In the interests of low cost weekend activities, my Minipeelers and I have decided;
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to have our own festival,
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to do craft about it, and
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to call it “Craftmas.”
It will involve liberal amounts of polymer clay and wool, and focus on making Xmas decorations and gifts (for those we would like to give something to, but either don’t want to buy for or don’t know what to buy). I’m really looking forward to it and am actually excited for this!
Back when I was a kid, mum & dad were going through a difficult financial patch so we made xmas decorations from gum tree twigs - painted with thin flour & water glue and tinfoil laid on like it was gold leaf. Then wove the twigs into garlands and a whole xmas tree (small). Peach pits got the same treatment and were the baubles along with gingerbread shapes baked hard. Looked and smelled very nice. I remember it as kinda messy but very fun. I think I remember painting the peach pits before they were covered with tinfoil so the colours showed through the inevitable gaps in the tinfoil. The downside was our cat decided she liked the gingerbread shapes to chew on and this wasn’t good for her digestion.
No strung milk bottle tops?
We got our milk in quart jars (in old money). The jars had screw on glass lids not foil tops. Foil tops were fancy. Yes it was delivered by a horse & cart.
That sounds like fun! Can highly recommend orange and clove pompadours to make as a cheap gift.
sounds so cool , and not just you but all the peelers 🥰
for xmassy baubles you can press beads into the clay
That sounds so fun!!! What a great idea for a family day together! 💜 Ahhh!
Excellent idea! Happy craftmas!
This sounds great!
A themed crafternoon. Add a snack or two and this is Most Excellent.
A Crafternoon! I knew a word already existed for it but couldn’t think of it for the life of me, thankyou!
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Sometimes the Best solution to a bad mood is cat pats and sleep.
Goodnight everyone ❤️
I love how they put 1 paw on you. My cat used to do that
and oh so casually
Have you seen the drama in the other place?
Jane Agirtan has doxxed an r/melbourne redditor for pointing out there’s an article detailing her past nasty racist bigoted behaviour.
Omg LOL! good way to break the councillors code of conduct 😂 I don’t think the authorities will like this one (would it be a vec issue? Ultimately I suppose a police issue re: the doxxing).
Edit: lol local gov inspectorate
Wow that’s amazing. What a piece of shit
Great. She’s part of my council area.
Any way to get rid of her?
You could submit a question on the subject to a council meeting or attend a meeting directly, depending on how committed you are. You could also contact the councillor for your ward and raise it as an issue. Not sure what other options might be available.
😬yeah, I actually read and posted to that.
Well mum’s eye pressure is back up. When she fell it ruptured the back of her eye where she had an op (for glaucoma) a few years ago which is re-stitched. How they get to the back is beyond me. Her pressure was 2 when it’s supposed to be 10-20.
With any luck it won’t get worse (basically just before she went in she all of a sudden had a ‘blob’ in the middle of her vision).
I think this is a situation where the damage is done but not sure to what extent yet.
Brings into question cooking on the stovetop which will be a bit dangerous and golf (her main form of socialising).
Plan of attack is to get the food sitch down first. Can’t eat solids too well (it’s a long medical history) so I’ll make a bunch of different soups that can be microwaved for dins. Brekky should be fine she just does yogurt w/ fruit blitzed.
Socialising will be a tough one but she has a good network of buds so we’ll see what happens there.
It’s going to be depressing for her so that’ll have to be managed too.
It’s scary how one fall and head strike can alter so many things so quickly.
Don’t forget the Ensure is an extra option if she doesn’t have some already.
That’s terrifying, I hope it’s not too bad
My daughter had corrective eye surgery and I still don’t know how they did it.
Wishing your mum a quick recovery and thinking of you and your family ♥
You are a very responsible and thoughtful child :)
I am definitely taking notes and learning from your exp. Honestly didn’t know falls could have such an impact on vision so I’m going to be a lot more vigilant with the olds (and eventually myself).
Meals on wheels ?
and many hugs and best wishes, I hope she gets back on her feet real soon
I forgot to add this. See if My Aged Care might be a go as they might help with a few things including visitors or care workers at home
https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/aged-care-services/social-outings-groups-and-visitors
Tickets to NZ are booked. Campervan is in the process of being booked. I’m really excited now.
Going to Mordor in style. Nice.
