Thought youse might like a little laugh. This is my iron. It's about 25 years old. It still looks brand new. It's like a kid's toy. It's the size of a tissue box. My mum bought it when I moved out of home. Her words were "You may need it one day". Today is that day.
Tip:
Don't fall for the temptation of cranking it to max heat. Reserve that for linen and pure cotton. Medium heat will work perfectly well in almost all circumstances.
Extra bonus comment: "Having escaped the lion's den, Mr Lehrmann made the mistake of coming back for his hat."
Such a great way to put it. That criminal trial was not going his way. When he escaped with a mistrial, he really should have faded into obscurity. But noooooooooo, he willingly went back for more. Idiot.
To think, 5 years ago, he harbored the idea of going into politics.
He’s so full of himself, it’s amazing his head can squeeze through the courtroom doors. But I guess that’s what makes a personality for politics, probably would have risen to the top in no time. Hopefully he finally fades away never to be seen again.
On Saturday morning we woke up to the news my FIL had a mini stroke the night before. My husband got a pretty nasty text from his sister which he was about to retaliate to until I reminded him that she just buried her FIL three days ago. Then we have stabbings and shit going on overseas, protests here and I still had to hem pants for my daughter for school tomorrow. Although nothing really directly affected me I'm like "enough already". Hence the reason Comfortably Numb popped into my head last night.
Update: Just got good news that my FIL is being discharged from hospital in the next couple of hours.
I'm really glad that your FIL isn't in a very serious condition. It's a lot to have gone through in this short and insane time. One foot in front of the other
Controversial opinion, but I think the tv coverage of the Bondi incident has been too saturated. The exact same images and story over and over again without anything new to report. Yes, it’s a terrible tragedy. But wow the media latches on and just won’t let go until it’s absolutely drained every last drop of blood out of it.
did you see the footage broadcast live on Saturday arvo? I thought the presenter was about to pop a boner from the excitement of having a story. It was disgusting.
Yes! I noticed this. I think this has become much more common after the COVID era of people being glued to media for an extended period of time. The powers that be want that behaviour to continue.
I saw quite a bit on tv over the weekend and all they did was rehash and even reword sentences over and over just to extend the coverage and constantly interview people who said were guessing what happened but that the police had to complete their investigations and stuff before they could make a factual statement.
I didn't watch a lot about it but was still surprised at how gratuitous some of the images and footage were. One that surprised me was the ABC when they did an article about the response from the guy's parents and actually showed the police car outside their house.. We don't need to see where his parents live, they've done no wrong and feel awful about it all, why show everyone where they live?
I'm high as shit on meds (I was under GA and now on Oxyvodone?) . Procedure went well. TMI but I'm high as shit: pain in the ass (pilonidal cyst) is literally gone! Yay ✨
@Baku can someone pls tag Baku as he followed up on my previous post
Kid is doing a lot better, but still woke up screaming bloody murder at 4am. This was after it took nearly 3.5 hours to get him down in the first place. My stomach feels a bit "meh" so i decided to forgo the coffee. Struggle street is real today.
It's been a helluva day after a busy week - 4 loads of laundry, wrangling more car inspection logistics, dealing with more family drama, figuring out work things...
Luckily I was granted my first wfh day tomorrow so I don't need to worry about getting to work and organising lunch on top of it all. Slotted in a car inspection that feels very promising. Please cross your fingers for me that this is the one, it ticks all the boxes. I really need something before next week...
I haven't told anyone in my life (outside of work) that I have a small medical procedure today. I haven't told my parents because I don't want them to unnecessarily stress out and they're enjoying a holiday in Spain. It's an annoying cyst that needs draining. Hope it goes well.
I now need to fast until surgery 😩 ate 2 ✨kwossants ✨ and a protein shake. Might get some orange juice later as I can have clear liquids until 2 hours before.
"I'm high as shit on meds (I was under GA and now on Oxyvodone?) . Procedure went well. TMI but I'm high as shit: pain in the ass (pilonidal cyst) is literally gone! Yay ✨"
This was just posted about 15 or so minutes ago. They wanted someone to tag you but every time I try that it fucks up for some reason, so I did the old-fashioned copy and paste.
Inspection on Thursday, so I have many chores to do before then.
My apartment is the physical manifestation of depression and untreated ADHD. I've written a list for each room and general cleaning, and will start from the back and move to the front.
Pray for me.
Edit: my big fat heavy Dyson vacuum has cracked. Wtf‽
If you can't extend its life with duct tape or get hold of a new vacuum in time it is possible to sweep carpet with a broom. It's not perfect but works surprisingly well and is better than nothing.
