• TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    16·
    1 month ago

    I freaking HATE when you order a coffee with alternate milk. Say a flat white with Oat. You say that to them. They make it and announce “Flat white?” and you go “With oat?” and they go “… yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyes…” in a REALLY uncertain tone.

    Takes all my effort to not lock eye contact and say “Cause bro, if it isnt, and I shit myself to death your gonna experience exactly what this will feel like when I get my hands on you”.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      It must be the location of the cafe lol, the ones around me in Brunswick judge me for just having normal milk, over almond, skim, etc 😂

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      7·
      1 month ago

      People who don’t repeat orders in full bother me, I like a supreme with extra garlic, don’t say only supreme back to me. Also when I’m giving numbers over the phone… 931 uh huh, 334 uh huh, 553 uhh the computer says no.

    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 month ago

      Yeah, I got one that served me lactose free as if it was the same thing.

      What part of OAT did you not understand?

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    15·
    1 month ago

    Real estate update: no nasty emails, except… A notice to vacate in Feb 2025 because the owner’s decided to sell. LOL. Guessed this was gonna happen when a REA supposedly joined the inspection. Good thing I’ve already started looking!

    Plus side is now I only need to give 14 days notice when leaving so this means a whole lot less of double rent.

    If I catch the unit not being sold though, or rented again under the same owner past the vacate date I’d love to report that shit (e: looks like she has 6 months from now within which she can’t re-let the property. If her intention was to boot me out, hope she enjoys 5 months of no rent!)

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        5·
        1 month ago

        Tell me more… do you mean VCAT if I find that she’s re-listed it within 6 months? Or VCAT for any breach notice/bond shenanigans that might come up?

        • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
          4·
          1 month ago

          Both. VCAT for all RE and LL shenanigans. Remember to claim your bond immediately after leaving as well so they can’t do anything tricksy with it

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
            5·
            1 month ago

            I’m definitely claiming my bond the second I hand back the keys - phone in hand, finger hovering over the button. LL seems clueless about tenants’ rights and I’m not about to educate her. She can moan about needing to inspect first as much as she likes on the day… got any problems, see you at VCAT✌️

            I’ll be asking her for a rental payment ledger asap, good that she is legally required to provide one within 7 days.

            • Smol Lady@aussie.zoneEnglish
              5·
              1 month ago

              fuck the REAS, best thing that ever happened for renters was having the ability to request your bond back yourself

        • Taleya@aussie.zone
          3·
          1 month ago

          right, first things first: https://tenantsvic.org.au/advice/during-your-tenancy/your-landlord-is-selling/

          ANYTHING that deviates outside the law, get on CAV right away. Anything. No matter how small. You owe this trash nothing now, take the gloves off.

          You already spoke to tenants vic about the pots, right? If so, call them again and mention this escalation. The sequence of events may actually have this considered retaliatory in context and they’ll go right up the tailpipe.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
            2·
            1 month ago

            Thanks for the details! Yeah I did speak to Tenants Vic about the pots. The lady on the phone laughed (apologetically) at how ridiculous the request was.

            I intend to move out anyway regardless of notice to vacate as I don’t want to deal with this person any longer than I need to, just wondering when I might actually get to use this info. I’m guessing if and when any breach happens. It does take at least 45 minutes (after about 10+ tries) to get through to Tenants Vic so I probably might hold off on calling them until any further developments happen.

            One thing I’m concerned about is that if I apply for a new place and LL is contacted as a reference, that they might make up shit about me - not sure what I can do about any of that.

              • just_kitten@aussie.zone
                1·
                1 month ago

                These blinking application portals (2Form, whatever) do often need evidence of past rental history though, and my lease/bank statements show payment to the LL…

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 month ago

      I know you said you are already looking, but get on it sooner rather than later. This side of chirstmas is a bit slower, but jan feb is NUUUUUTs for rentals.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        5·
        1 month ago

        Oh absolutely, I was intending to have moved out by Dec anyway (which is when the rent increase was gonna kick in). Not a whole heap coming online atm, but as my next place is just short term I’m cutting out a lot of nice to haves and being a lot less picky.

        • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
          4·
          1 month ago

          dunno where you live, dunno what your looking for, but Fairfield always surprised me as being cheap to rent. Not sure if thats still the case though. mrs had a dump on station street back in the day that was perfectly serviceable.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
            2·
            1 month ago

            It’s at the northern edge of where I’m looking but I’m definitely seeing some cheaper apts there and in Alphington too. One non negotiable for me though is not on a main road as I’m sensitive to traffic noise when wfh/sleeping. So far a lot of things that tick the other boxes have been on main roads. Saw a nice joint that ticked every box but then I saw it was off Power St in Hawthorn and I’m like… Yeah nah

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 month ago

    I forgot to post something funny.

    I’ve been occasionally stepping out the front door for a second to throw a few high quality cat food kibbles to the maggies, just letting them see my face to learn I’m not a threat and tell their mates not to swoop.

    Yesterday one came walking right up to my screen door wanting to come in! He or she was genuinely curious and hung around peeping in for a couple of minutes.

    I explained that they couldn’t come in because there was a kitty living in here, so they stuck around a little longer and eventually wandered off.

