I have a fakie front, chipped it off when I was a teen. Veneers never lasted (3 years max), but the last dentist went industrial and drilled poles into the stump and composite over the top, it's lasted almost a decade so far
A woman on the train opposite me is having an absolute blast smiling and nodding her head along to her music. It is so joyous to see. Even better that she’s wearing headphones and I just have to imagine the music!
Heh true.. there were times where you'd think 'oh.. little super cold dip would absolutely complement the heat and humidity', but can't really have that both ways :(
It was amazing. Probably the most diverse, accepting and friendly bunch of people I've ever met anywhere tbh. Has completely altered my previously incorrect guess on what it'd be.
Someone from leadership let it slip that there will be no payrises this year since the business is struggling. That’s fine… except I’m still being paid the same wage despite having a huge increase in responsibilities. Yeah, nah to that. This is what I get for being nice.
And that same wage is buying you a lot less than it did last year. They can't be surprised if people end up leaving from that decision. Maybe they're counting on it, if the business is struggling...
Yeah, I reckon so. I missed a chat with a recruiter a last week but have sent a follow up email in case there's still a chance. Even just to get an idea of what I'm worth.
Ever have one of those mornings that just seems so perfect and well-rested and you feel at peace with yourself ... only to have it thoroughly sullied by the realisation that you have to throw your natural pace out of the window to fit the demands of paid work?
I am going to do the sums this weekend on how I can move to that 4 day week asap while not taking too much of a financial hit. I always told myself I'd do it as soon as I got PR, but fuck if expenses haven't ballooned despite my best efforts.
I realised I was a bit fucked when I got to last Thursday and nearly thought it was pay week because the amount I had in my transaction account was what I normally have just before I get paid. That realisation I still had a week to go was not great. Moving is going to be too expensive at this stage too
Reckon a lot of us will be filling our tax return asap this year.
I could manage financially on a four day week now, but want to get more in my Super first because I'd also like to be able to stop working all together at some point. Currently hoarding leave and dreaming of a better future.
Damn, all the going ons have been really affecting me recently. The kid getting stabbed on Monday night was the straw that broke the camels back. Of course people have been stabbed since the invention of stabbing instruments, and it happens in every suburb, city, country, and in every decade, year, and (seemingly) month, but it's pretty shit that it all seems to be happening right around my area
This one, and the one that happened in sunshine a month ago are particularly affecting me because on top of them happening in my area, they're both my age too. I'm probably sounding kind of entitled/selfish but it's just a hard nut to swallow that they were my age doing the same thing I do several times a week, then someone decided to just.. end them... Forever gone, all that potential just lost for good
As someone else suggested, reach out to some youth support service. Trauma is a no joke. you don't have to be harmed or witness something first hand and it's better if you treat it now. I got to speak to someone last year when I witnessed something traumatic and it really helped sort me out.
I mean, it's not entitled or selfish in my opinion. I would call it more... empathy? Struggling because violence in your area has caused deaths? That's a totally normal reaction. I remember a few years ago working in parkville I was really, really scared to go out alone after dark, because 3 separate women were murdered and assaulted in the parks around where I lived and worked.
Sometimes unpredictable people are scary. And the knowing that there are unpredictable and scary people around is stressful, so it's not surprising that you are struggling.
Is there anyone you can talk to about this? I hate to think of you dealing with this by yourself.
There used to be fights among teens and gangs of teens but it's only now I'm seeing stabbings and murders between teens . This is a new thing.
hugs, I know they are your age and your locals but these kids are fighting people they know, it's not random violence so this is what you can focus on. Take care and choose your friends wisely.
No I feel the same way whenever I heard about stories of kids dying around my age. It's not selfish at all. But yeah, talking to someone even for a month can help.
I'm torn between "sweet, brushing up my vocab" and rage screeching at it asking questions like "Which word means "eat"" and the answer being a generic conjugation of mangiare that literally only applies to a specific person, object or circumstance, it's NOT LIKE ENGLISH, DAMMIT.
It's a dipshit way of teaching you verbs. Here's a cheat sheet: all regular verbs in Italian end in –are, –ere, or –ire. They tend to follow a pretty standard pattern with some deviations but that's beyond this comment so we go beginner mode. Also I am using present tense, again, beginner mode.
Mangiare is an -*Are *verb, so the conjugation is thus:
io (I) mangio
tu (you) mangi
lui /lei (he/she/it) mangia
noi (we plural) mangiamo
voi (you plural) mangiate
loro (it / they plural, also third person respectful) mangiano
see how the -are part of mangiare changes with each subject? Not so much for Tu, but mangii is a stupid-looking word so we don't use it :P
Also I s2g it deliberately dips you on spelling when it shouldn't just to fuck up a perfect score. I've seen it fuck me on a fat fingered mishap one instance, then the next say "I'll allow it but you made a typo" once I've lost the precious
Definitely saving this. I try to remember what the pronoun is, like Io is easy to remember but once noi and voi come in, it's like, nope you've lost it.
Sitting in my Kmart oodie, drinking negroni gin, watching old episodes of the Crystal Maze and ruminating on what my life has become...this is a whole mood.
I've done the unthinkable. I'm cooking sweet potato and potato NOT in the microwave 😱
Cooked off some red onion, garlic, cumin, chilli flakes & powder & sauce, cayenne pepper, pepper, paprika, ginger, salt and pepper. Added chicken stock, crushed tomatoes, sweet potato and potato. Results pending. Will add beans
That actually looks really hearty and delicious though. Do you usually give sweet potato and potato the same cooking time in liquid? (Bearing in mind it depends very much on which varieties are used...)
I have investigited the incident. 🚨 👮♂️ Cooking potatoes without a microwave does look very suspicious, however I am unable to make an arrest at this time due to the lack of a handcuff emoji.
But surely that is not appropriate until after trial, when a conviction has been obtained and sentence passed. Locking someone up without due process on the basis of nothing more than suspicious potato cooking methods seems a little draconian.
