Daily Thread - Saturday, Get Diddly Down Today - 01/07/2023
Daily Thread - Saturday, Get Diddly Down Today - 01/07/2023
Saturday! Comedown Day!
Big Breakfast Day! Berocca Day!
Love you all being you Day!
You Do You Day!
Edit: RIP 3rd Party Reddit Apps. You weathered that capitalist hellscape with grace and fortitude. We will never forget all that you stood for. 💜
Today's c/Melbourne daily thread has 2.3x as many comments as r/Melbourne.
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This is quite an achievement. Well done c/Melbourne! Hoping c/Brisbane follows your lead
I'm sure it's also higher quality. We would have had a higher volume of potato related posts, as well as a significant number of cat pictures.
We just need to get the cats cooking the potatoes, for peak content.
Nice work everyone!
It's now 2.8x
Oh no. Came home last night to see a white rose placed on the windscreen of my opposite neighbour's car. She's elderly and the only one who talked to everyone and knew everything about the place, but been unwell for quite a while and I haven't seen or heard from her in months. I remember how lonely and weak she was at times.
Just heard some noise outside my door and opened it to see... her sister and niece were there in her apartment and they confirmed the worst. :( RIP, N. You might've been a bit of a curmudgeonly old soul at times but I hope you meet many wonderful fluffy kitties wherever you go. (She loved soxcat)
Oh no that’s so sad.
May she rest in peace.
I hope so too. She had no family left other than her very old sister and her beloved niece. She was a real fighter. Stopped taking the panadeine they gave her after her last treatment because she hated how it made her feel like a zombie and insisted she was going to get well enough to keep going for a while. When she started talking about selling her car she was fussing about how much she could get for it and whether it was easier to do it at a dealership. Never got around to selling her immaculate 2005 corolla...
Had a great day at the op shops. Got special edition copies of Deliverance and The Fifth Element with commentaries and docos, a michael franti cd, a packet of jewellery findings with some top quality crystals for $1( will string a necklace later tonight ) and a good jumper for doing calligraphy in as it won't show ink stains. Plus a cool genu-wine vintage marcasite ring. Nice . 😀
Last night I went on my Twitter for the first time in ages only to find my account had switched from private to public without me knowing. I am furious. I post pics of my child on there and have also talked about my abuser on there. Not to mention everything I share is in the context of it being PRIVATE to my handful of online friends who use it. I am deleting the account today but I have no idea how long it was just sitting there open and who may have seen what.
Probably happened as part of the changes they did to make it so only logged in users can view any tweets at all. Looks like twitter is intent on killing itself.
Such a shit show. Plus Twitter hardly works half the time if you aren’t using the app. I refuse to have the app otherwise I will totally go on and doomscroll, but the browser version is awful ever since Elon took over. Hence hardly going on lately.
We really need something like GDPR down here. Shit like that should cost a company.
I know right. I feel so helpless about it… it’s seriously wrong but there will be no consequences.
That's just awful. Hopefully having a small footprint means it was un-noticed but not knowing I'm sure is not a nice feeling. Hugs Star... I deactivated my account yesterday when I realised I had to log in to see content and thought, meh, I don't use it, they have transphobia in their dna and Elon Musk is a jerk.
Yes thankfully just a little account though I notice the views per tweet were up from like 10 to 30-40 😩 I’ve basically just been delaying the admin of closing the account and organising where to stay connected with people elsewhere but this is beyond the last straw for me. And agreed. I’m so done with these misogynistic transphobic god knows what else fuck head run social media companies.
You know what one of my most favourite things in the world is?
Dogs in raincoats.
We are so blessed to live in the same world as that.
Dogs in raincoats are a very good thing.
image: RustyDog in a raincoatI don’t mean to be dramatic but I would die for RustyDog
There’s someone in my area whose greyhound wears not only a raincoat, but also bootees. Very cute, and it’s so used to them it doesn’t even do a funny walk
My sister has a greyhound. Because she has approximately 0% body fat on her Molly needs to wear pyjamas each night during winter. Every night after dinner she trots over to the box where her pyjamas are kept and makes intense eye contact with you until you put them on her.
Good for the greyhound that it’s used to the shoes. Shame for you because watching dogs doing the bootie walk is a 100/10 dopamine hit
I love watching videos of dogs wearing their boots for the first time and how confused and stuck they are.
