Daily Discussion Thread 👖🪑🌞🌫 Thursday, August 1, 2024
Daily Discussion Thread 👖🪑🌞🌫 Thursday, August 1, 2024
I was feeling a bit antsy and there wasn't a thread yet at 22 past midnight.
Have a great day everyone. May you and the animals of the DT who like sunbathing get some sun.
I scored in the 75%-100% \ 4th quartile on my CASPer (the ghost) test when I had covid which means I scored better than 75%-100% of the other test takers. The test must have been held in a cemetery for me to be able to do that well.
The Daily Chair. I've been working on the second chair and am going to put on the cover this evening. In the meantime I'm waiting for the weather to warm up a little so I can finish staining the the wood chairs. Here's a preview of the first with just one coat of stain and varnish, the seat is removeable. I think it looks not too bad.
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Caught a pretty cloud tonight. Have to jump on it quickly otherwise we'll be without a rave choon and Out of Time
I’m feeling like shit on so many levels.
Homelessness, mental illness, Australia being unequal for vulnerable people
There’s an aggressive mentally ill homeless man that’s been coming around my place for ages and now he’s sleeping on a bench right outside my window.
So I get to be too scared to put my bin out and he gets to freeze because it’s not safe for me to approach or help him.
Hate the guy’s guts (he’s aggressively had a go at me before and is virulently homophobic) but I don’t want to watch him freeze or have to deal with him.
I’ve been calling the cops for months, psych triage, the local homeless services, nothing has been working.
The best I have is from today - Launch agreeing to pass a ‘sleep site’ on to their outreach team to check. But they don’t come out at night and I don’t know where this scary stranger goes in the day. He also drinks which might exclude him from dorm style shelters (which don’t apparently exist in Australia the way you think of them?) and may also not have the awareness to accept help.
It’s just one of those deteriorating revolving door situations that never ever gets solved. Australia’s systems are broken. Very surprising for a so called rich country.
I was so close to a "fuck it all" frozen chips purchase for dinner tonight but I think I'll make that tomorrow's, since tomorrow is when I really will be done with the week and ready to collapse.
Got leftover dahl for tonight, guess I'll make some rice and do a side of stir fried frozen veg.
On the topic of cooking, I bought a tube of Mutti 51% tomato paste mixed with aromatic veg (carrot, celery, onion) the other day. That has been really useful for making quick sauces. Lasts a month in the fridge once opened. Made a delicious napoli sauce in no time yesterday with a tin of tomatoes.... Definitely a repeat purchase. Could be useful for pilafs and curries and stews
Ok, dude has ignored the cardboard I ‘accidentally’ left out as an insulation layer and refused to engage with cops on a welfare check. Anything else I leave out for warmth would possibly be interpreted as some kind of encouragement or invitation so isn’t really safe to do. (This guy is an aggressive threatening sleaze and highly unpredictable.)
I found another local outreach number so will try that tomorrow
Is anyone else getting condensation and mould on their windows?
What do you prefer using to clean it, and are boxes of baking soda a good cheap substitute for the moisture absorbing tubs?
I air the house out with the screen doors locked but between the cold and other people I can’t have things open all the time.
Clothing rambles
Stocked up on socks and jocks thinking I was getting the previous kind I liked. The lower elastic digs into your bum and there has been fabric saving creep in the cut - those ‘boylegs’ are definitely just midi briefs now, and those have turned into bikini. The socks fit ok but the thin fabric will probably get holes in weeks to months.
Morning all! Only woke up twice last night, which is pretty good for me 🙂 Have a great day everyone!
Lately I've been indulging in Bakers Delight's custard teatimes. It's like a pull-apart that consists of soft fluff mini bread scrolls joined together and infused with a delicious creamy custard and a delectable sticky icing and dusted with desiccated coconut topping (like a Boston bun).
Can be enjoyed anytime of the day but somehow tastes better late at night when everyone has gone to bed. Luckily I have a regular dealer who can hook me up with a discounted loaf at a moments notice (provided she's working that day).
Here's what's left of last night's session
@LowExperience2368 I've got 15 minutes to wait for a compulsory company-wide Zoom call.
Not enough time to make headway on any of my tasks for today, but too ling to do nothing.
How's everyone else's day been so far?
Thank you Low for making today's thread. 😘
Hullo
Thanks for making the post. I saw there wasn't one at about 10 past, but I don't want my notifications going off all day so left it
In other news, YIL (Yesterday I learned) there's a remind me bot here. Technically it's on Mastodon, but it works here through federation: https://aussie.zone/comment/10817925
I've managed to get a couple of sales on my items which is good news. Apparently eBay now hold the money until after the item is delivered if you are an infrequent seller - I approve in general as an anti-scamming measure, but it is annoying to have to pay the postage up front before you have the payment. Fortunately it was not a high postage cost.
@just_kitten - My wife passed her exam too thanks to Rowan.
On another note, TIL that the smooth stop Rowan taught me in the first hour is called the Limousine Stop.
The spare oodie has been broken out, the old one had been discarded
So the DT's general concensus is to grab a Bosch [washing machine]. This is the cheapest Bosch from a reputable-looking vendor that I can find.
Will order later today for a delivery hopefully some time next week.
Movie Review. The Family Plan.
I just can't even with this movie. The main character's motivation is so unrealistic I just can't suspend disbelief for one minute. Maybe could have tolerated one iteration of the joke but not repeatedly for the whole movie.
1 hobbit for production values.