School holidays. Took the kids to the zoo yesterday. Saw Nellie. Took some photos. Also, bought a 2024 Numbat calendar on clearance for the cute numbat photos in it for $2.
Warning: I may start randomly spamming cute numbat photos at the thread in the coming weeks.
I love Perth zoo. You don't realise that there are native animals exclusive to WA only. It's such a well planned zoo.
Do that. Not spam if nice photos. Maybe spiced ham?
After about two months of holding out for op-shops to have a muffin tray, bowls and large jars at a reasonable price, I've bought them all at bigW for about half of what the salvos were asking. One place wanted $10 ea for large used Moccona jars, ffs. Used jars should be 50c imo.
Op Shops seem to have stupid pricing these days. They have so much stuff being donated that they dont always even accept donations, and then instead of putting reasonable prices on things to sell quickly they mark it up so much it's often not worth buying.
I've been going to op shops all my life and I think they've finally lost my business. The clothes and kitchen ware cost more than new. Interesting items seem to be marked at their maximum ebay value, eg, the donkey kong hand held for $250!
I feel like they're pretty much just cash converters except they don't pay anything for the stuff they sell
it got popular, cant blame 'em for trying to make a buck. Can blame 'em for trying to make a buck on Kmart donations though. The anko shit was rough when it was brand new, certainly no better now.
the brotherhood have lost it, they are charging $30 for old jumpers with any label except kmart
and they have some weird idea that old means vintage and collectable ( it doesn't )
savers might not be a huge charity but at least they are reasonable
I give away my moccona jars to neighbours in my courtyard, I just put them out in the common area, they are always gone in 10 minutes
Burwood East RSPCA Op Shop is still priced like most places used to be! Got my trench coat for $7. Basically everything ends up on the clearance rack eventually too.
got a win outta salvos the other weekend, glass keepcup for 2 bucks.
Booked a short holiday and cruise for next month. My brain: “maybe I should work on my health and fitness leading up to that!” Also my brain: “eat fried potato. Now.”
… it was delicious.
A fried potato isn't that bad. It's got a lot of kilojoules if you're counting, but it is also fairly unprocessed. Lots of supposedly diet snacks are actually worse for you than a fried potato.
Processed food is the devil. And it's everywhere in our diet. If the ingredients list on a snack is more than two lines long and has a bunch of numbers, it is worse for you than a fried potato.
I've often wondered how much different diets and snack food would look if instead of the fat free craze, there was a sugar free craze. Obviously not everything can (or should) be sugar free, but if there was much more emphasis put on low/no sugar foods, people would be healthier overall now. Same story with plastics
Gratitude time :)
I'm grateful for the meal prep I did yesterday, and also a sleep in.
I am grateful for fast home delivery of groceries, saves my back from carrying and I don't need a car.
Grateful Mickey is better.
Grateful that I did mine and partners washing yesterday, so I don't feel guilty about not doing any today haha
Grateful to witness the fog this morning. I could see the city from Brunswick at 8.20am, and when I got back at 9am-ish I couldn't even see the street lol
I am grateful I put petrol in my car yesterday, so today I can drive straight home from work without stopping.
Edit: Bonus gratefulness - the food cupboard had some slightly squished lemon butter pastry things that are really yummy. I am having dessert first tonight.
Grateful for a roof over my and my family's heads. If you ask this question every day, I will give this answer every day, because I was homeless for a time as a teenager and have never forgotten.
Same here. Glad you're doing OK now.
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I am grateful for chocolate, and warm socks. And painkillers.
Grateful for a roof over my head with a fluffy companion
For being able to make music
Having resilience and enough stubbornness not to give up on what I want.
And for the amazing user here that offered to be my reference
After the admin were arseholes again, I'm grateful that I have a guaranteed position if I decide to walk.
After having stayed in shit jobs more than once because there wasn't anything out there, it's such a relief that I do have the option of saying '"fuck this shit, I'm out" if need be.
I'm also grateful that I only have to interact with the office maybe 10% of the time and the rest is with clients.Grateful for being able to keep warm in this cold weather. I know it’s tough for many people with cost of living, and rentals built like tents where there is no option to improve the place.
Someone required a bath today due to a pootastrophe. He's still little under all that floof. Wasn't a fan of the hair-dryer but happy to have a sit in front of the fire. Thankful he is so placid, he didn't enjoy the process but it was just some grumbles.
Aww, what a sad little face.
He was a bit baffled by the whole thing. Many hugs and snugs and it's all better now.
