Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Hi, pals. Thanks for the lovely welcome yesterday, I’ve missed my crew. Now I need to ask the old person question of: how the flippin flip do I use this thing? Is there an app or browser only? 😵💫
App on Apple - voyager
App on Android - sync
There are others, but these are the most polished
Hiii lemondrop 🌞, welcome. I've just used the web browser the whole time honestly. When I tried the jerboa app it was pretty janky. They made improvements though which I haven't tried because I've just gotten used to the browser version 🤷♂️
I use Jerboa for Android (available on the playstore), or the browser on my phone/pc. I find Jerboa to okay, it's updated often, but is still a bit janky as others have said.
The browser on my phone remembers my login, so that is an option as well.
Edit: also, Jerboa allows spoilers but you have to manually do the code for it, as the button isn't available yet. Whereas the browser versions you can highlight one's text and click the spoiler button to hide it.
I haven't seen people mention Connect for Android. It's pretty decent! I don't use it on the browser. Try the app!
I use a browser but I go through wefwef.app.
It’s ok but still lacking features and is a work in progress.
Last I looked there were at least 7 apps for iPhone in various stages of development, I have settled on Liftoff! for the moment but have Voyager and Avelon as well.
Oh Bull. You were on such a high last night because the Storm romped it home. Was it the Jim Beam? Because that shit will fuck you up.
It's the alcohol, you had a depressant. Relax, all is truly well 💜
Good morning to everyone except the guy a few doors down who is running his boat engines.
The ocean is ---> that way
Little bastard is now asleep on his sheepskin with his little fluffy face resting on the edge that I curl up into a pillow. Is he spoiled?
Very much so.
Speaking of spoiled, peanut butter toast(all smooth and gooey) devoured while basking on a deck chair out the front in the sun.
Perhaps 'ruined' would be more accurate ... but he is hardly alone in that here in the petiverse of the DT.
The meowing/yelling, the meowing/yelling, pretty much since 1 am. I am so tired. Why?
One of mine doesn’t yell, he belts his bowl around. So you get this ceramic ringing on tile racket that could wake the dead.
Miss Meow's preferred night time annoyance is to lie on my shoulder and purr loudly directly into my ear. It's amazing just how loud a purr can be at that close range.
ew. Fortunately I don't have that indignity in the middle of the night.
Many cats will go nuts for earwax.
Don't ask me how I know this.
it's harmless!
Earwax is full of animal protein and fat, and cats can't seem to taste the bitterness that humans do. Possibly the most humane and sustainable treat you can offer your cat!
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Decent effort this week, probably not up to some of your standards though 😅
That's an awesome effort! I manage between 4,000 and 6,000 steps on a normal day and my feet are asking me to stop so I have to be content with that. Well done!
That's fantastic. I want to know why on Fridays you're not getting around as much?
I played tennis all days except Sunday and Friday (this week). Friday I didn't do much - went for a walk, walked around Aldi & Coles and got back home! In other words, Friday was a rest day because I've been doing too much physical activity recently. I should reduce!
Also should mention that I WFH on Friday so I don't get the steps in to and from the office.
Oh. That makes sense. I thought it might have been because you wfh that day or maybe it was your weekend.
Garmin reckons an average active person does about 7,500 a day. Fewer than 10% manage an average above 10,000 per day.
I say you've done an outstanding effort, here.
Miss Meow has just demonstrated her hunting prowess by tracking down and overpowering an apple core Mr Woof declined to eat earlier in the day. Who says pets need expensive toys?
Edited to fix a mis-typing in Mr Woof. Calling him Mr Wood is just going to lead to strange thoughts and misunderstandings.
I actually find dating, or the experience of even trying to get a date an incredibly draining and toxic experience, and yet some people apparently enjoy it?
It's liberating to give up and throw in the towel. All of the stress, the pressure and the disappointment is gone.
I like banging my head against a brick wall until I eventually knock the wall down. Does it hurt? Yes. Does it feel awesome when the wall comes down? Also yes.
Replace when the wall comes down with if and that would be a more accurate assessment of the situation for many.
