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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Bugger. House is a no, I've withdrawn my application. The current tenant was there and very informative. Cooling is broken and the landlord has been refusing to fix it, heating is a bit dodgy too. Looks like they bought it 7 years ago and failed to do even the bare minimum maintenance since then.
So back to square 1 βΉοΈ
When legal requirements like heating are not functional what are the duties of a REAs?
It's an urgent repair that should have been done ASAP. The fact that it's not done, plus the fact the agent is not even on top of what type of heating and cooling are in the property, is a major red flag.
Sounds like you managed to dodge a bad one there.
Maybe you need Mr Woof to sniff out the bad ones.
I have landed in the Soup. Say what you will about this place, you gotta give kudos to Changi airport - 15 minutes from deplaning to cab. Was expecting to wait for my bags - nope, merrily halfway down the conveyor belt along with its fellow passengers. And I got to use the completely passportless lane for citizens/residents.. it's almost freakishly fast (like 2 seconds total kind of fast). A good reminder of how biometrics are harder to hack than a passport. They probably have every inch of my face mapped out.
Anyway, can't wait to have a big sumptuous dinner and then crash early. I finished the last 5% of Overstory on the plane and got all riled up about what my life has become. Then I reread Howl's Moving Castle because I had it on my Kindle. Now I feel less cynical.
Got through to bag drop with 10 minutes and 1kg to spare. Just waiting to board now... whew! I'm lucky I managed to take all these other goodies including fresh loaves from Woodfrog.
I hate these cattle class flights to the Soup, so many people who can't follow instructions and mill around in queues trying to board first even though there's a strict sequence
ee that's good timing.
Safe travels!
yes, safe travels π
Anyone living a bit more rural?
I have a bottle of wolf urine previously acquired to deal with a fox issue at the old place. I do not have a fox issue at the new place and consequently I do not need a bottle of wolf urine at new place. I do not want a bottle of wolf urine at new place, which has all its storage in the basement.
Please come take my wolf urine π
How exactly does the wolf urine get in the bottle? That would not be a fun job.
First you have to catcha the wolf
Then you have to patta the wolf
I'm not sure about the bottle part
And then you have to getta yourself to the ED.
Funnel yadda yadda yadda bottled wolf piss.
There are more foxes in urban areas than rural. There was one on top of my shed last night in fact. I do not however want a bottle of wolf urine to deal with it π€£
I am in need of a possum deterrent, but also do not want a bottle of wolf urine. The down sides of such a substance massively outweigh the possibility it might work.
Down the bellarine again.
Still have the leak that the plumber couldn't find but getting close! So have to run down the block and turn the tank water on and off after use. 1 minute showers :( Filling buckets for watering, washing clothes by hand in the sink, flushing the dunny every 2nd time.
Reminds me of stage 4 water restrictions back in the day with the millennium drought. Only difference is back then used to also bring a bucket into the shower and keep grey water from the rare use of the washing machine for plants. Those were the days.
Really makes you appreciate running water that works unlike a lot of the world.
Watch out for Bucket Back! The physios did well out of the drought.
I've been gardening this morning and lamenting over how dry it is. And it brought back my own memories of establishing the garden here during that drought and i remember standing in buckets in the shower to catch every last drop.
In case Iβm not the last person to know, three out of three medical professionals recommended Coca Cola for removing a piece of dinner lodged in my throat. It took a couple of hours, but it worked. 10/10 would recommend but also 0/10 would definitely not recommend.
Also, I discovered that Bayswater has a 24 hour urgent care clinic underneath Coles. In case you didnβt know.
That sounds horribly unpleasant, I'm glad the cola solution worked.
That urgent care clinic was the one I went to for my finger impalement. The last time I was in Bayswater that entire building didn't exist, it was all quite a surprise.
Yes, dark soft drinks often contain phosphoric acid and so can help break up bezoars or flush blockages in feeding tubes too.
I hope youβre alright now
Smiths thin & crispy chips - sour cream and chives flavour - my intellect knows that this is not a proper meal, but my stomach begs leave to differ. Maybe the glass of wine has impaired my stomach's judgment.
Almost there. Stay strong πͺ
Had another crap sleep. I'm so tired today.
Also need to make another trip to get a beanie, lost mine recently and it's going to be cold next week.
Gawd Iβm so tired already
I'm over it, all these short weeks. Knocks my pay too much and the production schedule is all out of wack.
I called the medical clinic to see if they were running on time before I made my way there. As I hate waiting around, like most people. Was told to turn up at appointment time as doctor was running in time. Only one person ahead of me apparently. 30 mins after appointment, have still not been seen. Why do I bother.
Heaps of reasons.
It turns into a cascade. They might have a patient(s) before you where the consult is more complex and needs more time. Which leads to more paperwork before the next. Your problem might be more complex and so on. Then some might overbook due to no shows (pretty common in rona times), also sometimes greed from the doctor. Sometimes poor management from the secretary.
If the cascade starts early in the day, the poor souls at the end of the day (including doc and staff)...
doctor's appointments are not organised in a way we would do ourselves
they kinda do blocks and a few people get assigned into that block of time, and then it's a first come first seen basis
so if your appointment is for 10.30 that means you are in that block, not that you will be seen at 10.30
i am really looking forward to tomorrow when i get to clean and declutter while listening to the rain but knowing melbourne there'll probably be just two drops
If anyone was thinking of popping in to Northcote Plaza this morning, don't. The Aldi carpark is closed- lots of caution tape- and the rest of the joint is bedlam. Super busy and the main carpark has a real chaotic, angry energy. There were actual fights breaking out.
I only wanted to return my overdue library books!
Park behind the library next to the housing commission - you can get in through the driveway on the left of the library/medical centre from Separation St. Pain to get in and out but unlikely to be cordoned off as on the other side of Sep St.
I'm failing to taste any chocolate from my Cadbury Crunchy Chocolate Easter Bunny. It's taken me two goes at eating his ears and all I taste is sugar. I don't think it's me.
Careful now. With 2 partial ears it might be able to still hear you. Try the feet next so it won't chase you.
But yea cadbury has gone downhill for a while now :(
Bitch, you don't need all these pants!
I've tried on about 15 so far.
dinner is done and it was a hit, these friends are nice friends.
Ted Cat was adorable as usual
now for the rest of the week concentrate on finishing unpacking and setting up my new work space
Fuck yeah long weekend!!!!
Operation de-clutter continues today. I wonder what buried treasures I'll find.
I thought of a fun idea for the trip back: girlfriend takes the train up to Shepparton, we meet her there when we get there, do the handover and the boys can take the train to Donnybrook where I'll meet up with them to finish the trip back.
They get to see mum again, ride a train, and they're not strapped down for the last leg of the ride
I had to pack A LOT into that short week, somehow it felt more stressful. Time to relax. Rushed to Dans before they closed to buy a bottle of scotch to enjoy over ice tonight.
This is a nice night.
If it rains tomorrow that'd be amazing.
Goodnight all β€οΈ
You'd think I'd have plenty of time with a flight departing at 12 noon but somehow I left things til the super last minute. Have checked in online but ETA is 20 minutes prior to bag drop closing... Thoughts and prayers that there's no crashes or bad traffic on the way π
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