Results: hard to describe in detail. I just chunked up some sweet potato and potato, put em in the tomatoey oniony spicy mix, topped up with some chicken stock. Left it maybe 20m, checked by poking with knife, seemed ok but left another 5m, mixed in beans and cracked in eggs, left another few mins. Voila. Tubers were tender and flavourful
Real talk.
I think y'all need to post more of your meals. If it's just me posting potato inspired content then people might get the idea that potatoes are actually really fucking amazing, which might increase their price, which I do not want.
Any food content is welcome
I would love to buy them, but I think I'm going to just listen to her play list on Spotify instead for the 1000th time. Going to her concert would be incredible.... but I would surrounded by so many people.
Yeah I hear you. On the night of the concert just buy some drinks, put on what you would’ve worn and just dance to her music (or curate your own for the duration of her concert and maybe put on a YouTube concert on mute as a visual) and just sing and dance your heart out
Fuck yea drinking duty free in the shower it's like a mini hotel but at home and you have to clean it yourself but you'll get around maybe the next day maybe and there's no privacy button.
During my haircut yesterday, (which turned out fabulous btw) I was informed that there is a massive shortage of qualified hairstylists.
The lovely lady doing my hair was the only one there and has bookings until Feb of next year.
astonishing.
My kid's sick and she's hassling me about the use of the tv. I said yes under the condition that it's not the Gilmore Girls otherwise I'll blow my brains out.
I call it "sick privileges," in that rules are bent for the unwell. Spend the whole day in PJs, devices allowed in bed, your choice for dinner etc. Sucks to be sick on the holidays, poor thing. I hear you on the Gilmore girls though!
Well, we got through the first night of the new sleep plan for baby. He was NOT happy with the new arrangements. But this was to be expected. Just have to keep going.
Also partner is home on holidays at the moment and the division of responsibilities has been a lot better. I actually got time to write yesterday! I wrote a lot! My brain is coming back online!
I’m in such a better mood and feel less depressed just thanks to having that little bit of time to make serious progress on a project. It’s scary how easy it is to lose yourself simply because there is no time and/or energy to BE yourself…
Dissapointing. RustyDog had a similar issue when he had his teeth done, he went through the whole fasting bit and was at the vet waiting when it was called off and he had to come home again. At least you weren't forced to skip breakfast unnecessarily.
Morning beautiful people! Hi ho, hi ho... Got 80kg of spuds to hand peel today because I've taken the day off tomorrow, so I've gotta do extra so they don't run out. 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
It is fun. Which is why I like doing Fridays and Saturdays. Like trying to give it a bit of oomph to it. But agree more people should host as well. I’m not locking in for every Fridays and Saturdays but if no one happens to want to do it, just tag me before hand and I’ll take over.
I'm glad you are happy doing it, current bot progress is slow. Latest update is I created a bot, sent it off with instructions to make a test post, and it shrugged and said "can't get there". Sigh. Back to the drawing board.
I don't eat breakfast or have coffee most mornings. If I got less than 5 hours of sleep I might pick up an iced coffee, or just make a hot coffee at home if I don't have much money. Breakfast I only eat if I'm unsure I'll be able to eat lunch
I used to get a coffee and a chocolate muffin or a croissant or something when I got into the office. Pretty certain that's what's destroyed my gut health tbh.
I’m having all sorts of trouble with the internet at home today, and have been messing around with cables and modems and switch boxes et al to try & work out what’s wrong. Still can’t fix it and would throw the internet out the window, except that I’m on the ground floor. Hrmph.
Back home after a half day at work. Miserable weather out there. I did stop on the way home to turn the plastic promise notes Marketplace buyers insist on paying with into proper digital money. Not keen to go out again, but Mr Woof obviously wants to walk, the weirdo.
Ok a friend of mine asked me a question and tbh I’m wondering if perhaps I’m saying it wrong, as I’m not Aussie born (but have lived here a long, long time)
How do you say Melbourne and can you spell it out phonetically for me please
The Mel part is like Mao as in chairman Mao. The Bourne part is more like Ben but as if a Kiwi says it so it's more like b'n. Now you put them together Maob'n = Melbourne. Completely exceptable to throw an l in the middle.
so fucked. minor rant: i told commbank ages ago to notify of my telstra bills, as i thought this would mean fewer emails. now i get an email from telstra with the bill, which i pay, then multiple notifications from commbank about the bill including 'you have an upcoming bill from TELSTA CORP' (after i've already paid it) and 'urgent' reminders so i have to manually tick the bill off as paid
Lol seriously I'd ask them for fewer reminders please if I could. I guess they want to cover their butts if someone turns around and say they never got a reminder about their late bill. Wonder if they do reminders for credit card though hah....
Travel money update: from my research the 28 Degrees Latitude credit card is the best for credit and UBank seems to be the winner for best debit card.
Both are free to sign up for and it's always good to have multiple payment options overseas in case one fails you. Both have Google Pay/Apple Pay contactless payment options.
Both charge $0 fees for foreign exchange and the UBank card has $0 fees for ATM withdrawals overseas (although local ATM operators may charge their own fee).
28 Degrees uses the Mastercard Exchange Rate and UBank uses the Visa Exchange Rate with no extra fees on top.
UBank has a $2000 (AUD) daily withdrawal limit, which is up from the $1000 limit I've seen on competitors, and no monthly withdrawal limit like some cards do (Wise has a $7000 monthly limit).
So my plan is to use the credit card to pay for things like hotels, meals etc and then use the debit card for ATM withdrawals and as a backup other payments. This means I don't need to keep too much cash sitting on the debit card balance.
I've done a bunch of research and read lots of terms and conditions so hopefully this info can help someone avoid nasty fees and gotchas. The one thing to note is that the exchange rate is calculated when the payment is cleared each time you spend, so if you want to lock in an exchange rate you need to use a travel card which 'loads' foreign currency rather than a debit/credit card.
Watching a new movie everyday has been so good, it's improving my mental stamina so much. 😊
Back story, when I had cptsd I could barely keep up with anything more than a music video. Any mental energy I had , and it wasn't much, I used to read related medical literature and do psych therapy.
Covid did not help. That was a pretty frightening and tiring experience, it lasted years and was relentless.
I need some more lines to my Daddy Distraction song.
