Got the day off work to look after Miniest while Mr P goes to an appointment. Apparently they cleaned the split system filters in her classroom while the class was in session. Dude came in and took it apart and started cleaning it with a *paintbrush.*The filters were filthy and dust was flying everywhere, the kids and even the teacher were coughing. Anyway it’s triggered her dust allergy and she’s at home today. That sort of stuff should be done outside of school hours, not while the class is in. Here I am cleaning ours at home while they are out of the room, and use a vacuum cleaner and actually suck up the dust, not flick it around with a brush, only to have the school do this. To say I’m angry is an understatement.
yeah thats bullshit. Especially if they know your kid has an allergy. I’d be hitting the principal with a “please explain”
I’m writing an email once I’ve calmed down a bit, as I don’t want the angry vibe to completely take over my vocabulary, as it does sometimes in these situations.
write it in a document when angry, don’t send. Then read over when calmed down and garner your cliff notes.
Still positive, birthday bash has been cancelled due to others in my family either getting the cold or also getting COVID.
Boring weekend incoming
AmbVic finally replied to my email and provided a spreadsheet of the branch locations, this time unencrypted. They actually included more info than I asked for which is nice, and also how I learnt that there’s such a thing as seasonal ambulance branches and also “super response centres”.
For anybody who was curious, there’s 260 entries in the list, although that includes the season stations, air ambulance locations, “community” branches (which I assume means volunteer), and the mobile stroke unit base
Has anyone noticed there’s hardly any wind lately?
Now that you mention it, yes. It’s still out in the burbs , once I’m closer to the bay in Carlton it’s a little bit blowier.
And I have noticed the weather seems to be drier than usual.
Yes. There are deciduous trees around my house and usually the wind does a nice job of ushering the fallen leaves towards one area, which makes them easier to clean up. This past couple of weeks leaves are everywhere and wind seems to be in strike.
Had a very strange dream last night. It was lovely. A big party (I think it was a wedding). All sorts of people were there including some people I haven’t seen for years. And one family member in particular was there and happy and we have a beautiful talk about how she is feeling happy and healthy and everything is wonderful.
Then you wake up and remember that person died nearly a decade ago. I don’t really believe in that sort of heaven but its so nice to think they are at peace and happy (and watching - I certainly still talk to her all the time in my head). But man oh man am I feeling fragile today. Just needed to tell someone before I have a coffee and put my game face on for work. Hug your loved ones peeps.
I had a dream where I was a damaged tank in ww2 pushing a hill. Not crew. I was the tank.
Went well actually.
So many hugs.
I dunno. We are so small and young in the grand scheme of things. Maybe there are somethings we just cant explain, events we cant possibly understand. A cosmic gift if you will. Glad you got to experience this!
@Seagoon_ So I’m getting a head start on the weekend by getting a couple of loads of washing done this evening.
But.
It annoys me that they no longer include a scoop with the laundry powder anymore.
Yes, I’m all for less plastic.
So why not make the scoop out of cardboard?
Our local Chinese takeaway can figure out how to do a cardboard soup spoon. You’re telling me the global multinational can’t figure out how to do a laundry powder scoop from cardboard?
This annoys me too. It’s too fiddly to figure out how many grams or teaspoons it whatever measure they suggest you use, and find an appropriately sized vessel at home. Just give me a scoop or sell it separately.
Go to your local Vinnes or Brotherhood or Salvos. Look in the kitchenware section for a 1/2 or 1/3 cup measuring scoop or spoon or cup. May cost you all of 20 cents. My local Vinnies has zillions of these that have become detached from their sets and are perfect for the purpose.
@Thornburywitch That’s a really good suggestion 😊
My partner tidied up the laundry during the week and threw out the old container — with the scoop — without thinking.
I did manage to find a lid that was roughly the right size, thankfully.
On the upside, most of the washing will be out of the way, meaning one less chore to do over the weekend 😎
So a tradie I had over yesterday decided to chuck a fair bit of rubble / building material into the household waste. Would’ve weighed 40kg-ish and that likely wouldn’t have been collected this morning.
there I am at 10pm in the driveway with the bin on its side shovelling it out into pots. The sensor light isn’t the best so you sort of have to give it a good wave so it turns on.
Anyway dude across the street is a psychiatrist… who witnessed me waving enthusiastically at the sensor several times between taking a shovel to a bin…
He asked if I was okay which was nice.
At least he attempted clean up. The tradies I get just walk away from all the mess. Including their empty coffee cups, lunch scraps etc. have had to chase my dog to extract a mouldy sandwich before. (There’s an obvious rubbish bin close by)
You don’t want to know about some of the toileting stories from building sites!
I don’t understand what it is about the trades that waives usual profesional standards and just general societal expectations. I can’t really think of any other job (except those catalogue and assorted letterbox rubbish deliverers) where it’s acceptable to just leave your rubbish everywhere, or fob getting rid of it onto your customers. Even when they “make an effort to clean up” they usually don’t get rid of it correctly. Rubble shouldn’t go into regular curbside bins, but 40kgs especially can not
@Baku @Mittens_meow I just want to add something here.
My strong suspicion is that a lot of the asbestos that has shown up in park mulch lately has been because some tradies have dumped a bunch of building waste in a green bin somewhere.
That’s just a bunch and I could be wrong.
