My daughter is living in the house of horrors. Earwigs, ants and a cockroach infestation. I told her to pack her shit up and come home. Go back twice a day to feed the dog. Something ain't right. I reckon these people have fled. The nudity is over.
I was in Coles carpark ready to come. I told her I'd call her back once I got home and put my cold stuff away. Called her back and told her to get home now. Dump all open packets of food there. Load up the car. We're going through one bag at a time.
Have they paid her anything yet? It might be useful if YL keeps any record of such payment - such as bank account details etc. The cops could possibly use that to trace the house owners/renters. I'm glad the agency has been informed.
Driving home through clouds was interesting. I have a switch that claims to be for fog lights, but it may just be a placebo as it makes no noticable difference.
Misty moisty morning. No wind, just water hanging in the air like a bad memory.
Went outside to put my bin out and the council truck was delivering replacement bins to the new residents next door. As it moved down the street it left elegant swirls of moisture in its wake visible under the streetlights. Never seen that before.
Quarantine has begun. Taking one bag at a time out of her car. All clothes (even clean clothes 😡) are getting a hygiene wash. Everything will be disinfectanted. Found one in her school bag. I sprayed it and the bag and zipped it back up. Yadda yadda yadda. End game the car will be fumigated. Don't know what else to do.
I'm on coffee 3.
She fled so fast a tin of strawberry nesquik has losted its lid and is on everything that was in that bag.
The Nesquik wash will be a spectacular sight. Speaking from experience, and if your machine is a top loader - do not fill machine with water more than half way up the tub. One of my boys did a chocolate nesquik wash with a full tub and it spilled all over the laundry floor. Yes I made him clean it up. Even behind the machine.
Dunno about front loaders. And strawberry nesquik is easily identifiable as such, unlike chocolate. Sympathies for your situation.
Glad you got her out! I read your earlier comment at some point during the day and it just kept playing on my mind. This is the first chance I've had to revisit this post. Yeah that's just not right at all.
I thought what would I do. I wouldn't sleep there. I wouldn't even stay there during the day. But I would still fulfil my obligation to feed the dog. That was my advice to YL and she took it.
Wise decision. I mean, I've had times in my life, when I was really rock bottom depressed for example, and I let the housework go shamefully. But I would always take action on insects and rodents and prevent infestation, no matter how I had to drag myself around to do it. And I would never have people in the house to see my shame or expect someone to stay there and deal with it. That's just awful. How can they not be ashamed?
Down at the manufacturing site at Hastings today. It has an 'emergency hq' feel with all the temporary buildings on bricks. And there's a thick book on the shelf about using office 2000
My thinking is Terminator 2: Judgement Day is fine for two 3 year olds to watch because it's mostly and action movie. Whereas the first Terminator is at least not the ideal first Terminator movie for two 3 year olds to watch because it is more of a horror movie
Been watching Jayson Gillham v Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and I'm realising I had no grasp of just how cool classical musicians in general are. They are obviously very smart -- but so principled and vocal too. Impressive.
it's just about how to approach prep, data collection, how to plan, what to expect
I've only had one case before and it was in europe, I learnt a lot about how to approach a case, got to have supporting evidence to make a narrative and that ticks the boxes of the law
and there are two types of adversary, one who sticks to law, one who is a bully, this one is going to be a bully and liar
No, I'm not recommending signing up to libre and dexcom with as many email addresses as you can possibly obtain to get free samples.... if its human ones you're using.
Oh that's already occuring ...do they not check delivery addresses? because that will be fun.
(So far one to my po box under maiden name, one to our house under married, one to his lordship's work... and we have friends who are literally settling on a new house....)
Nah its just a blood glucose monitor stickon. I would be very grateful, their discount "trial" is $15. Our local chemist has $125 (pets dont get NDIS).
