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Dave Hooper

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Live: Naarm 🇦🇺 Work: Spatial App. Vote: Left. Collect: Sneakers. Love: Dimmies. Drink: Bourbon. F1: McLaren. Swear: Lots. Block: Dickheads. I don’t do salad #SupportLiveMusic #GoPies Day 341 of not smoking thanks to vapes (updated most days) #138,752

created June 19, 2023

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Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

You might be onto something there ;-)

3/9/2025, 12:09:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

You can count on it!

2/9/2025, 11:52:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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’s dimmie route — a 123 km driving path marked on a Melbourne map, visiting five dim sim shops: Tai Wah in Mentone, Seven Stars in Bentleigh East, Fong’s in Bentleigh East, Berwick Palace in Berwick, and Pearl Garden in Upwey, before finishing in Croydon. The route is highlighted in blue with estimated travel time of 2 hours 23 minutes.
2/9/2025, 11:51:37 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Ahh yes, bin night the night after our bin night! Of course. Enjoy the day dude.

2/9/2025, 11:46:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 11:45:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Good morning to you mate. Anything exciting on the agenda for today?

2/9/2025, 11:42:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

It's kinda funny looking back on it.

2/9/2025, 11:40:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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!

2/9/2025, 11:39:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 11:38:02 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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!

2/9/2025, 11:32:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Their dim sims are top tier!

2/9/2025, 11:22:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I hadn't considered it. Got any suggestions?

2/9/2025, 11:13:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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)

2/9/2025, 11:13:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Not yet. Soooooon...

2/9/2025, 10:01:42 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Hope you're feeling better soon JB

2/9/2025, 9:54:34 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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 😂😂

2/9/2025, 9:29:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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!

2/9/2025, 9:11:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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?

2/9/2025, 9:07:58 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pup Fiction (@pupfiction.bsky.social) reposted

Well he’s dead inside

2/9/2025, 8:46:11 PM | 18 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Just stating the facts. You're awesome!

2/9/2025, 8:44:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 8:40:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

It must be tempting.

2/9/2025, 8:36:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Give it time. Won't be long now.

2/9/2025, 8:34:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

😂😂

2/9/2025, 8:22:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Please do Nancy. It’s a better place with you in it.

2/9/2025, 8:02:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Thanks!

2/9/2025, 7:46:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Nah not this time

2/9/2025, 12:59:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I welcome hippie vegoes because it leaves more dimmies for me!

2/9/2025, 12:00:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Not a bad choice, but it’s dimmie dependent. This is also great!

A bottle of Pearl River Bridge Mushroom Flavoured Superior Dark Soy Sauce. The bottle has a yellow cap and a gold label with black and red text. The label includes Chinese characters, the Pearl River Bridge logo, and the words “Naturally Brewed” along with “500ml.”
2/9/2025, 11:10:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Dunno that I’d get too many views 😂

2/9/2025, 11:08:27 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Yeah fully, don’t wanna waste any precious dimmies!

2/9/2025, 11:04:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Done!

: Screenshot of a Facebook group page titled “Dim Sims 4 Lyfe” with 66.1K members. The group logo shows a clenched fist with “DS4L” written across the knuckles and “Est. 2018” below. A post by Dave Hooper reads, “Am I crazy, or is an in car dimmie steamer just a step of luxury gone too far?” Below the post is an image of a small silver and teal electric food steamer, pictured with cables and a bowl of dim sims, designed for use inside a car.
2/9/2025, 11:01:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

OMG brb gotta share this with the good folk on Dim Sims 4 Lyfe.

2/9/2025, 10:58:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 10:56:27 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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

2/9/2025, 10:50:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I like to think so.

2/9/2025, 10:37:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 10:32:20 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Awesome!

2/9/2025, 10:00:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Awesome! Let me know what you think! Always a pleasure meeting a fellow dimmie lover.

2/9/2025, 9:37:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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

2/9/2025, 9:10:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

My favourite place!

2/9/2025, 8:56:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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

2/9/2025, 8:55:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

He'll get a fine most likely. He deserves more, but sadly being a fuckwit isn't illegal.

