Can I just say my sinuses have really cleared up in a tropical climate.
I often find at night in particular in Melbourne I do suffer nasal congestion. It’s like the tissues themselves in my nose swell. And I’ve done all sorts of things to keep on top of it which to be fair helps but it’s not bullet proof.
I regularly change bedding. I regularly thoroughly vacuum. My floors are not carpet. I don’t have pets. My pillows are relatively new. I’ve tried shutting the window at night.
And given this problem has gone away in a tropical climate I can only deduce I’m constantly surrounded by pollen and dust in Melbourne.
@wscholermann @Seagoon_ my sinuses cleared up when I stopped living in Melbourne most of the time - I still visit very regularly, but I live rurally and the difference has been dramatic. Not tropical, far from it - but I’m originally from Perth, and I developed a few different health issues when I moved to Melbourne. I think it’s unfortunately got pretty poor air quality generally compared to many other places in Australia.
@kudra @wscholermann @Seagoon_ Same here.
Every time I return to Melbourne, I get hayfever within the first week.
It clears right up when I’m away.
I think it’s just the weather and the pollen in the air?
@ajsadauskas @wscholermann @Seagoon_ I think it’s a combination of different things, pollen, dust, weather, pollution: all of which may be somewhat more localised?
@kudra @ajsadauskas @wscholermann @Seagoon_ someone told me that it’s partly to do with the interaction between the prevailing wind from the west and the Dandenong range to the east. also all the evil london plane trees
@luciedigitalni @kudra @wscholermann @Seagoon_ The plane trees makes a lot of sense.
Every time I’m in Melbourne, within a couple of days, I get hayfever. Then when I fly up to Sydney, it clears up within a day or two.
I would be seriously surprised if Sydney has significantly less air pollution than Melbourne.
Sydney has the Blue Mountains, the Royal National Park, and Ku-ring-gai Chase surrounding it on three sides.
So just by process of elimination, that leaves the temperature and pollen from some local plant as potential culprits.
There should be a campaign to change Victoria’s number plate slogan to something along the lines of “allergy capital”
Perhaps the universe is telling you to move to a tropical island?
But… but… the HUMIDITY?
Yes it’s unfortunate that it comes with an unbearable climate.
I’ve taken away the bird water dish. It could spread disease from not being regularly cleaned and a rogue cat managed to ambush a pigeon using it.
Oh that sucks. I had to take mine away too, but it was because those damn myna birds decided they were going to hog the water and take over the yard, bullying all the other birds away. It had only been there half an hour.
Yeah the mynahs swarmed here too. But the bird killed was a pigeon :(
Tomorrow is a sickie I reckon. Fuck that its obvious
Apologies for giving you Covid
@Force_majeure123 @Seagoon_ @melbourne That’s a nasty cough you got there, Force majeure. Sounds to me like a severe case of fakenitis. You don’t want that spreading across your workplace. Time to see Dr Howlong to get the day off, I say…
Yay. Beer o’clock starts early 👍
Well I’m actually legitimately sick now so you can most definitely borrow my sickness to take an extra day off.
Who’s gonna help me turn the wheels of progress?
If you’ve ponder this question today: Is it possible to make cappuccinos using a plunger and an Aldi’s milk frother then I’m here to say I think so yes. The 2nd attempt is getting closer. Whoa. I MAY NEED TO LEAVE IT FOR ANOTHER DAY. WHOA.
I’ve wondered about that and actually had a discussion about adding frothed milk to plunger coffee.
Haven’t tried it myself but its going to require getting some of the milk to coffee ratios right.
It’s possible to froth the milk in the plunger once you’ve made your coffee then rinsed it out and added warm milk. A lot more work there.
Save up for a frother. They’re about $30. Much easier and quicker to measure ingredients.
Hmm I need to have a better look next time I’m at Aldi to see if I can find one.
Kmart, Big W, The Good guys. They all have them for around that price too.
Still riding high from venturing into the city yesterday. Can’t wait to move closer to civilisation. Soon. Very soon.
@Gibsonisafluffybutt @Seagoon_ How far out are you at the moment?
Pretty moon out tonight, if you need something to howl at.
The clear nights have been lovely if a little cold :)
Very cold. Gotta love old houses with no insulation 🙃
Did you know the gap between us and the moon, is roughly the size of 30 earths? That blew me away when I heard it.
I love how the moon looks when it’s low on the horizon. Unfortunately living in built up area, can’t see it this way. It’s a rare treat when I’ve been on holiday and had the opportunity for an uninterrupted view, and happen to get the timing right and remember to look at the sky. Urban living sure has it’s advantages, but the downside is loss of connection to nature.
I forgot to bring my noise cancelling headphones to work and now I have to listen to noises. ☹️
I am finally taking advice from here and getting out of my relationship.
The boyfriend is doing exams. I didn’t initiate anything for a few days. Heard nothing from him. Couldn’t even fit in a five second text message in his day or a five minute phone call. It’s like the relationship didn’t exist. He knows how much consistency means to me as I have told him countless times. I understand being busy but totally disappearing off of the face of the Earth and me getting worried is not fun. I thought I was being unreasonable but I have needs and wasn’t asking for a lot? My birthday is soon and watch him not even send me a message then as well.