ME TOO. I love them so much 💓
So many of them around on my walk this morning. Just so outstanding.
Also dogs in prams and nappies. What a time to be alive!
The best is when you see someone getting into a train with a pram but it turns out to be a dog in the pram, not a baby. The best kind of surprise.
Bot recruit here. Very pleased to have gained my own identity and been granted a spot on the moderation team. Please disregard test posts that may appear on the main page, I still have my training wheels on.
perfection
I finished my Lizzo masterpiece!! After many many hours of drawing.Edit: Pictured is a drawing of US Singer Lizzo in the colours of the rainbow (red, yellow, pink, green, purple, orange and blue) with the text version to the name Lizzo in the colours of the rainbow stacked on top of each other. At the bottom of the design there is a lightly bronzed flute that was also drawn.
Love it
Hey just wanted to say I think this amazing. !
Looks great!
Thank you!
Awesome
Please if you’re posting pics, add a description of what’s in the pic. We want everyone to feel included. Yes every pic you post, add a description, even when replying to someone else’s post. We want people to feel inclusive here. Thank you all, have an amazing rest of the afternoon :)
Alright, I will definitely do that!
Thank you so much
So I was browsing r/melbourne and I saw a post that said hmu if your a teenaged girl. I wasn't gonna reply but i thought fuck it. So I asked "How old are you?". Straight away a chat message. I chose to ignore. Then the post was deleted. My instinct says "You dirty fucking cunt".
I’m in my 40s, and I’ve helped out with the local kids’ soccer thing on Friday afternoons after school and various other things. Teenage girls think I’m great – I guess I give off a “cool dad” vibe or something. But teenage girls are incredibly annoying. I can’t even imagine actively seeking them out.
Yeah... I just cannot imagine wanting to do ANYTHING with people under the age of 18. Like I get that for a lot of predators it is about power, but you're 27 hanging out with a 16 y/o, that's fuckin' loser behaviour mate. Sure the 16 y/o might think you're cool because you've got a car and you can drink alcohol. But 27 and deciding that people your own age can't wise up to your tricks, so you choose to hang out with teenagers? Gross.
After a good training session today I think Bot #001 is ready to try posting a new daily thread tonight. Pinning does not seem to be working so that bit will still need to be done later, but I'm pretty confident the basic post will work. If if does not work (it should be at midnight) someone will have to make one manually again.
I will need to do some work on the format and exactly what to say - unfortunately the bot is not very imaginative.
Reddit Is Fun appears to have just died. I was using it two hours ago.
What is everyone bringing to pot luck dinner this weekend? I have for you all a passionfruit ginger appletart.
ID: a round tart of sliced apples
Not doing pot luck, but I am making a roast capsicum and tomato soup. it feels like soup weather. Also have a loaf of sourdough on the go, which I will slather in too much butter to dip in said soup.
I think you just did join potluck
That is so beautiful 😍
Why thank ee
Day 7 of exercise accountability post. I didn't feel like it because I'd been wandering around the local farmers market and then came home and sampled sunflower seed vodka which I'd bought. It's very nice! But I thought, "if I don't do it now I'll never do it." Looked ahead and tomorrow is another rest day, so that gave me a bit of motivation! I said to myself, as always, it's a 10 minute workout and you can make time for it! I haven't weighed myself yet because the truth is even though I've been exercising I haven't really done anything about my diet at this stage, so I'm not expecting any sudden miracles there. I wanted to get into a routine with exercise before I started fiddling around with my diet.
Awesome! One day at a time.
Went to shops to get some things and left with a new smartwatch, I've been wanting one for ages and the delirium of my UTI made it happen. Since I've been saving for a new car I've not bought myself anything nice in a very long time so it feels good to get myself something flashy.
I've been contemplating buying a smartwatch! Which one did ya get?
I’m going to spend the morning tidying my flat. It’s become a bit…sus while I’ve been sick, and I’m starting to mend enough to want to do something about it.
Jfc reddit is now threatening private comms. There go the last scraps of goodwill
They’re doing what now
what are they doing? i haven't heard about this one
i lost both my dogs in the last year to age and illness. i had a dream last night that I got a new puppy (or dog, wasnt entirely clear). probably means it's time, right?
Perhaps so if the signs point you towards it.
How do you feel about it?
