Discussion Thread 🏆 Saturday 10 January 2026

9 months ago by YarraByte to c/melbourne

Bottom_racer 16 points 9 months ago

eee got one eventually:

That took far too long. Kept on pointing the fkn thing the wrong way 99% of the time.

path: 0 21456977, hotness: undefined, score: 16, children: 4
CameronDev 5 points 9 months ago

That is a great photo!

path: 0 21456977 21457422, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
Force_majeure1234 5 points 9 months ago

Wow very nice!

path: 0 21456977 21464735, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 1
Bottom_racer 5 points 9 months ago

path: 0 21456977 21464735 21466396, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
SituationCake 3 points 9 months ago

Great photo

path: 0 21456977 21469905, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Seagoon_ 13 points 9 months ago

this is day 6 of no meds for my back

and nearly two years since i stress fractured a vert

I'm doing ok 😊

path: 0 21473851, hotness: undefined, score: 13, children: 3
MeanElevator 4 points 9 months ago

You're strength is admirable.

Keep it real Sister.

path: 0 21473851 21475166, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 2
Seagoon_ 4 points 9 months ago

Thank you. 🥹

path: 0 21473851 21475166 21475321, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
MeanElevator 3 points 9 months ago

Ain't no thing.

path: 0 21473851 21475166 21475321 21475401, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
LowExperience2368 11 points 9 months ago
path: 0 21457041, hotness: undefined, score: 11, children: 3
imoldgreeeg 7 points 9 months ago

Glad you are there ok. First day never goes to plan for me. If you are there and get a rest that's a win!

path: 0 21457041 21465696, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 1
Force_majeure1234 5 points 9 months ago

Agreed , the day you land doesn't count it's just part of travel

path: 0 21457041 21465696 21466468, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
Seagoon_ 6 points 9 months ago

the first day is getting your bearings and making sure you have your stuff and are where you're supposed to be, also looking around while you do your stuff and seeing if anything catches your eye that you can visit later

path: 0 21457041 21466560, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
MeanElevator 11 points 9 months ago

We're regulars at a Vietnamese restaurant in Footscray. Been going there for years.

Waitress asked us for a photo today as they have a wall out back of customers who get special discounts and freebies.

They're so sweet.

path: 0 21475294, hotness: undefined, score: 11, children: 0
RustyRaven 10 points 9 months ago

I survived the night shift and got some good sleeping in today, ready to go again tonight 🙂

It's amazing to see the amount of effort put in by volunteers all over the state (and from interstate) in harrowing and dangerous conditions. Thousands of people out there willing to put their lives on hold to undertake some of the most arduous work possible, and to keep going back again. Even with the worst of the weather past us there is going to be a lot of work ongoing to bring the fires under control.

path: 0 21471240, hotness: undefined, score: 10, children: 0
_miss_cellophane_ 10 points 9 months ago

Ugh. A marketplace scam I didn’t anticipate: Buyer collects, but then later claims some issue/ reason for a refund while they re-list and on-sell the item. They hope to cash in on getting the refund as well as selling the item.

I’ve reported them. But it’s still very concerning that they have made physical threats. Bloody lowlife.

path: 0 21474526, hotness: undefined, score: 10, children: 7
Seagoon_ 3 points 9 months ago

threats?

They have done this many times before.

path: 0 21474526 21474636, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 6
_miss_cellophane_ 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah. They seemed very comfortable with stooping to threats to try to convince me to refund them. That’s kinda what made me search online if this was a scam.

path: 0 21474526 21474636 21474769, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 5
SaneMartigan 7 points 9 months ago

If you're near springy you're welcome to borrow my large male privilege.

path: 0 21474526 21474636 21474769 21475452, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 4
_miss_cellophane_ 2 points 9 months ago

Inner north, so a bit far. Appreciate the offer though!

path: 0 21474526 21474636 21474769 21475452 21486583, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 3
melbaboutown 9 points 9 months ago

I’m pinned down and getting tail hugs

path: 0 21473718, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 1
Seagoon_ 4 points 9 months ago

smooch smooch 🐈🐈😺😸

path: 0 21473718 21473787, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
Pilk 8 points 9 months ago

Bickford's Pink Lemonade is good shit, lemony strawberry refreshment with soda water.

path: 0 21470153, hotness: undefined, score: 8, children: 2
Gibsonhasafluffybutt 4 points 9 months ago

I want them to bring back red orange sorbet. It was the best one!

path: 0 21470153 21472815, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
Alamutjones 4 points 9 months ago

Ooooooh

path: 0 21470153 21470433, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
tombruzzo 7 points 9 months ago

Heard some rain last night, I hope the rest of the state gets some as well.

path: 0 21466545, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 0
melbaboutown 7 points 9 months ago

Bubs was so exhausted from yesterday that she slept through the night. She got up for water but mostly just cuddled.

path: 0 21467101, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 1
Seagoon_ 6 points 9 months ago

aw

path: 0 21467101 21467861, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
Seagoon_ 6 points 9 months ago

omg, the smoke outside/beach is so bad I just about had an asthma attack and came back asap

the streets here are now hazy and the sky is yellow

path: 0 21473107, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 4
imoldgreeeg 4 points 9 months ago

