Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Welcome to Numbat Facts.
Numbats are the only member of the family Myrmecobiidae. This saves them a great deal of money not buying presents this time of year.
Yes! And eating them. Same base Greek word for soldiers at Troy being called myrmidons.
Specifically Achilles' soldiers - presumably wore armour that resembled ant thoraxes. Bit of a change from the standard boar's tusk helmet popular on the day.
Bronze age armies were very small, so I'm not sure swarming was possible. Interesting thought though.
Just signed a new contract today.
Pay rise before Christmas, yaaaaas
Whooee! Muchos millions! So niiiiice to feel validated (and competent). So take that, imposter syndrome.
Dins!
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Again not a soul on that beach was perfect.
Very pretty. I could only see a sliver of it from my window. That is the only downside of having a day off work, the building I work in has awesome views of the sunrise over the Dandenongs.
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Rothenburg Christmas market! Unfortunately it closed so early that we didn’t get to go to it after dinner, which was sad. Also the famous Plonlein. Rothenburg is so beautiful. If you like beautifully preserved medieval walled cities, this is a gem.
I admit, living in a medieval city is a joy ( I lived in Brussels for ten years,) , feels very much like home. Living in a 400 year old house is a bit difficult, they are cold, draughty and the plumbing and electricity is iffy
I grew up in England for a stretch. The local pub down the end of the road had been there since 1480. Still had the same wooden beams at head height throughout.
I actually was extremely underwhelmed by Brussels. I loved Bruge though.
Bruge is nice for tourists . Brussels is nice to live in.. 😊 I found Ghent and Tongeren interesting.
Walking the doggo and a fly went up my nose....and didn't come out. I guess that's it then. It's been nice knowing you all.
i once crushed a fly in my mouth when it flew in while i took a bite of a burger
I don't want to take anything away from the numbats appreciation week but can we spend a moment admiring the late David Bowie's fashion sense. It's quite a mild look this month.
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Winter in the UK. Also he always was one for doing the opposite of everyone else's expectations.
Dinner has been eaten and I'm still hungry. I was very close to eating the portion set aside for lunch tomorrow.
I think this calls for an emergency apple crumble. With custard.
Geez this flight to Canberra is packed and hot! Pretty chuffed with myself that I got everything done on time - dishes, bins, all the packing, really glad for this baggage scale I got from my brother as the gate staff were steadfastly checking all the carry on bags... For a 42 minute flight. Even though I don't have the satisfaction of having finished all my work projects I'm glad to be getting away!
I had a client based in Melbourne, but with an office in Canberra. I used to get sent there for day jobs occasionally. I rather liked those missions. I was paid from the minute I left home until I got back, and they paid for everything (meals etc).
It's a neat thing about working in Melbourne that I do miss. It's so close to Sydney and Canberra. Fly for two hours from Perth, you might have left the state. Just.
when netflix fucked off password sharing, we cancelled our subscription.
I'm house sitting for a friend for a few days, and have just spent about half an hour mindlessly scrolling netflix and can't find a single thing I want to watch that I haven't already seen.
I feel even better about my decision.
Edit: I lied, I half-heartedly watched the Beckham thing
The magical combo of stremio + torrentio + realdebrid has let me enjoy so much for very little expense or effort. It's great!
I'm trying to watch as much as I can on Stan before whomever's account it is decides to tighten their belt.
these people have Stan, too. I remember Stan being quite shit when it started, but looking at it now there's a fair bit of good stuff there! Reckon I might sign up for a fee months when I get home.
Dr Death is really good. 2nd season is due out this month. At the moment I'm watching The Tourist which is oh my lordy good.
Work Christmas party tomorrow. 12.30 knock off and free calories. excellent 👌 Edit: it also seems to be the season indeed. Few work mates and I all wanted after works drinks and the first two places we tried were reserved for private functions!
It would be really nice if something encouraging happened. Just saying
the weather is beautiful and the evenings are soft and warm and the trees smell sweet 😊
😹 going through my folders and found this old collaborative thingamybob. Peacocks, cowboy aliens, dinosaurs, and a FSM dispensing much plonk.
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Be me,
Kinda chillin', a little nervous as the first of a new server build is shipping to site today (and this thing is an entirely bespoke build, from chassis to OS)
husband bursts in
HEYBARTYOUWANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASKOH GOD OH GOD I FUCKED UP THE DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE AIRCON IS DUE TODAY AND ITS $63 OVER 10K BUT WE HAVE A LIMIT OF 10K EXTERNAL TRANSFERS PER DAY ON THE ACCOUNT AND THE BANK TAKES 24 HOURS TO PROCESS A LIMIT LIFT FIXITFIXITFIXITFIXITPunkin: I am a cat. I detect this is now the perfect time to be an arsehole, for I am a cat with finely tuned reflexes, let me JUMP ON YOUR DESK AND FLATTEN YOUR KEYBOARD AS IF FIRED FROM A CANNON mwahahahahaha moustache twirl
Bastards are lucky I got the mum friend gene is all I'm sayin'.