I was feeling a bit antsy and there wasn’t a thread yet at 22 past midnight.

Have a great day everyone. May you and the animals of the DT who like sunbathing get some sun.

  • Bottom_racer
    15·
    3 months ago

    3 cheers to the not having insulation I can’t feel my face or hands crew :)

  • StudSpud The StarchyEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    There are some real characters in my class, but the school doggos are the best bois.

    Everyday of school brings me closer to my dream 🙌

  • Seagoon_
    12·
    3 months ago

    The Daily Chair. I’ve been working on the second chair and am going to put on the cover this evening. In the meantime I’m waiting for the weather to warm up a little so I can finish staining the the wood chairs. Here’s a preview of the first with just one coat of stain and varnish, the seat is removeable. I think it looks not too bad.

    spoiler

    • CEOofmyhouse56
      4·
      3 months ago

      I think it looks lovely um but just one little thing, you have a bird there on the right with no head. Why?

      • Seagoon_
        4·
        3 months ago

        the head is on another piece of fabric , you can see it if you look close. It looks too odd?

        I could always change it , could take off the cover and resew a bit

        • Seagoon_
          4·
          3 months ago

          I’m making a big matching scatter cushion so it will cover the weirdness a bit

          also, I sat on it and it didn’t break , i was so worried it wasn’t strong enough

        • Catfish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Hehe! I attempted not lopping off bird heads on my patchwork, but at a point it becomes unavoidable. Birds just aren’t square.

        • CEOofmyhouse56
          3·
          3 months ago

          I only noticed it because I do quilting but if you had a guest pull out the chair to sit down I doubt they’d notice it so I wouldn’t change it.

          The colours and the wood stain look so beautiful together I’d be really proud.

        • anotherspringchicken
          2·
          3 months ago

          You could always appliqué a head on, so that it overlaps the square where the head should be

  • danwritesbooks
    11·
    3 months ago

    I scored in the 75%-100% \ 4th quartile on my CASPer (the ghost) test when I had covid which means I scored better than 75%-100% of the other test takers. The test must have been held in a cemetery for me to be able to do that well.

  • Duenan
    11·
    3 months ago

    I am cold and I am frozen.

    Currently defrosting in my office.

    • imoldgreeeg
      6·
      3 months ago

      The english guy on our team was wearing a jacket over his jumper today. I’ve not seen that ever before

      • Duenan
        7·
        3 months ago

        If an English guy is doing that, then it’s definatly cold!

    • Rusty Raven M
      5·
      3 months ago

      It’s just hit 4 degrees at my place - finally warmed up to fridge temperature!

    • Seagoon_
      3·
      3 months ago

      I think there was frost on the balcony this morning and it’s now melting and dripping off

  • melbaboutown
    11·
    3 months ago

    I’m feeling like shit on so many levels.

    Homelessness, mental illness, Australia being unequal for vulnerable people

    There’s an aggressive mentally ill homeless man that’s been coming around my place for ages and now he’s sleeping on a bench right outside my window.

    So I get to be too scared to put my bin out and he gets to freeze because it’s not safe for me to approach or help him.

    Hate the guy’s guts (he’s aggressively had a go at me before and is virulently homophobic) but I don’t want to watch him freeze or have to deal with him.

    I’ve been calling the cops for months, psych triage, the local homeless services, nothing has been working.

    The best I have is from today - Launch agreeing to pass a ‘sleep site’ on to their outreach team to check. But they don’t come out at night and I don’t know where this scary stranger goes in the day. He also drinks which might exclude him from dorm style shelters (which don’t apparently exist in Australia the way you think of them?) and may also not have the awareness to accept help.

    It’s just one of those deteriorating revolving door situations that never ever gets solved. Australia’s systems are broken. Very surprising for a so called rich country.

    • Seagoon_
      6·
      3 months ago

      some people are so paranoid they would rather die than be sociable or accept help

      so many hugs, it sucks but we can’t fix the world

    • CEOofmyhouse56
      6·
      3 months ago

      Can you somehow make the bench unusable? I get that might be considered cruel but you shouldn’t be scared in your own home or to be able to step out of it.

      • melbaboutown
        5·
        3 months ago

        It goes against my beliefs - I’m really not a fan of anti-homeless architecture. Unfortunately I don’t want to give him a yoga mat for padding either because that encourages him to use that spot…

        There’s a disused flat nearby with a porch he could move to but I don’t think he knows it’s vacant. Also it’s still very close to me :/

        • SituationCake
          3·
          3 months ago

          It’s not your responsibility to make it a hospitable place for him. You’ve already done the right things to get help for him, and now you need to look after your own safety. Make it unwelcoming for him to sleep there, he may move on if you’re lucky.

          • melbaboutown
            1·
            3 months ago

            Yeah, I absolutely don’t want him here. He’s a threat.

            It was just awful to watch someone sleeping in that cold. Really stressful even second hand

        • CEOofmyhouse56
          6·
          3 months ago

          If he’s a drunk he may not notice

          Maybe keep stacking Miss Fluffy’s poo poos under there until he’s gone

    • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
      6·
      3 months ago

      @melbaboutown @LowExperience2368 Huge hugs.

      There were signs up around the apartment block where we live recently warning about a homeless guy who had been trespassing, and to call strata and the police if you see him.