Awwww he looks like he needs a cuddle 😍
Many snugs have been had!
oh poor sweetie
Morning all! Just woke up from a crazy dream where myself and four other unknown (to me) people were on the run in the States, which at one point involved stealing a heavily modded Chevy Wrangler from Donald Trump (he cried. He loved that car. Lots of people, the best people, said it was a great car). It was a comedy/drama kind of dream, very entertaining, and I did not want to wake up. Stupid bladder! In the dream we made a toilet pitstop and while I went I suddenly thought, "HEY, YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT IN REAL LIFE ARE YOU‽” and I suddenly awoke and I was! I haven't wet the bed in 40 years! I didn't wet the bed much, luckily, just my multilayered night attire. Very weird experience and a helluva way to end the dream I was enjoying.
Hugs. Trump has that effect on people.
Lol must be the diaper he reportedly wears
Cat is fine, he's eaten, bit me, ran around, went to the loo, and is now yowling in the hallway because I closed the bedroom door to keep the heat in the living room.
I predict he will now run around a bit, eat some dry food, and have a snooze in the blanket nest I made for him on the couch.
Also, don't buy Friskies dry food. Twas what was causing Mickey to spew bile. He hasn't spewed or hucked once since I switched back to Fussy Cat Grain Free dry food. So, there you go lol. Told the vet that too, he said he'll note it for the future. :D
hugs to Mickey and fussy cat for the win 😸
Poor Mickey! Melbcat is on grain free as well.
It's not as good as a door but I'm using an old plush blanket on a small tension rod in the doorway, with one bottom corner slightly open so the cat can slip through. (The top edge is folded over and sewn with long backstitches for a really rough casing. Sturdy safety pins might also work depending on weight)
I had an old blanket nailed across my laundry door for a few years. I have now made a curtain with some discounted insulated curtain fabric I found instead, it hangs on a tension rod with shower curtain rings sewn onto the curtain. I managed to sort out a pelmet as well to help keep the heat in/out better, using some extra fabric and a couple more tension rods. Miss Meow has not discovered a way through (which is good, if I wanted her to I would do the raised corner) but Mr Woof is happy to push it aside so he can get through to the dog door.
w00t w00t brewery now on its own dedicated circuit and His Lordship can commence with the going of apeshitness.
OK if there's a brewery, that MAY affect the accuracy of the landlord sniping... :D
eh waves hand winging them is fine
If there’s apple cider involved I’ll be there in 5 minutes!
I better stock up on the Berserk deluxe editions now Booktopia is closing down. They had them for the cheapest I've seen aside from second hand on marketplace
I spent an hour after work last night completing (my least preferred) job application's third party test. Apparently I rank significantly higher than others of a relevant testing pool. Lovely. Next they want me to give them a four minute video response to some questions...
Meanwhile. My preferred job is cold-shouldering me after telling me I'd probably hear yesterday if I made it to the in-person interview. They are playing hard to get. I'm their best applicant I bet. But I'm still sad I haven't heard yet.
In a past role when I was short staffed and hiring people, I was often lumped with interviewing people on top of my regular duties. It is a lot of extra work. It also took longer than I expected. I was often a bit late getting back to people for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, candidates had to reschedule. Sometimes, more urgent work came up and I had to do things other than processing the applications. Suddenly, your last interview isn't Tuesday, but Friday instead.
I was never more than a few days late - the best candidates usually had more than one offer to consider and I'd lose them if I didn't get back to them. If they told you Wednesday, I'd give them until Monday before giving up.
Thank you Nath 🙏
You got this! I believe in you! Hopefully your preferred job gets back to you, but either way you're gonna move up! 💜
Getting the cat into the carrier was a task. Helped when I threw a towel on him and bundled him into it.
But the yowling on the tram had me cackling; had to get right up close and go "pss it's me I'm here" for him to stop. I think he was upset because my partner was holding him, and then left to the train when I got on the tram.
Now we're chilling in the waiting room. I expect Mickey will beat me up somewhat when we get home lol
Getting them into the carrier is the most stressful part of a vet trip. That and the bill.
Lol, wouldn't be the first time I heard yowling on the tram
I actually thought there was a child behind me, until I realised it was Mickey 😂😂 I couldn't stop giggling. He sounded like a whingey baby hahahahaha
The vet requires me to drug my cat the night before I bring her in.
She's so funny when she's a little doped out lol
It’s fricken cold
Thank you Captain Obvious
No, I'm Major Pain
There is a ghost on my stovetop.
Some oven dude came out to fix a burner a few days ago. He fixed the burner, but fucked another burner and igniter (sparky things).
On two of the burners, when you turn it down, then back up, all the igniters start sparking and doesn't stop. Very odd. turns out if one igniter isn't sparking, they all spark as a safety thing so there's no explosion.
Took some methylated spirits to the sparky things which helped but the big trick was re-sparking, so when they all start going off, just push one of the burners' dial and it stops. Never seen that before.
Oven dude was gonna hit me for a few hundred just to have another look even though he didn't do it right.
So, happy to get it going again without any more hassle.
