My “boyfriend” didn’t message me on my birthday.
It’s time to sleep now
Happy birthday LE
Happy Birthday!
I hope you had a good one or treated yourself to something.
Hugs and happy birthday.
Did you discuss with him a plan on talking each day so you wouldn’t feel anxious?
Because I don’t see his actions as being unreasonable, he needs to study and he told you.
Like I said before, what would you have done in the days when people didn’t have phones or what would you do if your BF was in the military?
You would have to trust him and you would have to learn to cope with anxiety, even learn how not to be anxious.
Thank you! I tried to, but he’s been ignoring my attempts to reach out for a week. No calls or texts back. I know he has been on his phone. His friends have posted videos on social media of them goofing around a bit. He probably wants to break up with me if he’s gone this long without talking to me.
I totally understand the studying thing because I am studying too. But to never return a call or wish your partner a happy birthday because you’re so focused on giving them the silent treatment? That really hurts.
Time to give him the flick. You are the one doing all the emotional labour here - he’s coasting and exploiting your anxieties. He has time to goof off with mates, but can’t spend 15 seconds texting you. Time to call it quits and move on.
I’m sorry to hear that. Happy birthday to you.
I just discovered that one tiny typing error turns the suburb of Bellfield into Bellfiend. Very different vibe.
Edit: fixed one tiny typing error.
That is not an error. It is a felix culpa.
I admit defeat. My head congestion is slowly clearing but I can’t hold a thought in my head. Coffee helped for about 6 mins. I am going back to sleep
We spread mustard. We spread mayo. Why aren’t they in the “ spread” section?
We have breakfast spreads such Vegemite, peanut butter, honey, jam etc, which you will usually find around the breakfast cereal aisle.
Then we have non breakfast spreads such as mayo, mustard, sauce, pickles etc.
All are condiments but can be sub divided into breakfast and non breakfast.
Where does the goopy cheese spread fit in? Maybe it’s just Vegemite’s plus one
Edit: Does every shop put them together or does the layout vary?
I found the cream cheese, cheese sticks, mac & cheese, processed cheese, laughing cow etc same aisle as the breakfast spreads at Coles. I don’t know why they are there. I guess they have to go somewhere.
If it’s not a solid then it’s a condiment.
Fuck you all I’m now craving Fondue!
Yodel lay he he.
I must have been thinking of Aldi or Woolies? I actually never notice due to lactose intolerance ;-;
Hahaha. I only know because my daughter likes Mac & cheese and it took me forever to find it. My understanding is that people like putting cream cheese with Vegemite so you might as well put all the other cheese products there too. 🤷♀️
Unpopular opinion: Each supermarket needs a map like Ikea
I refuse to accept the goopy cheese spread exists.
But they’re all in the sauce section? Mayo is not a sauce.
Teknikly it is- the original name in French is Sauce Mayonnaise - that is, sauce from the city/region of Les Mayons. Like Bearnaise sauce comes from Bearn. But opinions differ on this.
It’s a condiment. Sauce is a condiment. Mayo is a condiment. They do belong together.
Vegemite is a condiment though
Yes. Correct that is why they are placed with all the other breakfast condiments.
You mean “spreads”😂
I’m gonna hang up now.
Hot sauce is breakfast!
I believe the separation is based on the vinegar content. Sauces, pickles etc. all contain vinegar and are therefore separated from the less acidic spreads. Maple syrup is separated due to its excessive liquidity meaning it can only be poured, not spread.
Maple syrup is a condiment. A breakfast condiment. It should be next to the honey where all the other breakfast condiments are.
Ahem, my cola maple ribs could be a breakfast thing but are typically much later in the day
If it wants to be with the other breakfast condiments it needs to thicken itself up.
This delineation seems to work a little better. It’s nearly perfect except for the mint jelly.
Actually apple sauce also messes the system up. My theory is that these are false sauces, snuck into the dinner repertoire in place of mint sauce and apple chutney, most likely a ploy to sneak breakfast into more meals by the type of deviant who consideres cereal for dinner to be a desireable thing. I do have concerns that these are just the start of a trend to have non-vinegar condiments take over the sauce space.
It’s Friday and I am very, very ready for the work day to be over. 7 minutes away from being half way through…
Nothing I have to do this weekend, except dinner with my sister tomorrow night. After over a month of moving, cleaning and just life in general, this feels WEIRD. I can’t wait!
I think I might be a little sick.
Runny nose and coughing due to stuff getting stuck in my throat.
Blah. What a horrible way to send the last and next few days.
Rest up! It’s EVERYWHERE and hit me like a ton of bricks
I’m certainly doing as little as possible though the stupid laundry is going to be unavoidable.
Apparently they spray the elaborate ballet costumes with vodka instead of washing or dry cleaning, and you can do it to normal clothes too. Dump some Smirnoff on your socks and see. Tada! No more laundry.
@imoldgreeeg @Duenan If it’s any consolation, I was quite literally going to post the exact same thing.
I got home last night and my voice was a little hoarse. Woke up this morning with a slightly sore throat and a runny nose.
So I pulled out a rat test, and thankfully it was negative for COVID.
I’ve done a covid test last night. Negative result.
May do another one tonight. I had my flu shot a couple of weeks ago so I didn’t think I’d catch something so fast.
