Good news. My husband managed to talk to the neighbour and apparently they are renting. Got the details now. Still no sign of the wife. I think she might be in the freezer.
Despite a brief stormy interlude without power and the "assistance "of Miss Meow I have finished today's sewing project.
The curtain is for the doorway to my laundry, which is uninsulated and draughty and has just been closed off by an old blanket tacked in the opening for some years. At one stage it had a sliding door, but because there is not enough space next to the door to allow it to fully open it always partially blocked the doorway, and there is not really room for a hinged door there either. So a curtain seems the best solution, and also allows Mr Woof free access to the laundry, which is where his dog door is. The new curtain is thick woven fabric with a thermal lining so should keep the heat/cold out fairly well. It needs some weights in the bottom to sit more evenly, but I think I've done enough for one day.
I like it, especially the pelmet bit. You're really quite handy aren't you, with the gardening and preserving and making things.. great skills to have. If the world goes to hell in a haycart I really hope there's a place for you to subsist and live a simple but rewardingly self sufficient life. I'll be on the outside with my machete and hunting knife at the ready, keeping to the shadows to avoid the petrol hunting raider gangs and zombie hoards.
Hello everyone, hopefully you’re all ok. We have no power in Burwood, and our phone internet is dial up speed. Our ETA for power to be back on is also 1pm on Thursday. I reeeeeaally hope it doesn’t take that long, I’m not built for sponge baths.
Thursday, damn that’s rough! I saw on the news there was a fallen high voltage tower, that could be why it’s taking so long. Hopefully you can go to another suburb friend/family/workplace to charge devices and have a shower if needed?
Today was an awful day to be running around the CBD. Despite staying indoors as much as possible, all the sun protection and water, I've been thoroughly dessicated in this roasting heat and attacked in the face by aggressive mini tornadoes of dried leaves. I'm so over it.
Plus side is, the drive went smoothly and my niece is very nicely set up. So glad I remembered the toilet paper. Just gotta stay awake till 8 then go home and zonk out.
Our fence is completely down now between us and the fuckwits next door. Every time my husband goes to speak to them they run inside and ignore his banging on the door.
This time my husband knocked on their back door and they still didn't answer. The old cunt lives outside like a hobbo for fucksake. I'm going to put a curse on them.
You own? While you can arrange to split costs, end of the day, legally, in vic, you can rebuild a fence whenever you want and your neighbours can gargle your balls.
Yeah we own but from my understanding is you can get the fence fixed with both party's going halvies but the hard part is getting blood out of a stone.
It’s time to get a whole bunch of annoying animals. With the fence down, they’ll overrun his yard and he’ll be begging for a new fence in no time. Goats, geese, Rottweilers (have you seen the deposits they leave?)…
Goats will consume most of it, and geese the rest. Also the geese will keep said neighbours pent up inside. They are formidable protectors. I believe you can rent goats for the purpose of clearing weeds from abandoned land - maybe this yard will qualify.
Aahhh have a newbie who needs the office because they haven't got home internet sorted and I need to go in too to be a good team leader and not make them the only team person braving the weather but I DON'T WANNA go out there....
So I talked to my young relative about the people she normally associates with and her one friend who lives here too.
::: spoiler i have a rant.
These are the kind of kids in their late teens to early 20s whose parents found rent too high in Sydney and bought them an apartment with cash instead. Another who just casually mentions her parents rent out beachfront houses and can move between cities because they own properties everywhere, like it's fairly mundane information.
I try not to be resentful to the point where I focus on things I can't change, at the expense of things I can change. I can't personally blame these kids for something they didn't create.
But when the grind towards secure housing seems like such a Sisyphean task, and constrains so much of our lives these days, then I actually meet these kids and their friend circles being handed these assets as a matter of fact... to never know what such a fundamental part of most peoples lives involves... It's beyond just rich and poor, it is such a massive gap in life experiences and coming face to face to it is just a bit surreal and depressing tbh.
Really saps the energy out of you in even bothering to try joining the race. I don't want to grow up with all their privileges but gee, not having to ever worry about housing security when looking for jobs, partners, hobbies, etc would be very nice.