I opened the balcony door to look at the lasers in the sky and there was a cat meowing on my balcony (note I am 11 floors up). I've seen this kitty before but last time, I had my door open and I didn't notice it had come in to check out my apartment and it ran out when I turned around and noticed it.
This time it meowed and invited itself in for a poke around. I think it checked out every inch of my apartment then left politely (I left the door open so it knew it could leave). It turned back up 30 minutes later so I opened the door again and it again came in meowing at me and rubbing against my leg, and exploring more. I felt it had probably explored enough after 15 minutes and walked it out but it's still sitting outside my door looking at me.
My new best friend.
We are going to a party tonight. First night out without baby… I’m so nervous as he doesn’t do super well at night when he’s tired. Don’t know if MIL understands what she’s signed up for. Reaaaally hoping he does okay and I don’t have to leave early 🙏🏻
Good luck! Remember that your sanity is important and you need to give yourself breaks.
It's simpsons quote day right?
Please please please please please please please please please.
Finally going to get my arse into the great outdoors and walk a bunch of ks before I get the few groceries I need. I have a botanic gardens and beach just around the corner ffs. It;s an average looking day but I have a floral umbrella, of course. I can hear birds chirping outside. I applied for a decent sounding job today and got a response to not so decent job too.
In other news: Wow! my feet have shrunk! This is good news, I was ladies 11 which aren't easy to find, but 10 is a bit easier. I'll have to go and check some 10s out. I'm not into heels, but fuck me if there aren't amazing ladies boots which rarely have sizes up to 11 without being really expensive.
I have wide feet and it's hard to find a good fit. You really just have to go to shops and try them on. Go mid afternoon when your feet are their largest too.
good luck
Thanks for the tip! Might wait till next winter and hopefully they're more like the final size they shrink down to.
Seymour! The house is on fire! No mother, it's just the Northern Lights.
Edit: Oh wow that's interesting that your feet have shrunk. But also have fun with that, size 10 is really hard to find. I'm technically a size 10.5, so it's great when I buy like vans or American brand shoes. So it's like, I can buy a 10 and be a bit of a tight squeeze, or I can be a size 11 and find fuck all.
“I see you’ve played knifey- spoony before.”
Min of 9c / Max of 14c
70% chance of rain
A good day to stay home and work on Operation Sort Shit.
Looks like I will be hanging the washing up inside.
I had to wash my doona the other day, had it dry overnight. My windows were more wet inside than outside!
Not really keen on getting out of bed for another couple of hours tbh
Times like this I could do with a mini tea station in my room. Hot water dispenser, box of tea bags, a couple of cups.
I use a partner for this, but yes I fully support this endeavour.
I just need a cat to complete this and I'll be living the dream.
Real talk though, I have been seriously considering a hot water dispenser, even if not in my bedroom, since I've been having a million hot drinks this winter. I prefer my plain water warm, too
I think I’ve just made the worst decision ever.
I decided to wash my oodie and it’s so heavy water now. The washer couldn’t cope with the weight of it when it tried to spin it down (on gentle).
I’m now turning on the heating to help it dry, I don’t even know if I can get it dry at this rate.
I have backup oodies thankfully but this is the worst weather to be washing it in.
Dumb decision by me and yours truly.
Today is Saturday you do you say, but it's also the day Reddit terminates my third party apps privilege to existence :(
I'm guessing (hoping) they'll do it closer to when it hits 9am wherever their headquarters is, that'll give us all a bit more time, but since it's all APIs and computers, it wouldn't surprise me if everything does the second it hits midnight there
bacon is already gone at my end
Baconreader was the best :(
Apollo now dust 🥺
Somehow bacon's still up for me, starting to wonder if I broke something when I wiped my account
Trying to teach bot recruit #001 to date.
Currently showing today's date as 01 MMM 2023. Apparently instructions unclear.
The current code includes an instruction somewhere to mark itself as a bot account, which is a problem as it is currently posting from my account. I might need to create a separate account for it. It will mean that if anyone marks to block bot accounts they won't see any automatic threads which could be a bit of a problem too.
Let's start with making threads first, bots need to advance quite a bit more before they're ready to date
But how else will I create a full bot army?
Learning to make friends is also an important pre-dating step
Good bot
Wow, have to get used to the new DT home and how it looks!
