• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11·
    2 days 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.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    6·
    2 days ago

    Anti-spoiler

    This does not give anything away about the plot but if anyone is worried (like me) that they showed Irving’s dog early in the severance ep because something was gonna happen to it. Its ok. Nothing happens to the dog.

    Carry on ( so traumatized by the trope of show the dog to hurt the dog…)

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    7·
    2 days ago

    still packing stuff this evening, I’m up to these Turkish dishes and bowls, never used them, they are too delicate. So beautiful tho.

    if anyone knows how to use them without the glaze chipping I’d be grateful

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

    Playing a pre-alpha game I downloaded from itch.io (Voices of the Void), and my vehicle (ATV) just disappeared 😂 walked into a building, walked out and it was just gone lol

    I said out loud “I can’t be mad” and cackled as I ran back to my base lol

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    11·
    2 days 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 days ago

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

      • Nath@aussie.zone
        5·
        2 days 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.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      4·
      2 days 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 days 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 days 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 days 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

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    2 days 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 days 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 days 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.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    4·
    2 days ago

    Today was not good. -_-

    I got a packet of snow pea seeds though. It’s the right time to sow according to the pack but they expired in August last year so I guess we’ll see how many sprout. Waited til night and planted out 20 seeds in recycled containers (10 with 2 seeds in each).

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    2 days 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 :)

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      2·
      2 days 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 days 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 days 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

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      2·
      2 days 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 days 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 days 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 days 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 days 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 days 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!

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      1·
      2 days 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 days 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

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    7·
    2 days ago

    shout out to my neighbor who I’d never even spoken to before for helping me out this arvo. Dude disappeared before I could say a proper thanks but I got his wife to admit what he drinks so dudes getting a 6 pack of Carlton Draught this evening.

    In somewhat related news, whilst the car can tow the campervan with ease, reversing it is… well lets just say it makes the turning circle of an aircraft carrier look good!

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      3·
      2 days ago

      I thought you were talking about a van with a camping setup in it, that sounds like a caravan to me. But maybe my terms are off.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        2·
        2 days ago

        Nah camper van/camper trailer. A little jayco finch. But with a midsized suv it was always gonna be… interesting.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    8·
    2 days 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.