Been smoking way less, but still smoking. Funny, buying a pouch from Woolies is ~$100, buying a 20pk of Marlboro reds from my local tobacconist is $18. And if I was less lazy, the one across the road sells them for $15.
Even more reason to quit: Marlboro is made in the USA, so I guess I'm funding not only local crime gangs, but also the USAs desire to bomb all the countries ๐ฌ๐
Dipping in and out of work mailbox on phone to clear out monitoring notifications. Fucking employer has sent me more goddamn emails in my two days of holidays than he has the rest of the year combined.
Cunt is pathological and they are not getting actioned. Get a fucking hobby.
First, Carrot Man has a new carrot, or at least a freshly painted one. Looks very nice.
Second, I just saw a young bloke on an electric scooter with a small fridge on the platform. Not secured with anything resembling an occy strap. Scooting down the hilly bit of Bridge Road. Which is due for resurfacing next weekend. Courage takes many forms.
It's meant to help you save money but I end up spending more from being on there. Plus I'm on one bottle of Morris from Rutherglen with another to get through, it's all Ozbargain's fault
I havenโt heard from the rescuer so texted her again, and asked if this guy can be treated outside or needs to be confined. Iโm clearing my space and buying a cheap tent to make an easy quarantine zone or keep him to be scannedโฆ
But Iโve also told her Iโm not feeling confident in the ringworm treatment and asked if she can start looking for backup foster homes because Iโm not sure Iโm able to take him. Iโm also looking for the owners in any way I can.
Itโs a hard one. I care about the cat and donโt fully want to give him up. Torn. Keep flip flopping.
Iโm just trying to be responsible and let them know to start looking for a placement now rather than bite off more than I can chew and then suddenly need someone else to take him on short notice. Or just stop caring for him because I canโt.
One of the Customer Service women has brought their daughter into work today. Last time she was in I tried plugging her switch into one of the computer docks to play on one of the monitors. It didn't work, I don't know if it's Nintendo or Dell's fault but that's bullshit
I wanted to check if it would work with any USB-C dock. I guess it only works with the switch one. I might mention that about the dock to the mum tomorrow
It straight up didn't work and she's brought it in since. It's more that I could bring something like the Bazztop in and it would just work with any of the docks, but the switch needs its own shit to be able to run. I thought USB-C was meant to be a universal standard
You'd think a dock that can run a big fat Dell laptop and two monitors could power a Switch, but those docks often have their own processors which could throw things off a bit.
My pumpkin vine has put out a bunch of new female flowers, it must feel like it's in with a chance for more fruit than the 10 currently ripening. The squash and zucchini are also making a late fruiting run.
The snow peas on the collapsed trellis had some dried peas so I've planted those on the remaining trellis and will hopefully get some new plants growing, and also harvested some fresh snow peas from one plant which decided it's just going to keep growing on the ground. The climbing bean is also being pretty productive at the moment, so even though I didn't get everything growing in the garden I would have liked it has been a fairly successful year.
I've had a good result with beetroot and a couple of other root vegies - I have a few beetroot ready to pull up now. I need to do some more planting, I haven't really gotten onto doing any of the leafy veg yet, but I keep intending to.
I went to Aldi today and there was no cheap dry pasta. Had to buy the more expensive $2.35 one. I wonder if there's a shortage or the staff are just lazy cunts.
I don't know why but when I go there I always get zapped. It's so loud too. YL was about a metre away from me, not even looking at me and she heard it. When we were leaving she patted me on the back twice and I got zapped twice.
Does it happen to anyone else? Why me? And no I don't wear synthetic shudder.
It means that static electricity is building up in the actual room/building itself. And will discharge as soon as it can. If you are even slightly damp from the rain etc. then this will trigger the static discharge (water is a wonderful conductor and we are mostly made of water). Gold rings also can trigger a discharge.