So it’s a one off? Yeah I’ll see how I go, if they let me have multiple to the same address (and whether they get pinched 😬)
Edit: Damn, terms and conditions say you can get stung full price or it gets canceled if they find out you did it multiple times. And it can retroactively alter the agreement. Maybe I can get one from each site then
Edit 2: I ordered one from Libre and denied authority to leave so it won’t get pinched. But then the post office might not tell me it’s arrived so 🤞 Another site didn’t have a trial option so I might come back to that later
Perfect- libre are the ones we're currently logging on. Thank you ever so much - pm me your payid or paypal or whatevs so i can pay you back. Can do the $15 now and postage later, or all in one hit, however you like
Edit: Never mind, a sensor that comes off can’t be reattached.
Places like Vet Shed online have cohesive bandages that could protect the new one. Sometimes they wrap it over taped IV cannulas to stop the pet chewing them out. (Maybe diagonal going under one front leg to over the other shoulder if a figure 8 would put pressure on her neck.)
Surgical glue is great - the usual vet didnt use enough, hence why she was able to groom it off. And now a nasty raw area poor baby, I gotta call them today and find out if i can get cat-friendly cream at my local chemist
I know :( If it helps at all I was varying the injection sites to spread the punctures, so would sometimes do it a little bit to the sides or lower down and it worked.
The other place or feline diabetes forums would be able to give more useful info
Spent my dreams dancing at a music festival on a cruise ship thanks to watching EDC all weekend. I "slept" 8 hours, but feel so incredibly tired and cranky today.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 85d
You know for stray cats, they sure are choosy about which wet food they get hey lol
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 85d
My stray cat has been taken to the rescue according to the note on the door.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
Fingers crossed ❤️
Eagle@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
At the end of the day, they are cats after all.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 85d
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 85d
The dog will be feed twice a day until they get back. YL will not be staying there. Some people don't deserve animals.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
So glad YL got out, that poor dog. Some people are just ferals.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
Thanks. We'll do everything we can for the poor dog.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 84d
https://www.rspca.org.au/report-animal-cruelty/ ?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 84d
Right now the dog is fine where she is but if the owners don't come back when they say, we will be ringing the RSPCA.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 84d
All good, hope she pulls up okay
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
Bloody hell!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 85d
My daughter is living in the house of horrors. Earwigs, ants and a cockroach infestation. I told her to pack her shit up and come home. Go back twice a day to feed the dog. Something ain't right. I reckon these people have fled. The nudity is over.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 85d
You are a good mum. Recognising something's not right and getting her out of the place.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
I was in Coles carpark ready to come. I told her I'd call her back once I got home and put my cold stuff away. Called her back and told her to get home now. Dump all open packets of food there. Load up the car. We're going through one bag at a time.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
Yes!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
Yikes.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
The Young Seagoons used to house/pet sit.
The owners should have left her a contact number in case of questions or emergency. She should call it.
The scummy house is apparently not unusual.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
I've house sat some fucking feral places.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
Honestly this is the only place she has not wanted to stay at.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
She has. And the agency.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
Has she checked for cameras? That's what you are worried about, yes?
I would worry too.
in fact, now I'm wondering if anything happened like that to the young seagoons 😐
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
The house is almost bare. There's no where for a camera. Things aren't adding up.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
That's not normal.
Maybe the owners aren't on holiday at all. Jail perhaps? Done a runner?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
My gut feeling is a runner.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
Have they paid her anything yet? It might be useful if YL keeps any record of such payment - such as bank account details etc. The cops could possibly use that to trace the house owners/renters. I'm glad the agency has been informed.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
From rent or the cops?
That poor dog.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
I wonder if they thought they'd get free cleaning as well as pet sitting. I wouldn't put that past some people.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
Ugh 🤢
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 85d
Driving home through clouds was interesting. I have a switch that claims to be for fog lights, but it may just be a placebo as it makes no noticable difference.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
In old cars we had to turn the headlights off cos they'd light up the fog. The fog lights down low are supposed to be under the fog.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
years ago, maybe over 40 years, Melbourne switched all the street lights to an orangey colour , ostensibly to make it safer driving in fog
then when I came back to Oz over ten years ago I noticed all the lights had changed to white again, led bulbs I think , but higher luminosity
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 85d
let's see how this new camera compares
uploading is much easier, that's the first thing I noticed
I often find flowers at the beach , possibly left there as offerings
Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 85d
Woooooooo spooky hour wooooooo
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
👻
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 85d
Misty moisty morning. No wind, just water hanging in the air like a bad memory.
