Considering banking on this cold being shaken off by tomorrow and booking a room up on the border. Saw that one of the clubs up there has a Boobs tribute act (Michael Bublé) and I’m right into that scene. They actually have a Crooners of the 50s, 60s and 70s Variety show tonight which I would have liked. Will give me another 6.5 hours or so of audiobook time in the car too.
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I gotta say… as someone who often feels like an outsider it’s kind of nice that everyone else is sick when I am too. I feel like I’m a part of something.
I feel like an outcast, I got sick about 3 or 4 weeks ago and now I’m fine but I don’t want to catch anything again for the next month if I can help it.
Team lurgy checking in
One of us! One of us! :D
Yeah nah… I’m not sick but happy to be an outsider!
Tradies are here to restump the house. Landlord let me know in advance but I’m wrecked and no chance of sleep sadly.
I appreciate all the staff at officeworks because it means I don’t have to mess around with printers but jeez it makes a difference when you get someone who really knows what they’re doing…
i just realised I made lunch to take in to work yesterday and completely forgot about it. I was even annoyed at myself yesterday morning that I didn’t plan ahead and took in soup instead. I have so many things on my mind at the moment some of them are starting to fall out!
Coles has a house brand surface sanitiser with blueberries on the label, boy it really do be smelling strongly of blueberries.
Have a potluck dinner tomorrow and put my hand up for making dessert. It’s an hour door-to-door travel and I was going to make tiramisu but was worried it might go bad out of the fridge for that long. So I’m going to make this tomorrow morning. It looks good and will transport well, hopefully it’s a hit.
Million dollar idea for free:
Microwave saucepans that aren’t fucking white plastic. Borosilicate, with a lid, no staining or acid etches. 500ml, 1l, 2l, perfect for a tin of beans, a continental pasta, reheating some sauce. Get on It.
You can use any ceramic or glass dishes, as long as there are no metal trims on them. I just use my normal bowls and plates for reheating. Also I think you can buy Pyrex ones with a glass bowl and plastic lid if you need something transportable.
Don’t want bowls, want non-staining microwave saucepans and jugs.
Pyrex is your friend here. Colesworth often has 500 ml measuring jugs in pyrex that work fine for me. And bigger ones too. For lidded stuff, quite a lot of kitchen shops have small casserole dishes in pyrex that have fitted lids. Various sizes from 500 ml upwards. Try Hotel Agencies in Nicholson St Fitzroy or Cedar Hospitality Supplies in Brunswick.
I second the Pyrex jugs. I have a 2 cup and a 4 cup.
I found some borosilicate microwave pan thingies but they vary in price and the reasonably priced pans seem to have mostly one style https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=borosilicate+microwave+pan&s=price-asc-rank&qid=1718374456&ref=sr_st_price-asc-rank&ds=v1%3A%2FZolTB3858nhwOoCYMJ66Q2Z9I4OT4TbJ8g6zMoJkpA
There are also ceramic mini cocottes. I think Aldi had some at one point but stock seems random
oh I love it when they go “high borosilicate glass material” you just know that bitch is tempered soda lime that once sat on the same shelf as borosilicate
Yeah, probably Wish-arse quality stuff huh
Sometimes when I pick up the guitar, something really personal comes out. It’s rarely recorded, it’s never on purpose.
And no one hears it but me. And that makes it special.
I know how wanky that sounds, but it’s true. I’m probably not explaining myself properly
Art is art, public or private. It is a reflection of us as humans, to put something so personal out into the universe. So uniquely you.
It isn’t wanky, not to me at least, for whatever that’s worth ha! It’s human. No one will ever read everything I write, all the words left private, unread, unseen. But I do it for me. You do it for you. We just gotta be humans about it all, I think.
Idk maybe I’m just a dumb dumb lol
Gibson hears all and knows all
it was the best song in the woooorld… 🎵
Kiwifruit are so good at the moment.
Ough. Long nap. I’ve been really good about hygiene and masking but think I’ve gotten sick anyway.
Melbcat seems a lot better after going on the new antibiotics. She’s much brighter. She’s been refusing her wet meals though so I wonder if she’s a bit queasy.
I think cats just go through food fads.
It really sucks because a few of her regular meds are mixed in there. She’ll not eat it and then be all squirmy and fussy because she didn’t take them 😔
Then if she seems really uncomfortable I have to mix fresh meds in water and catch her to syringe them in her mouth
TV Review. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Agency.
I have tried to watch the first episode three times. I just can’t get through it, the Dirk guy is too irritating. He’s not quirky, he’s not fun, it’s too much.
It might be a great series , I don’t know, it’s not for me. 3 hobbits for the rest of cast
Dick Turpin was it?.. Get fucked.
can’t bear guy in yellow jacket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILZE3AUsrqI
Hey Melbourne, please warm up before I arrive with my family next week 😁
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Please mods discard the troll.
In July?? Brah… don’t like your chances!
no
Not a chance. Also, the plague demons are currently stalking the streets of this fair city. Suggest wearing masks pretty much all day everyday, as they don’t show under a balaclava which is recommended for personal temperature control. Recommend stocking up on oodies and ugg boots too.
Lots of germs going around Perth too, but based on this thread most of Melbourne is sick 🤢
No
Concrete pump in the fog this morning. I got a war of the worlds vibe. Like a giant leg in suburbia.
So where’s the rest of the spider crab, and how big is it?
oohlah
The Mist
Hey I think I drove past that a couple of weeks ago! It looked like something out of some sci fi horror movie
Not that one, most concrete pumps look the same. I walked by again this morning, it’s all gone, there’s a fresh slab poured and they’ve absolutely annihilated the nature strips with heavy vehicles.
Oh, okay. I’ve never seen one of those before, but the houses looked similar which is why I thought I knew where it was.
jesus christ, neighbours are smoking shit so fuckign dank I can smell it in my house.
Both properties were built in the fucking 60’s so we’re not up each other’s arses, and this place actually has insulation and draught exclusion
I’d forgotten just how much I hate the smell of weed. There was a kid at the last place that would smoke inside and blow it into the heating ducts and then I’d end up reeking of it. The new kid here only smokes outside, but he stands just outside the door so it still makes its way in
I usually don’t care, but this is the weed equivalent of a burning car tyre
