up the worksafe website to know what the requirements are.
Ooh thanks. I'll look up class 5 and choose something stylish. Thanks baunch!
I have a lot of experience in extreme noise environments. For your situation you’re better off just buying rubber earplugs on a cord that you can attach to your shirt so you don’t lose them. If additional protection is required just chuck some inexpensive low profile earmuffs on over that. Unless you’re in a tactical environment, you don’t really need expensive noise cancelling earmuff because you end up trashing them.
Anyone have any clue what the fuck PTV were thinking when they added the "stand clear" voice. There's a tone for stop buttons, we don't need a voice to tell us it's stopping. We can see the doors opening, we don't need a voice to tell us that they are and to stand clear. The doors always close immediately after opening, so we sure as hell don't need a voice repeating that the doors are closing. We don't need a tone to emphasise this point. Especially when the bus is stopping every. Fucking. Stop. Anyway.
Yeah, been on PT for an hour and a half for a trip that should've been an hour, and that voice has played every time. I have a headache. Fuck PTV.
Imported from HK’s MTR which owns 60% of metro trains? It’s done in three languages there too. Now if only they could import the train frequency and low fares too…
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