Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Thanks for checking in on me and standing up for me re the Reddit post, pals.
Rough times over here but everyone’s alive so it can’t be that bad. Miss you! ❤️
It’s so good to see you around Lemon.
We were worried about you and have been keeping an eye on when you’d come back.
It’s a very friendly space here if you need to talk or just vent into space as well if you feel like you need to.
Anyway Welcome back!
Thank you! That’s very sweet ❤️
Yay you’re here. We’ve missed you. Please check in anytime. It’s soooo nice here without smartarses. Yay.
I’ve missed you guys too.
Hi Lemon! Nice to see you! 👋🏼
Nice to see you, too!
I’m almost scared to go check reddit but it’s great to see you here 🍋
Aw thanks :)
Lemon!! 😍 so good to see you here!! 💜💜💜
Thanks! 😄
big hugs
Bigger hugs!
Hi there! I was u/Positive_Complaint over there, and I occasionally contributed but mostly lurked. Sorry people were such jerks about your post.
Nice to see you in here :)
Thanks :)
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Lemon!
Melb!
This year just keeps giving. Got some bad news at doc today and being sent for scan on Monday. Currently panicking about cancer.
Fingers crossed it’s a false alarm 🤞
Sending you best wishes and hope everything will be ok.
big hugs
💖💖💖 ugh, I hate that over thinking stuff.
🙏🙏🤞🤞
😭😭😭 just got an email from the palaeontologist guy I sponsor on patreon, he was contacted by Make a Wish who asked him if he could take a little kid on a dino dig. The kid just loves dinosaurs. He and the foundation seeded a beach area with bones and megalodon teeth and the little kid had a great time finding them all .
Must’ve blown that kids mind!.. Fast forward 30 years to this isn’t as easy as I remember…🤣
um, it’s from Make a Wish. The little boy might not even make it to ten. 😭 But I hope he lives a long life. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 ----------->>>
Yeah. A fair point. It was a misplaced joke…
no matter, I hope your joke comes true. 🤗😘
but really, when I got the email and photos I cried and cried. I just help out this amateur paleo and he shares his trips and his finds and I have learnt a lot ( and he has even found new species ) but to help with Make a Wish, I never imagined
Garden is looking good today, I really should be doing some weeding.
Image is a magnolia with a hot pink rhododendron in front on a sunny dayOh that is so pretty!!! 😍
Yes apparently prior owners were keen gardeners as we have lots of well established trees.
WOW, that’s a magnificent display!
Awesome garden, but of course my eye went straight to the dog… very cute!
- doggo found the sunCUTE!
I’m going through all my papers and I found this
spoiler
And I’m keeping it. Forever.
I was just browsing r/melbourne and came across u/lemondrop post. Maybe someone can reach out and tell her it’s nicer over here.
https://reddit.com/r/melbourne/s/MNvDqEyfCQ
I hope I did the link right. Lol.
Ugh r/Melbourne is so hostile. Don’t get me wrong aussie.zone can get spicy too sometimes but nothing like reddit.
Its full of keyboard warriors.
You reckon mechanical or apple keyboards?
Not sure but I reckon they’re sitting in the dark 🤷♀️
And in a basement.
Nah spare room with mum calling “Tea’s ready Tarquin”. Sorry to all the Tarquins.
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Yeah…I miss the opportunity to say right on lemon and post a 30 rock gif
I miss that too! ❤️
… hey. Welcome!
I’ll send her a message if someone hasn’t done so already.
Can’t believe how hostile they are to her in that post.
I just did it. Yay me.
Oh I did it too. Yay to the both of us!
Haha. I sent a link. 😂
What the actual fuck? Why be an arsehole to someone offering a room? People are nuts over there, glad I left.
Yeah I know. Cunts being cunty from the land of Cuntdom
They blocked me ages ago lol. One of many sigh
No worries. I did it and she replied so I know it work. Sent a link and every fink. She knows we’re here.
My miniature garden aqueduct is working well. I have an old sink near here that I use for garden stuff which is not plumbed to drainage, so I put the green tub under it to collect the water, which I used to just empty directly onto the garden. I have a bunch of concrete spoon drain pieces and bricks from old paving around the house, so created this to take most of the water across to the base of the apricot tree. A fair bit leaks along the way too keeping other plants watered.
This reminds me of an invention that a friend’s dad made at a party. He cut a large pvc pipe long ways, suspended it on bricks and had a bucket at the end to collect the waste for his lemon trees. It was a homemade urinal around the side of the house.
I went to a week long event where a few guys put handles on potted lemon trees and carried them around as personal pissoir
If it ends up being El Nino I’m gonna do a similar thing with buckets and watering the garden. The budget didnt go as far as a water tank this year.
Impressive water feature!
The romans would be jealous!
