Oh no! Hope you had insurance! Time to look at some security systems or something, clearly some bad stuff going on in your neighbourhood.
Yes, thankfully. And since I'm moving in a few months, not worth the security unfortunately.
How did it get stolen? Did they smash a window or was it towed? (Yup I've heard of this happening).
Oh no! That is awful!
Was there anything important in it? What sort of car was it?
No, and an old Volvo 7. But since this is the third time the place has been hit in a fortnight I'm wishing it was May.
Well no sign of the cops, and just got the word the other party intereted in the unit's raised the bid by $10k, so yeah.
Fucking hell, you need to win lotto one of these days to balance out your bad run. I really hope that other bidder backs off and the house comes through for you... Will you have another car available soon?
Other bidder is being aggressive so I'm sitting on things for the rest of the weekend.
My insurance includes a hire car and I'll see if my mechanic has a loaner or something for sale.
Very cute - I was expecting yellow, but they got the fancy black model!
I’m excited to announce that my wife’s cat and I have reached a tentative mateship after 4 years. She’s never “hated” me, but she’s always made it pretty clear where I stand with her and that Mrs B is her preferred human. But somethings started to soften, she likes my kid so I think she’s decided I’m alright based on that. She’s even started coming to find me for pats.
The bitch of it all? She’s not even my wife’s cat! I’m the one who said “we can’t leave her here! No ones even looking at her! We have to bring her home.” But nope, Mrs b got all the credit and love.Cats: man’s okayest friend.
aw, hugs
( also, be sneaky and get some of the paste cat treats, prawns are a good one, then you*ll be the preferred one forever 😺 )
Oh she comes if you call her name and say treats, But you get no points for giving her treats because she just thinks she’s entitled to them.
Do you have a beard? Rub your chin on the top of the cat's head. They live for that shit
Cops finally got in touch - investigating officer was unaware of the earlier break-ins and you could practically hear her jaw dropping over the phone.
Trainned it down and went to a couple of other OFIs on the same street as well as touching base with the agents who were holding another - places were nice enough but smaller.
Other party put in another bid at the top of the asking range while I was waiting. Agent advised me to wait over the weekend before I make any decisions about another bid. Will sleep on it before I decide whether to make one final bid or drop out of the bidding - even the estate agent who initially said "it'd be a shame to lose the property over $30k" said "it's getting a bit steep.".Shredder bought in 2020 starts acting funny, i email ozito- and they warrantied it! Even as far as 'if bunnings give you issues about refunding have them call this number and we will yell at them'
No idea why I thought it'd be different, but I did my 7 day covid retest and it was instantly positive, like the minute the liquid hit the little thingy.
Really just want the contagious window to end so I can start taking care of myself and leave my bedroom, seven days is a long time to be stuck in a shoebox of a bedroom, even if I can't do much with myself.
I think I've asked this before but anyway I know you like period dramas. Have you watched The Village? It's a true story set in ww1. It's on SBS on demand and it's very good.
Get well soon banana.
Yes! I originally tuned in for Maxine Peake but soon found myself really sucked into it. Sort of reminded me of Home Fires which was brilliant (still mad they cancelled it)!
Maxine Peake is such a good actress. I loved Home Fires too.
Lark Rise to Candleford, Cranford, All Creatures great and small, Land Girls, Parades End, My Mother And Other Strangers, World On Fire are a few more that I've watched and liked.
And of course there's all those turn back time documentaries that are great to watch.
Yes!! All of those are so good, espcially Lark Rise and ACGAS (both versions, although the new one kinda wins out by a little because I love Anna Madeley, Samuel West, and Callum Woodhouse) just so fkn cosy, they make me feel all warm and toasty inside.
You've probably seen it, but The Durrells is 10/10 period drama, everything about it is excellent!
The Durrells is a good watch. The book was good too. And The Larkins which was somehow connected to the Darling Buds Of May. Well you're like me who loves this stuff. All I can recommend now are books that are similar.
Nella Last and Helen Forrester are 2 authors that wrote books that are some of the best reads I've ever read.
I've had both of those authors recommended to me before. I've been looking for my next read since I didn't line anything up after an indugent reread of Phillip Pullmans' series, so maybe I might make a start with those. In saying that I have a sneaky suspicion that I read The Latchkey Kid by Forrester many moons ago.
I feel you. I'm having cabin fever for different reasons and am ready to start plucking my hair out.
Music or birdsong videos while doing something helps
Kinda wanky but I've been watching lots of POV hiking vids which has semi helped.
