Miniest is on school camp and I've never been separated from her overnight before. I feel a bit lost tbh so I'm stretching and folding sourdough bread dough to keep me occupied. It'll be good for her to have this time to develop as a person, but I miss her so much. She's one of these little people that seem to fill up life. πππ
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Iβve tweaked my hamstring π
I'm sorry your hamster squeaked but they just do that sometimes
owwww
that's another 3 bags of books to take to the opshop π
Based on your reviews, I bet thereβll be some interesting finds for op shop book lovers!
mostly antique books on 19th C grammar
Is it too late to tart part in operation UNKAOS? I just bought a new vacuum and it's actually working vs my old one which struggled with... everything.
*Take not tart π
I love a good tart.
Donβt we allβ¦
UnKAOS is going well. π
Who's calling who a tart?
I had to stake down the strays paper plates with wooden skewers because of the wind.
Felt like McGyver lol
it's so gusty here too
When pushing hard means winning, peace and quiet feel like losing. Itβs been on my mind lately.
Goodnight all β€οΈ
Have you read Sun Tzu? Yep, the Art of War bloke from yonks ago China. Very good at making a clear distinction between what constituted winning and losing. And the distinction is often not what you think.
Interesting. Iβve always felt the opposite. Peace and quiet is winning. Constantly fighting means loosing.
That had never even crossed my mind. We must come from, and live in very different circumstances.
this is true
Thank you CEO for the recommendation of Gumption cleaning product.
It removed all the hair dye I got everywhere ...lol
You are welcome
off my face ...lol
goodnight everyone, sweet dreams
I just saw a bird flying sideways. This could be the basis for a new wind strength scale..
Picked up the laybuy for the kids' birthdays and christmas today. On the way out I went through the self serve and the camera picked up the laybuy in my trolley. So it's good to know that tracking stuff is in use already, if I kept my trolley out of view it wouldn't have seen the stuff still in there.
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I had some fermentation flies take up residence in my compost bucket and kitchen, so I made a trap for them which has worked very well. I have a jar of drowned flies and haven't seen any flying around the kitchen today. The trap is a funnel on top of a glass jar, and the bait is vinegar, sugar and yeast mixed with water.
I think youβve just solved the mystery of what flies are in my house! Always thought they were thrips, although they didnβt exactly match. Iβve found a glass with vinegar and a few drops of dishwashing liquid to work pretty well as a trap, too
The break room at work smells strongly of garlic, so now I'm craving garlic bread.
So windy today an orchid plant was blown out of it's pot!
I saw a pelican fly backward and then give up, turning around and then landing.
It was so windy! Great day to be in the city :)
Was windy but I was expecting worse based on the warnings. Thatβs good I guess, not too much damage.
Waiting for the crazy weather - Iβm getting more wind now but the sunβs out, itβs not too bad outside.
It's one of those things everyone seems on edge waiting for it to happen, so it feels like it'll just fizzle out.
I was looking forward to sitting inside watching the rain. I got rained on as I was walking home then it stopped as soon as I got inside.
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I blame the weather for how ratty this office is today.
Though I've also noticed that I'm also reporting how ratty the office is, so maybe it's just a ratty office. I'm the self appointed cheerleader though.
Happy Wombat Day everyone.
back pain very tiring :(
Gentle hugs π« It must be very frustrating for you.
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So far it has been slightly moist. Might do some laundry.
Mmmmm, fruit toast
I heard a rumble of thunder.
Mustβve been that bean I ateβ¦
Nothing like a good fart in the morning.
Why are the new Myki readers so awful? I'd argue them to be worse than even the first-generation readers with a bad read.
The entire device basically gets locked out on a bad read for about a minute. If your Myki doesn't read properly, or your phone is acting up, a few retries could lock out a big chunk of the station gates.
The whole myki contract from the first machines has been a clusterfuck awarded to the lowest bidder.
I worked for a place ages ago that had put in a bid for a decent system but the government wanted to save cash.
To think we could have almost had the Octopus system Hong Kong uses.
Yeah, it is slowing me down massively each time. I use a card through google wallet and it used to be so smooth. I am hoping when they enable credit cards I can just let it use my main card and leave it at that.
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Nobody gives me HDs anymore, Wah! No I'm not insomniac and reading old papers for endorphins or some such shite. It didn't work, but revisiting dot matrix fonts is enlightening
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