I had my covid booster yesterday. Free from Chemist Warehouse (probably lots of other places too), got an easy online booking within 48 hours, was straight in and out when I got there and the pharmacist was lovely. No side effects except a sore arm.
Hospitalisations are rising again, get on it if you’re due for a jab (if it’s been more than 12 months).
I’m always envious of those who get vaccinations without being knocked out for weeks.
Last shot Boyo got he was deliriously singing little songs about dancing bbq prawns. Hilarious but actually concerning.
just got the flu shot yesterday, totally worth it!
Ah thank you for the reminder; I’ll have to book a jab in so I don’t get it again lol.
You might not need to get a jab because you recently caught covid.
It think it was recommended that you get a booster 6 months after you catch covid.
Blerghhhhhh
That is all.
😞
I finished watching Invincible, can recommend. Slept thru FOTR .
one of those rare shows that the second season was even better than the first IMO
I binged Fallout in 2 nights. I’ve never played the game so I have no comments on its authenticity, but it was a fun escapist watch. Built up the mystery in each episode to keep me clicking Next Episode.
I have never played Fallout and really enjoyed the tv series.
His Majesty, so regal upon his fluffy blanket throne 🙌
Clearance Kmart sketch kit arrived yesterday. The first thing I cracked into was the sandpaper sharpening board. It’s really small and the wooden backing is chipboard but it’s a vast improvement on trying to smooth/taper pencil leads with a pack of emery boards. (Doable but awkward and very easy to start honing at the wrong angle. They were previously all that was on hand and it was a hassle to buy sandpaper alone.)
It sounds like this might be the thing to get you back into art
Hopefully. There’s been a few things discouraging me, not least being so constantly tired
Survived the move. Of which more later.
Now on hold to Cennalink while they try to sort out what to do about the inheritance business.I’ve worked what I want for my birthday. A microphone. One that’s compatible with the pioneer. The best of the best because I’m worth it.
Gardening Australia is slowing down. I gave it a poke.
Honestly I forgot it existed. But I feel like a lot of AZ has gotten slower recently, although once there are posts, there’s usually decent discussion
I’m trying to resuscitate things. It seems friendlier and less toxic over here
[(https://on.soundcloud.com/6eTLr)]
If anyone remembers an old tool song called Pushit and wants to hear a not bad version I did the other night, there’s the link.
I used to perform singing and playing guitar for a couple of years when I got sober, but stopped singing and focused on guitar.
Trying to get back into it now. Always open to criticism, constructive or otherwise!
The amount of moisture I essentially mopped off my bedroom window this morning was revolting.
Our glass table in the backyard looks more water than glass
Just mould sprayed the bathroom. It’s a drippy mess. Like the so called exhaust fan literally drips water. What is the Building Code?
Mine has done that before too. And I have an unfixable ceiling leak due to a structural issue that means my bedroom is filling with black mould
Er, almost nothing is unfixable. They just consider it unaffordable.
They just spackle over it and next time it rains water comes right through again. One time they did go up to the roof and said it was some issue with water getting under the flashing due to the join of units.
Could that be the reason for some of your health problems because that’s not good?
I have a disability, but I can’t imagine inhaling black mould for years would have helped.
Yup. Same place they moulded with paint idiocy had a plumbing block. Landlord turned up himself with a rug gaff taped to a 2x4 as a plunger and expected this object to be kept on the porch for future use.
I feel this in soul. So much condensation here too, I’ll have to keep an eye out for any mold 😑
Yup I’m pretty conscious of this. In a previous house I lived in mould throughout wardrobes was an issue at times.
A place I was in in Sydney the landlord painted the whole building with a plastic coat sort of thing. Suddenly mould everywhere! The people downstairs lost everything they owned it was that bad.
I’ve lost a few pairs of shoes to it and will have to be careful not to lose clothes
Hah. I’d completely forgotten about the Eels.
Mr E’s Beautiful Blues fantastic song.
Soooo when a road that people live on gets closed for roadworks, are they meant to like… tell the people that live on it? Because the first I’m hearing of them ripping up and repaving our road is when they parked a gigantic machine in front of our driveway at 7am that’s making an absolute shit ton of noise. The housemate has a car that nobody told him he wouldn’t be able to take out of the driveway either…
It’s not on VicTraffic, they never put anything in our letterbox, and the council’s project construction page says nothing about it
I usually get a letter telling me they’re doing road works of some sort in my area. I can’t remember who they came from though.
Usually they do put something in the letterbox a couple of months in advance.
Nope, as far as I’m aware, nothing’s been put in our letterbox about this ever
Oh look it might have blown away, letterbox got missed or you might not have got one at all but they do usually notify you.
Is there any cars not parked on the road that are normally there? That might be an indication that there was notification.
I don’t believe so. I haven’t checked this morning, but I do know last night (10 pmish) all the usual cars were parked outside. But it’s hard to tell because a lot of people go to work early, so half the street would’ve already left by the time the road workers got here and started ripping things up
Last time I got a letter. From council I think? They’re responsible for local roads. And then the planned date came and went, and they came and closed the road on a completely different date with no notice. I guess they kind of tried?
