Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    13·
    1 year ago

    Ok morning, here’s my plan…

    • attend to Minipeelers re breakfast and Milo/chai
    • exercise
    • vote
    • grocery
    • butcher
    • get a soup stock on
    • get a soup on
    • Mt Washmore
    • pretend to relax while I worry about everything else that needs to be done
    • worry about turning 50 in a few days
    • buy small gift or two to give to Mr P to give to the kids to give to me

    In no particular order.

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    I woke up a little late after being exhausted last night. I decided to go ahead and cook my big breakfast or in this case lunch.

    I’ve got toasted bread, eggs under the bacon, some charred fried tomatoes, onion and mushrooms with some hash brown and a couple of sausages and also a little bit of Dino pasta.

    Sorry about messiness of the plate and playing but here it is.

    I have to say I’m stuffed now.

    photo of my big lunch

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    Wondering to risk putting the laundry out - it’s all blustery out there and looks miserable but no real rain as such.

    The black dog continues to lurk for honestly no good reason at all. It’s getting quite tedious. I have taken my massive vit D supplement but something tells me I need more sun. I’ve enjoyed having my blackout blinds in my bedroom but I think I need to leave more sun filtering through so I wake up more naturally and start the day a bit less groggy and shitful…

    E: I had some coffee and it definitely helped but now I feel a bit jittery instead. I started looking at jobs in Perth …

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        4·
        1 year ago

        Bleah. Might just. Looks like little bands of spitting showers here and there. At least Tuesday is looking good for doing the sheets and blankets…

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    1 year ago

    One disadvantage of living near the top of a hill is that the walk home is always upwards. A lot of walking to write a few letters on a piece of paper, but I did get to see some nice gardens on the way - one place in particular had a stunning native garden. I also got to pat a dog (a young excitable Husky, which I expect will be trouble in the future as the owner did not seem to have any idea how to deal with it, unfortunately).

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      We live in the top of a hill too.

      I walked to vote this morning. The rest of the household drove. They bet me there and back by 30 seconds.

      The walk back uphill was very tiring because they didn’t have Democracy Sausages at the Polling Station.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
        2·
        1 year ago

        My walk was about 20 mins each way, so driving definitely would have been quicker. It would be half the time if I could walk direct, but there is a big sports complex and a school in the way I have to walk around.

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    Victoria has had a First Peoples’ Assembly since 2019. This is largely identical in role and function to what the federal Voice would be, but it is tasked with representing its views at a state level.

    Sadly, while I try to hold on to a bit of hope, it is almost certain Victoria will not be voting Yes today.

    Make it make sense.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      6·
      1 year ago

      I know people both who are voting yes and no. Whilst the odd person that votes no might have a thought through reason, there’s also many who are voting no because Don’t know, Can’t be bothered I have better things to do, Conspiracy theory xyz , I hate Albo, why should they get something special, etc. Its horrifying how many people are in this category. I think the vote is not really split between yes and no, it’s split between yes, no, and cooker. Was never gonna be a fair debate.

    • Ilandar@aussie.zone
      5·
      1 year ago

      Make it make sense.

      One was victim to a widespread, American-style disinformation campaign. The other was not. That is the difference.

      Always remember that polling was supportive of a national Indigenous advisory body until the Coalition completely abandoned their historic position of bipartisan support and started bombarding Australian voters with unadulterated lies.

      • Dalek Thal@aussie.zone
        21·
        1 year ago

        We need to fucking do something about our media. That’s the problem. Misinformation and propaganda outlets control almost all of the media, and tbh I think News Corp needs to be completely shuttered.

        The No vote will be a terrible outcome for the Indigenous Australians, and the children of colonisers irresponsibly ignored their wishes because of a perceived “risk”.

        When every constitutional law expert has been ignored, then you know there’s a real problem

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      WA has a body at the State level, also. WA will also likely return a “No” vote.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    8·
    1 year ago

    Lunch toastie: lamb, tomato relish, sauerkraut and two cheeses (chedder and an unidentified hard white cheese), on a dark capeseed bread.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    8·
    1 year ago

    Next up on my to do list is a uni assignment, so I think I’m going to go op shopping…

    Edit: local op shop had absolutely nothing interesting today. I might have to check out the bigger Brotherhood one next to NQR during the week.