:::
exhale well, not to try and Pollyanna myself out of the situation but I'll try and end the night now at least feeling grateful for my warm shower and power. The worst I've suffered back home is two chilli pots blown over squashing other plants.
What they have is family and no mental guilt or misplaced shame with using family assets.
How come poor people/young adults think they have to be independent, have to live on their own, have to make it on their own? That's nothing but false truisms that keep poor people poor.
kitten, you're doing really good things for your fam, the right things. 🤗
It's hard not to be bitter when you see the staggering difference in opportunities being handed out. Indeed these kids are very privileged and will have a big head start in life. The system is fucked.
But you're doing such good things for your niece and ensuring she didn't just go off a support cliff on moving to study. It's so helpful what you did for her and having that support will help her focus on her studies. Even if it's not a paid off house it's a lot more than some young people get and I'm sure she appreciates it immensely.
Was thinking about hitting the beach but experience tells me that wind will ruin your day.
It reminds of the time I went to Kalbarri in WA few years back (lovely place can recommend) went to the beach and wind was huuuge. Sand was hitting my shins with extraordinary vigour and it left a mark on them for a few years. Completely destroyed my shin modelling career.
Sandblasting is no joke.
edit: and look who decided to look after the chillo patch:
Anytime I see them there is a squeal of delight. These things whilst pretty are apex monsters of the bug world. If I were an aphid I wouldn't be buying a long playing record.
<3 I do the same whenever I see these friends chilling out with my plants too. Chillos have been aphid free this summer, entirely thanks to my homies I think
Channelling the Mock Turtle's song in Alice in Wonderland. Given that lobsters and crayfish are pretty much the same.
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail.
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle — will you come and join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be,
When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!"
But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance—
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.
"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied.
"There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.
The further off from England the nearer is to France—
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?
Yeah they're trying that in brighton. Literally in dendy's special survey. I mean, do they want to find out how far a fist can go up their arse? 'Cos that strikes me as a very good way to find out.
Internet is entirely cellular, the ntd was the first thing to go when the power died. Weirdly? My backup modem is 3G and since everything has shifted to 4g+ it's very underloaded. Running better than my phone.
We have no power but i've lived through enough bigass outages that we have plenty of creature comforts. We got fans, console power, working kettle, even a fridge. Womp womp.
If the shit folds out into tomorrow ima gonna bust out the solar panels to refresh some batteries and bring up the big bastard to run the inverter for my laptop.
I was fuming when my phone was out and mobile data wasn’t working.
I couldn’t get updates and could only send texts and had to get updates from a friend.
I’m more worried my frozen food. Got about 4kg of dumplings/gyoza that I recently bought and I don’t really want it all to go to waste because of how stretched I am financially.
The only saving grace has been my power packs and having a Nintendo Switch, my god that is a god send and also my podcasts that get pre downloaded.
Shame there’s power at work though, could have done with a day off.
I recently had solar panels installed so if the sun is really out tomorrow and power is out, what happens?
I also saw trees down on east boundary and along centre road on the way back from work. Big tree took up 1 and a half lanes on centre road near Brady Road/Chesterville Dr.
Your solar system most likely won't island, unless you have a powerwall or similar. They're designed to shut off if no grid feed to stop accidentally frying workers doing repairs.
Standalone freezer? Could hold if you don't open it. Icebox? Cook those fuckers and extend their lifespan.
My power came back early morning I'm currently experiencing a weird thing were I think my power isn't stable so I can see all my lights dimming and getting brighter all at the same time.
Don't think devices are properly being powered either as my air con unit was going berserk with beeping and woke me up.
When I get home I'm going to turn off the mains for a while and then turn it back on unless it fixes itself by the time I get home.
Did your power come back? I hear South Road lights are all out at the moment.
Drove past a crew doing some king of work in the nature strip (water maybe?). In this hot windy weather, I wish to say to all workers who have to be outdoors today you are all absolute champs. People don’t appreciate there are real people out there keeping stuff going. You have my admiration and appreciation.