Does anyone know what stores like Myer do with all the clearance/reduced to clear stuff that has been reduced for many weeks? I'm eyeing off a few things that are reduced a fair bit but still too pricey for me right now. Do they eventually get reduced further?
All my warm clothes are currently in the dryer 🥶
use microwaved potato peel
I'm currently spooning some microwaved potatoes
1st day of July. New month! Woop woop!
pinch and a punch no backsies!
And @[email protected] lol I haven’t heard these two in agesssss. Burst out laughing when I read it
My blocked ear is still working on getting better. Has anyone had a fungal ear infection before and feel comfortable sharing how long it took to clear up?
Today's mad science: got one of those limited edition 'intense' Dare iced coffee and used it as the milk in crunchy nut cornflakes. It's a little too sweet but otherwise not bad!
image is of aforementioned cornflakes in iced coffee
I can’t believe nobody commented on this culinary side step. Looks good to me👍
dumb poem
Nightmares are burned away at first light,
My dreams are rare but worth the fight.
Puss slept-guard on my doona and chest,
Better-Half's snoring scared off the rest.
Wake and piss like a broken hydrant,
I might take off, missing the toilet.
Coffee in my hand, heater in my face,
Catch up on this thread at a steady pace.
Thank you for sharing pics of your cats,
I saw them all and want to give them all pats!
Love you all, amazing humans you all are,
Stay beautiful, stay excellent, you all raise the bar.bacon, eggs, hashbrowns and toast for brekky.
cats and dogs got half of it, grifting little buggers
Greeting this weekend with an absolutely ripper UTI! Have a few unavoidable errands and then it's home to drink an oceans worth of Ural and cry.
Hot tip that I found out last time I had a UTI - if you end up needing a prescription, ask your gp to give you one with a repeat. That way, if you get another within a year, you already have a prescription ready to go. If you don’t, go get the script anyway and the medicine lasts 3 years. Saves you another trip to the gp/the bill.
Just make sure you take complete the full cycle of the pills because antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a terrifying reality
Nooooooo mega RIP :'( Mate, if it's really bad, I'd recommend you just go straight to any drs and get an antibiotic and be done with it.
In my experience "flushing it out" only works on mild infections and only when they're at the start. One time I tried it over covid lockdowns and it kept coming back over a month, by the time I saw the GP I had to take an antibiotic that fucked up my GI tract for another month.
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Poached eggs & bacon please
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Coffee very Irished pleased. All very strong.
🥃🥛☕️
I don't know which part you mean so I made them all strong
Baked beans on toast and a cuppa tea, if you would?
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🍞☕️everyone’s eating beans winds gonna howl
lemon cake poem
Waiting for the lemon cake cool
Before I slap on icing so sweet.
Heap of nutella on a teaspoon,
Choc and hazelnut such a treat.I got a craving I can't ignore,
I think losing my damn head.
I got a craving I want more,
Tummy rumbing for that sweetbread.Oh, impatience rising within me!
Gimme that sugar fix, entropy!
Hurry up and cool my cake!
Took me forty minutes to bake!OK, dinner consumed ✅
Dishwasher loaded ✅
Food & clothes ready for work tomorrow ✅
Bot given final instructions & ready to run ✅I think I'm ready for bed. Fingers crossed I wake up and see the bot did it's job 🤞
One more cup of tea, then time to get stuck into the basement
Good morning folks! I wanted to sleep in but now that the work sleep schedule is a thing, I woke up at 9am :c
Travel tip: I'm writing this because I didn't know this service existed so maybe others don't know either.
LT;DR version: pre-purchase international SIM cards from Melbourne-based online store so you can use mobile data with decent data caps as soon as you land overseas.
Long version: (I'll use spoiler tag to avoid a huge text post appearing by default)
Expand Long Version
Did you know there are services where you can pre-purchase international SIM cards before you travel, which will be activated on the date you specify? When I've travelled internationally in the past, I have gone SIM hunting after I've arrived, which can take a few hours off your day and can be tricky if you've landed somewhere where you don't speak the language and need to use your phone's navigation without any service (real life experience for me in France 2017 trying to drive myself to a convenience store in the suburbs near Lille). I'm not even going to entertain the idea of roaming with my Aussie SIM. I need more data than the piddly amounts they overcharge for. I also don't need to be contactable via phone or SMS on my Aussie number while OS. Apps all use push notifications for authentication (banking, microsoft, google, etc)
Anywho, cut to planning for my upcoming US trip and I find out there's a Melbourne based SIM store called simcorner who I was able to buy an UNLIMITED DATA 30 day T-Mobile SIM through for $67 AUD. It took a few days to arrive but I've now received and registered it for activation which should happen while I'm in the air on my way to LAX in August. All I need to do is swap SIMs on the plane and when I land I'll be up and running right away. No muss. No fuss.