So awesome. 🙂🙂🙂
I have the autobiography by Edmund Hillary about climbing all the peaks and ridges of NZ as practice for Everest. I should read it to get the dwarf vibe. ⛰️ Misty Mountain ensues …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEm0AjTbsac
Legend has it he practiced on Mt Cook, which is NZ highest mountain.
He used places in NZ which replicated different parts of the Everest climb. Same angle, rocks, distance, fissures, etc etc So he was only practicing like 20 metres at a time, just a very specific 20 m. That’s so clever. ( I did read half the book … lol )
🎆
Procrastinated a bit long on it but finally made an inquiry re: movers. Have one friend locked in to help with some big stuff on Thursday - was a bit touch and go as her own housing situation was looking precarious but thankfully she got the news today that she has some breathing space and she can take my plants (and any junk that I can’t get rid of on FBM). Another friend is locked in to help me with the main move on Saturday.
If I can get the movers booked by end of tomorrow for next Monday, I’ll be feeling very confident about being on track to clean everything up and hand back the keys next Wednesday. So glad that the moving site lets me add extra items up to 24hrs in advance, less stress about generating more heavy boxes than anticipated. I’ve got to keep reminding myself that I got this.
Okay! Time to use up this jar of banana blossoms for dinner… then wind down before a 7:30am start tomorrow
You’re amazing - so on top of all this. I’ve moved a lot in the past and have faffed around like nobody business with it
Man, my house looks barely packed and there’s gonna be a lot of last minute shit… but thank you! I’ve had to try and organise as much as I can ahead of time because otherwise my stress would be through the roof. I’m definitely faffing around a lot in between. No packing tonight or the next two nights I don’t think.
Hey guys.
I’m not going to start the thread at midnight anymore , or at least I might if I’m up but I just can’t keep staying up for the thread. I’m a natural riser with the dawn and I want to stay up in the mornings, not go back to bed because I need the sleep.
You’ll still all get good night kisses. 😘😘😘
No problem. How about we just have whoever’s up at that time do the thread? Or see if Rusty Raven can revive Botbot.
Raising the dead is always a bad idea, they don’t come back right. A zombie botbot could be the start of the AI revolution that sees us all stuck in virtual reality pods.
And even more to the point I think the original bot was a miracle beyond my actual skill level, I don’t think I can manage it again.
Quite a few techheads on here - would you be OK if someone else did a Botbot #2?
fine with me.
That sounds like an idea. 👍
I’ll probably be up if needed, I might wait and do if it nobody else has
Maybe this can go against logic but maybe post it up an hour or so earlier if you’re awake and we’ll just use it when midnight or after rolls over?
I’ll do that. 👍
I don’t blame you for wanting rest. Thank you so much for your dedication ♥
I’m starting to feel and look haggard. 😩😴
Thanks for your service o7
Thanks Gooner🫡
Thanks for all the work you’ve put in ❤️
Thank you Seagoon!!!
Thanks for all your work!
Does anyone here use Whatsapp? A dear friend is travelling overseas and wants to stay in touch using it. Is there anything I should be wary of? Would prefer to get some opinions before signing up.
EDIT: thanks everyone - that’s super helpful info.
Whatsapp is about contacts (i.e. phone contacts) rather than friends or followers. It means someone with your phone number can get access to info you set in Whatsapp unless you tweak the privacy settings. When you sign up, go to the Privacy tab and go through the “Who can see my personal info” section to make sure it suits your preferences. I don’t like to show my picture to anyone who has messaged me unless I’ve saved them as a contact, for example.
The other quirk is “auto-download” I think turned on by default, which means images etc. that get sent to you get saved to your phone. If you’re just swapping memes it can clog things up. Have a play and see what works for you.
It’s basically another Facebook Messenger app. It was its own app until 2016/2017 sometime when Facebook bought it. Your contacts will be shared with Facebook. For all of that, it’s a decent messenger.
I don’t personally use it any more because I hate all things Facebook.
If only my family weren’t so attached I’d be gone from there as well lol 😭
I went with Telegram, which functionally at least was pretty identical to WhatsApp back when I had both apps.
Telegram has a bunch of other stuff these days (channels etc); I still only use it for chatting with family and friends. I had leverage over my family: I was in Melbourne and the single source on the Internet of grandchildren photos was Telegram. So they all signed up to it. 😃
Signal?
Signal didn’t exist 10 years ago when this all happened. Encryption is nice and all, but kid photos aren’t exactly state secrets and the user experience of Telegram is 10x better than Signal.
I have both apps, but nobody I know uses Signal.