Cheers 🍻 lactators and non-lactators. 🥛
Cheers ceo! ☕️🫖🍪
Cheers chooky 🍺
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Cheers Spud muffin 🍺
🥛🐟⛱️🍸
Cheers whiskers 🍺
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Cheers Baco 🍺
🥤cheers!
Cheers mate 🍺
🍻 cheers 🤗
Cheers Ms Seagoon 🍺
🍻 cheers ! Been an amazing week at the God compound.!
That’s good to hear!
🥛
Cheers buddy 🍺
Cheers!
Cheers Midnight chef.
Well Dymocks has now confirmed that the basic contact information has been stolen and published on the dark web.
That might explain the barrage of calls I’ve been getting and ignoring since Monday.
Don’t like that my date of birth is out there now with my name.
If it makes you feel any better it’s probably already been out there for some time.
😂
Possibly but still :(
Ahhh so that’s why… Fuckin dymocks. Took a month for my order to get here and on top of it all now this.
Eh, my contact information was on the dark web because of Optus and AHM.
Have you put a ban on your credit file?
Nope. It is something I need to do?
Taking my sun prescriptions right now eating peanut butter toast and having a vanilla latte satchel while listening to a podcast.
Will have to move soon after as my long pre order is ready for pick up and I’ll get a haircut too at the same time and pick up some coffee supplies, hash browns and maybe some fruit juice?
Yaaaasssss boi! Self-care! You got this!
First half done. Now need to motivate myself to go out and get the other stuff done!
Sounds like a great start to a solid R&R break! Please remember your prescription is to be taken once daily
It was so nice I think I spent way more time than I was meant to.
Have to get moving now to get my haircut and supplies.
Does anyone hate the media covering the AirBNB levy, through the “your weekend stay is going to be more expensive” angle.
How to pretend like you’re speaking for the people when you’re really speaking for big property.
I’m not up to running around doing guerrilla gardening myself.
But how cool would it be to seed bomb abandoned lots with native wildflowers for native pollinators?
(Not only bees - though they’re important).You can make seed bombs as clay-soil balls, soil bound with flour, dried paper pulp, or soil filled eggshells.
Legality is dubious so check beforehand if you want to do it. And don’t use anything poisonous or invasive.
Edit: Scratch that. This video is saying not to use regular wildflower mixes as some species may be invasive. The natives may be a much better choice until I look at what’s in the bee/butterfly mix
I have considered lobbing a few into my neighbour’s back garden (which is basically abandoned), but I’m not sure they would get enough sun or be able to compete with the weed growth.
alyssum are generally good, coriander and dill as well.
Eh? I planted the spinach seeds 4 days ago and they’re already sprouting. The cat grass took so much longer.
I think I sowed them too thickly as well, should have left room for more staggered plantings. Wasn’t paying attention to what I was doing. The carrots were definitely sown too thickly and will 100% need thinning once they’re up which feels like a waste of good plants.
I might just leave the spinach as is, uproot any that get ratty and reseed the empty spots. Or thin some of them for microgreens. (Might do that for the carrots too as the tops are edible.) It’s possible some will bolt when summer hits unless they’re brought inside.
I really wish I could plant pumpkins and zucchini or tomatoes but cannot take on that much garden
Spinach goes HARD.
It really seems to respond so well
zucchini aren’t much harder than cucumbers, tomatos can be pissy but go gang in hydroponics. I’ve grown pumpkins and watermelon in a 50cm pot up a trellis. You only get a couple of fruit, but they’re whoppers
I just wish I had the room and the physical strength.
I do have a few small patches of soil but they’re covered in aggressive grass runners, I haven’t had the soil tested, a pet was buried there and intruder cats use it as a bathroom.
I’d do raised beds, huge buckets or grow bags with trellises (I was eyeing off the mini pumpkins) but am trying not to set up anything that would be difficult on moving
Have you seen these? I’ve raised tomatoes, eggplants, chillis, peas, etc very successfully in these over the years. Too small for melons, but very good for mid-size plants.
(They do sell singles btw lol)
Ooo… this is enabling
We may be actually passing on some of ours, but not this growing season. Still sorting the garden.
Piedmonte’s has $5 choccy mud cakes. Pray for me (and my waistline).
Praying won’t help you. You sold your soul.
Not ME doing the praying. I’m hoping some better endowed person (soul wise) will be motivated by a charitable impulse and do some praying for me.
I can be proactive and help you with the cake.
Umm, confession time. I bought some cream to go with it … I do like the dollop cream - so unctuous.
I’m sorry but that’s a winning combination there. I am jealous.
I will silently offer you a prayer 🙏
My your soul be saved. 🕯️
Thank you. Although compared to mud cake and cream, soul saving starts to diminish in importance in the overall scheme of things.
I knew what you meant but my comment still applies haha!
Oh damn. You just reminded me that I have donuts hidden in the cupboard