My morning tea just tried to kill me. Apparently shoving the whole last section into my mouth was not a good idea. The icing on top stuck the whole thing to the roof of my mouth like denture paste, leaving me with a solidly stuck hunk of bread completely out of reach of any chewing. Fortunately after much effort I managed to move it as clawing a mass of bread and icing out of my mouth in the middle of my work break room would have been a touch embarrasing.
I guess that supermarket trip wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.
Household tip #42. Always open the carton and give each one a little jingle because sometimes they are stuck to the carton and it's not until you go to get one your fingers penetrate the delicate shell leaving egg everywhere. Please learn from my mistakes.
Exercises completed. I used to not be able to plank at all, but now I can manage about 30 seconds twice in the session, which is still a bit lame but it's an improvement and I'm getting there, so I'm proud of it! This after taking Minipeelers to Bounce and then wandering around shopping for most of the day. Bought some stuff that amused the kids, like a wiggly rubbery joke banana and a noise making chicken with a red bikini on. Bought some new glassware (where does it go?) and a refillable spice organiser thing so I can get rid of all those little spice packets with pegs on I've got cluttering up a couple of shelves in the kitchen. Also bought Mr Peeler a new dressing gown, as his old one is pushing the boundaries of decency. I'm knackered! Still did a couple of assaults on Mt Washmore, otherwise it becomes too formidable a task. Also played a little basketball with the Elder Minipeeler. Now enjoying a nice cup of tea.
Heading out for the first time in a really long time and Gibson is looking at me like "where the fuck are you going, and why aren't we playing with my stringy toy?"
Argh, the anxiety about (possibly) returning to work soon must be hitting - I've not long woken up from a dream when I haven't been well enough to attend school in ages and I don't even remember who my form coordinator is and I don't know what I should do about my HSC exams and...
Please note HSC, which I sat and passed quite respectably in 1984.Shopping list for Bunnings done. Mulch, rosemary, peppermint and Vietnamese mint. What are the chances I will get just those things and not anything extra?
I really don't like your chances of not coming back with, at a minimum, 3 more items that you didn't know you needed when you walked in the door ...
It's all in the gardening department, use their door and don't browse. Be quick. I got in-n-out with just potting mix the other day.
That's the basic plan. My normal run is some mulch and manure, straight in & out with no deviations. The danger here is the plants. They keep them with all of these other plants I will have to look through to find what I'm after. The temptation will be real.
Going to bunnings Mentone? That aldi and spotlight will fuck you uppppppp
Fuck I love Spotlight; I buy embrodery threads there to darn socks and pants, and make bracelets with - but they're so exxy 😭
His Lordship saw a bubble-o-bill doona cover last week when we went up for the bedding sale and absolutely impulse bought that shit. They do up to king size, so they know their audience
Unlucky in love friend is losing their mind again, and I kind of feel bad because I think it's honestly their fault. I've tried to be nice about how to approach the dating scene differently or maybe having some self reflection, but it's clearly not getting through. They talk to these people for like weeks without a physical date and then completely meltdown when it all breaks down because they thought this person was "the one" in a long line of "the one's". I don't know, I just think they have some issues that they perhaps need to work out or maybe I'm clueless in terms of online dating since I don't do it, all my dates come from friends referrals or people I've met at some group thing.
It's really just a trap to try to get to know people properly for potential romantic relationships online before meeting IRL. Like sure, brief interactions online are nice. But you can't know shit until IRL meeting imo
This reminds me of me. I am never going back to online dating again because it gives so much false hope in my experience. I think all you can do with this person is stick by them and hope that they'll learn their lesson one day. When you have the "love brain" switched on, it's really difficult to think logically. Therapy helps and really noticing how you feel.
I'm always as kind as I can be because I do think that the follies of online dating also play a large part in the issue, especially in terms of exaserbating things. But as a whole I'm beginning to think their personal issues with attachment and self esteem really need to be addressed in a professional setting.
There are specific probs with internet dating and internet communication.
People are quicker to share private information on the internet, this leads to feelings of intimacy at an accelerated pace. It's generally not real. Not seeing facial expressions means no body language feedback , less nuance and leads to less fear of negative feedback, and that leads to greater positive feelings than may be merited by the facts..
iow, bias and difficulty in having reality check.
These aren't personality or emotional problems that need therapy from a psych, it's just a function of internet communication.
So speak very plainly on the net and meet in real life as much as possible.