Bathroom and kitchen sinks cleaned, toilet done. Vacc'd the study and hallway. Wiped windows, benches, fridge and walls.
Tomorrow I will tackle the bedroom and living rooms and hopefully my LL won't realise I'm an actual piece of shit.
Also, can anyone confirm that lack of airflow causes mold? I found some on the fridge and windows and wonder if my lack of flyscreen is to blame? (As in I am hesitant to open doors/windows due to bugs because I don't have flyscreen at all). Weighing up whether it is worth grabbing those temp ones from Bunnings or not...
It's probably condensation from cooking. If you have a kitchen door to the outside keep it open a little during cooking and always use your range hood if you have one.
The kitchen is in the complete opposite side of the room to the windows 😭 and we do use the rangehood. I disinfected the windows and fridge and will keep an eye on it.
Nothing in the bathroom, interestingly, doesn't have windows either. But it does have two exhaust fans 🤷♀️
Freakin love the home affairs youtube ad talking about setting up Multifactor auth. I mean, Bro I'm in talks right now with Microsoft regarding best practices of conditional access MFA and the depreciation of per user MFA policies, so you might've wasted the budget on me. But its good to see someone OTHER than the banks starting to push this shit.
We've gotta get past this "I'm old. I dont GET computers" attitudes, cause if that's your take you better get off the internet and go back to a pen and paper as you're doing exactly what attackers want you to do: Bury your head in the sand under the guise of "its all too hard".
There is a random black cat wandering around my back yard and is currently sitting on top of my shed. I had a brief moment of fear until I confirmed Miss Meow is still safely curled up in her basket snoozing.
Mr P does and the rustling of plastic wrappers etc at all hours of the night makes me want to commit a crime. This morning at 3:15am it was the accidental smashing of a glass. Aargh!
I wanted to but had to head in. I think we are a bit away from it so hopefully will be fine and all over before evening trains
... Hope they can protest and it's peaceful enough. Its all been a bit crap out there lately.
Maybe that's a new concept for a dating site: people post their pets and describe their personalities and make a selection based on that. You can discover some interesting things about people by their choice of pets, the pet's name and characteristics, if and what outfits the pet is wearing etc.
Carpet moths and nests have been sprayed with cleaning solution (because bug spray is exxy and unsafe for the cat, this cleaning solution is meant to be safe though) and they seem to be carking it. I hate myself for not realising sooner - depression is a hell of an illness 😓
Edit: also located small handheld vacc so I can clean the exhaust fans in the bathroom.
I'd be interested in knowing the cat safe cleaning product that kills carpet moths pls 👀 One still flew by last night
::: spoiler For what I know of/use
I hate that there aren't more safe products for using around cats. There is Sundew flea control spray which I don't use as it's scented in Vanilla and Lavender, but if you're not worried about scent around the cat that costs less. It's pyrethrin free so seems safe.
Another more expensive option is the Frontline spray. That's also pyrethrin free, they say to spray it on the pet but due to cost I save it to spray in carpeted places that are harder to vacuum frequently/bugs may easily flee to and hit the more open spaces with the vacuum. These are obviously flea products but I don't think moths would like them much.
Between moths and fleas I'm still hot washing and drying all my clothes to put in bags and plastic tubs.
I find the pheromone glue traps are good too, they're catching some moths and seeing new bodies lets you know if they're still around.
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Idk if it is actually safe, but it's just the cleaning powder mixed with water. Diluted. But it doesn't seem to set the cat off or make him sick.
They come in sachets and you just add to water in a squirt bottle.
I've chucked out what I could, that has moth shit on it, and sprayed the stuff I cannot wash. The stuff I can wash is going through a few hot water cycles with some detergent. Idk if that will be enough, having worked for pest control I know they're fkn hard to be rid of. But maybe this will cull them down significantly that my LL won't lose their freaking minds 😬
::: spoiler Moth rambles
It's a shame pest control often uses chemicals that are dodgy for cats. I had my place sprayed once years ago in desperation and it's meant to be safe once dry but I was feeling pretty dizzy going back in after it was done. I wouldn't want my cat walking on it and licking her paws, and the spray takes hours to dry.
I'm washing drying and bagging my clothes and just keeping out the most frequently worn easily washed stuff in bags/tubs. Spritzing Frontline spray under furniture, inside the hanging fabric shoe shelves I use as a linen press, and will do the inside of my crappy fabric/cloth drawers. Might use those to store non-cloth things. My yarns and fabric can stay in sealed space bags indefinitely until anything is dead.
