School holidays. Took the kids to the zoo yesterday. Saw Nellie. Took some photos. Also, bought a 2024 Numbat calendar on clearance for the cute numbat photos in it for $2.
Warning: I may start randomly spamming cute numbat photos at the thread in the coming weeks.
Do that. Not spam if nice photos. Maybe spiced ham?
I love Perth zoo. You don’t realise that there are native animals exclusive to WA only. It’s such a well planned zoo.
We wanna see Nellie!
You gotta understand that most numbat sightings are super fleeting and look like this:
Just setting expectations now. 😃
Ooooh! So pretty. Her eye-liner is on point!
Booked a short holiday and cruise for next month. My brain: “maybe I should work on my health and fitness leading up to that!” Also my brain: “eat fried potato. Now.”
… it was delicious.
A fried potato isn’t that bad. It’s got a lot of kilojoules if you’re counting, but it is also fairly unprocessed. Lots of supposedly diet snacks are actually worse for you than a fried potato.
Processed food is the devil. And it’s everywhere in our diet. If the ingredients list on a snack is more than two lines long and has a bunch of numbers, it is worse for you than a fried potato.
I’ve often wondered how much different diets and snack food would look if instead of the fat free craze, there was a sugar free craze. Obviously not everything can (or should) be sugar free, but if there was much more emphasis put on low/no sugar foods, people would be healthier overall now. Same story with plastics
After about two months of holding out for op-shops to have a muffin tray, bowls and large jars at a reasonable price, I’ve bought them all at bigW for about half of what the salvos were asking. One place wanted $10 ea for large used Moccona jars, ffs. Used jars should be 50c imo.
Op Shops seem to have stupid pricing these days. They have so much stuff being donated that they dont always even accept donations, and then instead of putting reasonable prices on things to sell quickly they mark it up so much it’s often not worth buying.
I’ve been going to op shops all my life and I think they’ve finally lost my business. The clothes and kitchen ware cost more than new. Interesting items seem to be marked at their maximum ebay value, eg, the donkey kong hand held for $250!
I feel like they’re pretty much just cash converters except they don’t pay anything for the stuff they sell
it got popular, cant blame 'em for trying to make a buck. Can blame 'em for trying to make a buck on Kmart donations though. The anko shit was rough when it was brand new, certainly no better now.
the brotherhood have lost it, they are charging $30 for old jumpers with any label except kmart
and they have some weird idea that old means vintage and collectable ( it doesn’t )
savers might not be a huge charity but at least they are reasonable
I give away my moccona jars to neighbours in my courtyard, I just put them out in the common area, they are always gone in 10 minutes
Burwood East RSPCA Op Shop is still priced like most places used to be! Got my trench coat for $7. Basically everything ends up on the clearance rack eventually too.
got a win outta salvos the other weekend, glass keepcup for 2 bucks.
Gratitude time :)
I’m grateful for the meal prep I did yesterday, and also a sleep in.
I am grateful for fast home delivery of groceries, saves my back from carrying and I don’t need a car.
I am grateful I put petrol in my car yesterday, so today I can drive straight home from work without stopping.
Edit: Bonus gratefulness - the food cupboard had some slightly squished lemon butter pastry things that are really yummy. I am having dessert first tonight.
Grateful Mickey is better.
Grateful that I did mine and partners washing yesterday, so I don’t feel guilty about not doing any today haha
Grateful to witness the fog this morning. I could see the city from Brunswick at 8.20am, and when I got back at 9am-ish I couldn’t even see the street lol
Grateful for a roof over my and my family’s heads. If you ask this question every day, I will give this answer every day, because I was homeless for a time as a teenager and have never forgotten.
🫶🫶
Same here. Glad you’re doing OK now.
I am grateful for chocolate, and warm socks. And painkillers.
Grateful for a roof over my head with a fluffy companion
For being able to make music
Having resilience and enough stubbornness not to give up on what I want.
And for the amazing user here that offered to be my reference
After the admin were arseholes again, I’m grateful that I have a guaranteed position if I decide to walk.
After having stayed in shit jobs more than once because there wasn’t anything out there, it’s such a relief that I do have the option of saying '“fuck this shit, I’m out” if need be.
I’m also grateful that I only have to interact with the office maybe 10% of the time and the rest is with clients.Grateful for being able to keep warm in this cold weather. I know it’s tough for many people with cost of living, and rentals built like tents where there is no option to improve the place.
Someone required a bath today due to a pootastrophe. He’s still little under all that floof. Wasn’t a fan of the hair-dryer but happy to have a sit in front of the fire. Thankful he is so placid, he didn’t enjoy the process but it was just some grumbles.
