Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    15·
    1 year ago

    My dinner tonight was fabulous

    Image of a plate with Mediterranean chicken drumsticks, lebanese rice, hummus, toum,spicy roast pumpkin and a piece of lebanese bread. 5/5 yum yums.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Yup I’m definitely in middle-America…

    I have and could have taken so many more photos of stuff like this

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Imagine spending your hard-earned money on merch that features people you despise.

      The political merch grift is something I can never understand.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        The people making those shirts have a very good hustle though, make a shirt with trump on it and now all the MAGA types are basically throwing their money at you to get their hands on it, and then make one mocking trump,and the people really against trump will do the same

    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
      6·
      1 year ago

      Oh man…

      I was there during the 2016 elections and couldn’t believe the amount of “political merchandising”:

  • Cendana@lemm.ee
    13·
    1 year ago

    So my wife just told me that shortly after I went to the office, one of the cats parked herself on top of her.

    With her butt right up her face.

    Apparently she also just took a shit moments before.

    And then she just stared at my wife like there she didn’t do anything wrong.

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    13·
    1 year ago

    I have a throat infection or a cold or flu and man it is fucking me up baaaaadly. Tomorrow is eofy work dinner at a really nice place. I just want to be able to go.

  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 year ago

    Tried to convince my manager that we should shut the office for the afternoon and go for a trip to one of the chocolatier places as a team bonding experience. It didn’t work today… but I’m sure I’ll try again tomorrow.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Oh it’s breakfast time so I can show you all my breakfast from this morning. Humungous breakfast burrito from that same diner I went to last night. Fork for scale. That’s their home made “green chilli” on the side, which was not green but was delicious.

      • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        It really was. It had egg, sausage, cheese, onion, hash brown and peppers in it I think. Only thing was it was so chonky I had to use a fork’n knife!

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I must admit I’m quite jealous of you Bull… How have you found the portion size to price ratio? The food there does look gigantic, but is it actually as good value as it seems once you convert the freedom eagles over into dollarydoos?

      • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It hurts the wallet. It’s not a good time to be an AUD wielder in USD land at the moment. They are having their own cost of living crisis and a lot of places food items look like our prices, making them mega expensive when you convert to AUD. Plus you have to add tax and tip.

        • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Even before recent times when prices there were like half of ours, once you convert nd add tax + a tip I always thought it’d probably end up being the same or more expensive

          • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            The last time I was here our dollar was worth more than theirs and their prices still low (2012), so with conversion tax and tip things were CHEAP. Not now that our dollar is only worth 65c to theirs and the price hikes of everything. Those cheap days are gone.

  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Din dins tonight - pork shoulder chop marinated in nostimini, mashed spud and brussells sprouts dressed in dijon mustard and butter.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    My culinary experiment today was very successful. I took one microwave sausage roll, heated it as per instructions, then took it out of its sleeve and air fried it for 5 minutes. It went from a 3/5 yum yums to a 4/5 yum yums.

    (Please note that 5/5 yum yums is reserved for homemade sausage rolls only).

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      7·
      1 year ago

      Oh golly, I could go for a basic sausage roll.

      Going to do some low level food shopping today, trying to figure out what I want.

      I think I’m going to pick up some 2 minute noodles and some cocktail frankfurts. Not sure what else to be honest. Wouldn’t mind some party pies or sausage rolls but not sure I could fit them in my freezer at the moment.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        5·
        1 year ago

        Always wait for the party pies and sausage rolls to go on special then you pounce. Also Mrs Mac,'s microwave sausage rolls are half price every few weeks. Something like $1.25 - $1.50 compared to $3. Aldi also have microwave sausage rolls that are exactly like Mrs Mac’s.

        • Duenan@aussie.zone
          4·
          1 year ago

          Party pies goes on special? I don’t think I’ve seen the Aldi ones go on special? I’ll have a look at the sausage rolls as well when I’m at Aldi this afternoon.

          • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
            4·
            1 year ago

            No the party pies at Coles and Woolies go on special. I don’t know if Aldi has party pie and sausage rolls packs but they do have individual microwave sausage rolls if you have limited space in your freezer.

            • Duenan@aussie.zone
              3·
              1 year ago

              I know Aldi have party pie packs, not sure about sausage rolls to be honest. I’ll have a look this arvo.

              I don’t think I’ve seen party pies go on special deep enough that made me want to go get them at Woolies.I’ll have to keep a better eye out on them.

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    Everyone’s got that one co-worker who doesn’t bloody listen, right?

    TWICE today I’ve tagged something as “need to discuss with team lead, leave this alone and I’ll come back to it when I have an answer”

    Twice today he’s ignored that tag. He’s done the work as though I hadn’t said anything…and his answers have proven to be the wrong ones.

    Twice today I’ve had to go back and fix his mistakes, on work he shouldn’t have been doing because I specifically said I was investigating something about it and needed to confirm I was right.

    DAMN IT, DUDE, STOP TOUCHING MY STUFF

  • Force_majeure122@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 year ago

    Hoping today will be the last day I need off due to sore throat. Can’t work with no voice. Can’t risk making throat worse until it’s healed. Feeling better today but still sore and swollen lymph nodes. This week has sucked