I’ve been losing my voice as well in and out, same as you.
@Duenan Wifey had COVID a few weeks ago. She’s just recovered her sense of smell and taste now. So my concern was (despite all our best efforts) I may have caught it.
Really hope that’s not the case.
I just had a nice big bowl.of soup with *lots* of chilli.
Anyway, I hope you get well soon 💜
Keep testing over the next few days, i remember being sick with it and doing tests and one day suddenly the tests came up positive even having days of symptoms and testing negative before that.
No drinky-poos tonight. Got places to be tomorrow. For those of you who are, cheers anyway🧃 Back to regular programming next week.
Cheers!
Not even 1?
Nah I’m good.
I’m not… cheers!
May your juice box be chilled and your sleep be restful 🍻
Ta. May your beer hit the spot and have a great night. Cheers.
TIL NSW had lord of the fries too, until recently when their last store was repossessed by the landlord. (Source)
I’ve never tried them honestly. I’ve walked past the one near Flinders so many times and it almost always has long lines out the front, but I’ve never tried them
I used to order from the Flinders station one every week when I was in the city.
My go to was the cheese and gravy fries and used to eat them in the middle of my uni classes.
This week I couldn’t make it to aldi so did my shop online at Coles. The whole things ridiculous. I spent so much more than I would’ve at aldi for the same things :/
I also got to experience their downsized bag things and I do not like them. Apparently they were rolled out because they match the height of the crate things or some shit, but I really believe it was just another dirty tactic for getting more money out of us. I didn’t even fucking want bags, but I didn’t get a say, it wouldn’t let me not get bags. Now I have a double the amount of bags and because they’re so small I don’t even know what I can use them for. They’re just going in the recycling
Set one up in your kitchen and add recycling stuff in it. Then when it’s full put it in the recycling bin outside. Repeat.
Eh, I did that with the big ones, but these tiny ones are too tiny
Let us hope that tonight’s footy is a percentage booster - for Carlton.
Our fire extinguishers got replaced yesterday and the dude who replaced them replaced them with longer and thinner ones. The extinguisher in the kitchen lives just above and next to the kitchen drawers. Any guesses why this is a problem?
there is no spoon
No spoon for you!
Can you move the mount up a bit? Can you get the agent to move the mount up a bit? Can you leave the extinguisher on the floor because if there’s a decent fire, get down low and gogogo, will lead you to find the extinguisher on the way out.
Stop being logical. I’m just here to dog on tradespeople with the IQ of a misshapen door knob.
Oh, you think the tradie didn’t notice the drawer issue? That’s cute. Of course he noticed. But by ‘accidentally’ doing precisely what the job sheet asked for (replacing the extinguisher and nothing more), he gets called back a second time. $$$
Dude. He replaced the entire mount plate with a new one which he mounted lower down…
The obvious old screw holes might be a tiny clue
Yeah…
What did that cost you?
Me? $0.00
Someone? Probably many hundreds of dollars. Wouldn’t surprise me if they paid almost a grand for it. As soon as tradies hear “government job” the prices have a funny tendency of quadrupling
A fire extinguisher in the kitchen! Fancy plus!!!
ha just wait til you hear the smoke alarms and see the evacuation lights. I genbuinely can not communicate how loud the smoke alarms are. The best way I can describe them is that they’re so loud you can hear the air. Like on top of the high pitched squealey beeping they are so loud they cause the air inside to rumble. I’m surprised they don’t shatter a window
Not quite the same, but I’ve got a wok burner that would set fire to the top cupboards if you actually used it
I use my wok burner outside like my Viet friends told me to.
Not portable in this case. I do have a movable induction one from IKEA : house stove deemed unsafe and it took forever to get landlord to replace.
Mine is a cast iron thing plugged into a gas bottle.
Early nominee for the ‘Not my job mate’ award for 2024
He didn’t even know we had a 2nd fire extinguisher in the laundry. that one was due for replacement 2 years ago
That’s not on him. That’s on the owner/agent. If the job request doesn’t mention the laundry extinguisher, how is he meant to know it’s there?
RDO today, yay… Dentist also today, boooo
sore back, resting, a little concerned 🤞
I hope it’s properly healed. Go gently on it
Gentle hugs for you.
🤞🤞hope it comes good again soon.
Cracker Barrel cheddar is a very delicious cheese and as good as some of the fancier cheddars.
I like their tasty cheese.
They’re great on crackers.
Gimme vintage cheddar cheese - ordinary even tasty cheddar just doesn’t have enough bite. I’m not all that fond of Cracker Barrel - I quite like the Aldi vintage one though.
I like the Aldi one too, but they carefully label it “vintage cheese” (no mention of cheddar anywhere on the packaging, AFAICT). I guess they’re taking a shortcut that means it can’t be called cheddar? 🤷
Would not surprise me. I don’t actually mind, as they’re a LOT more careful with their labelling than some supermarkets I could mention (cough cough colesworth cough cough). An honest label is fine by me. Anyway, cheddaring is a separate process in cheesemaking, and an optional one in my opinion. It’s the end result that counts with me.
I did not know that cheddaring was a thing. Thanks! And yeah, I really like their vintage cheese, it just seemed odd that they didn’t call it cheddar.
I love Cracker barrel. Also Mersey Valley classic cheese. Nice and crumbly.
