Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Bboi has arrived and is a fan of native grass.
I am 100% here for this heart stopping PANTHER. God, he is so badass. How??
It’s a ruse. He’s a hyper affectionate kitto and melts when you pick him up he just wants to scare us and see where we stand :)
edit he just launched himself at the door and let himself out and now I have to go find him heh.
He’s a fearsome Burmese tiger and you don’t have long for this world
Majestic little lion
He looks remarkably sinister in this photo. Not walking, stalking through the undergrowth.
I’m staying with some boomer family friends because they’re generally okay but oh dear lord sitting around with channel 7 in the evening makes me want to scoop my ears and eyeballs out. At least it’s not Sky … And at least I’m going out for dinner.
@just_kitten @bot001 I always forget some folks still fill their lounge with old school tv all evening
Neighbours downstairs are playing some gold - video killed the radio star and great southern land so far. Loving it on a night like this.
Plus, I get to wfh tomorrow and Friday, and I feel really good knowing they trust me. They listen to my calls and I’ve taken on all feedback. I feel really lucky, that they liked me and continue to do so; it’s wild having my skills validated and praised - I never saw that in the big call centres I was at previously.
Knock on wood for meee 💜
It’s great that they’ve acknowledged your skills and value them.
You always had the skills and knowledge and I’m glad to hear they’re appreciating them finally.
You deserve to feel valued.
So many big hugs. You deserve this. 😘😘😘
100000% agree with you! It’s wild how some of the skills I have are huge advantages (and in turn some of them can be disadvantages) but it’s so great to hear that they’re validating you and your skills!
I keep taking Melbourne’s tap water for granted until I go drink unfiltered tap water in places like Brisbane and ugh. You really do forget about it when you’re drinking it every day, much like fish don’t see water.
It baffles my mind when I hear about Americans always drinking bottled water. Only to find out that their tap water is gross.
First aid course is now done! It wasn’t as difficult as I was expecting, and the instructor dude was pretty cool and had a good vibe
But please don’t die, because like, they didn’t teach me how to CPR through a screen!
In reality if you ever are in a situation where CPR is needed (or anything else really serious) you will be calling 000 and they will guide you through what you have to do. I think it’s a good idea to do a hands on course if you can so it is something you are more familiar with, but you will usually have support available if you need it (barring occassional events like thunderstorm asthma and covid, anyway).
Of course, raven. The CPR thing was a joke. It was also included in the course I did (including a practice on dummies)
I don’t mind the CPR bit it’s the eye injuries that bother me.
We didn’t really cover eye injuries much. Main takeaway of what we did talk about was just “don’t fucking touch it, leave it to the doctors”
Yep. That’s the one.
@Baku @CEOofmyhouse56 Yeah I did it last year and they basically said leave it to the paramedics and the docos
And that suits me just fine… I can handle most gory scenes in movies, but if it involves eyes, I have to skip it. If the medics and docs are happy to handle it, I am more than happy to leave it to them
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Train replacement bus missed the connecting train it was replacing. A 90 minute journey has now become a two hour journey, because the replacement bus missed its train by less than a minute. I saw it leaving, going straight past the bus.
Why the fuck aren’t the trains required to wait for their connecting buses? It’s the bare fucking minimum, and yet we can’t even get that right.
$10 a day…PTV needs to be renationalised. This hybrid bullshit wastes time, money, and puts people in unsafe situations because no one bothered to schedule appropriate numbers of connections, causing half hour waits in unsafe parts of town. Not okay.
$10 a day is killing me. Plus the issue you highlighted, it’s such a fkn rort.
I hate how trains and bus replacements never line up. Especially when you get to the stations where they only service it every 20 minutes. Sometimes they do, but then your bus is expected to arrive at like 1:20 and the train leaves at 1:25, for some people, that is not enough time. Especially for places like Westall, Dandenong, Morrabbin was hell when I was on the Frankston line.
Another stress filled depressive day.
My body can feel the stress.
I hate what my life has become.
Going to make myself better by eating roast potatoes.
Potato therapy is legit self-care.
Roast potatoes are a good idea!! Things have been tough, and you are tougher. You will get through this period of your life, I’m thinking of you and sending good vibes 💜💜💜
You’re so kind and wonderful. I hope you know that.
