Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Dinner… borg… You will be assimilated.
Image is a chicken burger.
Love the lettuce tutu. Very dapper.
All hail Borg
All hail Borg
Woah. That deserves a good name.
THE BORG
Now that’s a borg that matches up to the TV ads promises. Nicely done.
Resistance is futile
Mmmm burger….
dinner was two thin slices of steak and two slices of toast with PB and condensed milk. I shall next become horizontal in bed — an act that I have not performed for gasp 15 hours.
Condensed milk, as in to drink or with your PB? Either way it’s an A+
on PB. HK delicacy.
Sorry I know it feels like I’ve talked about nothing but the same thing all day but I just came back from dinner and I will need a BIG sleep.
BUT WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER??!!???!!!??! TELL US NOOOOOW 🫠
Butter chicken and curried potates and eggplant
Noted ✍
I’m treating my family to some tipsy karaoke.
My kids are impressed with the lyrical delivery but not so much the execution.
Add a twerk in there.
That’s a guarantee during all performances
Don’t forget the Judy Garland signature hand move. Works particularly well for 80s ballads.
Extended arms and fists to the heart?
That’s the one.
I save that for Winds of Change or To Be With You
Would it be too clichéd to do Total Eclipse of The Heart?
And if so, what about the Literal Version (the original being probably about as old as your kids …)?
Our friend melbourne_wanderer shared that one with me last night and I just watched it.
It’s glorious.
Alas, I cannot do justice to Lady Tyler’s voice no matter what.
However I can rock some Lady Gaga or KD Lang.
Karaoke Rap God or Godzilla by Eminem. And record it and send it to me haha
I do Rapper’s delight and Shook Ones…but haven’t yet.
It’s been 80s rock so far.
Belting out The Cult is very cathartic
Alice Cooper up next
Yaaaassss i love all of this! Slay it, King!
I’m about to take on Shakespeare’s Sister , Stay.
My wife is getting the divorce papers ready.
Daughter wants to die and my son is laughing his arse off.
Vin Diesel was right when he said Family
I fucking love that song, was very obsessed
Such an underrated 90s gem, innit?
It truly is. Hardly anyone seems to talk about it when talking about 90s music 😭
Well, as I was telling @landsharkkidd it only takes me like 4 hours to cook two dishes, but I present a shitty photograph of tonight’s dinner.
dins
Dal with watercress, a make-it-up-as-you-go-along prawn curry (frozen prawns) with snake beans and discount tomatoes, and white basmati rice cooked in the rice cooker with a couple cloves and a pod of cardamom. Top tip doing the latter will make your rice smell NEXT LEVEL delicious.
I haven’t made curry in a while so the dal was a bit too watery, and the prawn curry is spicier than I thought because I just chucked in random bits of unidentified curry powder(s) from the bottom of empty jars to tidy up the spice cupboard a bit. And I’m never using Coles brand coconut milk again. But otherwise, delicious and satisfying!
Now to actually eat it.
Wow.
That looks so impressive. Puts me to shame.
Aw it’s not a competition. I’ve had more energy this weekend but most days I couldn’t even rustle up what you could. Mind you this is like 5 meals worth of curry, I ended up putting some in the freezer. Might as well make it worth the effort
Hehe it’s ok. I was just impressed by it.
I’ve tried my hand in making curries as well and it does sometimes take a bit of time to do.
I hope you’ll keep posting pictures of your meals.
That dinner will also be assimilated. Looks great.
dayum 💜 💜 😍
Looks amazinggggg ❤️ whatever you do, don’t use Aldi’s coconut milk either. Couldn’t even eat the curry I made with that and I eat everything 🤮
Uggggh yes I found that one out the hard way. I nearly threw up. Tbh I almost never use coconut milk anyway - of any brand - because there seems to be more weird shit in it than coconut cream.
Anyway, Ayam brand 4 lyf - you could eat it outta the can
Oh no. New neighbours moved in last week a few doors down. They have been playing extremely loud edm with a very intense bass for the last 2 hours now. It’s a Saturday, it’s not late, so I don’t mind them being loud or having a party, but I just went to put some rubbish out and there’s no party. No cars or people. Just really obnoxiously loud music. Which means they’re just listening to it like this for fun…
As long as they turn it off once it gets late. I hope they do. An incredibly elderly couple live directly across the road from them and I can imagine them getting pretty distressed by it at the level that it is right now, even.
We lived in a duplex when our oldest was a baby. The neighbor played edm all the time. Only, the baby loved it! That soothing doofdoof put him to sleep almost every night. So, we never complained about the noise.
Headphones were invented for a reason.
For me or for them?
For them.
if i ever become the supreme leader i will ban all subwoofers.
Could you also ban people removing mufflers from their cars lol
Yes.
Thank you oh Gracious and Iron-Fisted Supreme Ruler of All 🙇♂️
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Damn, this place really did replace the /r/melbourne DT thread, huh?
It’s also known as the daily dinner thread. Post your dinner at least once or you will be shot.
What any dinner, once? I’d just post last Christmas’ feast and pretend I eat like that every night.
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Welcome to the party.
Sure has.
Welcome.
Thursdays we wear wacky ties.