      Just from the photo, he looked creepy AF!

      Apparently he spent a couple of nights in the basement carpark, and cut power to the building’s alarm system one night. (The strata managers only found out after they reviewed the CCTV footage.)

      And anyone angry and drunk shouting homophobic slurs is always scary.

      So I can definitely relate to how you must be feeling!

      You’re doing the right thing by trying to help. But I agree it really is shameful how much our pollies have cut the social safety net these past 40-odd years (and both major parties are to blame!). It means people who need help often don’t get it.

      Take care, stay safe 💜

  • Duenan
    10·
    3 months ago

    Oh why, why did I forget the milk. Sick of going to the supermarket.

  • tombruzzo
    10·
    3 months ago

    A pixel 6 pro phone case fits perfectly over the base plate for things like light switches.

    The call nurse button here has a constant bright blue light that’s very distracting. The room is almost dark with my phone case over it

    • NathA
      5·
      3 months ago

      Modern solutions for modern problems!

      How about the noise? Is the place quiet overnight at least?

      • tombruzzo
        2·
        3 months ago

        The air conditioner can make some noise but it’s pretty quiet otherwise.

        And that’s also a compliment to the nurses working here and how good they are at their jobs. This place is full of kids who have trouble sleeping and I’ve hardly heard other kids crying

      • tombruzzo
        2·
        3 months ago

        Tonight went well. I think we’ll be in for some better nights overall if we keep up the things we’re doing here.

        But we also have 3am tonight to deal with, so we’ll see how that goes

    • Catfish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I get you. When I’ve had to take Boyo to emergency I’ve been driven bonkers by lights and machines that go ping! And I wasn’t even the ill person. How anybody ever manages to sleep wth that much crap taped to them baffles me.

      • Taleya
        4·
        3 months ago

        From experience: you generally don’t. And if you do manage to fall asleep, they wake you up for rounds.

      • tombruzzo
        1·
        3 months ago

        I’ll need to keep that in mind for the next stay we do. Unfortunately I don’t have any handy in the baby bag

    • Rusty Raven M
      8·
      3 months ago

      0.2, “feels like” -1.8 here. No wonder it was such a struggle to get out of bed.

      Edit: damn, gone down to -0.2, feels like -2.3

  • Bottom_racer
    10·
    3 months ago

    Caught a pretty cloud tonight. Have to jump on it quickly otherwise we’ll be without a rave choon and Out of Time

  • CEOofmyhouse56
    10·
    3 months ago

    Lately I’ve been indulging in Bakers Delight’s custard teatimes. It’s like a pull-apart that consists of soft fluff mini bread scrolls joined together and infused with a delicious creamy custard and a delectable sticky icing and dusted with desiccated coconut topping (like a Boston bun).

    Can be enjoyed anytime of the day but somehow tastes better late at night when everyone has gone to bed. Luckily I have a regular dealer who can hook me up with a discounted loaf at a moments notice (provided she’s working that day).

    Here’s what’s left of last night’s session

  • useless_modern_god
    10·
    3 months ago

    I just can’t get onboard with the whole run/walk thing. Kath and Kel Knight just reside in my brain and overpower any legitimacy the sport may have.

  • just_kitten
    9·
    3 months ago

    I was so close to a “fuck it all” frozen chips purchase for dinner tonight but I think I’ll make that tomorrow’s, since tomorrow is when I really will be done with the week and ready to collapse.

    Got leftover dahl for tonight, guess I’ll make some rice and do a side of stir fried frozen veg.

    On the topic of cooking, I bought a tube of Mutti 51% tomato paste mixed with aromatic veg (carrot, celery, onion) the other day. That has been really useful for making quick sauces. Lasts a month in the fridge once opened. Made a delicious napoli sauce in no time yesterday with a tin of tomatoes… Definitely a repeat purchase. Could be useful for pilafs and curries and stews

  • TinyBreak
    101·
    3 months ago

    Crook kid means day off. Sadly he is infectious but not actually “crook” so it’s gonna be a loooooooooooong as day solo parenting a hyper toddler

    • calhoon2005
      5·
      3 months ago

      I’ve had that the last few days. Now it’s my partner’s turn… Sings chorus to Free-fallin by Tom Petty like Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire

      • TinyBreak
        1·
        3 months ago

        Yeah when my wife got home I was pretty enthusiastic about handing him over. We had a great day, but it was a LOOONG day!

    • Eagle
      4·
      3 months ago

      I’ve got a 10yo home sick too. The good part is that he’s pretty easily entertained but because he’s sick he wants Mum’s attention every 15 minutes and Mum is trying to study and get this bloody assessment done.

      • TinyBreak
        2·
        3 months ago

        Fuck I would kill for a 10 year old cause you can just stick ‘em in front of a movie and buy yourself like 20 minutes to scratch yourself. Toddler can’t communicate his needs so I can’t tell if the sudden fussiness is feeling worse or actually just bored.

        • Eagle
          3·
          3 months ago

          Every age has its advantages and disadvantages! At least you have the potential for a daytime nap. Mine has stolen the TV to play roblox…

    • tombruzzo
      3·
      3 months ago

      I know that. A day off doesn’t feel like a rest because you spend all day doing parental labour instead