I present:
Baby Gibson. Found this the other day
Once things are settled employment wise, I'll be looking to get her a little orange friend to boss around lol
Am ded of cute!
She used to fit in my hand lol
She's my first pet and I don't know how I managed without a cat before lol
Awwwwwe! Such a tiny bebe 💖
I love her.
OMGG TINYYYY 🥺🥺🥺
Don't get another female cat. Guaranteed catfights. A male (to be neutered) would be fine.
That's what I'm thinking. A single brain cell orange boy.
Finally!
🎶 THE ONLY BOY WHO COULD EVER TEACH ME WAS A SON OF A PREACHER MAN. YES HE WAS..... 🎶
💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻love a bit of Dusty
I love her too! ♥
Had brunch with friends; haven't done that in ages, and it felt delightful, normal. Came home to everyone in a shirty mood, resentful at me going out without them for once lol. Made my home made nuggies while I did a load of washing and we've just feasted. Now I'm going to have a lay down until it's time to do my MILs eye drops. She had laser treatment on her eyes a few weeks ago and is no good with putting them in, so that's been my little nursey task, same time every day.
I was so pumped from going out last night I stayed awake till 4am. Urgh save me from my own bad decisions lol
Did you bring back a traffic cone?
That's how you know it was a great night, when you don't want to go to sleep haha
I'm going to decline my job offer. Something along the lines of... "My listed expected salary was well considered, and perhaps I'm naive but I hoped it would be well considered by management too. Unless you are willing to meet my expected salary then I decline your offer. I did not intend to waste your time. Thank you for your consideration."
"As we have been unable to agree on salary for the position, it is with regret that I will be declining the offer. I'd like to thank everyone involved in the interview for their efforts. Regards Force_maj"
Don't apologise; they also wasted your time; they know what a reasonable salary is and they're assholes for not offering it.
e: reverse the opening line: "It is with regret that I will be declining the offer as we are unable to agree on the appropriate salary for the position."
This is the one.
"notwithstanding aforementioned salary expectations, you're a bunch of tightarses".
Perfectly reasonable response.
My minor sick feeling last night turned into a full cold this morning :/
I'm going to stay in the hotel today
Lemon tea and Panadol from the net
There's no lemons or tea here, but I did bring knock off panadol
Who's playing the never ending exciting game called housework today?
I have already completed the satisfying job of removing everything from the fridge, cleaning all the shelves/drawers, wiping down all the bottles and containers and putting them back again.
I had planned on some garden work, but rain means I will plug away at admin in computer instead.
Nah. I started it up, but it said there was an update required, so I said stuff that and went back to relaxing.
Yep. I bet the middle aged male managers demanding “return to office” all have cleaners or housewives to do all the work.
Just as soon as I get up. Maybe.
Ugh me. However I made it slightly more interesting by rearranging furniture.
Nup. The kitchen tap developed a really bad leak on Friday night so spent some time with damage control and repairs. That’s my imperative for the weekend done. Spending my time cooking and drinking now haha. It’s awful 😎
We only had a couple of quiet ones last night so I'll be into the piss later. 👍
I've declared it a study day not a housework day. Not getting anything done in all honesty. Time to pull my finger out. 500 words and 2 policies to write.
No housework for me today but might do some more work work when I warm up.
I'm putting the blinders on till tomorrow.
Giddy up. 🐴
Me ✋🏻trying to stick to the basics and not pull everything out of the cupboards in a big declutter. I am too tired for that
Hahaha. That's what I'll be doing today. Cupboards. Long overdue.
Me! With a side quest of collecting things from storage and decluttering. Perfect weather for it!
omg, 😹. I was brushing Ted and every time I brushed his back he poked his tongue out.
Ah, bugger. It caught up with me in the end.
Ironically, the likely source was a 97 year old man who probably just thought he had a cold....
It's getting everyone this time around. Hope it's short and sweet for you.
I'm feeling a little better so fingers crossed!
Have been a bit down and stressed lately, so decided to take bf to do one of the things that makes me oddly happy - watching the container terminal at Sandridge Point.
So cold and wet, all four of my cheeks are freezing
Cooking up the gravy beef for broth - Melbcat was interested as soon as she saw me cutting the meat up and now she's waiting in the kitchen because she can smell it.
My nose be stuffy. Unradical.
Ultra-lame dude
Me too. Es no bueno
Best thing about wireless controllers is that they fit into the pocket of my oodie and I can play with the controller and my hands covered and stay nice and warm.
You'll be piloting a sub in no time!
