Note to self…wear a mask when you vacuum the pre filter in the air cleaner so you don’t cop a face of all that dust out the back of the vacuum…☹️. Hopefully there’s some antihistamines still lurking in the cupboard from spring…
Oooo. I got one. Keep your mouth closed when scrubbing the toilet bowl.
I learned that the hard way. How dumb can I possibly be 🤣
Oh look it only happens once.
Ewww but also 🤔 Good point
I taught the boys to wave at busses and they do it without fail now. I think it’s time to take them for a ride on a bus
Don’t forget the trains! Some drivers will toot if kids wave, to add extra excitement
Once the driver let my kid actually toot the horn. He was our neighbor and knew us. That was 2016 and it’s a core childhood memory. The kid is still obsessed with trains.
We’ve done the train into the city a few times but I don’t think they make the same association with the train as with the bus.
Tooting Tue horn of a train is one of those formative experiences that would make you public transport pilled for life
I do believe it is time for a public transport adventure
That friend I was talking about the other day, the one who had that breakup.
He’s completely imploded. He’s done some stuff that’s basically pushed almost all his friends away. Just crazy stuff, like stealing from friends etc
I’m taking a biiiiig step back.
It’s sad to see, but I don’t think I’m going to have much to do with him for a long while.
How does one go from a break-up to stealing?
I mean stupid drunk stuff, I get?
He was trying to get back at her by stealing some of her stuff. Fucking moron.
That’s not a good sign
Oh damn, I’m so sorry :/ But definitely better to look after yourself and keep yourself safe!
It is sad.
I’m so sorry. That person is either some kind of psycho or is on a tragic self destructive streak.
$5 to anyone who can make it not Monday when I wake up tomorrow
I just need your address and a brick. What day would you like it to be? I’ll warm up my swingin’ arm.
Sometime around Monday/Tuesday I passed a milestone of six months on my running streak. Every day since October 16, I’ve gone for a run. I’ve averaged about 6 hours a week running, or roughly 24 hours running every 4 weeks.I wonder whether I’ll make it to a year? It would mean not getting sick for a year. Seems unlikely.
Right on. Currently my body can only handle about every second day. So my day streak is perpetually on 1.
You’re an absolute machine, holy shit. 👌💪💪
Wow that’s a fantastic effort! Well done!
I feel very Melburnian today. Instead of my usual cuppa tea I French pressed some coffee. I should go and line up at a register at Coles with my puffer jacket on and buy some croissants for that all round Melbourne experience. Oo la la
Does one of your neighbours have a greyhound in a jumper you can borrow?
Not that I’m aware but I have seen a nice looking husky trot past a few times.
You buy your croissants from Coles and not the expensive bakery or food store that’s mostly a cafe?
Yep. Coles or Aldi’s 3 pack for me.
Morning all. Going to my parents’ for lunch, so for now I await pickup
Successful day in the garden. Grass mowed for first time in months, weeds pulled, plants pruned, leaves collected, green bin is full. Perfect day for it.
Got my mowing done today too. Tomato plants still growing , very odd. Snow peas are going nuts.
✨Wasteland Marilyn is cleaning up The Commonwealth, one Ghoul at a time ✨
3 cheers!
Just a day of tidying and cleaning then dinner with friends. :)
Just ate 1 month outta date store bought lasagne… Was great.
Calling their bluff.
Until tomorrow.
Appropriate username
Was it frozen?
What kind of barbarian eats lasagne frozen?
Living on the edge
( I ate 3 weeks out of date eggs last week. I did not survive. )
Where were they stored? Or were they cooked already?
I swear I’ve cooked fridge stored eggs waaaay beyond use-by and have mostly been okay.
in the fridge, raw
Sky pretty. A lovely warm soft pink/orange.
I accidentallied my fried rice attempt into more like a congee… Tastes good but
Being overseas I’m reminded once again that cafe culture and laneway art is really not unique to Melbourne and yet it’s spruiked here as the best thing since sliced bread.
