• StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    20·
    3 months ago

    Psyching myself up to clean the house for the inspection on Wednesday.

    Ughhhhhh UGHHHHHH I don’t wanttt tooooo but if I don’t do it today I know I’ll be rushing around tomorrow doing it. Which is good motivation but also not how I want to spend my Tuesday. We’ve done the spare room, but I still need to vaccum and do the bathroom, and stove top. Tidy up a bit.

    But I’m not moving the cat’s boxes. They can walk around them, he lives here too dammit

    Edit: in other news, all 9 of my assessments this term have been marked now - and I passed!! Now I don’t have to stress until Feb! Yay!

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    14·
    3 months ago

    It must be results day - I passed the assignment I half-arsed. One more half-arsed assignment to go and I can see the back of this subject for good, yay! The other subject is much better, the next assignment I get to spend time counting birds in my backyard.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    13·
    3 months ago

    Update: I ate the pate. I ate the pate before I posed the question in fact. Tomorrow, I will let you know if it was a good idea or not.

    I also ate some cottage cheese that was opened more than 5 days ago and some tasty cheese that tasted not quite right (I tossed that) so eeny meeny miny moe.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      3·
      3 months ago

      Ok, you have me sold on the mock meat bahn mi. I don’t travel that way regularly any more but must make the visit next time I’m it area!

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Full disclaimer: the line is about as long as the line to the jam donut stall at the queen Vic markets on free donut day. Seriously, I walk past it fairly often and the line is almost always like 40 people and stretches half way down the block

      Can recommend the cafe a few mins down the road, six points though, I love their bloody Mary eggs Benny. They mix a little bit of siracha into the hollandaise and it’s surprisingly good

    • dracs@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I used to live opposite the one in Reservoir and it got me through lockdown. They’re opening a new location opposite Melbourne Central soon. Can’t wait to be able to grab it for lunch regularly again.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    11·
    3 months ago

    Question: Would you eat pate that is one week (use by) out of date?

    CAUTION: DO NOT mansplain the difference between use by and best before or I will be forced to severely downvote you.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    constantly amazed by the speed at which crafting and gardening communities go from zero to toxic cuntishness

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    Where’s the fucking raaaaaaain?!

    It’s so hot in this fucking apartment, but I’m vaccuming, tidying up, all while drinking a beer.

    Idgaf

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      6·
      3 months ago

      Is coming but looks like more from 9pm onwards. Later if you’re out east. Mad props to you vacuuming in this weather, beer truly lets you do anything hey.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 months ago

      I wish I could still drink a beer without feeling weird and sick. Getting buzzed might help me deal with the dishes

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    Ending up stripping down to just undies for the vacuuming, so hot!

    Got pizza for dinner though, with plenty of leftovers for the next few nights.

    Place is looking gooooooood

    Time for a big fat glass of ice water and a cold shower. Then tomorrow, I tackle the balcony and bathroom.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    10·
    3 months ago

    Have to head down the bellarine tm. Bit of an issue cause the ol’ boy can’t cook. Huge mistake by that generations’ parents not to teach the dudes how to, even the basics. A few of his buds can and very well, but honestly all that old school gender role shit can get in the bin with this (mums) problem. I know cooking isn’t for everyone but fark me that’d be really handy right now. At least have a go at it.

    /rant

      • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
        5·
        3 months ago

        It’s just the expectation that someone’s doing it for him. He should be doing it for her now. She was doing all of it, managing two kids, career, house stuff, the guy whilst very good in his field can hardly put peanut butter on a crumpet. The mind boggles.

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
      7·
      3 months ago

      Light and easy are well received by some of my older clients. They have seniors meals available. Might be worth it just for the peace of mind that there is food available if they want it. Or Ranahans do texture modified meals.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      6·
      3 months ago

      I genuinely don’t understand “can’t” cook. Like beef Wellington or soufflé, sure, but basic pasta or jar sauce curry? Fuck off.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        7·
        3 months ago

        yep. Weaponized incompetence. Imagine being brave enough to say “I have 0 interest in skills that would keep me alive”.