Minecraft can be good too, kind of gives the illusion that you're going somewhere. I've got bored with it though. I put it on peaceful because I cbf fighting mobs anymore and can't seem to actually finish any projects
Awww this is so sweet, thank you! But apart from being bed ridden I am also on a completely liquid/puree diet, covid decided to decimate every inch of me in retaliation for missing it for so long, and as a result my mouth is a giant ulcer fest.
ok whatcha wanna do is chuck a roomy a $20 and get them to nip to the chemist and get this. MAKE SURE THEY GET THE JELLY AND NOT THE OINTMENT
Ignore the circumcision thing, the jelly is perfectly fine for oral use as well. That shit meant that I was able to eat when my entire mouth was a giant weeping sore due to chemo complications
That's rough. I hope you're at least feeling a bit better.
I'd say if you're not displaying symptoms but the rats are still + it's probably okay to go for walks in the open air.
Interestingly open air treatment has been around for some time:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504358/
Oh, I am still very much visibly and physically sick, and would not have a good time if I left my bed. But just having the option to make my own food and leave my bedroom if I wanted to would be nice.
This desire to do something means you are on the road to getting better. Your brain has no longer shut you down.
hugs
I’m going to the market.
After that, I get to meet Tully the Guide Pup. 😁
This humidity is revolting. I just want to feel clean and not sticky.
I read somewhere the humidity is going to hang around until the middle of next week.
Is it bourbon, is it whiskey,
Is it rum, hold the cola?
Orange juice with vodka,
(I think it's called "mimosa.")
Sniff and sip an Irish islay,
Hold the ice, I like it straight.
Taste the peat, feel the burn,
Only for whiskey do I yearn.Ugh... Humidity of 71% makes 21 degrees feel a fair bit hotter. BOM reckons Monday will be a max of 29 and Tuesday will be a max of 30.
I'm so happy that heaps of money was kept from building Australian houses so cheaply so that we may in turn be price gouged for the heating or cooling to make them livable. They really get you coming and going.
Does anyone know of an accurate way to measure actual data usage? The amount Telstra is telling me I'm using is way higher than I think it should be, and is much higher than the total amount my devices are measuring.
At the moment I've disconnected everything from the Telstra modem and am going through the phone as a mobile hotspot. I've recorded the data totals both services are showing me so I can compare the amounts over a few days, then will swap back and do the same. If anyone has a better approach please let me know.
Can you log into the router or modem and see if they've got inbuilt data tracking? Often: https://192.168.0.1 click in a web browser on your home network. Also look on the stickers on the hardware to see if there's a different address. it might also look like 10.0.0.1. It'd be worth checking if there's a network device table in there to make sure you know what each device is.
The modem shows the same data as Telstra - and it also shows how much I have left on my data plan, so either it is sourcing it's data from Telstra or vice versa. It is a 5g modem and has connection info directly on the modem, which includes what devices are logged in. I did find my old iPad was still plugged in and connected, but I turned that off a few days ago with no change, and there are no other unexplained devices.
I initially assumed I had an app or something chewing through extra data (like that time I installed the official Reddit app) but there are no apps showing as using much data and after going through any settings I can find to limit things like auto-play video, changing browsers to Firefox to block adds and trying to minimise time spent in pointless scrolling the data use has gone up not down. My tablet is calculating my usage as generally around 40-60gb a month, and probably close to half of that would be on the work wi-fi. But telstra has me at about 70gb and I can't figure out why.
Obviously it is a low data amount anyway so it's not really a major financial issue, but it is bugging me that it does not match up.
Why is the old kitten fussy?
She didn’t seem to like the flavour of wet food I opened and despite adding yummy toppings doesn’t want to eat it (so is skimping on taking her medicine). I syringed the pain meds into her mouth last night but gave her anti nausea meds today and keep trying to get her to eat the breakfast.
She keeps jumping up on the wardrobe door to demand attention but won’t lead me to anything to show what’s wrong. She’s already done a poo which got scooped away fast, has clean litterboxes, fresh water, the biscuits got shaken to fix the bowl hole she ate into them, wet food right there…
Maybe she’s just bored of the food and feels bad after not having enough of her meds that were mixed in.
She has now patted at me until I let her lie on me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have tried showing her bird videos but she doesn't seem to take notice.
I bought bird seed and sprinkle outside the windows or backdoor. Mine sits there all day.
She ignores most but seems a bit anxious or startled with some (where the cat is crying, or kittens)
Ooops. Put my head down 'just for a moment' last night and woke up fourish with the lights still on, the front door and various windows open and the tv on.
