Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
My main accomplishment for today is that I pulled myself out of my doom / inaction / depresso / obsession spiral and made dinner rather than eating leftovers or toast (or worse, nothing).
Easy stir fry noodles, with frozen veg and some mock chicken and mock char siew I splurged on at Minh Phat the other day. Red rice noodles from my mum, and chilli-garlic-ginger paste premade using my own garden chillies (frozen while I was away).
Dinner on Sunday night was an epic effort of making three curries almost at the same time. Dal (with tadka made separately), tempeh/eggplant/capsicum dry fried with spices (first two items fried separately), and a decadant mock mutton coconut curry. All that exhausted me, far out.
Solid effort mate. Looks delish! Is that meal prep?
Also side note, nobody asked, but here’s my personal preference of veggie protein. Paneer (cottage cheese) > tofu > tempeh >>> soy chunks.
big hugs and kudos for doin’ stuff when it’s hard to do stuff
That all looks incredible! Well done!
Former boss reached out to me last week to gauge my interest in returning to a place I worked at years ago.
He was the reason I left so I’m not sure how I feel. I gave them an exorbitant price tag for my return and some other conditions and let’s see what they say.
Been there, done that, good money, killed my mental health and relationships.
I’m not saying don’t do it, just make sure you can recognise the symptoms when it starts affecting other areas of your life.
100%
Last time I left I had enough of the boss and his ways. That was discussed yesterday (not with him, but with my old colleagues that are still there). Apparently he’s changed a bit but probably not enough.
I remind myself why I left in the first place and that money ain’t everything.
I’ll be honest I really think you are playing with fire.
After like 36 hours of considering, you’re right. I’d hate it very quickly and regret the decision.
I found a bank letter outside with no envelope and the replacement card missing (could see the imprint)… went over to my neighbour’s place to let someone know only to see a further bunch of her mail opened and strewn in a pile.
Fortunately I still had her daughter’s number and let her know in case someone was draining her mum’s bank account or stealing her identity. Then I gathered the other opened mail and hid it behind something so other people wouldn’t grab it. That’s so shitty. She’s a sick old woman. I found the original near my own letterbox so wondering if the pricks have stolen any of my mail 😰
Edit: To clarify the bank letter with the missing/stolen card was addressed to this neighbour. I went to talk to her family about it because a few years ago she had a stroke
That’s so good of you! Our mail boxes are regularly pillaged. It’s the worst.
Just basic decency. I should have kept an eye on the mail while she wasn’t there but thought her family had it handled.
oh noes my paypal account has been referred to collections!! shall call their number provided to make payment yes yes
-_-
Yeah well, the Australian Tax Authority has issued a warrant for my arrest in WA.
Who’s the greater mastermind criminal huh?
All I’ve got is unpaid tolls and a medical insurance account that’s about to expire, feel like I’ve accomplished very little in life :(
I have a surprising number of children that I didn’t know I had, all of whom have broken their phones
Don’t worry. When Australian Postage contacts you about uncollected packages you know you’ve made it.
presumably those uncollected packages are their children’s new iphone 15 they won
And those unclaimed nigerian millions
no, those are held up in customs, there was insufficient postage
I have a delivery with a wrong address, and need to click on an unrecognisable link to get it sorted. Also owe my linnkts account money. Oh and a missed call from Uganda.
Ebay wanted to know if I purchased a $900 gift card with my credit card, I did! But when I asked when it will be delivered to my chosen address the representative hung up on me. Terrible customer service.
RIP fruit salad, you were gonna be delicious and RIP favourite baking bowl.
For a solid 5 seconds I thought I was looking at some pretty cool wall art in front of some kind of futuristic coffin. Then I read what you wrote and noticed the cupboard handles.
F
At a glance I thought that was some kind of art piece.
Oh fun story update: the real estate agent didn’t even show up. Haven’t heard from him or the guy I called who said he’d get the guy to give me a call with an idea of what time he’d be here. Good job, MICM!
This little idiot was fighting his reflection outside my work today. Highlight of my shithouse day!
Who won?
I did haha, I shooed old mate away before he gave himself a complex hahaha I have a video as well that I’ll see if I can share at some point lol
Sky prettiest it’s been all day.
I don’t know exactly where it came from, I think someone may have said it came from reality TV, but something about the phrase “I love that for you” just hits me the wrong way. I understand the meaning and the sentiment, but it just hits my ear as condescending or with a hint of snark.
“It’s not good enough for me and I would never choose it but it’s good enough for you because you are lesser than me”
It’s like “good for you”……
It’s supposed to be condescending isn’t it? Woops, I’ve always used “I love that for you” as a backhanded insult.