I may have to scrub out my pantry with vinegar and keep any kind of food in the fridge so the moths can't feast. (I mostly do but I'm talking anything that's feasibly edible - I'm already keeping the cocoa and teabags in there and may add more.)
The decluttering and routine vacuuming is going to be the real killer though. The physical labour and focus required is really going to drag this shit out unless I get help. If it ever gets resolved. Thought they were gone but saw one fly past. I don't even know how the little bastards got in.
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If I go into the office today it will be just me ... But I have pakidge due to be delivered there tomorrow. Should I WFH and risk it being early? It is currently at melb airport so I reckon it has one more stop before the truck.
A lot of people you see having episodes are fucked on ice. I know this for a fact because I used to run with a lot of them.
Some want to quit and they should have access to treatment and resources to allow them to reintegrate into society.
But then there's the others. And honestly, these people are the larger percentage. They don't want to quit. They either see no issue with their lifestyle or are too dependant to even consider quitting.
It's this second cohort we need to figure out what to do with. The first lot just need government funding.
Perhaps the solution for the second group is to figure out a way to make them not get on drugs in the first place, at least not the variety that is prone to inducing psychosis.
That requires some really difficult conversations about how western society is broken AF, and no one seemingly wants to have that cause it doesn't help the capitalist system.
Both of them are due to Shit Life Syndrome. Honestly with everything electronically tuned to produce the biggest state of fear imaginable on top of end stage capitalism, I'm not surprised that substance escapism is rampant.
The issue was that Jeff Kennett closed the institutions with the idea that there would be support in the community, and then the funding for that support later got slashed.
My area is still recovering from all the secondary school closures. There used to be quite a few, and now there's a population explosion in the area and only 2 high schools bursting at the seams with 2,000 students each! Makes me so mad!
Yeah. I was quite young when he was in so not familiar with much more than that, but it seems like he had a lasting impact.
It's probably really good the institutions were closed due to the human rights violations. But austerity and cuts in mental health have done so much damage.
Hmmm. On the tram. Lady on aisle seat sitting with crossed legs. Person 1 went across awkwardly. Person 2 just walks through, sorta like kicking her leg and then turns back to her with an annoyed face. Lady has now crossed legs again. Fascinating stuff really.
It's a classic tactic: sit at the aisle and look like a hassle to sit near. Maybe put a bag next to you. When there are free seats, this even works - people will subconsciously just go sit somewhere easier. But there comes a point where that is the only seat and someone will sit there.
Ugh! Yesterday's attack was all over the news, so I guess a copycat?
Getting kinda tired of waking up to violence every day, here and everywhere.
::: spoiler tw: really dark humour
Can the world just end already? Like Mother Nature is edging the apocalypse, such a tease. I still have my bets on a firey meteor, but nuclear seems to be ahead right now
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I'm very very glad that this sudden and weird internet outage happened this close to five. Shitty that I'm WFH when it happened though.
Anyone else's network gone down? I'm with exetel in the northern suburbs on a HFC network.
EDIT: Welp, clearly something's wrong, given I called the support number 35 ago. Was supposed to have a haircut this arvo, but guess that's not happening until the weekend
I'm in Brunswick with Aussie Broadband, and my net seems to be okay. I mean, I'm connected to wifi on my phone, so I assume the ethernet connections are okay as well. Is there any outages listed on exetels website?
I'm going to give you a URL which might ruin any plans you had for the whole day if you're anything like me: udio.com
I've been making ridiculous songs and it's in-fucking-credible how good it is. Get to know the tags you can use if you use the Custom function rather than letting it just generate its own lyrics and verses etc.
Have fun. Listen to some of the staff picks to hear what sort of things are possible. The first one I heard which blew me away was "Wow.... I Didn't Know That"
If I create anything to that calibre I'll let you know.
Hmm, it's not like the physical locations have giant, unsubtle signage or anything. And noisy ambulances coming in and out. The locals definitely know where the ambulance station is.
I have zero clue where the Ambulance substations are in WA - other than the local one in my area. So far as I know, the ambulance services here aren't even run by the government. The main service is provided by St John's Ambulance, and there are private ambulance services that do some events and patient transfers.
I assume the latter sort operate out of some industrial area depot(s) somewhere.
St John’s is a not for profit charity though, so I guess that makes it slightly less shit
St John's has near universal acclaim in the community. I honestly never hear anything against them.
It's not so much that the government "went the private route" as that St Johns have been providing services since the 1800's. I just looked it up, the city ambulance service started in 1922 - over 100 years ago. So, it's more that we already had a perfectly good ambulance service and the government has never needed to replace it.