Awww poor fluffy
It’s been a day Gibson. He’s all worn out. A very valuable lesson in being body slammed by your sister while burying your poo…
I would die for those toe fluffs
He’s still a baby, by the time he’s grown up it’ll be like a mop on each foot!
Oh I didn’t realise he was a wee kitten! I thought he was just small. I can’t wait to see him in his full glorious floofiness. So much fur to love.
He’s 9 months, and growing like a weed.
Oh my gosh. He needs 10cc’s of treats stat!
Awwww he looks like he needs a cuddle 😍
Many snugs have been had!
Aww, what a sad little face.
He was a bit baffled by the whole thing. Many hugs and snugs and it’s all better now.
oh poor sweetie
I better stock up on the Berserk deluxe editions now Booktopia is closing down. They had them for the cheapest I’ve seen aside from second hand on marketplace
Cat is fine, he’s eaten, bit me, ran around, went to the loo, and is now yowling in the hallway because I closed the bedroom door to keep the heat in the living room.
I predict he will now run around a bit, eat some dry food, and have a snooze in the blanket nest I made for him on the couch.
Also, don’t buy Friskies dry food. Twas what was causing Mickey to spew bile. He hasn’t spewed or hucked once since I switched back to Fussy Cat Grain Free dry food. So, there you go lol. Told the vet that too, he said he’ll note it for the future. :D
hugs to Mickey and fussy cat for the win 😸
Poor Mickey! Melbcat is on grain free as well.
It’s not as good as a door but I’m using an old plush blanket on a small tension rod in the doorway, with one bottom corner slightly open so the cat can slip through. (The top edge is folded over and sewn with long backstitches for a really rough casing. Sturdy safety pins might also work depending on weight)
I had an old blanket nailed across my laundry door for a few years. I have now made a curtain with some discounted insulated curtain fabric I found instead, it hangs on a tension rod with shower curtain rings sewn onto the curtain. I managed to sort out a pelmet as well to help keep the heat in/out better, using some extra fabric and a couple more tension rods. Miss Meow has not discovered a way through (which is good, if I wanted her to I would do the raised corner) but Mr Woof is happy to push it aside so he can get through to the dog door.
Oh, shower curtain rings are a good idea. (Then again they might require buttonhole bars for the hooks because I don’t want to cut holes.) Do you find any heat escapes out the top?
That’s what I put the pelmet over the top for, it seems to work well - the laundry it blocks off is really draughty and uninsulated and the cold and heat does not really get though at all.
I sewed some tape across the back with gaps to put the shower rings through, which means the top of the curtain is above the rings rather than hanging below, which also reduced the gap air could get through considerably.
Smart! I’m in a rental so might have to skip the pelmet though (I find even masking tape leaves sticky marks behind and the poor quality paint is fragile)
I spent an hour after work last night completing (my least preferred) job application’s third party test. Apparently I rank significantly higher than others of a relevant testing pool. Lovely. Next they want me to give them a four minute video response to some questions…
Meanwhile. My preferred job is cold-shouldering me after telling me I’d probably hear yesterday if I made it to the in-person interview. They are playing hard to get. I’m their best applicant I bet. But I’m still sad I haven’t heard yet.
In a past role when I was short staffed and hiring people, I was often lumped with interviewing people on top of my regular duties. It is a lot of extra work. It also took longer than I expected. I was often a bit late getting back to people for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, candidates had to reschedule. Sometimes, more urgent work came up and I had to do things other than processing the applications. Suddenly, your last interview isn’t Tuesday, but Friday instead.
I was never more than a few days late - the best candidates usually had more than one offer to consider and I’d lose them if I didn’t get back to them. If they told you Wednesday, I’d give them until Monday before giving up.
Thank you Nath 🙏
You got this! I believe in you! Hopefully your preferred job gets back to you, but either way you’re gonna move up! 💜
Getting the cat into the carrier was a task. Helped when I threw a towel on him and bundled him into it.
But the yowling on the tram had me cackling; had to get right up close and go “pss it’s me I’m here” for him to stop. I think he was upset because my partner was holding him, and then left to the train when I got on the tram.
Now we’re chilling in the waiting room. I expect Mickey will beat me up somewhat when we get home lol
Getting them into the carrier is the most stressful part of a vet trip. That and the bill.
All done and home now, he’s fine. Bit my leg, par for the course.