Fuck that oven guy though.
I've been using induction or those old school ones with the circular metal plates that heat up for so long. The Airbnb had gas and dear god I do not miss gas stoves.
I probably wouldn't have paid the oven dude tbh. I'm assuming you didn't realise it was broken until after he'd already left, but I would've called him back, told him it was broken, and then just not paid him afterwards. He's the one that broke it 🤷♂️
The knockoff oodie has arrived, and even the S-M is huge on me. I'm skulking around the house like an evil wizard but it is warm.
(Before the oodie was a thing I had been thinking about sewing a monk style house robe out of blanket fabric. I should have done it and run for the patent office, become rich!)
the one I have is a 7X
Fog or low cloud has rolled in over Richmond. Outside air temp has gone from f**king cold to biting cold. Hands are burning after going out to buy a coffee. Wasn't like that when I got to work this morning at 9 am.
What have the Romans ever done for us?
They have provided the lazy inspiration for countless hours of low effort BBC documentaries.
Walking Roman Roads with Dan Jones. About Roman roads in the England. I thought it might be a little interesting. First he didn't walk it , he drove in a Range Rover, he said on account of the weather. He could have used a cart instead. 🙄 Then he visited every tiny museum along the way and looked at the easy stuff like swords.
Imagine how different it could have been. Dan could have suited up like a centurion with a 30 kg back pack and walked it like a Roman. Could have eaten Roman food. Talked about all the people of Roman times who used the roads, could have even "met" some re-enactors on the way to St Ives.
0.5 hobbits , he didn't even meet up with a Druid wizard on the way to Wales, which he could have. ( caveat, I fell asleep for two episodes )
Special credit for the Lego model of a Roman Inn at one of the museums.
You'll have to read Mary Beard's books on ancient Rome for some well researched and written history
I'm old, I've read all the stuff, I even went to Rome with an atique atlas and saw the places
travellers tip, antique atlases are not good guides to modern cities
Turned the heater on before I had a sleep in. I feel like shit...
So it's not just me who can't sleep with a heater on. I get allergies from the dust and if it's loud it keeps me awake.
exception was Detroit where I had to put the heater on, regularly -15 at night, or dead
Seven days until pay day, when i will probably be able to afford a new heater that can actually heat! The old 4 fin radiator struggles.
Behold the puddle of fluff in front the of the heater
The best kind of puddle. Much comfy! 😍
Even the vape shop in my dreams wasn't selling stuff anymore lol
Ducked out today after I had lunch, sausage and bread with tomato sauce is so underrated.
Got a free drink from maccas then went to the supermarket to exchange a sauce I accidentally picked up and swapped it for the one I wanted for cooking later in the week.
It was cold and felt a little hazy out. Surprisingly there was so much traffic out there, almost like peak hour.
Back inside now all warm and almost time for a coffee.
went in and out showing sparkies where things were and fucking hell this weather can fuck right off. This is 5am weather, not midday
Yeah. It’s definitely next level cold.
I’ve got the heater on and wearing an oodie. Hope I’m not getting sick.
It’s not very motivating weather but the thought of food and cooking gave me enough motivation to swap out the jar of sauce.
Back into making a Surviving Mars colony. Saw on Reddit that someone found coordinates for an absolutely massive crater map, so I'm building my colony in there. No colonists yet, just my drones setting everything up first, but damn have I found a great place to build a habitation dome; right next to rare metals, a vista, and two water deposits. Got some sick breakthough tech as well.
Pretty sure there are washing machines and other abandoned tech on Mars, maybe you can just collect them and reuse the parts.
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-2.5. Brrrrrr
Cold enough that even my colleagues were wearing a puffer jacket indoors. I chickened out and drove in rather than walking because my fingers damn near fell off just in the few minutes between car and office. But my body is definitely feeling the effects of being sedentary :/ I'm going to try and walk in tomorrow for sure.
There's still a deluge of work coming through, but at least I'm not handling it solo - I can't wait for my other colleague to be back after the school hols so I can palm off some other stuff, sit down and improve some of these processes before the can gets kicked even further down the road into the next universe.
Thinking of making some pulled pork-style jackfruit now, for lunch tomorrow. Off I go into a rabbit hole of recipes.
Today is a write off I think. All I've achieved so far is eating three times for two meals and going back to bed at noon. Phone isn't usually allowed in bed, but I'm making an exception.
Can't even fall asleep, but it is warmer and more comfy
Tonight I am sewing up the patch work for the chair covers 🪑
home made chicken cottage pie is in the oven
I'm pooped ...lol
Using a stick on picture hook. Picture is only 2.5 kg. I'm nonetheless saying my prayers and hoping this stays up in the long term 🙏😂.