    • Duenan@aussie.zoneOP
      6·
      1 month ago

      I’m jealous, I wanted wanted to befriend the local magpie but it’s never really taken an interest in me, at least it’s not swooping me in my front yard though.

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        5·
        1 month ago

        They used to swoop me because I so rarely went out. I’m just lucky they’re coming right to me so I can pop out with some food and say hello

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      5·
      1 month ago

      I’ve been wanting to give my local maggies and crows a treat, there are heaps in the few tall trees in my street. I love the crows, they’re so shiny!

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        We have crows in Melbourne, but the most common is actually the Little Raven. I think it’s so cool that we have ravens tbh, the little Poe fan in me squeals haha.

        They’re all very intelligent, magpies, crows, and ravens; so if you do give them treats, theyll actually remember your face and tell their mates. So smart 😍🐦‍⬛

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        2·
        1 month ago

        Be careful not to make the treats too nice… I already had neighbourhood cats wanting to book a stay and now the birds want in too!

        I think it’s the same maggie that came right up to my visitor today to see if she had anything

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 month ago

    It has been many weeks now that I have been feeding the birds again. The garden pots have been cleaned of all bugs and currawongs and fairy wrens have started to visit again. 🙂

  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    I’ve been getting a LOT of ‘bad gateway’ errors on aussie.zone over the last few days. Happening no matter what device. Anyone else having the same trouble? So far today twice on both of two different devices.

    EDIT: Oh that naughty naughty gateway. 😈 🚪 😵

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 month ago

    Watched a few movies. :)

    Heads up. Amazon is removing The Hobbit movies from their list in a week.

    Such beautiful movies I could watch them all the day. Everything is a joy to see and the story is good too.

    The costumes , the jewellery, the furnishings, the weaponry, armour, the calligraphy, the saddlery and other leather work, the carpentry. All the artisan work is so beautiful.

    My favourite scenes are the Stone Giants, reading the moon runes, Kili and Tauriel, and finding the gate.

    Anyway, it made me remember I have two acorns I picked up in the oak forests of Pennsylvania on a stop over on a road trip with my bestie Tam. I’m keeping them until I have my own settled place when I can try to grow some oak trees.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 month ago

      So I watched The Hobbit trilogy for about the tenth time and I think I get why they are flawed. It’s not something I’ve read, 99% of lotr fans say it’s because it doesn’t follow the books or is childish or has extra story lines.

      To me that’s not a problem, movies are a different form of storytelling and books needs to be adapted and changed for the screen.

      I think it’s flawed because there are two voices in the story telling. The first is story telling as a child’s story. This has world building and explanations. I really don’t enough about writing to explain, I just know it when I see it.

      The second voice is the same voice we hear in the LOTR movies, adult story telling. The world is not explained, it is.

      Mixing the two doesn’t work. I’m surprised at jackson , walsh and boyens , they know better.

      So I agree that 2 movies was a necessity if they wanted to tell the story of the geopolitics of middle earth and the hobbit story.

      It’s still really good tho.

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 month ago

    Terrible morning. Woke up late, by the time I was ready to leave home I was going to miss the next train and the one after that wasn’t for 25 minutes for some reason. Got to train station only to realise that I left my laptop charger at home. Had to watch the train go by that I would now miss. Back home, then back to station, just made the next train. When I got to Parliament to catch a tram to my co-working office, there was a protest happening so all trams going in the direction I needed to go were stuck. I then had to walk 25 minutes from the city, carrying two bags mind you. It was really comical how nothing lined up for me today. On the bright side, I got a lot of steps in this morning and had a really good coffee once I finally arrived.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    The Sun beats down on my back
    But I shiver from the cold
    Small in the sea at the track
    Of people far younger; I’m old
    I would rather be out the front
    With the protestors and signs
    But it would be insulting, an affront
    If the ticket paid for I declined
    So I drink too much and run away
    To smoke away from the crowd
    Of wealth and youth led astray
    By bets, in debts they drown

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    8·
    1 month ago

    Chillies have finally been planted out. They’re so small. Spent months worrying about watering / hardening them up in the sun / led lighting / temp and figured fuck it close enough in we go. Will be interesting to see if I jumped the gun. Really slow growing varieties and you sometimes wonder if you’ve buggered something up. Needs more soil / compost but that can wait.

    But the rest of the gang is getting there:

    • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 month ago

      I’m going to ask a silly question because Im not a gardening enthusiast but, if you were to lay out the irrigation line in an “s” pattern. Wouldn’t that reduce the connection points and therefore reduce chances of failure?

      Or would it get too kinky, so to speak.

      • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
        5·
        1 month ago

        Yep it would. On a really hot day in summer unclipped it would fail left right and centre. But I ran into a problem where the drip line in an S or continuous line couldn’t quite deliver the same amount of water to all corners of the bed.

        I ripped up another large irrigation system a few years ago and ended up with hundreds of clips and connectors and thought bugger it smoke 'em if you got 'em heh. I had doubts but 4 years in no failures (yet).

        edit yea in terms of the kinkiness that was pretty much the issue. Angles were too tight and I just couldn’t keep it in place with pegs etc.

        edit 2 the other thing is redundancy. If there was a blockage in a continuous line then downstream has an issue. I figured (rightly or wrongly) that a sort of manifold type thing would resolve that.