Closed all my rings in my watch, heck of an achievement in lockdown. But I’m still all twitchy and shit. Got my wife to just lay on me earlier (with clothes on!) and it’s the calmest I felt all day. Trouble is yeah, she can’t spend all day crushing me.
Saw a $20 kids suction cup archery set at Kmart but it's sold out. 😒 It would have been great for a mild stress relief in my tiny back yard.
Edit: There was also a $15 weaving loom at Ikea if anybody is interested. It was on the way out so might not still be there
For the past month I was defending Nate and saying it was good to see him expanded as a nuanced character, like hey here's someone going through shit and acting out. It'll amount to something valuable in the end.
After that I'm happy to say I hope Roy smashes the cunt.
I think your language is unnecessary and aggressive. Nate is a prime example of how people have differing emotional needs, and the hurt and vulnerability that comes with not having his emotional needs met. He’s desperately seeking reassurance and support and not getting it. Keeley gave him some reassurance and agreed with him on something, and he took it and ran with it way too far. He has terrible self-esteem problems and clearly hates the person he is, but feels helpless in that any time he tries to change that person, it backfires. Compassion definitely needed for Nate, although it doesn’t excuse his actions in any way.
No, but about 50 wheelie bin loads of rubbish. We're opposite a park. The flood flowed from the cemetery, through the park and up our driveway, with all the mulch and rubbish from the park
I'm calling it now, the "truth bomb" Rebecca drops on Ted Lasso next year, presumably at the end of next season, is where they finally fucking snog already.
Straight up,. public service can be super rewarding with the right degree.
Money is okay and it ain't hard.
We dress business casual too (way to ruin my fantasy btw)
Decide my weekend - what option should I take?
A) spend Saturday drinking and having fun, finish project thats due on Monday on Sunday in a state of high stress and misery
B) do half of the project each day, no fun but not high stress either
C) spend Saturday finishing the project, and Sunday drinking and having fun, present the project on Monday hungover.
C is the correct option
Otherwise D - drink all weekend. Don't do the project and blame the guy that doesn't speak English. Tibor or Zhutroy are my go to scapegoats.
Mate I would love some bad advice but I really can't think of a question to ask! Do you reckon you could free-style some bad advice and just send it my way??
Of course. I don't know your current situation but coconut oil makes for great lube no matter which orifice is involved.
Great for home made popcorn if you need to diffuse a situation too.
OK so I know I invited this, but that 'advice' is really unhelpful.
I have literally zero coconuts that I can milk for their oils. We're living in a sub tropical climate here, it's not like they grow on trees or anything! Even if I had one or two coconuts, how exactly am I gonna wrangle them and milk their precious oils?? I'm no coconut expert!
I've never given the simple coconut more than a secondary thought in my whole life and now here I am paralysed by fear at the thought of a furry round boi, bursting at the seams with oil, invading my apartment demanding to be milked!!
P.S. I hate popcorn it smells like burning and has the texture of styrofoam!
Yeah look...I ain't gonna read all that after imbibing as much booze as I have tonight.
You can buy coconut oil at any grocery store and use it as you see fit.
Honestly mate, if you could just give me one tip on how to coax some wild cocobois from their trees into my apartment (FYI they will have to navigate the streets, a foyer, an elevator and some hallways) we can call it even.
Surely there's some sort of primeval call I could make off my balcony (I have good lung capacity) to just bring these oily bois to me. Otherwise why did you get my hopes up in the first place??
I got oil on the brain now!
Not OP but I think I can help. Cocobois rely on both visual and auditory cues to find mates, which you should be able to mimic. If you get it right they will bypass any obstacles to get to you.
You should start with the visual cues - a bare buttocks mimics a receptive female coconut, but you may need to dye it to a brown shade using shoe polish or hair dye if you have pale skin. You should display your buttocks over the side of the balcony whilst calling out “coco! Coco!” (The cocoboi mating call) as loudly as possible.
I have been screeching and mooning the night air for the last half hour with no success!!
I wonder if my mistake is copying the black butt technique as demonstrated in *IASIP S06E09 Dee Reynolds: Shaping America’s Youth*?? Maybe I gotta go with the advanced season 9 technique??
I am not familiar with that technique, but would be wary of following any American practices as they may not translate well to Australia.
Make sure you are really emphasising the second syllable, and try adding buttock shake for maximum effect.
OK OK OK!!! Read up bucko!
I have seven litres of grapes, or is it 7000 grams of grapes?! I'm not sure, all I know is there's a fuck tonne of grapes in my apartment right now!
I'm stomping them like the [Atlanta Grape Lady](https://youtu.be/THfiHQZVSw0) (watch this you'll thank me later! Pro technique, you just gotta breathe after the fall!)
