Discussion Thread 🤓 Thursday 30 April 2026 (aussie.zone)

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[-] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 points 3 days ago

I've put my final Coles order in for pickup next week, as I don't trust them to deliver to deliver to the right address or to make good if they don't. That will use up the credit for my last mis-delivered order that I had to fight tooth and nail to get, and will be my last ever shop with Coles. After this I will have officially broken up with Coles and intend to go No Contact. Definitely an acrimonious breakup.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Beteer late than never.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 3 days ago

Update: "we're not sure"

Everything says one thing, bloods say another, but everything could also be explained by other means. So we have some test strips and we're gonna see if we pick up ketones at home.

[-] Eagle@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago

Dunno if 'we're not sure' is better than a diagnosis? But she has just been through a period of stress, maybe enough to throw her cortisol levels and body into a state of dysfunction. Hopefully things calm down, including a lack of keytones.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

well that's the thing - it could be stress, from the boys and from the vet, it could also be a sudden weight loss from the boys stress / no longer finishing off misha's meals as well (she's the same weight as last vet visit, but she did pork up a hot minute in the interim). Or we could have literally caught the diabetes at the instant it started to develop, but before any symptoms. it's a three way tie

[-] Eagle@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Only time will tell, and we know she's in the best hands 🧡

[-] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 7 points 3 days ago

The little girl missing in the NT has been found dead. Poor baby. She’s only 5 😢

[-] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

That's awful.

[-] SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Sadly I knew she would be. There’s only one reason violent offenders take children. Hope he’s caught and never leaves jail again. Horrendous.

[-] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

I was waiting hoping she’d be found okay but it wasn’t to be :(

[-] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

😞 that's awful. Poor bubba

[-] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Stupid question, but at a restaurant, are you supposed to bring the dishes back to the counter after you've finished eating, or not? I get leaving it if it's too hot to touch, or there doesn't seem to be room, but I was curious what we're supposed to do.

[-] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago

You leave them there so they can pick them up and wipe the table down.

[-] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Agree with the witch.

Used to work in hospo. Waitstaff have their own way. If it's a big table with some hard to reach spots then just chuck the used dishes somewhere easier to reach on the table but not on the counter (every place is different though).

[-] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

My theory is - better not to. The waitstaff have a routine, and know exactly how to deal with used dishes for max efficiency. Also, I for one would not like to have fresh food waiting to be taken to table mixed in with other people's used dishes. The exception would be if the restaurant is NOT busy, and the staff have the time to sort things before the next service of food goes out. Would be interesting to hear from someone who's worked in a restaurant about this issue.

[-] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 7 points 3 days ago

I keep thinking it’s Friday

[-] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

In my 20s we referred to Thursday as "false Friday." You'd be tempted to go out to a pub or get pissed with friends, then wake up Friday morning with "oh no I went out and partied and now I've got shit to do" pisshead's remorse 😆

[-] Eagle@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

What amazes me is that we did show up to work on Friday. Then go out Friday night and work Saturday too.... I'd love a touch of that stamina nowadays!

[-] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Absolutely! Now, even if I wanted to do it I couldn't physically or financially manage it!

[-] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

It can be.

[-] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Ahhh the dulcet sound of chainsaws echoing around the courtyard

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago

vet today stressing out stressing out there's literally no other signs whatsoever apart from high ketones.

[-] lifeinlarkhall@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Two days of work to go then two days off, wheee

[-] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Only one from the team in the office so I might do some side work for Coffee since there's no one to notice.

And I got this remote/mini keyboard off Aliexpress for trivia and holy shit it's so good. It has a built in gyro so you wave it around to use as a mouse, then the gyro also works to tell it which side is facing up for the remote side or the keyboard side. Beats the shitty mouse with tape over the laser they gave me.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Show the mini-keyboard?

[-] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

It was this one here. I got it on a bundle deal thing much cheaper than this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010633040965.html

[-] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago

Smoky smell... Hope they've been doing planned burns out west otherwise I am having a stroke or I'm on fire and haven't noticed yet

[-] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Nice clear and still weather for burning things. There area lot of farmers burning off large areas of stubble at the moment so there is definitely a lot of smoke around everywhere.

[-] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

My air purifier is going off inner east.

You're not trippin'

[-] bacon@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago

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[-] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago

My full daily intake of vitamins

[-] bacon@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

☀️

[-] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Chicken 65 pls chef.

[-] bacon@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

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[-] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Thank you chef!

[-] Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Half a rotisserie chicken mixed into a bunch of salad-y stuff please

[-] bacon@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

🍅🥬🫜🌽🐥🥦🥒🥕🌽

[-] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

A salmon burger and chips please.

[-] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

🐟🍔🍟

[-] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Could I have what RustyRaven is having please?

[-] bacon@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

🐟🍔🍟

[-] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Is it Friday afternoon yet?

[-] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

If you pull a sickie it is.

[-] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago

You know what? Fuck it. I'm doing it.

[-] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

I don’t want to, and work can’t make me

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