• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I bought a portable air con from Appliances Online. Rare delivery fail - didn’t get notified until the guys actually rocked up to deliver. First time this has happened to me.

    Mega dramas hooking it up to the outside to vent (we all gotta vent from time to time). At the moment it’s held in place by repurposed cardboard and the magic of duct tape, which will do until it rains. If it continues to do well over the next few days, then will invest in a proper window fitment.

    Unit works well - has shrunk the temp in my bedroom from 30 plus to 23 over 1 hour. Methinks this was money well spent.

    Will be keeping an eye on the power bill, but my last one was $45, so I think I can splurge a bit on personal comfort.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      Definitely worth shelling out to not boil in this horrid heat. You’d have spent so many decades the “hard way” with wet towels and ice cubes and what not. I’d only experienced that in my childhood overseas and that was enough for me.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Gutters done. Always like doing them down here because:

    Worth the risk. Lovely up there. Doesn’t look anything like that from ground level.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago
    Cat medical

    The Melbaby got a day to decompress and then we went to the usual vet yesterday… her blood pressure kept climbing from stress so the next thing is a home visit. Hopefully that’s easier on her so we can get an accurate read and do something.

    I’m told that her eyes seemed ok or at least the things told to me seem better than the emergency doctor presented them. And she’s eating. Avoiding obstacles. But I’m still noticing some vision problems. I had to move a shifted water bowl back into position in front of her and audibly tap the edge. I’m not seeing her usual quick curious glance.

     

    Housing

    I’ve been told of another housing option but the organisation has a bad reputation. From my observations of the local place “run” by them it’s well deserved. And reviews mention them not addressing prolonged violent antisocial behaviour against other tenants - which is what I’m trying to avoid.

    I don’t know that I trust them. I’m not trying to uproot my whole life only to end up in the same situation or worse.

     

    TW suicide

    I’m struggling with how hard and unforgiving and never ending life feels and really struggling to function in a basic capacity. Wishing I had the guts to end it. Been feeling that way for a long time.

    Melbcat is my rock and my anchor. I’m not going to be able to handle it when she passes especially having to make that decision. So I think that is going to be a really high risk time for me.

     

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      so many hugs

      and get a kitten. Melbcat will have someone to teach cat things to and to care for, it will be her cat legacy ❤️

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        I think she’d be really stressed with a new cat, and she has chronic cat flu that she could transmit.

        It’s a shame. I did think about fostering kittens for her to play with but it’s a gamble and I’m actually not sure about my capabilities anymore or about bringing them into my situation.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Had a whole wedge of cheese bang on it’s best before date last night and no cheesemares so that’s nice.

    I’m thinking we go to a shopping centre this afternoon to escape the heat, and I’ve also been trying to pick up some of the cheap nick-nack shit Kmart has on clearance, but balancing where everything is in stock has been a headache

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Heading to Flaming Lips tonight, should be fun. I’m guessing they haven’t installed aircon at festival hall…?

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I wish I could do gaming on the PC sometimes but after sitting and staring at a monitor for 40+ hours at work i just can’t do it.

    #consolepeasent

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      I use a controller with my PC if I’m playing a game like Dark Souls.

      I guess the switch is easier for me because I have a couple of hours between work and gaming with the boys’ evening routine

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      I think that’s understandable if you’re feeling that way and able to make that link.

      Means you need a break from the computer screen.

      Time to chill and do other things if you ask me.

    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      Boyo finally got to see me have a gaming meltdown tanty after struggling with a POE2 boss just earlier. I’m not proud

      I’m a PC and console gamer. Depends on the game. I do agree that sometimes sitting down to my PC to play after being at work all day makes me question life and I play a lot less these days… mostly because it makes my evenings go too quickly!!

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I would love to setup a pc in the loungeroom connected to my large 4k TV and just use a controller.

        Just being able to have mods is insane!!!

        I don’t play during the week otherwise I’d play all night lol. I only play on weekends.

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    I didn’t mean to, but I also bought a copy of War and Peace today.

    I guess I know how I’m spending the heat

  • bacon@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Another year, another ‘Rod run’ car show down here where people show off they’re stupidly exxy hot rods. Some of them are absolutely bonkers. Sounds like they’re hooning at the start of the bellarine highway but in reality they’re probably the most careful drivers on the road heh. Definitely worth a look if you’re into that sort of thing. I’m not but it’s impressive how much coin and time they put in. I wonder how many of them have aircon cause tm will be brutal if they don’t.

  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Played the Cure on Spotify and the autoplay has just been fantastic: Radiohead, Portishead, Mazzy Star, the Smiths and whole bunch others and now Billy Idol is singing me off to sleep.

    Sweet Dreams, fam…