Currently it goes:
"Daddy Distraction,
Dad-dy Dis-Trac-Tion,
Dis-tract-ing (First name)!"
And its a huge hit, I think due to the alliteration. But since there's only 3 lines I have to keep increasing pitch each go through, and I think the dogs are plotting against me as a result.
Dumb question: All my mates moisturize. I don't often cause.... I dunno Im an idiot. Noticed my forehead was a bit dry so I chucked some on and my skin immediately feels 100 times better. Does this mean I have really dry skin? Or does it just it do that to your skin regularly anyway?
In my experience, moisturizer helps straight away. My skin isn't generally dry, except in the winter months. I have skincare regimen (created for me by my daughter) that includes a serum and a cream. Massive improvement and way less flakiness in the cold months.
Moisturiser is great for your skin. It doesn't mean you have really dry skin, it's probably just partly winter weather. In winter the air is colder and drier, and that does dry your skin out a bit more. Keep a bit of facial moisturiser around and put a little on after you've had a shower.
Wife just said the most insensitive hurtful thing. She’s tired, so I asked her if she was serious. She doubled down. I gave her an out, and a chance to apologise assuming she didn’t understand how upset I was. She mocked me, said she was sorry for “hurting my feeeeeeellllliiiiings”. Jesus fucking Christ who is this woman?!
Have done my compulsory nature staring, now I can return to the nest for some quiet time. Side note, saw a camper all the way from Harvey Bay (QLD), why would you drive down for some coastal camping in the middle of winter...
Damn this mood dip. I've been sailing for days. Drinking coffee to wake up a bit and get the oomph to be excited when my sponsor calls. Anonymous it may be so I can only say I'm very happy with the person who reached out. Ha, mood lifted and I still hadn't posted this. The oestrogen patches seem to get a little less effective on the 7th day. Mood lift though was due to calls from my sponsor and another person I've met in the program. It's a fair amount of work involved in doing it correctly so I'm glad I'm still on leave for a while. It was a completely spiritual thing meeting my sponsor. I'm starting to sound like people I was deeply skeptical of until now. Serves me right for trying to out think believers in a higher power.
I'm becoming a lot more empathic and relying on my intuition more as it's increasing in strength as well. HRT isn't just life saving, it's life changing and enhancing in ways I always desired in my dreams of being female. Lets just say when I see someone in obvious emotional distress it's fucking heartbreaking and I'm left exhausted afterward. But to feel like that I wouldn't change for the world and to remember it brings tears to my eyes again.
Cats got me up at 4am today. Little kitten sleeps beside me and must notice immediately when I wake up. He's such a little dynamo and really talkative so there's no choice but to get up and play with the little guy.
My volunteer work is so heartwarming at times. There's confidentiality involved so I can't speak of what help I could give, but it was pretty nice to have the privelege of being able to.
So apparently a realestate agent has saved the Paky pub. Thank god. There are so few GOOD drinking places out here its criminal. The only good options out this way are Urban Reserve and the tap house in Berwick, and then the Drake in Paky.
if your wife tried a jetstar meat pie and loved it then you absolutely cant go wrong from there. imagine if she tried a good one!!!! But seriously, if she liked that, anything will do.
Gist is went to indo with parents and mum (vision impaired, mobility issues, unfit but thin) behaved very differently to what I'm used to after a few big days. We spend a lot of time together and this was different.
Down to the last episode of Mad Men s4. Oh my God Don you total fool I can't believe this Megan storyline. I have been screaming internally for the last 20 minutes. Thank god for Peggy channelling my feelings.
So I read up on wiki policy. It would seem meaning is an opinion and can't be sourced.
But what about the original author, is what they say just an opinion? The originator of a work doesn't have a source which they can cite, but critics/analysts and readers of critics etc can cite criticism etc.
To think of all the shitty made up opinions in books written by crap academics I've read but they are considered a source and the original artist isn't. That is so fucked up.
Too subjective right? Your take away and my take away could be totally different.
I remember in year 12 the English teacher asked us "what do you think the director meant with his inclusion of shots with lots of birds?". One of the students goes "His mum likes birds Mrs" and the teacher goes "No, its about freedom, and the characters desires to be free and fly away from their troubles" and the student goes "No Mrs, I watched the directors commentary. His mum likes birds!".
That’s a spin out. Never noticed that. I looked up various painters both alive and deceased from various disciplines. Nothing.
The closest you can get to intention, meaning or philosophy is under the wide ranging banner of “movements” such as colour fields or abstract expressionism.
astonishing.
The author has to post something to a blog and get it added to wikipedia that way. I recall one author got tripped up that way when he tried to make some corrections to a page about his book.
Had similar assignments. Failed English class for this exact reason... unable to summarise. Apparently forcefully kept home for 11 years meant I had no summarise capabilities at all.
I've had this book titled "Queer: A Graphic History" on my bookshelf since 2020 and finally got around to reading it. And don't you hate it when you consume a piece of media (whether it's a book, movie, tv show, video game) and what it says on the tin is something completely different? And not in a "oh that was surprisingly different, but I liked it!" way more in a "you know you don't have to force yourself to finish it... right?".
When I read "Queer: A Graphic History" I think, oh it's about the history of LGBTQIA+ stuff. So activism, people, the history itself. Nope... it's about queer theory (basically looking at things through a queer lens, whether it's entertainment, politics, philosophy, general life, etc). And I don't mind queer theory, I did a bit of it at uni, I did an assignment using queer theory. I love queer theory (as a queer). But it just felt so dry and like I was so annoyed that this book that I've been excited to read, is just not at all what I thought it was.
Oh well... next on the list is Heartstopper vol 1 and 2.
New teefs day today! I get these temporary veneers off and the porcelain ones fitted this afternoon 😁
I have a fakie front, chipped it off when I was a teen. Veneers never lasted (3 years max), but the last dentist went industrial and drilled poles into the stump and composite over the top, it's lasted almost a decade so far
I hope it went well! Lots of smiles in your future!
A woman on the train opposite me is having an absolute blast smiling and nodding her head along to her music. It is so joyous to see. Even better that she’s wearing headphones and I just have to imagine the music!
