Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
All done!
Didn’t end up doing echiums and cherry blossom :(
And many thanks to my very helpful neighbour
They are gorgeous, well done 💐
Amazing result. Your brother owes you big fucking time for this!
I really hope it goes well. fingers crossed!
they are so beautiful 💗
Nice work you!
Beautiful!
They are beautiful! Well done!
Can you tell us what all the different flowers are? I see a daffodil, cornflower, ageratum, freesia alba ( the perfume must be heavenly 💗) sweet peas?
We can!
From the garden these are sweet peas, giant ageratum, freesias, azelias, blue bells, rhododendrons and helleborus. Only tested half in the fridge eek. Will find out tomorrow heh.
Store bought stuff it looks like daffodil and 3 others that I can’t identify.
It’s like 90% from the garden which is great timing.
Finally got settlement date on the new house. 23rd. And then 2 days later I’m going to Melbourne. I knew it would happen that week, lol.
Two days sounds totally like enough time to completely unpack in your new house and then pack for a Melbourne trip!
Unfortunately I have to rip up the carpet to put in floorboards
Ha! Don’t take me seriously - I never do! We moved in June, and it’s still Box Central around here.
I am all peopled out methinks.
4 years ago could easily have done it but now no go. 5 days in a row of lengthy small talk with so many people is just too much.
So today is just gonna be laying some dripper hose I’m absolutely happy with that.
Also the azelia made it through the night in the fridge. I was told categorically it wouldn’t. They were wrong.
Isn’t your bro’s wedding… tomorrow? Overseas?! Or have I got it mixed up.
Yea tomorrow. They had another one in Indo a few months ago. This is the local one. Double wedding! Double stress, double flowers.
Aha. Yeah my bro had something like that two decades ago. It was a heck of a lot of logistics. Godspeed for tomorrow!
Is it ok to physically assault people who walk in squadron formation of 5 people across through shopping centres? I feel like there should be a legal loophole here.
Imagine yourself as a bowling ball and them as the pins. Aim for the middle and walk with determination. Make no move to move out of the way and you should be able smash through them lol
I believe the appropriate response is to join the group and keep walking, whilst playing “Eye of the Tiger” loudly on your phone.
One free swing of the clothesline is permitted.
Just rolled out of bed to find I have also left my split system on overnight at 18C 😱 RIP my energy bills.
Sore throat came back overnight. Not sure if it was the temperature or maybe the dust that keeps circulating around my apartment. When I get back from my short interstate trip I definitely will need to do a deep clean of the apt. Air purifier will be in by then too so maybe it’ll help…
I assume it was set to heating mode and not cooling mode…
It most certainly was. Oh well, I’ll be away for a fair bit over the next few weeks and I’d been away a lot the last two months so hopefully no additional power surprises.
Standing in line at the Chemist, looking at the assorted fragrances for sale. It seems there are a lot more marketed at blokes than there used to be.
Thing is: I don’t understand who wants to smell like an NRL/AFL/soccer/cricket player? The first thing I do after sport is shower and get rid of the smell.
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My homeburger
Homeburger has smokey bacon, burger patty, smokey cheese, fried egg, pineapple ring, tomato, lettuce, onion, tomato sauce, hot sauce and kewpie mayo on a brioche bun.
It was delicious therefore I give it 5/5 yum yums 😋
That is awesome.
I’d make and eat that everyday of the week and knowing me I’d inhale it and choke on it.
It was big and messy just the way burgers are ment to be.
kewpie mayo
Holy shit. Why didn’t I think of that!?
It’s the best to have on burgers and sandwiches. I wait until it’s half price then buy 2 bottles.
Did you wash it down with the Metamucil in the background?
That is my occasional night drink for when I miss my 9am appointment and I can’t reschedule. So no. Not yet.
That’s very regimented.
I shudder if I miss one of my 4 daily movements.
I start the day with a little movement to warm the juices then bang like clockwork I’m in the littlest office having a conference. Best start to the day is to have a good clean out.
Perfect burger chef’s kiss
Thank you. The taller it got the more slippery it was.
I just walked out to the garage and the man’s got a sensor light set up and I nearly fucking shit me self when it turned on.
So it works then?! :) We’ve just had one replaced that’s now brighter and more sensitive than the old one, gets me every time, usually greeted with “fuck!” as it blinds me
That’s exactly what happened. It was on the opposite wall from the door. When opened the door it shone right into my eyes and I was like a rabbit who dropped its guts. It has been moved now.
The conversation went “you know that light you’ve got in the garage it needs to leave because that wasn’t fun” he said “I’ll move it”.
Having a look at the cooker rally pages and communities to get an idea of how big the “No to the voice” rally today will be. I don’t think it’ll be big but it will still be very disruptive to trams along Bourke, Swanston, Flinders, Elizabeth. There are speeches planned under the clocks at Flinders St Station.
I wonder if they can stick to the main subject matter instead of pro Trump, anti wind farm, anti vaccine, anti 15 minute cities, anti UN and WEF, and more… They seem to be quite unhappy that there will be politicians that don’t want them talking about the conspiracy stuff in the Sydney rally, too.
Had no idea what 15-minute cities are, and like I know why they’re against it now, but like my GOD that’s stupid. I just want to be able to get to places without having to uber (my docs are close-ish to work but not close to home).
Don’t even have Uber 45/50km from the cbd. Auspost doesn’t deliver parcels at all. Post office is closed Saturday’s. Local Doctors aren’t taking new patients so it’s a 40min drive to the one I was seeing. Train is 20 min drive away. Bus stop is a 4km walk. Dirt road. No sewerage service.