Ah yes I forgot to mentioned those because I've never had a phone capable of e-sim. Thanks!
Abandon all plans ye who wake up on this miserable day
There were no plans to begin with taps head knowingly
Unfortunately by the time I was awake I was already at work. No point calling in sick now.
all plans remain. Only the clothing changes.
Yay booked in with my favourite tattoo artist for some work in August!!!
Sleep schedule, exercise schedule have been fked up on June thanks to work. Aiming to fix both in July because it’s not worth sacrificing those things just to be a cog in the machine.
So I was born a stone's throw from Highbury, the Arsenal home ground in London, and have followed them all my life. I have held a season ticket for decades, and go to games whenever I'm in London (niece gets the ticket the rest of the time).
I find myself in the very strange position of hoping that Spurs do well under Big Ange next season.
Random morning musings while reading The Guardian.
Dunstaffnage no longer exists, but there's an aged care centre at the site now. Fuckers got me coming and going
My kinder is now also an aged day care now. I hope they found the poo Michael did in the sandbox before letting the grannies loose in it.
How much do y'all spend on hair? By that I mean going to a place to get a cut or whatever you need to do e.g. colour etc.
$0. I cut my own. It's a thing from when I was super poor that I just kept up. Maybe I should now..
Edit: my MIL gets someone to visit, supplies her own hair dye and gets a cut and colour for about $30. Mr Peeler's cousin gets it done at the hairdresser's house and pays $130.
I wish I can cut my own. I've heard about the ones that attend or you go to their place which sounds like that could be economical. Guess you just gotta know people.
$25 from the salon next to Woolies. No appointment necessary. Just sit and wait for a hairdresser to cut my straight white girl hair then I'm off to do my shopping.
I spent about $200 almost 5 years ago now. Good set of clippers, always oil after use. But you know, there's only one hairstyle option for that method really.
Free. Either I shave some of it myself if I just want it shaved on the sides or my mate cuts it for me for free, they study as a hairdresser. Though next weekend will be the first time I'm paying for a haircut but it's only 'cause I'm giving them money for petrol because they're travelling to my place.
I spend about $200 to get foils, cut, style etc. about every 8 weeks.
I hate spending that much, but It's my one extravagant item. I don't drink, smoke, or really buy much of anything usually.
Makes me feel all spesh in spite of the financial guilt
If it makes you feel good then I guess it's worth it. I used to spend more on it but over time I just don't think I feel that great about haircuts that I could justify the spend anymore.
I spend about 20 bucks once every 3-6 months
Privilege of being a man, ig 😂
I think my last hair cut cost me 30.
Before Covid a barber I was going to was doing it for 21, now it’s 29 or 30 for a cut now.
$165 every 6 weeks for a cut, colour and blow wave. I'm happy to splurge a little on my hair, I wear it every day so it might as well look good.
$125 for a wash, hair treatment, cut & blowdry.
~$120 for a style cut and blow dry. Supposed to do it every 6-8 weeks but I’m not rich so I grow it out until I look like a crazy bog witch (3-4 months) and then go. I was cutting it myself when it was very long, but I do a long bob now and lack the skills to DIY on my hair type.
I leave it till I look like a crazy witch too. People are appalled lol.
Life reorganisation is going well.
-Washing on.
-Dishes done
-Bed stripped and changed
-Shopping list made in preparation for a market run
-Bins taken down
Butter and Biscoff spread toast is straight gangster
Biscoff is the devil's nectar. If I could have my way, there'll always be an open jar in the kitchen with a spoon in it. But I don't think it's fiscally and metabolically responsible..
I think that's the first bit of REM I've had in a few weeks. Crazy dreams but I'll take them.
I've had nothing but crazy/intense dreams for a while. Bit over my psyche reorganising and trawling through old crap
Don't forget to gdpr your data, folks!
we dont have gdpr in australia?
