So I got a phonecall at 11:20 from the original guy at the auction place wanting to know if I was still bringing the furniture 🤦🏻♀️.
Thank God the car was loaded so I just had to drive there. Auction is this afternoon so 🤞🏻.
In other news, went back in my room and was hit with a blast of Eau de dead rat - checked and realised I’d managed to sprinkle bicarb soda everywhere except where it’d carked it. Google suggested bleach and I had some lemon White King on hand so I poured a good glug on it, opened the window and closed the door. Went in for something and all I could smell was bleach, so here’s hoping that’s sorted it. 😖Second last day of holidays and I am sick with a head cold 🤕🤕 luckily didn’t have much planned because it’s now just rest and feeling sorry for myself
no shame in rest 🤗
Mickey says “good meow-ning”
We weighed him yesterday, by weighing us and then holding him to weigh again. Almost 9kg. You wouldn’t think it when he’s curled up. I checked some charts online and he doesn’t seem to be overweight, but he is due for his vaccination so I’ll ask the vet.
He eats less than the sachets say to (apparently a 4kg cat should eat three whole sachets!) because he has access to food all the time and he doesn’t eat constantly. Anyway, he’s healthy, he likes to play “chasey-hide-and-pounce”, so he’s keeping me fit too running around the apartment. I do want to invest in one of those cat-wheels, a biiiiig one, but I’m afraid it would be a waste if he isn’t interested.
I love him.
Morning Mickey. I love him too
aww, he looks sleepy there and very cuddly. 🥰
Don’t listen Mickey. You’re not fat, just plump. And very cute.
Beautiful cat! He is fine 🙂
What a spectacular boy!
Oh Mickey you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey
I sing that to him all the time 😂
I also replace “Jackie” with Mickey
Mickey when you scratch your post in tall lamp light
(Ohhhh Mickey)
Mickey when you got the zoomies in the dead of the night
Mick-mick-mickey, can’t get you off my mind
I have been listening to a book about scientific intuition, what is is and why people believe incorrect theories and facts.
Answer, we are born as babies who know nothing, cognitive limitation as adults and the way we live and experience the world around us frames the questions we ask.
I was really surprised at the cognitive limitations data, even graduates of physics degrees might not know or understand basic principles because they are unable to have the mental imagery required for understanding. ie, unable to use visualisation
I suppose that explains why some students can pass exams but can’t explain what they learnt or remember it years later or integrate the knowledge into their wide world view
What’s it called? That sounds fascinating
Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong By: Andrew Shtulman
“In Scienceblind, cognitive and developmental psychologist Andrew Shtulman shows that the root of our misconceptions lies in the theories about the world we develop as children. They’re not only wrong, they close our minds to ideas inconsistent with them, making us unable to learn science later in life. So how do we get the world right? We must dismantle our intuitive theories and rebuild our knowledge from its foundations. The reward won’t just be a truer picture of the world, but clearer solutions to many controversies - around vaccines, climate change, or evolution - that plague our politics today.”
Thanks!
This book has really made me think about what I thought of the world when I was a little child and then an older child.
Here’s the thing, no adult ever asked me anything about my beliefs so any thoughts I had weren’t put into speech or writing. And because of that I have to try to remember original thoughts rather than recall an action. It’s not easy.
I expect like most people I like to think I was smart and didn’t have silly ideas. But that’s not true, I was a kid , I didn’t have theories, for example the ground was the ground and I thought no more about it.
First day at second job was really awesome. Feels like I’m working with real people! And so much respect and warmth! Plus some very compatible interests/tastes/politics. Cozy, comfy office and such a short commute… I couldn’t ask for more??!
I think I have a random crush developing on a colleague however, which needs to be viciously stepped on and killed with a flamethrower immediately. Please let them have a partner. Haven’t heard one mentioned so far… if they don’t say anything I’m going to ask (obliquely).
Hell yeah! Glad it’s working out well ❤️
I definitely had a couple of poignant moments of “wow I can’t believe what I put up with at my old place”.
But it’s like with love and relationships, sometimes the best healing from an old job isn’t just time off, but a new and better environment to rewire the brain 😊
We’ll see how this goes over the next few weeks. Never managed two jobs like this before
I totally agree with you. Time off is nice, but getting back onto the proverbial horse makes a hell of a difference.
Sounds awesome, so happy for you.
In regard to your work colleague though there are some people who never talk or mentions their other half or partner, even with people who I’ve worked with for over a decade, some of them rarely talk about their other half though they do talk about other aspects of their lives including their kids.
Just a friendly little heads up about it.
Oh for sure. Most people I’ve worked with have the age and circumstances to be partnered even if without kids, so I generally assume that unless said otherwise.
Not that I care 99% of the time; this is just an incredibly stupid crush that will go away soon enough… but it’ll go away faster if I know there’s a partner for sure!
But at the same time who knows what could happen!
Especially if this person isn’t with or seeing someone.
New beginnings and all.
I just got my contents insurance renewal notice. I braced myself for a big increase, and apparently it is $2 less than last year?! Was there a leap year surcharge I was unaware of, or has my neighbourhood become safer?
Maybe you crossed their age threshold and they decided you’re less likely to start fires and forget to lock doors now
Well I sold my chiminea so I guess that parts true!
