Cleaning out the fridge. Threw out old dried up bottles of girlie’s medication, the homemade broth she didn’t finish and kitten formula she didn’t want… the open wet food and pumpkin baby food are already in the bin and the opened bag of her dry food has started being fed to the black scallywag before it expires. The plain yogurt she didn’t like anymore can go. :(
Old bags of flour. Bin. Cordial I won’t drink. Out to whoever takes it. Cocoa powder that might be stale. Bin. Cat milk mini cartons. See if vet or shadowy visitor wants. A freshly opened tin of powdered kitten formula with a condensation damaged label that probably wouldn’t be accepted by a shelter… Move sealed tin to freezer in case of random surprise kittens I guess?
Going to run the emptied containers through the dishwasher twice because it doesn’t clean some things well but I’m not up to hand washing everything. It doesn’t rinse very well either. I used a utensil without rinsing it extra under the tap and the soap residue burnt my tongue.
Then I’m going to have to wipe this fridge out and give away stuff from the freezer.
I have to cut the bum off one of ours and direct it into a tub with a 12v bilge pump (weirdly I actually already have all these parts and the battery / panel ready to go) because it turns out it goes absolutely fucking nowhere .
We're gonna smash up that pathway and redo it anyway as it's rooted to shit, and put in a proper line and drain then but still. Annoying.
And my new freezer cube meal prep is paying off. I had some extra tomatoey marsala gravy from a previous curry and so I froze it and some leftover coconut cream from previous meal.
WFH day today so lunch was cube of marsala gravy, small portion of the coconut cream, portion of onion-celery-carrot mix, portion of frozen spinach. All dumped in the instant pot with lentils, a stock cube and water. Served over defrosted rice portions.
Indeed. Would welcome a pub meetup and book discussion at some time. I have a sneaking suspicion that we share a taste for speculative fiction. Particularly the more unhinged variety of the genres. What are your thoughts on werewolves? I have a great fondness for werewolves .... Vampires not so much.
I have a thing for not sparkley vampires. Warrington does romance, Lumley does NOT. Were-creatures my library tends more towards mind bonded animals rather than directly turning into.
I have a bit of a problem with mind-bonding animals - it seems to me to be a trope for slavery in it's more modern manifestations rather than lurv. But I do love werewolves that do their own thing in accordance with their own biology. Patricia Briggs does excellent werewolves, as does Tanya Huff. Must try Lumley - who has not previously come up on my radar. Thanks for the tip(s).
Zero problem. I have read the ancient greeks. They don't hold back on the darker side of human existence. Briggs is a delight - I strongly recommend her website where she discusses the practical side of making silver bullets. Turns out that this task is a LOT more complex than most fiction authors would have you believe. The economics are also atrocious. Vampire/werewolf hunting in 20/21 century is a VERY expensive business.
So I bought a salt rifle for the flies as recommended here. Lots of fun.
One problem: Every time I go to use it after a few days the salt is too moist for it to work properly and I have to clean it out and use fresh salt. I am using Coles cheap iodised salt that I have on hand. Does anyone have a tip on how to keep the salt dry?
I don't have that problem. The things I do are: Not to have it cocked so there's no salt in the chamber and I lay it on its side under my coffee table away from sunlight. Laying it on the side prevents it from entering the hole. I use Aldi's table salt and I don't know if it's different from the Coles table salt. I wouldn't put anything else in there. I hope that helps.
Edit: Maybe try decanting some salt in a jar and throw some silica packets in there and only use that for your gun.
I was going to suggest trying salt with an anticaking additive but the Coles iodised salts already seem to have it.
Haven’t seen the guns in person… Is the salt reservoir large enough to accommodate a tiny silica packet like the kind found in vitamin bottles? And would it interfere with firing?
You could mix in a small amount of bicarb to try and help keep it dry and free flowing /shrug
Had a dream that Jisoo from Blackpink helped me fuck over an unnecessarily rude person by buying their house and turning it into an AirBNB farm stay. The house was in an abandoned school at the bottom of a mountain and Jisoo owned a 5* resort of the top of the mountain.
Saw PHM last night. I’m glad I went into it having seen other comments about it not following the book exactly, as that helped me to let go of expectations and enjoy it as a different medium. Loved some of the visual interpretations though!
My ex housemate got in strife because he's an actor and had a prop cowboy style gun. One of the neighbours saw it on his bedside table and called the police. Turned into a whole fiasco.
Steam do not seem to want to refund Doom Eternal, not acknowledging the issue with the version I bought. As far as I'm concerned I own this game so I'll play it whether that's extra legally or not.
That being said, my Steam account is old enough to vote and this is the first issue I've had with them in a long time
Today's main activity will be making tofu. I made the soy milk for it yesterday, which involved an awful lot of mess and chaos, mostly because I used too many beans in the maker, had to divide it into multiple portions and then messed around trying different containers and methods of pressing the bag of mushed up soy goo etc. It was the complete opposite of a streamlined process. I decided to buy a press to make it easier in future.
