I got carded buying this for the first time in many years. This is classy stuff. Not sure I've ever actually purchased a cask before?
First sip: is this just lime cordial?
Several gulps later: oh there's the kick, this is really quite strong isn't it.
Verdict: goes ok. Pretty tasty. Would be better in a fancy glass with some mint and fruit and shit but I couldn't be bothered. 3.5/5 šøšøšø, a solid almost-holiday in a cask.
Mine had my company director set me up for epic failure and my manager just laugh. While I could see the director doing that, I firmly know that my manager has my back, so that's good.
mine was having a boss of a workplace accuse me of something that I not only hadn't done, it was literally impossible for me to do, and maneuvering to fire me from a workplace I haven't worked at since 2019.
So where the fuck is the sense of guilt coming from
Just reminded me, many years ago (around 2010 maybe), I ordered a pizza from dominos. It was awful, tasted weird and tangy.
A few years afterwards, I swear I saw a TV ad for dominos saying "now with real cheese". Turns out they were using cream cheese or something beforehand. Never ordered from them again lol.
I do the whole gaining and cutting thing during the year. Hardest part for me was making meals that I would eat even when I wasn't trying to eat healthy.
It's good healthy cheap food that has good shelf and fridge stability. It's an excellent choice for people with not much money to spend. It's also very high in protein. iow, it's good food.
I used to buy processed pepper jack cheese to make nachos, it was so yummy and melted very well. I grew up on kraft too. Walnut cheese from Germany is also processed.
Oh no, hopefully thatās not discouraging. Maybe thereās an adjustment period? Sugar withdrawal? (is that a thing?). I know that guts can go through some adjustment if diet changes to include more veg and fibre, but it will settle down fairly quickly. Itās just a bit of a shock to the microbiome.
Cause for some stupid reason, we put them on a pedestal. Society glorifies sporting success rather than academic achievement or anything actually beneficial to society.
Just cause kids look up to them doesn't make them role models. They are barely more than teenagers who are either thinking about their next root or their next bag. And you know what? Thats perfectly fine so long as no ones getting hurt.
Unfortunately itās how things are. Kids idolise their heroes but as young adults barely of legal age they are sometimes very uneducated and Iāll prepared for it all.
I love my afl and love my team and whole recent saga with drug testing wasnāt something that I thought about but I was equally surprised because my mind never went there.
Very true. These 18 year olds arenāt selected because they are into politics, social issues, emotional intelligence. They are good at kicking balls and thatās great, letās cheer them for their athleticism. But nah, I wouldnāt be looking to them for any kind of advanced social awareness. And they are at an age where they want to be doing all the stuff regular young adults do. Bit unrealistic to think they wonāt.
Oof. Walking to find the ginger ninja cut into my physical energy so badly I crashed and woke up at 11pm, extremely dehydrated and very late with Melbcat's supper and meds.
It might be that I can't afford the energy, just don't have the capacity to keep pursuing a cat I might not be able to catch. And I don't have the comfort level to engage with rescue groups. (This would involve using Facebook, speaking to strangers, doxing my location, and perhaps being asked to meet or cooperate with them.) Currently it's really difficult to even care for my own pet and myself.
There's also online friend group drama which I didn't cause and was not involved in... but am still stressed out by, and if I'm not careful I could be pulled into. I'm in an awkward position. (I absolutely have a side and am quietly distancing myself from someone due to their behaviour, but don't want to feed into any escalation). I really hope I'm making the right moves to classily bow out.
Sounds like lots of signs to pull back and take care of yourself and melbcat. Rebuild yourself and let the universe find another way to care for orange cat and the conflict take care of itself. Hope you can get some good rest and cat cuddles
I am in a love hate relationship with my electric blanket. Love the warmth in winter, but itās a bit lumpy and stiff. The warmth wins out though. Can someone invent a soft breathable electric blanket please. Agree itās almost time to put it back on, nights are getting chilly!
That what Australian press has been doing since the 1890s when jingoism and a fake image as a rural pioneer country was started to distract city folks from the nascent industrial city based workers rights movements in Europe
This reminded me of the first place I lived when I get sober. The walls had a giant crack, so I had to wear all of my clothes and had a blanket but was still shivering so bad I couldn't sleep.
