The afternoon sleepiness is upon me.
Coffee not helping.
2 hours of meetings on the horizon.
Grant me strength oh mighty Odin.
You have my sword
and my BlasTech DL-44
Heads will rolls, mark my words.
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Mice are so cute!!! Ugh, their little paws, their little noses, their cute eyes. This course is great just for doing health checks on mice tbh
They smell and they shit everywhere. That’s why cats were invented.
Hehehe yeah it shat in my hand, but it’s cuteness made it worth it
If the rain and wind could hold off until say 9pm that’d be great. I’m meant to be doing outdoor cooking with kids this evening.
Odd question, but do ya’ll ever plan out other lives for yourself? Occasionally I’ll just sit on realestate and and look shit up. Might be like “alright, if I split with the mrs can I afford to buy a unit? where am I gonna live?” or “Fuckit, lets all move up to bright! I hate it here, alright what can we afford?”
I find it really therapeutic for some reason. These alternate lives I’ll never live out.
I sometimes wonder what it’s be like to be a dog or cat when I see them.
I always thought dreams were my alternate lives in the multiverse. That’s how I look at it anyway
Frickin hope not. Cause my alternate selves die a ton and also have a bunch of orgasmless sex.
I sometimes find my daydreaming self inserting myself into works of fiction - such a Sherlock Holmes, the Vorkosiverse etc. Probably a symptom of deep psychosis.
I am OFTEN on the bridge of a warship protecting the earth. Usually heroically telling the crew to abandon ship as I fight impossible odds bravely sacrificing myself.
Good to know its not just me.
That’s so cool - what’s your battle soundtrack?!
Usually just a bunch of alarms, explosions ect. Despite the lack of sound in space it sure is a loud experience. I’m CONVINCED its linked to my anxiety cause I dissociate hard.
Looking at houses in locations I’d love to live in but can’t afford is a real one. Also, I was deeply fantasising about moving to NYC when I travelled there a couple of years back, asking people I met there about their experience in moving, even though I knew deep down that I’d never do it. It’s nice to dream!
I’ve definitely planned out what to do with large lotto wins I will never have. Looked at moving overseas or interstate. I’ve considered moving into a unit right in the centre of Melbourne so I can enjoy all the activities there, or moving to a big block of land in the middle of nowhere and fixing up a rundown place.
I think it is a healthy thing to do, as long as you are not doing it with rose-coloured glasses and making yourself unhappy with your current circumstances. If you are doing it realistically it often ends up highlighting things that are important to you - things you would miss if you made different choices, and sometimes things you really want that you are actually able to do now.
I do the lottery thing regularly. I don’t resent my current life, but love to imagine what it would be like to not worry about bills and just live life.
Personally I’d have a place in like Daylesford or similar. Trees, pond, dogs, fireplace etc.
Doing nothing would be blissful.
I had so many things I was going to do this morning, and here we are after Noon and they remain undone.
Promite >>> Vegemite
And my axe
YES!!! F’ING YES sir I will follow you into battle on this one. 100X the spread that Vegemite is!
Are you trying to start a riot?
we ARE going to gather at dusk
Just staying facts.
I tried all the ‘mites’ apart from the UK Marmite, and so far prefer Promite.
How are stalagmites?
Not my jam
I have to admit that I’m a non-Vegemite-mite virgin. Vegemite’s great and I’ve never been tempted to stray.
I use miso these days.
A mitey effort indeed.
I love all the mites except Promite because that comes from Satan’s ear holes.
I get that
Yep. But I do like vegemite too.
I like Vegemite too.
Shots fired.
wandered up to the broadbents around the corner with our garden trolley and oh my god we are gonna do so much damage at that place. Landscape supplies within a five min trolley stroll that sell shittons of good quality compost and mulch? mwah. Mwahahhaha. MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA
Today’s gonna be painful
And the just joey is full tilt
gotta tackle this soon myself. Another 2 cubic meters of mulch and the topsoil to finish some raised planter boxes.
I’m still base ground prepping, but expecting to go ham with wicking beds this summer.
Little bit of a rambling. I’m sitting here writing notes, made a mistake so I scrubbed it out and then I realised I can erase it out because it’s an erasable gel pen. Then I remembered the old pen rubbers that did diddly squat but rip your paper so everyone used liquid paper instead. Got me thinking.
What has come a long way (for the better) since your childhood?
Photocopiers. Like, we have photocopiers now. They were revolutionary. Don’t start me on what life was like before them.
Hot water services - no more stuffing the 10 gallon chip heater with briquette fragments and wood chips before doing the washing up or taking a bath or washing hair. And stuffing it again if you ran out of hot water.
just reading this made me flash back to the smell of mimeograph ink.
mmm. purple.
I thought that might have just been me! Purple definitely has a distinct smell.
Liquid paper tape so much better than the fluid with the brush and the liquid paper pens.
Mechanical pencils are way better now.
So many girls used it on their fingernails then coloured them in with texta.