Otherwise I’d say “that’s amazing, I’m really happy for you!” if I was genuine.
Noticed lamb has become a lot cheaper recently. Even the pricier cuts like cutlets.
Sounds like trouble.
Edit Vic:
Oh man… it looked like good news with marginally cheaper food (assuming supermarkets pass the savings on - which they won’t) but this just feels ominous.
Along with the talk about the grids I’m worried for summer.
If MelbCat likes lamb, could be a good time to stock up.
That’s what I was thinking. She loves lamb.
Just feels like being a vulture, you know?
That’s actually really sad. Reducing/banning live exports is a good thing. But surely the extra sheep could be processed and sold, it’s so wasteful when so many people would benefit from it either here or overseas. Also like many people I guess I’m a contributor, because I’ve been including more vegetarian meals in my diet. This is not a bad thing for people to be doing, but surely the industry could adjust in a less wasteful way? It just seems wrong.
deleted by creator
Still in bed with my laptop 🥱 I don’t have the energy to get up but I need food 😢
Needed some shelving. Ordered from kmart. Kinda needed some other things, and wanted to get up to the free shipping threshold so I got some plastic drawers and a laundry hamper.
Meant to be delivered on the 15th, but the order couldn’t be picked up for some reason. Fast forward to today and it gets picked up and delivered… Everything except the shelving. The main reason for the order.
Bah. Refund was quick though. So that’s nice.
What style of shelving? Wallmount or freestanding?
I’ve decked 3/4 walls in my room with twintrack shelving. It requires screws in the walls but lasts forever and can be reconfigured. Bunnings sells it, shelvingshop.com.au is a bit cheaper (but you still have to go to Bunnings for the wooden shelf boards).
Of course not necessarily an option if renting.
ooo what’s the weight limit on their twintrack? I’m looking at putting some in the garage - not gonna be holding superheavy things, but would like a bit of beef.
edit: loool I look at their page and it’s literally all garage images good one leya.
Weight capacity is usually specced on the brackets, not the track itself. I normally use the 17cm ones which are supposedly good for 100kg each.
awesome, cheers.
Yeah, I’m renting. Went for a freestanding cheap thing with shoe compartments.
My room is also slightly larger than a walk-in closet, so I don’t have many free walls available anyway.
Just got a text 5 minutes ago from my real estate agency saying I have a routine inspection today between 10-5:30pm and asks if I’ll be home. It was sent in short code format so I can’t reply, there’s no phone number included, it’s the first I’m hearing about an inspection and it’s from a name who isn’t listed on the real estate “our team” site. It’s legit though.
Called the guy who I think is my property manager (last one who emailed me, in October, about January’s price increase) and he said the guy is new, suggested maybe it was my fault that I may have missed a message (I didn’t) and asked if it was ok if they come today.
MICM doesn’t quite have the customer service they used to. I don’t love this for me.
meet 'em at the door advise them they’ve not given advance notice goodbye I always liked to waste their time
“new guy” isnt’ an excuse, this is basic law.
Honestly I doubt it’d be much of an inconvenience for the guy. He probably has a few to do in this building today. I’m home and I have my shit together now and keep on top of maintaining a clean apartment so unexpected visitors don’t require me to freak out and whirlwind clean like a maniac so I just said sure, whatever, but wanted to make a note that they didn’t give me notice. They don’t care.
aaaand that’s how it goes. They stepped over the line oopsie well you were ok with that so let’s step over again a lil’ bit next time shall we?
Did you consent to receiving notifications of this manner via text? 'cos they’re real good at stomping over that boundary as well.
Last inspection I kicked up a huge stink because they wanted to come in while I was away and I don’t want strangers in my apartment without me there. Made the reschedule 3 times I think. Last year they used text and that works fine/possibly best for me. They’ve used email too but it seems to change as employees come and go over there. I’m fine if I actually get notified and have time to make sure I’m there or reschedule. Today just actually works fine for me so I complained but will let it happen.
Looks like it’s ‘twerk in speedos tuesday’ at bull’s house today.
That outta learn them
sir, those are my emotional support twerkers
My job interview last week was hilarously bad. This is the low salary, no negotiating! We work from home on the down low because overseas HQ does not approve, it’s not in the company’s culture. You will be the only person in your team for all of AU and NZ, anyone who can support you is located overseas. There’s 4 (FOUR) rounds of interviews, so get ready! And don’t mention WFH in the interview with overseas HQ because they’ll get offended by the request. So many red flags, no wonder the job ad has been up / reposted for months.
they are paying you less and pocketing the difference
