Have refrained from sharing this before, buuuuuuuut ....
Came to work this morning, and found that someone had set up camp in the portico of the building I work in. No-one in sight, but mega debris left behind. I would like to know, from a purely scientific basis, what possible scenario would include :
7-8 empty and semi-empty packets of Dine cat food.
1 broken bottle of cheap sherry.
3 used syringes (capped).
a baby soother.
many many cigarette butts.
the wrappings from at least 2 soap bars.
various items of discarded clothing including underwear.
3 empty bottles of hair shampoo.
orange peel.
1 cigarette lighter (empty).
the supports and foam packing from a small pallet.
a secondhand paperback copy of Pride and Prejudice (much used).
a couple of packets of jelly babies (broken and contents scattered).
a whole onion (undamaged).
Can anyone enlighten me? And yes, I had to clean it up. Thank god for cheap woollies tongs.
I've read a bunch of comments from homeless people on reddit saying that after a while they lose respect for society ignoring them, both hoarding what ever is available and leaving garbage anywhere just becomes part of their life.
Me too. I could understand most of it, the cat food, the syringes and butts, jelly babies etc. but the baby soother, and hair shampoo were a bit of a facer. The onion confused me.
Huh, so apparently all that wind has been blowing over a ton of dust as well - explains why my car looked like someone had splashed a light layer of mud all over it today. Fieldwork went well enough despite the gusts, and it was nice to be back doing something I feel competent in...
Glad to be out of the elements this evening just as the wind hits. It's nice to be spending my evening gazing at sox, who is still too slinky and elusive to photograph properly in the dim light of this apartment, and is still busy marking her scent on everything possible, including power cords, paper bags and plant pots. She herself smells remarkably of baby powder.
No more hissing, though I think it'll be a couple of days yet before we get to snuggle time. She was a bit unsettled by the wind noise and kept glancing up nervously while eating, but I think my standing near her while she ate helped calm her down.
I am half way through the second Helen Forrester autobiography,
I am all out of sympathy for the mother. She is a cruel selfish grifter, sending begging letters for children's clothes to all her old friends, her daughter's friends and friends of friends.
Then when she gets the clothes , much much needed clothes, she pawns them and uses the money to buy cigarettes.
The children are dressed in filthy rags.
To top it off she mocks Helen for being filthy and ragged, poorly educated and unemployable. This is unforgiveable.
But there are two bright spots.
Because the children were told to look after each other they did and grew up close and supportive of each other.
All the children could read and write and had access to books.
This meant they were able to heed advice regarding education and take advantage of opportunity.
It's just awful isn't it, the expectation that Helen should just basically give up any chance at having a life so that she can be an unappreciated drudge and the mother can bludge and steal money. The first book inspired me to read the second one too!
they seem to be playing the "victoria is going bankrupt and will take all your money" card. Which doesn't even make sense ^unless you're a liberal voter^
The tide was very high today, the blue heron was walking through the dunes eating bugs, black swans were swimming and diving where yesterday the gulls were standing on rocks . I saw a flock of little yellow wrens. And found a little red toy pail with a starfish imprint on the base.
It's beautiful, it's soothing, the colours are amazing, I love the little gifs it gives you at the end of the painting where it speed runs what you did AND THERE'S ACHIEVEMENTS. I love that freakin' app.
I think trying to find any single draughts in my place would be futile, there are so many of them. Plus they mingle with the radiating cold coming through the walls and windows.
I'm looking forward to the new place being both double glazed and drought proof - everything is very well sealed and weather stripped there. I'm hoping as well as the temperature benefits it will mean less dust inside.
Woke up at 3 and couldn’t get back to sleep, tossed and turned and grumbled. Then of course half hour before the alarm went off, my body just switched off and went into a glorious sleep. Grr.
88 Comments
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 1y
Goodnight from hambam.
