Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
You might be onto something there ;-)
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You might be onto something there ;-)
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
You can count on it!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Route is planned. The playlist is being worked up by @tudorgrrrl.bsky.social and @sueyinsydney.bsky.social so I have no doubt it will be awesome. And yeah Eskie is all sorted. I may have to post along the way, as a few people seem keen on following along.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Ahh yes, bin night the night after our bin night! Of course. Enjoy the day dude.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Well, I shall savour each and every mouthful of these five different varieties I'll be collecting on Friday even more now thinking about how sad I'd be if I was overseas and couldn't access them.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Good morning to you mate. Anything exciting on the agenda for today?
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
It's kinda funny looking back on it.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I'd be so lost without my dimmies, so I feel ya'. Ever tried whipping some up? I can't cook for shit and I made a batch once, which were edible but not amazing. But I feel I could improve over time if I made the effort. I reckon the poms would love a dimmie!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Was at the F1 one year and turned a corner and literally bumped into Glen Ridge. I was so surprised and out of my mouth came an exclamation "Glen Ridge!" and then he thought he knew me and was like "g'day mate it's been a while" and it was so confusing.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Perhaps the South Melbourne thing hadn't become a thing yet, but I have been eating them since I was a kid, and I am 57 now! So they've been around for a bit! But yeah, more popular these days. They are my very favourite food of all time, I love a dimmie!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Their dim sims are top tier!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I hadn't considered it. Got any suggestions?
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Not this time. They're available in the supermarket anyway, the only reason I go now is nostalgia and to grab some spring rolls (which I enjoy)
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Not yet. Soooooon...
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Hope you're feeling better soon JB
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Oh everyone is asleep here too. Although for some reason when I got up this morning (5:30am) my son was awake tapping away at his keyboard. I have no idea what he’s doing but if it’s getting him out of bed before midday I aren’t complaining 😂😂
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Same here, but it's usually filled with meetings for me (online with people in the UK and US). No rest for the wicked!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Do you start these the night before, or get up super early to do them Jane? How does it work?
Pup Fiction (@pupfiction.bsky.social) reposted
Well he’s dead inside
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Just stating the facts. You're awesome!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Less risky to allow nature to take its course. Bruised hands, swollen ankles, increasingly rambly speech, it won't be long.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
It must be tempting.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Give it time. Won't be long now.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
😂😂
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Please do Nancy. It’s a better place with you in it.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Thanks!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Nah not this time
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I welcome hippie vegoes because it leaves more dimmies for me!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Not a bad choice, but it’s dimmie dependent. This is also great!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Dunno that I’d get too many views 😂
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Yeah fully, don’t wanna waste any precious dimmies!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
OMG brb gotta share this with the good folk on Dim Sims 4 Lyfe.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
We have a deep freeze of extremely generous proportions. The limitation therefore is more around budget than anything else. No car fryer. But each restaurant can whip up a couple of hot ones to sustain me until the next collection point, so I’m all sorted. It’s about the journey after all.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
No, but I shall need a couple of eskies. Am pondering quantities, and because my young fella has suddenly decided that he likes them, it’s more difficult than it used to be to estimate accurately
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I like to think so.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I really feel for these music venue operators. Everything is conspiring against them. Pretty tough caper. Thankfully they have people like me evening up the balance sheet by drinking copious quantities of booze.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Awesome!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Awesome! Let me know what you think! Always a pleasure meeting a fellow dimmie lover.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Give them a crack next time you’re there. Steamed are a little thin skinned, but they’re a generously sized beef based dimmie. And very good. I give them a 7.5/10
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
My favourite place!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I’ve only ever consumed their dimmies, which are amongst the top ten in Melbourne in my humble opinion
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
He'll get a fine most likely. He deserves more, but sadly being a fuckwit isn't illegal.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I'm 99% sure that's what they are. Also I have a philosophical reason for not wanting to be that close to that particular Maccas, which I think we have discussed in the past. But the good news: more dimmies for you!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Ahh. This is the pic from their website, and if I am not mistaken, these are Kwok Cheung's, which are a popular (and pretty decent) commercially available dimmie that many restaurants use as their "home made" offering. About $45 for a bag of 60 from the wholesaler.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I had seen this report, thank you. Good news!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Pretty sure West Balwyn became Far Kew
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Yep. Not because they're amazing dimmies, but they're not bad and they're on the way back home after Berwick, so may as well.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I am unable to read it sadly
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Hmmm bsky.app/profile/smha...
