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Daily Discussion Thread: Thursday 20th February 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 23 points 4 months ago (22 children)

SETTLEMENT COMPLETED

I fucking now own a house

kermit arms

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Welcome to the club. Get reading to spend whatever is left of your savings at bunnings Edit: OH! And sorry, just a heads up. At least 2 of the following will fail in the next 12 months. No your house is not cursed. No one can explain WHY it happens: Hotplates, Hot water unit, Oven, Dishwasher, or a shower leak.

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[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

Congrats! All that stress and anxiety over the process has paid off.

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 20 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Hi everyone, long time no see :-)

I've been absent for a bit - I think I crashed a bit after Covid, but I am alive and well and getting back on track.

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 17 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Alright references are about to be completed.

🎶Re-sig-nation time, COME ON!

🎵do do do-do-do

🎶It's time for a resignation!

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago

Are you resigned to your fate?

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago

Yay, you're nearly there!

[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago

Come onnnnnnnnnn!!! My fingers, toes and eyes are crossed here!!!

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago

🎶 so shove your bad times and your workload too🖕🎶

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

Woop woop!!

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

Congratulations!! I'm waiting for my offer shortly as well. Referees did their bit yesterday.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

Good luck. 🤞

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[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 17 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Got some crap news last night.

Very Sad don't read if your not up to it

The animal rescue reached out to us the other week to ask if we'd noticed anything wrong with Jill (the rescue kitten). Apparently she had some balance issues or trouble using a back leg. We were sort of steeling ourselves that she might come back to us (we told them if she had any trouble finding a home she was always welcome with us.) They were talking her to the vet to get checked over.

We hadn't heard anything so followed up yesterday only to find she didnt make it. She passed shortly after we spoke to them the other week. They dont know exactly what was wrong, but she apparently had some issues. We are shattered. She wasnt even our cat but..... fuck man. just.... fuck.

[–] Eagle@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh that is so sad. Many many hugs. I've been watching their lists waiting for her to pop up! But she had warmth, comfort, food and peace which she would not have had without you.

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

same! I even set up a damn facebook again. I was so excited seeing those guys adopted last week but was starting to get a bit worried. I thought maybe they'd renamed her or something. but yeah. Guess we were her last home.

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

You gave her the best you could mate. I'm sorry to hear what's happened ❤️

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago

Sorry to hear that 🫂

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

Oh man. Should not have read. Much sympathy 🖤

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

That's so sad. I'm so sorry.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

I’m sorry. You did the best you could. You took her in and kept her safe, gave her a chance she wouldn’t have otherwise had. She passed warm and safe while being cared for.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I love when the government calls on a private number and asks me to confirm my name, DOB, address, etc. "Absolutely not, I have no way of confirming who you are". They seem shaken by the response. Given their atrocious security protocol there's no way I'm giving a private number any of that info.

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[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 13 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I got a bit more news. For the morbidly curious I guess.

More Sad Stuff

turns out she had too many genetic faults, Nothing anyone could have done. She wasnt in pain. Thank Christ. I was terrified her previous owner had abused her or we'd failed her in some way. The rescue wont tell us what the vet bill costs so they are just getting a donation in her memory.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like you gave a kitty with a pre-set bad life a few moments of kindness.

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[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad you know the cause and know that you did your best for the little soul.

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

yeah I makes it a lot more tolerable that she always had a finite amount of time and all that could be done was done. makes the time we spent all the more precious.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That’s rough. Poor little girl. At least she was receiving care and indoors. For the short time she had she was fed and loved

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[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

kinda sad Geoffrey the dog update but cute pic of dogs enclosed

He has more purple lumps. He has also lost quite a bit of weight and isn't eating much. Also also vomiting bile. Lacks energy. His liver function wasn't too good a couple of weeks ago.

The vet were going to do surgery today to remove the lumps, but the last lump was quite expensive to remove. Multiply that amount by eight lumps and my aunt could not afford it.

So they called my aunt and they didn't do the surgery because they think something underlying is going on. He will be getting a blood test today and then an ultrasound when the consultant can come come in.

That's him on the right with my aunt's other dog

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[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Sitting in a new area at work and people are super friendly.

My usual grumpy self is suffering silently but somehow enjoying this.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

"Have a nice day"

"Don't tell me what to do!"

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[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

cheers

Had a long day so broke my 2025 rule of no grog on a weeknight and shouted myself a little wine and hour looking at the waves. Such a beautiful evening

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Enjoy your last sub-25C day for a while! 🌞

[–] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago

I like the heat but this summer's been a bit much. It's been nice to have a short reprieve.

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[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Morning y’all

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[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tonight's wave with a bonus drop on the lens.

Completely empty beach again.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago

Thank you Melb for posting today's thread. 😘

Good night everyone, sweet dreams

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sup insomnia gang 🛏️

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

I'm personally part of the waking up in the middle of the night gang 🤟

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[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Now that it's after lunch, it would appear everyone had fucked off for the day.

I might join them.

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The toilet paper nest is a platform for attacks lol

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Made it down the bellarine today. Had a subsurface leak last Monday (blehg) so all the watering was off. Good thing I did go as the chillies were looking a bit sad. But interestingly the patio flowers didn't flinch.

Was expecting worse than that.

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[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can’t settle to work this morning

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Alrighty. The 2nd referee was just over to catch up and has completed his part of the form.

Let's see what happens. I was worried that letting him use my computer to do the reference check might put up some red flags but we'll see what happens.

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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I went to a talk about the food and beverage industry this morning. The topic of these things is always AI, and the people who hype it the most feel like people who understand it the least.

There was one example that was quite useful, but it technically falls under machine learning. However, a lot of machine learning has been rebranded as AI because that's the hot thing at the moment.

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[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I have rediscovered Legend from 1985. Ridley Scott, Tom Cruise, Tim Curry, and an unimaginable quantity of glitter thrown at wind machines. 3/5 unicorn farts

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Changing guitar strings around Gibson is fraught with danger for everyone involved

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