• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11·
    2 months ago

    Kitchen is a mess but worth it. First tempura zucchini flower which was exciting (weird looking thing in the middle). Sort of pointless but it looked nice.

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    11·
    2 months ago

    A friend in Queensland sent through this link: https://www.lifeblood.com.au/blood/blood-supply-levels

    Even though I figure they’re not sending blood from WA to Queensland, I saw that local supplies in my blood type were low. So I dusted off my old donor profile and made a booking.

    I fell out of the habit when kids and life stuff happened. I really should have gone back years ago. The process of donating blood is smooth and streamlined. I was in and out in under 30 minutes and back to my day.

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      5·
      2 months ago

      Thanks for donating on behalf of those who can’t :) What snacks did you get?

      • Nath@aussie.zone
        5·
        2 months ago

        A small bag of Kettle chips and a TimTam. They had a whole spread there, it was a lot fancier than the last time I donated.

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

      That’s awesome!! You’ve helped someone out there who needs it mate!

      I have mine booked for the 22nd due to the low supply for A+!

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      4·
      2 months ago

      I got to wait another month before eligible again. It was also shown that firefighters who donated regularly had lower levels of the forever chemicals we’re being warned about these days. My pathology lecturer recommended men donate regularly as we don’t have a periods which allow the ladies to lose a little blood on a regular basis naturally.

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        7·
        2 months ago

        Last time I gave blood, I got my period the next day and I was absolutely wrecked! Had to get some iron tablets to feel normal again!

        Thanks for your donations bro! 😂💜

        • Nath@aussie.zone
          3·
          2 months ago

          I got my period the next day …

          For fairly obvious reasons, this is not a variable I’ve ever considered when donating. Does it take you out for long? My body doesn’t even notice the 500ml. I literally walked from the donation centre back the office, got changed and rode straight home.

          • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            I was off colour for a few days before I got the iron tablets - severe lethargy and extreme brain fog. Couldn’t really formulate sentences quickly or coherently. Like I was laggy lol.

            I felt much better after taking the iron tablets - it was just poor timing!

            When Ive given blood before that, and it didn’t align with my period, I was fine too tbh

            I’m not sure how long it would have taken if I didn’t take the tablets though

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    11·
    2 months ago

    Second cushion is complete. My aim is to finish the two back cusions today as well, but I might only get one done. I’m glad I decided to do the sofa with a single long cushion instead of the three seperate cushions it currently has, that would have taken a lot more time.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Have been bed bound with migraine all day. Just now getting up to have breakfast and a shower.

    Crazy how a tiny bundle of nerves in my shoulder can absolutely ruin my life.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    2 months ago

    Got my replacement dishwasher in today, did one load successfully - here’s hoping it lasts me much longer than the previous one!! I felt such euphoria at clearing so many dishes in one go but had to check myself; don’t get attached to it just in case the dw craps out on you again…

    Cut up the packaging and dumped it in the recycling, finished the more annoying/tedious half of my desktop work, now doing a bit of laundry and vacuuming and once I get it all dried and am back I’ll feel like I truly deserve my week of tv :D

    I met one of the neighbours (well, the owner of one of the units) today who turned out to be super nice so that was a real pick-me-up

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

    I have made a start on the next lot of cushions, but decided to take a break instead and went to Resource Rescue (craft supplies) and ended up spending the last couple of hours sorting zippers and untangling elastic. Miss Meow tried to help, but her technique was a bit suspect and things went faster when she was diverted to a job as paperweight instead.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    8·
    2 months ago
    You know when you learn about something and then you notice it everywhere? Like when your date drives a red Corolla, and then you start seeing red Corollas everywhere?

    The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon / Frequency Illusion in action.

    Severance has Eagans.

    The olives in the fridge are Aegean brand.

    Now this?

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    8·
    2 months ago

    just another day of packing and cleaning

    at least it’s not hot

    but it’s also Severance day and severance reddit has been crazy

    It’s really taught me how people can be watching the same show and see completely different things. It seems to attract a bigger share of crazy conspiracy theorists than normal.

    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
      3·
      2 months ago

      Even when I watch a TV show that’s a few years old, I still like to google the show and the episode number after every episode because I love to see what other people are seeing/thinking/saying. I don’t know much about Severance besides what I’ve seen in here, but I can imagine it has people pitching the craziest of ideas!

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        4·
        2 months ago

        robots, clones, pregnancy and complete surveillance seem to be the most popular

        my fave nuts post so far has been the feminist saying no man could possibly understand the women signally to each other scene. It was men who wrote the scene.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    8·
    2 months ago

    Driving along I wanted to change the song. must’ve said “hey Google” 5 or 6 times before I realized thats probably not gonna work on my iphone. I havnt had google assistant in like 6 years, man I’m dumb!