I just kind of want to take my eyes balls out of my head and give them a rest in a jar of eyedrops. My vision is shocking today from pounding my pupils on a screen for about two weeks, not to mention my poor hips from sitting way way waaaay too much.
I miss my bike, my bed and would like to be somewhere apart from dorm rooms with slamming doors that start from some ungodly hour in the morning. Yep, yah Llab is tired. You know, whine, whine.
In other news, how are we? I escaped before the poor weather, please regale me with tales of your happeningsā¦ Pretty pleaseā¦ <3
Hanging around, downtown by myself
And I had so much time to sit and think about myself
And then there she was, like double cherry pie
Yeah, there she was, like disco super-fly
In the supermarkets there used to be these mini cans of corn that came in a four pack. I havenāt seen them in ages. I hope itās not discontinued. Those things were so convenient. I miss you little corn cans. Please come back!
At the p's clearing out their rain tank filters from on top about 2.5m up.
Reminded me when I was a teen scaling them (wasted) at night without a ladder full ninja to sneak in when I forgot my keys as the laundry window which was never locked is directly above one. Used to get in so much shit for doing that.
Now it's sanctioned, with a ladder, sober and far less exciting.
I remember being accidentally locked out as a kid, and having no trouble breaking in through the aluminium-framed bathroom window. Bit of a worry in hindsight, and lucky there werenāt more crims around at the time.
Twice I've locked myself out of my house. Had to take the glass slats out of the toilet window, scale up the down pipe, perch on the window sill and decide whether I wanted to take a giant leap missing the toilet or risk sliding off the lid and slamming into the closed door. We now have a spare key hidden in the yard.
Truthfully, locks only stop honest or lazy people. If they really want in, things are getting broken. Get windows that look really noisy to smash š¤·š»āāļø
All good advice from the others. Iāll add that having some scrunched up paper under the kindling teepee helps to get things going. And depending on what kind of kindling you have, you may want to split it even further, long ways. Donāt do it neatly. The little bits of splinters sticking out will catch easier. Once itās properly lit, add some smaller logs, cut side towards the fire. (Bark generally doesnāt light as easily) and then maintain the fire by adding more logs as needed to increase heat and not let it burn out as the initial logs get depleted.
@Baku comments/replies just come through like regular posts in my feed, so yeah it's a bit janky but I like not having to look at different places, and if stuff comes up that I can comment on, it's quite easy to do =) I love social network interoperability, even if it is imperfect!
Pine cones are great to start a fire with along with cardboard like toilet rolls, I use a bit of everything, newspaper, cardboard, small twigs and pine cones then bigger kindling and then when thatās going, really dry wood.
Dry wood, never freshly cut down, and stored out of the rain. Good kindling base, don't hesitate to use fire starters. Feed slowly, your goal is glowing hot coals. keep the flue open till you get close. Dont shut it all the way till its roaring.
Airflow. I mean it.
Open the dampers (top and bottom) before you light the fire. Then when it's roaring, close the bottom damper 3/4 of the way and the top one 1/2 way. When the flames settle down a bit, close the top damper almost all the way and the bottom damper likewise. Then put on wood ONLY when there's a bed of coals gently glowing. When you do, open the bottom damper a bit to let in some oxygen and close it again after 10 mins when the new wood has caught.
The heater does not need to be roaring to heat the house. A bed of coals is much more efficient and cheaper in wood.
If you want chapter & verse on setting up the initial fire, just let me know. There's a hundred tricks to it depending on what wood you use and the set up of the heater. Or consult youtube.
It makes me feel good I already knew most of these.
I've been on the hunt for a good regular spot to buy books from. Robinsons is a no go since the owner came out as crazy, and Booktopia can be a nightmare to navigate if you have a couple of privacy extensions and open more than one tab
I want to run an idea by you to see if I am missing something.
My 4th Van Diemen's Valley book is releasing later this month and I was thinking of contacting local schools/ones I've done author talks with, to run a competition for the kids to write a short story for a chance to win signed copies of my books.