General diagnosis - problems with the building's electrical grounding - should be reported but it's such an expensive fix that management often ignores it. If you can, report to the local fire brigade as it's a known explosion risk in the event of a gas leak. And EPA. And Worksafe. I did that last time I got zapped at Norfcote Plaza. Caused no end of a hoo-ha but I haven't been zapped there since.
It happens at every Aldi I go to. Starts in the carpark getting out of the car. I don't see it happening to anyone else. They're all busy shopping and I get weird looks. I don't wear any jewellery. It has to be me for some reason I haven't worked out.
Sometimes it's a couple of zaps per shop. Sometimes it's every single thing I touch.
Sounds like the building needs an electrics overhaul to me. You only need to be the connector between the charged item (shop) and something that grounds it - then as we are mostly water we become the conductor of the electricity. In Norfcote Plaza it was happening to me every time I stepped on the metal expansion joints in the tiled floor. Didn't matter what shoes etc. I was wearing either. And I wasn't the only one.
I get zapped everytime I touch something in there and sometimes it hurts.
I once was touching someone's plant and everytime I did I got zapped. I said something is not right here and everyone laughed at me cos it wasn't happening to them. Turned out there was a problem with the lighting/heating. I like to think I saved their house from burning down.
Been reading a kids book of Aesop's Fables to the kids and I'm struggling to take it seriously.
The reading level its written for and the laboured metaphors of talking animals just remind me of long LinkedIn posts or really bad boomer memes.I keep telling the kids we're going to read some stories to help us excel at B2B sales
Most of Aesop's fables were deeply political at the time of writing and were never intended for children. They were the only safe way to speak truth to power in an autocracy. Especially for a slave like Aesop was. I suspect that they've been 'edited for political correctness' a number of times over the last 2,500 years too.
It says they're retold by Ann McGovern and the intended reading level is grade 4. Copyright also goes back to 1963 so they've just been reprinting this thing
Got a big viet coffee with my banh mi to power my afternoon after a shit sleep last night. Got a few work tasks I want to knock out today. Let's do this.
I've been using Affinity more now that it's a unified free app (genius) and I'm starting to realise that I'm learning how to use it the same way I learnt how to use Photoshop. Slowly, gradually over time as I need to achieve various things.
I made this little explainer that approximates what we are seeing in the Earthset image. It makes it way easier to pick out the Indochina Peninsula and Borneo on the left of crescent Earth, and potentially a little peek of Antarctica on the right.
No joy on the found posters, or on Facebook lost pet groups.
The rescuer lady is being pushy and Iโm seriously wavering because Iโve got attached to him but I donโt think I can keep this cat.
I was getting pics of where I think the ringworm still is on him (he looks to actually have a lesion) and he enjoyed the fuss so much he did a big stretch up onto me and accidentally punctured my leg with his claw through long pants. Luckily I can get antibiotics tomorrow morning but have a compromised immune system and donโt want to get cat scratch syndrome.
So Iโve told her about it and said I donโt think I can keep him. If Iโm realistic itโs just too much under the circumstances and heโll be left in the lurch or scrambling to find a foster home on short notice when things go wrong. I donโt think Iโm the best option for him right now.
So Iโve lost my beautiful Melbcat and will have to give this one up too ๐ญ
:::
Iโve washed and dressed it but have a decent history of infections getting out of control. And was feeling like and saying that I couldnโt take his care on even before this.
the problem lies with defining "take all of it on"
it's not all, it's not everything,
but I do get you on timing , I waited a short while after Allie died til I got Bill. And I did tell the rspca I wanted a cat that was easy because her passing was very upsetting. ( and Bill was very healthy and young, just a bit nervous is all )
Itโs not just that. I have been powering through so many major life events overlapping for so many years now (didnโt really post about them) and people just kept dying around me. Iโm beyond burned out. Just been endlessly in crisis and working overtime to manage everything and not even getting a moment to breathe before the next one starts.
Iโm exhausted and have barely started grieving Melbcat but am now in yet another situation where Iโll have to work diligently and consistently for an extended time and experience setbacksโฆ I just donโt think I can do it. And I donโt think I can commit to another pet again so soon.