There's a couple of fires round Altona meadows and point Cook. I opened my window for so fresh air and immediately had to shut it again. Now the air purifier is going OFF!

path: 0 21473107 21473419, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
Seagoon_ 3 points 9 months ago

Thanks. I couldn't see a specific source of smoke, just general haze of smoke, but definitely from that direction

path: 0 21473107 21473419 21473578, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
melbaboutown 3 points 9 months ago

I just went out for a walk and the smoke smell is strong. The air is foggy with it and the afternoon sun looks more orange than usual

I had to shower and change because my hair and clothes smelled of smoke

path: 0 21473107 21473323, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
RustyRaven 2 points 9 months ago

yuck. I had that yesterday afternoon, but fortunately today it has all cleared where I am.

path: 0 21473107 21473875, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
Alamutjones 5 points 9 months ago

I think I’m going to put some music on and build a model

path: 0 21470432, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
Seagoon_ 5 points 9 months ago

good night everyone, sweet dreams 😘

path: 0 21475322, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
Alamutjones 5 points 9 months ago

I’m off to the market. Any requests?

path: 0 21467296, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 6
TheWitchofThornbury2 4 points 9 months ago

Large bunch of tiger lilies and some bananas please.

path: 0 21467296 21467482, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
Alamutjones 2 points 9 months ago

🐯 🍌 🍌 🍌 🍌

path: 0 21467296 21467482 21470422, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
SituationCake 3 points 9 months ago

Watermelon and cherries please.

path: 0 21467296 21469891, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
Alamutjones 3 points 9 months ago

🍉 🍒 🍒 🍒

path: 0 21467296 21469891 21470399, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Seagoon_ 3 points 9 months ago

bread, ham, brie,

path: 0 21467296 21467923, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
Alamutjones 3 points 9 months ago

🥖 🍖🎁

Your brie has been gift-wrapped, as a treat

path: 0 21467296 21467923 21470415, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
useless_modern_god 5 points 9 months ago path: 0 21469431, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 3
StudChud 4 points 9 months ago

We are the D!

path: 0 21469431 21470188, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 2
useless_modern_god 4 points 9 months ago

That’s exactly what’s spinning in my head all day and honestly don’t even mind it.

path: 0 21469431 21470188 21470225, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
StudChud 3 points 9 months ago

Funnily, Tribute started playing from my playlist the other day and I've had that stuck in my head since.

Fuck Her Gently is still my fav song of theirs tho

path: 0 21469431 21470188 21470225 21470301, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Gibsonhasafluffybutt 5 points 9 months ago

Copped an infection from yesterday's stuff. Antibiotics have kicked in finally.

Been practising a song for about 5 weeks and finally got it down. Here's a phone recording if anyone's interested

https://drive.google.com/...

Hope you all have a good night :)

path: 0 21472880, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 3
unit327 5 points 9 months ago

nice job

path: 0 21472880 21472926, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 1
imoldgreeeg 1 point 9 months ago
path: 0 21472880 21472926 21473458, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
imoldgreeeg 3 points 9 months ago

I really like that!

path: 0 21472880 21473459, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Seagoon_ 4 points 9 months ago

I have been listening to the audio book of the ABC of Relativity by Russell until the principles and laws get into my head and I start to imagine the world and my place in it differently.

One thing is it makes me feel so very very tiny in a very very large universe, when Jupiter and Saturn are considered very small then I am what?

path: 0 21470398, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
StudChud 4 points 9 months ago

I slept for over 12 hours. I needed it, but I hate how my face gets really puffy when I oversleep.

path: 0 21468005, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 2
SaneMartigan 4 points 9 months ago

12h, I'm so fkn jelly, puff me up.

path: 0 21468005 21470513, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
StudChud 3 points 9 months ago

Bruh nah I look like I had two black eyes without the bruising

path: 0 21468005 21470513 21473047, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
StudChud 4 points 9 months ago

Too Many Zooz and Bloc Party are a great combo. Highly recommend! 10/10!

path: 0 21473510, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
tombruzzo 4 points 9 months ago

Some debt place has been texting me for months to pay for 2 COVID tests I needed to pay for back in April. They just sent me their final notice so I'm thinking I still don't pay and see what happens. They haven't done anything but text, and there has been no threat of further escalation.

Part of it is because the tests were done in the name of my 3 year old son. Could it impact him 15 years later if he defaulted on a debt when he was a child?

path: 0 21470315, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 3
StudChud 3 points 9 months ago

I don't think that's how debt works here, like a debt incurred under a child's name cannot be claimed when they become an adult.

If the debt is in the name of a child, then they cannot collect I'm pretty sure. Like they can't speak to them to verify identity or anything, and a child has no ability to pay.

path: 0 21470315 21470423, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
melbaboutown 2 points 9 months ago

Edited: It could maybe become a problem. I don’t know.