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
      8·
      2 months ago

      I have 2 google homes. One in the kitchen and one in the lounge room. Sometimes the one in the kitchen that’s further away answers me but not what I’ve asked.

      The other day I got frustrated and replied “hey google shut the fuck up cunt”. Then I heard giggling from another room and realised I wasn’t home alone.

      Another one is:

      Me: Hey google. What’s the weather like today?

      Google: Would you like me tell you about your day…

      Me: NO. I asked for the weather. Fuck me.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    8·
    2 months ago

    Another bewwwwtiful one for day/night drinking. Hit it hard, folks. Cheers 🍺

    *This post was proudly sponsored by Kelvin The Beeranator - The old fridge that could.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I’m trying to decide what to grab for myself as a “congrats new job, congrats 10 years sober” present.

    There are 2 options:

    1. eventide h90
    2. empress zoia

    Please pick either 1 or 2 and reply to this and I’ll grab the one with the most votes. I know I’m asking a lot, so all good if not :)

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      2·
      2 months ago

      They both sound gorgeous, but I love this fan video for the ZOIA so my vote is for #2.

      Edit: To add the H90 in black looks sexy, if you get enough votes for that one hopefully it’s in stock still?

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        That video is sooo damn cool!!

        I’ll have to suss out the black eventide, but so far I’m leaning zoia.

        Am taking my stuff with me to test each out a bit, but there’s a limit to the patience of music store people lol.

        Eventide - you know what you’re getting

        Zoia - crazy random stuff that could be mind blowing.

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      2·
      2 months ago

      Massive fan of eventide stuff but only tried their plugs. Couldn’t live without a few of them.

      Looks like zoia looks interesting though. Seems more complex if I’m reading it correctly.

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I had the eventide space but had to sell it when I wasn’t working, which really sucked.

        The zoia is super complex but there’s hundreds of existing patches that people have already created which is awesome.

        What eventide plugs are you using?

        • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
          2·
          2 months ago

          Blackhole, crystals, crushstation, H949 dual and omnipressor are my faves. They have the full bundle up on AN.

          Blackhole pretty much goes on a lot of stuff. love that thing so had to buy that one heh.

          Keen to hear which pedal you pick!

          • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Funny you should mention AN. That’s where I got the arturia bundle lol

            Blackhole is an absolute beast. And I miss the space just for that algo and there was one called mangled verb which was pretty cool.

            Will keep you updated!

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      2·
      2 months ago

      I feel like you could almost get the h90 sounds out of the helix, so I’d go the zoia. You could probably put feedback through it and turn it into an instrument on it’s own

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Normally I’d agree, but I had a strymon bigsky for a couple of weeks recently and man, the helix reverbs need some serious work in a firmware update.

        Bigsky was literally plug it in, pick a setting and sounds great straight away pretty much. Heaps fuller.

        But the zoia can do some pretty crazy Reverb stuff as well. And you’re right about using it as an instrument.

        You can use it to build synths you can control with either mono input guitar or a midi controller.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      2·
      2 months ago

      Initially the eventide I’d go for but if you’re really going to get into it and also find the sounds you’re looking for and also be able to devote more time figuring it out go for the Empress

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      1·
      2 months ago

      it’s not too much to ask. 🙂

      What a choice, guitar effects or keyboard effects. I think eventide guitar, just because I like the strangeness of guitar effects

      also, I know you like guitars.

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        The eventide gives amazingly clear but fairly straightforward sounds. Fairly easy to program.

        The zoia on the other hands doesn’t do straightforward. It does very unique. Much more difficult to program but has a community that creates sounds for it.

        Eventide is more expensive by $200

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    7·
    2 months ago

    Ah, the dulcet tones of f1 cars from a distance. Hooray, not…

    E: had a go with these hot and spicy chicken flavour (black packet) indomie noodles. Love the spices - cumin and some other stuff in there - but dear gods it’s fiery. Might put less of the chili oil next time. Or zhuzh it up with veg to offset the heat 🥵

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        6·
        2 months ago

        You’ll get used to the spice. Be brave.

        Eventually your eyes will turn blue and you’ll be willing to fight for Lisan al Gaib!

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        2 months ago

        I grew up with much more spice than this and regularly cook/eat spicy food, but after nearly 15 years of living in Australia my chilli tolerance has gone down so much it’s not funny…

        E: I will also say this is nowhere near as mouth-rapingly hot as the black samyang noodles. That one is a biological weapon