Some people just be vibin
Good for them
Same!
Are you me?
Ooh exciting!
Yaaaaay!!!
Exciting times ahead
Stud bud ain't muddling through this FUD :)
Woot!
shakes pompoms
OOOOOOOO that sounds really promising!
Met the BF’s friends last night & it was a fun time & I felt so welcomed 🥹
I love this for you! Yay!!
How lovely! And what a relief too, I’m sure!
Yayyy! That's always a great feeling ❤️❤️
Back home in melbz.
WTF have you guyz done to the weather what is this shit?
Isn't this what you want you devious ocean bathing maniac?!
absolutely legit callout imo
😂
Heh true.. there were times where you'd think 'oh.. little super cold dip would absolutely complement the heat and humidity', but can't really have that both ways :(
We had some sun yesterday. You brought this weather.
Sorry :(
How was Jakarta?
It was amazing. Probably the most diverse, accepting and friendly bunch of people I've ever met anywhere tbh. Has completely altered my previously incorrect guess on what it'd be.
That's wonderful to hear. 😁
Someone from leadership let it slip that there will be no payrises this year since the business is struggling. That’s fine… except I’m still being paid the same wage despite having a huge increase in responsibilities. Yeah, nah to that. This is what I get for being nice.
And that same wage is buying you a lot less than it did last year. They can't be surprised if people end up leaving from that decision. Maybe they're counting on it, if the business is struggling...
They've already done a round of redundancies and it's stretched the team way too thin, so IDK if they're hoping more people will leave.
Job hunting?
Yeah, I reckon so. I missed a chat with a recruiter a last week but have sent a follow up email in case there's still a chance. Even just to get an idea of what I'm worth.
Ever have one of those mornings that just seems so perfect and well-rested and you feel at peace with yourself ... only to have it thoroughly sullied by the realisation that you have to throw your natural pace out of the window to fit the demands of paid work?
I am going to do the sums this weekend on how I can move to that 4 day week asap while not taking too much of a financial hit. I always told myself I'd do it as soon as I got PR, but fuck if expenses haven't ballooned despite my best efforts.
I feel you. Partner and I were hoping to cut back next year to both be part time but then the cost of everything skyrocketed.
I realised I was a bit fucked when I got to last Thursday and nearly thought it was pay week because the amount I had in my transaction account was what I normally have just before I get paid. That realisation I still had a week to go was not great. Moving is going to be too expensive at this stage too
Reckon a lot of us will be filling our tax return asap this year.
Yeah, most mornings 🙂
I could manage financially on a four day week now, but want to get more in my Super first because I'd also like to be able to stop working all together at some point. Currently hoarding leave and dreaming of a better future.
If 4 days is too much of a strain, maybe a 9 day fortnight? 🖤
Seriously considering that too. I definitely need the breathing space. Most of my colleagues are now doing 4 days a week or 9 day fortnights
Damn, all the going ons have been really affecting me recently. The kid getting stabbed on Monday night was the straw that broke the camels back. Of course people have been stabbed since the invention of stabbing instruments, and it happens in every suburb, city, country, and in every decade, year, and (seemingly) month, but it's pretty shit that it all seems to be happening right around my area
This one, and the one that happened in sunshine a month ago are particularly affecting me because on top of them happening in my area, they're both my age too. I'm probably sounding kind of entitled/selfish but it's just a hard nut to swallow that they were my age doing the same thing I do several times a week, then someone decided to just.. end them... Forever gone, all that potential just lost for good
As someone else suggested, reach out to some youth support service. Trauma is a no joke. you don't have to be harmed or witness something first hand and it's better if you treat it now. I got to speak to someone last year when I witnessed something traumatic and it really helped sort me out.
I mean, it's not entitled or selfish in my opinion. I would call it more... empathy? Struggling because violence in your area has caused deaths? That's a totally normal reaction. I remember a few years ago working in parkville I was really, really scared to go out alone after dark, because 3 separate women were murdered and assaulted in the parks around where I lived and worked.
Sometimes unpredictable people are scary. And the knowing that there are unpredictable and scary people around is stressful, so it's not surprising that you are struggling.
Is there anyone you can talk to about this? I hate to think of you dealing with this by yourself.
The recent stabbing murders of western suburbs teens was not random.
100% agree with this
There used to be fights among teens and gangs of teens but it's only now I'm seeing stabbings and murders between teens . This is a new thing.
hugs, I know they are your age and your locals but these kids are fighting people they know, it's not random violence so this is what you can focus on. Take care and choose your friends wisely.
No I feel the same way whenever I heard about stories of kids dying around my age. It's not selfish at all. But yeah, talking to someone even for a month can help.
Impatiently waits for breakfast. Construction hours can eat a dick.
Duolingo: We help identify your weakness and strengths!
me: aight, I haven’t spoken italian seriously for about 20 years, lemme brush up.
six months laterrrrr
Duolingo: Which of the following is correct?
Tu: ______
Parle Parla Parli Parliamo
me: ho studiato italiano per cinque anni motherfucker how the fuck have you not picked up I know how to conjugate a fucking -are verb??
I love Duolingo but it is not good at teaching you. It's one of the things I learned when I studied Italian in uni.
I'm torn between "sweet, brushing up my vocab" and rage screeching at it asking questions like "Which word means "eat"" and the answer being a generic conjugation of mangiare that literally only applies to a specific person, object or circumstance, it's NOT LIKE ENGLISH, DAMMIT.
It's so frustrating when you make a mistake because of the different ways Italian say eat. Like don't take away a heart! Damn it!
It's a dipshit way of teaching you verbs. Here's a cheat sheet: all regular verbs in Italian end in –are, –ere, or –ire. They tend to follow a pretty standard pattern with some deviations but that's beyond this comment so we go beginner mode. Also I am using present tense, again, beginner mode.
