Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Ah, that nice feeling of hitting 10pm and actually being well watered, well fed, happy with the day’s work, done the day’s chores and all ready for a JAM PACKED DAY TOMORROW that is hectic by any measure but more so when you’ve been a quasi NEET/hermit for a while:
hectic!
- 9:00 grab tram to pick up carshare car at 9:30
- 10:00 visit terminally ill friend near Eltham
- 11:30 1hr intense appointment in Eltham
- 1:00 2hr appointment in Preston
- 3:00ish grab groceries from MKS
- 3:30ish meet a relative in Eltham
- 6:30 dinner with friend near Ormond
- 9:30? return library book in St Kilda on way back
And then satdee morning I need to return the car by 9:30 (taking the tram back) AND have a coffee meet up as well… WHEW
Happy American Thanksgiving Day everyone. That special day where we all give thanks that, as Australians, we do not have two major celebrations in close proximity to each other, in the middle of winter, in a country with minimal annual leave provisions. As someone who works with the Fire Brigade I also like to give special thanks that we do not have any traditions that involve deep frying a whole turkey over an open flame.
I have deep fried turkey a few times. The difference is remarkable. Just ensure you have a fire plan lol.
I love thanks givin’. The littl’uns all running around the big ol’ pot cookin’ Mama’s secret recipe turkey shootin’ their bb guns and eatin pumpkin pie. Can’t get no better than that y’all. Yee haw.
Still, without Turkey Day, there would be no Black Friday sales. That has to be factored into the equation. Also, if you include Halloween, that’s 3 celebrations in close proximity. Nearly as much fun as the Easter/Anzac/Labour Day constellation of holidays right here in Oz.
That right - three celebrations. No wonder they call it the festive season!
Once upon a time the best sales were stocktake sales, and there were smaller mid-year sales as well. Stocktake as a close-the-store and physically count every thing system has been replaced by ongoing inventory management, but the sales remain. I’m not sure when we stopped calling them stocktake sales though. The importation of Black Friday sales is quite recent, and with no stocktake involved the sales have really just spread out and become almost business as usual.
fully defrost the turkey and turn the flame off when adding/removing the turkey seem to be the basic OHnS of frying a turkey.
Making sure you don’t overfill the pot so there is enough room for the turkey is also aparently an overlooked part of the process, as is making sure that flammable objects are kept a safe distance away.
Today was my first full work day since shingles and holy hell is the fatigue real. I was warned about it, but boy howdy if I wasn’t about to knock off I’d be cosying up for under the desk nap.
I was listening to a podcast the other week about how apparently Troye Sivan brought his dad to the arias where he cleaned up for his song Rush. And on face level that’s a feel good story, right? Till you listen to the lyrics. His poor dad having to sit there whilst his son wins all these awards for a song about absolutely fucking railing someone. I mean nothing wrong with the song it’s great and, but I cant imagine you want to even think about your adult kids bedroom activities.
I thought he was literally cleaning up some areas for a music video or something loll
Sitting at breakfast overlooking the golf course just enjoying watching the old blokes walking around and their golf buggies following them by themselves like golf themed droids from Star Wars. The future is hilarious.