Just been going through so much emotional stress stuff today and I guess it hasn’t helped that people have been pointing out to me that I’ve lost a lot of weight even though I don’t feel like I have that I may have some form of depression and to get treated.
I put a post up with a photo of the bowl of potatoes slather in margarine and herbs over in the the other food forum but here it is.
You yourself are kinder and more wonderful! Truly!
I also have been complimented on weight loss, but same that it doesnt make me feel good. They dont know I lost weight due to poverty and depression - I think therapy would benefit us both, friend. It’s just hard finding one that you feel comfortable with, and finding them means opening up to a bunch of strangers. But, we are very cool and strong, we can and will survive and thrive!
Your bowl of potatoes is akin to glimpsing true heaven; I want to marry it haha
Public transport is just a way for colds to propagate across melbourne. I’m dying holy shit.
Especially when people won’t use a tissue or cover their mouths
That’s how it happened. Partner was on the tram, and the person next to him was a snotty mess.
Nek minit, him and I are both farked. Sigh.
Very true. Since working from home I have had zero colds vs 2 every winter. I blame crammed public transport.
It’s so fkn crammed. I hate it. The people, the BO, the perfume, ugh
I am really struggling to research for a uni assignment and actually find gaps in the literature that are actually relevant. I am annoyed and sleepy. Everything is just going in circles.
So my plan is just to write shit and learn from the feedback (attempt to at least)
I wanted to be cut out for academia but I don’t think I will ever have the critical thinking skills :(
Yay fixed mindset
Ps get degrees.
I find studying to be a constant cycle starting with excitement at learning something new, sliding into angst and despair when I have to actually put pen to paper and produce an assignment, through “f*#@%4 it, I’ll just churn out something and try and stuff it into some sort of shape vaguely like the requirements”, ending with relief that at least it’s over. Then I have a bit of a break and start the cycle again with the next task/subject.
IMO the most important skills for uni are time managment so you can actually get everything done properly, and pulling apart the requirements of the assignment to make sure you are submitting what they mark against. Making sure you are actually adressing the question asked is generally way more important than the specific examples/arguments etc. used.
My amber pendant I bought from Ukraine came today. I try to help the people of Ukraine by giving to charities and also buying from individuals over the net.
The pendant is very beautiful so of course I now feel guilty, what if they didn’t want to sell but had to. Am I profiting from misery. It was USD $40 all up so not too cheap but still cheap.
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Perhaps, the money is needed more than the trinket. You could keep it, and when the war is over you can contact the seller to post it back (if it was important to them of course)
It’s very beautiful
That’s a very good idea. 😭 I will keep the post box it came in.
I believe amber is not uncommon in the region, so unless it was a special personal piece, it was probably made for sale. To complicate it, unfortunately illegal amber mining also exists. It’s so hard to know how effective our help is. All we can do is try to do what we think is right. I think you did a good thing!
This was vintage and had obvious signs of wear, so much so I replaced the cord.
Next month I’ll give to Ukraine meals on wheels again.
It’s warm here in Brissy (no surprise), but such a lovely, laid back break from Melbourne where I’m staying. Drivers are insane though.
Exercises completed this morning before a trip to Highpoint to pick up my new phone. Thankyou to those who suggested I get a power bank, as I grabbed one of those while I was there for travel use. It will extend the life of my phone a little, and I can put away the phone I got at a discount price for when this phone becomes truly intolerable. Now just relaxing and resting my aching feet… I always forget just how big Highpoint really is!
Had a stickybeak when I brought the bins out. The house next door is on the sodding great truck that’s been parked out in the street the last few days.
They said they’d do a doorknock to let us know when it was going to be moved, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes tonight regardless. Mind you, the angle it’s parked they’re either going to have to go the wrong way up the service rd, do a lot of careful turning, or drive over the median strip.
I shall keep you updatedthough I’m probably the only one interested.Keep an eye out, i’ve seen a few moves of that ilk and they’re fascinating as fuck
- camping trip going wellI was way too enthusiastic with my cauliflower serving size tonight, I am completely stuffed and moving from the couch won’t be happening for a while. Miss Meow approves of this.
