• Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    2 months ago

    Vinyl finds today are a recording of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the guys Bugs Bunny plays with. I have 4 of their records now, it’s just like famous tunes and greatest classical hits but nicely done and a box set of Rusalka by Dvorak too. Last week I got a box set of The Merchant of Venice and over the next week I’ll be playing all my Shakespeare records. :)

    But mainly I took another bag of stuff to the opshop. 👍

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Joining the Odd Sleep club - kept on stirring awake every hour or so, with weird dreams the last couple of times.
    The one that did me in the end was dreaming I went to a once off client (I work in aged care) and first of all the car wouldn’t move and I was somehow blocking both lanes, then when I got there the client thought he was having heart problems and we agreed we’d wait and see what happened and yeah, if he wanted to finish his electronics project go for it, it’d soothe him whereas I know damned well from first aid training and personal experience that when in doubt you Call The Fucking Ambulance. So basically I couldn’t get back to sleep for going WTAF, plus the cats both using my shoulders as pillows.
    Eventually got up and turned on the heater because my face was freezing - took a while for the cats to figure it out but now Zooks is on my lap on the couch. Sammi is probably being a mini-potat in the bed

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    The last dose was given last night. No more horrible narnies! 🍌 Hopefully no more wrestling either. Fingers crossed her tummy will settle down soon.

    I’ve been buying the fragrance free Coles laundry sauce and it’s okay (finding an unscented generic product is kind of like finding a unicorn) but I still prefer the Aldi version because it has enzymes. I hope I can get the chance to stock up.

    • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      It’s very wet and there’s sooo many weeds. Sigh. I just planted tomato seeds last week, so of course it’s winter round 2 now.

  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    The Melb city ebook library is a bit lacking. I’d love to get physical books but they are too heavy to carry home ( hot desk - have to bring my entire life back and forth)

    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      Fun fact: public libraries across Victoria get State government funding as well as local, so membership is open to anyone with a Victorian address. And most if them let you join online without going in.

      There are 50 Vic library services, join a few or all of them and get all the sweet ebooks you want. Some have heaps, some not many, somebody will probably have what you want.

      • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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        2 months ago

        This! I have City of Melbourne and Yarra Libraries. Usually there is something between the two, though I do still find them limiting if you’re after particular authors.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      The selection is probably down now but if you’re into public domain classics the Internet Archive might have something for you. Also Libby and whatever other one - Hoopla?

      You can also have multiple library cards to check their offerings.

      I’ve been too lazy to sort any of this myself 🙃

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    I hate when I come across shit like calculators. They still work, can’t give them away, can’t throw them out, already have 4 scientific calculators kicking around. I have no problem throwing broken shit out but when they still work I just can’t do it as easy.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Watching Spy but randomly skipping parts of the start because i want o love melissa mccarthy but there’s only so much ‘woman does stupid clumsy things and accepts being treated as lesser by overtly misogynistic farps’ i can stand before i try to leap through the tv and attack her and i’m already close to the limit because miranda hart is in this too. Also still running a fever so relaity is trnous.

    Maybe i should watch llama face instead

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      2 months ago

      It’s just for the movie, they have to make it all extreme so the change is much more dramatic.

      But it doesn’t ring true. The type of woman who would work in such a place would already be unorthodox and care little for social expectations regarding gender roles. She would have a strong character that doesn’t care much what people say or think so there is no way she would put up with crap for long.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      I really hate that.

      There’s either the one dimensional girlboss who’s basically a male action hero with boobs and anything less than that is to be aggressively looked down on… or there’s the bumbling Bridget Jones everywoman who’s supposed to be relatable.

      Mix of strengths and weaknesses pls

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    We just went to the La Trobe market. You can’t best a good old school market with the guy at the fruit and vegetable stall constantly shouting

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      I don’t believe that. I think dreams are just little snippets of real life and fiction trying to tell a story in your most relaxed state. They don’t mean anything because they’re not real.

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Trying to get used to Affinity products and getting a little frustrated. Adobe is the devil but boy-howdy do I know my way around those apps.