2/9/2025, 7:33:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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!

2/9/2025, 7:15:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 7:08:56 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Is this them?

Steamed dimmies on a plate with some green stuff on top
2/9/2025, 7:01:53 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I had seen this report, thank you. Good news!

2/9/2025, 6:59:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Pretty sure West Balwyn became Far Kew

2/9/2025, 6:40:43 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 6:38:09 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I am unable to read it sadly

2/9/2025, 6:18:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Hmmm bsky.app/profile/smha...

2/9/2025, 6:15:10 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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!

2/9/2025, 6:11:57 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Haha well played!

2/9/2025, 6:05:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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

2/9/2025, 6:03:21 AM | 56 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

2/9/2025, 5:41:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Should be illegal to do this.

2/9/2025, 4:24:18 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Very topical at the moment

2/9/2025, 4:04:24 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Yours is better though

2/9/2025, 4:01:28 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 3:59:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Remarkable indeed. bsky.app/profile/peta...

2/9/2025, 3:51:07 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

They’ve made that painfully obvious to all of us

2/9/2025, 3:30:31 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

That is what I thought.

2/9/2025, 3:15:18 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Well played

2/9/2025, 2:13:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com)

Ruin a movie by making it about Gary Jay and Silent Bob Strike Gary

2/9/2025, 2:10:52 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 2:06:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I feel like it's important that we share our feelings on the matter.

2/9/2025, 2:02:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I would also recommend the highly informative blog run by @slackbastard.bsky.social slackbastard.anarchobase.com?s=sewell

2/9/2025, 2:01:45 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com)

I hate Nazis

2/9/2025, 1:51:49 AM | 41 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Magnificent alt text!

2/9/2025, 1:43:00 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 1:28:58 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Yeah it looks like a popular place!

2/9/2025, 1:20:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Looks pretty good, how was it?

2/9/2025, 1:17:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 1:17:11 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 1:15:32 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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?

2/9/2025, 12:54:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

2/9/2025, 12:47:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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

2/9/2025, 12:41:13 AM | 11 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I'd settle for arrest and prosecution.

2/9/2025, 12:17:58 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Yep. What a coward.

2/9/2025, 12:16:21 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

"Troy" deserves to be outed.

1/9/2025, 11:50:32 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

A great tune that one.

1/9/2025, 10:51:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Morning mate, enjoy the massage.

1/9/2025, 10:48:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Have a good time, all the time.

1/9/2025, 10:43:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

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1/9/2025, 9:20:12 PM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I'm not worthy 😲

1/9/2025, 9:08:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

1/9/2025, 8:40:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Yeah there’s a lot they’re not saying which I reckon they know already.

1/9/2025, 11:29:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Yeah it sure seems like something has changed.

1/9/2025, 11:25:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Could be. Seems a bit unusual

1/9/2025, 11:09:17 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

He might try but I reckon the fuzz are a step ahead, I think they’re watching

1/9/2025, 11:00:07 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I wonder what changed between 8:20pm and 8:48pm

 A community information alert from Victoria Police titled “Community Information – Dangerous Person – Remain Vigilant.” Issued at 8:48 PM, the message advises that the search for armed offender Desmond Freeman (Filby) continues in the Porepunkah area. Travelers to Bright, Falls Creek, or Mount Hotham are urged to avoid Porepunkah and instead use Happy Valley Road at C534 and the Kiewa Valley Highway.
1/9/2025, 10:55:54 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

I really wish you hadn’t

1/9/2025, 9:35:05 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

1/9/2025, 8:11:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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...

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1/9/2025, 7:57:18 AM | 66 18 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Sounds like that might be the case.

1/9/2025, 7:50:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

1/9/2025, 7:44:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Well, enjoy it mate.

1/9/2025, 7:17:07 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Hooper (@davehooper.com) reply parent

Eleisha is the same. Not ticklish in the slightest. Me on the other hand.....

1/9/2025, 7:09:20 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

1/9/2025, 7:04:20 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 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.

1/9/2025, 5:53:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view