Confucius say butcher who back into meat grinder get a little behind in his orders. 🍑

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    19·
    10 months ago

    Proud of myself! I’ve been craving fish & chips, but it’s getting to the stage where it’s costing over $100 for the five of us! And sometimes it’s not that great. So after work I bought some fish from the local market. I bought school shark because it seemed like a good price and gave me sufficient quantity to have a couple of attempts if I messed up, but everyone loved it! It was a huge success! I’ve always been a bit scared to do it because I’m not 100% on what to do and was afraid I’d screw it up. So I looked up wikiHow, lol. My chips were tasty, the fish was delish and it cost me $20, which is a massive saving. This is a big thing for me!

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    13·
    10 months ago

    Update on the new meds: I actually feel great. It’s called Wellbutrin and apparently is used to quit smoking (bonus!) and for weight loss also (2nd bonus). I just feel kind of motivated? And have a lot more energy.

    Early days yet, so we’ll see.

  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    10 months ago

    Just got hacked at work. Can’t do emails, ordinary work or access the accounts program. Up to date on everything else. They were pretending to be Windows Defender.
    Twiddle thumbs afternoon coming up. Ho hum.

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    13·
    10 months ago

    Started a new antidepressant today. Haven’t been on one before so I’m curious to see what happens.

    I do hope it does something. I’d hate to go on the medication merry go round to find something effective.

    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
      7·
      10 months ago

      Good luck. It can take a while to adjust. I found the serotonin based ones work fast for me (lucky I guess) but I always feel wonky and a bit sedated for a while, while I get used to having a quiet brain. If they work they are a game changer. Fingers crossed you are in that bucket

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      The one that works for me is desvenlafaxine/Pristiq - it’ll take a bit of time to work, but be patient and if you feel really off or even a bit suicidal, please talk to your doc asap.

      Good luck, friend!

      • indisin@aussie.zone
        3·
        10 months ago

        I disliked Pristiq, some of the side effects never went away for me.

        I’d still strongly encourage people try it though as it got me through a really rough time and I’m truly grateful for that.

        If I needed something again it would be my first choice.

    • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
      5·
      10 months ago

      Fingers crossed for you. Been there, had awful side effects and none worked. SNRI landed me in emergency ☹️

    • indisin@aussie.zone
      3·
      10 months ago

      Good luck, and do reach out if you need any interwebs support ❤️

      As you can see a few of us have been in your shoes from a medication perspective before.

  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    10 months ago

    Am bored at work, so here is dad joke for Monday - A Grandfather tells his Grandson, “When I was a boy, you could go into a store with coins in your pocket and come out with a loaf of bread, lunch and a bottle of milk.” The Grandson replies, “You can’t do that anymore Grandpa, there’s too many cameras now“.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 months ago

    Coffee was so good I’m pretty sure I made my O face. I definitely moaned. 10/10 has saved my day.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
    10·
    10 months ago

    I don’t normally post things like this. To the old lady in that big mf ute thing, who took 7 goes and 2 different parking spots to reverse park and could barely see over the steering wheel jfc. Go park down the back.

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 months ago

    Gah. Was meant to catch up with a friend for coffee and lo and behold my car wouldn’t start :(

    Have called out roadside assistance to have a look, I suspect it’s the battery.

    I hope it’s only flat and doesn’t need replacing.

    Pray for me.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
        5·
        10 months ago

        Roadside came and gone.

        Confirmed to be a dead battery. :(

        I’ll need to sort that out tomorrow or the day after.

          • Duenan@aussie.zone
            3·
            10 months ago

            Had a look around but I’m not too confident and have little knowledge of car batteries.

            It’ll be ok. I can sort it out tomorrow or the day after, one of my friends is going to help me get sorted.

            • dumblederp@aussie.zone
              2·
              10 months ago

              The old battery or the manual should outline power required (CCA - cold cranking amps). Supercheap, Autobarn, Repco, Bursons, RACV, will all be able to check what battery suits your car too.

              • Duenan@aussie.zone
                2·
                10 months ago

                Thanks.

                RACV will sort me out later in the week.

                I did have a look at Supercheap as all you have to do is enter your rego online and it checks for you.

              • Duenan@aussie.zone
                4·
                10 months ago

                Oh well guess I got lucky but maybe I’m blowing it out since I don’t really remember when I last replaced it.

                • indisin@aussie.zone
                  3·
                  10 months ago

                  Did they check your alternator too (the thing that charges the battery)? Or have you already tried charging the battery manually?

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Good luck. I hope you got your car running and managed to get out for your coffee.

      My #Jimny is getting its 2-year service and I am hoping I don’t have any nasty surprises.

      Spent the day in the local town, visiting cafés and parks, waiting for the Phonecall with quiet optimism.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
        1·
        10 months ago

        Thanks it’ll be ok. I have nothing urgent that needs going for so I can wait it out the next day or so.

        Fingers crossed for you too and your 2 year service. If there’s anything you’d think warranty would cover you.

  • Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone
    8·
    10 months ago

    Start of a new week, let’s hope I can get off my arse and go job hunting instead of enjoying my break from working.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    I am frying onions and my apartment smells so gooooooood. It is making my air purifier very excited though.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      5·
      10 months ago

      I’ll never forget the time I batch cooked about 30 huge onions down into a spicy caramelised onion dish in my little dorm room in Japan (for a food festival) and probably fucked up the stove hood as a result. It was so good but the smell wasn’t so great the day after and it took about 3 full days to air the tiny place out completely.

      • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        Yikes that sounds like weapons grade onion warfare.

        My most intense onion story was the time in my first apartment when I bought 3 onions and left them (forgot about them) in the back of the pantry for… who knows how long… and then one day suddenly the apartment STANK and I was hunting for the source of the smell. Turns out the onions sort of melted into a dark sludge which dripped down multiple shelves. I can’t remember how long that smell stuck around but it was a while. When I think about it I can still kind of smell it.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    8·
    10 months ago

    Had fairly small habs last year but this year we’re already seeing ‘normal’ sized ones which is a relief:

    spoiler

    ___

    Looks like a few hundred are on the way.

    One of the best times of growing them. the more you look to find them, the more sneaky chillos there are hidden in plain sight.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    8·
    10 months ago

    After a great deal of measuring and deliberation I have put through an order to Ikea. There will be many flat things arriving that I will have to turn into not flat things.

    It should be a good improvement for my sewing storage area, which has had a mix of random cheap storage solutions including wire cubes that don’t really work that well. It’s an awkard spot to get things to fit - I think it was originally a wardrobe, which the previous owner tried to turn into a bar, by putting a bench across the middle and putting an arch in the wall at the front to match an arched doorway in the room. Which means there is a really deep cupboard at the bottom which is hard to reach anything in, and the archway on top partially blocks access to shelves. I have bought the deepest drawers I can find to fit in the bottom, plus a couple of narrow trolleys on wheels that can be pulled out to get access. And some wire shelves to go on the top section that are about half the width of the bench.