I call him out and explain how I feel (over text but still - he lives kinda far). He replies saying he doesn’t have time to deal with me and wants to put the relationship on hold for two weeks until he can see me again in person. Also that if I messaged him, it could only be bare minimum stuff and light-hearted. Great way to make your partner feel like they can’t talk to you, particularly when they’re constantly anxious! So I am detaching and treating this like a breakup, and then when I see him in two weeks, it will officially be over.
Exams are serious and it’s not as easy as taking five seconds.
he has to stop what he is doing , change his thinking, then try to pick up where he left off
I suggest you , or he, set a time, the same time, everyday or every second day , so he can plan around it.
also, waiting for calls to come all day because it’s random sucks, it creates worry
set a time so you can stop worrying
How would you have coped before telephones? You had to trust.
big hugs
he doesn’t have time to deal with me
To me I’d have to say I really wouldn’t like that.
it could only be bare minimum stuff and light-hearted.
I wouldn’t like that either.
Been using the back room as a (metaphorical) crap catcher while Operation Sort Shit has been going on; it’s taken me the better part of two hours to clear and clean the floor. Oops.
Now having a breather before I clear and clean the rest.How is it that I’m obsessed with art right now but can’t buckle down and practice. Am I stuck somewhere or is it just struggling with pressure/focus 🤨
(I am practicing, cross hatching with a pen. It’s just hard to stick at.)
it just takes hours and hours of study and practice,
for example, sometimes I do calligraphy for presents, I will study their name, get a nice translation, choose characters, choose the materials and style . All that still takes hours.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Gunfire breakfast, please
🥃☕️🥓🍳🍳
Corner beef hash please
⚠️🐄🥔
Do you have fresh buns?
🍞🍞
Anzac bikkies heated up in microwave with cream, and a coffee please. No trumpets, please no trumpets.
Dang it
🍪🥛☕️
I’d like some good oily hashbrowns like they used to have, the ones they have at Aldi now are rubbish :(
🥔🥔
add oil
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Day 5 of the 4L chilli ferment and all is well! Moved it to the back bathroom shower incase it explodes but so far lots of little bubbles when you shake it a little which is great (means I didn’t fuck up the salt / water ratio which is a relief).
Spilt some brine on my hand and hoo boy… brutal.
If anyone is looking for an oddball movie to watch, I recommend Hundreds of Beavers.
Black and white, silent slapstick movie. The seven seas be yer friend for searching this one up.
searching the seven seas for hundreds of beavers sounds very, very dangerous
The more reputable websites will not lead you astray. And if they do…hey…beaver is beaver, no?
On the phone in bed.
6kg worth of cat jumped a 2m gap onto the most sensitive part of me.
Cats.
Cat launches off boobs frequently and gives zero fucks.
Sammi’s going to think her name is “Get. Off. My. TIT!” at this rate.
@Cendana @Seagoon_ Wifey has a habit of eating in bed, and then just leaving the bowl on the bed head instead of taking it back into the kitchen.
(I’ve given up asking at this point — she never listens.)
Anyway.
One night a few weeks ago, after I’d already done the dishes, she decided to eat a bowl of ice cream in bed. And, as usual, left the bowl on the bed head.
Sometime around 3am, I’m awakened by a noise.
Bump! Splat! Scream!
I switch on the light.
There’s poor wifey with a bowl on her side of the bed, covered in the melted ice cream at the bottom of the bowl.
Mr Snowy was laying down on the spot on the bed head where the bowl had been moment earlier.
I just looked at her for a moment and deadpanned: “I did say to put the bowls back in the kitchen when you’re done with them.”
They definitely know what they’re doing.
It’s also our asshole alpha female that steals the other two’s food and turns OFF my laptop while I’ve stepped out for 30 seconds to grab a snack or use the toilet.
My departed WhiteBoy used to ask for breakfast by very carefully inserting a single claw into your nostril. Nothing accidental about it.
Was he funky?
Boogied until he died
At first glance that reminds me of redhead matches.
yes sir, he can boogie
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=32wDFCM7iSI
sorry, couldn’t help myself
This is hilarious because it’s totally not his style
I once received a clawed paw somewhere there shouldn’t be one and I’m still annoyed by it months later
Ouch :( are you feeling ok?
Bored, so I decided to have a look at my old Reddit comments. Hard to believe it’s almost been a year since rexxit.
It also made me remember how damn negative Reddit is. So many of my comments are either at 0, negative, or have a little controversial icon next to them. And the ones that aren’t (outside of the DT at least) are mostly just upvoted because I was being a dick to people who were getting downvoted.
Maybe I was just aligning myself with bad crowds, but that feels like it was a common theme on Reddit, I noticed it almost everywhere. Also their new web UI is disgusting and clunky and I don’t understand how anybody is able to use it
The place reeks of negativity. Even when I go there to browse these days, I feel myself getting sucked into the void of shittiness.
choose nicer subs
I am in illegallysmolcats, lotrmemes and some hobby subs
I was in most of the cat subs, as well as a bunch of snake and rat subs (cute animals tbh), and it still seemed like every second comment was someone being rude about something minor.
My hobby subs were even worse. I joined one of them in the early days before it became popular and got to “enjoy” the sub slowly become fuller and fuller of elitists. I ended up leaving because I don’t like the whole gatekeeping and anti beginner sentiment thing they had going on
Have you tried r/CatsStandingUp ? Many cat pictures and I can guarantee you won’t find any negative or nasty comments there.