Also, it's rather pleasant to come back to work after two days off and not be swamped with work and emails. I might use it as a soft reboot to focus on the things I've been meaning to do
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 179d
They let me go.
I know why, but under probation they don't have to give a reason.
Got a few interviews this week so that's good.
Gotta keep moving forward.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 179d
make sure they pay out all your entitlements. Fuckers.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 179d
Let us know if you need anything to help out
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 179d
Thanks man, I really appreciate it ❤️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 179d
hugs
it can be very unsettling to be let go, even by people who weren't really treating you well
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 179d
I sneezed. Chaos ensues.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
aw
she's so adorable
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 179d
Almost enough ladders, gutters and downpipes for today. One more thing to do.
Not a chore if there's a view
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 179d
This pit in my gut,
Like carrying a thousand kilos of air;
Unbearably heavy but nothing is there.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 179d
Fart like the hindenburg babe! Preferably outside
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 179d
🤣
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 179d
::: spoiler Cleaning rambles
Cleaning out the fridge. Threw out old dried up bottles of girlie’s medication, the homemade broth she didn’t finish and kitten formula she didn’t want… the open wet food and pumpkin baby food are already in the bin and the opened bag of her dry food has started being fed to the black scallywag before it expires. The plain yogurt she didn’t like anymore can go. :(
Old bags of flour. Bin. Cordial I won’t drink. Out to whoever takes it. Cocoa powder that might be stale. Bin. Cat milk mini cartons. See if vet or shadowy visitor wants. A freshly opened tin of powdered kitten formula with a condensation damaged label that probably wouldn’t be accepted by a shelter… Move sealed tin to freezer in case of random surprise kittens I guess?
Going to run the emptied containers through the dishwasher twice because it doesn’t clean some things well but I’m not up to hand washing everything. It doesn’t rinse very well either. I used a utensil without rinsing it extra under the tap and the soap residue burnt my tongue.
Then I’m going to have to wipe this fridge out and give away stuff from the freezer.
Mood https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3dUV5C5X5L8 :::
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 179d
Back on OPERATION DOWNPIPE CLEANING FURY.
I am determined to foolishly not pay anyone to do this or fall off the roof.
Starve the beast.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
Good mission name - I need to do an OPERATION DOWNPIPE TORRENT too this weekend.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
I have to cut the bum off one of ours and direct it into a tub with a 12v bilge pump (weirdly I actually already have all these parts and the battery / panel ready to go) because it turns out it goes absolutely fucking nowhere .
We're gonna smash up that pathway and redo it anyway as it's rooted to shit, and put in a proper line and drain then but still. Annoying.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 179d
Lentils are so good.
And my new freezer cube meal prep is paying off. I had some extra tomatoey marsala gravy from a previous curry and so I froze it and some leftover coconut cream from previous meal.
WFH day today so lunch was cube of marsala gravy, small portion of the coconut cream, portion of onion-celery-carrot mix, portion of frozen spinach. All dumped in the instant pot with lentils, a stock cube and water. Served over defrosted rice portions.
So so yum and so easy. Thanks past me!
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Everything sounds grand except the rice. I've always found frozen rice to have a weird unpleasant texture. Have you a trick?
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
Not really. Brown rice slightly undercooked, then drown it in yummy lentils so I don't notice the texture 😎😎
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
Ah, brown might be the thing
Catfish@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 179d
Interest in a games specific catch up? My place doesn't do big groups well, but things that by nature spilt into 3or4...
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 179d
I'm keen!
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
You know where, we need a when
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 179d
Well my calendar is free lol
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
And my birthday is the 6th, but I presume many persons will have family Easter things about then
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 179d
Ooh, ooh, me!!
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
Yay!
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
Pass from me. Not that I don't like a good meet up, but games as such are a bit beyond me.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Poo. Some other time 😺
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Indeed. Would welcome a pub meetup and book discussion at some time. I have a sneaking suspicion that we share a taste for speculative fiction. Particularly the more unhinged variety of the genres. What are your thoughts on werewolves? I have a great fondness for werewolves .... Vampires not so much.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 179d
I have a thing for not sparkley vampires. Warrington does romance, Lumley does NOT. Were-creatures my library tends more towards mind bonded animals rather than directly turning into.
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
I have a bit of a problem with mind-bonding animals - it seems to me to be a trope for slavery in it's more modern manifestations rather than lurv. But I do love werewolves that do their own thing in accordance with their own biology. Patricia Briggs does excellent werewolves, as does Tanya Huff. Must try Lumley - who has not previously come up on my radar. Thanks for the tip(s).
Catfish@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 179d
Briggs rings a distant bell. Shall look up.
Warning: Lumley gets into tentacle rape territory Very not sexy vampires.
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
Zero problem. I have read the ancient greeks. They don't hold back on the darker side of human existence. Briggs is a delight - I strongly recommend her website where she discusses the practical side of making silver bullets. Turns out that this task is a LOT more complex than most fiction authors would have you believe. The economics are also atrocious. Vampire/werewolf hunting in 20/21 century is a VERY expensive business.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
I'm keen!
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Splendid! May the 4th isn't a weekend. No other named dates spring to mind
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
My arm might be twisted...