        • Catfish@aussie.zone
          5·
          3 months ago

          Exactly. If your arse can’t heat a can of soup and make some toast you need a Guardian.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
      6·
      3 months ago

      My dad would have been a decade or 2 older than yours I reckon, and I remember mum being in hospital when we were kids. All he could cook was scrambled eggs, so we ate that for every meal but breakfast, for 3 days

      Also, there are quite a few ok microwave meals around - maybe you could stock up on a few of those for your parents?

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      On top of gender roles just not making much sense to me in general, what really weirds me out is that the idea of a woman working in a kitchen was downright blasphemous (even more so than regular work), but the idea of a man cooking at home was just about as “wrong”

      Like why?

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      3·
      3 months ago

      Yeah it’s weird. Massive assumption that everyone would be straight and getting married so no need to be self sufficient :/

      Surely he can swing a sammich though or fry an egg. Latina ravioli is pretty good, just boil in water and add sauce with a bagged salad. Bachelors handbag with coleslaw and rolls.

      (Sorry if I sound unsympathetic. Due to these old school gender roles I was cooking for my family at 16 but was not taught any of the ‘dude’ basics and had to learn completely alone with 0 upper body strength. Still managed though there are things I won’t attempt to learn unsupervised.)

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    3 months ago

    I had a MyGov message yesterday that my account was locked because of too many attempts to sign in. It wasn’t me, so I assume it was a hacking attempt using data leaked from somewhere else. I was able to unlock the account and discovered there is a setting that stops you email or phone being an option for the username, so they shouldn’t be able to try again.

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      5·
      3 months ago

      I didn’t even know that was an option. Maybe my mygov account is so old I created it when you could only use a random string of numbers they assigned you. I guess that’s the on upside to an inscrutable, completely unrelated username

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
        3·
        3 months ago

        That’s the username I use, but the email is in the settings as an alternative option. I presume someone had a list and was trying all my known passwords with the email - it wouldn’t get them in (I use unique random passwords for everything of any importance) but trying over and over gets me locked out. It might be worth checking your settings to see if it is enabled.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 months ago

      I had that recently too a couple of weeks ago and it locked my account and I turned off being able to use my email as a login for it.

      Was a royal pain in the butt.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I didn’t even know you could get usernames, I’ve only ever signed in through email. Happen to know where I could find my username by chance?

      • dumblederp@aussie.zone
        4·
        3 months ago

        There’s an option to have them email it to you. I did it recently and it’s all in the same area of mygov security settings. Worth it because if your mygov gets breached I’ve heard they force you to make a new one.

        • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
          5·
          3 months ago

          It also displayed the username in the same place in settings as the option to remove the email and phone number as login options.

          From what I read if you are forced to make a new login you also can’t reuse the same email address without phoning up and doing something to release it. Just unlocking it from the temporary lock I needed the correct password, answer to a secret question plus an SMS code which was stilll a bit of a nuisance.

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      3·
      3 months ago

      Ooh, I didn’t know about that setting. Had the same too many attempts thing recently so I’ve turned those off too. Thanks.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    9·
    3 months ago

    It’s 21 degrees inside but I can’t get warm, my legs ache and my throat is sore. Nooooo…not this week.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    9·
    3 months ago

    I wish I wasn’t always tired and stressed out. I wish it was easier to get stuff I need and get things done independently.

    Life sucks to the point of meaninglessness sometimes but I want to take great care of Melbcat and grow heaps of healthy food for people that can eat it.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      I’m of the belief humans are as intelligent as they are because we’re meant to be protectors and guardians of this planet, of all flora and fauna.

      That’s life’s meaning for me, it shouldn’t matter if there’s something more after we die, as long as we do our utmost to take care of animals and plants. I think you are meaningful, because you’re trying to grow food, and looking after Melbcat.