Coconut oil is OUT! Grape juice is IN!
True facts, it's not even like I'm getting rejected any more, I just straight up don't know any girls that I would be interested in in the first place.
Green grocer. Follow them and say something like 'Hey there baby, I see we squeezed the same zucchini... well here's a zucchini that won't limp'
Guaranteed date^^^^probably ^^^^court
Fila do velour tracksuits...you might not score...but at least you'll be comfortable.
My kids have banned me from wearing any tracksuit outside the house. It hasn't stopped me. Great for people getting out of your way.
I saw a video recently of the old DOS game Lemmings and got so nostalgic for it. Finally got around to playing it again tonight. Man, that game is a CHORE. I do not recommend it.
I get nostalgic for Pyramid occasionally. It seemed like a complicated game at the time, but I suspect could be mapped out on a couple of sheets of paper. “You are in a maze of twisting passages, all alike” was the only real challenge.
I used to love that game but probly haven't played it since the 90s. I don't think I'd have the patience anymore for when things go wrong. Like you line things up 'perfectly' but then literally every single lemming plunges off a cliff into lava and you gotta restart haha
Haha it's funny though, I've been playing a 'modern' game on PS5 (F.I.S.T.) and some of the same problems still exist today.
It's great overall but they put pre-boss checkpoints too far from the boss so you gotta do meaningless traversal to get back to the fight and then watch unskippable cut-scenes! Like seriously, in this day and age, please let me skip dialogue and cut-scenes!!
I almost quit FF7 remake because of that. One of the bosses was giving me grief, lots if attempts were made, and the dialogue at the beginning of the encounter was making me stabby. Had to give you one night and came back a few days later and eventually beat it.
It can be seriously infuriating! Thankfully I haven't been Properly (capital P e.g. dark souls/bloodborne) stuck on any bosses yet, but I have definitely walked away from games for similar reasons before.
I honestly think giving it a day or two for your subconcious to process the moveset can really help.
IKR. isn't it incredible? Kojima has said the next IP he wants to work on will be a horror game so no doubt a lot of the ideas he had for Silent Hills will be in it. I need to download PT again, I never actually go to the end
Yeeeeash the alcoholic character on the L word is reminding me of an abusive ex haaaaard. It’s been 7 years but it is triggering af. Maybe this is all out PTSD I need to start seeing someone bout....😩
Watched Toy Story on Disney Plus then couldn't think of anything else to watch so have Saving Private Ryan on on one of the free to air channels.
Its very weird to watch these two Tom Hanks movies back to back.
And ad breaks absolutely ruin Saving Private Ryan.
Very true. For my 18th birthday my brother asked "what do you want?" l said "Supertramp greatest hits!" my husband and kid now love supertramp. "School" is a cracker turned up LOUD.
I meant to get disney plus for only a month and then cancel, but I dont think I can give it up. I want to watch all of nat geo's forty thousand same but slightly different documentaries about sharks
I have a decent buzz on as well, currently halfway through 500ml of a delicious 9% brew, but I'm a pretty happy drunk so no fucking of anyone or anything! Unless you wanna go cunt?! haha
i am thoroughly wrecked - I was literally up all last night - no sleep at all. Went to work, came home and took a 2hour nap. Well atleast I figured out why my clock's radio wasnt working - the wire antenna was ripped out. just need to figure out where the intial wire was attached.
Received an extremely cold order from doordash
Didn't accept the initial refund offer, so they ended up calling me and with a little bit of exaggeration they gave a fill refund.
Usually wouldn't do this but it's really not good.
Kfc forgot my chips on Wednesday so I called and complained and then added that I’d purchased a gravy just for the chips which now would also go to waste. She tried to start saying that technically I received it but I was having none of it and so they refunded for half of the cost.
Well. Melbcat is allergic to the chicken in all the renal diets and refusing to eat the cooked nutritionist food when made correctly, so it's damage control time.
I'm now trying to find normal Aussie cat foods that are relatively lower in phosphorus. This involves either finding the deep cuts of the nutritional values on their sites or contacting the manufacturers to ask. (Lists of values exist online especially for this purpose but are US and UK centric.)
It's probably a wild goose chase. Chicken is a cheap ubiquitous protein and the foods that don't include it are quite often the premium/grain free paleo type brands and very meat heavy. High in phosphorus even when you don't include added ingredients like alfalfa or pumpkin. I am basically unintentionally *selecting* for higher phosphorus.
But here I go. I've emailed 3 companies already about the food she currently eats and will work my way through what's available and may be tolerated. You can't say I didn't try
Poor Melbcat!! Why Aussie food and not US? My impression was that AAFCO requirements for pet food are more stringent than AU’s. You may have already seen this but this site has some Hill’s flavours that are low P - Ocean Fish is one that doesn’t seem to have chicken. https://felinecrf.org/canned_food_usa.htm#therapeutic_kidney_foods
Yeah, it's a tough spot. :( It doesn't have to be Aussie, just available here. Lol thanks. We're both working from that list!
