Daily Discussion Thread: 🦋 Thu 22 Feb 2024

Good luck tonight everyone. Especially to those of us who can't open windows because their cat will destroy the flyscreen...

Did you guys see about the scientists who had managed to actually weigh a rainbow? It was pretty light

About to get up a ladder and clean some gutters but....

Spoke to the old man last night and was reminding me about the ambulance vic subscription.

Then he decided to tell me about one of his buddies who recently had a fall off a ladder.

Apparently he fell backwards and his leg got caught between 2 steps quite high up, leg snapped in half and he was just dangling there until his wife found him an hour later.

Fucking nightmare fuel really bad timing.

I forgot to water the plants all of yesterday because I was in the shittest mood/energy so when I greeted them this morning I felt a wave of resentment radiating from their wilted leaves. I will promise to give them a supplemental water as needed today.

This motherfucker is just growing like there's no tomorrow though, ever since I put it in a pot with a water reservoir. Time for a big chop tomorrow, freeze the leaves for use over winter, hopefully the new growth will stabilise over the next couple months.

Oh bad fire up around Beaufort :-(

EDIT: Western highway closed and VLine suspended both ways from Ballarat <-> Ararat. Vic emergency link if anyone needs it https://www.emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/

At long last after weeks of procrastination I took my haul of manzano chillos from the fridge (and washed off some fuzzy growth...) and a head of good garlic and made this forbidden smoothie

Chucked it into an ice cube tray to make little cubes for wintertime pasta/stir fry.

Also took the uselessly spicy Thai chillis and blitzed it with ginga, garleck and little red shallots plus some lime joos, and dried shrimp, fried it all in oil. THIS thing is almost unusably spicy. I hope it mellows out over the next few weeks. attention @Bottom_racer

RIP my fingers though, I was doing well until I got some spicy oil on one hand.

We've been invited to a wedding but the reception joint was set on fire last night. Interesting. More to come.......

I'm convinced that all CEOs and those in equivalent leadership positions are psychopaths and it's only a matter of degree as to how strongly they show those traits.

I know one of those blokes that has gone missing in Sydney... It is not looking good for them at all. :(

Ain't no thang like a chicken wang!

Godspeed to those of us with warmer than expected rooms

I was going to talk about my feelings, but deleted it. I don't care, everything will be fine. Ugh

Prime minister on the radio basically admitting he would never force Coles or Woolworths to divest, but said oh we've got an inquiry, oh we are looking at mandatory code of conduct with penalties.

Cut the shit that is fiddling around the edges. And breaking up large companies is not a Soviet policy. If anything it's a pro capitalist policy by returning to a more balanced market with greater competition.

Are everyone's pets basically puddles of fur from all this heat?

New computer parts arrive today and it'll be too hot to do computer work.

I got this massive tempered glass computer case as a gift and let me tell you it isn't worth it.

No homebrand soft drinks for a hot day :(

Bill and Ted are having a great time hunting crickets. :)

Not me wondering why aircons aren't minimum standards for all rentals. Cat threw up four times last night because she just can't cope.

When the cat can't cope, there's a big fucking problem - they're desert animals!

Dearest Vietnamese Ice Coffee,

My love for you is unbridled and everlasting.

Forever yours,

UMG

Rain has just hit Fitzroy. Not sure how long it will last.

I was sleeping ok until someone came into my room asking if they should stay home from school today. We need to have another talk about not disturbing mother unless there's a fire. 😡

Mostly passively cooled house 24.7 degrees, outside 31.6, still bearable inside. We have no A/C, only cooling is ceiling fans and curtains on only 6 out of our 30 windows. I’m glad we aren’t having too many hot days in a row this summer.

Just a quick reminder that Saturday (and every February 24) is International Coriander Hatred Day for those of us who celebrate it.

Fuck coriander 🖕

Fuck! Shattered tooth. All the bad dreams are true

34 outside, 23 inside, zero grid usage. 'twas priciest part of the reno but zerooooo regrets.