Griselda, from the people who brought you Narcos and Narcos Mexico.
The first series, Narcos, was from the viewpoint of the two DEA officers who hunted down Escobar. ( I read the book, these true life guys are national heroes in Colombia ) Narcos Mexico was from the point of view of the guy who created the Mexican cartel system, third series view point of local police trying to save forgotten victims and Griselda is the view point of a drug lord.
I really recommend these stories, they are violent tho. 4.5 hobbits
The Vault. It was boring. Made me really appreciate the story telling of Uncharted, which this movie unashamedly stole from. 1 hobbit
Nobody Knows I'm Here. The lead character, I just didn't care. 1 hobbit
The only thing that occurs to me is protecting privacy of ambo staff ( i.e. you need to know where the cop station is but you don't want randos going to the ambo depot for treatment or because of some perceived slight against one of the staff).
The other realistic reason would be that there's restricted drugs stored at some (most?) of these depots and so, while you need some level of openness about where the depots are, making all those addresses available publicly would probably be perceived as a major risk. Although you can get it now, there's at least a barrier.
Likely there's a bunch of politics wrapped up in this and the lack of comms about why its restricted info is shite but I can see why it might be refused.
Thought youse might like a little laugh. This is my iron. It's about 25 years old. It still looks brand new. It's like a kid's toy. It's the size of a tissue box. My mum bought it when I moved out of home. Her words were "You may need it one day". Today is that day.
Tip:
Don't fall for the temptation of cranking it to max heat. Reserve that for linen and pure cotton. Medium heat will work perfectly well in almost all circumstances.
I swear my cuppa tea was hotter than the synthetic setting.
Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, judge finds.
I'm shocked, I tell you!
Extra bonus comment: "Having escaped the lion's den, Mr Lehrmann made the mistake of coming back for his hat."
Such a great way to put it. That criminal trial was not going his way. When he escaped with a mistrial, he really should have faded into obscurity. But noooooooooo, he willingly went back for more. Idiot.
To think, 5 years ago, he harbored the idea of going into politics.
so now can we drag 7 over the coals for buying this fucker hookers and blow?
Good. (The validation of the finding, not that it happened.) They put her through so much shit.
He’s so full of himself, it’s amazing his head can squeeze through the courtroom doors. But I guess that’s what makes a personality for politics, probably would have risen to the top in no time. Hopefully he finally fades away never to be seen again.
Been looking at this today. Sadly even though the judge has come to that judgement it can't incur any criminal penalties according to the ABC.
""I hasten to stress this is a finding on the balance of probabilities."
Mr Lehrmann faced a criminal trial in the ACT Supreme Court in 2022, which collapsed without a verdict due to juror misconduct.
This trial is a civil defamation trial where the burden of proof is less and does not lead to any criminal punishment."
Despite that it's a good ruling.
On Saturday morning we woke up to the news my FIL had a mini stroke the night before. My husband got a pretty nasty text from his sister which he was about to retaliate to until I reminded him that she just buried her FIL three days ago. Then we have stabbings and shit going on overseas, protests here and I still had to hem pants for my daughter for school tomorrow. Although nothing really directly affected me I'm like "enough already". Hence the reason Comfortably Numb popped into my head last night.
Update: Just got good news that my FIL is being discharged from hospital in the next couple of hours.
Oh shit, hope your father in law is ok.
Yep, daylight savings is rough enough with the news and illnesses or whatever. Bit over it all myself tbh.
Yeah he's ok thankfully
so many hugs to you and your fam
Thanks. Appreciate it.
Heavy.
I hope you and extended fam is doing okay.
Yeah. We're all OK. Thanks
Hugs. There’s just so much going on atm its quite overwhelming. I hope your FIL is ok and you & hubby are doing alright
Thanks.
I hope everything works out for you ❤️
Thanks mate.
Thinking of you and hope all turns out ok.
It’s been a tough time all round it it seems.
Thanks mate.
Thank you. Yeah no more media news for me tonight.
I'm really glad that your FIL isn't in a very serious condition. It's a lot to have gone through in this short and insane time. One foot in front of the other
Thank you.
That sounds like so much. I hope you get a chance to relax for a moment and that your FIL goes well.
Thank you.
Controversial opinion, but I think the tv coverage of the Bondi incident has been too saturated. The exact same images and story over and over again without anything new to report. Yes, it’s a terrible tragedy. But wow the media latches on and just won’t let go until it’s absolutely drained every last drop of blood out of it.
did you see the footage broadcast live on Saturday arvo? I thought the presenter was about to pop a boner from the excitement of having a story. It was disgusting.