True, but it applies to all EU citizens. Which you could be....
I’m doing my Apollo migration and noticed that [email protected] (am I doing that right?) had more subscribers than almost any other community I signed up to.
Is this a case of massive well done, or wefwef fetching incomplete data?
Edit: Apollo just died, it was fun while it lasted
we like to party, welcome to the party.
I don’t know what wefwef is but most of us in this community migrated en masse around the same time this instance was created. Bit of a perfect storm I guess.
(https://wefwef.app) also well done!
Good morning party goers.
👋
Pita makes an amazing bread for a breakfast rap. Dunno why, but it totally works!
Breakfast rap:
Yo yo yo yo check it, one two
We talking bout the meal of kings
Gettiin' up in the morn' makin ya world sing
We got that coffee that black gold playa
Taste so fire and that energy, another layer
What's your favourite? We talking eggs on toast?
Or you more savvy? I'm talkin pita homes
With the bacon the eggs the cheese inside
Wrap it all up and you ready to rideYep. My favorite work lunch is a piece of flatbread with a couple of slices of meat, a dribble of sauce and chopped green leafy veg, rolled and toasted in a flat sandwich press. Crunchy bread and hot insides. Yum. Only downside is the liquid (very tasty) that dribbles out the open end. Recommend eating over a plate, the sink or the side of a boat.
Do you order thin or thicker pita? I haven’t used it too much but with a good tomato pasta sauce and cheese and whatever else you want to through it in makes an awesome cheese melt pocket.
Family trip to the city today.
I love seeing my kids interact with shop staff. They're so friggin polite with a sarcastic edge.
Retail workers love them. Got free laces from a shop cause my son was vibin with the sales staff.
My contribution is leaving a super positive review on the shop website, praising the sales person.
Also love seeing eshay knobs scatter when I stare them down.
#feelsgoodman
I'm up at 5 just a little tired.
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Nice cupppa. Thanks chef
I have marketed, and purchased many things. I may take a moment to have a cuppa before I unpack them
Me too! I just went to my local farmers market and bought a really lovely sunflower seed vodka. And some red sauerkraut. And some kimchi (I'm late to the kimchi party and kicking myself, that shit is fire). And some flannel flower brie and Sundew camembert cheeses. And some porterhouse steaks. And some freshly squeezed oj in a take home bottle. And some spicy tomato chutney and chilli sauce. And a bloody big oak leaf lettuce. I went a bit crazy but I love markets so much!
Waddya get? Waddya get?!
At the airport for a Virgin flight and it is CHAOS. Finally made it to the front of one line to ask a question about an oversized piece of baggage, and then got sent to the back of another long line without having my question answered and to a line where my question won’t get answered. They’re trying to prioritise people whose flights are leaving early, which I get, but I bet I get shit from gate staff about my oversized item.
That's a stressful situation, hope you got there in the end. Why are airports always so disorganised once they get busy? It's not like these process problems are novel for them to solve.
It was quite stressful, but I managed to make it onto my flight safely in the end. Apparently there are a big shortage of air traffic controllers as a bunch were laid off during COVID and now winter illnesses are hitting the remaining staff.
I wonder if aussie.zone is going to get hammered today
I feel like people would have made the switch by now. ? The writing on the wall has been around for a while.
I'm someone that was in denial. Now that the app I was using to browse reddit is down I've had to do some research to figure out where the communities have gone..
I wish I had the energy now that I did at 5 a.m. when I was trying to get back to sleep. :(
Still, first load of laundry done and have gone through two bags of put aside until later while listening to a podcast and getting drive-by snuggles from Sammi.Right. Changed over the washing to the dryer, which means I can leave the house for market
groan.
Reminds me to do the washing but I have to get up and out of this blanket cocoon.
Well this is depressing.
I thought I’d have a little relief itch the tax return looking and I’ve just had a quick look at what I’d get back and it’s ended being nowhere what I thought it was going to be.
I’ll be lucky to get back 150 dollars.
I really needed something good to happen in light how tough it’s been supporting my partner and this just is indescribable.
I still have HECS that get paid down every fortnight via my salary, it’ll be interesting to see the reduction in my pay thanks to this next Wed.
Tax returns are always bittersweet. On one hand, it's nice getting a lump sum at the end of FY.