He's doing these night walks so effortlessly now
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
aw, he looks tuckered out
good night 😘
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 1y
I am finally seeing an absolute icon and hero of mine.... ::: spoiler spoiler
Tommy Emmanuel. Great seat too
Edit. First set done. H.O.L.Y SHIT. This man is a guitar god :::
Eagle@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
He is incredible! I hope you have a great time.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Wonderwall in to Beatles medley....nuts
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 1y
Goodnight all ❤️
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 1y
Goodnight from the rightful owner of my oodie
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 1y
good night from Bill
Duenan@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Night night, sleep tight.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 1y
Going to the Perth zoo today for my last day here. Flying back home tomorrow morning 🌞
Catfish@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Say hi to Nellie. And tell her her newsletter is late.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
It's hard to type with those little fingers.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
THEY HAVE RHINOS THERE! SEE THE RHINOS!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Oh my lordy
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Fuck 😂
I wonder if the vegies would grow well in that?
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I believe you can buy ZooPoo from Royal Melbourne Zoo, maybe Werribee as well. Yes, vegies do grow well in it.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
You can, I bought a bag many years ago to dig in
spots the reaction posts
To dig in to the garden, not the colloquial ‘dig in’ 🤢
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
So is it bagged up per species or like a mixed salad where everything is thrown in?
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Mixed. I think they just bag the accumulated poop. I understand its mostly elephant poop as they produce so much.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Mixed herbivore I believe. Nobody wants the carni or pesci stuff of stench!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
I love Perth zoo. The pygmy marmosets are my favourite. They're so cute.
Have a great day!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
yay, zoo 🙂
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 1y
Some zoo pics. Camera phone is kinda shit sorry.
:::
::: spoiler spoiler
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
That's awesome. 🙂
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 1y
Have refrained from sharing this before, buuuuuuuut ....
Came to work this morning, and found that someone had set up camp in the portico of the building I work in. No-one in sight, but mega debris left behind. I would like to know, from a purely scientific basis, what possible scenario would include :
Can anyone enlighten me? And yes, I had to clean it up. Thank god for cheap woollies tongs.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
This is someone who is most likely shooting ice. The give away is the collection of random shit.
Take it from me: if you've ever lived that life, it makes perfect sense.
Pilk@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
100%. This is meth behaviour.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
I'm sure they had such grand plans for all the assorted crap
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I've read a bunch of comments from homeless people on reddit saying that after a while they lose respect for society ignoring them, both hoarding what ever is available and leaving garbage anywhere just becomes part of their life.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Good that they capped the syringes at least
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I have no insights. The soap and shampoo quantities confused me.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Me too. I could understand most of it, the cat food, the syringes and butts, jelly babies etc. but the baby soother, and hair shampoo were a bit of a facer. The onion confused me.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 1y
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
🤤
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Looking outside at this glorious sunny day - enjoy it while it lasts co it ain't gonna last.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
clouds are moving in
I should dash to the beach now while I can even tho the tide is fairly high
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Huh, so apparently all that wind has been blowing over a ton of dust as well - explains why my car looked like someone had splashed a light layer of mud all over it today. Fieldwork went well enough despite the gusts, and it was nice to be back doing something I feel competent in...
Glad to be out of the elements this evening just as the wind hits. It's nice to be spending my evening gazing at sox, who is still too slinky and elusive to photograph properly in the dim light of this apartment, and is still busy marking her scent on everything possible, including power cords, paper bags and plant pots. She herself smells remarkably of baby powder.
No more hissing, though I think it'll be a couple of days yet before we get to snuggle time. She was a bit unsettled by the wind noise and kept glancing up nervously while eating, but I think my standing near her while she ate helped calm her down.
::: spoiler morning silhouette
:::
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
sky very pretty 🌞
and whimdy, there is weather here, unlike in the weather shadow of carlton where we had little rain and few blowy days
( and it's so cool when pelicans fly over and there are birds here I don't know )
Catfish@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
Cheetos for breakfast. The universe has not manifested a fedora, so far.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Meow'lady
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Eeep! I've a perfect visual of that florid doffing gesture.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
I am half way through the second Helen Forrester autobiography,
I am all out of sympathy for the mother. She is a cruel selfish grifter, sending begging letters for children's clothes to all her old friends, her daughter's friends and friends of friends.
