• @tone212_@aussie.zone
    6•3 months ago

    I had to pack A LOT into that short week, somehow it felt more stressful. Time to relax. Rushed to Dans before they closed to buy a bottle of scotch to enjoy over ice tonight.

  • @Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11•3 months ago

    Down the bellarine again.

    Still have the leak that the plumber couldn’t find but getting close! So have to run down the block and turn the tank water on and off after use. 1 minute showers :( Filling buckets for watering, washing clothes by hand in the sink, flushing the dunny every 2nd time.

    Reminds me of stage 4 water restrictions back in the day with the millennium drought. Only difference is back then used to also bring a bucket into the shower and keep grey water from the rare use of the washing machine for plants. Those were the days.

    Really makes you appreciate running water that works unlike a lot of the world.

    • @Eagle@aussie.zone
      8•3 months ago

      I’ve been gardening this morning and lamenting over how dry it is. And it brought back my own memories of establishing the garden here during that drought and i remember standing in buckets in the shower to catch every last drop.

  • @tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    7•3 months ago

    I thought of a fun idea for the trip back: girlfriend takes the train up to Shepparton, we meet her there when we get there, do the handover and the boys can take the train to Donnybrook where I’ll meet up with them to finish the trip back.

    They get to see mum again, ride a train, and they’re not strapped down for the last leg of the ride

  • Tofu
    9•3 months ago

    i am really looking forward to tomorrow when i get to clean and declutter while listening to the rain but knowing melbourne there’ll probably be just two drops

  • @gmask1@aussie.zone
    11•3 months ago

    In case I’m not the last person to know, three out of three medical professionals recommended Coca Cola for removing a piece of dinner lodged in my throat. It took a couple of hours, but it worked. 10/10 would recommend but also 0/10 would definitely not recommend.

    Also, I discovered that Bayswater has a 24 hour urgent care clinic underneath Coles. In case you didn’t know.

    • Rusty Raven M
      7•3 months ago

      That sounds horribly unpleasant, I’m glad the cola solution worked.

      That urgent care clinic was the one I went to for my finger impalement. The last time I was in Bayswater that entire building didn’t exist, it was all quite a surprise.

      • @gmask1@aussie.zone
        2•3 months ago

        I did know that there was a Coles in Bayswater, I had no idea there were shops on the lower level. I hope they were able to help de-impale your finger, that sounds equally unpleasant.

    • CEOofmyhouse56
      3•3 months ago

      I certainly didn’t know that! What was lodged?

      I’m glad that it worked and you’re on the mend!

    • @melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      6•3 months ago

      Yes, dark soft drinks often contain phosphoric acid and so can help break up bezoars or flush blockages in feeding tubes too.

      I hope you’re alright now

      • @gmask1@aussie.zone
        7•3 months ago

        I’m better, thanks and thanks also for the info. I ended up at Box Hill before the coke finally worked. The doctor had just given us the update that the fast track wait time was out to 2 hours and recommended that I just keep sipping it.

  • @Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11•3 months ago

    Anyone living a bit more rural?

    I have a bottle of wolf urine previously acquired to deal with a fox issue at the old place. I do not have a fox issue at the new place and consequently I do not need a bottle of wolf urine at new place. I do not want a bottle of wolf urine at new place, which has all its storage in the basement.

    Please come take my wolf urine 🙏

  • @TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10•3 months ago

    Smiths thin & crispy chips - sour cream and chives flavour - my intellect knows that this is not a proper meal, but my stomach begs leave to differ. Maybe the glass of wine has impaired my stomach’s judgment.

  • Rusty Raven M
    14•3 months ago

    Bugger. House is a no, I’ve withdrawn my application. The current tenant was there and very informative. Cooling is broken and the landlord has been refusing to fix it, heating is a bit dodgy too. Looks like they bought it 7 years ago and failed to do even the bare minimum maintenance since then.

    So back to square 1 ☹️

      • Rusty Raven M
        2•3 months ago

        Yeah. There were a bunch of other things wrong too which I could have lived with (primarily cosmetic stuff, like damaged paint and old carpet). It was pretty concerning that the real estate agent didn’t even seem to know what the heating and cooling in the property actually were, they were advertising things as current that had obviously been replaced years ago, and even the replacements were broken!

        I did get to pat the owner’s puppy though, so there was some good.

      • Rusty Raven M
        9•3 months ago

        It’s an urgent repair that should have been done ASAP. The fact that it’s not done, plus the fact the agent is not even on top of what type of heating and cooling are in the property, is a major red flag.

    • @Duenan@aussie.zone
      6•3 months ago

      Sounds like you managed to dodge a bad one there.

      Maybe you need Mr Woof to sniff out the bad ones.

    • @just_kitten@aussie.zone
      2•3 months ago

      Bugger. That tenant is a dead set legend though. I guess you are sadly getting the full brunt of what renting is like now. Mad prices for poorly maintained holes, lying abound…

      • Rusty Raven M
        3•3 months ago

        Yeah, some of it is not good. I did go to another place this afternoon which was really great. But it also had about 30 people at the inspection, and I heard one women asking if she can still make an offer of higher rent. So I don’t think I have any chance at that one, but at least it was not a depressing hellhole.

        I have another inspection lined up for Saturday, and a few for Tuesday. Trying to keep track of them all, plus whether I have inspecte/applied for etc. is becoming a challenge.

        Oh well, worst case scenario I end up living in the van, which is really quite roomy…

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    4•3 months ago

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  • @just_kitten@aussie.zone
    12•3 months ago

    Got through to bag drop with 10 minutes and 1kg to spare. Just waiting to board now… whew! I’m lucky I managed to take all these other goodies including fresh loaves from Woodfrog.

    I hate these cattle class flights to the Soup, so many people who can’t follow instructions and mill around in queues trying to board first even though there’s a strict sequence