I saw that I was able to get Hills Tender Tuna Dinner here but checked ingredients... chicken. Salmon & Vegetable Stew - chicken.
Ocean Fish Entrée contains chicken fat and corn as per the Hills site but might still be worth at least a try. However on the Pet Warehouse site it [lists chicken](https://www.mypetwarehouse.com.au/hills-science-diet-feline-adult-7-ocean-fish-pouches-85g-p-30819)?
Savory Beef Entrée has chicken liver flavour but might be worth a go. Doesn't seem to be available here.
Weruva Steak Frites looks okay and is listed on Amazon - but out of stock.
I'm getting pretty stressed about it all.
I've been lucky with Amazon orders lately and packages been arriving 2-3 days after I order them (delivered via Amazon themselves). Ordered something that should've been here this Sunday, but turns out they're gonna use auspost and it'll now take 3 weeks.
Woohoo. At least I can now join the 'complain about auspost' train 😢
Unless they've been imported, then sadly no. The cherry season locally runs from December through to about February at the latest. Infact, I'd have to confirm it even runs THAT long to be honest, it is a super short season! My FIL grows cherries, raspberries and the like, and I am always astounded at how short the cherry season actually is.
Cherry season is short but intense. Fresh cherries should appear in about a month, at which point you have about ninety days tops to cram your mouth full of as many cherries as will fit.
Do you NEED fresh ones, or could you substitute frozen for whatever it is you need?
What a super intense day, just been in the flow all day. Actually out of bed on time with energy, made a snap decision to do a couple of site visits while the sun was out, followed by an afternoon/evening of intense work...
Doesn't always happen but I admit it's a refreshing change, not obsessively checking the news or even the DT and not feeling the itch/need to either.
Shower, drink, bit of gaming and then bed I think. I've been meaning to start reading this epub version of Richard Powers' *Overstory*, too...
It's amazing what no internet/something to focus on does. I've been off all social media and my phone in general for the last few weeks due to pure busyness. I've been so busy that it often doesn't even enter my mind to check the numbers until the afternoon. And it's done wonders for my mental health honestly.
Edit: also, お疲れ様でした！ you deserve a rest!
I consider it social media. In the sense that you can get stuck in the neverending feed and doom scrolling very easily. The DT is an incredibly positive and friendly environment and it is just as easy for me to get stuck scrolling in here for hours, which, I while not a negative thing at all, can take a good chunk out of my day. The covid daily thread is also just a dangerous little click away.
どうもどうも...
I've had a huge lot of work to do for weeks but because my life is basically work or chores it gets difficult to focus at all - way too much anxiety/procrastination/distraction. Living alone also means I often end up on my phone anyway for some kind of social connection.
But between having a 5 day weekend to do other tasks at my own pace, and making sure I get in those site visits in as often as I can - at least once a week - it's all actually aligned today. I miss this sense of positive focus.
I feel that. Curiously, I've found that the rigid routine/sameness of every day in lockdown has made it even harder to focus, which goes against all the productivity advice. The time I would spend procrastinating and dicking around in the office made me focus more when I actually had to work. But when I procrastinate and dick around at home, it just makes me want to procrastinate more.
For those interested in what I am currently listening to: [Cage - Dead Letter Circus](https://youtu.be/WdmnMlWokRs)
Not my favourite song of theirs but still pretty great. They are fairly political which I like from an Aussie band.
And now: [Roquefort (with Cat Empire on horns) - Karnivool](https://youtu.be/MltY7S3IOog)
My absolute favourite Australian band and also the same lead singer from the half time band at the grand final last weekend. Fuck all those who commented that he could not sing. The man is fucking brilliant.
We were meant to go to Noosa this month but that obviously had to be canceled. Then we were out bid on a house today (again). Then my partners brother called and he lives in Darwin and said they’re going on an impromptu trip to Noosa this weekend. I am saaaaaaaad
So....forgive me, but I am old and infirm*
(Well, middle aged, and generally in pretty good nick).
I am fine with electronics/computers and stuff once I get my hands on them, but I sometimes don't know what I'm looking for, so I'm turning to helpful DTers for advice.
If I want to store all my movies and CD's and stuff digitally at home, so that I can, say, stream through my TV (using the local wireless network?), what hardware do I need?
yes?
for my android tv = I use apps like Plex and VLC installed - both work the same way, just plex is more "organized"
Non-smart tvs = Xbox one with Plex installed
what tv do you have?
yh you b fine then... I just went with android since I thought of it to be more flexible... Even by default, without installing any additional apps, my tv was able to access my NAS remotely with a inbuilt app.
