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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
I was sleeping at the time but I’m sad to to bring this news to everyone.
My grandma has passed away, only a couple of hours ago. She passed away peacefully from what I’ve been told.
I don’t know how I feel about things yet. Looks like be taking more time off from work after I get over this sickness.
Stopped the car at the zebra crossing by South Melbourne Market and who happens to cross in front of the car but my ex, that ex, the one who never spoke to me again. My initial thought was WTF and then my heart did that pain thing it does and then I got teary eyed and then I felt completely okay about it. It didn't give me this burning desire to talk to her, it didn't make me miss her, it just reminded me of the pain she caused me and then I moved on. Also to note I was not driving. lol. Thank god.
what the hell, RIP Matthew Perry
jeez 54.
this is so sad
it was so sudden!!
My chicken wings
Top: sweet and sour bottom: baharat (7 spices).
They were good. I think.
Oh yum yum.
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I know there's bad shit going on in the world right now and I'm not trying to be funny but I just finished a coffee and I couldn't taste it. I just prepared chicken wings, I can't smell any spices. I'm fucking dirty. Of all the things that can be taken from me why did it have to be food. I've added extra chilli to the chicken wings and am contemplating tasting the Carolina Reaper paste the man raves about. I may regret that later on. I'm desperate.
Please send me pet pics, other people's pet pics, wildlife to cheer me up. Most appreciated in advance.
It was my dogs 7th birthday the other day. Here she is with her chicken cake topped with cat treats and the rubber chicken that she killed within 20 seconds of receiving it.
This lovely girl has gone to kitty heaven in the sky, but I thought you’d like the pic 🧡
Try quick sharp inhales, orange peel or curry in particular. It might give you a little burst of smell and it's comforting to know that part of you still works.
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Mickey being so cute 🥰
You are getting sleepy. Thank you
I just read an article promising to tell me 11 things I did not know I could wash in the washing machine. They failed to have even one thing I did not know. Damn clickbait.
#5 Don't wash your fruit and vegetables in there with your smelly socks
Did you know you can wrap a piece of salmon up in alfoil, chuck it in with your clothes, run a delicate cycle, and voila! Perfectly cooked salmon every time
Omg perfect use case for my dill cream sauce scented fabric softener
A perfect illustration of the difference between "can" and "should".
Many years ago Peter g’day Russel g’day Clarke cooked a bunch of stuff in a B-double truck engine. Have later seen other variants of the idea, all bad.
Bringing Dad up to moama seems to have been a good choice. I'm up $1000. Grabbing a lime thickshake and a ham & cheese toastie for lunch. Pretty good day.
You might be up $1000 but bringing you up he's like down a few $100k.
buy him a really nice dinner 👍
Day 15/70: First day of week 3 weigh-in.
Down 0.4kg. I probably shouldn't have eaten that whole pizza last night. I tried to only eat half, but they're just so good you can't stop. 😥
Another day, another new bag of potting mix, another infestation of fungus gnats along with it.
oh no, just heard about about Matthew Perry. 😔
And now, so have I. The news says he drowned in his hot tub.
The trip up to Sydney was mostly good. The hotel was kind of shit and sydneysiders confuse my brain, but I find myself very disappointed with our transport system. We do buses and night network better than they do, but they didn't privatise (most of) their public transport network, and it is very clearly reflected in the way things are run. They haven't sacked everyone to run things as cheaply as possible, you can actually find their customer service people, although the media has painted all the union strikes as if they've gone and set the trains on fire or something, the conditions they unions have won very clearly reflect in the happiness and well-being of their public facing staff. All the guards and customer service people are very friendly and actually try to help
I'm still going to call them Shitney, because like, I'm legally obligated to hate them as a melburnian, but Sydney now holds a special place in my heart, PT wise
w0000 GREENHOUSE FINALLY PERMANENTLY MOUNTED
Will fix the auto opening arm later, too fucking hot to be arsing around in a greenhouse with a tiny fiddly task. You get angry very fast.
Maneki Neko cat rescue burnin snags at Preston Bunnings. Show some luv if you around 😻
Turned 27. Getting old. Dislike birthday. Its depressing 💁♂️
Happy birthday. The first 50 years are the worst. Be glad that you’ve survived another year and have a chance of continuing to do so
I think bot #001 slept through his alarm again. Great game tonight. Aussies over NZ by 5 runs.
I found a tawny frogmouth tail feather at the park
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6 or 7 years ago I spent a bucket load on Sonos speakers, 7 placed through the house. Couldn't even afford to buy one these days, but man it's nice saying ok Google, Play ABC jazz and hearing sultry soothing sounds throughout the house..
Not sure when, fairly recently I think, but they lifted the ban on us Brits donating blood. It's the right thing to do, but it will help me as well as I have too much iron in my blood. I just reminded Mrs_Owl that I'm going in on Tuesday...and she reminded me that it's Halloween and now I really want the staff to be dressed up as vampires!
There is a vile smell in my house that is exactly like dead rat in wall I’ve had to deal with in a prior place. There is zero under house access and no ceiling hatch. Bonus, it’s in the kitchen. We’re fucked.
I have it on Sunrise and there's lot's of dogs on there and they all got puppacinos. ☺
Also a dog got a little too close the other dog's anus and the owner pulled him back and gave him that look that says "not now". We all know that look.
Also I am going fucking stir crazy.
I've never been to Perth - what's it like there?
It's really beautiful. Clean. Transport is clean. Nice scenery to look at on the train. And clean. Melbourne looks like a ghetto compared to Perth.
Sadly parts of Melbourne really do need a good clean with a high pressure hose.
