Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 23 Nov 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 23 Nov 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Happy American Thanksgiving Day everyone. That special day where we all give thanks that, as Australians, we do not have two major celebrations in close proximity to each other, in the middle of winter, in a country with minimal annual leave provisions. As someone who works with the Fire Brigade I also like to give special thanks that we do not have any traditions that involve deep frying a whole turkey over an open flame.
I love thanks givin'. The littl'uns all running around the big ol' pot cookin' Mama's secret recipe turkey shootin' their bb guns and eatin pumpkin pie. Can't get no better than that y'all. Yee haw.
pumkin' paaah
I have deep fried turkey a few times. The difference is remarkable. Just ensure you have a fire plan lol.
Fried foods are always tasty, but, given how many people manage to set fire to a standard bbq, adding turkey fryers to the mix seems a recipe for disaster. It does make for some great videos if you like a good fireball though.
Deep fried turkey is delicious , can recommend and it's really worth the effort
Still, without Turkey Day, there would be no Black Friday sales. That has to be factored into the equation. Also, if you include Halloween, that's 3 celebrations in close proximity. Nearly as much fun as the Easter/Anzac/Labour Day constellation of holidays right here in Oz.
That right - three celebrations. No wonder they call it the festive season!
Once upon a time the best sales were stocktake sales, and there were smaller mid-year sales as well. Stocktake as a close-the-store and physically count every thing system has been replaced by ongoing inventory management, but the sales remain. I'm not sure when we stopped calling them stocktake sales though. The importation of Black Friday sales is quite recent, and with no stocktake involved the sales have really just spread out and become almost business as usual.
fully defrost the turkey and turn the flame off when adding/removing the turkey seem to be the basic OHnS of frying a turkey.
Sky gorg
Gorg.
Totes.
That moment when a seagull randomly realises you're eating fajitas on the beach:
And they say it's hard to make friends in your 30's.
Come summer it'll be packed but for now it's bliss.
With friends like this who needs enemies....gives me the creeps.
Ha last client refused service due to a mix-up so I get paid for 2½ hours of doing bugger all. I'm staying in my work pants until 3 just in case but I don't think they'll send me on another job if they didn't call me within the first half hour.
In other news the first week has gone well and the people at the fill in job I had yesterday have specifically requested me as a regular. primp primpToday was my first full work day since shingles and holy hell is the fatigue real. I was warned about it, but boy howdy if I wasn't about to knock off I'd be cosying up for under the desk nap.
hugs and get fully well soon 🤗🤗😘😘
Achewww! X 74
Bless you.
Sitting at breakfast overlooking the golf course just enjoying watching the old blokes walking around and their golf buggies following them by themselves like golf themed droids from Star Wars. The future is hilarious.
Ah, that nice feeling of hitting 10pm and actually being well watered, well fed, happy with the day's work, done the day's chores and all ready for a JAM PACKED DAY TOMORROW that is hectic by any measure but more so when you've been a quasi NEET/hermit for a while:
hectic!
- 9:00 grab tram to pick up carshare car at 9:30
- 10:00 visit terminally ill friend near Eltham
- 11:30 1hr intense appointment in Eltham
- 1:00 2hr appointment in Preston
- 3:00ish grab groceries from MKS
- 3:30ish meet a relative in Eltham
- 6:30 dinner with friend near Ormond
- 9:30? return library book in St Kilda on way back
And then satdee morning I need to return the car by 9:30 (taking the tram back) AND have a coffee meet up as well... WHEW
So much drama in the office today. It was extremely amusing and bemusing watching a new staff member lose her shit at the Call Centre Consultant (I'm just gonna call him Milhouse) my work hired; she almost quit if it weren't for our direct manager talking her down and accepting her declining the new title they gave her.
Now it is my title lol. No payrise, but you best be sure I'm bringing it up in another month (will be my third month there) and at my 6 month review. Milhouse doesn't realise I have worked under people like him before, and I know what I'm doing when it comes to this title they've passed onto me lol. I held the position of Operations Consultant for a long time, and while this isn't the same as what I'm doing now, it's damn close.
I'm going to shine, hope they have their sunnies lol
Good grief, the humidity is climbing overnight.
Ugh.
Yuck. Might be an air con night :(
They have these at Aldi. It says on the tag Tough Dog Toy. That's a challenge for my little dog.
My dad's dog would destroy this inside an hour.
aaah woke up this morning suddenly a fat bastard.
Loved you in the Austin Powers movies.
I et so many bebbies
Oh, I hate that. Fine fine fine, snooze, tubby
Back from a walk in the park and errands.
Didn't find any banksia cones. neutral
gardener said I could have some iris bulbs they were throwing out. Win. ( I wonder what colour the flowers will be )
I found $2. Win!!
