Little dog’s been naughty today. In out in out. Told him he can stay out in the cold now. He hasn’t knocked. I need him to knock so I can ignore him for ten minutes to teach him a lesson. I think he’s teaching me a lesson.
Sad eyes. Shivering. Refusing to knock.
He’s definitely teaching you a lesson
Not shivering. Chasing birds.
Ha! Little dog is showing us how it’s done
Mine is busy barking at Mr 10 and his playmate. I tell her to be quiet and she barks back at me. In fairness, the boys are loud.
which coffee is the most easy to get in winter?
answer
a cold brrrrrrrrew
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Perfect emoji
This is punny and I love it
Think I’ll need to leave the heating on overnight… cold is just a bit much at the moment.
I don’t remember it being this cold last year.
It was definitely warmer and also wetter.
It’s too cold to do anything productive so I’ve resorted to playing this fantastic MMO: https://onemillioncheckboxes.com/
I thought this was global and if you checked one they were checked for everyone
It is. Some people just like to uncheck the boxes. Use TAB+Spacebar for ultimate box checking efficiency
If you’re being a menace like me and unchecking boxes, throw in random TABs so the people TAB+Spacebaring end up unchecking some lol
Yeh it is. I just added that youtube video as the game reminded me of that classic
I have undone all your good work muahaha
Rising up from within, the toll of evolution,
I am not without sin, but I’m not here for procreation.
These rolling waves of pain, the tides of boiling crimson,
Turn into red stains, fuck you menstruation.Get me my chocolate! Get me my wheat bag! Cancel the meeting! Not leaving this seating!
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me…"
“Bom, bom, bom, bom…”
“So help me! So help me! And cut. We’re still working on it, it’s a work in progress but, hey, we need ushers.”
This local RE agency calls me once every 3 or so months about “amazing results in the area” and asking if I want to sell. I say I’m not interested, thank you, and then instead of getting the message to end the call, she keeps asking questions. I just said I have another call coming in and hung up. Go away.
“Each time you call me makes me less likely to call you if I ever DO want to sell” that’ll solve your problem pretty quickly.
When we were choosing an agent to sell our last place, our final two on the shortlist were pretty much lineball with commissions/offerings.
However one of them also had a history of these nagging tactics with calls and spam and almost-daily “please sell with meeeee” mailbox drops. So we went with the other guy.
standing offer of heating, bean bags , cats, landlord sniping, yadda yadda. I’ll get the muffins on.
I’ll bring my yarn and hook. I can crochet some beanies and mittens for everyone.
…mittens for my kittens?
Yeah, why not? Then we shall have some pie.
landlord sniping
The bloke who owns my joint is a cheap fuck. Wont get the door seals fixed, wont let me run the heater all night and his mrs keeps leaving all the blinds open!
Its me. I’m the cheap fuck.
the sadistic fuck! Have you tried a sternly worded letter?
Nah, but there’s a not 0 chance I’ll sleep with his mrs at some point to get back at him.
Ooh, I’ll have 2 cats and a muffin with butter and Vegemite please :-)
I come for the landlord sniping, and I’ll stay for the cats lol
I also already have a well insulated house, but definitely +1 for the landlord sniping, always willing to help the cause.
Plus, muffins!
Can’t feel toes, please send cat slippers
Note to self : remove cats from slippers first.
I used to threaten to turn the previous pair into slippers, so…
Oh man I thought today was gonna be cruisey, and I did finish nearly everything by 1pm and stretched out my time at uni a bit, but being the conscientious idiot that I am, I decided to do one last work task when I got back to make up a lil bit of the 2 hours I was away (even though the deadline isn’t due for ages and nobody’s keeping track of my hours at this job)…
…what was supposed to be a quick half an hour jobbie spiraled into hours because there was a fundamental issue with the entire thing - like, someone’s property boundary might be so off that either they or Council are in big trouble. It’s way beyond my experience or pay grade, but I just can’t let a bit of good problem-solving go…
At least it wasn’t outrageous, I came home around 4:15pm and wrapped up around 8pm. Dinner, shower, bunch of tidying up, and now bed.
Also bloody hell, I think I do need a new chair, or at least reevaluate my seating height; my neck and back haven’t responded well to wfh today. Alright, NO overworking the next two days.
Gotta say, we timed our Queensland getaway well this year. Definitely not summer temps up here, but it’s also not ridiculously cold like it seems to be down there…
Frosty morning but with the sun out and still air it’s honestly very pleasant right now. I’ve taken off my jumper and switched off the heater in my north facing study
North facing windows, you fancy pants
Wait until summer … grins evilly
How are your plants holding up?