I have a big wooden framed painting/print handing up on a stick-on picture hook, must be a good 3-5kgs. And it's been up the whole 4 years I've been here, no issues.
That said, at my previous place in the CBD I had it hanging up on the same sort of hook (different brand iirc), and it fell and smashed my partners widescreen monitor. We had only been together for a year and a bit, and we were in lockdown, I thought for sure he was gonna leave me haha.
I use the hooks from woolies, I forget the name. But yeah, 4 years and it's fine
Honestly feel like it's Russian roulette for these things. For at least a week I've put cushions on the floor under the frame so if it does fall something will soften the impact.
Welcome to weird dream storytme. Evil robot taxis with Indian accents will steal your wallet and Optimus Prime is singing this charming number https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVN-yA11Pg
100% humidity outside - that explains why EVERYTHING is currently very wet. And foggy. Might be the same tomorrow, weekend's looking promising for some sun though. My split system was being weird, blowing hot and cold, but the internal unit air filters were quite clean. Gave them a wash anyway. Maybe I need to create more space in front of the external unit and give it a bit of a vacuum or something
I need a new bed. The slightest movement on mine and it squeaks like a rusty gate.
Any suggestions online to look for mattresses and bed frames?
Can you get ikea delivered down there? Not everyone loves it but the Malm is pretty solid! It survived the start of me and the wifes relationship if that counts for anything and is still with us today.
Can be delivered to Launceston but then getting it from Launceston to here is the problem but I will take a look. Thanks!
I bought an Ecosa frame and mattress.
Personally, best mattress I've ever slept on.
I'll check them out. Thanks.
In the short term, a graphite lubricant like for locks will help a lot. Cheaper than a new bed. I would not use WD40 due to smell and greasy residue.
The bed is old. It needs to go, the screws are stripped to the point I'm not sure it could ever be taken apart lol. And the mattress is uncomfortable. I may as well have a whole new me.
Consider a box base for avoiding squeaks.
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Pulverised robot cock please
Sir this is a Wendy's
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If I lay my head down on my desk I think I'd be asleep in less than a minute. I slept ok last night, but running outta juice now. No coffee today isnt helping. Lets see if this tea can help, there is a lot riding on its shoulders.
It's quite cold enough here, but apparently Tassie's getting -12 and frozen lakes. No thanks! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-03/liawenee-tasmania-lakes-freeze-over-coldest-july/104051742
It is a tad fresh here. Thankfully nice and sunny.
Mrs has family over here atm, apparently it was -4 when they left for Melbourne the other day.
I'm in need of a good winter jacket puffer thing for office. Is it worth dropping ~450 on standard Melbourne uniform i.e. North Face Nuptse? 💀
With that kind of money I'd look at Patagonia as well. There's a cheap Aldi and Macpac ones listed on ozbargain right now. My complaint about mine (macpac) is that it's kind of short, I'd prefer a warm jacket that at least covers my bum / overlaps with my pants.
I've seen a few of these things around, they're a bit overkill for our mild winter in Perth. I had no idea they were so expensive, though! My youngest wants one - because fashion. I was looking at the Anaconda range, They were in the $60-$100 ballpark (for kids jackets - not sure if adults are the same).
I haven't tried them, but Huffer are having a 50% off sale on their puffer jackets right now and I'm eyeing it off. I've heard a few people rave. They're around $500 full price, so a sale is worthwhile.
I just legitimately heard a loud bang. One. Quite the boom, bass-y, set a bunch of birds off. I hope it was the local dipshits house.
I have a tip on fire near me.
Oh hey, it's on vic emergency, in Springvale. I hear multiple sirens. 3 units attending.
Three units attending is just a baby fire, barely worth mentioning. A noteworthy fire would have something like ten times that many.
My Excel spreadsheet is refusing to play nice with my OFFSET functions. I do not know why, the exact same formula is working with other cells, it just won't let me create them with a different original cell reference.
Edit: have worked out a workaround to do what I want. I think this might be a better way of doing things anyway so maybe Excel did me a favour.
Would a 1000A jump starter be enough to start most cars?
The question is less about jumping my own car (it's a 2L ICE), but more about, if a friend comes up to me or I see a random struggling with a dead battery, what are the chances 1000A is enough?
(don't want to spend too much money lol)
I don't own a jump starter, how often are you jumping your car?
Diesel needs more jump than petrol.
Gooloo brand was recommended by Project Farm on youtube.
The car manual should indicate power required to start the batter, possibly listed as battery size or cold cranking amps (CCA).
Long time no see Dumblederp.
how often are you jumping your car?
Never had to, thankfully.
But have jumped my wife's friend once, and came across two scenarios requiring a jump this past month. I just helplessly watched a guy wait an hour for RACV to turn up lol.
Gooloo brand was recommended by Project Farm on youtube.
Will go check it out, thanks:)