Literally the same situation my side, but I still primarily use WhatsApp as Meta can’t share/use my data and businesses cannot communicate with me due to me still declining the updated terms, they were supposed to reduce functionality for people like me but I’m guessing the list is now too small to invest the effort in to implementing.
Even getting family on to Telegram was impossible so completely understand about just using it for normal person stuff is already a hard sell. Signal is solely for some of my tech friends who really want privacy, but don’t actually need it as it’s just banter, nothing that couldn’t be said in public :/
Annoying having all three installed, but at least I don’t have FB messenger!
no fb 🚫
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Yo, my family all use it so know that you don’t need to accept the bacefook Ts&Cs if you have used it before the sellout, regardless of device change.
I’m defo on a list.
Scammers who have your phone number (like those scam call thingies) will send you msgs, you can just block and report them.
Otherwise, you just add your friend by the number they will be using overseas (mobile) and you two can msg.
You add people by their phone number. Just ignore any contacts from anyone who isn’t your friend and only add them
Its owned by Facebook, so its a no from me dawg
I have successfully convinced my daughter to move back to Melbourne.
And what sold her on it was Slurpees. I was telling her how good they are and now she wants to move back.
does this mean your coming back too?
Yes, I am starting to make plans and will hopefully move back around the start of 2026.
Oh cool. Let us know if you want some fires set in some suburbs to reduce property prices. Though I somehow doubt that’ll help much. I cant even afford Paky these days!
I could buy the burnt out shell of a house…
Who am I kidding, couldn’t even afford that.
You joke, but a burnt out shell just went for 400k out my way. It is INSNANE.
If it has a working dishwasher I’ll buy it. It’s been 7 long years of handwashing dishes.
Gotta do what you’ve gotta do!
Guzzling water like a hydro-slut for the blood donation.
I did well yesterday too, only one coffee and then just water all day. Today will be the same.
Im here to smash snacks and save lives 😂
H₂Hoe
Gold
I unironically love this
Stupid Sexy Magikarp
Can’t… un-see… :|
hydro-stud
Hell yeah I am! I’m a water-bed at this point
Alright gang. I have managed to connect to the multi dimensional VPN. I can now download you TV shows or movies that dont exist in our reality from other dimensions. Hit me up with your favorite shows that almost existed or got cancelled early. Personally, i cant wait to watch season 2 of firefly. And maybe figure out where TF stargate universe and stargate atlantis were going with their next seasons.
A Country Practice S15 please
Oh dear. If you used to watch this show, don’t look up its IMDB. 90% of them are dead. 😢
Nah it went shit after Molly died.
True. Plus Fatso #3 was a jerk.
Fats #3 left chocolate cubes everywhere.
I'm an idiot
- Babylon 5 - 5 seasons, actual start/middle/end to the narrative, and amazingly progressive for it’s time. Ivana was my TV crush.
- Farscape - because it’s fun and cool, and has Claudia Black (another childhood crush of mine 😍😍)
- Stargate SG1- because it’s amazing
- The Mummy 1 and 2 - they’re fun, silly, and Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are hot 🥵🔥
- Steven Universe - it’s a beautiful show, about trauma and acceptance, and it’s kid appropriate. The art style, the stories, I just adore it.
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency - the actors and actresses are phenomenal, the story is amazing, and they cancelled it after 2 seasons 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
- Freaks and Geeks - old but gold if you can get over young James Franco’s punchable face lol
- Firefly - because it’s Firefly
- Surface (2005/6) - one season, 15 EPs. Cancelled. It was really fucking cool ffs
My actual answer:
- Dead Like Me - needed more seasons dammit and the premise is cool af
You’re not an idiot. There are some solid requests there!!!
Definitely putting Seasons 2-10 of Firefly on the list.
The book-accurate version of the later Game of Thrones series, please (and I’ll take the completed eBooks of ASOIAF while you’re at it).
And there’s an error with the final episode of Star Trek Enterprise in our reality. Can you grab the real one without the stupid stuff ours had, please?easy on that last one. I really like the refit of the NX01 in the following 2 seasons as well.
I’m talking about the final episode of the whole series - S04E22 “These are the Voyages” specifically. It had the establishment of the Federation, with the founding species etc. That part was great. There was a silly cross-over with the TNG holodeck though, and there was a thing with Trip that must have been some historical inaccuracy with the holodeck record, because it was beyond stupid scriptwriting otherwise.
We’re not supposed to talk about that episode. We’re meant to enjoy the rest of the seasons and wish for more.