Or something "more interesting" comes up. It's fucked.
Agree.
Yes! I noticed this. I think this has become much more common after the COVID era of people being glued to media for an extended period of time. The powers that be want that behaviour to continue.
I don't watch aussie news at all and read newspapers maybe once a week
so missed all the arseholery by the media
I Agree with you.
I saw quite a bit on tv over the weekend and all they did was rehash and even reword sentences over and over just to extend the coverage and constantly interview people who said were guessing what happened but that the police had to complete their investigations and stuff before they could make a factual statement.
I didn't watch a lot about it but was still surprised at how gratuitous some of the images and footage were. One that surprised me was the ABC when they did an article about the response from the guy's parents and actually showed the police car outside their house.. We don't need to see where his parents live, they've done no wrong and feel awful about it all, why show everyone where they live?
I'm high as shit on meds (I was under GA and now on Oxyvodone?) . Procedure went well. TMI but I'm high as shit: pain in the ass (pilonidal cyst) is literally gone! Yay ✨
@Baku can someone pls tag Baku as he followed up on my previous post
ow, it's crazy how seeming weird little things can really disrupt quality of life
glad it went well and you are getting better now, gentle hugs
Yay! Hopefully it heals quickly.
Kid is doing a lot better, but still woke up screaming bloody murder at 4am. This was after it took nearly 3.5 hours to get him down in the first place. My stomach feels a bit "meh" so i decided to forgo the coffee. Struggle street is real today.
It's been a helluva day after a busy week - 4 loads of laundry, wrangling more car inspection logistics, dealing with more family drama, figuring out work things...
Luckily I was granted my first wfh day tomorrow so I don't need to worry about getting to work and organising lunch on top of it all. Slotted in a car inspection that feels very promising. Please cross your fingers for me that this is the one, it ticks all the boxes. I really need something before next week...
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I haven't told anyone in my life (outside of work) that I have a small medical procedure today. I haven't told my parents because I don't want them to unnecessarily stress out and they're enjoying a holiday in Spain. It's an annoying cyst that needs draining. Hope it goes well.
I now need to fast until surgery 😩 ate 2 ✨kwossants ✨ and a protein shake. Might get some orange juice later as I can have clear liquids until 2 hours before.
hugs
be sure to video and post on one of the disgusting subs on reddit
I made an unfortunate mistake of watching one of those for my condition...and I am extremely nervous.
Well wishes for a speedy procedure and recovery.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmZjJbcJ3kD/?igsh=MTdrc3VncnVnNmluYQ==
Good luck!
"I'm high as shit on meds (I was under GA and now on Oxyvodone?) . Procedure went well. TMI but I'm high as shit: pain in the ass (pilonidal cyst) is literally gone! Yay ✨"
This was just posted about 15 or so minutes ago. They wanted someone to tag you but every time I try that it fucks up for some reason, so I did the old-fashioned copy and paste.
Inspection on Thursday, so I have many chores to do before then.
My apartment is the physical manifestation of depression and untreated ADHD. I've written a list for each room and general cleaning, and will start from the back and move to the front.
Pray for me.
Edit: my big fat heavy Dyson vacuum has cracked. Wtf‽
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If you can't extend its life with duct tape or get hold of a new vacuum in time it is possible to sweep carpet with a broom. It's not perfect but works surprisingly well and is better than nothing.
Thank you! Will try that for sure!
I cannot believe how many fucking carpet moths there are. Serves me right for leaving my beanbags on the floor.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEUUFUHDHDSHHDDJFJFJJFF
Bathroom and kitchen sinks cleaned, toilet done. Vacc'd the study and hallway. Wiped windows, benches, fridge and walls.
Tomorrow I will tackle the bedroom and living rooms and hopefully my LL won't realise I'm an actual piece of shit.
Also, can anyone confirm that lack of airflow causes mold? I found some on the fridge and windows and wonder if my lack of flyscreen is to blame? (As in I am hesitant to open doors/windows due to bugs because I don't have flyscreen at all). Weighing up whether it is worth grabbing those temp ones from Bunnings or not...
It's probably condensation from cooking. If you have a kitchen door to the outside keep it open a little during cooking and always use your range hood if you have one.
The kitchen is in the complete opposite side of the room to the windows 😭 and we do use the rangehood. I disinfected the windows and fridge and will keep an eye on it.
Nothing in the bathroom, interestingly, doesn't have windows either. But it does have two exhaust fans 🤷♀️
It's all those delicious fucking meals your partner makes. If you're gonna buy a fly screen just buy it for the one closest to your stove.
