RustyRaven

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

40/50 ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Probably around 90% chance someone set off a building alarm.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My old car was Huey, based on the numberplate UEE.

New van can probably be Todd, as the mnemonic I'm using to remember the new numberplate is whisky + tea, which is a hot toddy.

Traditionally cars are supposed to have female names for some reason (or at least that was what I was told growing up) but with equality and all I think boy names should be fine.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have just bought myself a second hand portable air conditioner on eBay. I'm a bit spoiled where I am with airconditioner coverage in most of the house, but the rental places generally don't have more than a single room covered. I have seen some stuff about adapting vent covers to pull intake air from outside to make the portable units more efficient, so it will be interesting to see if that works - apparently a major reason they don't work as well as inbuilt is because the hot air being exhausted outside causes a vacuum which pulls fresh (hot) air into the room, many units sold overseas have a second vent for that air intake, but for some reason they don't sell them with that configuration in Australia.

Even if that doesn't work out it should be efficient enough to let me sleep in hot weather, and it was a good price only 5 mins away from work to pick up. Now I just have to actually get a property to put it in. They have contacted references so that's a start, but it is one of the places you apply before you can inspect the property, so even if approved at this stage it is still just a short list. It does indicate the application wasn't just thrown in the bin due to having pets or something though, so I guess it is positive news. I'm trying not to become too attached to the idea of this specific place, but I'm mentally working out where all the furniture goes and how I'll decorate, so I guess that's not really working ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations, welcome to the new car club! Is is new new, or new to you?

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like the opposite of my VW Caddy Maxi. Isn't it nice there are so many different options to suit all of us different people?

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Well, I am nearly out of brandy. But I'll wait until I'm ready to make another fruit cake before getting that. Otherwise I am boozefree^tm^

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think the dog's kibble covers that.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Chocolate falls under the want, not need category ๐Ÿคฃ

I bought an excessively large bulk pack of dish detergent a while ago and definitely don't need more of that (and have dishwasher powder on the order already). I also have bulk delivery of toilet paper so should be right for those.

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