For me - pick a couple of small things that are guaranteed to help you (like basics - home cooked dinner, morning sunshine, decent bedtime - what is super simple but feels delightful?). Anchor to them. You won't do everything but if there's something you can come back to as a reset it helps. Get outside and moving (running is good, even walking, or just putt your feet on grass every day and breathe for a minute.). Make some of these little spaces to feel your feelings, or just to hook into the bigger natural world.
For me its sleep and nature. I try to go for a walk every day (even a few houses and back). I stick my head out the window at night and look at the sky / clouds. Every morning I get up round 6am or earlier. Even if I just wash my face, look out the window, have a glass of water and then go back to bed. Its a little anchor.
And have a list of friends - if you've gone a few days without good easy connections, txt someone a meme, give them a call, organise a walk on the weekend. It hard but it really helps.
Running. Only real cost is shoes. Obviously other exercise too, but running you can do straight from your front door, no travel to work into the schedule, no memberships etc
I thought it was some new posh coffee apparatus then I looked it up and saw it was just a plunger. I have one sitting on my kitchen cabinet as an ornament.
Just saw on the Latrobe valley incidents facebook that 6 of the transmission towers got taken out. That's hurricane level shit. They're literally bent in half.
I like those Chris' Dips that come in the little terracotta pots. However, don't get them delivered if you order groceries online. I think they spend a bit too much time in the back of the truck out of the fridge. They can be one of the few reasons I leave the house to buy groceries.
I am very lucky to still have power - the other side of the road is out. Internet's very patchy though, I have both Telstra and Optus sims and they are both dropping out periodically and running slow.
One of my cats has gotten quite fat…. Lazy ragdoll that clearly eats more than he should. The other cats are self regulating as far as food intake and exercise. This is going to be a fun issue to fix ….
Fricken worried about the fire risks today. Im an hour from home (assuming the trains work). Mrs is 20/30 minutes drive. Were in the suburbs so we should be totally fine, but it is close to Gippsland too.
Can relate - I’m always worried leaving my place over summer. Nobody to enact the fire plan and make sure the animals are safe. Have indoor cats, plus a dog and horses.
I have a grocery delivery that was supposed to be delivered before midday that has still not arrived. The website still has an estimated arrival time of 10:30. My current working theory is the delivery driver decided it was way too hot and has holed up in an ice-cream shop somewhere instead. I couldn't even really blame them if they had, it's nasty out there 🤣
Edit: I'm not too far off, the driver apparently called in sick. Groceries will be delivered this afternoon, so whilst the communication from Coles has been dreadful at least they are still coming today.
I've had reliability issues with Coles click and collect recently, with no communication.
Woolies on the other hand communicate all the time with any issue.
Some of those scifi series like Dr Who books are written by really good and now famous authors, using fake names. It's reliable income in a trade that's notorious for variability.
He's a great story teller, it was a shame he went sub-only, but he's got to make a living like the rest of us. I can only find his new pod 'Medical Mysteries' but not his true crime series.
All his back catalogue is definitely back. He had a short message on medical mysteries and when I checked it was all there. I use castbox for my podcasts but it's on Spotify too.
A fruit smoothie (no watermelons, pineapples, or disgusting bananays), smoked salmon, and THE POWER OF GOD (useless or otherwise) to get me through this day, particularly in 2 hours time where I'll be driving a minivan to the airport and then into the CBD itself at peak hour with some potentially cranky passengers.
I slept from about 10 til 2, then had about one more hour of sleep after that 😴 busy day at work today too blargh. I'll take... Three red bulls, a double espresso shot, and an electric eel up my bum
Yeowza. One job I ended up doing in Clayton (first one cancelled) had the storm hit halfway through and they lost power - their son said all the way to Ringwood and not expected back until midnight.
Fortunately all good in my area but until I got to the Dingley bypass most of the lights were out, to say nothing of the trees with half the branches gone and the odd ambulance. 😬
Good news. My husband managed to talk to the neighbour and apparently they are renting. Got the details now. Still no sign of the wife. I think she might be in the freezer.
My complaint about the heat is being up all night pissing after smashing water all day.
Miss Meow is "helping" with the sewing
Such a helpful girl!
Despite a brief stormy interlude without power and the "assistance "of Miss Meow I have finished today's sewing project.