Thanks for the heads up lol
Just vacuumed the couch, a lot more dust on it than expected.
I swear to God a good portion of adulthood is basically keeping dust at bay.
With the disgusting reality that most dust is just dead skin. Open the vacuum janky-like and you just huffed your own epidermis 😭
True! Another substantial percentage of life is picking things up off the floor and filling out forms, applications etc.
I spy a lump,
A suspicious hump,
The telltale rise and fall
Of a cat curled 'neath all
Of the blankets on the couch.I pounce to hear a meow
Of a startled puss, how-
-ever disappointed I was:
No cat was there, of course,
He's by the table, crouched.I worked very hard today with the aid of one cuppa tea, one instant coffee and two double shot homemade cappuccinos. BOY AM I BUZZIN'!
I'm gonna be pissing all night because I am now on the party bus. Cheers 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Choo Choo 🚂 🍾🏋️♂️🎉🧨
🍺
Massive day playing a tournament for my social sports league. Someone in my team (who I hadn’t played with before) was so full on, correcting people on their technique when they were not playing flash themselves. Of course I want to do well but I’m there playing mainly for fun and this person was a huge negative presence. As soon as anyone made a mistake she was in their grill with her criticism. Super draining and not the only one who felt that way. If you’re going to take the role of the experienced know it all, then make sure you can talk the talk.
Then we went out after with all the teams for some drinks. Some very icy vibes thrown my way, probably because I started to get frustrated with their behaviour and it may have came out in my tone of voice during game play. Oh well. On my way home and ready for bed.
People like that ruin things that are supposed to be fun, out of some weird misplaced need to be the "alpha" or whatever you want to call it.
It's incredible how 1 person can fuck everyone else's good time.
If someone like that doesn't like you, that's a good thing!
Not a team player. A team player improves morale, doesn't destroy it.
Paging @[email protected] what was the name of the poor man's Arabic Rick Martin because we can't remember? Hahaha. Hope you are having a great time.
If you are experiencing aussie.zone bad connections, it's not you, it's them. They are doing maintenance.
Oh boy. Soju is good!!!!!!!. Oh my.
Nice one!
Yessss. Thank you 😂
Make sure you get your partner to do karaoke for one of his songs lol
For sure. He loves Stevie Ray Vaughan
Soju is dangerously drinkable!
We've had lychee and tropical shots all night. Tomorrow is a right off.
Wife and I decided to go to savers in Footscray today.
Good shop, good deals. But for the love of God....the BO factor was off the chain.
I get it. You're hippies and you're natural...doesn't mean you gotta smell like dirty arse on a warm day.
Bless up and spray some shit, yeah?
doesn’t mean you gotta smell like dirty arse on a warm day.
Imma going to wait 30 mins until the midnight snack so that statement is slightly out of mind and won't conflict with the beautiful aroma of a dim sim.
Dim sum is fine
Hot arse on a cold day isn't.
Feel me?
The kid loves Savers. Me and husband "fuck there's alot of other people shit here".
Charging $10 for Woolies home brand is taking the piss...but charging $15 for a pair of Levi's jeans is fine.
I don't get it
Brunswick savers is just as bad
It can also be the clothes/donations. They're not charging enough to launder them as well.
Its that time again - quiz
20/50 not my best effort - some of these I should have known.
Yeah so gotta admit apricot chicken is maybe one better left to history… that was…. Not great.
That dish looks better and cooks better if you take the skin off the chicken drumsticks first. Also use enough french onion soup powder - the whole packet. I also find that today's apricot nectar is not what it once was. If you feel brave enough to try this again, blitz up a few apricots to pulp and add that to the nectar - this recreates what apricot nectar used to be, which is what this recipie is designed to use. I like to add some some fresh apricot halves too - a good way to use slightly underripe apricots. The charm of this dish is the balance of salty/sweet/chicken flavours. Feel free to add chilli if you like it. It's a good dish when done well.
The recipie called for chicken thighs, browned before going in the oven. Tbh the flavours just didn’t work together at all. You could individually taste the apricot, the French onion and the chicken but they didn’t fuse together. I’d deffo cook chicken like that again, but yeah… not with those flavours.
It's a good dish but needs practice.
Master tortellini chicken soup (slow or pressure cooker) and change your life
Yeah I guess it’s just one of those “this is your thing or it’s absolutely not” kind of flavours. Mrs said I did a great job with it, but the taste was just aweful.
Time to get up and seek coffee.
Take two...I am up
The ziplock thing on my Parmesan is b0rked. I give up on today.