Itโs so painful because I do care about this goofy little goober and wish I could keep him. But I donโt think I can do it because I am breaking. And thatโs another loss. At this point it feels like being punished for caring.
Just had my interview and I think I smashed it! Should find out early next week
Onya mate ๐ป
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Crossing all available digits in support.
Fingers crossed ๐ค๐พ
1 more day and I'll have been off suboxone for a year.
I'll save my thoughts till tomorrow.
Edit:
I've looked at the stats. Upto 90% of people who stop taking it relapse within 4 weeks and are at increased risk of death.
12% of people remained sober at the 9 month mark.
Fucking sobering.
Yes, sobering. And the fact that you've been off it for a year speaks volumes for your courage and self-control. Dam admirable imo.
Thank you :)
I haven't had cravings for about 8 years so that part was fine. It's the not being emotionally numb part that was rough
Yeeaaah, the awakening feelings .... been there and done that. Not fun. But the worst does pass with the passage of time.
My god, man. You are un fucking stoppable. Holy shit. I am in awe.
That's really kind of you to say :)
I've come to believe that there is no choice but to keep moving forward.
Well done mate.
so many hugs and kudos
change is so very very hard, any change, you have done awesome ๐
Been smoking way less, but still smoking. Funny, buying a pouch from Woolies is ~$100, buying a 20pk of Marlboro reds from my local tobacconist is $18. And if I was less lazy, the one across the road sells them for $15.
Even more reason to quit: Marlboro is made in the USA, so I guess I'm funding not only local crime gangs, but also the USAs desire to bomb all the countries ๐ฌ๐
I swear by the nicotine spray thingy
That shit gave me horrible acid reflux. Nicotinell patches were the bomb tho.
Caveat: i'm very good at recognising dream states. Which is good because they were wild on those things.
I tried the patches but no luck. Only caveat of the spray for me is that I get a headache if I use it too much.
Gave me reflux too! The patches interrupted my sleep too much, I had to take them off before bed
I thought you were meant to take them off for bed.
It depends on how well you tolerate it. There are 24h patches that are recommended because it reduces cravings in the morning/over night.
Ah, okay. I took mine off at night. Damn, just realised it was 13 years ago I quit.
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Ah! Smokers warning. Can't at my place -- body corp rules and a cunt neighbour who will report. So heads up.
Few years ago a dude offered me 2 x 50g of champion for $50 at a club thing.
Obv. stolen. had all the australian warnings. Couldn't pass it up though ๐
I wonder what all the ticket inspectors are doing this month.
maybe helping disabled people and women with prams get on and off public transport s/
or maybe cleaning stations and making them nicer and safer s/
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Dipping in and out of work mailbox on phone to clear out monitoring notifications. Fucking employer has sent me more goddamn emails in my two days of holidays than he has the rest of the year combined.
Cunt is pathological and they are not getting actioned. Get a fucking hobby.
Isn't there a law that says that employers can't email employees on time off? It's called "Right to Disconnect"? https://www.fwc.gov.au/documents/resources/right-to-disconnect-fact-sheet.pdf
He's sending to work email, not personal.
ok, I thought the law covered those work emails
and I made a mistake, it's not that they can't email you, you don't have to look
so don't look!
I dip in every other day to clear monitoring emails (iykyk)
Behold mouse trap w/ swivelling bottle with peanut butter on swivelling dowel over a bucket of water with ramp v.2.0.1
Improvements over v1.0
more peanut butter
Soap applied to inner walls
Longer ramp with peanut butter.
Worked in Melbs but was after a rat not the mouse that got in.
we will see
I'm so invested!
Y'know I jus so happen to be in the business of sellin' mousetraps. We jus got listed on Bunnings too
This is a magnificent contraption! For washing mice for your new cat.
Two things.
First, Carrot Man has a new carrot, or at least a freshly painted one. Looks very nice.