My God, how did you… every Thursday I wear a Dr Who tshirt with a bowtie printed on it because I’m making lasagna sheets and I wear a bib style apron so it displays over the top and I want to look dapper.
You know what I do?
I drink and know things.
Shit we do? I was wearing my bowtie 🤦♀️🤦♀️
I rock a bolo tie to honour Walker Texas Ranger
i sport a tyre.
Damn G. You got some serious neck strength there
Never skip neck day.
Unless you want to claim government compo
Wow r/melbourne is a shitfight lol 😬
I hope more people migrate here
No I hope the shit stirrers stay over there.
I just want our mates to come over, the angry people can stay there lol
Fair enough.
It would be nice if there were more posts outside the DT over here though
Yeah, it seems that the DTers moved here, but the r/melbourne posters stayed. It’s quite a weird schism
I’m happy not to have the dodgy posters come over, but it would be nice to have more posts in the main community. My theory is that the main Reddit community could be a bit toxic and people learned to stay in the DT and it will take time for people to feel that the main community is also a safe place.
Deets, deets!
Oh I just looked at the DT there, and it’s dead. Just people complaining that r/melbourne now talks about how scary melbourne is, or teens being theives and assaulters in the city. Downvotes all over everywhere. Like, fearmongering, and then complaining about fearmongering, then complaining about complaining, ad infinitum. The actual interesting comments barely get any interaction, just angry people being angry
The falcons are up!
https://367collins.mirvac.com/workplace/building-overview/falcons-at-367-collins
Ok, but the view from the second camera angle. Melbourne is so pretty.
spoiler
Did we always have two camera angles? I didn’t follow that closely last year, but I thought the camera just panned depending on the side they nested on
No, 2 cameras is new but something that was promised last year.
Yes we did have two cameras last year. They switched the view depending on which end the birds were nesting or huddling etc. There’s a nest box at each end of the ledge.
Ok, I got an email saying the truck did break down and my order can’t be delivered. That’s cool, can’t be helped. Unfortunately I’ve been directed to call (again) which will no doubt lead to the dodgy chat site.
I have to chase it though because they still have over a hundred bucks of my money 🙄 Srsly they should just cancel and refund like when an item is out of stock
It’s actually weird as they havent refunded you. Like, shouldn’t that be automatic if it’s undeliverable on part of the company? Farked
I think they might have changed their system for refunds - last time I had a refund because they sent a wrong item they did it as a credit for a future order instead of a refund. My guess is they are trying to cut down on fraud, but when the problem is on their end like this they really should do a refund.
I am getting weird post repeats .
I’ve had a few disappear…
I still stand by those comments but I don’t remember what they were.
I’m not. But I’m just using mobile browser
Yes. Me too
The new update has jacked it all up lol scrolling now is like experiencing deja vu
New update has made Jerboa buggy af bleh
Yeah…I’m restarting every few minutes
Same, I have apparently missed a bunch of replies as well and cant open the minimised ones without it throwing a tanty.
Back to browser (sing it like Back to Black)
I let the fam pick a song for me to drunkenly sing.
Curt and Roland…I am so sorry. So very sorry.
Has anyone noticed as you’ve gotten older being less tolerant to greasy and salty food? Like I love fish and chips but I slept like shit last night. Same thing happens with excessively salty pizza.
Back when I was young I could inhale such foods without a second thought.
Last time I had KFC which was ages ago after not having it for quite awhile made me feel a bit icky.
There’s so much grease in those things that even I felt it.
Hate to see what would happen if I tried it now.
KFC is regrettable. You don’t eat it for ages, then you eat it and remember why you don’t.
I feel like fatty food makes me sluggish and lazy feeling almost immediately.
Yep. Pizza for dinner means I wake at 3am with the thirst of 100 days in the desert.
Omg isn’t it awful?
I’ve noticed a lot more sugar in foods as I’ve gotten older.
Very much so. Also less tolerant of excessive sugar too. Will make an exception for anchovies on pizza though. The grease I used to eat I couldn’t now. Still OK with butter and olive oil.
Only milk products, it’s the lactose, it happened after I caught a mild gastro a few years ago . Otherwise I’m fine.
Trick is to nibble on the grease. Nothing extreme, just a little grease nibble.
I was saying this only last week. Even eating out has a lot more salt than I cook with usually, and I pay for it with the dry horrors all night into the next day.
I can’t remember the last time I went to w restaurant for dinner tbh! Sign of the times.
Restaurant is a generous term for Okami and the local brisket place!
This is an accountability post. I’ve decided it’s time to give up the smokes so I have a plan set. I’ve joined My fitness pal because I don’t want to substitute smokes for food, nicotine patches, vapes etc. Im incorporating more exercise as a distraction. This is an experiment. 10 smokes a day for a week. 9 the week after. 8 the week after etc. I should be smoke free in 10 weeks or in jail because I’ve killed someone. I can do this because I am strong and stubborn.
Congratulations on making an awesome decision for your health! Cutting down with a view to quitting is a great idea. It worked for me anyway. I got down to 6 a day and then quit. I worked out it was taking 10mins to smoke a cigarette so I was wasting an hour a day smoking and complaining that I didn’t have time to do this or that. I also used lozenges and the spray.
Your posts everyday have inspired me to sort out my own health journey. Please keep posting.
