RustyRaven

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

I thought the house might blow away at some points. There was definitely a lot of rattling coming from everywhere.

The morning dog walk was quite short this morning. I'm not sure if all the wind brings extra smells for Mr Woof or if it blows them all away, but he seems fairly unperturbed by the wind. Maybe because he's low to the ground it doesn't hit him as much. It does give him a very streamlined look instead of his normally fluffy cloud appearance.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I was thinking of doing noodles for an easy dinner tonight, but I think my noodles are still in a box somewhere. I'm not sure I have enough enthusiasm for anything else. Maybe cheese and crackers, I'm pretty sure I can find all the ingredients for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

I'm going to take that as a no...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Guilty

Edit: meaning I was wrong with my hung jury prediction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

That's less traumatic at least, but a late dinner. Would you like to swap for my 7-7 shift? I have either am-pm or pm-am options available....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Is that 1130am to 730pm, or 1130pm to 730am?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Full English breakfast please, no beans.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I have succeeded in unloading everything from the van, but still need to move some of the stuff out of the way so that I can move the van out of the garage. I have one set of shelves up and a rough plan of where I want all of the shelves to go, it's just going to be a bit of a hassle moving everything out of the way so I can put the shelves up and then put the things I've moved onto them. Hopefully next weekend the weather will be ok and I can either move a bit of stuff temporarily outside or move the van out the front for a little while to give me room to work. I'll also need to make a trip to the tip to get rid of a few things like an old gas bottle and tin of petrol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I have now collapsed and removed sticky tape from the boxes I am planning to use as a weed barrier in the garden. Unfortunately I also discovered some more polystyrene, so I've had to throw that in the bin instead of being able to recycle it. Fortunately I don't have much other rubbish as the bin is now almost full. The next step is to start on assembling shelves and trying to get a bit of order into the chaos in the garage.

Miss Meow came into the garage for a bit of an explore - she scaled the heights of the van, had a look around and then realised it was actually pretty boring in there and went back inside to the couch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

That is good to hear.

If you were not alive and still posting here that would actually be a bit alarming. I'm really not ready for a zombie apocalypse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Clear and sunny with lots of wind = good drying weather. I am loving having some decent outdoor drying space in this place, everything smells better having been outdoors and the wind helps get rid of some of the excess pet hair and dust that's always around. I've already managed to do a load of clothes and a load of towels, I now have sheets on the line and another small load of clothes in the washing machine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Facebook managed to create duplicate listings so I woke up to a bunch more "is this available?" messages 🀣 No. No it is not.

I managed a nice late sleep in this morning. I intend to do very little today. Maybe a nice meandering dog walk, mixing up the new batch of dog food, and I should rescue the terrarium from the car as it is probably wondering where all the light's gone.

 

TL:DR The clocks go back an hour Saturday night, giving us all an extra hour sleep on Sunday morning.

 

This just leaves me with so many unanswered questions.

 

A TOTAL FIRE BAN has been declared for the whole State of Victoria on Thursday 26 December 2024.

No fires can be lit or be allowed to remain alight in the open air from 12:01 AM until 11:59 PM Thursday 26 December 2024. Visit www.cfa.vic.gov.au/firebans

 

Official VEC results can be found here

If you can't see the article from The Age because of the paywall you should be able to view it in an incognito browser tab.

 

I'm not sure how we're supposed to believe that disposal of nuclear waste won't be a problem when we can't manage systems to properly deal with the waste we are creating now.

 

Open House Melbourne will be held over the weekend of 27 & 28 July this year. The full program is being released on 26 June - tickets sell out fast, so if you are interested in attending any of the events you should book as soon as possible once the tickets are released.

 

"The foundations of our streets

This collection of Melbourne survey maps is a missing piece in the story of Melbourne’s development. They give an account of streetscapes, civic spaces and social development from a pivotal time in our city’s history.Β 

The maps are in archive, waiting to be conserved, catalogued and digitised. They are a treasure trove of history with value for researchers, families and students alike."

 
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