Nellie quarterly update just landed 😺 She likes custard.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5n5KSJrU0SQ&mc_cid=354bafff42&mc_eid=c13fdc5f58
Ahhhh so cute! I have to remember to go visit the next time I’m in Perth!
Termite Custard is such a great enrichment idea!!!
just heard a long time raver friend passed away.
Her family went over to hers’ on father’s day to see why she wasn’t picking up. She had a fall in the bathroom and hit her head. Apparently she’d been there for 2 days. She was only in her 30’s. I really cannot imagine what that’d be like finding your daughter and sister that way.
I’m at a loss for words. edit and by that I mean shocked
That’s awful. I’m so sorry.
I want whatever drugs the BoM is on. Supposed to be 20C tonight? Going up to 23? In what universe…
Dear The BoM,
I hope this message finds you well, although I’m beginning to wonder if perhaps you’ve recently indulged in some rather… creative forecasting methods, shall we say? Crack cocaine, maybe? No judgement, but your prediction that it will be 23°C overnight has left me scratching my head. It’s currently 17.5°C, raining, and we have winds fast enough to launch my rubbish bins into another suburb. A balmy 23°C just seems, well, ambitious.
Speaking of ambition, you promised us a delightful 27°C tomorrow, which I was frankly looking forward to. But now, out of nowhere, 23°C is all we get? What happened to our summer dreams? Was the 27°C forecast just a fleeting fantasy?
I trust you’ll look into this sudden shift, and kindly consider laying off whatever inspired such optimistic figures. I’ll be sure to hold on tight to my umbrella and hopes in the meantime.
Sincerely,
BakuI got a good laugh out of this. I too am sad for the revision down from 27.
Glad it gave you a chuckle, even if it is truly a sad state of spring :(
Currently 14 here. With a forecast overnight low of 17 and back up to 23 at midnight. Something’s not adding up.
Ohh that only means one thing in early spring ; WIND. GIANT HAYFEVER NORTH WIND
Do NOT want
GIANT HAYFEVER NORTH WIND
Already there bby with a blocked nose and watery eyes 👌
I’ve been snorting nasonex in preparation for just this eventuality. I might hang out next to the air filter as well.
Jane said it will be 26c tomorrow.
And I’ll also win tattslotto. Good news all around!
When I went to bed it was 14 degrees, now 22.6
I think you owe the BoM an apology…
Wow. Thats stuffed up and do weird. I really hope it doesn’t up like it says!
New car day, yay!
Aww yiss! What is this new car?
Scored an i30n, very fun zoomy car!
My brother has one and they are a lot of fun. Set everything to comfort and the exhaust to Sport Mode and you can sound like a feral beast just driving around normally
Ooooh, good tip, thank you!
206 killer wasps?? Zoomy INDEED!! Enjoy!
Sah excited for the zips!
Oooh, they have those cars at most child protection or NGO offices! They are indeed very zoomy
It was funny doing the drive up to eildon with a crazy worker in the little zipbox. Also did the great Ocean road in a Kia carnival which was funny, but it’s not as fun when it takes like 10 seconds to go past 40!
The powder blue colour?!
Nah, it’s white (for now).
15L of ginger brew. Hesitant to call it beer because the readings make no sense. Fucked up the temperature both directions. Meh if nothing else it will be tasty water to base punch on for party in a few weeks.
My only attempt was super volatile. No airlock? Do you burp it?
Airlock is primary. This is theoretically secondary. But I’m pretty sure it’s dead.
Hobart is 4 degrees warmer than we are. hrmm.
That should be a federal crime
Note to self: Never drive from the Ring Rd to the Eastern Fwy via Bulleen Rd. Ever.
That was not a fun route, in the dark and riddled with roadworks. Plus my GPS seemed to think I was a truck over 10m long as it tried to send me on a very inappropriate detour.
Bulleen Rd has been fucked beyond recognition atm with all the NEL work. Kind of better to just go via Manningham Rd sometimes
If it’s any consolation, I’m appreciative that you went that way instead of rat running down my street like many people trying to avoid the works do. They are what I call class A cunts. You are awesome.
Hello, welcome to my world.
We are Geelong!
Yippie!!
No I’m Melbourne
Boo!!
Congrats mate!🎉
Vaccinations aren’t on the PBS, getting hep a/b; and whooping cough+tetanus . $110ish.
EDIT: Are you male under 26 who plans to eat a few vaginas in your life? Consider getting the HPV-vax while you’re eligible: +1 Vs. some oral cancers.
Sounds like a good investment. Would cost you more to treat either them.
Get the cough one! I didn’t know the one you get as a kid wears off. Very unpleasant lesson.
Same. Misery for months. Not sure if throwing up buckets of frothy sputum for a week or 2 months of cough tickle was worse.
I had six months of cough until you vomit. And my gag reflex has never recovered. Have trouble eating yoghurt!
You should get it every 10 years, for both it and the tetanus it is paired with. I’ve been sent for additional boosters after injuries with tetanus risk, so apparently the more the merrier.
very worthwhile to get these
Thunderbolts & lightning, very very frightening.