Mangiare is an -*Are *verb, so the conjugation is thus:
io (I) mangio
tu (you) mangi
lui /lei (he/she/it) mangia
noi (we plural) mangiamo
voi (you plural) mangiate
loro (it / they plural, also third person respectful) mangiano
see how the -are part of mangiare changes with each subject? Not so much for Tu, but mangii is a stupid-looking word so we don't use it :P
Also I s2g it deliberately dips you on spelling when it shouldn't just to fuck up a perfect score. I've seen it fuck me on a fat fingered mishap one instance, then the next say "I'll allow it but you made a typo" once I've lost the precious
Definitely saving this. I try to remember what the pronoun is, like Io is easy to remember but once noi and voi come in, it's like, nope you've lost it.
we iamo & youse guys ete
Sitting in my Kmart oodie, drinking negroni gin, watching old episodes of the Crystal Maze and ruminating on what my life has become...this is a whole mood.
I've done the unthinkable. I'm cooking sweet potato and potato NOT in the microwave 😱
Cooked off some red onion, garlic, cumin, chilli flakes & powder & sauce, cayenne pepper, pepper, paprika, ginger, salt and pepper. Added chicken stock, crushed tomatoes, sweet potato and potato. Results pending. Will add beans
Arrest this impostor, mods!!!
That actually looks really hearty and delicious though. Do you usually give sweet potato and potato the same cooking time in liquid? (Bearing in mind it depends very much on which varieties are used...)
I have investigited the incident. 🚨 👮♂️ Cooking potatoes without a microwave does look very suspicious, however I am unable to make an arrest at this time due to the lack of a handcuff emoji.
use chains and lock instead ⛓🔐
But surely that is not appropriate until after trial, when a conviction has been obtained and sentence passed. Locking someone up without due process on the basis of nothing more than suspicious potato cooking methods seems a little draconian.
These are magic tiny chains and lock shaped into handcuffs, to make sure the only way their hands can prepare a potato is to microwave it.
I usually microwave them. Idk wtf im doing
either you're an impostor or you've been possessed
I’m going with possession. Watch for head turns and green never ending puke
Someone was asking for greens. I'm not sure that was exactly what was intended, but green's green, right?
The green is their ENVY
Brave, uncharted territory... Keen to hear your results. I personally like steaming my potatoes :D
Results: hard to describe in detail. I just chunked up some sweet potato and potato, put em in the tomatoey oniony spicy mix, topped up with some chicken stock. Left it maybe 20m, checked by poking with knife, seemed ok but left another 5m, mixed in beans and cracked in eggs, left another few mins. Voila. Tubers were tender and flavourful
Great, I'll be over in 5...
Where are the GREEEEENNSSS? Gotta have some greeeeeenns.
The greens are my stocks rising 😎
Ok. Finished. Added beans and eggs and cheese. Plenty of leftovers
Looks like a nice little hot tub for some chorizo to swim around in.
U think I'm made of money?
yes. Your stocks rising 😎
I can hear your microwave crying
While My Microwave Gently Weeps
Blasphemously delicious
oh hey there
AYYEEE!!!
G'day knackers
Oh howdy!
Real talk.
I think y'all need to post more of your meals. If it's just me posting potato inspired content then people might get the idea that potatoes are actually really fucking amazing, which might increase their price, which I do not want.
Any food content is welcome
Good luck to anyone buying Swiftly tickets
I would love to buy them, but I think I'm going to just listen to her play list on Spotify instead for the 1000th time. Going to her concert would be incredible.... but I would surrounded by so many people.
Yeah I hear you. On the night of the concert just buy some drinks, put on what you would’ve worn and just dance to her music (or curate your own for the duration of her concert and maybe put on a YouTube concert on mute as a visual) and just sing and dance your heart out
My adult cult nappy is ready..
I'm not having any luck, stuck in this waiting lounge for eternity.
😢 keep at it
Thank you 🤞
Fuck yea drinking duty free in the shower it's like a mini hotel but at home and you have to clean it yourself but you'll get around maybe the next day maybe and there's no privacy button.
During my haircut yesterday, (which turned out fabulous btw) I was informed that there is a massive shortage of qualified hairstylists. The lovely lady doing my hair was the only one there and has bookings until Feb of next year. astonishing.
Then she needs to take on an apprentice.
Might go for a walk to find a coffee - https://i.imgur.com/3s2WPR0.jpg
Am Jealous.
Such a lovely moment, thanks for sharing! Would love to be on that beach with a book!
Oh my gosh the jealousy is real! please drink it with the water just threatening to go over the top of your foot.
Yep, on the envy train.
My kid's sick and she's hassling me about the use of the tv. I said yes under the condition that it's not the Gilmore Girls otherwise I'll blow my brains out.
I call it "sick privileges," in that rules are bent for the unwell. Spend the whole day in PJs, devices allowed in bed, your choice for dinner etc. Sucks to be sick on the holidays, poor thing. I hear you on the Gilmore girls though!
Sick Day Viewing is It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World in full.
Oh I love that movie! I'm overdue for another watch of it. Terry Thomas's rant about bosoms 🤣
I think having hair supplements for a few months really helped, hair is getting a bit wild from new growth!!
That’s a good result. What have you been using?
My hair needs all the help it can get, lol
natures way hair gummies
I also took Iron gummies for 2 months, iron helps with chronic pain and also hair
Thanks! Will check them out
Great swim with some great waves - https://i.imgur.com/5bPSLUS.jpg
looks awesome, so jelly 😊
great pic!
Bunch of orcas have shown up at Merimbula - somewhat unexpectedly. Could they be looking for Taylor Swift tickets? Orcas
Well, we got through the first night of the new sleep plan for baby. He was NOT happy with the new arrangements. But this was to be expected. Just have to keep going.
Also partner is home on holidays at the moment and the division of responsibilities has been a lot better. I actually got time to write yesterday! I wrote a lot! My brain is coming back online!
I’m in such a better mood and feel less depressed just thanks to having that little bit of time to make serious progress on a project. It’s scary how easy it is to lose yourself simply because there is no time and/or energy to BE yourself…
Nooooooooooooooo!! Got a call from the dentists and the Dr has chucked a sickie on me, so now I don't get my new teefs until Friday next week 😭 😭 😭
better than a crook dentist leaking snot into your open mouth though hey. God I got a cold shiver just typing that!