Went outside to put my bin out and the council truck was delivering replacement bins to the new residents next door. As it moved down the street it left elegant swirls of moisture in its wake visible under the streetlights. Never seen that before.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 85d
oh yeah coworkers are about to find out just how unhinged I can get
Pilk@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
Should we be keeping our eye on the news?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
What have they done now?
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
I haven't slept and The German is being a jackhole again
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
Quarantine has begun. Taking one bag at a time out of her car. All clothes (even clean clothes 😡) are getting a hygiene wash. Everything will be disinfectanted. Found one in her school bag. I sprayed it and the bag and zipped it back up. Yadda yadda yadda. End game the car will be fumigated. Don't know what else to do.
I'm on coffee 3.
She fled so fast a tin of strawberry nesquik has losted its lid and is on everything that was in that bag.
I'm no longer hungry.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 85d
The Nesquik wash will be a spectacular sight. Speaking from experience, and if your machine is a top loader - do not fill machine with water more than half way up the tub. One of my boys did a chocolate nesquik wash with a full tub and it spilled all over the laundry floor. Yes I made him clean it up. Even behind the machine.
Dunno about front loaders. And strawberry nesquik is easily identifiable as such, unlike chocolate. Sympathies for your situation.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
Nah all good. It spilt on unopened food.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 85d
That would have been quite the sight!! 😆
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
It surely was! Great foaming waves of froff spilling out from the lid and onto the floor. And the residue was sticky and hard to shift once dry.
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
Hoping the cleaning gods shine on you.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
Thank you. I feel like I've been preparing my whole life for this.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
omg
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
It jumped out at me. 🤢
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
😳
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
Glad you got her out! I read your earlier comment at some point during the day and it just kept playing on my mind. This is the first chance I've had to revisit this post. Yeah that's just not right at all.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 84d
I thought what would I do. I wouldn't sleep there. I wouldn't even stay there during the day. But I would still fulfil my obligation to feed the dog. That was my advice to YL and she took it.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
Wise decision. I mean, I've had times in my life, when I was really rock bottom depressed for example, and I let the housework go shamefully. But I would always take action on insects and rodents and prevent infestation, no matter how I had to drag myself around to do it. And I would never have people in the house to see my shame or expect someone to stay there and deal with it. That's just awful. How can they not be ashamed?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
I honestly don't know. The place isn't a hovel. It's not a hoarders paradise. It was just infested with rotten food around. Very odd.
I'm no clean Jean but I don't leave food laying around to decay.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
Down at the manufacturing site at Hastings today. It has an 'emergency hq' feel with all the temporary buildings on bricks. And there's a thick book on the shelf about using office 2000
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
got the house to myself today
i may have a restful sleep in
then busy busy busy
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 84d
My thinking is Terminator 2: Judgement Day is fine for two 3 year olds to watch because it's mostly and action movie. Whereas the first Terminator is at least not the ideal first Terminator movie for two 3 year olds to watch because it is more of a horror movie
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
Tickets are open for RONE's exhibition at Chadstone. His Burnham Beeches installation blew my mind, so I'm very excited.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
beach time
Pilk@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
Been watching Jayson Gillham v Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and I'm realising I had no grasp of just how cool classical musicians in general are. They are obviously very smart -- but so principled and vocal too. Impressive.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
now time to watch a bunch of legal yt on how to prepare for another court case, this is the stuff to do before seeing the lawyers
and to have a talk with miss seagoon
don't worry, nothing serious
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
Just make sure the YT vijos relate to the correct jurisdiction. Foreign countries having their own laws and all. So very selfish of them.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
thanks, good advice
it's just about how to approach prep, data collection, how to plan, what to expect
I've only had one case before and it was in europe, I learnt a lot about how to approach a case, got to have supporting evidence to make a narrative and that ticks the boxes of the law
and there are two types of adversary, one who sticks to law, one who is a bully, this one is going to be a bully and liar
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
Annnnd cerys groomed the $200 fucking cgm right off. So we go for a new one. And they installed it on the insulin injection site
Fuck
Me
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 85d
No, I'm not recommending signing up to libre and dexcom with as many email addresses as you can possibly obtain to get free samples.... if its human ones you're using.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 84d
Oh that's already occuring ...do they not check delivery addresses? because that will be fun.
