Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 13°C, max - 22°C. 90% chance of no rain

We’re back to the DDT now. Feels good to be home, right?

I’d like to acknowledge and thank @bacon@aussie.zone for their daily blessings of food, heat, thermo-nuclear radiation, and everything in between. Thanks bacon! 🏆

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    Been sleeping heeeeaps! I must need it lol

    Least I don’t have any work or school at the moment, but I do need to try and keep a good sleeping pattern

    Edit:

    I'm being W A T C H E D

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    13·
    2 months ago

    I’m still salty and grumpy about that stupid $200 fine (I’ll have spent $400 on parking fines this year) and trying not to beat myself up for being uniquely absent-minded or inattentive.

    But I am proud of my little accomplishment: getting JUST under an hour at terminal parking at thr airport. I managed to squeeze in getting lost on the way in, having to turn around twice, a Macca’s order and eating it and a goodbye photo… then literally running back and rushing out and finding an empty exit lane. Two minutes longer and I’ll have been slugged another $17 (not even $14 like the website says!)

    take that universe

    Now to grab some rice from MKS (to store where exactly I don’t know), go home and do so many chores.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    2 months ago

    Stupid idiot fucks racing down Victoria St you can hear them from miles away. Die in a fire. Can’t wait to move out somewhere quieter next year

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Just spoke to my mate that I haven’t spoken to in 12 years.

    It was exactly how it was when we were best mates. Nothing’s changed ❤️

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    9·
    2 months ago

    We did the Box Hill miniature rail today. It’s a good little spot with a nice track. From what I’ve heard it’s not as busy as the Diamond Creek railway so the lines are much better

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    2 months ago

    I just sold something on eBay that had been up so long I’d forgotten I even had the listing there. I had to go and retrieve it from my op shop bags, it’s lucky I haven’t gotten around to dropping them off yet!

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    I bought a box of chiko rolls on Friday. They go good in the air fryer. Better than expected

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      5·
      2 months ago

      I remember their ad in the fish n chip shop; with a leather bikini girl, on a harleyesque chopper, holding the chicko roll like a cock she was about to suck. Imma say 1987. Even then as a kid I remember thinking why would you advertise a product like that.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Ah yes, the

        Chiko Chick

        She was replaced in 2008. From the Wikipedia page: “In 2008, the company began a nationwide search for the new “Chiko Chick”, hoping to downplay the traditionally raunchy look in favour of a more wholesome “girl next door” image.”

        She was replaced by Annette Melton who played Regina DeFrancisco in Deadly Women

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
      3·
      2 months ago

      I’ve never actually had a chiko roll. Is that horribly un-Australian of me? I don’t think I’ve ever had one of those fish shop dim sims either, they always look a bit gross to me.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Probably. I think they’re kinda dying off these days though. I’ve been in 6 fish and chips shops so far that said they didn’t do them anymore. Admittedly though, 2 of those were weird hipster ones bragging about everything being low sodium and didn’t even do potato cakes

        • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          I fucking hate those places. Can’t do a decent fryup for shit and charge excessively for it

          • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Yep. Hipster cafes are usually okay, the best coffee I’ve ever had came out of a hipster cafe (though they did have pricing to match). Hipster fish and chippies though, hell nah. I don’t want low sodium chips with msg free chicken salt! I want the filthiest, most unhealthy, deepest fried chips with the most artery clogging chicken salt you’ll give me!

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    8·
    2 months ago

    I have returned from babysitting sleepover. I will forgive many things, including being shot by nerf darts

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    7·
    2 months ago

    I got my gardening mojo back once I started working on my assignment. Then I stabbed my finger with a stick and had to come in for first aid. Not too much bleeding, but I managed to jam to point in along the finger and it’s a bit hurty, plus probably high infection risk. I guess as far as my weeds were concerned I was in the middle of a murderous rampage, so probably counts as fair self defence.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    7·
    2 months ago

    I had some good daytime and even walked a bit but then crashed and woke in the night…

    Time to get some more activity in the Food Australia instance. Vicariously posting all the stuff that looks good to me and is fairly cheap/doable. I’m thinking of a pasta salad you make ahead in the cool of the evening/night and refrigerate for the next day.

    Melbcat is still sooky and a bit off. She’s really lethargic and either sleeping or cuddling with me like a teddy bear. Multiple panicked calls have been made to the vets over the past few days. But she’s still eating and drinking with no breathing problems so I’ll just keep an eye on her.

    I forgot to say I think I’ve gained the trust of the magpies. I’ve backed off on feeding them due to potential dependence or overweight but when I came outside one was just hanging out a meter from me and seeing what I was up to. I had to awkwardly shuffle around it to be on my way without scaring it off. Sometimes a different one will sit on the fence and watch me spritz the plants.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, maggies can become very friendly even if you don’t feed them often. Although I’m in general against feeding wildlife, I do make exceptions for things that need a bit of coaxing to form a basic rapport with and stop yourself from getting attacked

      I’ve been trying to kick up a bit of activity around here, too, it’ll be nice to have a posting partner! A little bit of a recommendation, if you’re open to it: people sometimes get annoyed if you post too much in one community too quickly (even if they don’t outwardly say it). I try to keep to 1 post a day per community I post in, to avoid overwhelming anyone (we are only little after all, your posts will almost certainly all show up on everybody’s feed)

      I’m sure melbcat will be alright. In fact, you too. You’re doing well. Stay strong, and don’t hesitate to call that vet if you need peace of mind or clarity on something!

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3·
        2 months ago

        Yeah lol it began as protection money.

        Ok ok, cheers for the tip. I figured more Lemmy activity would be welcome as long as it was an ok quality post, but I can see how one person could overwhelm a small less active instance.

        She should be ok, she’s a tough girl and if anything happens I am still able to get her to emergency by myself using the pram.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    7·
    2 months ago

    I might drag out my old Culture Club LPs and put them on my old looking player. 🎵🎶🥰

    They are lost 😕 YT to rescue.