Haven’t checked on them tbh, but I suspect they’ll be okay… I’ll have another look tomorrow, I think they’ll need a water soon.
agreed - just went for a walk at lunch, and itbwas beautiful outside. cracking winter day.
I think I will finish tidying the terrace, sweep and then it’s done. 😄
All those cold swims paid off last night.
I’m in a house built in 1910 with no insulation, sisalation etc. Slept with the windows open and felt nothing.
Would’ve burned through a lot of previous midnight snacks it’s basically cheating.
So in this weather we switch from steamed dims sims to deep fried dim sims because it’d be a health hazard if the blood wasn’t loaded up with stuff to burn.
So the science is true: Get in cold water = can deep fry shit.
I have COVID (I blame you Melbourne!) and while I am feeling better I am still a little foggy brained and I have to do a CASPER test tonight for my uni degree and I am stressing big time because I don’t do well with scenario based questions at the best of times and with my practise I’ve been doing my thoughts aren’t concise atm with covid brain.
And it’s also freezing cold so my fingers don’t work.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
Cold. Shit
yeah thats a bad combination cause theres little worse in life than a cold toilet seat on a bare bum.
I am very grateful for a WFH day - knockoff oodie+uggs FTW!
Absolutely glorious WFH today, I don’t want to return to it full time personally, but on days like today it’s perfect. No need to drag myself out of bed to brave the cold and a car that takes forever to get warm, get all the sun I need in my light filled study (with jazz on in the background to lift the mood even more) - even get to do a load of laundry while I’m at it. Knock off early, soak up more rays… cook dinner while it’s still light out… so happy I have this option.
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🧊🧊🧊Mine’s always warm
So I’m officially creeped out. Tonight’s my last night here and 10 mins or so ago I heard something. Chalked it up to old house + cold weather (and warm heater). But when I went for my final dunny run, I opened the bathroom and the manhole thingy is halfway down and it has a staircase built into it. The noise I heard definitely didn’t sound like a clunk, which is the noise I’d expect it to make
This is the sort of thing that’s too concerning for me to be able to just go to sleep and act like everything’s okay, but at the same time not enough to actually call the police (who are pretty much the only people I could call at this hour). It’s also a lot colder in here than it has been any other night, kind of like a door was open. All of my doors are locked and have been all night. I checked all the spare rooms, nobody’s here. But I can’t even close the damn thing because it’s too high to reach.
It looks like it has some sort of latching mechanism which should’ve prevented it from coming open by itself. And of course every little creak is freaking me out now
That does sound creepy. Maybe the metal of the latch shrunk in the cold, and you heard it fall open?
Maybe it could have been pushed shut with a broom if one was available. I’m not familiar with manholes. But definitely do what feels safest and stay in your room.
After not hearing anything for a few hours, I actually did go out to try and push it closed. It’s not a latch, it has some sort of key, but I can’t actually turn the key to lock it because it’s too high up and not really usable by anything except finger
Thank you. Something about the situation felt and still feels off, and I’ve never really been in this situation before so don’t know how to react
Good thing you’re out of there, it does seem weird
It’ll be ok Baku. Unfortunately I have been creeped out by sounds which then triggers your mind to everything as you try and sleep and you’ll overthink things.
The noise could have been anything including possums or something or the pipes but it’s not going to make you feel any better about it for awhile.
Best thing to do is to try and put on some relaxation sounds or a podcast/audio to fall asleep with or if you have earplugs that would help.
The noise I heard sounded similar to my footsteps, but I just assumed my backpack must have slipped over or something fabric-y fell off something else. The pipes also made a jarring noise when I turned on the tap which they so far haven’t done either.
I think I can hear either possums or foxes outside, something sounds like a child screaming in the distance. That is not helping the vibe. In any case, something doesn’t feel right and I’m going to stay in my room until morning
If this shit impacts overwintering of my chillis I’m gonna write a stern letter. To someone.
Movie Review. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. 1942. Youtube.
A blatant WWII propaganda movie, adapted from the WWI propaganda Sherlock Holmes short story.
The purpose of the movie is to tell the working poor and underclasses of Britain why they should support the government in the war against Germany even tho the working poor and underclass are abused and exploited by the British capitalist class.
The reasons given were culture, we are also defending working class culture, Justice, the British justice system is worth defending against fascism, Home, London and by extension the rest of Britain is home to all. IMO these were good and true reasons.
The working class did support the war effort and as a reward they were given the National Health Service and social housing.
America made a similarly motivated WWII propaganda movie called “The Negro Soldier” by Frank Capra.
The reward was the Civil Rights Act.
The working classes had “Why We Fight” and the reward was the GI Bill and School Lunches.
Australia and India et al, being colonies, needed no reason to fight and were given no rewards.