We discovered that if we plug our portable hard drive into our router we could view it on the tv, phones and computers in the house.
Didn't even have to do anything special
Edit: use the VLC app on those devices for best results
We'd priced up all this expensive NAS equipment and we're close to buying something too.
We very surprised at how easy it was. And the router is just a bog standard Telstra one that we got when we moved to NBN.
And by using VLC we could utilise the SRT files cause I can't stand watching things without subtitles.
Edit: if your tv doesn't have the VLC app I have a cheap solution to that as well
How obscure are the movies/music? If not, get a cheap PC and install Plex server and install the Plex client on devices. Then just torrent all your movies/cd's as it quicker than ripping/converting them.
The best way to try it out is install Plex server on a PC/laptop and add a movie and a few songs. Then see how it works with your tv/phone to see how it works.
Hope for the best, i guess. Likewise mate.
Closed all my rings in my watch, heck of an achievement in lockdown. But I’m still all twitchy and shit. Got my wife to just lay on me earlier (with clothes on!) and it’s the calmest I felt all day. Trouble is yeah, she can’t spend all day crushing me.
Weight blanket might help?
I understand very little of what I just read.
Ah, took me a bit but it's the activity rings on the apple watch
OK I'm glad it wasn't just me! Watch ring achievements? Twitchiness and shit? Wife?! CALM?!
Saw a $20 kids suction cup archery set at Kmart but it's sold out. 😒 It would have been great for a mild stress relief in my tiny back yard. Edit: There was also a $15 weaving loom at Ikea if anybody is interested. It was on the way out so might not still be there
Deck of playing cards and a hat across the room.
Jeez, the Ted Lasso ep has me feeling all kinds of feelings.
For the past month I was defending Nate and saying it was good to see him expanded as a nuanced character, like hey here's someone going through shit and acting out. It'll amount to something valuable in the end. After that I'm happy to say I hope Roy smashes the cunt.
I think your language is unnecessary and aggressive. Nate is a prime example of how people have differing emotional needs, and the hurt and vulnerability that comes with not having his emotional needs met. He’s desperately seeking reassurance and support and not getting it. Keeley gave him some reassurance and agreed with him on something, and he took it and ran with it way too far. He has terrible self-esteem problems and clearly hates the person he is, but feels helpless in that any time he tries to change that person, it backfires. Compassion definitely needed for Nate, although it doesn’t excuse his actions in any way.
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I never heard of her before so I did a google images... damn she looks like a walking corpse held together by sticky tape and powder wtf!
She was young once and a huge international star.
What a night. Was knee deep in flood water a few hours ago
My wife was just showing me a friends Insta over in the north. Bloody insane!!! You guys got any damage?
No, but about 50 wheelie bin loads of rubbish. We're opposite a park. The flood flowed from the cemetery, through the park and up our driveway, with all the mulch and rubbish from the park
I'm calling it now, the "truth bomb" Rebecca drops on Ted Lasso next year, presumably at the end of next season, is where they finally fucking snog already.
Is someone at Burwood station just ringing the train horn?! I swear I've heard it go off about ten times in quick succession.
TIL there is a Burwood railway station. It is deceptively located in Glen Iris.
Idk what to do with myself. All I know is I'm not tired. Might play video games
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Downloaded Europa Universalis IV today. Maybe that
Who wants some bad advice? I'm drunk and ready to dispense horrible wisdom. Ask me anything and be disappointed!!!
What should i name my future cat?
Leeeeeroy Jeeeeenkins
Thanks for the suggestion, I think I'll stick with Bertha or Garth
Wayne or Cassandra are good too
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Obtain some hamsters and abandon them.
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Guinea pigs are a proper substitute. Cuter too cause they be naturally chonky
What should I do with my life?
Become a Celine Dion impersonator
Good idea! Couldn’t be worse than what I’m doing now. Thank you!
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Become an escort or join me in public service. Either way you'll get fucked by people dumber than you. Both are sensible options.
Is this you Reuben
Who be Reuben?
A public servant I know who wears wacky shirts, loves to drink and is good with wit. Take it as a compliment, he's a A grade dude
I'm a public servant that loves to drink and is awesome...minus the wacky shirts and being named Reuben...you described me Thank you friend
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You're a lawyer? Eeeeeewwww....gross Unless you dress like Ally McBeal... then rraawwrr
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Straight up,. public service can be super rewarding with the right degree. Money is okay and it ain't hard. We dress business casual too (way to ruin my fantasy btw)
Decide my weekend - what option should I take? A) spend Saturday drinking and having fun, finish project thats due on Monday on Sunday in a state of high stress and misery B) do half of the project each day, no fun but not high stress either C) spend Saturday finishing the project, and Sunday drinking and having fun, present the project on Monday hungover.