Dissapointing. RustyDog had a similar issue when he had his teeth done, he went through the whole fasting bit and was at the vet waiting when it was called off and he had to come home again. At least you weren't forced to skip breakfast unnecessarily.
Morning beautiful people! Hi ho, hi ho... Got 80kg of spuds to hand peel today because I've taken the day off tomorrow, so I've gotta do extra so they don't run out. 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
Certainly living up to your user name. That is a lot of spuds.
I am amazed at how you manage not to get RSI!
I vary it, so l do 20kg and then something else for half an hour, then back to 🥔. Seems to be working so far.
Despite your name I must ask. Potato peeler or paring knife?
Peeler, a Y shaped one.
I’ve never got the hang of those kinds of peelers. I always feel out of control and worry that I’m going to peel off a fingertip or something.
Your fears are completely justified! I've done my fingertips or sliced off a chunk of nail on several occasions.
Oh that would shit me to tears. God bless your little paws.
Wow! Count your fingers at the end :)
Oh my 😳
Was waiting for another community member to make this, have been enjoying letting more people get to be the one to make the thread.
If I'm ever still awake at midnight I am not functional enough to start the thread
It is fun. Which is why I like doing Fridays and Saturdays. Like trying to give it a bit of oomph to it. But agree more people should host as well. I’m not locking in for every Fridays and Saturdays but if no one happens to want to do it, just tag me before hand and I’ll take over.
Perks of being in the night shift for you. A lot of us are fast asleep lol.
I'm glad you are happy doing it, current bot progress is slow. Latest update is I created a bot, sent it off with instructions to make a test post, and it shrugged and said "can't get there". Sigh. Back to the drawing board.
You’ll get there. Practice makes perfect
I hate stepping on people's toes so I only do it if it seems like everyone's forgotten (like it's gotten to 12:30 and nobody's posted one yet)
Making myself leave the house for a mini countryside drive today because I spent the last two just sitting and reading.
I’m tired of everything.
For the real gist: I was trying to put what I saw travelling with my declining mum and the chaos in different words badly.
It was exhausting travelling with her and I feel bad that it was exhausting.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉
Bacon and eggs on toast please. And a cup of tea. Better make that two cups of tea.
🥓🍳🍳
🍞
☕️☕️
Thank you! Just what I needed today. Delicious as always.
One champagne problem please.
🥂❓
Real chat, people eat breakfast? I normally just have coffee and stress to keep me going til I go home
I don't eat breakfast or have coffee most mornings. If I got less than 5 hours of sleep I might pick up an iced coffee, or just make a hot coffee at home if I don't have much money. Breakfast I only eat if I'm unsure I'll be able to eat lunch
You're out here with the more than 5 hours sleep flex, nice.
😛
☕️😖
I used to get a coffee and a chocolate muffin or a croissant or something when I got into the office. Pretty certain that's what's destroyed my gut health tbh.
Sugar and caffeine, checks out.
Does it? Why dont they teach this shit in school?!
One fortune cookie please.
🥠
"A short stranger will soon enter your life with blessings to share."
That's a bit incipid. Probably means I will be sneezing shortly, that always brings out blessings from strangerrs.
🐈
(the blessings are poop)
which we will gladly scoop
Well, that bit has definitely come true already. However whilst RavenCat is definitely both short and strange I'm not sure she counts as a stranger
I found some leftover coleslaw and raw bacon…
pair that with 🍳 and 🍞
and 🔥 to cook the bacon
No time gotta run for 🚌
shove 🥓 🍳 🥬 🌯 into your hand
Can I please have some scrambled eggs and sardines on toast chef
🥚🥚🐟
🍞
Two muffins with marg and vegemite. Two camomile teas, a coffee and some cat food thanks chef.
🧁🧁 🌧️ 🍯
🍵 🍵 ☕ 🐟
Brilliant texture
I just want milk that tastes like real milk
This tastes like full cream milk. And only 2% fat.
🐄
I have a $10 coupon for JB Hi-Fi that needs to be used by tomorrow. I don't need anything from JB so maybe someone here might use it.
::: spoiler click me! ::: spoiler no click me! ::: spoiler no me! ::: spoiler okay this is the last one 92BSC6SXU4UMIR :::
Lucky for me Jerboa doesn't do spoilers yet, so
Nooo! You've revealed the code! Damn you Jerboa!
Oh! I assumed it was taken by then, sorry!
Hahaha no it's fine. I don't know if it's taken, probably was who knows.
Oh you little tease.
You gotta work for that code!
TAYLOR! 😭😭😭whyyyyyyy?
Rough second day back at work after a week off. People really missed me work-wise rip
Ice cream has been had so you know what time it is. It's hulaaaa timeeeee.
Fuck this week old rock hard avocado. I've tried the "in a bag with an apple" trick, nothing. I want my avo on leb bread dammit.
Ripen your avocados by putting bananas next to them.
It was in a bag with an apple and a banana for about four days.
@Force_majeure122 has a lot to answer for with their crusade in the DT.
You may not microwave an avocado to ripen it. This summons Abaddon the Great Devourer, whose shadow kills all it touches.
Thank you for this important clarification o keeper of the microwave lore.
i had the opposite problem: three avos that need to be eaten NOW
I’m having all sorts of trouble with the internet at home today, and have been messing around with cables and modems and switch boxes et al to try & work out what’s wrong. Still can’t fix it and would throw the internet out the window, except that I’m on the ground floor. Hrmph.
Have you tried turning it off and on lol.
It probably does need a good clean, tbh
I have often forgotten this one simple trick, but not this time. Stupid thing has been turned off & on again a billion times so far today
taylor swift effect?
Hmm, maybe it’s gone out in sympathy
Back home after a half day at work. Miserable weather out there. I did stop on the way home to turn the plastic promise notes Marketplace buyers insist on paying with into proper digital money. Not keen to go out again, but Mr Woof obviously wants to walk, the weirdo.
Ok a friend of mine asked me a question and tbh I’m wondering if perhaps I’m saying it wrong, as I’m not Aussie born (but have lived here a long, long time)
How do you say Melbourne and can you spell it out phonetically for me please
Melbn. No vowels after the e. Squish it all together.