I want to get schools involved for exposure and advertising it to the kids but also to give it some sort of authenticity and allay any fears parents might have. I wouldn't need access to their details aside from their name as well. It's really just write a story, put your name on it, give it to the library, I can pick it up (or if they do it on computers, get it sent to me), decide on the winner and deliver the books to the schools.
I don't see anything really worrisome about it but wondering if there are any outsider perspectives on this/if it's a good idea or if I'm missing something that might concern parents/schools?
Thanks,
The schools should hopefully be able to advise how to go about it. Also set some parameters around the story, like a word limit. And unfortunately, with the prevalence of chat GPT type tools, some kids may be tempted to generated stories and submit as their own work, so you might ask the schools how to identify and deal with that. It would be very unfair to award something to a kid that cheated. But it does sound like a fun Idea to get kids interested in writing.
I had the beginning of a root canal today and it was the first time I was in pain even with anaesthetic. Poor dentist had to squirt the stuff straight onto my tooth.
I think every movie with Tom Cruise could be improved by replacing Tom Cruise.
I just watched Edge of Tomorrow. Sort of a bug movie and a computer game . Good movie that made me dislike Tom Cruise even more. What a waste, some other actor could have made that better.
Cocktail & Top Gun got into my brain before I could properly see the problems with them or him. Donāt think Iāve liked him since. Creepy midget š
I donāt mind him in action stuff like the Mission Impossibles or Top Gun. Not every movie has to be intellectual or every actor be Oscar worthy. Some movies I watch for easy fun, others I watch for more depth. Tom Cruise is in the first category.
Having read the books, Cruise was a terrible choice for Jack Reacher. I think he's a twat of a man and a passionate actor suited to action, but he's no Jack Reacher.
6'5" in the books, and thick, and can't run for shit. In one book he gets shot with a small calibre gun and he's described as having too big pecs for the bullet to really hurt him.
up and at em...! getting ready for work and planning to finally give my notice of resignation. I'm nervous but I've been feeling awful here for a long time.
I made a turtle coaster. I think he needs eyes.
make it biblically accurate
How?
Needs the world on its back. I quote John 13:6 - "it's turtles all the way down".
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Eyes as far as the eyes can see?
Product review: Lime Mojito in a cask, from Aldi.
I got carded buying this for the first time in many years. This is classy stuff. Not sure I've ever actually purchased a cask before?
First sip: is this just lime cordial?
Several gulps later: oh there's the kick, this is really quite strong isn't it.
Verdict: goes ok. Pretty tasty. Would be better in a fancy glass with some mint and fruit and shit but I couldn't be bothered. 3.5/5 šøšøšø, a solid almost-holiday in a cask.
Does it say what alcohol they use? I don't like Aldi-Baileys because its based offa white goon.
It's vodka and white rum. Tastes reasonably legit.
Wild dreams leaving me with a raging sense of guilt i should not have. Wtf brain. Stop it
Hate that. And waking up cross at somebody about something they didnāt do!
Mine had my company director set me up for epic failure and my manager just laugh. While I could see the director doing that, I firmly know that my manager has my back, so that's good.
mine was having a boss of a workplace accuse me of something that I not only hadn't done, it was literally impossible for me to do, and maneuvering to fire me from a workplace I haven't worked at since 2019.
So where the fuck is the sense of guilt coming from
Could this be related to cat?
Sending virtual hugs.
No.
How is it fair that I eat healthy for a week and feel like utter shit? Tempted to buy a cheesy crust pepperoni pizza from dominos...
Also another 35 applications done today.
Just reminded me, many years ago (around 2010 maybe), I ordered a pizza from dominos. It was awful, tasted weird and tangy.
A few years afterwards, I swear I saw a TV ad for dominos saying "now with real cheese". Turns out they were using cream cheese or something beforehand. Never ordered from them again lol.
Not saying they're bad now ofc lol
I bought one last week as a sort of "last hurrah". Not gonna lie, I inhaled it in one go lol.
I read something that said the longer you e been eating like crap, the longer it takes to start feeling better.
I haven't been eating well since lockdown...
my good diet motivation kinda got crushed when miss seagoon said I wasn't eating well
i was doing calorie reduction, she's more into "health food"
I should get back into it, set up my food cupboard with good food, get out of the habit of snacking
I do the whole gaining and cutting thing during the year. Hardest part for me was making meals that I would eat even when I wasn't trying to eat healthy.
