• TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Anyone here got both a manual and auto in the house? Does it ever get easier? We’re about 2-3 months in of having both and I gotta be honest, 2 seems to be 1 more than I can count. I’m fine after a day or 2 in 1, but each time I jump in the other after a little while it is ROUGH.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      My car’s a manual. The man’s car is auto. I don’t drive his but he drives mine all the time. He doesn’t have a problem switching between cars but he still changes gears in his out of habit.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        lmao! So its not just me? I go for the clutch in the auto, then forget it when starting the manual when its left in gear. You’d think “Brand new modern SUV” and “Dated 2000’s Hatch” would be enough for my brain to register, but no.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Mine is auto, wife’s is manual.

      I’m fine with manual, but need a few minutes to get used to the clutch work.

      Auto for life!!!

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        Auto for life here too….unless I’m playing Daytona then it’s manual all the way.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        Oh man, I thought you were cool haha Manual for life here. Auto I can deal with. CVT is a non starter for me.

        • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Until someone can demonstrate benefits of manual over auto for daily driving, my stance will remain unchanged.

          30 years ago, maybe. These days there’s very little advantage of manual,.unless you’re going off roading or such.

          • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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            4 months ago

            Until someone can demonstrate benefits of manual over auto for daily driving, my stance will remain unchanged.

            Daily? Nope. but on a drive for fun? All day. If I go for a drive to relax (pretty rare these days) doing it in the manual makes me part of the experience. I’m working with the machine. Each corner I hit at the right rpm is a small victory or achievement, and the feeling of the momentum carrying through the corners is all the more special because I DID it. Jesus I sound like a Subaru driver.

            • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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              4 months ago

              I’ve always looked at driving as something that takes you from point A to point B.

              When I’m driving, it’s about music or podcasts and keeping safe.

              I guess I never found pleasure in driving rather the destination.

              I wish I could enjoy it, but alas it’s not to be.

              • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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                4 months ago

                As a teen it was my escape, so it’s got a strong emotional thing for me. That probably makes it.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        Agreed. Love a manual, but the auto has its uses. Stop start traffic along the monash in a manual isnt a ton of fun. And sadly the wait time on the SUV with a manaul was over 2 years, where as I could get the auto straight away… sadly a no brainer. At least its a REAL auto none of this CVT BS.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    G’day mates I’m back and I’m braindead. Happy to say immigration/e-gates were much less of a shit show than late last year even though there were still a couple of kiosks out of action. Seems like all airports are moving primarily towards facial recognition, had so many photos taken

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        I’d say q solid 7/10. Accom really could’ve been planned better and felt I didn’t always get the right momentum or do what I really wanted to, but also some magical moments throughout. My cup is full

        • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          That’s good! I hope you’re well rested. Sucks about the accom and energy/momentum, but that seems to just be something that comes along with longer trips, especially when you’re changing accommodation every night/every few nights. My current trip is feeling kinda similar in terms of the accommodation. Long story short, because of my age I need an adult with me, and because of safety concerns and just general privacy, we needed 2 bedrooms rather than 1 with 2 beds, but the hotel was booked. They had a cancellation so it worked out for all of us, but it was stressful while we were waiting to hear back.

          And dinner went late last night and couldn’t get the early night I was hoping for, so it was hard to enjoy the day today when I was tired from the time I woke up until I slept

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        Always happy to help! Bear in mind I’m moderately fluent in he language and have been a few times so there’s stuff that’s relevant to others that I may not be aware of, but shoot away when you’re ready.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      Welcome back Kitten!

      Time for you to go home and relax now! Don’t forget to rug up, it’s been cold here lately.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        Thank you! And in typical Melbourne welcome someone tries to cut in front of the driver merging onto an onramp almost causing an accident. 😆

        I’ve had no caffeine for quite a while now and slept through the tea service on the plane. Think I’ll just coast through the rest of day with a hot chocolate so I catch up on some quality sleep tonight.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        I wish to report that I had some super juicy and delectable gyoza for my last meal before heading to the airport.

        Now looking forward to see how my extremely hasty literally last minute first ever chilli ferment is going. Those scotch bonnets almost smelled like carrots when I blitzed them, so fresh. I hope nothing bad has grown and that no receptacles have exploded

        • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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          4 months ago

          super juicy and delectable gyoza

          That warms the coldest cockles of my heart :)

          Edit: also super keen to hear how the ferment went.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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            4 months ago

            Yeah it looks ok! There’s a bit of fuzzy stuff on the top/exposed side of the ziploc bag (filled with water) that I used to weigh down the chillos. Haven’t moved the bag out of fear that it’ll drop a few spores into the mix. I’m too tired to think about it today but have questions to ask you tomoz. I’ll need to taste it and maybe run a pH test before I decide what to do with it next.

    • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      Really? That’s saying something because I went through them 6 weeks ago and the whole thing was still a shit show.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Soooo our train has stopped at woomelang, but it stopped after the crossing signal on a little temporary platform thing. It’s been sitting here for 30 minutes triggering the level crossing and we still have another half hour here… Nobody’s moving it, it’s just idling on the platform setting off the crossing alarms.

    There’s no barriers, but people are really confused about what they’re meant to do

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    4 months ago

    Movie Review. Bad Education. Just a normal well made movie. 2.5 hobbits

    A bunch of high school students on the school newspaper investigate their school, exposing the biggest school fraud case in history.

    The kids did nothing special, they just checked facts.

    But doing things the right way seems to be too difficult for most or they are just too uninterested or lazy so maybe they are special. I have found this true in all aspects of life.

    The kids should have gotten a Pulitzer.

    Wolves of War. If I was a film student making a first real movie I would be very proud of this movie. It’s competent . 1.5 hobbits

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Taco Bills must have heard me talking about them because I’ve received an email from them saying 1/2 priced main meals this weekend and boy oh boy am I tempted to jump on a tram and go see them.

    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      Growing up, friends of my parents owned and ran a Taco Bill’s franchise. I remember going behind the scenes as a kid and being amazed at the biggest microwaves I’d ever seen…

      That said, I’d totally jump on that tram in a heartbeat myself, on my way to consume twice my body weight in nachos…

  • Nath@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Do you guys think @Lodion will be mad at me if I let slip that it’s his birthday? 🎂

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago
    Cat rambles

    The results are back… The good news is we can stop the trimethoprim sulfa Melbcat is allergic to, as the bacteria (enterococcus faecalis) is sensitive to doxycycline. That’s an antibiotic she can tolerate.

    The bad news is that her kidney values are slightly up which could be kidney disease or just the uti. Also the bacteria is resistant to the trimethoprim she’s been taking so I’ve been torturing her with that for no reason. This poor cat can’t catch a break. q90

    I’ve got the doxy and obtained discounted gravy beef from a shop close by so I can make some plain broth. I have to wait until tomorrow morning to to start the new antibiotic.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    We got a royal welcoming committee in Donald. I think the entire town was here to greet us! All the school kids were lined up waving to us, all the industrial business we passed had nobody working - everybody was at the fence waving to us. Every level crossing there were 5-10 people waving

    I’ve been on many heritage trains, but I’ve never had a reception quite like that

    I’m not sure anyone told them we were running 50 minutes late and our 30-40 min stop was going to turn into a 10 min one though, so I think we disappointed them a little :(

    They all lined up to wave is goodbye 🥺

  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    A colleague why had Covid last week is back in the office and visibly not recovered. We Can either take sick day, come into office or wfh AND make up an extra office day. Meanwhile I hope my mask is doing its job… I did have to remove it briefly to drink water though.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    An adjacent manager found out about my new role and rang me earlier with a heartfelt congratulations.

    This means one of two things (or both)

    My old boss wasn’t well liked.

    I am very liked.

    The amount of support I’ve received today from all over the organisation made me tear up nearly.

    Is this what it feels like to be human?

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        4 months ago

        We have a budget for team buildings. I am definitely suggesting it.

        Might get a bit of a kick back from the gym owner too.

      • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        “Under new management all decisions will be decided by kumite. The Lunch room is now known as The Pit.”

        • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          In my infinite benevolence, I shall allow them the first hit.

          After which Frank Did takes over and it’s Okay USA until someone falls (them).

          Unless Bolo Young decides to participate.

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      It shouldn’t be a super power to feel supported but unfortunately it is… The great thing is that you now know how it feels, you can be a spreader of it and watch people bloom.💐

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Also it’s a fixed position for a few months. Just enough to make a good impression but not long enough to be negative. Happy to be a placeholder

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Dunno about ‘human’, but this is def how it feels to be the hero. Enjoy it while it lasts, which will not be long. I speak from experience here. Once you start doing things the way they should be done, expect a backlash.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      4 months ago

      so many hugs 😽

      This is how it’s meant to be. It’s nice to feel appreciated and supported and liked .

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Using loseit for cico atm and it just popped up in my notifs to tell me weight loss was the most important thing in life. Jesus fucking christ

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    I will not be partaking in alcoholic beverages tonight due to urgent business early tomorrow morning but will be making up for that tomorrow day/evening/ night.

    For those who will be have a great night. Cheers 🍺