I bought a lottery ticket. I would love to win my money back lol
Still stuffy and gross. Worked up a sweat just loading the dishwasher and taking the garbage to the chute! I’m working today though for the first time this week at least.
Couriers Please is a garbage organization. I get a message saying I wasn’t home. I was literally staring out the window waiting…
They do the opposite for me. No matter how many check boxes I tick or notes I make saying to get a signature and not to leave things, they don’t even fucking knock. They throw it sideways at my front door, snap a photo, and walk off.
Also funny you bring this up, because I ordered a heater at the end of last month from Kmart, and they’re still saying they haven’t received it. I message them and they’re like “sorry we haven’t received it, it muster still be with the sender”, I message Kmart and they’re like “well we have it to the courier I don’t know what more you want from us”
Until now I’ve never actually had couriers please lose a package, or just knock it conveniently off a conveyor belt where it’ll probably sit for 4 years. They’ve always delivered, just poorly
Anyone got any office chair recommendations? Time for an upgrade with EOFY sales. Not looking to spend crazy money. My current chair is a cheapie from Officeworks which has served me well during the COVID years, but starting to get worn down and uncomfortable.
the Bathurst from Officeworks is alright. I do seem to have to replace it ever 2 years or so though.
I wish I could fit on a cat tree in front of the heater and be cute. Maybe in the next life.
She is so beautiful!
It’s how she gets away with all the shit she puts me through lol
Beautiful Gibson, how could one not want to be you? 💜🙌💜
I get unreasonably irritated by the pop-up chats when online shopping. They obscure the screen in the worst positions to get your attention, and pop up within 5 seconds of landing on the site. No, I do not want to chat to ‘Hailey’. I just got here, put away your chat bot and let me browse please. And then it whines when trying to close the chat window, are you sure you want to close chat? Look mate, if I wanted to be harassed by aggressive sales staff I can do that in person, I don’t need the service extended to online shopping.
Or worse - frequent popups of ‘SomeBozo in Buttsville bought such-and-such!’
Cool. Even if the popups don’t fully block what I’m looking at the flickering appearances of those messages is still breaking my concentration and causing visual stress
Yes! I online shop to avoid people, especially forced up sell litanies at the register.
I hate this too. I hate it even more on news websites. I sometimes read drive.com.au for their wild stories about a P player doing 130km/h above the speed limit or whatever, but they also sell cars too. Every time I try to read from mobile, some randos face pops up in the bottom of my screen and starts flickering at me asking if I need help. No I don’t fucking need help, I just want to read the article. Seriously.
It’s not unreasonable. They shit me too.
Mickey says “brrrr?”
Yes, hooman?
So cuddly!
Ooh Mickey your toes are so warm…
He’s so fine
What a handsome little prawn, all snug and warm.
Boop the snoot. Gently. Please.
Thy will hath been done 💜🙌💜
Mickey is wearing a fur coat - lucky little thing.
Exactly! A tabby cape on a white cat haha
Semi hoarder parent is being forced into Care. I’m to write a list of things I want retrieved. Very difficult since I’ve not been to this particular house and everything I can think of wanting is super susceptible to rats so probably doesn’t exist anymore.
I’ve dealt with this situation, full on hoarder/slob lazy bastard. If it’s personal and can be washed/disinfected then keep, can’t be washed then good bye to it.
Photos, heirlooms, objet d’art, personal collections, documents.
I’m doing this remote, so hard to judge. Guess I’ll ask for a video call? Pretty much everything sentimental I can think of is fabric, paper, or leather. Not optimistic given rats.
it’s not the chewing, it’s the rat pee and rat pee can harbour dangerous pathogens . Be very careful.
fabric can be washed/disinfected
https://www.rodentsfamily.com/understanding-the-dangers-of-rat-and-mouse-urine/
I get that. The thing I want most is electronic, so washing isn’t ok. Still have to find out if it actually still exists before deep dive cleaning protocol tool much
What is a semi hoarder? Surely you are either a hoarder or you are not?
Er, an emerging one who hasn’t quite got to the legal limit? Deciding the solution to the rats stealing the dog food is to put out an extra bowl rather than dealing with the rats?
There’s a legal limit?! News to me!
There’s definitely scales of hoarding behaviour where it’s considered pathological beyond a certain point. The Clutter Image Rating Scale is one such scale used in Australia (PDF link). Most people don’t become problem hoarders overnight.