I had a letter posted about works that were nowhere near me, so disregarded it. Then I got a hastily hand addressed notice in my letterbox telling me about work starting the next day, so I think they stuffed up the address.
I haven’t always been notified of work in the street where they are closing the roads, but they generally haven’t completely blocked access, I’ve still been able to drive in and out with supervision (to make sure I don’t run over the workers!). I did have to park a few houses away temporarily once when they did block access for a bit, but the workers were very friendly and helped me carry my groceries home 😁
My pavement gets ripped up seemly every 2 months. Sometimes it’s gas, sometimes telecoms, sometimes fixing the mess the last lot made. Never any notice and they block the only way out of the building.
Let’s talk snacks. My favourite quick snacks:
Hot pockets
Sao, butter, tomato, cheese, p&s Jatz/topz/ritz/savoy/ butter, Salmon & lobster spread/anchovette spread/Vegemite
Jatz/topz/ritz/savoy/ butter sardines
Jattz/topz/ritz/savoy butter and pate
Cruskits butter, smoked salmon, cucumber, sour cream, fish roe.
PopcornI’m sure there’s more. Can’t think right now. What’s your favourites?
Seaweed flavoured rice crackers smeared with cream cheese - agree that snax need to be instant. So packet of crackers on one side, tub of cream cheese on the other, plate and butter knife in the middle. If I’m feeling fancy I grind pepper on top of the cheese. Or plain saladas with pate.
Cream cheese. I can eat that all day long. Just me and a butter knife and cream cheese. Yummy.
I love the contrast of crunch and creamy, with a bit of tang. Lovely. Pate hits different but still has that lovely contrast.
I’m basic and lazy. For meals I like to put effort in, but snacks need to be instant. Fruit, slice of cheese, nuts, crackers, biscuits. If I’m feeling particularly energetic I might have a carrot with some dip. But I don’t faff around with making carrot sticks, just slice on the diagonal and dip in. I actually think it’s better slicing like this because more surface area to scoop the dip.
Peanut butter toast.
nuts
dried fruit
toasties
biscuits
any homemade cake, bread or scone
My very favourite snacks are Toasted Turkish bread with cheap olive oil spread and 333s mighty Mite or crunchy peanut butter, popcorn, dark chocolate, sliced tomatoes on wholemeal bread toast, mi Goreng noodles, something with pesto on it, olives, those rice cake things made of corn, breakfast cereal had at any time other than breakfast time, chocolate and oat snack bars, mandarins, tiramisu, chocolate eclairs, table grapes, vanilla yoghurt, lightly salted kettle type chips, bread, trail mix… and actually a frightening amount of whatever the kids haven’t finished.
One person won the 150 mil, and still went to work today! I would have stopped working immediately. Call in the morning, sorry I’m rich now bye. Actually, an email.
That would be deeply foolish. Chuck a sicky sure, but doing anything suddenly out of character would be unwise.
I’d keep going to work, at least until I figured out how I was going to deal with having life-changing money. Maybe another month?
Even once I’d figured out what my plans were, I expect it’d still involve some sort of work. It’s not like I’m going to sit and do nothing the rest of my life. I would just be doing projects that were of interest to me and on my own terms - instead of needing to work 40 hours a week and contributing to the family finances.
Oh there would definitely be some form of work happening after winning, I agree. But I would be thinking of what that could be while on my yacht in Europe.
I doubt I could concentrate on work having just won 150 million. I think I’d need at least a week off to have a minor nervous breakdown while I sorted myself out.
Afterwards I definitely would not want a job. Which is different from not wanting to work or do anything productive. If I won a massive amount like that I would look at starting a charity, probably focused on providing housing and support to people in need. Working out how to do that would probably be a full time job, just figuring out how to actually set up and structure something like that, what the goals etc. would actually be, finding the people needed to make it a success.
I’ve had a brain cell chugging away in the back of my head for the last hour or so thinking of what I’d really like to do if I had this sort of money. The first idea that has come to mind is something like Coles/Woolies online. No stores. You order what you want and it is delivered in x hours.
Set it up as a non-profit to break up the duopoly. Give the farmers somewhere to sell their produce besides those jerks. I might be showing my naivety, but I believe with that much money on the logistics, it should be able to compete price-wise.
I honestly doubt 150 million would be enough for that.
What I would probably do in that regard is look at where the missing links are in allowing a more community based supply chain. Most likely something like developing community hubs that can serve as a distribution link between suppliers and consumers. Farmers and bigger suppliers are not generally set up to provide retail quantities, but you can often set up “group buying” schemes to buy in the bigger quantities and divide them up. But they tend to be limited by the lack of places to store and distribute those purchases. If you could set up points that could do that you could have people pick up directly or organise deliveries using uber or other locally available delivery options. Because everything is pre-ordered you would not be trying to handle a retail style shop but could provide a lot of the benefits. If you could provide the initial funds for communities to set up something like that and they could collect a small amount to provide ongoing running costs it would be self sustainable.
This already happens on a limited basis, through places like CERES and community centres. It even happens informally within groups - we have people at work that regularly take shares in a cow and have had things like bulk mango or pumpkin purchases split up there!
