Lucky for some. Number 13🍀

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    12·
    9 months ago

    Ladies and gentlemen…

    I did it. My bowls are free. And neither of them was sacrificed to the Great Smash

    Jesus fucking Christ. It only took trying every-fucking-thing, on and off throughout an entire fucking day

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    10·
    9 months ago

    Today’s project completed: one large tote bag to carry my meals to work. The fabric is designed for outdoor furniture, with a lining of the type of fabric used for packs and sportsbags. This should mean it will last well - the old bag got quite manky because of the condensation formed by ice bricks. It did make it hard to sew though, both because of how thick it is and because the lining fabric was slippery. Miss Meow did her best to assist. Spoiler: it didn’t help.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      9 months ago

      That is very uncanny.

      Today I was going to buy a bag that is very similar, same shape and size, heavy tapestry in the same colour palette. I just wanted it for the fabric, to repurpose as chair upholstery, so declined at the price .

      seriously uncanny

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    9 months ago
    ranting about Adelaide

    I don’t think I like Adelaide. Why is their metro card system so rude?

    When I visited I was 15, so I wasn’t eligible for a child ticket (once you’re 15 or older there you need a South Australian student ID). Today I found my metro card so was going to register it, but you can’t register your card if you’re under 18

    Then in their terms and conditions they seem to be very set on a “NO REFUNDS” policy. Okay, I lied, you can actually get yourself a refund for whatever money you load onto it, but their policy is you have to die first. If you die, your “authorised representative” can go to them with a copy of your death certificate and a letter of administration. Are they really that desperate to hold onto the few measly dollars tourists put on their cards and don’t use?

    And their main train station makes me feel uncomfortable. I can’t really describe why, it just makes me feel unwelcome and sketched out:

    Other things I found weird, rude, or foreign about Adelaide:

    • you swipe your card on the train, rather than at the train station
    • they still take paper tickets on the trains, but you have to validate it by putting it into the metro card reader thing
    • they do take bank cards but only on trams, but then I think the trams are free so you don’t need to anyway?
    • only some readers take certain types of tickets - on trams the front reader takes paper tickets and metro cards, but not bank cards. Then the middle reader takes bank cards and metro cards, but not google/apple pay. Then the back reader only takes metro cards
    • you have to buy a ticket for your bike
    • the penalty for fare evasion there is almost 5 times what it is here ($1,250 vs $280 here). And I think you get fined the same amount of you don’t buy your bike a ticket
    • they don’t call fines “fines”, they call them an expiration ticket or something?
    • they put birds and shit on all their signs reminding you you’re in South Australia, which ends up feeling like you’re in papers please or another Soviet game based in the 70s/80s
    • also I think if you get an expiration notice they put in on your police record and then you forever have a criminal record and a $1.2k fine because your bike doesn’t have a ticket
    • they put angry warning signs on literally everything. I don’t understand how their signs feel like they’re yelling at you but ours don’t, but it seems to be the way it is
    • their bus stops have terms and conditions
    • Nath@aussie.zone
      3·
      9 months ago

      Readers on the train sounds good to me. It works on trams just fine.
      It sounds like you really want a smart ticket. I went to Radelaide for a long weekend a few years back, I suppose I just used paper tickets on the train. I don’t remember. I don’t remember hating the train system, either though.
      I love your rant, and how much you care about stuff. But yeah, I go about the world utterly oblivious to that sort of thing. I wouldn’t notice terms and conditions on a bus stop, for example.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        It actually wasn’t meant to be a full blown rant, I was actually just going to complain about how you have to die before you get a refund from them, but then I started remembering all the other odd things they do.

        Readers on the trains can work at first, but they’re a dumb idea in the long run. It was probably deemed the cheapest option when they were rolling it out, but eventually they’re going to need new trains. And every train has anywhere between 2-6 readers per carriage X 3 carriages (with the possibility of doubling to 6 cars in the future), so it would end up being cheaper to just put your 4 readers at each station. Also they have full blown top up machines on the carriages, which is nice, but takes away seats and standing room

        Wow even this became a rant :/

    • DolphinLundgrin@aussie.zone
      2·
      9 months ago

      How can you hate Adelaide when The Fringe is on!? I just got back. Go see Colin Ebsworth’s show Me, My Cult & I, and then Reuben Kaye’s show Apocalipstik. Both were excellllllent.