The curtain is for the doorway to my laundry, which is uninsulated and draughty and has just been closed off by an old blanket tacked in the opening for some years. At one stage it had a sliding door, but because there is not enough space next to the door to allow it to fully open it always partially blocked the doorway, and there is not really room for a hinged door there either. So a curtain seems the best solution, and also allows Mr Woof free access to the laundry, which is where his dog door is. The new curtain is thick woven fabric with a thermal lining so should keep the heat/cold out fairly well. It needs some weights in the bottom to sit more evenly, but I think I've done enough for one day.
I like it, especially the pelmet bit. You're really quite handy aren't you, with the gardening and preserving and making things.. great skills to have. If the world goes to hell in a haycart I really hope there's a place for you to subsist and live a simple but rewardingly self sufficient life. I'll be on the outside with my machete and hunting knife at the ready, keeping to the shadows to avoid the petrol hunting raider gangs and zombie hoards.
Cut a hole at the right height and you've got yourself a gloryhole too. Great work.
Melbourne enabled dark mode and I'm into it.
Unsupported feature.
Cannot handle the idea of sleeping tonight without a fan running
yup, my power went out
I wish I could open a window without having to stand guard so someone doesn't hang from the flyscreen and destroy it.
Not naming names.
Does it start with a G and end with ibsonfluffybutt?
It does
Power is out, south and chesty flooded and no traffic lights, nbn is down, and i saw a cactus fly past at head height.
Marvellous
The end times are nigh. Flying cacti is a bit of a hint in that direction.
Cacti are deffo part of the sixth seal. Sun goes black, the moon turns red, stars fall to earth and cacti take to the air
I would urge you to duck..
But my advice for ducks is to be a duck.
This is very confusing.
Meanwhile all good on Kingston Rd from the Dingley bypass and around Centre Dande and Warrigal.
Hello everyone, hopefully you’re all ok. We have no power in Burwood, and our phone internet is dial up speed. Our ETA for power to be back on is also 1pm on Thursday. I reeeeeaally hope it doesn’t take that long, I’m not built for sponge baths.
Same situation and suburb, but my mobile internet isn't slow it just only connects a few seconds at a time per minute
I hope this helps:⚡
Thursday, damn that’s rough! I saw on the news there was a fallen high voltage tower, that could be why it’s taking so long. Hopefully you can go to another suburb friend/family/workplace to charge devices and have a shower if needed?
Thankfully we got power back at 5am today! Had a hot bath tonight, which was awesome!
Today was an awful day to be running around the CBD. Despite staying indoors as much as possible, all the sun protection and water, I've been thoroughly dessicated in this roasting heat and attacked in the face by aggressive mini tornadoes of dried leaves. I'm so over it.
Plus side is, the drive went smoothly and my niece is very nicely set up. So glad I remembered the toilet paper. Just gotta stay awake till 8 then go home and zonk out.
Our fence is completely down now between us and the fuckwits next door. Every time my husband goes to speak to them they run inside and ignore his banging on the door.
This time my husband knocked on their back door and they still didn't answer. The old cunt lives outside like a hobbo for fucksake. I'm going to put a curse on them.
You own? While you can arrange to split costs, end of the day, legally, in vic, you can rebuild a fence whenever you want and your neighbours can gargle your balls.
Yeah we own but from my understanding is you can get the fence fixed with both party's going halvies but the hard part is getting blood out of a stone.
Fencing notice. Enjoy. https://www.disputes.vic.gov.au/information-and-advice/fencing
It’s time to get a whole bunch of annoying animals. With the fence down, they’ll overrun his yard and he’ll be begging for a new fence in no time. Goats, geese, Rottweilers (have you seen the deposits they leave?)…
I'd feel sorry for the animals that would get lost in there.
Goats will consume most of it, and geese the rest. Also the geese will keep said neighbours pent up inside. They are formidable protectors. I believe you can rent goats for the purpose of clearing weeds from abandoned land - maybe this yard will qualify.
My dog would eat the animals.
Aahhh have a newbie who needs the office because they haven't got home internet sorted and I need to go in too to be a good team leader and not make them the only team person braving the weather but I DON'T WANNA go out there....
I hope they have good air condiitoning at your work. That'd be the only saving grace.