It's so nice out, I feel guilty for sitting at my desk. Lunchtime walk in the sunshine is on the cards methinks.
It* is* lovely. I'm going out for a walk and some shopping too. Will walk home through the park. 😻🌲🌳🌴
Freakin love the home affairs youtube ad talking about setting up Multifactor auth. I mean, Bro I'm in talks right now with Microsoft regarding best practices of conditional access MFA and the depreciation of per user MFA policies, so you might've wasted the budget on me. But its good to see someone OTHER than the banks starting to push this shit. We've gotta get past this "I'm old. I dont GET computers" attitudes, cause if that's your take you better get off the internet and go back to a pen and paper as you're doing exactly what attackers want you to do: Bury your head in the sand under the guise of "its all too hard".
So per user MFA is old news?
And not just sms auth. Mobile number spoofing is a risk.
I changed my Seek settings, so now I can get an email whenever someone opens my resume, and I'll get one if my application is unlikely to proceed.
Makes life easier
Also:
Helth! On both counts. Anything that takes the stress out of the job hunt is a good thing.
There is a random black cat wandering around my back yard and is currently sitting on top of my shed. I had a brief moment of fear until I confirmed Miss Meow is still safely curled up in her basket snoozing.
Does anyone else wake up in the middle of the night to snack?
It's first breakfast.
Mr P does and the rustling of plastic wrappers etc at all hours of the night makes me want to commit a crime. This morning at 3:15am it was the accidental smashing of a glass. Aargh!
Sleepy kitty
Also, just spoke to my cousin. I have a big family overseas but we don't have anything to do with each other. For decades.
I reached out and made contact. It was nice. "My family". Feels weird to type it out.
The most beautiful of loafs 😍
I just wanted to remind people if anyone is struggling due to the craziness of the last couple of days speak up.
Anyone working from home today because of the protests?
I wanted to but had to head in. I think we are a bit away from it so hopefully will be fine and all over before evening trains ... Hope they can protest and it's peaceful enough. Its all been a bit crap out there lately.
I'm sadly still at work despite the happenings of the last few days.
I made an online dating profile yesterday. I deleted it today. That was an interesting experiment.
In Gibson's name, right?
Probably would have gotten better quality matches lol
Maybe that's a new concept for a dating site: people post their pets and describe their personalities and make a selection based on that. You can discover some interesting things about people by their choice of pets, the pet's name and characteristics, if and what outfits the pet is wearing etc.
Probs a fair few bots but the matches were just very mehhhh
Morning
Morning mum, how did you sleep?
Carpet moths and nests have been sprayed with cleaning solution (because bug spray is exxy and unsafe for the cat, this cleaning solution is meant to be safe though) and they seem to be carking it. I hate myself for not realising sooner - depression is a hell of an illness 😓
Edit: also located small handheld vacc so I can clean the exhaust fans in the bathroom.
I can see why people hire cleaners.
Don't beat yourself up. I totally get it.
I'd be interested in knowing the cat safe cleaning product that kills carpet moths pls 👀 One still flew by last night
::: spoiler For what I know of/use
I hate that there aren't more safe products for using around cats. There is Sundew flea control spray which I don't use as it's scented in Vanilla and Lavender, but if you're not worried about scent around the cat that costs less. It's pyrethrin free so seems safe.
Another more expensive option is the Frontline spray. That's also pyrethrin free, they say to spray it on the pet but due to cost I save it to spray in carpeted places that are harder to vacuum frequently/bugs may easily flee to and hit the more open spaces with the vacuum. These are obviously flea products but I don't think moths would like them much.
Between moths and fleas I'm still hot washing and drying all my clothes to put in bags and plastic tubs.
I find the pheromone glue traps are good too, they're catching some moths and seeing new bodies lets you know if they're still around. :::
Idk if it is actually safe, but it's just the cleaning powder mixed with water. Diluted. But it doesn't seem to set the cat off or make him sick.
They come in sachets and you just add to water in a squirt bottle.
I've chucked out what I could, that has moth shit on it, and sprayed the stuff I cannot wash. The stuff I can wash is going through a few hot water cycles with some detergent. Idk if that will be enough, having worked for pest control I know they're fkn hard to be rid of. But maybe this will cull them down significantly that my LL won't lose their freaking minds 😬
::: spoiler Moth rambles It's a shame pest control often uses chemicals that are dodgy for cats. I had my place sprayed once years ago in desperation and it's meant to be safe once dry but I was feeling pretty dizzy going back in after it was done. I wouldn't want my cat walking on it and licking her paws, and the spray takes hours to dry.