Today is grey as fuck. Got the coloured polychromatic wifi led lights on shades of hot pink, reds and oranges in a desperate attempt to bring some warmth and dynamism.
Also my fingers slipped and I accidently bought a new rug. Whoopsy.
Can I make it to midnight? Place your bets. $1 each way.
I'm broke, but I vote the next karaoke song as "Dancing on my Own" by Robyn lol 💜
You got this girl.
I believe in you.
Experiment time: Miele vacuum vs Aldi stick vacuum
Question: Will the stick vac pick up anything that Miele didn't?
Apparatus: One 28 year old barrel Miele vacuum with a fresh bag. One fairly new recharged, clean Aldi stick vacuum.
Method: Unlimited time use of the Miele on the carpet. 5 minute use of the stick vac.
Hypothesis: My haphazard use of the stick vac will pick up something compared to the careful manoeuvring of the MOTH with the Miele.
Results: results still pending (the fucking thing is still charging)
Place your bets.
UPDATE Results are in.
Results: That little stick vac did indeed pick up a reasonable amount of fluff.
Conclusion: That trusty Miele has seen some stuff I can tell you but the stick vac whipped it's arse. I agree with @[email protected] when I've caned the shit out of the stick vac the Miele will still keep going which is why it will become a family heirloom passed down to the grand kids/ grand pets and I'll be getting myself a Miele stick vac.
mains power > battery power every time.
I have become a firm believer in wood, tile or vinyl floors and good rugs.
The rugs should be beaten over a railing outside to get the dust out. Most dirt that comes in on shoes or blows in has tiny quartz crystals that work their way down into the pile and cuts fibres with their sharp micro edges.
This is why I don't wear shoes inside for this very reason.
I'm going the Miele. The Miele machines were very good. Even if the rechargeable stick vacuum does a great job initially, I've heard it's hard to get replacement filters/batteries for them and some are fiddly to clean. Can't vouch for your aldi one, YMMV. But I reckon once you consider the running time before they run out of charge, and the overall durability and performance of the Miele over the years.. I'll bet you still have the Miele in 2 years time and the stick vac will be out in the street.
I'm getting on the Miele. Aldi is great and all, but you can't beat old school.
Well that was actually very interesting! I encourage any and all of you to conduct this type of comparison in future and report the findings here. Very Choice Magazine of us lol.
5 bucks on the miele.
Peanut butter and bread made, coffee is next!
RIP Michael Mosley.
This has made me sad. Vale Dr Mosley. ♥
This one's upset me a bit. I kept hoping there'd be some kind of miracle, that they'd find him alive somewhere.
Same. He seemed like a genuinely nice fella and it's seems like one of those little silly mistakes that turn tragic. It's a lottery.
Well this isn’t an hour I’m supposed to be up
Same. Pain woke me up, I dreamed my legs were being chewed by a dinosaur.
I remember my dream for once: I was a student in some weird school, where you had to behave extremely well, were monitored constantly. When it was home time, it was extremely difficult to actually leave the school. Some exits turned into (almost) never ending puzzles... Like a staircase to the front door of the school never got to the front door somehow. Eventually you could get out, but it was A LOT harder to get out if you had misbehaved that day. Very frustrating
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Yum cha please. Especially those fried rice noodle log things I always forget the name of
🥖🥟🍲🍤☕️
It seems there is no English for that but here’s the wikipedia page https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/炸兩
A cupcake and a fancy cocktail please.
🧁🍹
Lime & coconut perhaps?
Beef ravioli in a zucchini onion tomato sauce
🥩🥟🥒🧅🍅
Apparently we could fund our house deposit with an OF channel dedicated to Boyo rubbing himself with bacon. While I consider him sizzling, not sure there is enough market for this.
Good night everyone. 😽
Goodnight 🐈⬛
TV review. Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I'm rewatching this series.
Most of the series is a homage to Sherlock Holmes with D'Onofrio playing Holmes and Erbe playing Watson. Most episodes are greatly toned down for television, even tho many stories are based on true crimes the true horror of the crimes are not shown, not the scenes, not the act, not the suffering of families, not the toll on law enforcement. It is an entertaining who dunnit.
But every now and then L&O; CI shows some reality and it's truly terrifying, disturbing.
Series 4 episode 17, Shibboleth, appears to be based on a true crime made famous again in James Elroy's book, The Black Dahlia. Being a huge Elroy fan I read the book when it first came out, disturbing, in his detailed descriptions we build a mental picture of what happened and the last moments of the victims. The mental images stay with you. I recognised this case straight away.
