Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    14·
    1 year ago

    It took brushies for Gibson to remember who I was and relax. It’s so good to be home.

    I was staying at an airbnb a 5 Min walk to work so it was: get up, go to work, come home, wait for work the next day. Blergh!

    I’m going to spend the next few hours playing guitar to my hearts content.

    And of course the stringy toy for Gibson.

    Hope everyone had a great night 😊

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
    13·
    1 year ago

    I know tradies get a bad rap in this country, and sometimes it’s justified, but respect to those who care about their craft and do it well.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      10·
      1 year ago

      Aye, I agree.

      I had some washing machine dramas a few weeks ago. I called some service people to get quotes, one was very aggressive with trying to book me in and lock me in to paying and the 2nd one was a very nice guy who told me the truth that it might not be worth my money to call him out for a problem that might not be a simple fix.

      People like that are so rare and wish more people like the 2nd guy I called cared more about their customers.

    • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone
      7·
      1 year ago

      Yep, over the years we have curated a collection of fine tradies - a sparky, a plumber and a general handyman. All reliable and good at what they do.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zone
    13·
    1 year ago

    This misty rainy weather is making me think about jumping on a tram up to chinatown for some dumplings. Bit of pan fried pork or xiaolongbao could go very nicely.

    Edit: went for spicy wontons

  • 🇦🇺Baku@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    1 year ago

    Today’s my last day before the big move. I’ve barely packed at all, and there’s still about a dozen other things I want to do before I move onwards and hopefully upwards ig

    I’m not taking any furniture so that helps a bit, but when I was going through my shelves I was spending way too much time being sentimental on small knick knacks and trinkets I’ve received over the years, so that doesn’t help

    I’m also slightly stressed about the logistics of moving day. All my boxes will fit in one trip, but I don’t think my computer chair will fit with anything else. On top of that, I’m not sure I really trust a cardboard box with scrunched up newspapers to keep my PC and monitors safe, so I’ll probably want to hold those, but I’m also not an octopus so I can’t hold it all. Then when I get there at midday, I’ve got to build my bed, go grocery shopping, and if I have any energy leftover maybe build my desk and a bedside table

    (Ok, it’s only assembling, but tbf some of those flat pack furnitures are so complicated and difficult, I think taking some wood and actually building from scratch wouldn’t be too much harder)

    • Hongohones@aussie.zone
      7·
      1 year ago

      One day at a time. Do your bed, take two trips. We all spend ages on feeling senitmental when packing up our stuff. It’s a good exercise. Yeah flat pack furnitue always takes longer than expected I find.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      5·
      1 year ago

      Good luck mate! When I was younger moving was all a bit of an adventure. The older I get the more it seems to suck

  • 🇦🇺Baku@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    1 year ago

    Just to really make my last day interesting, I seem to have eaten something bad, or come down with something, and now I’m sick, so now I get to pack my boxes with a bucket next to me the whole time

  • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    Well well…looks like our credit card has been compromised in the last week. Quite a few transactions for Uber (our Uber account is paid from the joint a/c. not the CC) and a $150 FoodHub order (neither of us have that app). Good on the bank for being available on a Sunday morning to deal with it and arrange new cards. They will investigate, but said that this is happening so often that it could take many weeks to get to the bottom of it. Stay vigilant folks, check your statements frequently.

    • Cendana
      5·
      1 year ago

      I have online banking and usually keep around $50-100 at a time on the card, and receive notifications as soon as a charge (or an attempt to) comes through.

    • 🇦🇺Baku@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      1 year ago

      I don’t even have a credit card, only a debit card with no overdraft and like 3 bucks in there, but I keep mine locked when I’m not using it and unlock it when I need to

      • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Definitely a fan of locking it when not in use. (Just have to remember if you have debits coming out as that might pose a problem.)

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    Life increasingly feels again like a list of never ending chores. I tick everything off on the daily planner and then have these crushing feelings of despair when I turn the page to a new day and a blank slate - I have MORE things to do?!??!?! Do they ever stop?! Can I just stop (again) (and for longer this time)?

    And yet, doing the chores endlessly on Animal Crossing was somehow therapeutic and relaxing… maybe because it’s so much darn easier to earn Bells…

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      10·
      1 year ago

      Adulting is fucking relentless and a drag at times. My kids are all “you grown ups can spend as much as you want and buy whatever you like and do whatever you want” and I’m like “yeah but the minutiae child, the minutiae!”

      • Bacon@aussie.zone
        6·
        1 year ago

        I can spend 10 hours on my phone and have nuggets for breakfast lunch and dinner.

        I also have to call the electricity companies.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        5·
        1 year ago

        Haha, sweet children, flexibility of time and money is never free, it comes at a cost… I saw how much of a toll all the usual expectations took on my mum and didn’t particularly look forward to that part when growing up tbh.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zone
      6·
      1 year ago

      Wake up, drink water
      Eat maybe, do a poo
      Save time, pee in shower
      Get dressed, much to do
      Drive to work, fuck traffic
      Run for tram or train
      Running late, do not panic
      Roadworks to blame
      Get to work, put on smile
      Say hello, morning, hey
      Urgent tasks in a pile
      Run ragged through the day
      More traffic, drive home
      Cook dinner, wash dishes
      Do washing, stay up to one
      Rinse repeat, tired and listless.

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      5·
      1 year ago

      My tamagotchi from 2.5 decades ago is still starving in a corner somewhere.

      learnt from a young age chores are not my thing.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        4·
        1 year ago

        I already keep it to as low as I can function on, but shit creeps up where if I don’t do something soon I’ll lose money (like trying to return this unused but partly opened $110 USB laptop charger, which I’ve left gathering dust for 29 days, to JBHifi…)

    • wscholermann@aussie.zone
      5·
      1 year ago

      Relatable. Constant cooking, cleaning, washing and bills. And there’s still things I haven’t cleaned that I need to get to (yes window exhaust fans I’m looking at you).

  • Force_majeure122@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    Just back from a very nice social occasion with quite a few people I don’t really know, and only two that I do. It was alcohol free, and normally that would be a bit tough for me - socialising with people I don’t know while sober, but it was actually really pleasant and fun 😊

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    I’d like to pat myself on the back for actually eating all 3 meals today and getting halfway through a decent self help workbook and Having Big Destabilising But Also Cathartic Emotions and still being able to clear out the fridge, clean the kitchen, take the bins out, and prep my clothes and bags etc for the next day.

    I might be behind on work, but I’m miraculously ahead on my sense of calm and centredness, and I’m going to sleep well tonight, and that’s the best thing I can do for my whole self to get ready to tackle the other things I don’t want to do.

    I did unwittingly trap the cat in the garage for an hour because she silently snuck in while I was taking the bins out (and I was told she hates the garage) - but because I always give her a goodnight kiss I went looking for her and after coldly zooming in and ignoring me for a bit I think hostilities have calmed. Sorry puss I would’ve never intentionally left you there :'(

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    he he, Christmas in July was very Christmassy. Had a good xmas dinner, set the room and table for xmas, I dressed for xmas, made everyone watch two versions of A Christmas Carol and I didn’t put up with shit.

    I also had 1/2 bottle of wine 😀