I'm washing drying and bagging my clothes and just keeping out the most frequently worn easily washed stuff in bags/tubs. Spritzing Frontline spray under furniture, inside the hanging fabric shoe shelves I use as a linen press, and will do the inside of my crappy fabric/cloth drawers. Might use those to store non-cloth things. My yarns and fabric can stay in sealed space bags indefinitely until anything is dead.
I may have to scrub out my pantry with vinegar and keep any kind of food in the fridge so the moths can't feast. (I mostly do but I'm talking anything that's feasibly edible - I'm already keeping the cocoa and teabags in there and may add more.)
The decluttering and routine vacuuming is going to be the real killer though. The physical labour and focus required is really going to drag this shit out unless I get help. If it ever gets resolved. Thought they were gone but saw one fly past. I don't even know how the little bastards got in. :::
Sorry this isn't about me. Just commiserating.
If I go into the office today it will be just me ... But I have pakidge due to be delivered there tomorrow. Should I WFH and risk it being early? It is currently at melb airport so I reckon it has one more stop before the truck.
Gah. Comfy WFH but... pakidge
there's supposed to ne a big protest in the city today
Good enough reason.
A lot of people you see having episodes are fucked on ice. I know this for a fact because I used to run with a lot of them.
Some want to quit and they should have access to treatment and resources to allow them to reintegrate into society.
But then there's the others. And honestly, these people are the larger percentage. They don't want to quit. They either see no issue with their lifestyle or are too dependant to even consider quitting.
It's this second cohort we need to figure out what to do with. The first lot just need government funding.
That requires some really difficult conversations about how western society is broken AF, and no one seemingly wants to have that cause it doesn't help the capitalist system.
Both of them are due to Shit Life Syndrome. Honestly with everything electronically tuned to produce the biggest state of fear imaginable on top of end stage capitalism, I'm not surprised that substance escapism is rampant.
escapism as an addiction is a huge problem. But no one wants to talk about phone or alcohol addiction as its often not as public.
I'd easily argue alcohol addiction is very much public in Australia. But as long as it's the amiable cool fun guy social drinking you get a pass.
The issue was that Jeff Kennett closed the institutions with the idea that there would be support in the community, and then the funding for that support later got slashed.
I agree there's a real problem though.
So much of the states problems could start that way.
My area is still recovering from all the secondary school closures. There used to be quite a few, and now there's a population explosion in the area and only 2 high schools bursting at the seams with 2,000 students each! Makes me so mad!
Yeah. I was quite young when he was in so not familiar with much more than that, but it seems like he had a lasting impact.
It's probably really good the institutions were closed due to the human rights violations. But austerity and cuts in mental health have done so much damage.
Hmmm. On the tram. Lady on aisle seat sitting with crossed legs. Person 1 went across awkwardly. Person 2 just walks through, sorta like kicking her leg and then turns back to her with an annoyed face. Lady has now crossed legs again. Fascinating stuff really.
It's a classic tactic: sit at the aisle and look like a hassle to sit near. Maybe put a bag next to you. When there are free seats, this even works - people will subconsciously just go sit somewhere easier. But there comes a point where that is the only seat and someone will sit there.
I like being the guy who grunts "excuse me". Their annoyed face makes it all worth it lol
Curry Laksa is cooking, I didn't have bean sprouts so I just added some mixed vegies. It will be ok.
I wish I could have curry Laksa without all the spiciness. It’s so delicious but so spicy :(
I make my own ( not from a jar ) and put 3 extra tbs of chili sauce in . 😬
( For you I would take out all the heat )
I need to go to the supermarket. Don’t want to
Heard Sister Golden Hair in a shop, one of my fave songs of my teen years
how is it you can not hear a song for a decade and yet still remember every note and word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gibSb1_GGw
I have to hem some pants. I thought I had grey cotton but no. I have every other colour though. Black will have to do.
It’s showtime folks!
Nooooooooooooooooooo! Turn that spotlight off - I haven't got my stage face on yet....
I have a zit right on the lip of my nostril. It's like my body doesn't want me to be seen today. Gorram it
Just pop a mask over it - hidden!
Jesus. Another knife attack in Sydney. This time at a church.
No fatalities, just injured but there’s a lot of agitated people for the community and riot police were deployed.
Still ongoing at the moment.
Ugh! Yesterday's attack was all over the news, so I guess a copycat?
Getting kinda tired of waking up to violence every day, here and everywhere.
