I was feeling a bit antsy and there wasn’t a thread yet at 22 past midnight.
Have a great day everyone. May you and the animals of the DT who like sunbathing get some sun.
The spare oodie has been broken out, the old one had been discarded
ONYA JESS!!! 🥇 🇦🇺 🦘 👍
(Do you know how hard it is to not shout the fucking house down at 2am?)
Who’s Jess
I don’t
Gold medal winner in the women’s canoe slalom Jess Fox.
What’s a canoe slalmon
And why do they need a canoe? I thought they could swim up rivers on their own.
I’m having trouble trying to google search this, but is there a name for the type of movement of an animal that can walk on all fours, but also use their front/forearms to climb.
Like monkeys and koalas for instance.
I feel like quadruped isn’t correct.
Oo yes, thank you.
Thanks. I think quadruped is correct based on a quick glance and some further googling.
Like clamber?
I was excited to learn that up to two men can now compete in synchronised swimming team events, but disappointed to discover that there are no such athletes competing in Paris. Maybe LA28?
Did you see Andy Lee and his mate in The Comparison Man do synchronised swimming? I’m guessing the real men’s synchronised swimming will not involve any hairy legs but instead nice smooth muscular pins.
I did no, but, yes, the real thing is much more muscular and bronzed.
Omg that first bit 😂
Spectacular!
Lately I’ve been indulging in Bakers Delight’s custard teatimes. It’s like a pull-apart that consists of soft fluff mini bread scrolls joined together and infused with a delicious creamy custard and a delectable sticky icing and dusted with desiccated coconut topping (like a Boston bun).
Can be enjoyed anytime of the day but somehow tastes better late at night when everyone has gone to bed. Luckily I have a regular dealer who can hook me up with a discounted loaf at a moments notice (provided she’s working that day).
Here’s what’s left of last night’s session
Ooh yum. Maybe I need to swing past Baker’s today…
Be prepared to bring your wallet. They are NOT cheap these days!
I think you do. I’d like these to stay in production for a really long time.
@CEOofmyhouse56 @underwatermagpies You inspired me to stop by the local Baker’s Delight for lunch.
They didn’t have any of those custard buns with coconut flakes (I looked!), but I did get a cheese and tomato bun.
I miss Baker’s Delight.
Me too! None in the city anymore :(
I’m feeling like shit in so many levels.
Homelessness, mental illness, Australia being unequal for vulnerable people
There’s an aggressive mentally ill homeless man that’s been coming around my place for ages and now he’s sleeping on a bench right outside my window.
So I get to be too scared to put my bin out and he gets to freeze because it’s not safe for me to approach or help him.
Hate the guy’s guts (he’s aggressively had a go at me before and is virulently homophobic) but I don’t want to watch him freeze or have to deal with him.
I’ve been calling the cops for months, psych triage, the local homeless services, nothing has been working.
The best I have is from today - Launch agreeing to pass a ‘sleep site’ on to their outreach team to check. But they don’t come out at night and I don’t know where this scary stranger goes in the day. He also drinks which might exclude him from dorm style shelters (which don’t apparently exist in Australia the way you think of them?) and may also not have the awareness to accept help.
It’s just one of those deteriorating revolving door situations that never ever gets solved. Australia’s systems are broken. Very surprising for a so called rich country.
some people are so paranoid they would rather die than be sociable or accept help
so many hugs, it sucks but we can’t fix the world
@melbaboutown @LowExperience2368 Huge hugs.
There were signs up around the apartment block where we live recently warning about a homeless guy who had been trespassing, and to call strata and the police if you see him.
Just from the photo, he looked creepy AF!
Apparently he spent a couple of nights in the basement carpark, and cut power to the building’s alarm system one night. (The strata managers only found out after they reviewed the CCTV footage.)
And anyone angry and drunk shouting homophobic slurs is always scary.
So I can definitely relate to how you must be feeling!
You’re doing the right thing by trying to help. But I agree it really is shameful how much our pollies have cut the social safety net these past 40-odd years (and both major parties are to blame!). It means people who need help often don’t get it.
Take care, stay safe 💜
Can you somehow make the bench unusable? I get that might be considered cruel but you shouldn’t be scared in your own home or to be able to step out of it.
It goes against my beliefs - I’m really not a fan of anti-homeless architecture. Unfortunately I don’t want to give him a yoga mat for padding either because that encourages him to use that spot…
There’s a disused flat nearby with a porch he could move to but I don’t think he knows it’s vacant. Also it’s still very close to me :/
It’s not your responsibility to make it a hospitable place for him. You’ve already done the right things to get help for him, and now you need to look after your own safety. Make it unwelcoming for him to sleep there, he may move on if you’re lucky.
put poop on it
If he’s a drunk he may not notice
I’m a drunk and notice poo (usually).
