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[โ€“] 13 points 7 months ago (5 children)

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.

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    [โ€“] 9 points 7 months ago (1 child)
  • [โ€“] 8 points 7 months ago

    Almost enough ladders, gutters and downpipes for today. One more thing to do.

    Not a chore if there's a view

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (19 children)

    Interest in a games specific catch up? My place doesn't do big groups well, but things that by nature spilt into 3or4...

    card and video game boxes

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)
  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You know where, we need a when

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    Pass from me. Not that I don't like a good meet up, but games as such are a bit beyond me.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Poo. Some other time ๐Ÿ˜บ

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    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).

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    Briggs rings a distant bell. Shall look up.

    Warning: Lumley gets into tentacle rape territory Very not sexy vampires.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    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!

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Everything sounds grand except the rice. I've always found frozen rice to have a weird unpleasant texture. Have you a trick?

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    This pit in my gut,
    Like carrying a thousand kilos of air;
    Unbearably heavy but nothing is there.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Cleaning rambles

    Cleaning out the fridge. Threw out old dried up bottles of girlieโ€™s medication, the homemade broth she didnโ€™t finish and kitten formula she didnโ€™t wantโ€ฆ 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 didnโ€™t like anymore can go. :(

    Old bags of flour. Bin. Cordial I wonโ€™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 wouldnโ€™t be accepted by a shelterโ€ฆ 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 doesnโ€™t clean some things well but Iโ€™m not up to hand washing everything. It doesnโ€™t rinse very well either. I used a utensil without rinsing it extra under the tap and the soap residue burnt my tongue.

    Then Iโ€™m going to have to wipe this fridge out and give away stuff from the freezer.

    Mood https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3dUV5C5X5L8

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)
  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    So ready for the clocks to change

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago

    Major errand for the day complete.

    I have achieved new shoes

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago

    had more sleep ๐Ÿ‘ 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 ๐Ÿ˜Š

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    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?

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    I was going to suggest trying salt with an anticaking additive but the Coles iodised salts already seem to have it.

    Havenโ€™t seen the guns in personโ€ฆ 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 doesnโ€™t address your particular problem https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NsFzz5kjFpU

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)
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    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.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Saw PHM last night. Iโ€™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!

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

    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

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Be careful carrying one around outside the house because they may fall under imitation firearm

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    it's ok, in oz pretty much noone thinks of guns

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago

    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

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago

    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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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago

    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

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago

    10 drops of rain and now it's sunny again

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
    ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I forget how to spell it right now, cowboy eggs please, hot

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