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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
okay
I'm a bit shaken, heart racing
just called in an assault I heard and saw next to the train station across the road
husband followed after he put shoes on
guy dragged a woman away
cops came within 5 minutes ,
we heard her scream again and the cops went to chase them down
no other neighbours came out
bad people come to quiet places ๐
Thankyou for what you did. I hope she's ok, and I hope things quieten down for you ๐
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cops came so quick
I used the metro emergency system at the train station, they are well trained and so fast
I think the attacker followed or waited for a target near the train crossing at the station to drag them to the dark park
Thank you for taking action - that must have been so scary
I wish I was strong enough to intervene, all i could do was call for help
I know thereโs a strong inclination to jump in and help (and good on you for wanting to), but itโs actually better not to put yourself at risk, because then you might be injured too
Holy shit. I hope youโre okay and that she is too
I'm fine,
I hope she was found, one cop chased on foot crossing the railway line, the other took the car
Fuck. Damn good time ..,
Thankyou for being brave enough to act โค๏ธ
Omg that is terrifying. Good job you might have saved someone's life!
We have a few new guests for dinner. They're definitely siblings
The grey ones?
The gang is growing.
Word gets around lol
Edit: I think these are strays from about 2 blocks away if theyโre the ones Iโm thinking of.
Yep. They have white socks lol
Mmm. Tired. Iโm going to chill in the shower for ages
I wish there was a โfountainโ arrangement where your bath water was cyclically pumped back up and showered over you while being kept warm by a heating element.
Woke up to early pakidge on my day off, so i can set everything up and play around with it today.
My numpad arrived and it's bigger than i expected. A different type of clicky to my keyboard but it feels good. It looks like a futuristic phone from the 80s.
I'm calling you from the future:
future:
07734
Neighbours are playing "we are early birds and think 6am is a reasonable time to fire up power tools". Dangerous game to play next to a woman who thinks midnight is an early bedtime and likes metal.
Especially since His Lordship is in KL right now so there is literally no stopping me
I just want my long weekend Is that so much to ask?
I forgot it was a public holiday tomorrow. ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ
Cheers ๐ป๐ป๐ป
๐พ ๐ฅ cheers!!
Sleep screamed again last night. Second night in a row. I think it has to do with sleep deprivation. Last night, I slept for five hours but I did stay up late to do an assignment and woke up early for work. I didn't even procrastinate that one so much. I reckon once I work on my time management, the sleep will be better too. I have broken down all of my assignments using a planner and have specific time frames to do each step!
Most of my managers and coworkers are away and I've been working all my days off & weekend. I am going to make some new corporate T-shirts with my own logo and see how long it takes people to notice.
Any suggestions? I'm in the water industry, so maybe "Wetwork"?
H2OhgawdI'mstillhere.
โName of companyโ
Making you wet
HR: Put a damper on it.
okay
Goodnight everyone ๐ sweet dreams
Been freaking out over a new thing on Melbcatโs muzzle (hoping it was just a booger but looked like another precancerous lesion) however sheโs now knocked the scab off same as with the first one.
Iโd already been told to wait until the first starts growing back before she can be prescribed the cream to deal with it and will probably be told the same thing here, but I did get photos beforehand and will be monitoring.
Sheโs still eating well, climbing into visitors laps for cuddles, asking to go outside, throwing hands with uninvited cats and jumping up into her favourite chair by herself. Sheโs doing really well and enjoying her golden years.
Brb working out how to sacrifice young pop stars to extend her life and vitality.
Brb working out how to sacrifice young pop stars to extend her life and vitality.
If only. She sounds like a gorgeous cat ๐ I hope everything turns out okay
Sheโs absolutely beautiful and a cuddle bug. I hope sheโll be ok too.
You're looking after her beautifully and she is thriving on the attention. ๐
Sheโs loving it. She sleeps in the human bed and asks guests to hold her.
Thanks everyone for your kind and supportive words.
I'm ok, I'm still a bit worried about the victim, I hope they are ok.
Pretty sure the LittleOne has stolen my earrings. If somebody could make him confess his stash location?
Waterboarding works, they'll confess to anything.
Right. 2 interviews next week. One is a "if we like you no 3 stages bullshit" the other is 3 stages bullshit lol
Putting out roughly 20 applications a day. I reckon the one and done is a good chance and I actually want the job. The other would be a stop gap.
The new bone conduction headphones are nice. The old ones had touch controls so i had to layer them over my helmet or the strap would pause what I was listening to. Can't beat physical buttons
Soo, listening to the audio books and interviews about the brit royal fam
they have the sociopath genes in the family and unfortunately the circumstances means that kids born with that tendency are indulged, like edward 8 and andrew and they become appalling criminal adults
and then the behaviours become so bad that they can't be ignored and public drama ensues
the other thing is that the royals are living in the past, thinking that they are somehow special and that others think they are special
they just don't seem to understand the people that surround them are employees who have their own lives , they are employees, not serfs and not their friends
Diana is only a few weeks older than me , she really needed a good friend, someone older, but then she rejected all good advice on how to cope with her life ๐คทโโ๏ธ she did not seems to get wise, just more cunning, not the great parent that she is deemed to be, good parents don't include kids in their drama
security seems a bit extreme but then I suppose when your position in inherited, not elected, threats/violence is the only option for change
people forget that the royals and aristocracy collect taxes from their duchies, so people pay council taxes and a portion of that goes to the royals fir no reason other than they are born to it, it's unacceptable, this is how they are so rich
bring on the republic, elections are soo good, it means change is easy and without drama
Got some diffs of opinion on this - not trolling - just giving my opinion for what it's worth.
rant
"bring on the republic, elections are soo good, it means change is easy and without drama" - please tell that to Mr Trump
"Diana is only a few weeks older than me , she really needed a good friend, someone older, but then she rejected all good advice on how to cope with her life ๐คทโโ๏ธ she did not seems to get wise, just more cunning, not the great parent that she is deemed to be, good parents donโt include kids in their drama" -
Imo she was far too young for the role, and was a victim of poor parenting herself. I agree that she made some VERY poor choices but imo she was fundamentally as thick as two short planks. An intelligent person would have run a mile from the whole Prince Charles thing. And a lot of girls did - including Camilla.
"they have the sociopath genes in the family and unfortunately the circumstances means that kids born with that tendency are indulged, like edward 8 and andrew and they become appalling criminal adults - and then the behaviours become so bad that they canโt be ignored and public drama ensues" -
I don't actually believe in sociopath genes - imo sociopathic behaviour is more to do with parenting and modelling from caregivers. Both the examples you give were raised by nannies - as was King Charles - and those nannies were more or less abusive. Particularly in the case of Ed8 - he was a profoundly damaged human being - bordering on mental illness - and had been from childhood. There was also a large contingent of the aristocracy who all shared a similar remote parenting regime - nannies etc. so the royals were not particularly unique. They were just more visible. And there were a LOT of people who cheered them on in their bad behaviour for a lot of different motives.
I do consider that the British royals have a fundamental streak of plain ordinary stupidity - you can see this from the Stuarts onwards, that is exacerbated by mostly remote parenting and unrealistic expectations from various governments/the general public. Small wonder that so many decided to resign from being reasonable human beings.
I'm just glad they've largely lost all their political power - just figureheads now and that's how it should be. An expensive luxury but one that quite a lot of people can't do without it seems. And they're good for tourism.
stayed up way too late listening to audiobooks about the royal fam
I have thoughts