They do and it's very pleasant now I am actually here.
- the doggo finally gets a run
Lost power, lost all internet and mobile data and phone is out.
Power eta restoration is in 2 days.
Just posting this while I can and it still works.
This afternoon really wrecked the power grid in the SE and all traffic lights aren’t working.
But I’m safe and no trees or damage were incurred thank god.
Glad you're safe! Sorry you're having such a shit time mate.
Thanks. Just unlucky. I guess the network isn’t under any load at the moment and it’s suddenly working.
I’m going to have to charge up my power banks at work just incase this goes on for longer.
Thankfully I still have a gas stove so I can still cook basic stuff.
How’s it down your neck of the wood?
Sounds like a good plan!
Normally we get fucked on here but luckily we got by without any major damage.
Last time we lost power for a couple of days and it made me realise how much I rely on tech to keep me happy.
@[email protected] - To the tune of Shia LeBoeuf
Unable to sleep
Try Prof Brian Cox
The heat makes you weep
it's Prof Brian Cox
Desperate to count sheeep...
Dulcet toned professor Prof Brian Cox.
I like it
So I talked to my young relative about the people she normally associates with and her one friend who lives here too.
::: spoiler i have a rant.
These are the kind of kids in their late teens to early 20s whose parents found rent too high in Sydney and bought them an apartment with cash instead. Another who just casually mentions her parents rent out beachfront houses and can move between cities because they own properties everywhere, like it's fairly mundane information.
I try not to be resentful to the point where I focus on things I can't change, at the expense of things I can change. I can't personally blame these kids for something they didn't create.
But when the grind towards secure housing seems like such a Sisyphean task, and constrains so much of our lives these days, then I actually meet these kids and their friend circles being handed these assets as a matter of fact... to never know what such a fundamental part of most peoples lives involves... It's beyond just rich and poor, it is such a massive gap in life experiences and coming face to face to it is just a bit surreal and depressing tbh.
Really saps the energy out of you in even bothering to try joining the race. I don't want to grow up with all their privileges but gee, not having to ever worry about housing security when looking for jobs, partners, hobbies, etc would be very nice. :::
exhale well, not to try and Pollyanna myself out of the situation but I'll try and end the night now at least feeling grateful for my warm shower and power. The worst I've suffered back home is two chilli pots blown over squashing other plants.
What they have is family and no mental guilt or misplaced shame with using family assets.
How come poor people/young adults think they have to be independent, have to live on their own, have to make it on their own? That's nothing but false truisms that keep poor people poor.
kitten, you're doing really good things for your fam, the right things. 🤗
It's hard not to be bitter when you see the staggering difference in opportunities being handed out. Indeed these kids are very privileged and will have a big head start in life. The system is fucked.
But you're doing such good things for your niece and ensuring she didn't just go off a support cliff on moving to study. It's so helpful what you did for her and having that support will help her focus on her studies. Even if it's not a paid off house it's a lot more than some young people get and I'm sure she appreciates it immensely.
It's pissing down out there and the steam is unbelievable.
I like it when a storm happens then Woolworth's car insurance texts me to say there's a storm where I normally park. I park in the garage.
Where are you located that it's raining?
Radar has quite a few storm cells coming over from the west right now
Melton. It's stopped now. It's sunny again.
I’ve got it now
Was thinking about hitting the beach but experience tells me that wind will ruin your day.
It reminds of the time I went to Kalbarri in WA few years back (lovely place can recommend) went to the beach and wind was huuuge. Sand was hitting my shins with extraordinary vigour and it left a mark on them for a few years. Completely destroyed my shin modelling career.
Sandblasting is no joke.
edit: and look who decided to look after the chillo patch:
Anytime I see them there is a squeal of delight. These things whilst pretty are apex monsters of the bug world. If I were an aphid I wouldn't be buying a long playing record.
<3 I do the same whenever I see these friends chilling out with my plants too. Chillos have been aphid free this summer, entirely thanks to my homies I think
So happy to see them here.
I know people buy them and chuck 'em on but to see them there at their own volition sparks immense joy.
A bit like the joy of having a cat become your friend. We have been chosen! We provide safe refuge and food.