Yeah I kinda say melbun but like real quick on the end letters or melbin
Another way to put it is that it's like 'melb' followed by the sound of the 'en' of the word 'given'
The way I say it rhymes with Sheldon.
The Mel part is like Mao as in chairman Mao. The Bourne part is more like Ben but as if a Kiwi says it so it's more like b'n. Now you put them together Maob'n = Melbourne. Completely exceptable to throw an l in the middle.
Malob'n
Maolb'n
mel like smell but without the S and then b'n
Melb'un with a nasal inflection on the 'un'
Not Aussie born either and will never lose my homeland accent, but I've been told my pronunciation is pretty good
The way I say it rhymes with Sheldon.
Sorry, posted my comment in the wrong place like a dickhead.
Mel-born personally. If I feel fancy I might chuck a u in there.
Thanks everyone who replied. Appreciate you all
With the salary-celery merger that is especially prevalent in Melbourne:
’mælbən
Why do providers continue to hassle me with sms reminders when I've already paid their bill sobs in palms
so fucked. minor rant: i told commbank ages ago to notify of my telstra bills, as i thought this would mean fewer emails. now i get an email from telstra with the bill, which i pay, then multiple notifications from commbank about the bill including 'you have an upcoming bill from TELSTA CORP' (after i've already paid it) and 'urgent' reminders so i have to manually tick the bill off as paid
Lol seriously I'd ask them for fewer reminders please if I could. I guess they want to cover their butts if someone turns around and say they never got a reminder about their late bill. Wonder if they do reminders for credit card though hah....
If the cost of sending these texts were higher for them they'd think twice about it
#Worldle #523 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
( flag is nearly identical to Cuban flag 🤨 )
'ello?
Hola
hey, did I do ok?
Ta. 😘
I've been practising my Irish accent. I don't know if the dog is confused or impressed when I call him "my cheeky little leprechaun".
Well, that was a bloody good nap.
Travel money update: from my research the 28 Degrees Latitude credit card is the best for credit and UBank seems to be the winner for best debit card.
Both are free to sign up for and it's always good to have multiple payment options overseas in case one fails you. Both have Google Pay/Apple Pay contactless payment options.
Both charge $0 fees for foreign exchange and the UBank card has $0 fees for ATM withdrawals overseas (although local ATM operators may charge their own fee).
28 Degrees uses the Mastercard Exchange Rate and UBank uses the Visa Exchange Rate with no extra fees on top.
UBank has a $2000 (AUD) daily withdrawal limit, which is up from the $1000 limit I've seen on competitors, and no monthly withdrawal limit like some cards do (Wise has a $7000 monthly limit).
So my plan is to use the credit card to pay for things like hotels, meals etc and then use the debit card for ATM withdrawals and as a backup other payments. This means I don't need to keep too much cash sitting on the debit card balance.
I've done a bunch of research and read lots of terms and conditions so hopefully this info can help someone avoid nasty fees and gotchas. The one thing to note is that the exchange rate is calculated when the payment is cleared each time you spend, so if you want to lock in an exchange rate you need to use a travel card which 'loads' foreign currency rather than a debit/credit card.
todays day 4 of having my wisdom teeth out. still have pain, but the swelling is gone atleast
Watching a new movie everyday has been so good, it's improving my mental stamina so much. 😊
Back story, when I had cptsd I could barely keep up with anything more than a music video. Any mental energy I had , and it wasn't much, I used to read related medical literature and do psych therapy.
Covid did not help. That was a pretty frightening and tiring experience, it lasted years and was relentless.
I do not understand modern poetry at all. Just a mess of words that I cannot interpret. Am I poetry dyslexic? Is there such a thing?
DAILY RIPPA: DAY SHIFT
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CAUSE THE PLAYERS GONNA PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY EDITION
⏰🥊🥔🍠 and the taters gunna tate tate tate tate tate
⏰ 🥊 Short shift edition for me today, then play play play for the pm
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Thanks @[email protected]
I is in a pickle and cannot word it for the class..
How do we word pickles?
pulled the short straw and am in line for swifty tickets..
blink 182 and TS in the same week next year
Dammit Josie!!
::: spoiler blink-182 Always, I know
You'll be at my show
Watching, waiting
Commiserating :::
SAY IT AINT SO
I WILL NOT GO
TURN THE LIGHTS OFF
CARRY ME HOME
I stupidly thought Blink was this year, and I remember getting so excited for it to find out it's next year.
Oh great meeting postponed. Dinner time
Edit: OK false alarm. No dinner yet
I need some more lines to my Daddy Distraction song. Currently it goes: "Daddy Distraction, Dad-dy Dis-Trac-Tion, Dis-tract-ing (First name)!" And its a huge hit, I think due to the alliteration. But since there's only 3 lines I have to keep increasing pitch each go through, and I think the dogs are plotting against me as a result.
Not bad! Does it give you anything to work with if I say his name starts with an L?
Dumb question: All my mates moisturize. I don't often cause.... I dunno Im an idiot. Noticed my forehead was a bit dry so I chucked some on and my skin immediately feels 100 times better. Does this mean I have really dry skin? Or does it just it do that to your skin regularly anyway?
In my experience, moisturizer helps straight away. My skin isn't generally dry, except in the winter months. I have skincare regimen (created for me by my daughter) that includes a serum and a cream. Massive improvement and way less flakiness in the cold months.
Just don't tell her that it's no substitute for good genetics :(
I wouldn't have the heart.
My son has perfectly clear skin (teenager) with like zero breakouts and does the bare minimum as far as skincare goes.
Daughter is the complete opposite.
it's good practice to not touch your face or hair because germs, hard to do tho , it's so reflexive to touch
Moisturiser is great for your skin. It doesn't mean you have really dry skin, it's probably just partly winter weather. In winter the air is colder and drier, and that does dry your skin out a bit more. Keep a bit of facial moisturiser around and put a little on after you've had a shower.
Wife just said the most insensitive hurtful thing. She’s tired, so I asked her if she was serious. She doubled down. I gave her an out, and a chance to apologise assuming she didn’t understand how upset I was. She mocked me, said she was sorry for “hurting my feeeeeeellllliiiiings”. Jesus fucking Christ who is this woman?!