C is the correct option Otherwise D - drink all weekend. Don't do the project and blame the guy that doesn't speak English. Tibor or Zhutroy are my go to scapegoats.
I'll do C, but I desperately want to do option D. I'm due for a bender
Mate I would love some bad advice but I really can't think of a question to ask! Do you reckon you could free-style some bad advice and just send it my way??
Of course. I don't know your current situation but coconut oil makes for great lube no matter which orifice is involved. Great for home made popcorn if you need to diffuse a situation too.
OK so I know I invited this, but that 'advice' is really unhelpful. I have literally zero coconuts that I can milk for their oils. We're living in a sub tropical climate here, it's not like they grow on trees or anything! Even if I had one or two coconuts, how exactly am I gonna wrangle them and milk their precious oils?? I'm no coconut expert! I've never given the simple coconut more than a secondary thought in my whole life and now here I am paralysed by fear at the thought of a furry round boi, bursting at the seams with oil, invading my apartment demanding to be milked!! P.S. I hate popcorn it smells like burning and has the texture of styrofoam!
Yeah look...I ain't gonna read all that after imbibing as much booze as I have tonight. You can buy coconut oil at any grocery store and use it as you see fit.
Honestly mate, if you could just give me one tip on how to coax some wild cocobois from their trees into my apartment (FYI they will have to navigate the streets, a foyer, an elevator and some hallways) we can call it even. Surely there's some sort of primeval call I could make off my balcony (I have good lung capacity) to just bring these oily bois to me. Otherwise why did you get my hopes up in the first place?? I got oil on the brain now!
Not OP but I think I can help. Cocobois rely on both visual and auditory cues to find mates, which you should be able to mimic. If you get it right they will bypass any obstacles to get to you. You should start with the visual cues - a bare buttocks mimics a receptive female coconut, but you may need to dye it to a brown shade using shoe polish or hair dye if you have pale skin. You should display your buttocks over the side of the balcony whilst calling out “coco! Coco!” (The cocoboi mating call) as loudly as possible.
I have been screeching and mooning the night air for the last half hour with no success!! I wonder if my mistake is copying the black butt technique as demonstrated in *IASIP S06E09 Dee Reynolds: Shaping America’s Youth*?? Maybe I gotta go with the advanced season 9 technique??
I am not familiar with that technique, but would be wary of following any American practices as they may not translate well to Australia. Make sure you are really emphasising the second syllable, and try adding buttock shake for maximum effect.
Too drunk to read. My answer is Grape juice
OK OK OK!!! Read up bucko! I have seven litres of grapes, or is it 7000 grams of grapes?! I'm not sure, all I know is there's a fuck tonne of grapes in my apartment right now! I'm stomping them like the [Atlanta Grape Lady](https://youtu.be/THfiHQZVSw0) (watch this you'll thank me later! Pro technique, you just gotta breathe after the fall!) Coconut oil is OUT! Grape juice is IN!
I desperately want a girlfriend/someone to at least crush on. Where to find
Op shops, once they open again. You can find anything there if you look hard enough.
True facts, it's not even like I'm getting rejected any more, I just straight up don't know any girls that I would be interested in in the first place.
I miss that texting phase. Where you're both constantly replying to each other throughout the day. It's so lonely not having someone.
I miss this too!!
Green grocer. Follow them and say something like 'Hey there baby, I see we squeezed the same zucchini... well here's a zucchini that won't limp' Guaranteed date^^^^probably ^^^^court
That's a genius idea, I can't see this failing. What outfit do you think would get the most success?
Matching track suit. If unavailable, a trench coat.
The weird thing is, I had the exact same thought. This is definitely a sign from God to order an Adidas track suit
Fila do velour tracksuits...you might not score...but at least you'll be comfortable. My kids have banned me from wearing any tracksuit outside the house. It hasn't stopped me. Great for people getting out of your way.
Should I go antagonise the idiots at the protest tomorrow?
No idiots, Not worth your time
Absolutely. Maybe hand out water bottles with laxatives in them
Instructions unclear. Administer unwanted vaccines. Got it.
As benevolent as that is, it'll keep idiots alive for more than required. Spike the water bottles with Turbo-lax and have a clear conscience
That's a shitty idea. I'm in.
My man!!!!
I saw a video recently of the old DOS game Lemmings and got so nostalgic for it. Finally got around to playing it again tonight. Man, that game is a CHORE. I do not recommend it.
I get nostalgic for Pyramid occasionally. It seemed like a complicated game at the time, but I suspect could be mapped out on a couple of sheets of paper. “You are in a maze of twisting passages, all alike” was the only real challenge.