But it really wouldn’t surprise me either.
I had some really weird and disturbing dreams and am somehow awake before even 5:30. This is a very weird feeling. Not sure if I should get up and do something…
Is decaf mocha just a hot chocolate?
Methhead wandering down Flinders Street charging at people and yelling gibberish. Stay safe out there everyone
Also, what do people recommend I do post being charged by a methhead. I’ve got to work but I’m still in a state of fear
I agree with Nath, you should just try and move on from it however you can. Once you get somewhere safe, ask if you can take 5 minutes to recollect yourself before you start work.
You can make a police report if you think it’ll make you feel better, but imo that’s a waste of time. The cops will just take a statement and put it in some forgotten file somewhere. It’s very unlikely that unless somebody was injured they will investigate at all, and even if they do and they charged the crackhead (even more unlikely), they’ll probably just be released or otherwise receive some penalty that doesn’t make you feel any better about it. They won’t go to prison.
file a police report. Go home.
Not sure whether you can, but forget the encounter. The other party has most likely forgotten you entirely.
Perhaps instead direct the dark thoughts to what you might do differently should a similar thing happen again?
Is this an urn 🏺and why is it in the food section?
I think it’s a roman orgy wine vase. e: seeing the other reply I’m not far off.
Thirsty work
That’s a small amphora meant for household and table use. You can tell by the size of the handles and the base to stand on. The really really large ones for transport and storage have a pointed base and wider mouths.
( I used to collect museum replicas of Greek antiquities. ) Most of the big decorative urns you see in collections are funerary urns , big urns to bury bones in.
Tbh it looks like the Ashes urn 🏏
Here’s my real life roman one.
Gramps bought it from a market stall in Africa WW2.
One of my favourite things to look at.
Interesting thing about it is the slight angle of the top bit (rim / throat?)
Also looks like it was made in two bits.
That’s pretty cool. It would be interesting to know what was in there.
It looks like a water jug.
@CEOofmyhouse56 @Seagoon_ It’s apparently an amphora, which was apparently a type of container/vase used to transport wine and food.
Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about 'em:
“Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. They are most often ceramic, but examples in metals and other materials have been found. Versions of the amphorae were one of many shapes used in Ancient Greek vase painting.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora
Now I want one, haha
That makes alot more sense. Interesting that they went with a amphora and not an actual bottle of wine. 🍾 will have to do for now.
@CEOofmyhouse56 I’m all for having an amphora of wine 🍷
Maybe put a couple on the clothes line and play amphora of fortune?
Gotta be careful you don’t get smacked in the head with one while eyeing the other.
learning and practicing how to use watercolour has commenced , I’m painting in the colouring book , title page in wash is my start :)
spoiler
Nice. Watercolour is fine but tricky.
oh boy, I’m used to nice pointy brushes and tried the flat ones, so hard to do detail with flat brushes. I think I will go back to pointy.
Why do people assume that everyone has friends or family that can help them out with things. I have a 90yo grandma, an estranged family, and a few casual friends that aren’t close enough to help out.
Why is life such a bitch all the time, I seem to be playing on “fuck you” level of difficulty.
I understand how you feel sadly :(
Just a fuck you and fuck you day after day with no signs of it ending and with no help available.
That’s exactly it. Sorry you’re stuck in this too.
change often happens very very slowly
so many hugs
I wish things were easier for you.
We’re a group of people who are friendly who might be able to help if there was something specific?
You’re not alone in this, I often find myself in this situation too. It’s shitty but I can usually find an alternate way to do things if I think it through. It may not but the fastest or cheapest but it is what it is.
I think with more people being single, people having fewer or no children, less community groups, this situation is becoming more common and hopefully things can adjust so that people can be more independent when they need to. Doesn’t help right now though, of course.
I understand how you feel ❤️
There was a time when I was living in Europe and in a pretty bad situation. A husband who was in trouble ( again ) , a young daughter, no family, no friends.
I realised society has things in place to help people just like me, people who are alone. So I used the social services that were set up to help me and they helped me as much as they could.
Long term, that understanding of how our society works really helped me a lot.
So use every single free service you can use. Government, charity, church. It’s meant for you.
So many hugs, you are not alone.
Behold the fluffy triangle
I love Gibson and all the pictures you post of her. I wish I had more time to draw. I’m going to need more shades of brown, grey, tan, ginger etc. in my pencil collection as I never seem to have quite the right tones when I’m in the mood to draw pets and it’s annoying. The perfectionist in me is rarely happy unless the colours are just right.
I’m glad to hear you say that because sometimes I feel like I’m spamming the thread lol
I’d love to see some of your drawings if you feel like posting them?
@Gibsonisafluffybutt @PeelerSheila Maybe I’m just being a crazy cat lady, but I love your photos of Gibson 😻
And given the number of other people posting photos of their fluffy babies on here, you’re definitely not spamming anyone 😊
friggin tradies man, supposed to be here at 8am. not even a call or text saying “sorry, gonna be late”
Cheers little dinosaurs 🍺
Cheers! 🍸 Gin and Tonic it is
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Cheers. 🍻
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🍻🦕 heading out to shout myself dinner. Finished work on time on a Friday for once. CHEERS
Cheers buddy 🍺
No booze, but I can cheers you with a glass of Pepsi Max if that’s your thing
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Of course you can! 🍺
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