What’s a chimea
an outdoor fireplace
Portable fire pit with a chimney. Usually a terracotta thing on a metal stand.
so I’d say camping was a success. COLD, but a success. It was Tinyest’s first ever camping trip and he took it super well, but I will admit I think the mrs is right, it’ll be a LOT easier when he can walk. But still, good to get him started early! I also brought a friend who I’ve been begging to go for ages, she wasnt a huge fan of camping but gave it a go and says she had a great time and wants to go again, so thats awesome.
I know I say this every time, but Wilson’s Prom is just SO damn pretty. If your sitting here being like “man I haven’t camped in ages” or “Man, I’m not really into camping” I beg of you to give it a go. I’m prepared to bet its physically impossible to have a bad time down there.
Did you hike in ? Is there a good fairly accessible (for someone who doesn’t want to hike for miles on their own) spot?
Nah drove into tidal river with the kid. You just park on your site.
I still haven’t been to Willys prom. It’s one of the few places left in Vic I haven’t been to yet, excluding the mountains in the east
Get on it! Honestly like the most pretty place in the state.
I can’t drive and don’t have a car
There’s no PT there, and I’m sure as shit not paying $90 for a taxi there
I’ll make it one day
it’ll be a LOT easier when he can walk
See, the thing here is, when they start to walk they almost always default to walking towards something dangerous as a first option…so yeah, it’s easier, but you’ll also get loads of lunging forward practice just as you’ve sat down or have just started doing something else… ha
haha no absolutely aware of that. i watched a dude do laps with a VB can in his hand 2 feet behind his toddler stumbling around. I aspire to that parent, just with a better drink choice.
I did think of you yesterday, I came home and started looking at camper trailers again cause my garage is FULL of wet tent/gazebo shit
i think i gave away my entire stock of motivation
Oh no! I am a happy recipient of the breakfast motivation, I shall share some back. 💪💪💪 you can do it!
If you have one to me I’m definitely struggling to accept it.
Summoning every ounce of motivation to clean up a bad move furniture right now.
Not helped by an upset tummy and pain.
I have none to spare. Apologies.
I found some that someone tossed aside but it’s all gone now and I’ve expended it.
Travelling to the UK next month. What card should I take? Is there a 101 on this somewhere? I’m with CommBank.
If you use your regular bank card, very likely you will be charged currency conversion fees for every transaction you make overseas. I’m with CBA and they charge these fees for my everyday account.
What you need is an account that doesn’t charge currency conversion or ATM withdrawal. Look at Bankwest for debit or Latitude for credit.
@fullkitwanker @Seagoon_ I got one of these the last time I travelled: https://www.cashpassport.com.au/
As long as your card is a Visa or MasterCard, it should work over there in most cases. However, I would check the fees before using it overseas.
I have apparently had a suspicious transaction on my credit card, someone trying to buy gift cards. I do wonder how they got the card number, I barely use it. I think I’ve seen something about methods using random numbers so maybe they just guessed it. The transaction history on that card are all Paypal, Amazon and a couple of local stores in person so not really anything risky. Fortunately it’s not my main card so there are no automatic payments to be messed up.
it pays to keep a close eye on account activity 👍
This one was stopped before it even made it to transaction history.
that’s really good
Does anyone know if there’s a Canning’s equivalent butcher in the inner North/outer North? Free range, low salt, sausages, etc?
My song for today. Journey - Seperate Ways
Used in the Tron movies, such an awesome song even if the music video is a little bit comical.
I love this video. Especially the part where the camera is dollying past the band (from 3:00) and the keyboardist whacks the camera 😁
I’m watching The Trojan Women, a 1971 movie from a Euripides play.
It’s full of great tragedy. It’s meant to be emotional, it was written to shame perpetrators of war. This is like Sophie’s Choice x 10.
I think I watch too many movies that require concentration and empathy as I find my reactions just too intellectual.
How many murders a day do I see on screen?
The other thing is i keep on asking myself how they did a shot or what dramatic device is this that makes me think a thing. I find myself changing focus from the story to the how.
These ancient places that have such a big place in our own society’s cultural identity, even if just in stories passed down onto us. These places were so small.
I have been to Troy, just drove past really, it’s just a small place. A city state that used to be on the coast but is now inland. It had only 10,000 people. Their men and children murdered and then the women forced into slavery. ( In modern times this is what happened to the Yazidi women of Syria. Their men and children were murdered and then the women were forced into slavery. )
A suburb is like living in a town, I can’t help putting myself, my loved ones and my neighbours in the place of these characters. I suppose that’s what makes it a great play.
5 Hobbits.
You’re not going to believe this - after one person at the auction place called on Friday to say that the furniture I want to sell can’t be picked up, someone else called to talk about pickup.
We agreed it would be easier for me to bring the stuff up anyway but they now don’t have a slot for me to drop it off until 2:45.
Anyway the neighbour came around to help me load the car so that’s all done, and he helped me disassemble Mum’s old bed in the bargain and waved off any suggestion of payment. What a guy.Ok. Groceries purchased. Cat fed and brushed. Dinner in the oven.
I really hope this cold doesn’t last much longer. I live alone and am single so bring sick brings my life to a standstill.
Gibson is concerned also.
