Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • ReadEverything@aussie.zone
    17·
    1 year ago

    Woohoo I have been allowed to pat the fluffy belly of Phoenix. We got him as a rescue in January and he has finally let me pat him on the belly. Image is of a ginger cat on his back with a white fluffy belly and dirty paws.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    15·
    1 year ago

    Got the news from the bosses yesterday that, due to business being so quiet, they’ve made the decision to close the factory on Fridays. This is hopefully a temporary measure until things pick up again later in the year, as they usually do before Christmas. Some of our wholesale customers have gone bust and some looking like they’re barely hanging on. So it’s a drop in pay for me but will give me a weekday at home to get the shit done that’s just not being done atm. I’m trying to see it as an opportunity rather than a problem. Also I sat down with the fam last night and made a list of our monthly expenses and discussed what could be cut. Lifestyle creep is a thing and I’ve had to explain to them that we’re just gonna have to suck it up for a bit. The kids agreed to think carefully and talk with each other about how likely I am to say yes to a thing before they ask me for something. Mr Peeler was told don’t even think about it!

    On the plus side, my bus driver looks like Jimmy Giggle.

  • bananafungus@aussie.zone
    14·
    1 year ago

    Holy shit, it’s all coming up Bananafungus right now! Just got offered another job…

    I’ll still be taking the one I mentioned earlier, but absolutely wild times are being had.

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    13·
    1 year ago

    So update on that ghost from yesterday. They never came out. I checked all the rooms, no one.

    It was so bizarre.

    I did discover a former worker here died last year. They worked on the floor above me…

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    Landed. FARKEN

    Even the airline crew took a bit longer to open the cabin doors and you could hear them on the PA system crying “it’s COOOLD” and laughing at the same time - I don’t think I’ve been outside more than 5 minutes and my hands are icicles.

    E: I am sorry to disappoint the canned seafood enthusiasts but I changed to Fancy Baked Beans at the last minute

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        4·
        1 year ago

        The unexpected coriander that grew out of a halfarsed balcony planter in the hottest position agrees, having bolted in less than a week

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      5·
      1 year ago

      Glad you’ve made it back safely!

      Time for some food and then home or home then food?

      Very come outside, you missed all the yucky warm weather while you were away.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        6·
        1 year ago

        Tucking into a bowl of beans with my oodie on, I just wanted to get home asap. Cool weather isn’t terrible but this was a bit of a shock to the system. 🥶

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    Bill Cat ate Ted’s dinner. Ted has new dinner and Bill Cat’s fave food has been put away. Bill is a bad boy. 🤨 Bill is looking for his dinner. 🤭 ( it’s in the fridge )

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 year ago

      Could this be solved with serving them the exact same dinner in larger portions? ie is it about the food itself, changing his preferred taste or increased hunger?

      Or is it a dominance behaviour? (I’m a cat person but the cats always were adopted/grew up together or came to me as an only cat. So I don’t have personal experience with introducing new cats.)

      Maybe the boys need to be fed the exact same thing, have both flavours halved between them, or be separated at mealtime.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        6·
        1 year ago

        in the past Bill wouldn’t eat tinned cat food and Ted doesn’t like Bill’s fresh meat. So Bill is really being out of character here. It’s Bill being a shit head.

        But yes, I am going to give them exactly the same from now on. If Bill doesn’t want it , too bad.

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
          5·
          1 year ago

          He’s jealous and insecure. His mum is feeding a new guy! He steals the dinner to fill a strange emptiness in his heart.

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    Does anyone in here do Yoga? How is it for mindfulness?

    I’m wanting to ‘get in tune’ with myself once I’m in the new place and starting the new chapter of my life. I feel like over the past 10 years I’ve become a worse person so I want to be better and reset my mind so to speak with meditation and journeling and even Yoga.

  • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    A few months ago there was some kind of mantis/stick insect in the garden. She laid an egg pod and disappeared. Well apparently today the egg pod hatched and there’s about 30 tiny baby mantis crawling up the wall. I’ll try and get a decent photo to post.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    1 year ago

    I accidentally wasted all of yesterday playing a video game (The Witcher 3) and have decided there are two aspects of video game life I wish happened in the real world.

    If time worked like it does in games life would be so much simpler. Make an appointment to meet up with someone at sunset, spend 40 years travelling the world and doing other stuff, still make it to the meeting on time! Or rushing urgently to the monster infested cellar with the house owner? They won’t mind if you spend time rifling through all of their possessions and looting everything that’s not bolted down on the way.

    The second main aspect is the incredible lifespan of food. Kill the reanimated corpse of a plague victim buried in a cave for the last 300 years, find they were carrying a ham sandwich, still good to eat! The real world I make a ham sandwich and its starting to get a bit sus by lunchtime.

        • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
          7·
          1 year ago

          As long as it’s only on the road nearby. Summoning a car to the middle of the office could cause problems.

          Just having the ability to summon a convenient parking spot would be pretty handy.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
        4·
        1 year ago

        That would be good. Not having a commute and being able to pop over to France for a baguette at any time would be rather nice.

        Although I have spent way too much time thinking about the social consequences if that sort of ability was real. At the moment so much of what we do is organised around geographic limitations - we have local shops, groups etc. The fragmentation of society into different interest groups that happens already with improved communication would be even more dramatic, and if it was accessible enough to have in individual homes the entire concept of neighbourhood would disappear. Although we could potentially reclaim all the roads for parks and nature corridors as we don’t need them for transport any more which would be good.

        • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          I just want to be able to fast travel to work, my partner’s and home tbh. I don’t mind the travel to like the city or somewhere, but if it’s a place I frequent pretty regularly, then I want to have the ability to fast travel.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been a lot more active the last few days than I have been all year. Between bike riding and walking and then an 8km hike yesterday with some steep sections my butt muscles ache. Oh well, back to hibernating tonight when I return to melbz.

    UPDATE: Oh crumbs. One of my hosts has tested positive for covid. They’re older people who haven’t had it before but at least they’re fully vaxed etc. I’ve had to cancel my plans for today though as I would’ve been hanging out with someone immunocompromised. Am hoping I don’t get it either. Hermit time starts now I guess. Mask on the flight and all that

  • Cendana@lemm.ee
    9·
    1 year ago

    Our fluffy cat now considers the act of cutting anything is a sign that there’s food.

    So he meows loudly, and the next moment, everyone’s gathered in the kitchen begging for tomatoes, bananas, and other vegetables. When we hold it in front of them, they would all take one sniff and walk away.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      8·
      1 year ago

      ha ha, Bill used to do that until I gave him the end of an onion, I even chased him with it. Rarely begs anymore. 😂

      • Cendana@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        Our fluffy one always begs for brocolli.

        We give him a peace, he carries it around everywhere he goes for 20 minutes. He protects the brocolli, picking fights if anyone else goes near his baby.

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 year ago

      In our house it’s the opening of a particular cupboard door that triggers one, that then triggers all. The fact that it’s the pantry that holds all the human food does not compute, because that door also hides the temptations container. Silly animals.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    Finally completed the bikini abs 30 day program. I don’t have bikini abs (that’s just not gonna happen in 30 days given my current physical state and fitness level), but my waist is a tiny bit less wobbly and my posture seems to be better. Except when I’m tired. At least I’ve found some exercises I like in there. Made a curry for Mr P and homemade “nuggets” for the kids. Sent some curry in to my MIL. I’d decided I was sick of Colesworth for meat and went to the butcher on the way home. I got 4 large chicken breasts (over 2kg) and well over 2kg of beef mince for $40. Portioned up what I didn’t use and froze it. I know I should do this sort of thing but I just never do it. There often isn’t the room in my tiny freezer. Bought veg and fruit from the international grocery store. It was much cheaper than colesworth, so I’ll definitely be doing that again.