It probably wouldn’t be binding on a minor

But debt collectors might want to try and make you pay. Sometimes they can still try to reclaim a debt less than 15 years old rather than 6, so depending on timing it could remain just within that period once your son is 18 (potentially with interest) and in the meantime they could still try to take you to court.

Debt collectors have rules about what they can do but are allowed to be persistent and in some cases are allowed to come to your home or seize assets.

https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/debt

https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/...

IANAL and have no idea of the real risk of doing this. But I don’t like anything I see, I don’t mess around about debt. Definitely speak to a financial advice place to ask about the legalities if you try to let the debt expire. Personally for peace of mind I’d just pay it

path: 0 21470315 21470572, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
tombruzzo 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the links. I'll look into it a bit more. The hope is it isn't worth pursuing because it's less than $200 but I want to make sure

path: 0 21470315 21470572 21474343, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
melbaboutown 3 points 9 months ago

Kind of considering trying to find the recipe for those Italian lemon cookies I made in home ec decades ago. But they were a traditional recipe that used lard… I don’t know if shops still sell lard. Or if they would sit well with me.

Plus I’d have to shop. And clean the kitchen before and after.

I am bored out of my mind but physically feel like I got hit by a bus

path: 0 21471188, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 8
RustyRaven 6 points 9 months ago

You can definitely still buy lard.

Cookies are the sort of thing you can make a bit at a time, you don't have to do everything in one go. So you could write an ingredients list for when you have the energy to shop next, then when you have the ingredients you can measure out an ingredient or two at a time when you have the energy, then mix the dough and put it in the fridge until you have the energy to shape it etc.

path: 0 21471188 21471315, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 1
melbaboutown 3 points 9 months ago

That’s a good idea, pacing is the way.

path: 0 21471188 21471315 21471338, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
TheWitchofThornbury2 4 points 9 months ago path: 0 21471188 21472597, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 5
melbaboutown 3 points 9 months ago

Maybe? I seem to remember a thin lemon icing glaze that dried hard and glossy, and they may or may not have been shaped as knots. It was a long time ago.

But I do remember they absolutely used lard, I remember the thick white fat and faint smell. I could use butter but dairy.

I don’t have either 00 or bread flour, anything I make is generic general purpose flour. It’s not great but reasons of budget and waste (can use it for multiple things)

path: 0 21471188 21472597 21473271, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 4
TheWitchofThornbury2 3 points 9 months ago

General purpose would do, but the bikkies would be a bit crisper and not as melting tender.

path: 0 21471188 21472597 21473271 21473657, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
melbaboutown 2 points 9 months ago

That’s ok, a lot of my stuff does trade off a bit for economy or efficiency

path: 0 21471188 21472597 21473271 21473657 21473688, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
Taleya 2 points 9 months ago

you absolutely can buy lard, even at colesworth but might it be worth trying Copha instead? That's the stuff you may remember from chocolate crackles

path: 0 21471188 21472597 21473271 21473739, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
melbaboutown 1 point 9 months ago

Maybe, and I’ve seen coconut oil listed as a substitute… I also wonder how standard margarine would go >_>

path: 0 21471188 21472597 21473271 21473739 21488973, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
bacon 3 points 9 months ago

Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

path: 0 21465373, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 12
Catfish 3 points 9 months ago

Smoked Gouda and a rack of ribs thanks

path: 0 21465373 21466377, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
bacon 3 points 9 months ago

🔥🧀🐄🔪

path: 0 21465373 21466377 21473880, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
TheWitchofThornbury2 3 points 9 months ago

Bacon & eggs on toast please chef.

path: 0 21465373 21465783, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
bacon 1 point 9 months ago

🥓🍳🍳
🍞

path: 0 21465373 21465783 21473879, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
Seagoon_ 2 points 9 months ago

jasmine tea and crumpets with honey please

path: 0 21465373 21466577, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 5
Seagoon_ 2 points 9 months ago

lovely, thank you 😊

path: 0 21465373 21466577 21466879, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 3
Force_majeure1234 3 points 9 months ago

Are the tea and crumpets in the room with us now?

path: 0 21465373 21466577 21466879 21467202, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 2
Seagoon_ 2 points 9 months ago

Yes and no. I ate them.

path: 0 21465373 21466577 21466879 21467202 21467889, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
bacon 2 points 9 months ago

🍵🥯🍯

path: 0 21465373 21466577 21473889, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
Force_majeure1234 2 points 9 months ago

Eggplant parma with chips and a beer please

path: 0 21465373 21466481, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
bacon 2 points 9 months ago

🧀🍆🍅🍟🍺

path: 0 21465373 21466481 21473886, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
melbourne
melbourne

@aussie.zone

login for more options
2531
1637
328

This community is a place created for the people of Melbourne and Victoria. We are a positive, welcoming and inclusive community. We might not agree about everything, but we always strive to stay civil and respectful.

The focus of our discussions is based around things that affect Victoria, but we are also free to discuss our local perspective on wider issues. Or head to the regular Daily Random Discussion thread to talk about anything.

Full Community Guidelines

Ongoing discussions, FAQs & Resources (still under construction)

Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)

Feedback & Suggestions

go to feed...