Second, I just saw a young bloke on an electric scooter with a small fridge on the platform. Not secured with anything resembling an occy strap. Scooting down the hilly bit of Bridge Road. Which is due for resurfacing next weekend. Courage takes many forms.
Correct me if I'm wrong cat people, but if the cat has a tattoo in its ear, it's been chipped.
Neutered I think. Like my dog.
Ear tatt means neutered. Blue tag means chipped, but that's dependant on the owner. our boys are chipped but no blue tags .
Ozbargain needs to stop. It's giving me scotch deals again
That site is dangerous, I've learned to limit how often I visit there. I could go a scotch deal though.
It's meant to help you save money but I end up spending more from being on there. Plus I'm on one bottle of Morris from Rutherglen with another to get through, it's all Ozbargain's fault
::: spoiler Black cat angst
I havenโt heard from the rescuer so texted her again, and asked if this guy can be treated outside or needs to be confined. Iโm clearing my space and buying a cheap tent to make an easy quarantine zone or keep him to be scannedโฆ
But Iโve also told her Iโm not feeling confident in the ringworm treatment and asked if she can start looking for backup foster homes because Iโm not sure Iโm able to take him. Iโm also looking for the owners in any way I can.
Itโs a hard one. I care about the cat and donโt fully want to give him up. Torn. Keep flip flopping.
Iโm just trying to be responsible and let them know to start looking for a placement now rather than bite off more than I can chew and then suddenly need someone else to take him on short notice. Or just stop caring for him because I canโt.
I wish things were different. ๐ข :::
Whoever reminded me about Moser Roth Madagascan vanilla chocolate from Aldi - my diet this week.does NOT thank you (but my mental health does...yummo)
I think I'll get some cheese cake in advance of tomorrows excitement.
Yes!!!!
One of the Customer Service women has brought their daughter into work today. Last time she was in I tried plugging her switch into one of the computer docks to play on one of the monitors. It didn't work, I don't know if it's Nintendo or Dell's fault but that's bullshit
You need a switch dock to play on a screen (it comes with one). Splits the power and video signals on the usb-c.
Unless it's a switch lite, then there's no additional video out. Just the screen.
I wanted to check if it would work with any USB-C dock. I guess it only works with the switch one. I might mention that about the dock to the mum tomorrow
Ooof be careful. A lot of switches got fried by aftermarket docks back in the day, they use specific voltage
It straight up didn't work and she's brought it in since. It's more that I could bring something like the Bazztop in and it would just work with any of the docks, but the switch needs its own shit to be able to run. I thought USB-C was meant to be a universal standard
It's not the usb C per se, it needs the ac adapter (in the dock) to give the gpu enough balls.
Most tv/monitor USB ports don't run enough voltage / amperage to power it
You'd think a dock that can run a big fat Dell laptop and two monitors could power a Switch, but those docks often have their own processors which could throw things off a bit.
Proprietary as fuck my friend. My dell dock cracks it if i plug my other one in, despite both being USB-C
Good night everyone
sweet dreams ๐
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Crab & kiwifruit salad please chef.
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Chef, you always come through magnificently. Thank you.
I'll get a bรดwl รถf bฤรจf phรธ please!
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An egg & bacon roll with a large cappuccino please chef.
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Thanks chef
Trying to catch a mouse in the house.
It's smarter than me :(
Do you need to borrow a Jack Russell? Cannot guarantee the state of your house afterwards, but th mouse will be dispatched.
'Rent a Russell' actually has a nice ring to it. ๐ค
Trying to befriend the cat down the road for some back-up but to no avail.
You can rent a goat! Not known as great mousers despite their rep for eating absolutely anything
My brother brought home a goat because he was asked to mow the lawn. It escaped it's pen and ate all my mum's plants and no grass.
Clearly you must adopt a cat. Or give up eating cheese. Get the cat.
My pumpkin vine has put out a bunch of new female flowers, it must feel like it's in with a chance for more fruit than the 10 currently ripening. The squash and zucchini are also making a late fruiting run.
