I had to stake down the strays paper plates with wooden skewers because of the wind.
Felt like McGyver lol
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it's so gusty here too
Thank you CEO for the recommendation of Gumption cleaning product.
It removed all the hair dye I got everywhere ...lol
Miniest is on school camp and I've never been separated from her overnight before. I feel a bit lost tbh so I'm stretching and folding sourdough bread dough to keep me occupied. It'll be good for her to have this time to develop as a person, but I miss her so much. She's one of these little people that seem to fill up life. ๐๐๐
Is it too late to tart part in operation UNKAOS? I just bought a new vacuum and it's actually working vs my old one which struggled with... everything.
*Take not tart ๐
I love a good tart.
Donโt we allโฆ
Who's calling who a tart?
UnKAOS is going well. ๐
Iโve tweaked my hamstring ๐
I'm sorry your hamster squeaked but they just do that sometimes
owwww
Picked up the laybuy for the kids' birthdays and christmas today. On the way out I went through the self serve and the camera picked up the laybuy in my trolley. So it's good to know that tracking stuff is in use already, if I kept my trolley out of view it wouldn't have seen the stuff still in there.
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Nobody gives me HDs anymore, Wah! No I'm not insomniac and reading old papers for endorphins or some such shite. It didn't work, but revisiting dot matrix fonts is enlightening
that's another 3 bags of books to take to the opshop ๐
Based on your reviews, I bet thereโll be some interesting finds for op shop book lovers!
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I just saw a bird flying sideways. This could be the basis for a new wind strength scale..
So far it has been slightly moist. Might do some laundry.
Mmmmm, fruit toast
When pushing hard means winning, peace and quiet feel like losing. Itโs been on my mind lately.
Goodnight all โค๏ธ
this is true
Have you read Sun Tzu? Yep, the Art of War bloke from yonks ago China. Very good at making a clear distinction between what constituted winning and losing. And the distinction is often not what you think.
Interesting. Iโve always felt the opposite. Peace and quiet is winning. Constantly fighting means loosing.
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Waiting for the crazy weather - Iโm getting more wind now but the sunโs out, itโs not too bad outside.
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I had some fermentation flies take up residence in my compost bucket and kitchen, so I made a trap for them which has worked very well. I have a jar of drowned flies and haven't seen any flying around the kitchen today. The trap is a funnel on top of a glass jar, and the bait is vinegar, sugar and yeast mixed with water.
I think youโve just solved the mystery of what flies are in my house! Always thought they were thrips, although they didnโt exactly match. Iโve found a glass with vinegar and a few drops of dishwashing liquid to work pretty well as a trap, too
back pain very tiring :(
Gentle hugs ๐ซ It must be very frustrating for you.
thanks for the hug
i end up feeling guilty I have to rest :(
I get it. Shit piles up then you end up doing stuff only to feel worse.
You know the drill. Look after you and the boys and everything else has to wait.
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Why are the new Myki readers so awful? I'd argue them to be worse than even the first-generation readers with a bad read.
The entire device basically gets locked out on a bad read for about a minute. If your Myki doesn't read properly, or your phone is acting up, a few retries could lock out a big chunk of the station gates.
The whole myki contract from the first machines has been a clusterfuck awarded to the lowest bidder.
I worked for a place ages ago that had put in a bid for a decent system but the government wanted to save cash.
To think we could have almost had the Octopus system Hong Kong uses.
Yeah, it is slowing me down massively each time. I use a card through google wallet and it used to be so smooth. I am hoping when they enable credit cards I can just let it use my main card and leave it at that.
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Happy Wombat Day everyone.
I blame the weather for how ratty this office is today.
Though I've also noticed that I'm also reporting how ratty the office is, so maybe it's just a ratty office. I'm the self appointed cheerleader though.
I heard a rumble of thunder.
Mustโve been that bean I ateโฆ
Nothing like a good fart in the morning.
Beep Beep ๐
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I'll have whatever Witchy wants to order for me, and Witchy can have: a walnut, apple and brie toastie with an Irish coffee
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Trying to sort computer shit out quick and dirty just to get unstuck.
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Windows 11 machine is completely full so using a Mac to download the classic Linux Mint and waiting a hundred years for the iso to download so I can sha the damn thing and make a bootable usb drive. The old desktop has been backed up a few weeks ago.
Tried to drag a bunch of files onto a 32gb usb off Windows machine to free space and keep them safe but thereโs seriously not enough room for all of it so I might get an external drive just for that to have on top of backups. Otherwise if I can get the desktop sorted soon I can just ferry the most important stuff over.
Then I have to download everything off Flickr and Dropbox and make sure the last gmails get changed over on any platforms theyโre still connected to (or emails theyโre recoveries for).
Today is going to be very busy so that may have to wait
Yay the string of numbers matches one of the approved ones :)
Apparently Iโm ok to skip the authentication of the .txt file so Iโm using balenaEtcher to flash the iso and hopefully all goes well.
Yay. Welcome (back?) to the Tux team! I realised how many old photos I still have stored on Facebook the other day. I think un-cloud-ifying is going to be one of my long term projects too. So I look forward to hearing how you go.
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the rain is lovely
Well there goes my trip into the city.
Borderlands 2 and music it is!
Edit: gym done. Shopping done. Let the nap with rain sounds begin.
So windy today an orchid plant was blown out of it's pot!
I saw a pelican fly backward and then give up, turning around and then landing.
goodnight everyone, sweet dreams
Curse these naps.
Was late with the antibiotics so gave them right after the midnight medsโฆ bubs threw them right back up so I gave her some anti nausea meds and repeated the dose.
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Dealing with a spilled milky drink on the carpet too. As much as I soak and blot it up I can still smell it -_-
I wish there was a carpet cleaner that doesnโt absolutely reek of perfume to the point of setting off migraines and causing asthma attacks.
I use the bacterial enzyme cleaner which is less scented but thatโs more for breaking down pee, and doesnโt do a good job of actually cleaning spills.
I hate having carpet. If I could go back in time Iโd buy a washable rug and use it to shield.
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