Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 19°C, max - 31°C. 100% chance of no rain
The RAT finally arrived, and the results are in. I am officially out of the never-had-covid club.
Did well to make it so far.
It’s been a bit surprising, especially as I have worked the whole way through in an office with many people. I don’t know if this is work’s fault or my brother in law though - he was sick with covid at Christmas, ,which puts it right at the extreme long end of the possible incubation timeframes.
Oh poo. Such a good run.
Is talking to birbs in his sleep
Love the teefies. So cute 💜
A still pic doesn’t grab the little twitching snarls. He’s ridiculous
Hehehehehe
Fuck it. I’m going to load up a veg pizza and eat like, all of it
I’m actually wrecked
Me too!!! Did fine till just after lunch and been cooked since.
I’m sitting in front of the ps5 for the rest of the day. Productivity can get effed.
3 days left till annual leave ends. It’s been great to have a break but I’m definitely stagnating.
If I had more disposable income saved for the break it would have been better but that’s OK.
My probation ends on the 23rd of January. Once it’s over I can start looking for a new place asap.
Fawker and Moonee ponds are looking reasonable for house rental. I don’t think I could go back to an apartment, dealing with everyone’s noise.
Yesss get out of that part of town!
Cannot wait! Back to civilisation. I’m tired of going into the city and feeling overwhelmed because there’s people around lol
Civilizations overrated. All you need is 1 good pub.
🍻 happy hour 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3RO0UMsBss
and tonight a new western series starts on netflix, America Primeval. The last western with a woman as a main character was just awesome, Emily Blunt in The Englishwoman ( which I really really recommend ) . Hoping this is just as good. It should be .
Guess what? House actually now available for the offer. Banker off on medical. I have a headache.
Vendor played stupid games and won stupid prizes! Congrats. Assume you got preapproval?
Yeah, this joint is under preapp. She’s aiming for the moon, bank says no.
Sorry no I mean do you have pre approval for your home loan?
Big breath. If it’s meant to be it will.
Vendor taking the piss! May mail a Guinness bottle top.
How did that come around? I thought it was priced out of the table?
Changed mind
Potentially contentious topic, but where in your opinion is the absolute best place to get a smashed patty beef burger that importantly also does an awesome vego/pescatarian option for my partner that isn’t specifically a beyond burger (impossible burger is fine)? Preferably a hidden gem. Must be at a minimum Rockwell and Sons level for quality and creativity. Price is irrelevant as I really want an awesome new smashed burger.
I haven’t been there for a few years, but Kustom Burgers in Thornbury I think fits your brief!
Which area in Melbourne? I think there’s a suitable option in inner west which I’ve had a few times. The patties are “hand pressed”, that’s the same thing right? And there’s a vego option (mushroom) which I’ve never had but it looks good.
Doesn’t meet your brief, I don’t know of anywhere that would suit. But for a homestyle smash burger you can’t beat the old style fish and chips shops. They were making ‘smash’ burgers before they had a name. Patty pressed flat to sizzling on a hot plate, melted cheese on top, get it with the lot. I love this kind of burger more than the American style ones.
Home made. 🙂
100%. Never had a smash burger half as good as what you can achieve at home with a cast iron skillet.
Far too much effort for a single meal when I’m the only person in the house who occasionally eats meat, and will not cross contaminate any pans, utensils etc
get a baby skillet (like for frying eggs or whatever) and cut the meet up then freeze portions of it. burgers on demand!
It sounds like it would work for 99% of people but as I only buy ethically sourced meat and don’t cook it often at home, and it being just for me - the price & effort ratios are too broken for my use case. If I’m going to that level of effort I might as well crack out the smoker with some brisket and short rib which would be far superior.
So I’m in somewhat of an annoying pickle.
Have to admit I haven’t really seen many smash burgers too often in melbs. Seems a more US thing but maybe I’m living under a rock.
There are quite a lot of places, even some chains but my old staples have either closed or got to the point of quality degrading after being open so long so I’m chasing the dragon
omg, seeing pics of the devastation if the fires in LA. It’s really dreadful. 😖
I have family there that have evacuated but doing ok😕 power is out in a much larger area around the fire affected zones.
so much of what a house is built with is now manmade plastics, that stuff burns real quick
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I’ll have what err… Force is having but without the err… well you only live once.
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Massive bowl of pasta plz. With assorted veg stirred through, and maybe some tuna for protein?
Honestly I’m just very meh and need fuel please Chef
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Some lamington fingers please.
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Thank you
Not really hungry rn. A grazing platter of amuses bouches please.
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I would like a bowl of icecream and the most adult beverage you can concoct
🍨🥤🧊🍋 water with two drop of lemon juice
I really did buy a bottle of bubbly lemoncello, so spot on chef!
I’ll take some anuses bouche too thanks
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oh yes. Adult realisation I can fill the backyard with monkeybars if I wish.
Sandpit! But cats…
Doo iit!
Back from lunch with a friend.
I had a delicious Katsu Don but they ran out of milk and I couldn’t get a coffee :(
Also a few poles had fallen down on Warrigal road so traffic is heavily congested with 2 of 4 lanes in and outbound blocked.
done the shopping and put it all away, still couldn’t get eggs or fresh cat food
onto my sixth load of washing
and also doing garden work
I am hot
still couldn’t get eggs
A few here could donate a few of their 4x10^15 gippsland ones.
I could send a dozen of mine. May come with a side order of Plague.
Today is hard
I feel you.
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Brunch was cool, nice to get out for a bit. Came home and tidied up the kitchen and lounge and then felt tired. Am trying to do the VicRoads learner’s permit course thing online and it’s going ok so far, but I’ve come to the first tutorial and nothing was working. Tried my MILs laptop and it wasn’t working on that either. Looked up what OS versions VicRoads supports and they only do current versions and the previous ones. My 4 yo android 11 phone was never going to cut it! MILs laptop is 3yo. Tried to see if it would update and there’s none available anymore for that version 🙄 Nothing like a bit of built in obsolescence to spoil your day! Going to have to use Miniests laptop… when she isn’t using it!
You can do it! I didn’t get my learners till quite late. It’ll be worth it!
Good luck. 🙂🤞
Thankyou 🙂 I’m almost ⅓ of the way through the online course; it’s divided into 3 parts and there’s a tutorial at the end of each part, before the actual test happens.
3 years old should at least be windows 10?
Nah they sold her a Chromebook. She doesn’t really need windows, she just uses it for looking up cafes and restaurants and stuff.
a 3 year old chrome book is out of date?! wtf is the world coming to!
Ikr? I haven’t told her yet 🫣
Ikr? I haven’t told her yet 🫣