The snow peas on the collapsed trellis had some dried peas so I've planted those on the remaining trellis and will hopefully get some new plants growing, and also harvested some fresh snow peas from one plant which decided it's just going to keep growing on the ground. The climbing bean is also being pretty productive at the moment, so even though I didn't get everything growing in the garden I would have liked it has been a fairly successful year.
You'd be shocked, last year i threw a bunch of compost in a bed in jan, giant pumpkin trellis erupted, they held and we got enough to soup all winter.
That's impressive. Mine were out of the ground well over a month ago.
Going into the cold this year will be bok choy, coriander, lettuce and maybe beetroot which I've never done and spinach.
I've had a good result with beetroot and a couple of other root vegies - I have a few beetroot ready to pull up now. I need to do some more planting, I haven't really gotten onto doing any of the leafy veg yet, but I keep intending to.
I went to Aldi today and there was no cheap dry pasta. Had to buy the more expensive $2.35 one. I wonder if there's a shortage or the staff are just lazy cunts.
I don't know why but when I go there I always get zapped. It's so loud too. YL was about a metre away from me, not even looking at me and she heard it. When we were leaving she patted me on the back twice and I got zapped twice.
Does it happen to anyone else? Why me? And no I don't wear synthetic shudder.
It means that static electricity is building up in the actual room/building itself. And will discharge as soon as it can. If you are even slightly damp from the rain etc. then this will trigger the static discharge (water is a wonderful conductor and we are mostly made of water). Gold rings also can trigger a discharge.
General diagnosis - problems with the building's electrical grounding - should be reported but it's such an expensive fix that management often ignores it. If you can, report to the local fire brigade as it's a known explosion risk in the event of a gas leak. And EPA. And Worksafe. I did that last time I got zapped at Norfcote Plaza. Caused no end of a hoo-ha but I haven't been zapped there since.
It happens at every Aldi I go to. Starts in the carpark getting out of the car. I don't see it happening to anyone else. They're all busy shopping and I get weird looks. I don't wear any jewellery. It has to be me for some reason I haven't worked out.
Sometimes it's a couple of zaps per shop. Sometimes it's every single thing I touch.
Sounds like the building needs an electrics overhaul to me. You only need to be the connector between the charged item (shop) and something that grounds it - then as we are mostly water we become the conductor of the electricity. In Norfcote Plaza it was happening to me every time I stepped on the metal expansion joints in the tiled floor. Didn't matter what shoes etc. I was wearing either. And I wasn't the only one.
I go to 3 different Aldi's regularly, 2 are in shopping centres, one is free standing. It happens at all of them.
Sounds like your car
That's the weird thing, I wasn't in my car today. YL drove me in her car. It happens in my husband's car too.
Do you excitedly rub your shopping bags on the way to the aisle of mystery?
๐. No they sit in the trolley.
shoes, it's your shoes
get safety shoes
It can't be my shoes because I wear different shoes all the time and it's been happening for years.
An avocado got me last time.
Wtf?
I was surprised.
Usually it's just the milk fridge โก
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I get zapped everytime I touch something in there and sometimes it hurts.
I once was touching someone's plant and everytime I did I got zapped. I said something is not right here and everyone laughed at me cos it wasn't happening to them. Turned out there was a problem with the lighting/heating. I like to think I saved their house from burning down.
No pasta at Springvale Aldi, no diesel either :(
Strait of Hormuz ๐
Trumpty Dumpty. Tangerine mean.
I get zapped at one of the local shopping centres in my area. Every single time.
No idea why.
How bazaar!
Yeah, makes no sense.
thank you trump for the bad dreams , not had one of those 4 decades
political science by randy newman seems apt again ๐
IKR?! Its been a big week for realisinv i still have childhood anxiety about (a) challenger space shuttle and (b) nuclear bombs...
Apparently he's now declared a two week cease fire though so some adult in the room is trying to wrangle him to de-escalate
::: spoiler Title
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beach
I needed that.