Who's ready to roast a fkn live again!
Top of the list for the next house, proper A/C and ventilation.
Everybody has had their brains cooked. An asleep boyo informed me he need to go walk the crayfish.
Channelling the Mock Turtle's song in Alice in Wonderland. Given that lobsters and crayfish are pretty much the same.
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail. "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle — will you come and join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be, When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!" But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance— Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.
"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied. "There is another shore, you know, upon the other side. The further off from England the nearer is to France— Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?
Wind is picking up. And its bin day here, so expecting a lot of incidental rubbish on the street later today. Of all days.
Fuck. The bins!
Edit. Got them out in time. Thanks
It was a bloody warm breeze at 6am as well.
Mfw i remembered we have one of those awesome ryobi fridges and a fuckton of batteries that i keep regularly charged
(My jobbing battery box is running the switch atm.)
Preppers wish they had my lifestyle rn.
Haha UE just updated return of mains power to 1pm on the 15th.
In metro melbourne.
I think not. They would be skinned and worn as coats.
With stamped embossing on the collar and cuffs.
Some are saying 18th February 💀
Yeah they're trying that in brighton. Literally in dendy's special survey. I mean, do they want to find out how far a fist can go up their arse? 'Cos that strikes me as a very good way to find out.
At least you have internet. Vodafone is fucked and this is the first time I could get online and it might die again in a few.
I’m already planning the safest route to work due to all the traffic lights not working.
Hope you’re ok, I think you’re my closest neighbour here online given where we live.
Internet is entirely cellular, the ntd was the first thing to go when the power died. Weirdly? My backup modem is 3G and since everything has shifted to 4g+ it's very underloaded. Running better than my phone.
We have no power but i've lived through enough bigass outages that we have plenty of creature comforts. We got fans, console power, working kettle, even a fridge. Womp womp.
If the shit folds out into tomorrow ima gonna bust out the solar panels to refresh some batteries and bring up the big bastard to run the inverter for my laptop.
I was fuming when my phone was out and mobile data wasn’t working.
I couldn’t get updates and could only send texts and had to get updates from a friend.
I’m more worried my frozen food. Got about 4kg of dumplings/gyoza that I recently bought and I don’t really want it all to go to waste because of how stretched I am financially.
The only saving grace has been my power packs and having a Nintendo Switch, my god that is a god send and also my podcasts that get pre downloaded.
Shame there’s power at work though, could have done with a day off.
I recently had solar panels installed so if the sun is really out tomorrow and power is out, what happens?
I also saw trees down on east boundary and along centre road on the way back from work. Big tree took up 1 and a half lanes on centre road near Brady Road/Chesterville Dr.
Glad you’re doing ok as well.
I hope we all get power back soon.
Your solar system most likely won't island, unless you have a powerwall or similar. They're designed to shut off if no grid feed to stop accidentally frying workers doing repairs.
Standalone freezer? Could hold if you don't open it. Icebox? Cook those fuckers and extend their lifespan.
My power came back early morning I'm currently experiencing a weird thing were I think my power isn't stable so I can see all my lights dimming and getting brighter all at the same time.
Don't think devices are properly being powered either as my air con unit was going berserk with beeping and woke me up.
When I get home I'm going to turn off the mains for a while and then turn it back on unless it fixes itself by the time I get home.
Did your power come back? I hear South Road lights are all out at the moment.
Still ain't got shit, idly watching the chaos that is the chesty/south intersection unfold
Drove past a crew doing some king of work in the nature strip (water maybe?). In this hot windy weather, I wish to say to all workers who have to be outdoors today you are all absolute champs. People don’t appreciate there are real people out there keeping stuff going. You have my admiration and appreciation.
I remember doing furniture removals a couple of years ago in this weather. It was brutal but we got to wear singlets thankfully.
Thunder and rain, I love you!!!
Also my neighbours have finally given up on their Darwin award and put the patio demolition on hold for bit.
You might remember I joked yesterday about having to hide the AC remote from the wife? Yeah she went to bed with a heat pack last night.
Haha my wife was under a blanket on the couch when watching TV last night too. I wish I had their resilience to the heat!!!