::: spoiler tw: really dark humour Can the world just end already? Like Mother Nature is edging the apocalypse, such a tease. I still have my bets on a firey meteor, but nuclear seems to be ahead right now :::
I’m not sure. The bishop of the church got attacked and 3 others were injured in the process.
Also tired of all the protest news too.
I’m just waiting for a show to start but I get a feeling it’s been delayed for who knows how long.
I'm very very glad that this sudden and weird internet outage happened this close to five. Shitty that I'm WFH when it happened though.
Anyone else's network gone down? I'm with exetel in the northern suburbs on a HFC network.
EDIT: Welp, clearly something's wrong, given I called the support number 35 ago. Was supposed to have a haircut this arvo, but guess that's not happening until the weekend
I'm in Brunswick with Aussie Broadband, and my net seems to be okay. I mean, I'm connected to wifi on my phone, so I assume the ethernet connections are okay as well. Is there any outages listed on exetels website?
Not as yet, nor on NBN, but they can take a while to update their maps
I'm going to give you a URL which might ruin any plans you had for the whole day if you're anything like me: udio.com
I've been making ridiculous songs and it's in-fucking-credible how good it is. Get to know the tags you can use if you use the Custom function rather than letting it just generate its own lyrics and verses etc.
Have fun. Listen to some of the staff picks to hear what sort of things are possible. The first one I heard which blew me away was "Wow.... I Didn't Know That"
If I create anything to that calibre I'll let you know.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
One cappucino and the will to go on, please 🙏
☕️🥛🤖
Is that robot milk from the Alien film? I'll take it!
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I would like a hot dog please.
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Spaghetti with sardines, peas, corn and chilli please
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Yum. You remembered the lemon too!
Pakige
Pakige 😁 though it means I have to dash into the office when I was having a nice cosy WFH day. I am wearing trackies in protest
Very productive day today. Feeling chuffed at how much I squeezed in. Homemade pizza for dinner.
Makes up for the surprise start of suddenly finding out that school actually goes back tomorrow. Oops.
Taped to the front door of my workplace this morning - wtf?
::: spoiler spoiler :::
My workplace does not have a dog of any sort.
Um maybe you, as a company, need to come together and train the dog that is annoying that random person. So inconsiderate /s lol
Hmm, it's not like the physical locations have giant, unsubtle signage or anything. And noisy ambulances coming in and out. The locals definitely know where the ambulance station is.
I have zero clue where the Ambulance substations are in WA - other than the local one in my area. So far as I know, the ambulance services here aren't even run by the government. The main service is provided by St John's Ambulance, and there are private ambulance services that do some events and patient transfers.
I assume the latter sort operate out of some industrial area depot(s) somewhere.
St John's has near universal acclaim in the community. I honestly never hear anything against them.
It's not so much that the government "went the private route" as that St Johns have been providing services since the 1800's. I just looked it up, the city ambulance service started in 1922 - over 100 years ago. So, it's more that we already had a perfectly good ambulance service and the government has never needed to replace it.
TV review
Griselda, from the people who brought you Narcos and Narcos Mexico.
The first series, Narcos, was from the viewpoint of the two DEA officers who hunted down Escobar. ( I read the book, these true life guys are national heroes in Colombia ) Narcos Mexico was from the point of view of the guy who created the Mexican cartel system, third series view point of local police trying to save forgotten victims and Griselda is the view point of a drug lord.
I really recommend these stories, they are violent tho. 4.5 hobbits
The Vault. It was boring. Made me really appreciate the story telling of Uncharted, which this movie unashamedly stole from. 1 hobbit
Nobody Knows I'm Here. The lead character, I just didn't care. 1 hobbit
Holy shit, I cannot stop laughing at this
https://youtu.be/IK5mm5_Xu6A?si=YjJJZb_l0XAnRnE3
I can't breathe 😂😂😂💀
Hahahaha. He came in so graceful then whoops. There goes the kitten.
where'd the cat go? ....lol
No, Sheep Dip is not a new culinary marvel of meat 😹
Yep. It's about the information, not the document. Go for it.
And I am shocked that that info isn't readily available on their website.
The only thing that occurs to me is protecting privacy of ambo staff ( i.e. you need to know where the cop station is but you don't want randos going to the ambo depot for treatment or because of some perceived slight against one of the staff).
The other realistic reason would be that there's restricted drugs stored at some (most?) of these depots and so, while you need some level of openness about where the depots are, making all those addresses available publicly would probably be perceived as a major risk. Although you can get it now, there's at least a barrier.
Likely there's a bunch of politics wrapped up in this and the lack of comms about why its restricted info is shite but I can see why it might be refused.