On the other hand, I know it's just my own money - that my work has overpaid as taxes - and it would've been so much better for it to be sitting in a high-interest savings during the year, instead of earning nothing in ATO's pocket until I get it back later...
I guess I got my hopes up and thought I’d get a little bit of relief.
It was nowhere near what I was expecting.
I guess at least I don’t owe the ATO anything and have to pay them back. That’s the only bright side to it.
Last day of holidays - some final doodling in the sun - https://i.imgur.com/ZfwDsPL.jpg
Spent 3 hours at the hairdressers today, only 45 mins of which was the actual cut. Think I'll try somewhere else next time. Recovering from some dead lifting today and just gonna do some bathroom and kitchen cleaning at pace.
I tried a Reece's mini cup chocolate. After unwrapping the sweet, I popped it it my mouth and nearly swallowed the additional paper (like a patty pan) that it was sitting in. So I guess this is a PSA.
The chocolate was mega sweet. Much prefer their icecreams.
Hmm this wefwef.app web app for Lemmy is pretty slick except it seems to be missing all of the formatting options when writing comments. No add image/spoiler etc.
Everything else about the experience is decent until Boost arrives. It seems to remember my comments sorting preference which is a win and the red line from top level comments is gone.
Edit: spoke too soon on remembering sorting preference. It reverted to hot from new on a fresh launch. It did remember it while I was navigating around within the same session though.
Saturday..... morning do do do do do do
Today's new to me movie. The Field by Jim Sheridan with Richard Harris, Sean Bean and John Hurt .
Pretty good. Not sure what is was about. It's easy to do evil things when you believe you are a victim and righteous. Don't believe people who tell you doing bad things is ok because your target deserves it.
4 hobbits. Worth a rewatch.
also, boromir died. again.
“Get diddly down with it” thanks Flanders
The chud strikes again!
I don't think the duty free is helping me much we'll get there.
If you gonna do the duty free make sure there's plenty of water mixed in there too.
Yea we're trying.
Has anyone sold anything through Etsy or other sites? I am googling but I like to ask for real experiences, what's the process of paying tax etc? How easy was Etsy to use?
Damn. A few of the book instagrams I follow are posting their 6-month recaps. I thought I was doing a really fucking exceptional job with my 12 books read so far this year.
Fifty-five. One of them has read 55. How is that even possible? They can’t possibly be earning enough from social media for that to be their full time job. And when do they shower? And clean their house?
Anyway, what are you guys reading at the moment? I’ve got Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone going at the moment. It’s so good so far.
And I’m trying to make my way through Junji Ito’s works and Ring and other Japanese horror for a class I’m teaching next semester. Can’t say I’m loving Ito’s stuff.
#Worldle #526 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
I almost never even play this game and I'm annoyed at how good you are at it
Oooooh momma.
I've mentioned that the house is built on a hill, so it's raised. I've also mentioned we have the 6mx3m underhouse basement area that's plumbed and wired as it was a ground level laundry (now claimed by His Lordship as his brewery) . But. Uh did i mention the subfloor area separate to that? About 2m head clearance that expands literally under the rest of the entire house?
'Cos when i said 'working on basement' today, that's what i was talking about. Ima gonna need more shelves......
Has anyone used their own gender version of the Snapchat filter “my new twin” on themselves? I did it and it either gave me body dysmorphia or I’m actually depressingly ugly. And how would I even know which one.
Was all set to have a semi lazy day of random house cleaning when one of the mini peelers reminded me of my promise to take her to the farmers market. Off we go!
I've never been, but aren't they more of a sunday morning thing?
The Coburg one is Saturday, Carlton too I think. Alphington is Sunday though.
Tyler Childers - All Your'n I'll love you til my lungs give outtttt, I ain't lyin'. I'm all Your'n and your all mine
Good morning! 🤗 Yarra City Council held it's first citizenship ceremony in Apr-23, after the feds lifted a ban imposed on the council in 2017 (political controversy). Does anyone know where the ceremonies were held in the interim or has this created a huge backlog? Thanks
from the Guardian Aug 2017
Instead, citizenship ceremonies for residents of the local government area, which has a population of 80,000, will be conducted by neighbouring councils or by the immigration department. The department will hold a ceremony in Yarra council on 26 January.
Uh I think a manual DT thread should be made for Sunday now?
Skiing today was brilliant, but man, it sucks to see the end of a ski trip coming up :')