Local things would be a luxury.
I had to sacrifice a lot when I used to live on the peninsula. Like, I lived really close to the shops, so I could go and get groceries whenever I wanted, especially like if we ran out of milk. And also within decent walking distance to the doctors I was with at the time too, and when I used to go to high school I could walk home and back (it was still maybe a 20 or 30 minute walk give or take, but it was also when I wasn’t so physically disabled). However, the closest train station was Frankston and that was an hour and a half bus ride, while I was close to the bus stop, I had to always leave whatever I was doing in the city so early. Also when I was studying it was hell – especially 9am starts.
Now I live closer to a train station, but Coles is something we have to drive to, work is a drive, and so is my doctors. Though I am lucky that our Post office is open Saturdays but I think it’s only the parcel pick up maybe?
I am always amazed at how people can think something that would benefit them is a conspiracy.
Seriously! I mean holy shit, look at the people who cry about socialism whenever someone says that healthcare should be free and not privatised. Or that hey, maybe people should be paid a liveable wage. It just doesn’t make sense whenever people are so against something that, yeah, could benefit them. It reminds me of that moment where Fry from Futurama is asked why he’s cheering against poor people because he’s not rich, and he replies saying “Someday I might be rich, and people like me better watch their step!”
They make it so obvious they are part of the Kremlin conspiracy movement. They just keep repeating the same talking points that you hear from the Russian trolls. Not sure what the aim is, maybe to drive a wedge between our long alliance and friendship with America and NATO.
I think that many people voting no are doing so because they are indifferent, disinterested, don’t care about politics. So the rally won’t be a good indicator of the size of the no vote. The ‘if you don’t know vote no’ was such an easy win for the no campaign. Everybody is entitled to their vote but I feel people living in democracies shouldnt waste their votes because ‘meh’. I think there a moral obligation to participate, whatever your decision is it should be an informed one with real reasons.
Oh for sure, the size of the No vote in Victoria and especially inner Melbourne will be quite small just based on demographics, voting patterns and reports from pollsters.
I was thinking no vote will be much larger than what the polls are saying.
I need to do better with groceries. I get lazy and forget to cook and sometimes need to throw some away cuz moldy 😒
The bag of two-year old Woolies seedlings that I found in my house have started to sprout! Soon will be time for potting
Sky pretty
Air cold.
I think it might be a spring clean and day drink to some tunes afternoon. This depression den needs some attention if I want to even entertain trying to get my social shit together and meet someone.
How do people cope with getting over things?
I did something yesterday which was my fault and may have future repercussions if I can’t sort it out in a timely manner but I keep replaying the incident in my head and of course there’s going to be seeing the damage I caused too.
I don’t want it to haunt me constantly but this time the repercussions could come back to bite me as well and impact me though know how long that will take.
I hate that I can’t I don’t know, forgive my mistakes and move on with these things.
Mate shit happens. Nobody’s perfect. I once backed into a bollard and I’ve even parked so close to my garage door that it was concave until someone pointed it out to me then I moved the car back. We have all done dumb things. All of us.
For me, it helps to pretend that the “me” that made the mistake is my friend. Would I say the things I say to myself, to my friend? No.
I wouldn’t say to my friend “you’re the worst”, “I hate you”, “why are you so bad at everything”, etc, if they made a mistake or felt bad about something. So why would I treat myself like that?
It takes practice, patience, and self-love and self-kindness. Self-reflection and introspection are difficult, but constant reaffirming is needed to rewire the neuron paths that make us sad. Our brains enjoy a well-used path, and the more it uses those paths the harder it is to break. But you can rewire it, by recognising those thoughts and paths, and consciously saying “i am not bad, I am human and that is okay!”
I’m not always kind to myself, but I’m getting better. Try to learn from what happened, and always try to be kind to yourself. It is okay, it will get better, I am here supporting and rooting for you. 💜💜💜
Hardly anything matters 🤷♂️
The climate will collapse in our lifetime so yolo amirite.
think about worst case scenario and plan B based on that
Aaarrggghhh, one of the big issues. And there ain’t no easy answer. And sooner or later we all end up in this situation.
Step 1 - be aware of what you’ve done. Tick.Step 2 - apologise to all that have been impacted by your actions. Identify the harms done and who to. This bit can be brutal to one’s self-esteem. Step 3 - rectify the problem where possible. Fix what’s broken.
Step 4 - atone - this can get problematical. As atonement may mean a permanent change in behaviour/attitude etc.
Step 5 - forgiveness. This is the really hard one. But if Steps 2, 3 and 4 above have been done in full, on time and within budget, then possible. Particularly of self. Forgiveness from other people is usually easier to obtain. Step 6 - Ongoing awareness of triggers that may lead to a relapse. Also, you only get a limited number of Steps 1-6 before you get written off as incurable and/or irredeemable, so it’s worth plugging the triggers into your ongoing awareness.
Optional Step 7 - was it your problem or were you lured into it by another for their own personal reasons? Only ask this after you’ve run out of repeat scripts.
All the above is provided on a 'for what it’s worth" basis.
I have walked 1010 steps today. AMA. (I was planning on breaking my last weeks step count of 86k today, currently at 76k but I got lazy today 😔)
Rest days are important
Were some of those steps to the fridge, to the couch, to the loo and repeat.
Right on! Did fuck all today
😂 onya 👍