That was a thing back home too.
Tights & stockings. They used to get runs in them on the first wear but now they last for years.
I remember being able to get different colours like maroon and purple panty hose. Why? I dunno.
pastel highlighters
Yass.
Now they just need to update MS Word. Who the hell invented those highlight colours, anyway?
I don’t miss WordStar.
Yes! Officeworks is like a lolly shop now.
Those pen erasers have come a long way. The guys driving around on purple plates use them to fake their rego book entries. Looks like real pen, erases fully.
Right. The trick is not to press too hard on the page. Works like a dream.
Engine oil
How so?
Synthetic oil became widely available for consumers in our lifetime. It offers superior lubricating performance and longevity.
So now we don’t have to change it out nearly as often.
So that’s a small comfort.
Interesting. Oils ain’t oils.
Super exciting stuff haha
I understand synthetic oil is nearly as good as whale oil for lubricating. I also understand that whale oil is still used in space craft and F1 race cars because it’s still the absolute best for the purpose.
Good morning everyone!
Hope everyone has a great day ❤️
I’ll fill you in on how it goes tonight!!!
Edit: lyrebird lounge at 8:30pm, I’ll be getting there around 7:45pm to watch a couple of the people before me.
I’m the dark skin guy in the white tshirt and glasses.
Also I make minor guarantees about the quality of my performance lol
Oh yeah, my nickname is Reef.
I might be there too.
Not my part of the city so can’t get there but good luck
Break a leg
We need the place and time again I forgot :(
I have lemons to throw.
Lyrebird Lounge, 8.30 pm. Just near Ripponlea Station. Will be there too - look for the red fedora.
I could see myself all in brown and grey as per normal.
I’ll be there as well, I think I’ll wear my bright orange and pink pants :D
Heh heh, we will blend in with the crowd with no difficulty whatsoever.
I will dress plainly but wear the One Ring
In your nose as per username I hope?
on my pointer finger as per my background
Great ty :)
I’ll be the witness to make sure you are telling the truth and the whole truth.
It costs about $400 to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Bit exxy. Worth it?
I don’t know if it’s worth it or not, but if you do the climb you would have to change your username. HighExperience2090
I’m almost convinced for this reason alone.
It seems both an expensive and reasonable price. I’d pass on it.
Very much worth it. You get a full historical guided tour and of course the views. We paid for photos as well which came out great.
I guess that would cover the safety gear you have to wear and the guide etc. Understandable, but worth it? Dunno. I’m told the view is amazing.
That actually strikes me as quite reasonable pricing, you’re not getting that experience from anything else
I hope you’re ok mama @[email protected] ♥
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feeling OK today. You know that scene in the last air bender where Aang opens up his chakras? felt very similar (embarrassingly) to that. I’m not sure I believe in that stuff but its just what it felt like. First time I sort of bounced off the “avatar state” (or whatever the fuck the end goal of whatever this journey my mind is trying to take is). But I tried again and sort of got that connection. Was nice.
I just had this voice in my head go “Be brave, dig deep”. The music hit the right note and I just sort of fell into it.
Sadly, no sign of any bending abilities.
this weather is perfect
Work in indoor windowless dungeon, wouldn’t know :(
sending a knight and a white horse over 🥷🏻🎠
My saviour! :D
I really need to work out an easy way to protect my seedlings from snails during that vulnerable time, I swear they can smell the new sprouts. Clear plastic tub as a makeshift hothouse might be the go.
I can’t eat the produce myself but want to grow some food for a friend.
Ordered some more kitty treats… they’re expensive due to allergies. I wonder if there was spare energy I could make some at home
Jewish space laser? Dunno if they cant set it low enough and you might have to call in some favors but surely they need some good PR at the moment?
Beer traps work for snails and slugs.
They will be nicely marinated for the escargot - served with the greens they tried to pilfer and the leftover beer
Could you do something to lift the trays/pots up and create a moat, like a glass jar in a takeaway container full of water? If it is a square tray you could do one on each corner, then you just need to make sure you top up and tip out to remove mosquito larvae periodically. Add a couple of floating sticks or cork and you have a safe water source for bees too.
For seedlings in the ground I’ve had some success cutting soft drink containers to create little circular fences around them. They need to be secured with a peg (a piece of wire coathanger bent over works well) otherwise they get scratched out by birds (or removed by mischievous puppies “helping” in the garden!).
I could, but the water might be a bit heavy so mosquitoes 😭
Copper tape has always worked well for me. A lot of people swear by chamomile as a repllant companion, and i gotta say i have never seen snails in my chamomile pot, not even in the new place where they’re practically having plant pot snorgys
Chamomile is nice
always smells vaguely of bubblegum icecream to me as well, which is a plus
I’ve got the seedling pots in a tray that comes in and out each day.
I used to do that but it’s a lot of bending and my place is kinda small. Melbcat is also looking for chances to abscond each time I pass through the door…
I was thinking maybe I could just take the lids off in the morning and put them back on each night
