I’ve had my pint - in increments, because I’m ^very little^ and Siobhan thinks it’s hilarious when I ask for a full pint in one go - and arranged delicious mi goreng.

Life is good

Listening to a colleague drone on about some shit that's not relevant to my role.

It's a Teams meeting, so I'm muting and un-muting them every few minutes.

He's losing his shit.

I'm tired and cranky today. It's my daughter's graduation later. When I come home after, providing she doesn't, I'm gonna get high. 🚬

Enjoy your beers everyone! ❤️

Left my work phone at work and everything that uses two factor has decided to log me out. So I guess I'm doing even less work from home today

I have now hemmed two new pairs of pants. Miss Meow helped by confirming they were good to sleep on, an essential quality control step.

Thanks for making the thread Sane

House inspection today so the house is clean to the point of weird, but am so damn happy to go into the weekend with nothing except tidy as you go cleaning!

I’m so ready for it to be knock-off time

Ughh… I’m not feeling up to a walk but I’m so bored.

Got eaten by mosquitoes while taking the recycling to the bin. I’ve wiped off the kitchen windowsill then put the glass with the lavender cutting back. Put the disgusting sink of dishes to soak. And started a load of washing.

I need to put out fresh borax baits, change the bed and sweep the floor but don’t wanna.

I don’t even get to be baked for this

Afternoon team. GET20 for 20% off orders over $300 at Uncle Dans. At that price delivery is free too.

Was chatting at work with a colleague, who is contemplating going into business selling charcoal packages - little one-bbq ones. Completely self sufficient - kindling is included in each pack as part of the base. Pack size is 2 kg or so and the base fits into standard webers/smokers/bbqs and most fire pits. 2 packs fit nicely into a half 44 gallon drum. Looking at using mallee root charcoal or gidgee (my fab fave for charcoal cooking).

Basically is a complete package that you only need to remove the outer covering and hold a match to the base, wait for the coals to ash up and then get to cooking or whatever.

He got the idea cos a huuuge 10-15 kg chaff bag of charcoal is usually too much for just one bbq/fire pit and is hard to store cleanly for next time. Specially in an apartment. So a one use only quantity with all included that can be bought as needed rather than stored since the last bbq is the basic concept.

As test of concept (not sales) - is this the sort of thing anyone here would be interested in? Particularly if you could pick up a pack at a petrol station or supermarket or the like? Would be very interested to pass on your comments.

🍻

Friyay quiz

7/10

slow start, but I put the washing machine on, the robovac on, tidied a little, made some panettone bread mix

so tired

good night everyone, sweet dreams

extra hugs to those who aren't feeling well 😘😘😘

Can anyone recommend a sparky for Springvale area? Power is still out, United claiming faults at many premesis in the area.

off to take a bag of stuff to op shop and take some good glasses ( ray ban small frames suitable for a young person ) to the optometrist to give to charity

most optometrists will take old glasses for charity to give to third world countries, it's a very good cause, no point in knowing how to read if you need glasses

I've been doing some painting today, but not the artistic kind. I've been painting lots of weeds in the back yard with poison, focussing on the mallow in the lawn and the grass runners popping up in the garden. There were also a couple of very tiny bindi plants I spotted, but I seem to have mostly gotten rid of them for now. I should do a bit in the front yard too, but I was overheating enough just doing that much so will put it off until another day.

Smashing out work to be done by about 11 so I can enjoy the rest of the day.

Absolute slog this time of the year.

Hello Friday my old friend.

I finally got around to some long put-off sewing work and fixed some flannelette pjs. They've annoyed me for ages because the buttons all come undone and the front facings bunch up instead of sitting properly, so I've sewn the facings down and sewn the front shut so the buttons are now just decorative. Now when I pull it out of the cupboard after the weather cools down again next year I won't have to go throught the whole wear it once and remember 'oh yeah, that's why I don't wear that pair very much, I should do something about that' procedure like I have been for the last few years.

Yay. 😻

Tool programming rage .

Ah wonderful. My job provider has given my details to another recruiter who has hounded me via text to apply for a call centre job at Probe. I tried so hard to avoid applying for anything coming from Probe or Serco (terrible word of mouth reputations amongst us phone monkey), but it's done now.

I want to smack this man and his sickly faux enthusiasm

oh mY GOD AS I WAS WRITING THIS WHINGE POST PROBE SENDS ME A MESSAGE TO DO A FUCKING PHONE INTERVIEW WITH THEIR AI

AN AI!? AN AI!?

Fuck this shit

Up we get. Time for work

Spritzer made with goon in a mug, the Australian way

Edit: tonight's song (even though I don't have Becks 👀)

Becks Ice - Von Wegen Lisbeth