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Discussion Thread 🍌🍌 Monday 4 August 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by RustyRaven@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 13 points 5 months ago (6 children)

So, G has just passed. I'm glad we could see it coming. May he live on through my aunt's other dog's jumper.

The thing I wish I got about cancer is how it happens. What happened in G's body? Was it something he ate, something in the environment or something in his genetics? What made those cells sneak through the cell cycle checkpoints? Early detection is the key, so could we have prevented it?

I will probably never know the answer to these questions in my lifetime.

But I'm so grateful for the time I got to spend with him.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

oh 😔, so many many hugs

and it's just a part of life even tho it's so cruel

[–] Eagle@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Oh that is sad news. He was such a cutie.

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

It's always hard when a pet passes, they're part of the family.

Cancer is difficult with dogs too, because their heart beats so fast it can spread through the body quickly. On the flip side, I heard it means they can recover from strokes quickly as a result

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

I’m so sorry. It’s one of those things where there are contributing factors but we never really know why

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 12 points 5 months ago

On the one hand, it's great to feel useful and to be doing stuff for family.

On the other, I totally forgot how easily drained I can get by being around loud people all the time. @_@

As much as I want to wean myself off screens, I am also glad I brought my devices...

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Very early night. Goodnight everyone ❤️

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

i hope you have a good sleep mate :)

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago

Windy.

My security camera alerted me to a cardboard box crossing my driveway, and on our walk we followed a couch cushion blowing down the footpath. I also have a new collection of rubbish blown into the corner of my yard where it tends to gather (fortuitously it is the corner I keep the rubbish bins in).

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

At what point do I get worried my neighbour (whose name I don't even know) isn't on a long holiday and make a welfare call?

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago

If you are worried enough to ask the question here you're worried enough to make a welfare call.

Call it through to police on 000 - it might not seem like enough of an "emergency", but it is something that gets organised via 000. Don't worry you are wasting police time, they do a lot of welfare checks and there is almost never something actually wrong, but some of the time someone has fallen and is lying on the floor in desperate need of help and organising the check saves their life.

[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If they’re someone you usually see getting about regularly and you haven’t for a while, you could always call the non-emergency line and see what they think

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Trying to not become known as the local curtain twitching nutter. Maybe she does this every year or two? Argh.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

To become the local curtain twitching nutter (CTN) you need to be calling in repeatedly, probably for multiple neighbours. A real CTN calls 000 weekly as a minimum, but if you are properly commited to it requires multiple calls a day.

[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s a relief to know that peering through the front curtains occasionally when there’s a noise doesn’t classify me as a CTN, even if I feel like one 🤣

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

I'm not a CTN. I prefer going outside with my binoculars and a step ladder.

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Go knock on the door and explain that you were worried as you hadn't seen them in a while.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Check to see if mail is piling up and whether bins have been moved in a while, knock on the door a few days in a row maybe, see if you see or hear anything.

And don’t be afraid to call.

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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Too Good To Go app is actually damn good. Basically you can place an order at participating places to get a "surprise" bag of any food that's still good but they haven't sold. It's pick-up only as far as I can tell.

Got all this, and more that's in the oven heating up (this is two surprise bags) for $15.

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

I work near a shopping centre so I should check this out

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[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

12 bucks for a rump steak. Gotta love a country pub.

I have yet to find out if I am lucky or it's just really bad...

[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It was ok.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago

farken google sheets keeps shitting up my work screen suggesting I add pizzaz with tables!

Why don’t they take some of that AI they keep stuffing everywhere, get it to look at the data, realise it’s not table data and then shove it up their arseholes sideways

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I didn't pay enough attention to the recipe for the last meal kit item I was going to make for dinner and just assumed it would be in the typical 30-60 mins timeframe. But it is slow cooked for at least 2 hours. So beef stew has now been reschedulted for tomorrow night and I've got some sausages and bread rolls defrosting for tonight instead.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Melbcat’s kidney disease is progressing, probably because she can’t eat the medical food, doesn’t want to eat the home cooked medical diet or food with phosphate binder in it, and doesn’t like the low phosphate food I found. She only wants high protein food that are bad for her kidneys and my options for her intolerances are limited.

But there’s hope. I’m going to get her phosphate binders compounded so either they taste better or it’s a format I can directly dose her with. And there’s a different flavour of low phosphate non-chicken food she likes!!!

Expensive but this is why I pinch pennies so hard. I’m going to buy her this food

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

you are such a good cat mum 😭

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Slept better again! So maybe taking the pill at 5am is a winner.

Fingers crossed

Had a vet house call. Apparently Ms Gibson is starting to get a little too "fluffy".

The patient was not amused lol

[–] Eagle@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Its her winter fur....

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

I’ll pass on the message lol

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's great about your sleep. I've heard meds can interfere if you take them at the wrong time

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So fun to draw

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Whenever I have a joint, I don't get the munchies. I can see how you can, I just don't feel the need to. Is there something wrong with me?

[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

When I first started smoking weed I used to get the munchies bad. Eat until I was sick sometimes, my smoking friends were the same and we all enabled each other. It doesn't help that certain foods taste great when you're baked. Then came a time the craving for food just stopped completely and it doesn't happen anymore (although I rarely smoke these days).

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

I remember one of the first joints I had after a few bevvies, got munchies, got an ice cream pizza. That didn't end well.

Beer then grass you're on your arse, grass then beer you're in the clear!

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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I've been noticing a lot of billboard ads from banks about scam and fraud prevention. I wonder if there's a new wave of paranoia about these things from AI because there seems to be more than usual

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[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I drink my coffee too slow while working so it always end up cold before I finish it and have to microwave it to be warm again. It's a shameful habit but I can't seem to drink it faster. I remember at my last job, others would guzzle their coffee like it was water. I'm a sip, forget and sip again type person.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

same, don't worry about it, I don't, it's my coffee and I'm the one drinking it, not them

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Same problem here.

One thing that might help is getting a coffee cup with a lid on it to keep it warm/hot for longer.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Bubs has a uti and is having sneezing fits. Back to the vet! I also need to get one of her meds compounded so I can make her take it.

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[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Back in Melbourne 😭 I love this city but 😭

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

aw, hugs

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

this milk allergy is making me utterly miserable, the meal replacement shakes , while so good for dieting just do not agree with me so I stopped , and then I had bread which had milk in it, the olive spread had milk, so that made me flare up again

I am going to have read labels carefully

in the meantime, to cheer myself up I;m going to make some olive bread, it's delicious and I know it will have no dairy 😸

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Right there with you. I miss dairy so much.

If you wanted suggestions

Nuttelex is the gold standard dairy free margarine but for cheap bulk option the Coles ‘regular spread’ is also pretty safe for me. You can also do as Italians do and dip the bread in olive oil.

There is plant based protein powder from Nature’s Way but I don’t know if they still sell the unflavoured variety (which I preferred since it doesn’t contain artificial sweeteners) and it doesn’t have any added vitamins or anything. I know they do have flavoured varieties like strawberry or chocolate.

Bulk Nutrients probably has vegan meal shake options but from what I remember my other intolerances precluded them so I don’t have any specific options to recommend

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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

O Yarrabyte, Yarrabyte, whence art thou Yarrabyte?
Denied thy Briongloid and refused thy calling.
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my request
And I’ll no longer be a Spudtato.

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Something I didn't anticipate when I stopped taking suboxone, was that there would be days where I was neither happy nor sad.

Just.. Neutral.

It's an alien feeling.

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