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I like to keep an assortment in the deep freeze, but recently my son has decided he too is quite partial to a dimmie, and the stocks are alarmingly low. I have loads of leave available, so it seemed like as good a time as any!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Haha well played!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com)
Approved! Time-off type: Annual Leave Period: 05 September 2025 (09:00) - 05 September 2025 (17:00) Amount: 7.5 hours Guess who is going on a dimmie purchasing roadtrip this Friday? Tai Wah, Mentone Seven Stars, Bentleigh East Fongs, Bentleigh East Berwick Palace, Berwick Pearl Garden, Upwey
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Should be illegal to do this.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Very topical at the moment
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Yours is better though
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
It turned out alright in terms of she was returned safely (by sheer luck). However... she was forced to move schools (the same school her mother attended), and it has resulted in a lot of trauma for my daughter. And seemingly zero consequences for those responsible. It's pathetic.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Remarkable indeed. bsky.app/profile/peta...
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
They’ve made that painfully obvious to all of us
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
That is what I thought.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Well played
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com)
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary Jay and Silent Bob Strike Gary
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I mean, I wasn't around when it happened but I'm pretty sure we had a war about this and the entire world was involved.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I feel like it's important that we share our feelings on the matter.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I would also recommend the highly informative blog run by @slackbastard.bsky.social slackbastard.anarchobase.com?s=sewell
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com)
I hate Nazis
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Magnificent alt text!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
It's very frustrating. I can't understand how such a massive duty of care failure has seemingly zero consequences for the (very large) company involved here.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Yeah it looks like a popular place!
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Looks pretty good, how was it?
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
It's pretty pathetic as far as I am concerned. I even emailed the (Victorian) minister directly about this. It seems that nobody gives a shit about the safety of kids in care.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
That's an unusual co-incidence. Especially given the way he was dressed, and the fact he had a "filming goon" along with him.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I have a question. How did he know where and when this press conference was? Is this published somewhere?
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I feel for the parents who send their children into this service, who know nothing about what has gone on. They put their trust in these people.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com)
Seven months on and Team Kids are still running before and after school child care services at Mitcham Primary School. The regulatory framework for these services is a pathetic joke, and in my opinion the recent announcements made to bolster oversight will do nothing to address the structural issues
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I'd settle for arrest and prosecution.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Yep. What a coward.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
"Troy" deserves to be outed.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
A great tune that one.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Morning mate, enjoy the massage.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Have a good time, all the time.
Kai (@kaih.au) reposted
Here you have it, scientific proof that if you cut your toast corner-to-corner, you get more than if you cut two rectangles. I mean, just look at those triangles, they are clearly bigger.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I'm not worthy 😲
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Yes. Because I know that it creates additional sales for the brand, which otherwise remains flat. Can I believe that people buy this nonsense? No.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Yeah there’s a lot they’re not saying which I reckon they know already.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Yeah it sure seems like something has changed.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Could be. Seems a bit unusual
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
He might try but I reckon the fuzz are a step ahead, I think they’re watching
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I really wish you hadn’t
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Well I don’t know. They communicated it today. How long they’ve known this for is unclear, the appear to be holding things close to their chest.
Crowbar (@crowbar.wtf) reposted
Right next phase in the tumultuous ramshackle journey that is my culinary career - we go to Skool www.skool.com/food-cooking...
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Sounds like that might be the case.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I wish I enjoyed them, but I just can't. The slightest touch of my feet and I recoil.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Well, enjoy it mate.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Eleisha is the same. Not ticklish in the slightest. Me on the other hand.....
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
Geez you're brave. I am too ticklish for that. I've been seeing a podiatrist recently and I have told her to go easy touching my feet in case I have an involuntary reaction and kick her. She sits to the side now just in case.
Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent
I'm sure there's a lot they're not saying, this is all they had in the most recent update.