Daily Discussion Thread:🩴Mon 11 Mar 2024
Hang in there. It's nearly over.
Greetings from Sydney. Hope weather is OK. @CEOofmyhouse56 said I was welcome to say g'day here. I thought to myself, oh I dunno... But then he said:
We just talk shit here.
that's my kinda place
Just testing some proof-of-concept software for fediverse things so good to test it in a real thread
Do please stay for breakfast. An opportunity unique to this thread., which includes the after eight menu. Cattax/borbpix are compulsory here should you be so fortunate as to be owned by one or the other. Or both. Do you grow chillies?
Do you grow chillies?
The other day an Italian couple gave me a jar full of home grown chillis in olive oil because I fixed their satellite tv service
I don’t talk shit, I’m just here to view the tapestries.
Welcome to you and your “software “
Welcome. Weather is stinking hot. Just to clarify I'm a she but I don't care just don't call me late for dinner.
Power's back. It's working now, but the electrician didn't need to do anything... Was too expensive to replace power socket so it's just sitting there all covered in soot. Hopefully will get a quote for the switchboard and haggle to landlord to deal with it. Honestly, too tired to give a shit.
Thanks everyone for reading me rant yesterday. I got some helpful responses and it really meant a lot to me as I was quite distressed then. This is a nice little community, I love it here :)
I am glad you have power back, even if the switchboard issue is not repaired. You should also ask the landlord about the last electrical safety check which was conducted, as they are legally required to have this done every two years and rectify any problems identified.
From the EnergySafe website:
Rental providers must ensure an electrical safety check of all electrical switchboards, wiring and fittings in the premises is conducted every two years by a licensed electrician.
If requested, they must also provide the renter with the date of the most recent safety check, in writing.
The safety check must be conducted in accordance with section 4 of AS/NZS 3019:2022 “Electrical installations—Periodic assessment”.
If an electrical safety check has not been conducted within the last two years at the time the renter occupies the premises, the rental provider must arrange an electrical safety check as soon as practicable.
If the safety check shows electrical repairs are needed to make the property safe, the rental provider should engage a registered electrical contractor (REC) or a licensed electrician employed by a REC to do the repair work.
An electrical safety check happened a few months ago. I remember they pointed out the switchboard, but it looks like nothing happened of it. I will 100% follow this up with the landlord.
Water got into it. It kept popping and had smoke pop out of it each time (one time fire). It had melted a bunch of plastic and despite being dry it would keep smoking, so that's why we got an electrician. It's no longer smoking so I guess it wasn't completely dry last I checked. I did also clean the socket myself as it had a bunch of grease(?) and weird gunk inside it, so maybe that helped?
Is it safe as it is right now?
Hahaha, probably not. It's a power outlet next to the sink and it has huge gaps where it meets the tile wall. Don't know how this is the first time I got water in it, but it'll probably happen again at some point.
Crikey, is that even legal in this day and age? I'm guessing your REA/landlord aren't very big on codes, based on what you were saying yesterday but come on - that seems like every type of hazard I can think of. Fire hazard, electrocution hazard, probably a pest hazard, since there's a gap between the wall and it's right next to the sink that's probably also a mild hazard
Dear Mother nature, can I please have better weather next labour day because quite frankly this weekend's was a bit shit. Can you lay off the heat and aim for around 25°c next time? Ta.
No air-con + sleeping in the lounge gang here.
Really felt my holiday was just starting the other day and now I’m back and have sads. Well at least I can tick off some major sightseeing off my list. Was surprised, but the Vatican City for art was definitely one of my favourites. Paid an obnoxious amount for a tour, but it was worth it just to get in a little bit earlier. Tourists are rabid, even in Winter.
Same. I'm so over this. Although this is almost exactly what Adelaide was like when I lived there. Except it was for 3 months.
I'm going to Adelaide in 9 days! There's some sort of out of home care advocacy conference thing happening there over 3 days and I was offered some last minute tickets. I'm mostly there to just watch, but I do need to be the dude who introduces people, although they offer that to all of us that are going, so I'm only introducing a couple of people over the span of a few minutes on one day. Not sure if I should ad lib it or not, but I have names to remember.
I also get free time after the conference finishes, so you bet I'm going on as many Adelaide trains as I can fit in. Last time I was in Adelaide it was rather, err, unsanctioned (I ran away) so I had bigger problems to deal with
I'll have to find my metro card thingy (their version of a Myki). I never thought I'd be going back so I'm pretty sure I actually stuck it in a memory book type thing. Trouble is I don't know where I put that
Bite the bullet, and get a new one. Not worth the stress of hunting down the old one. My last visit to Adelaide was a long time ago, but I was impressed with the bus system.
Managed to get to sleep, then woke up screaming with horrific leg cramp. Don’t forget some salty things with all that water you should be guzzling!
Yet another cleaning update: I cleaned. tomorrow I shall clean more. My room is tiny so I'm playing vacuum Tetris. Moving stuff around, vacuuming under, moving more stuff, etc. Tomorrow I have to pull the entertainment unit out and get behind it
I think it's because the air is moving. Yesterday was not much wind so to me it felt hotter. Going to be a nasty night once the wind drops though.
I think it's nicer today as long as you aren't in the sun. In the shade it almost feels cool.
Yesterday's waves were non existent, just one every now and then, and small, water like glass. Today's waves easily 1.5-2m on the main beach, and powerful as. Caught some great ones.
There was a bloke at the dog beach in point lonsdale yesterday with a surfboard..
That was a headscratcher.
Started Band of Brothers a couple of days ago and just to episode 9
I can't stop crying. Wasn't ready for this.
I'm home from my cheap motel split system utopia. Apartment is gross but I've gotten here early enough in the day to hopefully cool it before the sun really starts hitting the windows.
Seriously considering tinfoiling my bedroom wall of windows.
A cardboard box seems to help heaps. I put that on my west facing windows between the glass and curtain and it’s no longer radiating tons of heat back into the house. I reckon a couple of those windscreen sun-visor things would work a treat too, if they had suction cups on them.
Warned the Mrs if she opens one more blind she’s going outside to play for a while. Glad she doesn’t feel the heat but the rest of us do.
I do not understand people who cut jeans into shorts so short they are mostly loose flapping pockets. Just looks weird.
They're just showing off that they actually have pockets, unlike the evil bait-and-switch jeans I bought which have a curved seam that mimics where a pocket should go but fails to actually be a pocket.