I've been away for Christmas, in New Plymouth and later to my in-laws. I didn't take my aeropress with me because I was trying to save space, and regretted it. I straight up stopped drinking coffee, happy to be home now, except my coffee is a bit old and lacks flavour. It was a bit disappointing, but still better than instant or the sachet ones.

I'm still on leave, so today I'm been trying to get a test version of Lemmy set up again in preparation for the upgrade to 0.19.8. Then I accidentally restored the lemmy backup over my personal production server - luckily it only overwrote things in common (basically the reverse proxy and backup scripts - which use the same file structure but have quite different setups). I then went to restore from my backup for that and realised it hasn't run since before Christmas, possibly related to when that PC motherboard died.

Luckily these things don't change that much so I have restored the appropriate files from the backup, but oh boy it's been quite the morning.

And on top of all this, I worked out Cloudflare has a 100MB file upload limit, so I decided to put one of my sites back on a direct port forwarded setup. Turns out my ISP moved everyone to CGNAT without telling us, which I worked out after too much time wondering why it wasn't working when I was sure I had it right. New router since last time I did this so I thought I was just doing it wrong until I thought to check the WAN IP. A quick search and I found others complaining about it, which they had not managed to convince the ISP to give them a public IP so not too much chance for me. Luckily I had already decided to move to a different ISP and had already started the process, but I did not check for this any it seems they are just all reselling the same Devoli connection 😢. Now I gotta see if I can talk my way out of a 12 month contract.

[–] NoRamyunForYou 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm being so lazy these days, haven't ordered beans in like over 2 months!

Been living off Allpresses Pods. Surprisingly decent.

Missed a whole bunch of sales on Beans over the holidays because I was too lazy lol!

[–] Dave 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not really a pod fan. I'll drink them over instant, but I'd prefer a plunger or espresso any day. Very convenient though!

I haven't looked at what sales are on, I probably missed a bunch too. Unfortunately I still have at least 500g of coffee beans left so need to drink more before I order more beans.

[–] NoRamyunForYou 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah 100% on that. I'd much rather have a v60, but the convenience has won out for now haha. No doubt I'll het back to making my own soon though. I go in cycles or making my own and not lol.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We got an air fryer over Xmas to replace our little benchtop oven and I have to say it was definitely worth it. Should have done it sooner!

Also our probably 20 year old dishwasher may have broke last night and we also need to replace our 15 year old mattress.. sigh.. why can't I get lots of money for doing nothing

[–] Dave 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

We got an air fryer I think last Christmas (a year ago), and it does get it's fair share of use. Great for reheating things that a microwave does a poor job at. I think my biggest complaint is all the wind 😆. You put a slice of pizza in, and it better be a big heavy one or the wind will blow it upside down! Can't do mouse traps for the same reason!

Makes much better chips than the over, and great for pretty much any of the over meals like cordon bleu, toppers, chicken nuggets, etc. My mother in law uses it for sticky things as well like chops, ribs, etc, and it comes out great.

Dishwashers can be pretty resilient, if it's a good one then it might be worth getting someone to come and look at it. For a few hundred you may be able to get it repaired and get some more life out of it. At 20 years it might be on it's last legs but it really depends what the issue is. Personally I prefer a repair bill to having to choose a new dishwasher, take the old one out, install the new one, then dispose of the old one.

The matress you can probably just put up with a bit longer if you're already on too much of a spending spree 😛

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ours is one of the Ninja dual drawer ones, it has a reheat function which seems to use less air flow. I successfully reheated pizza and made toast without it flying around! or it might be that the buckets are smaller.

I'm pretty sure it's my fault as I said either earlier this year or maybe last year that I wish the dishwasher would die so we could get a new one. It came with the house and I'm certain it's from the early 2000's or even the original when the house was built in 2000. It's so damn loud when it's running.

I don't know how much longer we can wait for a new mattress 😅 Both of us have been getting sore backs and bad sleeps for the last couple of years already, to the point we almost always have tight or sore back when we wake up now. Trying to find something really firm, but they're all so expensive 😒

[–] Dave 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ours is one of the Ninja dual drawer ones, it has a reheat function which seems to use less air flow. I successfully reheated pizza and made toast without it flying around! or it might be that the buckets are smaller.

Ah, we have one that we got for Christmas that I'm 90% sure was purchased with flybuys points. Russel Hobb brand I think? One big tray, very windy! I don't think it has special modes but then again I haven't actually looked for that. The obvious buttons just let you adjust the temperature and time.

It came with the house and I’m certain it’s from the early 2000’s or even the original when the house was built in 2000. It’s so damn loud when it’s running.