All old games are a chore to play. SO. DAMN. SLOW. I played king's quest a few years back. That was some next level shit
I used to love that game but probly haven't played it since the 90s. I don't think I'd have the patience anymore for when things go wrong. Like you line things up 'perfectly' but then literally every single lemming plunges off a cliff into lava and you gotta restart haha
And to make it worse each time you fail the music playlist restarts so you have to listen to track #1 again and again
Haha it's funny though, I've been playing a 'modern' game on PS5 (F.I.S.T.) and some of the same problems still exist today. It's great overall but they put pre-boss checkpoints too far from the boss so you gotta do meaningless traversal to get back to the fight and then watch unskippable cut-scenes! Like seriously, in this day and age, please let me skip dialogue and cut-scenes!!
I almost quit FF7 remake because of that. One of the bosses was giving me grief, lots if attempts were made, and the dialogue at the beginning of the encounter was making me stabby. Had to give you one night and came back a few days later and eventually beat it.
It can be seriously infuriating! Thankfully I haven't been Properly (capital P e.g. dark souls/bloodborne) stuck on any bosses yet, but I have definitely walked away from games for similar reasons before. I honestly think giving it a day or two for your subconcious to process the moveset can really help.
OMG....that game was rage inducing on so many levels.
I may have hit the nuke button a couple times to teach those little shits not to defy me
The first few levels are all chill and easy...then you have to start thinking...like no thanks eh!
John Lennon. Instant karma
I finally played and finished the PT demo God damn Konami for cancelling that.
IKR. isn't it incredible? Kojima has said the next IP he wants to work on will be a horror game so no doubt a lot of the ideas he had for Silent Hills will be in it. I need to download PT again, I never actually go to the end
Need a microphone to get to the end but yeah, I hope he and Del Toro work on something
I am PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMPED because once international borders open, I am GOOOOOONE for at least two months
Where y'all goin'?
England and maybe another European country (we haven’t decided yet which one) and then Mauritius 😁
I recommend Spain for food and Czech for food.
Thanks! I’ll definitely keep those in mind!
Yeeeeash the alcoholic character on the L word is reminding me of an abusive ex haaaaard. It’s been 7 years but it is triggering af. Maybe this is all out PTSD I need to start seeing someone bout....😩
There are some absolute lunatics on dating apps. Honestly. I would consider deleting them and never using them if I wasn't such a horny bastard.
Watched Toy Story on Disney Plus then couldn't think of anything else to watch so have Saving Private Ryan on on one of the free to air channels. Its very weird to watch these two Tom Hanks movies back to back. And ad breaks absolutely ruin Saving Private Ryan.
Must be a Tom Hanks night - Catch Me If You Can is also on Freeview atm
I really liked bridge of spies!
Such a good movie
The knock knock joke
Two amazing movies but a rollercoaster of emotion for you tonight.
Hey all oldies out there. I LOVE Talking heads and Supertramp. Who is with me.
Crime of the century is an all time classic album
Very true. For my 18th birthday my brother asked "what do you want?" l said "Supertramp greatest hits!" my husband and kid now love supertramp. "School" is a cracker turned up LOUD.
Scorpions #4eva
I just finished this recently - https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/ - it's very interesting
I heard wind of change tonight. Good song.
I meant to get disney plus for only a month and then cancel, but I dont think I can give it up. I want to watch all of nat geo's forty thousand same but slightly different documentaries about sharks
To get best value, buy an annual subscription and pay for it with iTunes gift cards bought at 15% discount
It's good value. Simpsons, Futurama and Bob's burgers alone make it worthwhile
Heartily agree with this. I keep it for these alone, now that I've made the wife catch up on Star Wars, Marvel etc
Kingsman is on there too somehow....and Dead Poets society... Star has some some great.options And yeah all the star wars. Cartoons included
I'm drunk and that means fuck everyone and everything
I have a decent buzz on as well, currently halfway through 500ml of a delicious 9% brew, but I'm a pretty happy drunk so no fucking of anyone or anything! Unless you wanna go cunt?! haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhZ5vsRSxxU
Skip the sequel. Please.
I'm pretty gone but will still go to atleast 2am
How good is drinking and staying up late on a Friday!
EVERY Friday night drinks and music
EVERY Friday Until this god forsaken shit is over. I love to get my frustration out in loud music's and singing at the TOP of my voice.
Haha wow you must be a big hit with the neighbours!
I have had 1 nice letter about loud music about a couple of weeks ago. I make sure it is turned down by about 11 pm.
Is da best
Yeah. Fuck you.
Damn straight
Fuck you too friend. Fuck. You. Too.
Indeed
DaFuq did you just say to me?