Just got an email from ex-work asking me to return a whole bunch of equipment: monitors, mouse, keyboard, adapters, USB hub, etc.

I can't even, they don't even keep track of what they've given out?? I only took the two adapters and the USB hub because I have a dual monitor PC set up at home already. Mentioned this to them a thousand times, and they think I took monitors, a keyboard and mouse home on PT?? As if I would use their crusty keyboards over my mechanical one haha

Good grief, I was slightly regretting leaving (I shouldn't, I was suicidal) but I'm certainly not now.

I'm not going out today, so they will have to wait till Friday or Monday.

Power out already sigh….

I may eat my words, but I'm not too phased by the heat until it kicks over 40.

I'm so sweaty 😭

I have secured a date with the God Emperor in March.

Bless the maker and his water.🪱

just had to add some cardboard boxes and another blanket over the window in the study. Rest of the house is ok but the study is struggling. I feel for those without AC today, this is pretty warm!

So I've been finishing all the half watched movies and yesterday it was In Bruges.

More than half way thru and I'm thinking, Wow, I've never seen Liam Neeson so good in a role, it's like he's really acting. It was Ralph Fiennes. 🤪

Fakken ants are doing my head in. Anyone got recs for pest control companies?

Sky not so pretty

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Had a lovely beach day in Jan Juc yesterday. So nice without the crowds. Then stayed for the sunset in my favourite viewing spot.

Glad I chose yesterday to go, I think today would have some with some sand wind whipping.

Followed up a package which I hadn't received. Apparently was posted yesterday, so now I am in a state of anticipation. Pakige.

Kind of happy to be spending the day in hospital just for the air-conditioning! Poor housemate was cranking the evaporative cooling as I was walking out the door.

Heh...

dins

Chives are $5 extra at a restaurant easy.

Strange sleep utterance of the day: people are all duct tape

Just looked at the bom website - Melbourne's forecast top temp is the highest in Australia ...

I got given some used items from work, some cushions and a seemingly very big expensive bean bag that I'll need to wash before using.

I barely managed to fit the bean bag into my back boot of the car, I have feeling that it's going to be way too big for my place but it might be nice to be able to lean back into a bean bag.

Cat has gone back to sleep… meanwhile I’m struggling to stay awake and work.

Fingers crossed the weather isn’t too nasty today, worried about fire more than power outages

Mosquitos are out with a vengeance.

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

Come on cool change...

Happy Margarita Day!

radar is down

How do you buy a house? Real question.

It seems like 8000 steps all of which cost money before you even look at a place, let alone start installing petunias.

Cool change is here 🎉

What’s everybody watching? Need a new tv show.

Edit: Thankyou all, I now have a list to choose from!

Home from pub. Those margaritas are fully dangerous, even without the coriander. House was 28 deg inside on entry, have opened all the windows and watched the thermometer drop 5 degrees in as many minutes. I may yet be able to sleep tonight. Tho I suspect the margaritas will help.

Just came from the beach and the cool change hit. 60km SSW of melbs.. you guyzz just have to.. rave choon it

Hold on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXwcewJwLb8&list=RDDzrnVun6GwY&index=7

Buona notte

Hmmm yes, that electrical safety issue our company identified 2 years ago will be fixed this time. Want to buy a pretty tower in Paris?

Hmm I wonder if Devon and Strasberg go together well in a sandwich.

I think I'll go home via an air-conditioned pub. The cool change has apparently reached Ocean Grove but no further until 7 pm.

Sky pretty

Got out all my art stuff today. Finished fixing up the trolley/organiser. Sorted my books. I have a new set of chinese water colours and a dinosaur colouring book I'm going to use to practice brush skills. I have a book on calligraphy page layout ordered and soon to be "pakige". 🤗 So excite.

Is $1500 reasonable for a conveyancer? Via the www.home-in.com.au portal.

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