Been reading a kids book of Aesop's Fables to the kids and I'm struggling to take it seriously.
The reading level its written for and the laboured metaphors of talking animals just remind me of long LinkedIn posts or really bad boomer memes.I keep telling the kids we're going to read some stories to help us excel at B2B sales
Most of Aesop's fables were deeply political at the time of writing and were never intended for children. They were the only safe way to speak truth to power in an autocracy. Especially for a slave like Aesop was. I suspect that they've been 'edited for political correctness' a number of times over the last 2,500 years too.
Please post the name and author lol
It says they're retold by Ann McGovern and the intended reading level is grade 4. Copyright also goes back to 1963 so they've just been reprinting this thing
Awesome! Time to go grab a copy from Libgen.
Lazy morning start tucked in doona watching French Dispatch. And now i mush wash and possibly cut downspout
Got a big viet coffee with my banh mi to power my afternoon after a shit sleep last night. Got a few work tasks I want to knock out today. Let's do this.
Go get 'em. ๐
I've been using Affinity more now that it's a unified free app (genius) and I'm starting to realise that I'm learning how to use it the same way I learnt how to use Photoshop. Slowly, gradually over time as I need to achieve various things.
I made this little explainer that approximates what we are seeing in the Earthset image. It makes it way easier to pick out the Indochina Peninsula and Borneo on the left of crescent Earth, and potentially a little peek of Antarctica on the right.
brain stuck
also have a bad case of what's the point
::: spoiler Black cat, bummer
No joy on the found posters, or on Facebook lost pet groups.
The rescuer lady is being pushy and Iโm seriously wavering because Iโve got attached to him but I donโt think I can keep this cat.
I was getting pics of where I think the ringworm still is on him (he looks to actually have a lesion) and he enjoyed the fuss so much he did a big stretch up onto me and accidentally punctured my leg with his claw through long pants. Luckily I can get antibiotics tomorrow morning but have a compromised immune system and donโt want to get cat scratch syndrome.
So Iโve told her about it and said I donโt think I can keep him. If Iโm realistic itโs just too much under the circumstances and heโll be left in the lurch or scrambling to find a foster home on short notice when things go wrong. I donโt think Iโm the best option for him right now.
So Iโve lost my beautiful Melbcat and will have to give this one up too ๐ญ :::
melba, he's a normal cat
be calm, calm is good for your immune system
just wash the wound and put dettol and savlon on, it will be ok
Iโve washed and dressed it but have a decent history of infections getting out of control. And was feeling like and saying that I couldnโt take his care on even before this.
Iโd like to catch a break at some point. ๐ซฉ
but you are doing great, better at looking after cats than anyone I know,
and everyone gets infections, we just wash and disinfect and IF it gets worse then we get more treatment
you are doing great, you cope very well, just worry more than most
No, I feel like right now I just canโt take all of it on. I wish things were different but the timing was so bad.
the problem lies with defining "take all of it on"
it's not all, it's not everything,
but I do get you on timing , I waited a short while after Allie died til I got Bill. And I did tell the rspca I wanted a cat that was easy because her passing was very upsetting. ( and Bill was very healthy and young, just a bit nervous is all )
Itโs not just that. I have been powering through so many major life events overlapping for so many years now (didnโt really post about them) and people just kept dying around me. Iโm beyond burned out. Just been endlessly in crisis and working overtime to manage everything and not even getting a moment to breathe before the next one starts.
Iโm exhausted and have barely started grieving Melbcat but am now in yet another situation where Iโll have to work diligently and consistently for an extended time and experience setbacksโฆ I just donโt think I can do it. And I donโt think I can commit to another pet again so soon.
Itโs so painful because I do care about this goofy little goober and wish I could keep him. But I donโt think I can do it because I am breaking. And thatโs another loss. At this point it feels like being punished for caring.
so many hugs
and it shouldn't be work, it should be a joy
good night everyone
sweet dreams ๐