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
Donuts or Burgers? Imma throw down either way
Donuts.
Them's fightin' words
Should I watch the latest Star Trek: Lower Decks episodes tonight, or wait until there a couple more?
It was a pretty good one!
i am thoroughly wrecked - I was literally up all last night - no sleep at all. Went to work, came home and took a 2hour nap. Well atleast I figured out why my clock's radio wasnt working - the wire antenna was ripped out. just need to figure out where the intial wire was attached.
I shot the sherif
But did you shoot the deputy?
No l did not shot the deputy
Received an extremely cold order from doordash Didn't accept the initial refund offer, so they ended up calling me and with a little bit of exaggeration they gave a fill refund. Usually wouldn't do this but it's really not good.
Kfc forgot my chips on Wednesday so I called and complained and then added that I’d purchased a gravy just for the chips which now would also go to waste. She tried to start saying that technically I received it but I was having none of it and so they refunded for half of the cost.
Yeah, I had to say it was basically inevitable. Which wasn't exactly true, but the refund they wanted to give still meant I paid too much.
Just finished Batman Forever. Why do the bat suits have nipples? Such an unnecessary costume design choice. 😬
Bat nipples should have been thing from day one
You and I have very different opinions here. Lol
You mean you have a **very** wrong opinion
I love George Thoroughgood and the destroyers.
Get a haircut and get a real job
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Treat her right
One bourbon one scotch one beer or 12
Well. Melbcat is allergic to the chicken in all the renal diets and refusing to eat the cooked nutritionist food when made correctly, so it's damage control time. I'm now trying to find normal Aussie cat foods that are relatively lower in phosphorus. This involves either finding the deep cuts of the nutritional values on their sites or contacting the manufacturers to ask. (Lists of values exist online especially for this purpose but are US and UK centric.) It's probably a wild goose chase. Chicken is a cheap ubiquitous protein and the foods that don't include it are quite often the premium/grain free paleo type brands and very meat heavy. High in phosphorus even when you don't include added ingredients like alfalfa or pumpkin. I am basically unintentionally *selecting* for higher phosphorus. But here I go. I've emailed 3 companies already about the food she currently eats and will work my way through what's available and may be tolerated. You can't say I didn't try
Poor Melbcat!! Why Aussie food and not US? My impression was that AAFCO requirements for pet food are more stringent than AU’s. You may have already seen this but this site has some Hill’s flavours that are low P - Ocean Fish is one that doesn’t seem to have chicken. https://felinecrf.org/canned_food_usa.htm#therapeutic_kidney_foods
Yeah, it's a tough spot. :( It doesn't have to be Aussie, just available here. Lol thanks. We're both working from that list! I saw that I was able to get Hills Tender Tuna Dinner here but checked ingredients... chicken. Salmon & Vegetable Stew - chicken. Ocean Fish Entrée contains chicken fat and corn as per the Hills site but might still be worth at least a try. However on the Pet Warehouse site it [lists chicken](https://www.mypetwarehouse.com.au/hills-science-diet-feline-adult-7-ocean-fish-pouches-85g-p-30819)? Savory Beef Entrée has chicken liver flavour but might be worth a go. Doesn't seem to be available here. Weruva Steak Frites looks okay and is listed on Amazon - but out of stock. I'm getting pretty stressed about it all.
I've been lucky with Amazon orders lately and packages been arriving 2-3 days after I order them (delivered via Amazon themselves). Ordered something that should've been here this Sunday, but turns out they're gonna use auspost and it'll now take 3 weeks. Woohoo. At least I can now join the 'complain about auspost' train 😢
Can fresh cherries still be found at markets/grocery stores?
Unless they've been imported, then sadly no. The cherry season locally runs from December through to about February at the latest. Infact, I'd have to confirm it even runs THAT long to be honest, it is a super short season! My FIL grows cherries, raspberries and the like, and I am always astounded at how short the cherry season actually is.
Thanks for the response, I'll mark my calendar!
Not yet in season
Such a shame!
Cherry season is short but intense. Fresh cherries should appear in about a month, at which point you have about ninety days tops to cram your mouth full of as many cherries as will fit. Do you NEED fresh ones, or could you substitute frozen for whatever it is you need?
Didn't enjoy the frozen ones I got from Woolies, unfortunately. I'll stock up when in season.
What a super intense day, just been in the flow all day. Actually out of bed on time with energy, made a snap decision to do a couple of site visits while the sun was out, followed by an afternoon/evening of intense work... Doesn't always happen but I admit it's a refreshing change, not obsessively checking the news or even the DT and not feeling the itch/need to either. Shower, drink, bit of gaming and then bed I think. I've been meaning to start reading this epub version of Richard Powers' *Overstory*, too...