It's such a change.
it's the snacks
my meals are very good, always fresh vegetables, I eat fresh fruit everyday, lean meat, not much cheese at all
( tho I've been having frozen meals when my back is very bad )
it's candy and cookies that get me
processed cheese product, it's a common thing in the US. Aged "real" cheese is very expensive there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processed_cheese
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It's good healthy cheap food that has good shelf and fridge stability. It's an excellent choice for people with not much money to spend. It's also very high in protein. iow, it's good food.
I used to buy processed pepper jack cheese to make nachos, it was so yummy and melted very well. I grew up on kraft too. Walnut cheese from Germany is also processed.
I canāt agree. The brief period I was in the US was food hell and their weird orange plastic ācheeseā was part of that.
The US has wonderful food, you just have to know where to shop for it. :)
Being 15 at the time I didnāt get much choice in the matter
Oh no, hopefully thatās not discouraging. Maybe thereās an adjustment period? Sugar withdrawal? (is that a thing?). I know that guts can go through some adjustment if diet changes to include more veg and fibre, but it will settle down fairly quickly. Itās just a bit of a shock to the microbiome.
Definitely going to stick to it. The positive mental health impacts have been unbelievable. Once the physical subsides, all will be well hopefully
My microwave beeps at me every minute when it's finished to let me know to open it and yell "Are you happy now?".
How else do you know to rescue the potato inside?
The potato can wait. I'm busy.
Those beeps are useful for things that you're supposed to microwave and then 'rest' for x minutes
If I want it to time my resting period I just set the timer to run after the main cooking time.
True but if you're only cooking peas then it's a bloody nuisance when you're trying to organise the other parts of the meal.
Agreed. How dare a machine beep at me. Impatience is not a good look on a machine.
My washing machine makes 3 too many beeps for my liking.
Everything should have a "mute" and "lights on/off" button.
Cause for some stupid reason, we put them on a pedestal. Society glorifies sporting success rather than academic achievement or anything actually beneficial to society. Just cause kids look up to them doesn't make them role models. They are barely more than teenagers who are either thinking about their next root or their next bag. And you know what? Thats perfectly fine so long as no ones getting hurt.
Unfortunately itās how things are. Kids idolise their heroes but as young adults barely of legal age they are sometimes very uneducated and Iāll prepared for it all.
I love my afl and love my team and whole recent saga with drug testing wasnāt something that I thought about but I was equally surprised because my mind never went there.
Very true. These 18 year olds arenāt selected because they are into politics, social issues, emotional intelligence. They are good at kicking balls and thatās great, letās cheer them for their athleticism. But nah, I wouldnāt be looking to them for any kind of advanced social awareness. And they are at an age where they want to be doing all the stuff regular young adults do. Bit unrealistic to think they wonāt.
Itās also not newsworthy. Sports isnāt that important that I need to hear about some football guy every hour (radio on for the dog)
Oof. Walking to find the ginger ninja cut into my physical energy so badly I crashed and woke up at 11pm, extremely dehydrated and very late with Melbcat's supper and meds.
It might be that I can't afford the energy, just don't have the capacity to keep pursuing a cat I might not be able to catch. And I don't have the comfort level to engage with rescue groups. (This would involve using Facebook, speaking to strangers, doxing my location, and perhaps being asked to meet or cooperate with them.) Currently it's really difficult to even care for my own pet and myself.
There's also online friend group drama which I didn't cause and was not involved in... but am still stressed out by, and if I'm not careful I could be pulled into. I'm in an awkward position. (I absolutely have a side and am quietly distancing myself from someone due to their behaviour, but don't want to feed into any escalation). I really hope I'm making the right moves to classily bow out.
Sounds like lots of signs to pull back and take care of yourself and melbcat. Rebuild yourself and let the universe find another way to care for orange cat and the conflict take care of itself. Hope you can get some good rest and cat cuddles
Thanks, the signs have been there for a while (and there's bigger shit I don't post) but like a numbskull I keep pushing.
I'm hoping orange cat gets picked up by someone else or recovers. I'd help if I was able but those orange buns are elusive.