Hey all.
Any suggestions on cheap ways to improve mental health as a young person working full-time?
It's been pretty shot lately, for all sorts of reasons.
For me - pick a couple of small things that are guaranteed to help you (like basics - home cooked dinner, morning sunshine, decent bedtime - what is super simple but feels delightful?). Anchor to them. You won't do everything but if there's something you can come back to as a reset it helps. Get outside and moving (running is good, even walking, or just putt your feet on grass every day and breathe for a minute.). Make some of these little spaces to feel your feelings, or just to hook into the bigger natural world.
For me its sleep and nature. I try to go for a walk every day (even a few houses and back). I stick my head out the window at night and look at the sky / clouds. Every morning I get up round 6am or earlier. Even if I just wash my face, look out the window, have a glass of water and then go back to bed. Its a little anchor.
And have a list of friends - if you've gone a few days without good easy connections, txt someone a meme, give them a call, organise a walk on the weekend. It hard but it really helps.
This is great advice for us all.
I really appreciate that mate, thank you.
Running. Only real cost is shoes. Obviously other exercise too, but running you can do straight from your front door, no travel to work into the schedule, no memberships etc
Good point mate, thank you
What are your particular concerns?
Relationship trouble with my partner, mostly. There's a lot of story behind that. Insecure housing isn't helping, nor is cost of living nor anxiety.
Some amount of it is definitely my own damn fault, but yeah, shitty.
School pickup time and the black clouds remind me of when the Mind Flayer appears in Stranger Things.
I'm so bloody glad I have aircon. That said, not feeling very productive...
TIL French press is just a fancy word for plunger.
I sometimes forget to say plunger when talking about my coffee and say French press instead, I often get funny looks when I do that.
Guess it's too fancy of a name.
I thought it was some new posh coffee apparatus then I looked it up and saw it was just a plunger. I have one sitting on my kitchen cabinet as an ornament.
40mins just to get out of the business park I work in. Lights out at least in the Scoresby park of Ferntree Gully Road 🫠
heads up trains are FUCKED for all but like 3 lines.
Ah, hot boredom.
All 4 generators at Loy Yang are down, due to technical problems after lighting strikes on transmission lines.
Just saw on the Latrobe valley incidents facebook that 6 of the transmission towers got taken out. That's hurricane level shit. They're literally bent in half.
bit moist
It's sunny here
I like those Chris' Dips that come in the little terracotta pots. However, don't get them delivered if you order groceries online. I think they spend a bit too much time in the back of the truck out of the fridge. They can be one of the few reasons I leave the house to buy groceries.
Mine is bread. They always manage to squish it
I always get dented cans and things close to expiry
Yep. Cream that won't even last the week is pretty standard.
I got a ripped open laundry powder in my latest delivery… spilled everywhere inside
Oh no. Another one to add to the list of in person only purchases
I am very lucky to still have power - the other side of the road is out. Internet's very patchy though, I have both Telstra and Optus sims and they are both dropping out periodically and running slow.
One of my cats has gotten quite fat…. Lazy ragdoll that clearly eats more than he should. The other cats are self regulating as far as food intake and exercise. This is going to be a fun issue to fix ….
Fricken worried about the fire risks today. Im an hour from home (assuming the trains work). Mrs is 20/30 minutes drive. Were in the suburbs so we should be totally fine, but it is close to Gippsland too.
Can relate - I’m always worried leaving my place over summer. Nobody to enact the fire plan and make sure the animals are safe. Have indoor cats, plus a dog and horses.
Godnat
First actual day in the office for the year today. Picked a doozy. Also I forgot to pack my USB desk fan :(
So tonight, just before stepping into the shower, I asked our fluffy cat whether he wanted to join me in the bathroom.
He meowed in response but remained on the cat tree.
Not more than half a minute later closing the door, he's at the door, screaming to be let in.
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-
It gives a lovely light!
Invest in a picture to put in the attic.