The cat is hiding, the clouds are out, my plan to go get brekkie supplies is cancelled
I had been hoping to attack the laundry backlog.
I’ve just got distant ominous rumbling here, it looks on the radar like the storm is passing to the south of me.
I’m doing an open day trial at a co-working space today as I seriously need to get out of the house at least one day during the week, full time WFH gets super monotonous and negatively affects my mood. As sad as this sounds, I was excited today to get dressed up and leave my house on a work day. The office I’m at is new and super nice, if a bit loud. It’s nice to be around people during work time but nobody doing the trial (I think we’re all sitting in the same area) is talking to one another? I’m not sure it’s worth paying to use a co-working space where I just keep to myself, I can do that at home for free. I need to suss whether the place organises networking opportunities for members to mix, to make a membership worth it.
I totally get it. I come in to the office every day to help my mental health
But how do you have your daily afternoon siesta?
There’s phone booth pods, sound proofed, good for snooze
Ha we have those here too, we call them screaming booths.
I do that while working
I also get this, I know most commentators online would rather WFH all the time and don’t get me wrong, I do love 1-2 days WFH in the week - but every single day would drive me to depression (and has done so). Not necessarily because I have no friends/life outside of work but because I like my work to feel like I’m not operating like a slave in solitary confinement all the time (worse yet having that dungeon of confinement be a permanent fixture of my home). I’m really glad I have at least 2-3 work days involving positive colleague interactions that take me out of my headspace
I like working at home, but only the boringest bits of my job can be done there. Te good stuff requires being on site. Unfortunately I lost my ‘office’ to Covid rules and now have to be around other people while there. This sucks rancid donkey gnads
Going to try to get part of Big Assignment done today!! Shall report back.
Can’t wait until this is all over and I can finally study my education course (that has no lectures yay)!
YOU CAN DO IT!!! YOU ARE H O T T O G O!
I BELIEVE IN YOUUUUUU 💜💜💜
No you!! <3
Up northside for my haircut after ages and ICE CREAM SOCIAL IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔 I see from insta it’s for serious health reasons, totally understandable but… I miss being able to treat myself to a drop dead delicious slice of pie when I’m in this side of town. Their baked goods were truly sublime
This is a good opportunity for a rave choon… such a Tragedy
If you’re ever on Sydney Rd, Fluffy Tornado has opened and their range of gourmet ice creams they make onsite is superb. They have a vegan menu and a usual one, but they’re all weird interesting flavours (not so weird, but I go a lemon tart pastry ice cream and it has actual bits of lemon tart in it).
Fluffy Tornado
Just confirming… it’s Fluffy Torpedo right? (Google autocorrection)
Lol yeah Fluffy Torpedo. I couldn’t remember and was too lazy to look it up. But yep, Fluffy Torpedo on Sydney Rd.
Did you go??
Nope I did look it up though, to talk to my wife about going. Will let you know if we do.
Tbh I only ever went to Ice Cream Social for the pies and cakes not the ice creams hahaha
Ah damn, yeah they don’t do that. :(
Taking any recommendations for places that do nice indulgent pie slices though 👀 if you know of any
Gloria’s, The Good Baker, Choukette - off the top of my head, all on Sydney Road.
Gloria’s is a little vegan/veggo/usual cafe, and they bake all their delicious desserts, cakes, pies, etc on site. Owned by a couple they are both so very happy to adjust any menu pieces.
Choukette is a French bakery/cafe that has a range of hot and cold pastries and desserts. Beautiful decor and vibe, lovely baristas and owners.
The Good Baker has opened just recently but I have enjoyed everything I’ve had so far. Range of hot and cold pastries and desserts and bread, all made on site, and coffee of course.
Edit to add:
A1 Bakery is further up Sydney Rd, but they are a Lebanese/Middle Eastern bakery, I think they generally do savoury pastry items and bakery goods. Large venue, so plenty of places to sit, but tends to very busy because they are so fkn good 🤤
Wild Life Bakery tends to be more bread and cheese, but they also do some nice baked goods as well. I think they are off Lygon St, but there is a Superette on Sydney Rd iirc.
Thanks for the extensive recs! I usually head more northeast (high st) when I’m north but I’m overdue a good Sydney Rd stroll
My eye just caught A1 bakery and I second that place. There’s one in Fairfield and it’s best if you just want to grab some food.
They do a nutella bagel as well which is really nice
If the kids go down well enough tonight I think I’ll go watch British Lion.
You have to respect Steve Harris’ organisational skills to bring his side project along with his main band and play the Croxton one night, then Rod Laver the next. He’s been playing stadiums for decades now, so there must be something humbling about playing such a comparatively smaller venue like the Croxton before the big show.
Why do universities insist on group assignments?
Because employment is one big group assignment.
There it is.
Sadism
To break you, keep you sleep deprived and lower your scores in other subjects.
It’s absurd that you can work your ass off and have your mark lowered because of someone else.
I got out of mine by being unwell last week, so I did it by myself today 😅