Definitely time to reinstall the electric blanketā¦
Watching the cat snoozing under the heater while I force myself to go outside for an hour of lunch break exercise in the cold.
I wonder if I should buy one of those electric throws from K-mart when I can afford one.
I haven't owned any soert of electric blanket before but I figure it'd be nice to be on the couch with one.
the electric throw on the couch is good as! I brought the mrs one from kmart for mothers day last year and it got a fair workout all winter.
Iām definitely thinking about it next week.
Do they work well and get really warm? Or anything that might be worth taking note of?
I am in a love hate relationship with my electric blanket. Love the warmth in winter, but itās a bit lumpy and stiff. The warmth wins out though. Can someone invent a soft breathable electric blanket please. Agree itās almost time to put it back on, nights are getting chilly!
Same and the control thingy is always too close to where I lie on the bed.
Today is my day
How are you gonna spend your day?
I'm going to:
Please add Curing the Common Cold to the list. Someone needs to do this.
I mean, I can try, but it may be out of my scope as day-keeper
Fair point. Schedule it in for next week?????
Sounds like a good plan š
We truly are an interplanetary race
no sharing?
my day is everyone's day for I am a benevolent and generous day-keeper
thank you oh great starch for the day
takes people's minds off their low wages
That what Australian press has been doing since the 1890s when jingoism and a fake image as a rural pioneer country was started to distract city folks from the nascent industrial city based workers rights movements in Europe
Like the joke that was the voice campaign. They could have just done it instead of diverting attention from the of living and housing crisis
Bloody mental how up in arms the media are now that an aussie is dead. Lets just ignore the tons of dead Palestinians.
They have 5he advantage that their houses are actually insulated. Ours are tents
Where there are extremes in weather the poor suffer .
so don't be poor and you'll be fine s/
This reminded me of the first place I lived when I get sober. The walls had a giant crack, so I had to wear all of my clothes and had a blanket but was still shivering so bad I couldn't sleep.
Good times, good times.
omg i saw three cats outside one meowed to wake me up i just put down a dish of kibbles
You have been Chosen
I donāt think they are eating this one (havenāt checked yet). Will put a fresh dish out before I sleep tonight.
Cat Distribution System in action. Congratulations.
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I appear to have taken on too much at work.
Still going through papers?
oh yes. many papers.
it is time i wash the winter jacket and blanket
I have somehow lost my oodie, and I am distressed
I just kind of want to take my eyes balls out of my head and give them a rest in a jar of eyedrops. My vision is shocking today from pounding my pupils on a screen for about two weeks, not to mention my poor hips from sitting way way waaaay too much.
I miss my bike, my bed and would like to be somewhere apart from dorm rooms with slamming doors that start from some ungodly hour in the morning. Yep, yah Llab is tired. You know, whine, whine.
In other news, how are we? I escaped before the poor weather, please regale me with tales of your happeningsā¦ Pretty pleaseā¦ <3
I just ate hot chips and gravy.
Hanging around, downtown by myself
And I had so much time to sit and think about myself
And then there she was, like double cherry pie
Yeah, there she was, like disco super-fly
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9x0QmGuLkk
Hahaha.
I am envious!
Have we had any success?
Refraining until I locate the USB so I can get rid of the liability.
I said Donāt do this years agoā¦
In the supermarkets there used to be these mini cans of corn that came in a four pack. I havenāt seen them in ages. I hope itās not discontinued. Those things were so convenient. I miss you little corn cans. Please come back!
Woolies has the Edgell brand minis in stock
I get these all the time.
I used to get them too but I couldn't find them last time. They do have small cans though same size as a tuna can.
I remember. Them and the little four pack of mixed beans. Bit of lemon juice and splash of sweet chilli and good quick lunch.....
I haven't been able to get them for ages. Coles have individual small tins that are a little bigger but their supply isn't great either.
Still attempting to negotiate an agreement between my brain, the cats, and the clock.
At the p's clearing out their rain tank filters from on top about 2.5m up.
Reminded me when I was a teen scaling them (wasted) at night without a ladder full ninja to sneak in when I forgot my keys as the laundry window which was never locked is directly above one. Used to get in so much shit for doing that.
