Daily Discussion Thread: Wed 25 Oct 2023

I'm very perplexed. The man came home from work sick "What's wrong?" "I don't know everything hurts and I'm tired". Right. The kid and I have developed a dry cough and dry throat very similar to hayfever apart from those and slight body aches which can come from coughing but nothing else. It was a high pollen day yesterday. Hayfever or something else? I'm not sure.

Update: the man has tested positive to the covid.

I am now being tested.

Update 2: I and the kid are negative. We will test again tomorrow.

Love this time of the evening in summer. The angle of the sun is just perfect for highlighting the dust on every horizontal surface in my home. 😍 #blessed

I'm feeling helpless about how shit the world is getting. Not only war and climate change and nazis/fascism rising again. But things like food and housing are becoming so unaffordable, and there is very little that can be done about it by the people it most affects.

There is small scale stuff like pitching in to community food gardens, rewilding, cleaning off swastikas, or volunteering with Food Not Bombs but it seems naive and useless in the face of the sheer scale of cunts continuing to fuck everything up. At a certain point you just cannot pick up the slack.

Also my mental health is tanking and I'm literally not able to do much physically. I guess I just stick my head in the sand to try and care for myself the the best I can?

These bad bwoys are about to go:

Neighbour came over yesterday (she has amazing roses) had a look and flexed a bit "oh they're a bit slow this year dear".

Loud O Lady downstairs decided it was a fine day for a rare 1:30pm screw, which is great for her except I was in a work meeting and have a very good microphone.

Fuck I feel shit. Friday night drinks have been postponed. Someone has brought great shame to this family.

I had to put the bins out. I don't know if it's correct. Please mr/ms garbo please take my bins.

Ohhh everyone's smoking a big ol' bowl of crack today i see

Looking at the weather in melbs right now I am perhaps okay with the weather here right now, sure it's 27.7C with 80% humidity but it's cloudy; with a fan going and my airism t shirt and short linen shorts it's not too bad. Very holiday esque. Hard to believe this was all I knew for 20 years of my life

word: cordial
pronunciation: Cor dee ol
American version: Cor jol
What my mind wants to say: cor Dial

How are there new meth addicts? Don't people know by now it's really bad?

( just came back from shopping and saw a few really hyper addicts in the streets.

What an awkward, mentally tiring day. Just when I think I've had a "win" I realise I've actually had 2-5 days worth of "loss".

Kicking back & watching Patheon season 1 on Prime. Really enjoying it. Distraction and blankets help.

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

The kid's gone to shops for us and now it's my turn to spam her with texts. If I time it right I should get maximum pay backs.

It's great digging weather today, but I am just so over moving soil ☹️.

:)

Hail

The new netflix doco series 'Life on our planet' is seriously beautiful viewing. The cinematography is next level.

How dare PTV change my bus route. Now I can't tram in, I have to catch the train to Southern Cross.

I swear, if they start doing level crossing removals during work hours, I will scream.

Hey all. Has anyone seen any saliva COVID tests on their travels recently? Kidcalhoon2 just can't do the nasal tests... I've checked almost all chemists in the Thornbury, Preston, reservoir, Brunswick area....

i tempted the rain gods and lost

New trick everybody.

Let's say you have a shitload of dripper hose that you need to straighten quickly. Tie one end around a tree, unravel the coil walking away from the tree so it's vaguely straight, then give it a good pull so it's taut for 30 seconds and hey presto it's straight. much more efficient than laying it out in the currently non-existant sun.

*existent.. I swear my spelling has just fallen off a cliff since rona due to either getting rona or the shitposting in lockdown :(

Didn't realise how not worn in my leather shoes are because I didnt really have to wear them in my old job, heals have been shredded.

I live in Brisbane but really want to move to Melbourne. Is it actually as progressive and inclusive as everyone says?

One thing that is a blessing and/or curse of having PTSD due to abuse is that after some time I can tell who is walking due to the sound of their steps. But now I can tell the sound of my boss' car engine.

😭😭😭 What the fuck brain!

Tonight was a hot dawg with coriander flowers. That's right I kept those fuckers alive since March and now we hit the delicacy stage:

Believe it or not they're delicious.

Well looks like interest rates are going to go up at the next RBA meeting.

I've got a very hungry girl. She's been fussy too, crying and telling me she wants something but not leading me to anything.

Started buying the large homebrand tins of tuna to give big extra helpings (between the two fancy cat food meals used to deliver meds) and am trying to arrange a lift to get her back to the vet. I'm a bit worried that her thyroid issue has returned after radiation.

I have my fingers crossed that it's just her teeth and she's sooking because she's hungry from being unable to biscuit. That is potentially more expensive than repeating the radiation treatment (it depends on what needs to be done) but I really don't want to put her in hospital for a week and be unable to cuddle for another. Again. Plus thyroid issues really affect health

Edit: I've also been occasionally giving her meloxicam to see if pain is the issue, like you'd use children's panadol for a kid. It could be her arthritis acting up or her bladder is inflamed (unfortunately when that happens it's stress induced not bacterial so antibiotics wouldn't help)

Grrrrr so annoyed! I had an item in my jbhifi cart to preorder, went for lunch and yard duty, come back and it's out of stock.

Now I have to order it somewhere else at a slightly higher price, so annoying!

Damn that was quick. Marsh out already 😔

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It's hailing

woooo greenhouse bedding raised to the next level so that the door clears the frame, now let it piss down rain to let it settle even more before we move it up.

It's freezing today. Had the luck of putting all my jumpers in the wash yesterday, and they've not dried yet, so I've just been huddled by the heater for the most part.

On the bright side, did manage to try out the teapot I got, and it's quite nice. Not that big, but doesn't drip, and cleans up easily. Only gripe is that the spout is so small that it's impossible to get the bottle brush in to clean the inside properly.