My theory is that Melbourne’s awful weather is the cause. The city has adapted to have a lot of indoor type options to go. There’s a lot of exploring involved. I don’t know where it started, I think one of the first was The Waiter’s restaurant - a place that ignores all the rules of being on the main drag and trying to attract customers. This place is hidden up stairs down an alley up the end of Bourke St. It’s been there since the 40’s.
People like finding these hidden places and Melbourne has loads of them. It isn’t unique around the world, I’m sure, but Perth sure doesn’t have hidden places like this.
I worked at Meyers place bar below waiters club for about four years.
I always found that really kind of, I don’t know, a bit sad I guess? It’s all we have to celebrate culture wise in a way. Or I’m misreading the vibe.
It feels like clutching at straws for something to celebrate about the city. The truth is the city of Melbourne itself is nothing remarkable.
It’s all the things just outside it that are nicer ie Dandenong Kinglake national park Wilson’s prom great ocean road etc.
I haven’t been overseas as much as I’d like, but I’ve lived in Melbourne most of my life.
Sometimes it feels like it’s basically just a much larger version of a small town. Maybe all of Australia is kind of like that.
Honestly I’m inclined to agree. I liken Australia cities to subway sandwiches. At their core they are basically the same with only toppings to differentiate them slightly.
@Gibsonisafluffybutt @wscholermann
Most every place has its charms. Sometimes it takes a visitor to show you the wonder in something that to you has become normal or mundane.
It’s the little things that make a place special to me. Things that aren’t famous, that you won’t see photos and expos about.
Like walking down a street in Saigon and seeing a tiny little shrine just minding its own business on a street corner. Quirky and not something you hop on a plane for.
The closest thing we have to a shrine is a Woolworths or a coles, where we regularly go to give offerings to our CEO gods.
A minority sect is the Aldi crowd.
Nah there is always something going on in Melbourne. Cricket, Australia Open, Formula One, Moomba (usually), Comedy Festival, AFL, etc etc. Then there are dozens of little festivals throughout the year. Plus there are several theatres and concerts always happening.
You don’t really see it all when it’s all you’ve known. But it’s a lot.
@Nath @ajsadauskas I live in Perth. I flew to Melbourne once with family to watch the Australian Open tennis. I’ve flown to Brisbane and Sydney a few times to watch concerts from international acts that don’t visit Perth. Lots going on over east in the big cities. Enjoy it.
@Nath @Gibsonisafluffybutt It also depends on where in Melbourne.
There’s plenty of arts, culture, live music, bars, sport, festivals, etc., in the CBD and inner suburbs. Between the trams and trains, inner suburban public transport is reasonable (better than most US cities, worse than many in Europe and Asia).
But then you get to the middle and outer ring suburbs — places like Knox or out Casey way — and it’s a cultural wasteland.
I feel like Melbourne is at best middling amongst tourist cities. There’s not any great architecture, natural wonders like mountains or harbour, no history due to being a young city, no particular cultural vibe. It’s nice enough but it’s not a destination city. Way more interesting places to visit.
I have run out of Malevolent Ghost
Is that a good or a bad thing? 🤔
Middling Bad. It’s a hot sauce that didn’t quite live up to it’s name but is still pretty decent.
It’s not the sauce that lives up to the name
it’s the farts
HELLO
Hello! I have a homemade one also. It made my husband puke 😺
See that little one in the front. It comes in XXL
Very useful. I prefer the Scorpion Strike though. It’s got other flavours, not just pure hot. Which the Death ones are pushing it on. Pain AND Tasty please.
This is not mine although it takes up a lot of precious real estate in my fridge. The man doesn’t care for other flavours. Apparently it dilutes the chilli which defeats the purpose of eating chilli. 🤷♀️
I understand and disagree with his position. 🌶️🌶️🌶️