Now it's sanctioned, with a ladder, sober and far less exciting.
I remember being accidentally locked out as a kid, and having no trouble breaking in through the aluminium-framed bathroom window. Bit of a worry in hindsight, and lucky there werenāt more crims around at the time.
Twice I've locked myself out of my house. Had to take the glass slats out of the toilet window, scale up the down pipe, perch on the window sill and decide whether I wanted to take a giant leap missing the toilet or risk sliding off the lid and slamming into the closed door. We now have a spare key hidden in the yard.
In those instances it's better to see if you can hold on to the ledge and scale or drop down instead of jumping or making a leap.
It would significantly reduce the height from which you come down if you did that or had room to do that.
Learnt this from if we ever had to escape a fire from out of a window.
I think I did that the second time around.
Spare keys somewhere useful, memorable, and not one of those dumb fake rocks is an art.
Truthfully, locks only stop honest or lazy people. If they really want in, things are getting broken. Get windows that look really noisy to smash š¤·š»āāļø
Don't worry it's safe under the mat.
Totally. Number 32 wasnāt itā¦
Ooo close. Number 13. Lucky for some.
So anyone with a wood heater, advice on getting a roaring fire going because I am terrible at it and always have been.
Set up the kindling like a tee pee then just keep adding bigger pieces as you go.
I'll give it a shot next cold day. Thank you!
All good advice from the others. Iāll add that having some scrunched up paper under the kindling teepee helps to get things going. And depending on what kind of kindling you have, you may want to split it even further, long ways. Donāt do it neatly. The little bits of splinters sticking out will catch easier. Once itās properly lit, add some smaller logs, cut side towards the fire. (Bark generally doesnāt light as easily) and then maintain the fire by adding more logs as needed to increase heat and not let it burn out as the initial logs get depleted.
Will cut mine down a bit more. Thanks!
@danwritesbooks @CEOofmyhouse56 my tip is: clothes dryer lint! Save it and you guarantee a fast start.
@Baku comments/replies just come through like regular posts in my feed, so yeah it's a bit janky but I like not having to look at different places, and if stuff comes up that I can comment on, it's quite easy to do =) I love social network interoperability, even if it is imperfect!
Pine cones are great to start a fire with along with cardboard like toilet rolls, I use a bit of everything, newspaper, cardboard, small twigs and pine cones then bigger kindling and then when thatās going, really dry wood.
Dry wood, never freshly cut down, and stored out of the rain. Good kindling base, don't hesitate to use fire starters. Feed slowly, your goal is glowing hot coals. keep the flue open till you get close. Dont shut it all the way till its roaring.
On the firestarter thing, the natural ones work great. Avoid the foil encased ones, all sorts of bad going on there
Thank you!
My tip is to roll newspaper lengthways then tie a knot in it as a fire lighter.
I saw a video using that method. Seems to work well. I'll try it next time. Thanks!
Airflow. I mean it.
Open the dampers (top and bottom) before you light the fire. Then when it's roaring, close the bottom damper 3/4 of the way and the top one 1/2 way. When the flames settle down a bit, close the top damper almost all the way and the bottom damper likewise. Then put on wood ONLY when there's a bed of coals gently glowing. When you do, open the bottom damper a bit to let in some oxygen and close it again after 10 mins when the new wood has caught.
The heater does not need to be roaring to heat the house. A bed of coals is much more efficient and cheaper in wood.
If you want chapter & verse on setting up the initial fire, just let me know. There's a hundred tricks to it depending on what wood you use and the set up of the heater. Or consult youtube.
Also clean all the old ash out including from the baffles, if it has a fan check that as well, may need to clean filters etc.
Ahead full..
But sir - we're being hailed by the Romulans!
Pfffā¦ they can eat my turbo-laser
Mind the bridge
Bonk!
16 charming bookshops for a cosy day out in Melbourne
It makes me feel good I already knew most of these.
I've been on the hunt for a good regular spot to buy books from. Robinsons is a no go since the owner came out as crazy, and Booktopia can be a nightmare to navigate if you have a couple of privacy extensions and open more than one tab
Hi all,
I want to run an idea by you to see if I am missing something.