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
... into a new and exciting form of kitten
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 179d
more sleep please
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
I gave up and went for a pre dawn beach walk. It was lovely
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 179d
had more sleep 👍 I needed it
off to the beach for a long hike , might find shells, first time since knee bumps
then home for some light housework and gardening
cooking already done last night
so an easy day 😊
mertn22@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 179d
So I bought a salt rifle for the flies as recommended here. Lots of fun. One problem: Every time I go to use it after a few days the salt is too moist for it to work properly and I have to clean it out and use fresh salt. I am using Coles cheap iodised salt that I have on hand. Does anyone have a tip on how to keep the salt dry?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
I don't have that problem. The things I do are: Not to have it cocked so there's no salt in the chamber and I lay it on its side under my coffee table away from sunlight. Laying it on the side prevents it from entering the hole. I use Aldi's table salt and I don't know if it's different from the Coles table salt. I wouldn't put anything else in there. I hope that helps.
Edit: Maybe try decanting some salt in a jar and throw some silica packets in there and only use that for your gun.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
It's all NaCl I wouldn't worry about that.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
https://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-Salt-from-Absorbing-Moisture
mertn22@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
If bicarb doesn't work I will try a couple of coffee beans. Rice would be ideal but I worry it might get stuck and wreck the gun.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 179d
I was going to suggest trying salt with an anticaking additive but the Coles iodised salts already seem to have it.
Haven’t seen the guns in person… Is the salt reservoir large enough to accommodate a tiny silica packet like the kind found in vitamin bottles? And would it interfere with firing?
You could mix in a small amount of bicarb to try and help keep it dry and free flowing /shrug
Edit: Found this. 3:53 onwards talks about humidity and salt clogs but it doesn’t address your particular problem https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NsFzz5kjFpU
mertn22@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
I'm trying bicarb first. The salt 'magazine' is too small for silica gel packet.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 179d
Seagoons one is pretty good, maybe a single coffee bean or a few grains of rice
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 179d
So ready for the clocks to change
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
same
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 179d
Major errand for the day complete.
I have achieved new shoes
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
Had a dream that Jisoo from Blackpink helped me fuck over an unnecessarily rude person by buying their house and turning it into an AirBNB farm stay. The house was in an abandoned school at the bottom of a mountain and Jisoo owned a 5* resort of the top of the mountain.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
I know most of these words
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 178d
Cheese.
Heinous@feddit.online · 4 pts · 179d
the air is moist
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Moooiiiiiiisssssstttttttt
_miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
Saw PHM last night. I’m glad I went into it having seen other comments about it not following the book exactly, as that helped me to let go of expectations and enjoy it as a different medium. Loved some of the visual interpretations though!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
I don't think it changed anything or dropped anything, it did add one or two things.
and it's definitely visually beautiful
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
I lost laundry roulette
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
AW YEAH IT'S ALL COMIN' UP LEYA
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
the flies down at the beach are driving me crazy lately, I think they are march flies, they stick
I seriously feel like Pigpen while I'm down there
apparently they like denim, ok, I will wear light colours and see what happens
It's the talk of the fly gun made me wonder if I could use one ...lol
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
It's March. March flies are allowed. Come April then we can complain about them.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
they are nasty
also, I did not find one single murex or spindle shell today 😒
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Be careful carrying one around outside the house because they may fall under imitation firearm
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
it's ok, in oz pretty much noone thinks of guns
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 178d
My ex housemate got in strife because he's an actor and had a prop cowboy style gun. One of the neighbours saw it on his bedside table and called the police. Turned into a whole fiasco.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 178d
My old LARP group had a "no weapon props" rule for those reasons.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Steam do not seem to want to refund Doom Eternal, not acknowledging the issue with the version I bought. As far as I'm concerned I own this game so I'll play it whether that's extra legally or not.
That being said, my Steam account is old enough to vote and this is the first issue I've had with them in a long time
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Today's main activity will be making tofu. I made the soy milk for it yesterday, which involved an awful lot of mess and chaos, mostly because I used too many beans in the maker, had to divide it into multiple portions and then messed around trying different containers and methods of pressing the bag of mushed up soy goo etc. It was the complete opposite of a streamlined process. I decided to buy a press to make it easier in future.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Also, it's rather pleasant to come back to work after two days off and not be swamped with work and emails. I might use it as a soft reboot to focus on the things I've been meaning to do
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 178d
Tomorrow I have to fill out my UnKaos schedule, so I can use my time wisely , to remind me of goals and work toward these goals.
also, I m so ready to go on a diet, totes sick of cooking and eating
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
10 drops of rain and now it's sunny again
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
Beep Beep 🚚
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Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
I forget how to spell it right now, cowboy eggs please, hot
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 179d
huevos rancheros?
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
Yes, that 😹
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
🐄🥩🤠🥚🥚
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Thank you muchly 🌶️
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Cabbage salad and creme caramel please chef. With coffee.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
🥬🥗🥛🍬☕️
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
Lovely, chef!
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 179d
One Noo Yawk slice thanks hun
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 179d
🗽