Ah, that's really quite impressive. Go on, get yourself a new one! We got a Miele one that was near the top of the Consumer picks, ordered online and installed myself. I loved that dishwasher, but then we moved house only a few months later (wasn't planned at the time of purchase). The new place already had a Bosch one and I just couldn't be bothered doing all the work to swap them when they should have been as good as each other. I still wish I had, though.

I don’t know how much longer we can wait for a new mattress 😅 Both of us have been getting sore backs and bad sleeps for the last couple of years already, to the point we almost always have tight or sore back when we wake up now. Trying to find something really firm, but they’re all so expensive 😒

People say you shouldn't skimp on the things that separate you from the ground. Probably supposed to prioritise this over a new dishwasher.

I was once in a bed shop and they had king sized beds with remote controls that could make the bed bend in multiple places, seperately on each side. Could get it into all sorts of positions, for the low low cost of only $10k. This was 15 years ago or more so you can probably get it for only $20k now. Don't skimp on your health!

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh man I'd love a Miele one but don't know if I can justify the cost. Some of the Bosch Series 6 dishwashers seem decently priced at the moment. I mean if we could live for the last 6 years with a 20 year old one, we probably don't need a top of the line one. I just got to make sure whoever delivers it can remove the old one, as I have no way to dispose of it.

Yeah been thinking about the bed for the last couple months and really want to get it sorted. Nothing fancy, just need a mattress. I just want to make sure it's really firm. Probably going to try one of the online ones that have 100 day trials so I can return if we're not happy. No $10K beds for us, no thank you 😂. We also just switched to buckwheat pillows to see if it helps, I like them as I used one when I was younger, but it hasn't alleviated the back pains.

I think some other brands of Air Fryers have the ability to control fan speed, but they're probably more expensive. To be honest I really don't rate most Russell Hobbs small appliances. We got a food steamer a couple of years ago for less than $50, but it's RRP is like $129! With the quality and simplicity of it, $50 was already pushing it haha

[–] Dave 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh man I’d love a Miele one but don’t know if I can justify the cost. Some of the Bosch Series 6 dishwashers seem decently priced at the moment.

I see those Bosch Series 6 are about $2.5k, we only spent $2k on the Miele (sorry I can only find the paypal email with the price and not the model). It was on the consumer recommended list but I don't have access anymore because my Mum cancelled her subscription 😆.

Probably going to try one of the online ones that have 100 day trials so I can return if we’re not happy.

I didn't realise that was a thing! How do you get it to the post shop to return it? 😅

To be honest I really don’t rate most Russell Hobbs small appliances.

Nah me neither. They all feel like generic appliances that get a Russel Hobbs sticker on them. I wouldn't be surprised to find the same appliance for sale in other countries with a different logo.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Heathcotes (local to me) has a Series 6 for $1699 currently, however I need to actually confirm our old one is broken.. we haven't used it since the other night. Do you remember where you bought your Miele from?

I don't think it comes or goes back through the normal couriers 😂I know the likes of Ecosa usually just donate the returned mattresses to the salvation army and just get them to pick it up in their trucks. We're thinking of getting a latex one from peacelily.co.nz. And also trying to figure out how to dispose of our old mattress if we do keep it!

[–] Dave 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I just ordered the Miele online. I installed it myself and disposed of the old one ourself (after it spent ages in the shed). Councils usually have tips on disposing of whiteware.

I don't think it comes or goes back through the normal couriers 😂I know the likes of Ecosa usually just donate the returned mattresses to the salvation army and just get them to pick it up in their trucks

Wow, they must have massive markup or maybe just a low return rate.

And also trying to figure out how to dispose of our old mattress if we do keep it!

You might also be able to donate it! If not, $1reserve on trademe.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I see. Only thing it's a big hassle to take it to the recycling place here, not sure it fits in our car and no tow bar either. I did find out that it's only $30 for Heathcotes to do old appliance removal if I buy through them though.

Haha I have heard before you can get the Ecosa mattresses cheaper by looking for the returned ones at salvation army stores. Not sure if that's still the case. Anyway I'd prefer full latex vs memory foam type which we've had for a long time already. I don't know I feel kind of bad to give an unsupportive mattress away to someone knowing they'll be waking up with sore backs sooner or later 😂

[–] Dave 2 points 1 week ago

Only thing it’s a big hassle to take it to the recycling place here, not sure it fits in our car and no tow bar either. I did find out that it’s only $30 for Heathcotes to do old appliance removal if I buy through them though.

Honestly I think you'll likely pay $20-30 regardless so if you aren't paying extra to buy through them then that's probably a pretty good deal.

I don’t know I feel kind of bad to give an unsupportive mattress away to someone knowing they’ll be waking up with sore backs sooner or later 😂

Different people like different mattresses. It might be their jam. Or might be for a guest room that doesn't get slept in often. Or they might be young, young people can sleep anywhere and not even notice.