Have done my compulsory nature staring, now I can return to the nest for some quiet time. Side note, saw a camper all the way from Harvey Bay (QLD), why would you drive down for some coastal camping in the middle of winter...
Ice creams, trampolines on the beach, park play, sunset beach walk - https://i.imgur.com/eqDSWCh.jpg
She has settled on Gudetama: An eggcellent adventure. It's talking food! I'm intrigued!
My daughter went through a Gudetama phase. I have several mugs.
He tried to have a little nap with a piece of bacon as a blanket. 😂
soy saaaaaaauce
😂
lol, an unhatched Calimero
Woo just caught a shiny gallar stunfisk
Damn this mood dip. I've been sailing for days. Drinking coffee to wake up a bit and get the oomph to be excited when my sponsor calls. Anonymous it may be so I can only say I'm very happy with the person who reached out. Ha, mood lifted and I still hadn't posted this. The oestrogen patches seem to get a little less effective on the 7th day. Mood lift though was due to calls from my sponsor and another person I've met in the program. It's a fair amount of work involved in doing it correctly so I'm glad I'm still on leave for a while. It was a completely spiritual thing meeting my sponsor. I'm starting to sound like people I was deeply skeptical of until now. Serves me right for trying to out think believers in a higher power.
I'm becoming a lot more empathic and relying on my intuition more as it's increasing in strength as well. HRT isn't just life saving, it's life changing and enhancing in ways I always desired in my dreams of being female. Lets just say when I see someone in obvious emotional distress it's fucking heartbreaking and I'm left exhausted afterward. But to feel like that I wouldn't change for the world and to remember it brings tears to my eyes again.
Cats got me up at 4am today. Little kitten sleeps beside me and must notice immediately when I wake up. He's such a little dynamo and really talkative so there's no choice but to get up and play with the little guy.
My volunteer work is so heartwarming at times. There's confidentiality involved so I can't speak of what help I could give, but it was pretty nice to have the privelege of being able to.
Good book and a coffee (or tea) by a rainy window will get you sorted.
Great idea. I have all three.
Idk if my tears are due to the chilli or the beauty 😢
So apparently a realestate agent has saved the Paky pub. Thank god. There are so few GOOD drinking places out here its criminal. The only good options out this way are Urban Reserve and the tap house in Berwick, and then the Drake in Paky.
Would the Aldi frozen meat pies be the best?
My wife tried a meat pie for the first time ever 3 weeks ago on a Jetstar flight and she loves it. So I'm looking to procure more.
if your wife tried a jetstar meat pie and loved it then you absolutely cant go wrong from there. imagine if she tried a good one!!!! But seriously, if she liked that, anything will do.
What evil thing should I do to Boyo for machine gunning clipping his toenails all over the room?
Hoop is still on me. Just 6 more minutes and I'll look just like Gisele Bündchen.
Okay still working on pickle. We're up to Gist.
Gist is went to indo with parents and mum (vision impaired, mobility issues, unfit but thin) behaved very differently to what I'm used to after a few big days. We spend a lot of time together and this was different.
I'm extremely worried it's early dementia.
Warrior Nun is the perfect beautiful nonsense to watch when you're feeling sick.
Down to the last episode of Mad Men s4. Oh my God Don you total fool I can't believe this Megan storyline. I have been screaming internally for the last 20 minutes. Thank god for Peggy channelling my feelings.
How come Wikipedia never discusses meaning or emotion in articles about books, movies and songs?
This has bothered me for a while.
Sure I understand that meaning and emotion may differ according to viewer but surely they can discuss what the authors meant?
contribute to the wiki page?
So I read up on wiki policy. It would seem meaning is an opinion and can't be sourced.
But what about the original author, is what they say just an opinion? The originator of a work doesn't have a source which they can cite, but critics/analysts and readers of critics etc can cite criticism etc.
To think of all the shitty made up opinions in books written by crap academics I've read but they are considered a source and the original artist isn't. That is so fucked up.
So it's back to watching commentary on dvds.
Too subjective right? Your take away and my take away could be totally different.
I remember in year 12 the English teacher asked us "what do you think the director meant with his inclusion of shots with lots of birds?". One of the students goes "His mum likes birds Mrs" and the teacher goes "No, its about freedom, and the characters desires to be free and fly away from their troubles" and the student goes "No Mrs, I watched the directors commentary. His mum likes birds!".
" “No Mrs, I watched the directors commentary. His mum likes birds!”."
I believe it.
I'm so sick of wankers.
That’s a spin out. Never noticed that. I looked up various painters both alive and deceased from various disciplines. Nothing. The closest you can get to intention, meaning or philosophy is under the wide ranging banner of “movements” such as colour fields or abstract expressionism. astonishing.
The author has to post something to a blog and get it added to wikipedia that way. I recall one author got tripped up that way when he tried to make some corrections to a page about his book.
every single entry is like that which makes me think it's policy
just regurgitate what the teacher/lecturer said, eh
Had similar assignments. Failed English class for this exact reason... unable to summarise. Apparently forcefully kept home for 11 years meant I had no summarise capabilities at all.
Now I'm wondering if Encyclopaedia Britannica does.
I've had this book titled "Queer: A Graphic History" on my bookshelf since 2020 and finally got around to reading it. And don't you hate it when you consume a piece of media (whether it's a book, movie, tv show, video game) and what it says on the tin is something completely different? And not in a "oh that was surprisingly different, but I liked it!" way more in a "you know you don't have to force yourself to finish it... right?".
When I read "Queer: A Graphic History" I think, oh it's about the history of LGBTQIA+ stuff. So activism, people, the history itself. Nope... it's about queer theory (basically looking at things through a queer lens, whether it's entertainment, politics, philosophy, general life, etc). And I don't mind queer theory, I did a bit of it at uni, I did an assignment using queer theory. I love queer theory (as a queer). But it just felt so dry and like I was so annoyed that this book that I've been excited to read, is just not at all what I thought it was.
Oh well... next on the list is Heartstopper vol 1 and 2.