Yeah but are you a part-time drunk or a full-time one because the full-time ones will piss and shit themselves and still carry on mingling with the public.
people will tolerate their own but will run from the other poo
😂
As a cat slave, I don’t really have a choice here.
yeah but it’s different when it’s your own
part-time drunk or a full-time one
That’s up for debate :(
Oh dear
Beautiful day for a FCKING MIGRAINE
much hugs, it’s the glare
Nah, i woke up pre-dawn with it. got it to hit the point of no longer impeding functioning around midday. Probably caused by the weather changes, they often fuck me
A pixel 6 pro phone case fits perfectly over the base plate for things like light switches.
The call nurse button here has a constant bright blue light that’s very distracting. The room is almost dark with my phone case over it
I get you. When I’ve had to take Boyo to emergency I’ve been driven bonkers by lights and machines that go ping! And I wasn’t even the ill person. How anybody ever manages to sleep wth that much crap taped to them baffles me.
From experience: you generally don’t. And if you do manage to fall asleep, they wake you up for rounds.
Modern solutions for modern problems!
How about the noise? Is the place quiet overnight at least?
The air conditioner can make some noise but it’s pretty quiet otherwise.
And that’s also a compliment to the nurses working here and how good they are at their jobs. This place is full of kids who have trouble sleeping and I’ve hardly heard other kids crying
Are things going OK?
Tonight went well. I think we’ll be in for some better nights overall if we keep up the things we’re doing here.
But we also have 3am tonight to deal with, so we’ll see how that goes
Cover it with blue tack also works.
Caught a pretty cloud tonight. Have to jump on it quickly otherwise we’ll be without a rave choon and Out of Time
Thanks for sharing!!
That looks great.
Beep Beep 🚚
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Anything hot that comes with gremolata please
A birthday cake to share with all the horsies please.
Happy Birthday! 🎂
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Burger, fries and whatever else we can cram onto the plate please Chef.
🍔🍟🧸
Could I too pls have a burger but w/ the lot including beetroot. Don’t see that too often these days (unless I’m looking at the wrong places).
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Out and about for work today in the hills, beautiful sun, with a colleague, STILL feel completely brain dead… I hate this feeling
It’s a beautiful day to be out
I was so close to a “fuck it all” frozen chips purchase for dinner tonight but I think I’ll make that tomorrow’s, since tomorrow is when I really will be done with the week and ready to collapse.
Got leftover dahl for tonight, guess I’ll make some rice and do a side of stir fried frozen veg.
On the topic of cooking, I bought a tube of Mutti 51% tomato paste mixed with aromatic veg (carrot, celery, onion) the other day. That has been really useful for making quick sauces. Lasts a month in the fridge once opened. Made a delicious napoli sauce in no time yesterday with a tin of tomatoes… Definitely a repeat purchase. Could be useful for pilafs and curries and stews
That paste sounds super handy. I’ll keep my eye out!
This is the one. https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/414514/mutti-vegetable-paste-130g
Highly recommend! A third of that sauteed in oil + 2 tinned tomatoes + garlic (poowder) + sugar + salt/stock powder + dried herbs, simmer for 10-20 minutes… hey presto, really easy and cheap pasta sauce right smack in the middle between jar sauce on one end, and making it completely from scratch on the other.
The Daily Chair. I’ve been working on the second chair and am going to put on the cover this evening. In the meantime I’m waiting for the weather to warm up a little so I can finish staining the the wood chairs. Here’s a preview of the first with just one coat of stain and varnish, the seat is removeable. I think it looks not too bad.
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I think it looks lovely um but just one little thing, you have a bird there on the right with no head. Why?
the head is on another piece of fabric , you can see it if you look close. It looks too odd?
I could always change it , could take off the cover and resew a bit
I’m making a big matching scatter cushion so it will cover the weirdness a bit
also, I sat on it and it didn’t break , i was so worried it wasn’t strong enough
Hehe! I attempted not lopping off bird heads on my patchwork, but at a point it becomes unavoidable. Birds just aren’t square.
You could always appliqué a head on, so that it overlaps the square where the head should be
Nevermind the head, just a googly eye. Except if it a sitting on bit.
maybe I could sew googly eyes on 😀
the head is just on another square
I only noticed it because I do quilting but if you had a guest pull out the chair to sit down I doubt they’d notice it so I wouldn’t change it.
The colours and the wood stain look so beautiful together I’d be really proud.
There are some real characters in my class, but the school doggos are the best bois.
Everyday of school brings me closer to my dream 🙌
Do tell me Spud, what is your dream? I think I missed it :(
Hehe! Doing a big ole career change; going from shitty call centre shite to veterinary nursing. It’ll take me around 3 years but it’s worth it to never have to sit in front of a PC and take calls for 8 hours haha
Fuck yeah! Well done ❤️
🤘everything is coming up Milhouse for us!
It sure is!
I LOVE THAT OMG 😍😍
Thanks for making the post. I saw there wasn’t one at about 10 past, but I don’t want my notifications going off all day so left it
In other news, YIL (Yesterday I learned) there’s a remind me bot here. Technically it’s on Mastodon, but it works here through federation: https://aussie.zone/comment/10817925
Oh awesome, I knew I could figure it out 😋