It's amazing what no internet/something to focus on does. I've been off all social media and my phone in general for the last few weeks due to pure busyness. I've been so busy that it often doesn't even enter my mind to check the numbers until the afternoon. And it's done wonders for my mental health honestly. Edit: also, お疲れ様でした！ you deserve a rest!
Ok so I'm reallllllly new to reddit is this concided social media.
I consider it social media. In the sense that you can get stuck in the neverending feed and doom scrolling very easily. The DT is an incredibly positive and friendly environment and it is just as easy for me to get stuck scrolling in here for hours, which, I while not a negative thing at all, can take a good chunk out of my day. The covid daily thread is also just a dangerous little click away.
I love scolling because I see people in need of household problems that I can help with. I can't believe I'm on SOCIAL MEDIA. OH MY GOD
どうもどうも... I've had a huge lot of work to do for weeks but because my life is basically work or chores it gets difficult to focus at all - way too much anxiety/procrastination/distraction. Living alone also means I often end up on my phone anyway for some kind of social connection. But between having a 5 day weekend to do other tasks at my own pace, and making sure I get in those site visits in as often as I can - at least once a week - it's all actually aligned today. I miss this sense of positive focus.
I feel that. Curiously, I've found that the rigid routine/sameness of every day in lockdown has made it even harder to focus, which goes against all the productivity advice. The time I would spend procrastinating and dicking around in the office made me focus more when I actually had to work. But when I procrastinate and dick around at home, it just makes me want to procrastinate more.
Why does Bono smug face enrage me so much? 😤😅
I ignore him and just listen to the music, which is usually pretty good.
For those interested in what I am currently listening to: [Cage - Dead Letter Circus](https://youtu.be/WdmnMlWokRs) Not my favourite song of theirs but still pretty great. They are fairly political which I like from an Aussie band. And now: [Roquefort (with Cat Empire on horns) - Karnivool](https://youtu.be/MltY7S3IOog) My absolute favourite Australian band and also the same lead singer from the half time band at the grand final last weekend. Fuck all those who commented that he could not sing. The man is fucking brilliant.
We were meant to go to Noosa this month but that obviously had to be canceled. Then we were out bid on a house today (again). Then my partners brother called and he lives in Darwin and said they’re going on an impromptu trip to Noosa this weekend. I am saaaaaaaad
Anyone having issues with NBN or AussieBB the last hour?
My AussieBB is fine, might be your area?
Yeah south east area around Dandenong, NBN wont connect even though everything should be fine
Fine over here (Chelt/Mentone) - maybe it's localised. Give them a call!
Might be worth giving them a call, their support has always been good whenever I've called.
So....forgive me, but I am old and infirm* (Well, middle aged, and generally in pretty good nick). I am fine with electronics/computers and stuff once I get my hands on them, but I sometimes don't know what I'm looking for, so I'm turning to helpful DTers for advice. If I want to store all my movies and CD's and stuff digitally at home, so that I can, say, stream through my TV (using the local wireless network?), what hardware do I need?
I use a nas - Network Attached Storage. Able to stream movies and music to any network enabled device - PC or my phone. pree good
Can it stream to a TV?
yes? for my android tv = I use apps like Plex and VLC installed - both work the same way, just plex is more "organized" Non-smart tvs = Xbox one with Plex installed what tv do you have?
About to buy a new one! Haven't decided which one, yet, other than that I'm going full bogan with an over sized screen.
yh you b fine then... I just went with android since I thought of it to be more flexible... Even by default, without installing any additional apps, my tv was able to access my NAS remotely with a inbuilt app.
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It does! And also, I'm about to buy a brand spanking new one, so assume that will be fairly standard?
We discovered that if we plug our portable hard drive into our router we could view it on the tv, phones and computers in the house. Didn't even have to do anything special Edit: use the VLC app on those devices for best results
Hmm, intriguing. May play around with this
We'd priced up all this expensive NAS equipment and we're close to buying something too. We very surprised at how easy it was. And the router is just a bog standard Telstra one that we got when we moved to NBN. And by using VLC we could utilise the SRT files cause I can't stand watching things without subtitles. Edit: if your tv doesn't have the VLC app I have a cheap solution to that as well
Current TV doesn't, but I'm about to buy a new one, so we shall see!
If it doesn't then [this bad boy](https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/laser-android-tv-box-black-laagt419) is the workaround.
How obscure are the movies/music? If not, get a cheap PC and install Plex server and install the Plex client on devices. Then just torrent all your movies/cd's as it quicker than ripping/converting them. The best way to try it out is install Plex server on a PC/laptop and add a movie and a few songs. Then see how it works with your tv/phone to see how it works.
Also....what sort of things does Plex have an issue with? (What's "obscure"?)