RustyRaven

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Miss Meow approves of the new cushions.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

That would have been fun. The few years at school we did them it was a chore given to parents, and then the children of the most creative/involved parents were given awards and made to feel special.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

Car hunting is not going well. I tried to make an enquiry and the car sales website decided to block me for "suspicious behaviour". There does not seem to be any options to get around it. WTF sort of business does that?

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I think I'm going to buy a new car. I've had this car for about 19 years, so the process is a bit daunting.

Any advice regarding who to have inspect it? MyCar have an inspection service for around $250, is there any problem going with them?

I don't think I'm up for trying to sell my current car privately, so I'll probably trade in even though it won't be worth much. I also have no idea how you actually pay for something that costs that much these days - last time I was in the market the standard was a bank cheque.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

I don't think it was stolen, it's just sloppy workmanship. Some guy on the assembly line bunged everything together haphazardly, and at the end had an extra | left over and just shrugged and sent it out anyway. You should probably be grateful, some further down the assembly line got a whole bunch of extra X's when he decided to whack a bunch of those leftover |'s together to get rid of them.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I went back to Resource Rescue craft supplies today, with a focus on getting soft fabric and things that can double as packing material for my move. I did manage a decent amount of fleece, and some felt squares that should work well between plates.

I also ended up with a couple of pieces of fabric that look like the stuff they use to cover bus and train seats - it should work well to re-cover Miss Meows tower which is getting a bit tatty. The blue won't really match anything else in the house, but you can't have everything.

Edit: Miss Meow has tested the fabric and seems to approve.

Cat.  Sitting on fabric.  As cats are wont to do.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We just need that single dev with a free day...

If someone does get one running I can pass on Bot001's password and we can throw a welcome back party.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That looks like "sky ominous" to me

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't find using the shift key to highlight multiples to be a big issue.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

I'll be at work, so it looks like I'll be postal again.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

I decided to do a bit of tidying up of my computer files in preparation for moving off OneDrive onto Proton cloud storage. Somehow the entire day has disappeared.

it's amazing how much of a mess my photos are - automatic backups and synchronisation across multiple apps and devices has led to a mess of duplicated files and albums. I'm going to leave all the automatic backups off and focus on organising the photos better as I go along.

My files are in a bit of a mess too. I'm intending to use the change to set up the file system from scratch in a more organised way instead of just copying the lot over. When the OneDrive plan runs out I can still access everything on there so there's no rush to deal with all that.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I forgot to post yesterday that while I was mowing the grass yesterday I had a flyover from a Chinook.

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