Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 19°C, max - 33°C. 25% chance of at least 1mm of rain
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Ol’ girl painted this years ago. One of my faves.
I really like that one
Oh that’s just beautiful. I love the contrast of blue and orange, and the figures and their shadows. It’s spectacular! 😍
My great-grandmother, Reta Sullivan, painted this in 1998. It’s a shack on Brighton Beach (as she wrote on the back of it).
I got this when she passed away and we were deciding where her belongings should go. I also got one of her camphor wood chests, which is where I store my linen and towels now.
Brighton
Posting in response to the proposed art thread that CEO and UMG were discussing below :)
Edit: spelled her name wrong, fuck me
Ooh nice!
Ok guys. Show me your artwork or something interesting that’s on your wall.
This is on my garage door
Refresh and see above lol!!
That is epic!!!
Doing this tech support for old people really goes to show how hard phones and apps actually are to use.
Features are hidden behind things like long taps. Tapping on someone’s profile photo brings up stories instead of their profile. A person’s Facebook profile looms different to their messenger profile.
And maybe it’s because I’ve never owned an iphone but I don’t find them initiative at all. There are times I can’t figure out how to exit out of something or how to bring a screen back up compared to all the android phones I’ve had
The problem is most buyers of phones and tvs don’t realise they aren’t buying a phone or tv, they are buying a device with many many functions .
The stereos of the 80s that had a hundred functions still had simple on off switches , basic functions were simple, and few people used the hundred functions. The buttons were just a selling point.
Now you need to go through hoops to use a phone or tv for the simplest function and if people are anything like my husband they love to add gadgets and extra layers of functions, making it even harder. It’s nearly impossible to ignore the hundred buttons.
They just want to call someone up, to answer a call or watch their favourite tv show. And that’s how I would teach it. Just the most basic uses they want, then when they are familiar with that then maybe add some more functions.
The other thing is signing up / logging in for various things and the many many hoops you have to jump through sometimes. They get frustrated and quickly. I always point out to the p’s that there’s no point getting frustrated at inanimate things, take a breath, someone else has likely had the same problem, and we’ll work it out.
They can fuck off with logging in for everything.
I hate iPhones and apple products. My first apple product was a second hand iPhone and I found it so hard. Next phone was android and I’ve never looked back. Android feels more like a PC interface, and I find it waaaaay more intuitive than iOS. Maybe in dumb, but iOS is so hard for me to use.
Besides, I really like the customisation of Android, it’s feels more mine.
I hate apple tv with a passion. If people are foolish they install all their other apps, ie, tv stations, onto apple and then they have to go thru extra layers of button pushing on apple to just watch a netflix or abc show or movie. Also, the apple remote is the worst, it requires great manual dexterity and precision to select anything .
I’m very good with tech, I read instructions carefully, I look up the faqs as well. I just hate useless tech for the sake of tech. I keep it simple.
Starting planting stuff out in the nu-bed.
So far marigolds, geraniums, poppies (flanders red), petunias, dietes, some sort of daisy. so good to not have to weed it (until next week probably heh). Personally I’d prefer more random placement (not in distinct rows), but I got my way with doing a bunch of different stuff instead of mass planting so we’ll take it.
Does anybody here have a costco membership? What do you buy from there? What are some of the stand outs? Tell me everything.
I don’t have membership but went with my bestie who does. Before you go you need to know your unit pricing in the regular stuff you would but there in bulk, because sometimes is not cheaper than a Coles worth special. It’s easy to spend a lot of money there on big stuff but not all of it is a bargain. And one visit was enough for me to work out I didn’t need a membership.
Thank you for this.
My aunt goes there for general shopping, but she does it twice a year and gets everything bulk. So stuff will last a good 6 months. Bulk TP, bulk essentials, bulk flour, dog food, etc.
I’ve never been but her next shop is in Feb iirc, and she wants to take me along and buy me bulk stuff as well, so my partner and I don’t have to struggle as much financially. I’ll let you know how it is :D
That’s exactly what I’ll be getting but I wanted to know what else I should be looking at while I’m there.
I don’t, but I’ve been with people. I doubt I’d get much value out of a subscription, personally. I don’t think it’s worthwhile unless you run a business, or have a very large family and the funds to buy gigantic bulk lots of food (and can use it before the use by)
$1.50 hotdogs are probs my standout tbh 😂 They also have cheaper fuel, and they’re building a new servo in the west atm, but I keep an eye on petrol spy and it seems like it’s routinely beaten on price, so while it’s usually the cheapest in the immediate area, it won’t be the cheapest if you drive 5-10km away or drive past a cheaper servo in your travels
They used to do a hot chocolate with marshmallows. That was good. Last time I had one was 7 years ago, so I dunno if they’re still around and worth it
I know American Costco also allows you discounted medications and glasses/eyecare as well, I don’t know if we have that here though
Also, sometimes they put coffins at the front entrance so it’s the first thing you see when you walk in. I thought that was funky
Thank you for this.
