Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • just_kitten
    18·
    10 months ago

    Sox wants you in her office for a serious discussion. SEE ME MEOW.

    tuxedo cat on a chair looking very intensely at the viewer

  • heyheyitskay
    15·
    10 months ago

    Work week ended on a slightly depressing note but it’s good to see you guys here.

  • just_kitten
    12·
    10 months ago

    This is one of those weird days where I feel extremely good about myself and life and things but part of that involves cheerfully imagining work doesn’t exist at all. I stare at my inbox and to do list and it might as well be hieroglyphics.

  • brave
    12·
    10 months ago

    Been feeling like I have a massive constant headache lately, it’s a semi regular thing. Went to the pharmacist to renew my birth control and get some aspirin for my headaches. The pharmacist actually ran back up to me whilst I was paying to suggest that maybe I’m having a bad reaction to the birth control, it’s a potential side effect. I’m so grateful to her quick thinking. Heading back to my GP next week.

    • brave
      7·
      10 months ago

      Thanks for the supportive comments everyone. 🥹 I actually gave the FREE Nurse -On-Call service a ring as well, just because I started getting a bit worried after reading some other potential symptoms I might be having. Regardless the nurse was so thorough and amazing, and I didn’t have to leave my bed. It’s a free service and saves a trip to the doc (I’ll still go to change my birth control).

      But anyway, +1 for free Nurse on Call.

    • eye82much
      3·
      10 months ago

      The brand of bc I started on gave me the worst headaches around the ‘sugar pill’ week every single time - just knocked me out for several days every month worse than my normal period symptoms ever did. I switched to the generic version of the same meds and it has mostly gone away now. So it’s is very likely! Good on the pharmacist for suggesting it!

      • brave
        3·
        10 months ago

        Omg… It’s sugar week for me soooo

        • eye82much
          4·
          10 months ago

          Oh noooo, yeah it could be the bc then 😬 Definitely see if you can get a change up and see if that helps.

          Also, I don’t know why the generic $7 version of mine from Chemist Warehouse doesn’t generally give me headaches but the $21 brand name version from the normal pharmacy fucks me up but that could be something to try if you still have refills left and don’t want to go to the GP for a new prescription.

    • Seagoon_
      3·
      10 months ago

      hugs, hope it gets sorted and you feel better soon

  • underwatermagpies
    11·
    10 months ago

    I’ve been selected for jury duty for the first time and I am genuinely stoked.

  • bananafungus
    10·
    10 months ago

    Me: I don’t watch to many period dramas Also me: that cobblestone wall and iron gateway were featured in…

    Although to be fair on myself I do have a pretty intensely vivid memory, a glance is usually enough for me to remember something, it’s like an uncomfortable super power.

      • bananafungus
        4·
        10 months ago

        Ugh, same! Also language, mannerisms, and set dec being wrong shits me, like my guys please for the love of god hire someone to advise or read a fkn book.

          • bananafungus
            6·
            10 months ago

            I love seeing a main character with incorrect layers interact with a side character or some extras who are properly layered. Also love it when a main character who is poor is wearing fabrics well above her status, like Miss Poor would absolutely not be able to afford any of that outfit, not even the shift.

  • Llabyrinthine
    9·
    10 months ago

    I warm up quickly, but I get legit cold which is a wonder with some of the body fat I carry.

    Like I am waiting for a flight dressed like an Eskimo. I have a tee on, a heat tech turtleneck, a jumper and a poncho that looks like a sleeping bag.

    Meanwhile, stylish people just be jeans and light jumpers… or even just tees. I’m wearing more than an older adult couple sitting a few rows away from me. 😂

  • Bottom_racer
    9·
    10 months ago

    BBOI came to visit. Can’t keep him still for a good photo because he’s launching himself at door handles like the clever kitty he is.

  • Baku
    9·
    10 months ago

    I kinda feel a bit pensive tonight for some reason. I stood out on the porch listening to the rain hitting the roof just starting off into space for a while earlier. I guess it’s one of those nights

    • Seagoon_
      6·
      10 months ago

      hugs , here, would you like a drink 🍷 or a cookie 🍪 😊

  • Duenan
    9·
    10 months ago

    Here’s my cheeky spoiling for myself.

    A massive jar of lollies!

    Just over 2kg worth of lollies.

