Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Welcome to Numbat Facts.
Numbats are the only member of the family Myrmecobiidae. This saves them a great deal of money not buying presents this time of year.
All I know is that family name has some reference to ants.
Yes! And eating them. Same base Greek word for soldiers at Troy being called myrmidons.
Specifically Achilles’ soldiers - presumably wore armour that resembled ant thoraxes. Bit of a change from the standard boar’s tusk helmet popular on the day.
I’ve always thought of it as a swarming thing.
Bronze age armies were very small, so I’m not sure swarming was possible. Interesting thought though.
Just signed a new contract today.
Pay rise before Christmas, yaaaaas
Woo!
Whooee! Muchos millions! So niiiiice to feel validated (and competent). So take that, imposter syndrome.
I shot my first fly!!!
Only 17 quadrillion flies to go!
It’s cocked and loaded. I’m ready.
Sky pretty
Very pretty. I could only see a sliver of it from my window. That is the only downside of having a day off work, the building I work in has awesome views of the sunrise over the Dandenongs.
For me it’s the only upside of getting up early for work.
Dins!
Again not a soul on that beach was perfect.
None of us are
Rothenburg Christmas market! Unfortunately it closed so early that we didn’t get to go to it after dinner, which was sad. Also the famous Plonlein. Rothenburg is so beautiful. If you like beautifully preserved medieval walled cities, this is a gem.
I admit, living in a medieval city is a joy ( I lived in Brussels for ten years,) , feels very much like home. Living in a 400 year old house is a bit difficult, they are cold, draughty and the plumbing and electricity is iffy
I grew up in England for a stretch. The local pub down the end of the road had been there since 1480. Still had the same wooden beams at head height throughout.
people were shorter in ye olde hobbit days
I actually was extremely underwhelmed by Brussels. I loved Bruge though.
Bruge is nice for tourists . Brussels is nice to live in… 😊 I found Ghent and Tongeren interesting.
Living for these updates!
Walking the doggo and a fly went up my nose…and didn’t come out. I guess that’s it then. It’s been nice knowing you all.
You need to get @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone to shoot it out.
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you should change your name to CEOvonFlyShooter
That’s 2 flies down today. 16.9 recurring quadrillion to go!
i once crushed a fly in my mouth when it flew in while i took a bite of a burger
I don’t want to take anything away from the numbats appreciation week but can we spend a moment admiring the late David Bowie’s fashion sense. It’s quite a mild look this month.
i’ve not seen him with that gorgeous hair before
Me neither that’s why it was a little bit of a shock.
Winter in the UK. Also he always was one for doing the opposite of everyone else’s expectations.
Dinner has been eaten and I’m still hungry. I was very close to eating the portion set aside for lunch tomorrow.
I think this calls for an emergency apple crumble. With custard.
Geez this flight to Canberra is packed and hot! Pretty chuffed with myself that I got everything done on time - dishes, bins, all the packing, really glad for this baggage scale I got from my brother as the gate staff were steadfastly checking all the carry on bags… For a 42 minute flight. Even though I don’t have the satisfaction of having finished all my work projects I’m glad to be getting away!
I had a client based in Melbourne, but with an office in Canberra. I used to get sent there for day jobs occasionally. I rather liked those missions. I was paid from the minute I left home until I got back, and they paid for everything (meals etc).
It’s a neat thing about working in Melbourne that I do miss. It’s so close to Sydney and Canberra. Fly for two hours from Perth, you might have left the state. Just.
when netflix fucked off password sharing, we cancelled our subscription.
I’m house sitting for a friend for a few days, and have just spent about half an hour mindlessly scrolling netflix and can’t find a single thing I want to watch that I haven’t already seen.
I feel even better about my decision.
Edit: I lied, I half-heartedly watched the Beckham thing
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The magical combo of stremio + torrentio + realdebrid has let me enjoy so much for very little expense or effort. It’s great!
I’m still a fan of Kodi+Seren+real-debrid
I’m old school and use usenet with a local private cloud. But I’m also a data hoarder…
I’m trying to watch as much as I can on Stan before whomever’s account it is decides to tighten their belt.
these people have Stan, too. I remember Stan being quite shit when it started, but looking at it now there’s a fair bit of good stuff there! Reckon I might sign up for a fee months when I get home.
Dr Death is really good. 2nd season is due out this month. At the moment I’m watching The Tourist which is oh my lordy good.
This is a PSA. The BBL (big bash league) starts tonight at 7:30 with Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Stars. I know what youse are thinking yeah we love cricket but for those who have never watched it’s a 20/20 game that’s quick, fun and you get to watch a lot of slogs into the stands for charity.
Some players are mic-ed up and have a little banter with the commentators for a real feel good game. So guys get on it and support one of our Melbourne teams. Either the Melbourne Stars (green) or the Melbourne Renegades (red).
P.s. Stars home ground is the MCG. The Renegades is at Marvel. Melbourne and Sydney are the only 2 states to have 2 teams in the comp.
I hope they’re as entertaining as the women’s league. I do love the banter they provide in the WBBL. Grace Harris is a cracker.
Also test cricket starts next week on Thursday at 1pm in Perth.
I’m a Renegades guy purely because I live right next to Marvel Stadium. I didn’t go to any matches last year but I’ll try to get downstairs for at least a couple this year!
I’m a Renegades fan too! The man is a Stars fan so there’s always a bit of banter going on. I’m gonna try to get to a few games this year as well.
Work Christmas party tomorrow. 12.30 knock off and free calories. excellent 👌 Edit: it also seems to be the season indeed. Few work mates and I all wanted after works drinks and the first two places we tried were reserved for private functions!
So I finally finished Only Murders in the Building. Maaaan that was not the best season hey. It lost so much of itself. I mean, they hardly did any podcasting at all. Hope they can right the ship for season 4.
That doesn’t bode well… I have been meaning to start season 3.
I bailed on ep 1 or 2. Good luck.
Sat as a passenger in a Tesla for a fair bit today and it’s honestly mind boggling how so many people want to have a car with a giant arse touchscreen and almost no physical controls. There is way too much going on in that screen.
yah, I was in a Toyota hybrid the other day, it was nearly all touch screen, including starting the car and brakes, it was also very quiet
I drove a Toyota hybrid for a while, that was still sensible, but having climate controls, locking, opening the boot, windows, etc all controlled using a touchscreen… And every time you turn little videos come up showing the vision from the side of the car…
That’s just incredibly dangerous. Gimme my old school physical buttons damn it!
There aren’t even big obvious buttons on the huge touchscreen (like it is the size of a very large tablet or a small notebook. It’s huge!) - it’s in a freaking menu that you have to search through!!! Even the climate controls, speed etc are relatively small numbers… was so weirder out. Not for me at all