That was fun… was in the black part of the storm cells. Trees down…. Will be getting the chainsaw out after work, hopefully no fences are trashed
I have a grocery delivery that was supposed to be delivered before midday that has still not arrived. The website still has an estimated arrival time of 10:30. My current working theory is the delivery driver decided it was way too hot and has holed up in an ice-cream shop somewhere instead. I couldn't even really blame them if they had, it's nasty out there 🤣
Edit: I'm not too far off, the driver apparently called in sick. Groceries will be delivered this afternoon, so whilst the communication from Coles has been dreadful at least they are still coming today.
I've had reliability issues with Coles click and collect recently, with no communication. Woolies on the other hand communicate all the time with any issue.
we are so hot
Was on a call to a mate in Ballarat and the change just hit there. Hold tight
Surely ticket inspectors wouldn't work on an afternoon such as this
It's too easy 😎
YouTube got ridiculous - I mean surely the actual answer is warmer clothes right?
Ended up pulling out a book because sleep is for the people with air cons.
Turns out Touched by an Angel (ten year old Doctor Who novel) still holds up, and actually is better than I remembered. Who knew?
Some of those scifi series like Dr Who books are written by really good and now famous authors, using fake names. It's reliable income in a trade that's notorious for variability.
[Storm Warning]
If you're a fan of Mrballen then good news is he's back on all podcast platforms now.
He's a great story teller, it was a shame he went sub-only, but he's got to make a living like the rest of us. I can only find his new pod 'Medical Mysteries' but not his true crime series.
All his back catalogue is definitely back. He had a short message on medical mysteries and when I checked it was all there. I use castbox for my podcasts but it's on Spotify too.
Found it! I had to unsub/resub for the episodes to list again in Podcast Addict. Thanks for the heads up!
Cheers mate.
⏰Kick her in the guts Barry⏰
Pain. 😵💫
Ballarat getting hammered. Briefly.
House is currently so hot objects inside the house have begun to grow warm to touch.
Nice and cool out here waiting for the tram. The coolm before the scorchm.
It's been nothing but sun lately, so I'm enjoying the gloom and thunder more than usual.
godamnit, can't watch willy wonka anymore without thinking of the grandpajo hate memes 🙄😂
Hail the size of grapes just smashed Mordi!
Yeah it hit here then was stopped by the time I got to Warrigal.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
I probably woke up ten times last night
A beautiful brekky for every fire fighter in regional areas today. Got a mate I'm more than a little worried about.
🥓🍳🧀🍅🧅🥪🥞🍯🧊🥛☕️
A fruit smoothie (no watermelons, pineapples, or disgusting bananays), smoked salmon, and THE POWER OF GOD (useless or otherwise) to get me through this day, particularly in 2 hours time where I'll be driving a minivan to the airport and then into the CBD itself at peak hour with some potentially cranky passengers.
🍐🍊🍑🥭🥥🥤🐟⚡️
Iced coffee and all the cold things please.
🧊🥛☕️🍧🍨🍦🍰🍮❄️☃️🗻
Aaaaahhh. That's truly delicious. Thank you.
Pancakes pancakes pancakes please
And another four hours sleep in a cool dry place for the chef.
🥞🥞🥞
💤 thank you
I slept from about 10 til 2, then had about one more hour of sleep after that 😴 busy day at work today too blargh. I'll take... Three red bulls, a double espresso shot, and an electric eel up my bum
🛢️🛢️🛢️☕️☕️⚡️🐍
An entire slushie machine of margarita please
🧊🥃🍋🤖
Thank hic you
Here comes another band of rain and maybe hail, fun times, always at pickup time. :(
I bet the first thing my kid's gonna say when she walks in is "look at my hair". She always looks like a wild animal after a windy day.
YouTube got ridiculous - I mean surely the actual answer is warmer clothes right?
Yeowza. One job I ended up doing in Clayton (first one cancelled) had the storm hit halfway through and they lost power - their son said all the way to Ringwood and not expected back until midnight.
Fortunately all good in my area but until I got to the Dingley bypass most of the lights were out, to say nothing of the trees with half the branches gone and the odd ambulance. 😬
I watered the chili plants, rain should be here soon.
Just started to rain where I am at work. Looks windy outside as well.
Haven't been outside recently, I hope this drops the temperature somewhat.
It won't unfortunately. Still 37c. I think it went up a degree:(
Oh bugger, that's real yucky :(