(So far one to my po box under maiden name, one to our house under married, one to his lordship's work... and we have friends who are literally settling on a new house....)
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 84d
Does it need to be refrigerated? I could try to order some and post it on
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
Nah its just a blood glucose monitor stickon. I would be very grateful, their discount "trial" is $15. Our local chemist has $125 (pets dont get NDIS).
You don't want to know what the AEC charged.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 84d
So it’s a one off? Yeah I’ll see how I go, if they let me have multiple to the same address (and whether they get pinched 😬)
Edit: Damn, terms and conditions say you can get stung full price or it gets canceled if they find out you did it multiple times. And it can retroactively alter the agreement. Maybe I can get one from each site then
Edit 2: I ordered one from Libre and denied authority to leave so it won’t get pinched. But then the post office might not tell me it’s arrived so 🤞 Another site didn’t have a trial option so I might come back to that later
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
Perfect- libre are the ones we're currently logging on. Thank you ever so much - pm me your payid or paypal or whatevs so i can pay you back. Can do the $15 now and postage later, or all in one hit, however you like
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 84d
It’s ok, don’t worry about it. You’re taking some financial hits right now
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 84d
Edit: Never mind, a sensor that comes off can’t be reattached.
Places like Vet Shed online have cohesive bandages that could protect the new one. Sometimes they wrap it over taped IV cannulas to stop the pet chewing them out. (Maybe diagonal going under one front leg to over the other shoulder if a figure 8 would put pressure on her neck.)
Also lol they recommend superglue https://www.vss.net.au/videos/application-of-a-libre-sensor.html
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 84d
Surgical glue is great - the usual vet didnt use enough, hence why she was able to groom it off. And now a nasty raw area poor baby, I gotta call them today and find out if i can get cat-friendly cream at my local chemist
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
Poor bub :(
Eagle@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
Oh well done! I don't think they do check addresses, I work in community health and we've all signed up over the years for our human clients.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 85d
now I see why cats end up in cones
she really is very lucky to have you looking after her
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 84d
Would a bodysuit prevent grooming it off while still allowing you to check it?
Props to you, I’ve done round the clock care and subdermal fluids/injection but not diabetes
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 84d
The grooming isn't so much the problem as them plonking the new one right on the nape where we make the bloody tent to inject.
She loves wearing shirts, so if grooming becomes a thing we'll just put her collection of sleeveless tees on.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 84d
I know :( If it helps at all I was varying the injection sites to spread the punctures, so would sometimes do it a little bit to the sides or lower down and it worked.
The other place or feline diabetes forums would be able to give more useful info
Edit: Ok it’s actually good to rotate injection sites and there are other ones than the scruff. If this saves you spending another $200 🤞 https://catbloomhaven.com/cat-insulin-injections/#step-3-choose--rotate-cat-insulin-injection-sites
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 84d
awesome thanks, sharing this with the hubs.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
Had a nice afternoon with Miss Seagoon. 🙂
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
Spent my dreams dancing at a music festival on a cruise ship thanks to watching EDC all weekend. I "slept" 8 hours, but feel so incredibly tired and cranky today.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 85d
not hungry today chef
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
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TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
Crumpets & honey and a cup of tea please chef.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
🥯🍯☕️
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
thanks chef! Delicious as always.
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 85d
Crispy skinned roast goose with rice and Chinese greens please
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 85d
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