Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Please enjoy waking up to a photo of a bear having a bath
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Listen to The branch or the tree by Stray on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/hcHeV
You might like this tune. Some of your poetry fits the vibe
No bueno! First things first, check your meter and see if the number is higher or lower than the bill; occasionally it will be an estimate in which case you should be able to provide your own actual reading to your provider, or it will right itself by the next bill.
Next, if the read is accurate, check for leaks. Generally you will need a plumber to check for you, but better to be safe. (Edit: adding, if there is a leak you will most likely still be liable for the bill).
Otherwise, it may just be the gas price increases have come into effect, and you're seeing that on your bill now.
Source: many years in energy call centres.
Reading is accurate. Haven't checked for leaks, but my graphs don't suddenly spike and are comparable to last year. I think shit's just expensive....boo
Do you have ducted heating or something or do you get bills very infrequently?
If you can see the metre is it going up by a lot and ticking?
750 sounds awful.
Damn. That's nasty. Check your metre readings. Even with the recent increase that's a massive bill.
Mine is pretty close to that as well. It’s not sexy at all.
😱 😨 that's rude. That's very rude. Times like this I'm grateful that my place has zero gas heating. But even the freaking daily supply charge alone for a gas stovetop is $1/day.
I'm wasted on this audience (my parents). The TV just had some ad where a woman had all of her toes amputated due to diabetes, showed her nub foot. She said "you never think it'll happen to you, but until you put your foot into someone else's shoes..." and I said "Ha! Was that a pun?? That was toe-tally a pun.." and dad was like "yeah".
I crave appreciation for my comedy and I'm not getting it from these supposed "loved ones".
Righto peeps, you've all heard of buses replacing trains, but what about... taxis replacing buses?
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PTV usually have a few Maxi Taxi's on call for complete stuff ups.
Yeah, I've only ended up in one once which was when vline completely screwed up their schedule and the train I was trying to take to Eaglehawk was about 40 minutes late, but they wanted to turn it around at Bendigo to try and get the return service running on time and save at least part of their timetable. The conductor came around and asked who was going to Eaglehawk and then called a taxi for the 8 or so of us that were trying to get there
But this is slightly more interesting because this is a permanent replacement. Evidently they've decided it's cheaper to just call a taxi for the people who want to get there than run a bus service anymore, but I guess for some reason they can't actually scrap the route
Yeah it would be interesting. Part of me really wants to do it just because of the sheer oddity
Approx 6mg of gummy, a good episode of Star Trek TNG, off to a traditional no-name diner next door for a hot meatloaf & gravy sandwich and a tall cold country style lemonade.. now I've plonked myself on a layback lawn chair in my hotels courtyard where the wifi is fast and plentiful. Not a bad way to spend a summer evening in Deadwood, SD.
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Update: I have relocated myself away from the flagpole because a thunderstorm has rolled in. Enjoy 79 seconds of Deadwood Summer Storm with me as I sit here: https://youtu.be/-OHD2UdU40c
That looks like such a lovely evening, the food, the storm, the trees! Thanks for sharing!
Got higher duties at work (yay extra cash).
Tasked with performance managing someone (book extra work).
Good news is that we have a new manager and they've been leaning on me to guide them through what we do and asking for my advice quite a bit. We get on well and think along the same lines.
Bad news is that higher duties kind of require me to be in the office 3 days a week.
I'd happily not get paid extra for the extra day that I'm at home.
In the office I get pulled into meetings and catch ups, leaving less time for work. At home I'm actually being productive.
Management still doesn't see that.
I don't have any shit to post but I can do cat. My buddy for the next 4 weeks
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I have in the past few months!! Since June I've looked after 4 different cats - 5 days of void cat, 1 month of the minor chonk standard issue cat, 1 week of sox, and now 1 month of cuddly calico
You’ve got all the benefits of cats and freedom to be cat-free when you want :-)
It's pretty cool and although moving around is a bit of a pain, I look at it as a staycation - sure I'm still paying rent on my place but at least I'm saving on heating. And this time my friend has carefully prepared some delicious food for me and tidied up the place. Also I can potter around in their garden!