  • danwritesbooks
    9·
    10 months ago

    I’m feeling nostalgic. How good was it being a kid (if you are my age) and waiting for new episodes of the Simpsons, or even daily episodes on Channel 10 at 6 just after neighbours (and my dad yelling to turn the tv down because he hated the neighbours theme song)

    What makes you feel nostalgic?

    • PeelerSheila
      5·
      10 months ago

      Something you’d relate to with your recent house hunting: when you check out a listing and the place hasn’t been substantially updated in 30 or 40 years. The faded but well-kept carpet, the amber glass and three lamp light fittings, undercover areas with green corrugated fibreglass, the kitchen table, the vinyl covered kitchen chairs with their chrome legs, daphne and gardenia near the meterbox and roses along the driveway, the coir mat at the front door, kids bikes on the front lawn and a podium tennis pole embedded in the back…

      • CEOofmyhouse56
        3·
        10 months ago

        Totem tennis! The dog fucking loved it! That amber glass you speak of I have one. It’s on the sliding door between my kitchen and lounge room. It a pain to clean.

        • PeelerSheila
          2·
          10 months ago

          My late mother’s house had it in a pattern of bottle bottom circles, in the sliding door to the lounge.

    • CEOofmyhouse56
      5·
      10 months ago

      I remember back in the very early 90s when Channel 9 would air Michael Jackson or Madonna’s video clip for their latest song. It would go for a half an hour with a Molly Meldrum interview. The buzz at school that day and the day after was electric. Kid’s going “It was so good that I taped it”. Now I was not a fan of either but I knew I had to watch it.

      • calhoon2005
        5·
        10 months ago

        I remember that specifically when Black or White came out. The face morphing blew my 13 year old mind.

    • Seagoon_
      5·
      10 months ago

      hot sunny January days and the smell of the fields and the trees, iow, nature

      • calhoon2005
        4·
        10 months ago

        Halley’s Comet!..I went to someone’s farm party outside of Geelong to see that. Got handed some binoculars to see it, but I didn’t know I had to stabilise them so all the stars were moving…

      • danwritesbooks
        3·
        10 months ago

        Gosh you are not wrong about the size of Killer Pythons these days.

    • landsharkkiddEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I’ve been going through and watching episodes of the Simpsons and whenever I watch the intro it’s giving me so much nostalgia for watching it at 6pm on both channel 10 and Fox8.

    • StudSpud The StarchyEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      All of that. Yes.

      Also, when I was 12, Dad bought a new tv, so I got the little CRT TV with the coatwire antennas for my bedroom. It had faux wood panelling down the side too, I loved it.

      I would close my bedroom door and stay up late with the TV on 1 volumn, I’d sit right up close to it, and watch South Park and then Drawn Together lol.

      No siblings, no disturbances. I credit both shows for my inappropriate and wack sense of humour haha

    • Duenan
      4·
      10 months ago

      Hmm I think getting home after school and racing down to the park to meet friends there to play for an hour or two.

      Also fondly remember episodes of Totally Wild on in the afternoons.

    • Electronic_Owl
      3·
      10 months ago

      Not nostalgia particularly, but it was a blast from the past when the other day I found one of those old ring-pull tabs that used to be on drink cans. Also called ‘pull-tabs’ I think. Not sure when they were phased out in Aus, but in the UK they were mostly gone by the late 80s and replaced by the ‘stay-tab’ we all know today. The ring-pulls were sharp and dangerous and were littered a lot, so I certainly don’t miss them!

    • melbourne_wanderer
      2·
      10 months ago

      daylight savings makes me nostalgic. I used to fucking love it when daylight savings started: it meant me and the other kids in the street were gonna be out on our bikes , at the park, rollerskating (later blading), whatever for HOURS after school, plus it was almost christmas, and summer, and all the good things.

      i mean, I still love DS, it just also makes me nostalgic.

      • danwritesbooks
        3·
        10 months ago

        DS was just the best. Playing cricket in the street until all hours. Good times.

        • melbourne_wanderer
          2·
          10 months ago

          smashing the ball iver the neighbour’s fence repeatedly not only for 6 runs but so I could go and pat their dog

    • Outlier1031
      1·
      10 months ago

      I have fond memories of watching first run simpsons on my older brothers little tv in his bedroom while tucking in to my looney tunes microwave meal that my mum would make when I was being fussy. the Daffy duck spaghetti and meatballs and bugs bunny chicken nuggs were my favourites