Then when she gets the clothes , much much needed clothes, she pawns them and uses the money to buy cigarettes.
The children are dressed in filthy rags.
To top it off she mocks Helen for being filthy and ragged, poorly educated and unemployable. This is unforgiveable.
But there are two bright spots.
Because the children were told to look after each other they did and grew up close and supportive of each other.
All the children could read and write and had access to books.
This meant they were able to heed advice regarding education and take advantage of opportunity.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Liverpool Miss is so damned brutal
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
My sister in Christ, you (Helen’s mother) raised the child.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
no she didn't, she simply birthed her children. It was nannies and such for raising them until oh god what do you mean stock market crash
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Ahh… well there’s the problem. She neglected to raise the child
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
She was quite attentive in all the wrong ways. Exploitative and abusive.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Helen snapped back with that and got a hard slap.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
It's just awful isn't it, the expectation that Helen should just basically give up any chance at having a life so that she can be an unappreciated drudge and the mother can bludge and steal money. The first book inspired me to read the second one too!
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
god damn the right wing rags are really gunning for the state election. At this point I'd ignore the fuckers if they said the sky was blue.
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I ignore them whatever they've got to say.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
I wonder if they'll roll out the 'Tough on crime' platform for a 3rd time in a row.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
they seem to be playing the "victoria is going bankrupt and will take all your money" card. Which doesn't even make sense ^unless you're a liberal voter^
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Long day...
Need sleep but must have time to myself first. Cats have been fed.
Time for a bath, some dinner and maybe some music.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
The tide was very high today, the blue heron was walking through the dunes eating bugs, black swans were swimming and diving where yesterday the gulls were standing on rocks . I saw a flock of little yellow wrens. And found a little red toy pail with a starfish imprint on the base.
heron foot prints
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I think I'm addicted to Zen Color.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
that looks nice 🙂
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Be warned. It's addictive.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
It's beautiful, it's soothing, the colours are amazing, I love the little gifs it gives you at the end of the painting where it speed runs what you did AND THERE'S ACHIEVEMENTS. I love that freakin' app.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Oh I tried it when I got home. That was fun!
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Oof that wind. I'm meant to be doing fieldwork today, hahaha....
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
eep
Wimdy alright, and will get worse. The purple spiral of doom incoming.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Wimdy
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Very! Most glad it's a WFH day. Useful for finding all the draughts in the house that need blocking up.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
I think trying to find any single draughts in my place would be futile, there are so many of them. Plus they mingle with the radiating cold coming through the walls and windows.
I'm looking forward to the new place being both double glazed and drought proof - everything is very well sealed and weather stripped there. I'm hoping as well as the temperature benefits it will mean less dust inside.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Seems a single door snake will fix this place. Fingers crossed.
The last one I'm pretty sure did actual harm to our health. Couldn't get it above 15 degrees no matter what in July/august.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🤞
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Wind's howling
Duenan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Looking forward to when next week comes, got half the week off next week. Yay!
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Beep Beep ⛱️
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Chicken soup please. It's been a rough weekend and my stomach is still very upset.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🍗🥔🧅🥕💊🥛🍲
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Hmmmmmmmmmm. Something light and airy
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Ive got something light and airy for ya. Quick, pull my finger 👉
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🙅♂️
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🎈
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Er, 🟠🟠🟠
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
🍊🍑🎃
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Wind has picked up. Lots of rattles and tree swoosh noises.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Woke up at 3 and couldn’t get back to sleep, tossed and turned and grumbled. Then of course half hour before the alarm went off, my body just switched off and went into a glorious sleep. Grr.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
All that wind didn’t help with the insomnia last night
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley huh?
https://media.tenor.com/PT-v4Rjv0QkAAAAM/confused-what.gif
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
IKR. 🤮
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Like what the hell!? The ELIZABETH HURLEY with Billy Ray Cyrus?? Of all people!?
It's breaking my damn brain!
And I thought it was weird when she dated Shane Warne 😂