I mention this episode for a few reasons. Yes, we can learn from true crime stories, learn what is possible and hopefully how to prevent ourselves and our loved ones from becoming victims.
But also it demonstrates the storytelling of crime shows, demonstrates that nearly all crime shows show the idea of violence, they don't show real violence.
I had trouble watching this episode.
I bought a litre of fresh orange juice at the Mildura farmers market yesterday. I took a swig before realising that was probably a bad idea since it still needed to spend about 8 hours in my bag. I think it's meant to be refrigerated, and it definitely wouldn't have been treated. But I'm already sick so I'm going to drink it and just hope it doesn't make me worse. It tastes a lot more acidic than supermarket stuff, so that might help it not kill me, I hope. It smells fine, anyway
I had a swig of it and a chorizo and cheese sandwich and I'm starting to feel better. I think now I need a nap though
Given the cool temperatures outside and the acid in the juice it's probably fine, although you wouldn't make a habit of it.
She'll be right, it's more likely to ferment a little than go off, see if it goes bubbly.
just another rest day, more telly i suppose
Trust the rest. If it helps I like seeing your telly reviews
Thank you. Rest is driving me crazy. And I know it sounds weird but I'm learning a lot about telly .
I have achieved nothing so far... Thought I had given myself enough of a rest but came back to the flat after a coffee and a little walk and my body override me and went back to sleep. Have finally managed to wake up. Got some black beans in the instant pot for meals this week. Microwavibg leftovers for lunch.
New plan. Just get the clothes away, a tidy reset and a sweep of the floors.
That's a good plan.
Finally bought and played a bit of Robo Quest last night. It's a fun little fps rougelike with some Doom Eternal influences.
I have this bad habit of wish listing games and never actually buying them so I'm glad I pulled the trigger on this one
im on the beach and it is unexpectedly pleasant out here
Horrible stupid last remaining symptoms of this cold with the nasal congestion over night and post nasal drip.
Ok guys you really need to stop buying sauces. It's considered hoarding when you have more than 6.
Ummmm. 6 on each shelf, right?
Lemme see - soy, hot chilli, mild sweet chilli, mustard, balsamic, mayo x 3 (garlic, plain and dijonnaise), tomato, hoisin, fish, oyster - nah, 6 is just getting started. Does sesame oil count as a sauce or as an ingredient? EDIT: soy x 2 (dark & light)
I'll see your hand and I'll raise you some dashi, bbq sauce, 9 bottles of hot sauce and 3 different kinds of Kewpie.
No deal
No! Sauces are the 6th food group in my house! Ok, I have a problem 😔
I thought I was being smart and making the most of my long day out at the 'Rat by filling up at 177c... Shoulda checked Petrol Spy, the reliable ol' BP on Heidelberg Rd was still at 172! Oh well, shout out to the Sebastopol BP, they have shit ratings on Google but I've always only ever had the loveliest staff there, I'll cop the $1.35 extra.
Holy FUCK this week's interview with the vampire. !!!!!
Some hectic winds forecast for Tuesday morning. Does this mean we can make it an extra long weekend? I kinda wish I could wfh but given that I've just had a long holiday and need to be briefed on some site visits for Wednesday, possibly not. :c
Wine has been drunk
Songs have been sung
Fruits, nuts, meats, grains
We partake and we dance
In worship to Dionysus
The meaning of life is music
And to fuckSo the government has introduced some draft regulations on mandatory heating and cooling systems for rentals in addition to a few other things.
https://engage.vic.gov.au/new-minimum-standards-for-rental-properties-and-rooming-houses
This raises some questions. So for example in some older apartment buildings the outdoor unit of the split system is usually mounted onto one side of the building. In some buildings there may not be enough space to mount so many units, and there's also the question of structural integrity as well.
The regulations also say this must all be done by 30 October 2027. As it stands in this country we already have a massive shortage in trades and a backlog in getting work done. So you've got three years to get all of Vic sorted, which currently I think would be very difficult, and most probably have an inflationary effect as tradies jack up the prices.
As an owner (not a landlord) I remember having to wait a few months to get my a/c installed. Can't imagine what it would be like in a rush to beat a deadline.
Of course people can sell, whether that would dampen property prices or crash them, it's hard to say. But a depressed housing market may have broader consequences in terms of general consumer psychology and create recessionary pressures. It may also lead the landlords increasing rents.
In principal it's a good idea, but I am concerned in practice there's going to be lots of unintended side effects.