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Hyperion movie directed by Denis Villeneuve
Two more seasons of The Expanse
Proper S4-S5 of Boardwalk Empire
Newsradio with a very much alive Phil Hartman
3 more seasons of 30 Rock
Oh heck yes. Seeing those void cities (or whatever they were called) take on the magnatar vessel for the sol system, bobbie going down guns blazing! the Siege of Liconia. all woulda been amazing to see.
The whole occupation of Medina would have been great!! I loved S1 on Ceres for the atmosphere, and can only imagine they could so much more with a proper budget.
Yes! Cover the rest of the book series!
Helliconia Trilogy by Denis Villeneuve please
Can you get Game of Thrones from a dimension where George RR Martin actually finished the books?
no seeders sadly. Turns out Martin did a rushjob just as bad as the boys did in our universe.
Damn. I’ll have to go for more seasons of Warehouse 13. Or for Warehouse 14, as I think 13 was destroyed at the end of the series.
I’d actually see somebody make something out of the Tuf stories
Season 3-5 of Carnivale pls.
Please don’t tease me on all those shows, I literally had a wave of sadness. And if they don’t exist in my places I know you’re lying :'(
Kubrick’s Napoleon movie
Boondocks - 2 more seasons
Adventure Time - many more seasons
Heroes - 1 more season
Lost - 1 more season
Please and thank you 🙏
District 9 sequel please
^^ I might die for this ^^
Any more Breaking Bad, that doesn’t invalidate or ruin what we already have?
Ooh or any more Wonderfalls? Ended waaay too soon.
better off ted s3 pls
Oh heck yes!
I would like more Babette’s Feast in some form please
Also someone to take on Tim Powers properly, either Declare or Last Call (less fussed about the related books)
More A Stitch through time
More Trapdoor
Tanith Lee’s Don’t Bite the Sun would be difficult and expensive, but probably worth it
And undead Anthony Bourdain
Lots of tears flowing here at work today.
Thankfully not mine but it’s going to be a long day today.
I hate Mondays.
Damn, what happened?
Tired and emotional people today I’d chalk it down to today.
Monday-itis
Sky News article popped up as a suggested read on my phone for some reason:
“Hackers are targeting people who type these six words into their computer.”
Wrong answers only - what are the six words?
the actual words
the words are: “Are Bengal cats legal in Australia?”
Edit: you guys should be comedians! I am cracking up.
Hackers and bengals? I wouldn’t download one of them again noisiest little fuckers out there.
E; here was my bad bwoy. Dude was an arsehole (almost lovable though) just not at 4am.
Straight porn but gay level acting.
Oh my god 😂
Round of applause 👏
Best Crypto to invest in today
Inventive intercourse invloving small bristly trees.
I want to see inside your mind.
What to do with my money?
I was thinking along the same lines as you
This is my bank password: hunter2
can you retype that I only see *******
How do you know my password?
How to teach your cat manners
(Hackers realise you’re illogical and will probably fall for a scam)
Hand bigger than face mean cancer?
Wrong answers only - what are the
Commission MLP rainbow Trump Rogan MPreg
This comment gave me cancer.
Essential oils activated almond coffee enema
How to wipe browser history permanently
Where to purchase a pasta tap…
Don’t you think they look tired?
Sexchange vicar vice horror shock pix
Did you used to work for The Truth lol
Akshully this is quoted in a Redgum song.
Oh wow! I don’t remember the song, and I’m sure as hell not going to google it!
Edit: DDG was my friend, Yarralumla wine it is!
So who really shot Mr Burns?
Quick, hurry pull my Mal Meninga.
Won lottery what should I do?
Bottles of alcohol while working today
Dispose of body no evidence left
“Hot ladies”… “How to delete post?”
Both FB posts
See, now I want to know if they’re legal. But I’m not going to type that…
Working on my resume and thinking maybe I can just live in a cardboard box.
e: and by writing a resume I mean convincing the Applicant Tracking System into passing my resume onto an actual human.
I heard a trick about putting the ENTIRE job description in there invisibly
Yeah that’s the plan for all the criteria I didn’t directly address.
Man I just don’t have the vibe tonight for singing. I’m just like blerghhhh, I want to get this over with.
Sometimes its just like this. You do the practice anyway, even if it’s mechanical.
Trying to lock down 2 new songs. Hopefully I can get this sorted by Thursday
Edit: I give up. Will try again tomorrow.