And i ended up dreaming about music software. Back to bed lol
Having a guitar is like having a weighted blanket. It makes me feel comforted for some reason.
Youse were all good sports with “show me your drawers” yesterday. It goes to show the cutlery drawer can be organised but that other one with the kitchen gadgets is a lot harder due to the different shaped shit in there.
I vote posting artwork or photography on your wall next. Slightly more interesting innit?
Sure. Would you like me to start the movement?
Doo iit.
Can’t do most my mine on that. Both faces & NSFW
Oh now I’m intrigued and insist you post something. Even if you have to blur some faces.
That’s why I like this Joseph Joseph garlic crusher I bought. It’s a kitchen gadget, but it’s just a curved but of stainless steel. It doesn’t take up much space and it can’t break compared to other kitchen stuff you can buy
I like that.
I vote for the pantry if it’s not too personal.
We doin sock drawers next?
I don’t have a sock drawer :( they just live on the floor.
I don’t really ever put my clothes away. I dress simple and don’t have anything fancy, so it just gets washed, put in a basket, then left on top of my dresser or sometimes in the corner of my bedroom. Then I just grab and go
I do put everything away but I just end up wearing the same things nearly everyday anyway. Just grab what ever’s on top. 🤷🏻♀️
You’re less of a chaotic mess than me 😁
That sounds like fun.
I vote for the dreaded “pot cupboard” next. Some fancy people have pot racks. Us savages just make do with every small pot and pan stacked on top of every larger pot and pan
Stack your small pots in the bigger pots. Small pot lid upside down, big lid on top.
Ever since toll decided to stop calling themselves toll and start calling themselves the global express team or whatever it is, I’ve noticed they’ve gotten a lot worse. I’d never have rated them great, but they used to have pretty detailed tracking, including a live location of the delivery driver (though I think delayed a bit for safety), and we’re good with communication. From memory they offered a 2 hour time slot on the deliveries I had as well
Now they just say that the label was created and the job booked, then the next update is just delivered. There is a map but it’s pretty useless, because it’s just a straight, as the crow flies map from the origin to the destination. Doesn’t even snap to the road they’d take, and it doesn’t even vaguely suggest a time, or number of stops before you. Useless
Toll was sold to Allegro Funds and rebranded as Team Global Express. Just capitalism at its finest: sell to the competition/buy the competition, rebrand so laypeople don’t catch on, and enshittify. Works 60% of the time, everytime.
It worked for Fastway/Aramex
Morning everyone.
I feel like a wrung out face washer
I’m getting older I guess, and should be more active - pinching achey pain in my right shoulder. Yesterday, I got off the couch to show my partner something on my phone, was totally fine, when I went to go back to the couch, my shoulder was fucked. Didn’t lift anything, not even myself with it, and now I’m stressed I’ve somehow torn my rotator cuff. Slept on it like an idiot (toss and turn in my sleep), and it’s worse today, of course. Doesn’t hurt when my arm is straight and I raise it to the side, but it canes when I bend my elbow so my forearm is down, and lift it so my upper arm is flush with my shoulder. So pulling up my undies and pants is very painful.
I’m prolly just overreacting. Been doing slow stretches as I thought it could be a pinched nerve. But I’ve freaked myself out with Dr Google I think 😅😅 if it doesn’t go away I’ll go to my GP - need to anyway for ✨mental health✨
Just a little venty-vent
If your shoulder hurts it ain’t your rotator. That hurts in your upper arm.
Voice of experience
I’m pleased to announce that TheStench™️ seems to have disappeared, or at least subsided enough as to just be non noticeable
My bathroom now just smells like shampoo with an undertone Glen 20 and body wash. Hallelujah!
It might be worth getting some of those moisture absorbing things you leave around the house just to make sure.
Or a cheaper alternative might be some baking powder and apparently coffee beans are good for absorbing smells too
They already put those in the roof. I don’t think it’s really worthwhile putting them anywhere else because only the bathroom and toilet have any kind of cut out in the roof for the extractor/exhaust fans, so the smell is largely prevented from escaping anywhere else
There is a fleet of hot air balloons with ads on them flying over my house. Can’t even enjoy the morning sky without being sold stuff
The one I like is a patchwork of different materials, with very obvious seams on it. The logo is ‘Craig’s Balloon Repairs’.
I’d be less annoyed if they put any effort into the designs.
The Red Balloon one has their logo. It’s on a GIANT RED BALLOON YOU DON’T NEED THE LOGO
They wouldn’t even be that effective as advertisements. They’re super high up and you can’t control where they go. The most charitable explanation is they take the money to cover some of the time and running costs
