Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Ted Cat says Hi.
Well it happened again.
About 15 yrs ago I was playing with my cat and I fell over and fucked my lower back / hip… 2 yrs ago I fell off my bike and I could feel it almost unfucked my back (counter intuitive, but it rearranged something). Then… when swimming in the ocean a few times straight after it felt like something had really changed.
Had a big stretch and there was an almighty ‘clunk’… something popped back in. It was extremely satisfying. Woke up to zero (0!) back pain. I’ve been dreaming of that ‘clunk’ ever since even though the back / hip was all good.
Anyway that ‘clunk’ happened again this morning.
Dreams do come true.
Just a little message between the man and I.
It’s Friday Fritter Day!
Corn & zucchini fritters, served with salad and mint yoghurt dressing. I made enough to feed a small army, so the freezer will be filled with many future fritters too.
I love corn fritters! And big batches are necessary, eggs don’t come in halves or quarters.
I forgot to add to my other comment - powdered eggs are a thing. They are perfect for when you want to make something like fritters or pancakes in amounts smaller than one egg worth.
I know they exist but have never used them. I do have a fabulous 70s cook book called the Other Half of the Egg. It’s set up for just whites or yolks, and how many. Like ok, I baked a pav, what can I do with 6 yolks?
It’s 2am, I should be sleeping, and all I can think about is how absolutely awesome it would be to drive or work on one of the super long distance trains, like the ones across the nullabor or up north. I mean, probably not that awesome for most normal people, but I love trains, love being in the middle of nowhere, and hate people. Going on a 40 hour train ride through actual nowhere is genuinely a dream
It sounds like being a train driver would be a job choice for you. Not sure if you need to be qualified to drive metro trains before you can get to do the long distance ones (given they also run in towns). But you’d probably enjoy metro trains as well - even though there are a lot of people on the trains you don’t interact with them as a driver, the only interaction is putting out the wheelchair ramp as needed. Downside is hitting the occassional person which can be stressful.
I thought about that and used to really want to (although I was leaning slightly more towards vline than metro). But train driver positions usually draw a lot of applicants, and out of those they accept almost none
Don’t count it out because of statistics. If you have the right qualities for the job one of the people they do accept could very well be you.
Obviously having other options as well is important, but I know a lot of people who have gotten those sorts of competetive jobs. It never hurts to try.
Maybe look into WA then? I’ve seen driver ads more than once - possibly not a popular choice here.
I’ve thought EXACTLY the same.
I’ve gone down the occasional rabbit hole of watching YouTube videos of this kind of thing, and I think there may have been a TV series a few years back following drivers and crews of different trains around the country, these Nullarbor ones included. Plus the whole Ghan slow-travel thing on SBS too.