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    10·
    9 months ago

    I went on Bumble BFF to make some friends and I suspiciously have 40 matches in one day.

    I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s not just friends people are looking for…

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    9 months ago

    Had to purchase a new phone unexpectedly today. Booooooo!!

    Had an interview and was asked for references straight away.

    Made really good falafel and dips for dinner.

    Got a free coffee from local coffee stand cause they made an extra one and they know me.

    Good day, no?

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
    9·
    9 months ago

    I live for this cool breeze ony face, through my hair, as I’m on way home home from work in a tram that seems to be going just a bit too fast

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    9·
    9 months ago

    I have gravely disappointed the Void. Usually the washing machine beeping signals an Outside Adventure with Bugs! And Grass!

    I set up the airer inside. Shame on me.

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    9·
    9 months ago

    Alrighty. Final reference has been submitted. Ball is in their court.

    My referee showed me what he wrote, and it’s a fucking great reference. Really made me look good 🙂

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    I like right-clicking an icon on my desktop and selecting “Run as administrator”; I understand what it does/what it’s for, but honestly Im addicted to the pretend power-trip it gives me haha

    “You will open and do the needful, and you will do it now!”

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Bowl-eo and Bowl-iet by Bowl-iam Bowl-spear

      Seriously though, wow. The vacuum between the bowls must be strong, or the friction.

      I’m sure you have already, but maybe rubber gloves might help? Like to pull them apart? I don’t know sorry, that sucks!

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
      4·
      9 months ago

      Put them on the bench with a towel underneath and put a bag of frozen peas (still in the bag) in the top bowl, wait until the top bowl is cold on the outside, then turn them on the side and give them a firm but gentle tap on top of the towel.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      You may have to sacrifice one to save the other. Put a groove in the bottom edge of the lower one with a nail file, then tap FIRMLY on the bench to shatter it. If you are holding the top one, it should be unharmed. A teatowel on the bench may help corral the shards for disposal. Rubber gloves as per StudSpud’s comment are a very good idea.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      4·
      9 months ago

      Submerge the lot totally and hope a tiny air bubble will rise and break the seal from the inside.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      3·
      9 months ago

      Squirt an air compressor in the gap? Got a mechanic nearby?

      Glue a piece of wood to each bowl, let it set, pull them apart.

      Make a loop of string and try and feed / saw it into the gap,

      Sacrifice one bowl.

      Fill your sink with hot water, put the bowls in, put ice cubes in the top bowl.

      Put a little fuel in there and light it on fire somewhere safe.

      Personal massage device to vibrate them apart.

      Good luck.

      • Tofu@aussie.zone
        5·
        9 months ago

        Staff at personal devices shop: Welcome! How can I help you?
        AJ: I’d like a massage device that vibrates.
        Staff: Any preference for size and shape?
        AJ: Something gentle. It’s for my bowls who love each other too much.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      1·
      9 months ago

      Twist, don’t pull. Like opening a jar.

      Edit: just saw Seagoon already mentioned this. Oh well, guess you now own a double walled bowl, or two less bowls, depending on what you decide to do. Welcome to a fork in the road of your life.

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
    8·
    9 months ago

    Operation Increase Kiddos Chilli Tolerance Without Them Knowing continues to be a success, with tonight’s meatball mix having a good swig of yucateco.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      2·
      9 months ago

      Good! I’m so sick of hearing about this nuggets only bullshit. Unless the kid has ARFID or something, feed them food not pap.

      • SituationCake@aussie.zone
        1·
        9 months ago

        I can see it now. In 20 years time, Melbourne’s thriving food scene will be all fancy nugget restaurants with a side menu of pouched yoghurt drinks.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
    8·
    9 months ago

    This is called kafta bil khebez (meat in bread). It’s basically kebab meat inbetween lebanese bread.

    Now why I was laughing was instead of waiting for the meat to reach room temperature so it’s easier to spread my man was standing at the table giving CPR compressions to the meat with both hands.

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    8·
    9 months ago

    Heat has not worked. WD40 has not worked.

    I’m genuinely about to sit the conglomeration in the dishwasher and run it through a cycle just to see