I found a job I think I want to apply for... but change is hard and I was very comfortable where I've been for 3.5y until recently
By the combination of our shitposting, YOU are now the very comfortable professional catsitter!
I can only degrade the quality of everyone's experience so much on my own
Smoked Kippers from Brunswick brand at woolworths are on sale for 2 dollars this week.
That place is a cesspit now. All the good people came here.
Quality will always triumph over quantity. Can the reddit DT boast a poet, a professional cat sitter and a variety of canned fish enthusiasts? No, they content themselves with merest gossip. I discard them. Also the good cooks all came here.
So why doesn't the 2nd season of the next generation start with more about the Romulans is the question I asked myself earlier.
Ugh, just remembered due to schedule changes the person I am relieving tonight is someone who I dislike immensely, think I'll forgo my strict punctuality and relieve them last minute. I hate to be rude, but with a week like the one I've had so far I couldn't bare having to listen to her crap for more than a minute.
I thought I had sold one of my Marketplace items, but I think it's just a better quality scammer than the last one. ☹️
Hard agree. I have never used the downlights in my apartment because they're white. I have yellow lamps, yellow fairy lights, and multicoloured globes, but I fkn loathe white lighting.
I thought this was some abusive behaviour related to white knighting I’d not heard of 😂
I also have accent lighting behind my desk, and in my bedroom behind the bed. Love accent lighting.
I work nights under white light and it's disgusting, some nights I spend the whole 8-12hrs with an awful headache. I begged to have them changed and their answer was to allow me to turn all but one light off which does shit all when it's still bouncing off all the windows.
My reading glasses have a filter in them but it does shit all, sometimes in the early morning hours I just pop my sunnies on.
The same cat who turns up her nose at her wet food if the chunks are too large is now scoffing the tails off the prawns from the sorta-paella. facepalm
I have to cut my cats chicken breast in just the right size pieces otherwise she stares at me like "the fuck is this mate?!!!"
Am sick, miserable and depressed. Anyone got any cute pet pics or funny jokes? Funny stories?
Hope someone’s looking after you. Get well soon hun.
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Grey-and-white kitty angling for food.
Q: what do you call a fly with no wings? A: a walk
Hope you’re feeling better soon!
About a decade and a half ago, my dad's side would hire a houseboat on the Murray, in Mildura, and we'd spend 2 weeks in the middle of nowhere wakeboarding, skiing, and drinking. My uncle has a ski boat and a tinny, so we'd hook both to the back of the houseboat when we felt like moving.
My uncle and aunt also have a few ski-toys, like an inflatable biscuit, or these blow-up pod things you could sit in and be pulled by the boat. I was by myself on the biscuit thing, and my aunt was driving the ski boat, and she was terrifying. She would do these donuts in the water so the wake would crash into itself and get super high and choppy, and I'm bouncing around holding on for dear life. Then, the wakes coalesced and the biscuit got absolutely launched
When I came back down, I was still holding on, but slowly let go and slid off. Totally done haha!
Here is the pic my dad snapped of me mid-air, during that epic launch:
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that's my foot poking out the bottom there hahah
Edit: to clarify, this is meant to be my 'funny story' contribution lol
Epic! Nothing like a crazy boat pilot to make you feel alive (and nervous!). I've gotta do a similar holiday one day, always wanted to go on a house boat.
I defo reccomend it, though I haven't been since highschool. Nowadays, with myself and my cousins being adults, we're lucky if we can organise a weekend on Eildon in the summer haha
But I cherish those memories, nothing but sun, water, and the bush. Bliss.
Something stupid this time.
I found this in toilet on the wall one time at a public library and never forgot it.
A sign of sitting on the toilet
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These any good?
Images are top: white and tabby cat looking off camera in portrait bottom: black cat looking at camera on a big cushion with a shark plushy behind it
Cleopatra she should be named, but one of her rescuers named her Ponyo. As her and her son, Calcifer came to me together. changing two cats' names would be pretty hard. I like the names anyway.
Made a impromptu Japanese curry with what I had, which was onion, capsicum, zucchini, beef mince and a tin of diced tomato. Added chilli, ginger and garlic and curry roux cubes. First time using mince to make Japanese curry and it worked well!
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