Bill wasn’t bad, $90 for his vax and another set in a month, as I realised I never got him vaxxed last year 👀
In my defense, he’s indoors only, and has only been unwell once when he was a kitten lol
There have been vaccination shortages anyway, so you might not have been able to get it done. Miss Meow was due for hers 6 months ago but the vet didn’t have any available so it got put off.
Ahhh this make me feel like less of a pet-parent failure lol. Thank you heh!
Hopefully your Miss can get hers soon!!
Is there anything that’s not in fucking shortage at the moment? Seriously
Mine all had boosters in December. One of them then shared cat flu with the other two in May. Even the dog got it. In fairness, it was mild in the dog and the two she gave it to, but she was quite unwell herself. Don’t sneak out the door and get picked up by the ranger, kids.
Lol, wouldn’t be the first time I heard yowling on the tram
I actually thought there was a child behind me, until I realised it was Mickey 😂😂 I couldn’t stop giggling. He sounded like a whingey baby hahahahaha
The vet requires me to drug my cat the night before I bring her in.
She’s so funny when she’s a little doped out lol
Morning all! Just woke up from a crazy dream where myself and four other unknown (to me) people were on the run in the States, which at one point involved stealing a heavily modded Chevy Wrangler from Donald Trump (he cried. He loved that car. Lots of people, the best people, said it was a great car). It was a comedy/drama kind of dream, very entertaining, and I did not want to wake up. Stupid bladder! In the dream we made a toilet pitstop and while I went I suddenly thought, "HEY, YOU’RE NOT DOING THAT IN REAL LIFE ARE YOU‽” and I suddenly awoke and I was! I haven’t wet the bed in 40 years! I didn’t wet the bed much, luckily, just my multilayered night attire. Very weird experience and a helluva way to end the dream I was enjoying.
Hugs. Trump has that effect on people.
Lol must be the diaper he reportedly wears
w00t w00t brewery now on its own dedicated circuit and His Lordship can commence with the going of apeshitness.
OK if there’s a brewery, that MAY affect the accuracy of the landlord sniping… :D
eh waves hand winging them is fine
If there’s apple cider involved I’ll be there in 5 minutes!
There is a ghost on my stovetop.
Some oven dude came out to fix a burner a few days ago. He fixed the burner, but fucked another burner and igniter (sparky things).
On two of the burners, when you turn it down, then back up, all the igniters start sparking and doesn’t stop. Very odd. turns out if one igniter isn’t sparking, they all spark as a safety thing so there’s no explosion.
Took some methylated spirits to the sparky things which helped but the big trick was re-sparking, so when they all start going off, just push one of the burners’ dial and it stops. Never seen that before.
Oven dude was gonna hit me for a few hundred just to have another look even though he didn’t do it right.
So, happy to get it going again without any more hassle.
Fuck that oven guy though.
I’ve been using induction or those old school ones with the circular metal plates that heat up for so long. The Airbnb had gas and dear god I do not miss gas stoves.
I probably wouldn’t have paid the oven dude tbh. I’m assuming you didn’t realise it was broken until after he’d already left, but I would’ve called him back, told him it was broken, and then just not paid him afterwards. He’s the one that broke it 🤷♂️
The knockoff oodie has arrived, and even the S-M is huge on me. I’m skulking around the house like an evil wizard but it is warm.
(Before the oodie was a thing I had been thinking about sewing a monk style house robe out of blanket fabric. I should have done it and run for the patent office, become rich!)
the one I have is a 7X
What have the Romans ever done for us?
They have provided the lazy inspiration for countless hours of low effort BBC documentaries.
Walking Roman Roads with Dan Jones. About Roman roads in the England. I thought it might be a little interesting. First he didn’t walk it , he drove in a Range Rover, he said on account of the weather. He could have used a cart instead. 🙄 Then he visited every tiny museum along the way and looked at the easy stuff like swords.
Imagine how different it could have been. Dan could have suited up like a centurion with a 30 kg back pack and walked it like a Roman. Could have eaten Roman food. Talked about all the people of Roman times who used the roads, could have even “met” some re-enactors on the way to St Ives.
0.5 hobbits , he didn’t even meet up with a Druid wizard on the way to Wales, which he could have. ( caveat, I fell asleep for two episodes )
Special credit for the Lego model of a Roman Inn at one of the museums.
You’ll have to read Mary Beard’s books on ancient Rome for some well researched and written history
I’m old, I’ve read all the stuff, I even went to Rome with an atique atlas and saw the places
travellers tip, antique atlases are not good guides to modern cities
Fog or low cloud has rolled in over Richmond. Outside air temp has gone from f**king cold to biting cold. Hands are burning after going out to buy a coffee. Wasn’t like that when I got to work this morning at 9 am.