If I’m feeling better by the weekend, I think I want to go and get out and do something. I’m feeling a bit trapped and unhappy with what’s happening here, so maybe going and doing… Something is a good idea.
I used to do things and go places, then I just sort of stopped. I mean, I still go places and do things, just not really solo anymore. But maybe a nice meal somewhere and a movie is what I need.
Wanna go for lunch?
Aww, that’s sweet, thanks FM! I’ll probably have a late friday night and probably won’t be up til lunch time, plus I’m planning on just spacing out with my headphones for most of the day. But thanks for the offer
I think that’s a great idea. Maybe check out Meetup and see if there’s something interesting there?
I’m not sure about that. I think I kind of want to escape into a social setting, but without the socialising (like going to a cinema, or having dinner somewhere)
I love dinner and movie solo. Or even take a book or mobile/laptop to a library and just hang. Often a good quiet warm option. I do that sometimes when I just want to get out
I’m thinking I might do a late night type thing. Might go to dinner and then head to the docklands for a movie and wander then come back
Good very early morning. It’s BRRRR.
Brrrrr mode activate.
A weird side effect of going through winter carless is the mental health boost from the enforced walk when I have to go into work. Definitely doing better than normal so far. Who would have thought that exercise and a little natural light would do wonders.
Narrator: everyone…literally first or second on every mental health suggestion list…
Lol I feel the same. I say I hate going out, but really I hate the at-home-before-going-out part. Once I’m out, I feel great and so much better
Today is payday, I’m starting at an overdraft of $50. Gonna suck, can’t get the new shoes I’ve been needing a while(my current ones have holes, which is fine when it isn’t cold.) But I think I’ll be fine. Lots of cheap ramen in my future.
Big batch of bolognese frozen might almost be cheaper and healthier. At least it’ll make you feel better in the cold.
When we had really tight fortnights, 2 minute noodles and gigantic batches of spag bol or beef chow mein were what we lived off of. I can’t stand them because of that reason, but they are all quite good cheap and well rounded meals. You can skip or substitute the beef to make them vego or cheaper if need be too
Oh yeah Lentils work super well in 'em. I’m partial to a big of roasted pumpkin in 'em too but I know thats subjective.
Ramen is great, love me noodles. Cheap meat and some broccolini and/or Bok Choy elevate them so much. Add Hoisin sauce and soy sauce and bam - you got yourself a restaurant quality meal right there
Bolognese is great for freezing, and the longer you leave it the better it tastes. Better if you can get the mince for cheap (right before it goes bad, when the shops have discounted it).
Rice is great paired with leftovers. If you have a rice cooker, add some paprika to the rice and water and then let it cook - the paprika will flavour the rice.
I’m not sure where you’re located, but Cheaper by Miles is great for cheap groceries and deals. You are beholden to whatever they have in stock at the time, but cheap snacks, meats, veggies, noodles are usually stocked.
Regarding shoes: I feel that. Could try Savers or OP shops, they sometimes have really good quality shoes that have barely been worn, for cheaper than $50.
I flavour rice and mashed potatoes with all sorts of things. Chicken stock/salt, paprika, all purp spice, cayenne pepper, really whatever floats your boat
went out for a walk yesterday, ached just a little afterward but today I am 100% better
Yay!
I think I’ve lost a lot of fitness the past 8 months 😞
Awesome!
Oh I did the same thing this evening! I was feeling down still so went for a walk and it was nice. I don’t quite feel 100% better, but I feel happier. The cold air also seemed to unblock my nose a bit
well suddenly the feeling sick makes sense, that was the fastest positive line I’ve ever seen on a rat test. It wasn’t even a minute!
Crazy when that happens lol like “yup, definitely covid, no two ways about it”
I hope it isn’t too bad for you, and that you feel better soon 💜
Cheers, its not too bad to be honest. None of the brain fog of last time, just a light case of the dumb. More like a bad cold if anything.
Here’s an odd one.
Random dude probably 20yo rocks up this morning, starts whipper-snippering the front lawn. I go out ask him wtf are you doing, he says sorry I got the wrong address jumps in his car and drives off…
I’m still scratching my head.
Same thing happened to us once. The dude did both nature strips. Beautiful job he did AND it happened to be my husband’s birthday. He came back the following week to do across the road.
Husband thought I’d done it as a surprise. Nope.
Shouldn’t have told him! “Oh yeah I forgot I booked him. Happy bday hubby!”
Could be the scam where they do work then over bill you for it unauthorised?