The coots have new chicks and they are sooo cute. Win!
At shops. Couldn't find a picture frame to fit a new print. Neutral.
But aldi had some frangipane tarts. Win!!
Not a bad trip at all. 😊
Banksia cone FLEX
Also a WA candlestick one (Banksia attenuata?):
Can't believe how much they sell for online.
I just chuck them in the fire over winter.
Apparently they're very good for smoking meats and things too.
Looks like a rotisserie of lamb kebab meat.
So pretty. I worked for a native revegetation company inbetween highschool and uni, and we go out into native bushland and collect seeds and pods. Banksias were some of my favourite to look at, but we'd be after the ones on the trees still. Got really sore arms using this elongated pruner thing to cut em off all day!
Do they smell nice when they burn?
I thought to myself gosh it feels muggy and this [confirms it](http://www.baywx.com.au/melbdewtemp.html#:~:text=12.7°C - Melbourne (Olympic,Real Time Dewpoint Temperature Observations)
Can confirm. Sweated so much in my work shirt walking with the doggo earlier..
Good Morning! You are all beautiful and amazing!
Morning.
Speak for yourself luv
I hate computers.
That is all.
/head-desk
What happened?
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
A deep fried karate chop please, with some mushroom sauce
🛢️🔥✋🍄
Slow day at work, doing a little bit of work but reading about stuff online quietly while looking like I'm doing something important.
I think I'm running out of things I want to read.
Hah... Never knew you could do this...
Do you play quizzes with Google Home? It's fun until it denies you a point because it can't understand your Australian accent.
I was listening to a podcast the other week about how apparently Troye Sivan brought his dad to the arias where he cleaned up for his song Rush. And on face level that’s a feel good story, right? Till you listen to the lyrics. His poor dad having to sit there whilst his son wins all these awards for a song about absolutely fucking railing someone. I mean nothing wrong with the song it’s great and, but I cant imagine you want to even think about your adult kids bedroom activities.
I thought he was literally cleaning up some areas for a music video or something loll
I like to bring dad to watch me vacuum, he nods and says "great job, son"
very busy day tomorrow
goodnight , love you all 😘😘😘
New Fargo is on today. 🤗😊
Love that show.
Gorg:
Ok where is this warm weather we’ve been promised today? I’ve got washing on the line.
Sun dudes are phoning it in because the rain dudes are taking over the shift tomorrow apparently, all through the weekend. I don't trust those wet bastards to commit to 3 days of work but better get those clothes dried today anyway.
Wtf is going on here?
Surely I shouldn’t be able to see this?
Mod actions are (mostly) transparent.
Weirdly, my user bans don't show up in the modlog. I ban about two spammers and their post history per day, and that never shows up. It seems if I purge a comment that it's gone from everywhere - including modlog. No admin would ever abuse this loophole, right?
Everybody can see the mod logs.
How odd. First it’s turned up for me. An on/off to avoid clutter would be nice
Today I met a little dog named Ruby Tuesday. So please enjoy this 90s flashback https://youtu.be/SV2pIWd58Mg?si=PGlQ6P58EXBsOxn6
I was expecting this
Not 90’ees iz it?!
I'm considering getting audio books instead of dead trees. It doesn't matter if I listen a few times to get everything I miss by not paying enough attention. Feels like a waste tho as I have so many books I haven't read. 😟
I recently started doing audiobooks, really like it. I listen when I’m doing chores or in the car. Still read paper books sometimes too, so it hasn’t been a total replacement. Audiobooks really shine where there is a multi character cast, or a biography where the author reads it themselves. And exactly as you said, if my concentration drifts off I just rewind and listen to the bit I missed again. It’s not really cheaper than paper, if you use something like audible. But you can also get audiobooks from libraries but there might be waitlisted for the popular books. Maybe there will be a Black Friday deal and you can try out if you like it.
Hiding this towards the end of the thread. I've found a song I don't hate, stuffed the ukulele with socks to quieten it and learned three chords. My hands are so weak and awkward though.
And working on fundamentals by trying to speedrun a 'draw manga' book (to avoid feeling intimidated)... Well things look much worse than when I just draw faces and proportions by what looks right :/
Why do the basics you need to build on to eventually get good suck so much
It's weird for a potential employer to ask for a reference from your current employer right? I mean, I would get fired on the spot if my current employer found out I was looking for a new role...
Not unusual. They like to check references from recent workplaces. You can however let them know that would put you in an awkward position, and would prefer they use your other references instead. They shouldn’t be be contacting anyone that you haven’t provided as a reference.
Yeah I said "it would be difficult", and to contact me to discuss.
Got this beachy Latin-themed number in my head all morning since going on a PSB bender yesterday. Viva la 90s and Neil Tennant's gorgeous voice... Some songs are just genuinely uplifting :)