My 4th Van Diemen's Valley book is releasing later this month and I was thinking of contacting local schools/ones I've done author talks with, to run a competition for the kids to write a short story for a chance to win signed copies of my books.
I want to get schools involved for exposure and advertising it to the kids but also to give it some sort of authenticity and allay any fears parents might have. I wouldn't need access to their details aside from their name as well. It's really just write a story, put your name on it, give it to the library, I can pick it up (or if they do it on computers, get it sent to me), decide on the winner and deliver the books to the schools.
I don't see anything really worrisome about it but wondering if there are any outsider perspectives on this/if it's a good idea or if I'm missing something that might concern parents/schools? Thanks,
The schools should hopefully be able to advise how to go about it. Also set some parameters around the story, like a word limit. And unfortunately, with the prevalence of chat GPT type tools, some kids may be tempted to generated stories and submit as their own work, so you might ask the schools how to identify and deal with that. It would be very unfair to award something to a kid that cheated. But it does sound like a fun Idea to get kids interested in writing.
Good point about ChatGPT generated content. I'll have to keep that in mind.
I believe youāll need this https://lawpath.com.au/blog/terms-conditions-running-promotional-competition
Oo that's handy. Thank you!
I had the beginning of a root canal today and it was the first time I was in pain even with anaesthetic. Poor dentist had to squirt the stuff straight onto my tooth.
So afraid to bite anything using that tooth...
Close resemblance, but definitely not Miss Meow. Based on the positioning of the back legs I believe this particular feline may be a ballerina.
Black cats have a statistically poor adoption rate. Becauseā¦. People are dumb.
He looks like a sweet smoochy boy. I canāt have a 3rd cat!
Morning all
morning mother
Did you know the Wombat from Diary of a Wombat is called Mothball? It's in the dedications at the start I think
I think every movie with Tom Cruise could be improved by replacing Tom Cruise.
I just watched Edge of Tomorrow. Sort of a bug movie and a computer game . Good movie that made me dislike Tom Cruise even more. What a waste, some other actor could have made that better.
3.5 hobbits but minus .5 for Tom Cruise.
Cocktail & Top Gun got into my brain before I could properly see the problems with them or him. Donāt think Iāve liked him since. Creepy midget š
I haven't watched either.
I used to enjoy his movies, but then he just became a bigger and bigger arsehole irl,
and I also started to see how he often just wasn't good
one positive thing is that he's a very conscientious and hard worker
I grant he was good in Tropic Thunder, I think he was playing himself
That tropic thunder cameo was by far his best work
Good call. I would rank A Few Good Men as his best and my fave.
Ah yes. That one is solid. And Nicholson being revolting, heās very good at that.
I usually don't like Tom Cruise but I would not want anyone else in Top Gun. I think that's also because he was playing himself.
I donāt mind him in action stuff like the Mission Impossibles or Top Gun. Not every movie has to be intellectual or every actor be Oscar worthy. Some movies I watch for easy fun, others I watch for more depth. Tom Cruise is in the first category.
Just read āAll You Need is Killā by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and you can replace Tom with whoever you like.
I loved edge of tomorrow! I reckon like 4.2 hobbits from me
Having read the books, Cruise was a terrible choice for Jack Reacher. I think he's a twat of a man and a passionate actor suited to action, but he's no Jack Reacher.
And Jack Reacher is supposed to be like 7 feet tall!
6'5" in the books, and thick, and can't run for shit. In one book he gets shot with a small calibre gun and he's described as having too big pecs for the bullet to really hurt him.
I'm not a fan but I watched American Made and he was really good in it. Great movie too.
That *was *a good movie. Tom seems very well cast playing people with little moral compass.
Oooh, NGV's bringing out a heap of cool Ancient Egyptian stuff for their winter exhibition. That'll be fun.
oooh, kinda like the MMA or BMC stuff. Nice. š
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woke up with this tune in my head the past 3 days
shoulda known it was john barry
midnight cowboy ( such sad music , I suppose it's a sad movie ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgb52U7bJg0
up and at em...! getting ready for work and planning to finally give my notice of resignation. I'm nervous but I've been feeling awful here for a long time.