Extra bonus comment: "Having escaped the lion's den, Mr Lehrmann made the mistake of coming back for his hat."
Such a great way to put it. That criminal trial was not going his way. When he escaped with a mistrial, he really should have faded into obscurity. But noooooooooo, he willingly went back for more. Idiot.
To think, 5 years ago, he harbored the idea of going into politics.
He’s so full of himself, it’s amazing his head can squeeze through the courtroom doors. But I guess that’s what makes a personality for politics, probably would have risen to the top in no time. Hopefully he finally fades away never to be seen again.
Thought youse might like a little laugh. This is my iron. It's about 25 years old. It still looks brand new. It's like a kid's toy. It's the size of a tissue box. My mum bought it when I moved out of home. Her words were "You may need it one day". Today is that day.
Tip:
Don't fall for the temptation of cranking it to max heat. Reserve that for linen and pure cotton. Medium heat will work perfectly well in almost all circumstances.
On Saturday morning we woke up to the news my FIL had a mini stroke the night before. My husband got a pretty nasty text from his sister which he was about to retaliate to until I reminded him that she just buried her FIL three days ago. Then we have stabbings and shit going on overseas, protests here and I still had to hem pants for my daughter for school tomorrow. Although nothing really directly affected me I'm like "enough already". Hence the reason Comfortably Numb popped into my head last night.
Update: Just got good news that my FIL is being discharged from hospital in the next couple of hours.
I'm really glad that your FIL isn't in a very serious condition. It's a lot to have gone through in this short and insane time. One foot in front of the other
Controversial opinion, but I think the tv coverage of the Bondi incident has been too saturated. The exact same images and story over and over again without anything new to report. Yes, it’s a terrible tragedy. But wow the media latches on and just won’t let go until it’s absolutely drained every last drop of blood out of it.
did you see the footage broadcast live on Saturday arvo? I thought the presenter was about to pop a boner from the excitement of having a story. It was disgusting.
Yes! I noticed this. I think this has become much more common after the COVID era of people being glued to media for an extended period of time. The powers that be want that behaviour to continue.
I saw quite a bit on tv over the weekend and all they did was rehash and even reword sentences over and over just to extend the coverage and constantly interview people who said were guessing what happened but that the police had to complete their investigations and stuff before they could make a factual statement.
I didn't watch a lot about it but was still surprised at how gratuitous some of the images and footage were. One that surprised me was the ABC when they did an article about the response from the guy's parents and actually showed the police car outside their house.. We don't need to see where his parents live, they've done no wrong and feel awful about it all, why show everyone where they live?
I've been a bit weirded out by it too, but I'm trying to see the good side. It's a good sign that they're still going on about it, that shows that at least some people are interested, and the reason people still care about it now is that this is a pretty big thing that just doesn't really happen here. In certain other countries, shootings and similar massacres are so commonplace they're not cared about at a national level, and half the time won't receive more than a casual mention at state level,.similar to how we'd treat a car accident.
I'm high as shit on meds (I was under GA and now on Oxyvodone?) . Procedure went well. TMI but I'm high as shit: pain in the ass (pilonidal cyst) is literally gone! Yay ✨
@Baku can someone pls tag Baku as he followed up on my previous post
I haven't told anyone in my life (outside of work) that I have a small medical procedure today. I haven't told my parents because I don't want them to unnecessarily stress out and they're enjoying a holiday in Spain. It's an annoying cyst that needs draining. Hope it goes well.
I now need to fast until surgery 😩 ate 2 ✨kwossants ✨ and a protein shake. Might get some orange juice later as I can have clear liquids until 2 hours before.
"I'm high as shit on meds (I was under GA and now on Oxyvodone?) . Procedure went well. TMI but I'm high as shit: pain in the ass (pilonidal cyst) is literally gone! Yay ✨"
This was just posted about 15 or so minutes ago. They wanted someone to tag you but every time I try that it fucks up for some reason, so I did the old-fashioned copy and paste.
It's been a helluva day after a busy week - 4 loads of laundry, wrangling more car inspection logistics, dealing with more family drama, figuring out work things...
Luckily I was granted my first wfh day tomorrow so I don't need to worry about getting to work and organising lunch on top of it all. Slotted in a car inspection that feels very promising. Please cross your fingers for me that this is the one, it ticks all the boxes. I really need something before next week...
Kid is doing a lot better, but still woke up screaming bloody murder at 4am. This was after it took nearly 3.5 hours to get him down in the first place. My stomach feels a bit "meh" so i decided to forgo the coffee. Struggle street is real today.
Inspection on Thursday, so I have many chores to do before then.
My apartment is the physical manifestation of depression and untreated ADHD. I've written a list for each room and general cleaning, and will start from the back and move to the front.
Pray for me.
Edit: my big fat heavy Dyson vacuum has cracked. Wtf‽
If you can't extend its life with duct tape or get hold of a new vacuum in time it is possible to sweep carpet with a broom. It's not perfect but works surprisingly well and is better than nothing.
Freakin love the home affairs youtube ad talking about setting up Multifactor auth. I mean, Bro I'm in talks right now with Microsoft regarding best practices of conditional access MFA and the depreciation of per user MFA policies, so you might've wasted the budget on me. But its good to see someone OTHER than the banks starting to push this shit.
We've gotta get past this "I'm old. I dont GET computers" attitudes, cause if that's your take you better get off the internet and go back to a pen and paper as you're doing exactly what attackers want you to do: Bury your head in the sand under the guise of "its all too hard".
Bathroom and kitchen sinks cleaned, toilet done. Vacc'd the study and hallway. Wiped windows, benches, fridge and walls.
Tomorrow I will tackle the bedroom and living rooms and hopefully my LL won't realise I'm an actual piece of shit.
Also, can anyone confirm that lack of airflow causes mold? I found some on the fridge and windows and wonder if my lack of flyscreen is to blame? (As in I am hesitant to open doors/windows due to bugs because I don't have flyscreen at all). Weighing up whether it is worth grabbing those temp ones from Bunnings or not...
It's probably condensation from cooking. If you have a kitchen door to the outside keep it open a little during cooking and always use your range hood if you have one.
The kitchen is in the complete opposite side of the room to the windows 😭 and we do use the rangehood. I disinfected the windows and fridge and will keep an eye on it.
Nothing in the bathroom, interestingly, doesn't have windows either. But it does have two exhaust fans 🤷♀️
There is a random black cat wandering around my back yard and is currently sitting on top of my shed. I had a brief moment of fear until I confirmed Miss Meow is still safely curled up in her basket snoozing.
There's a black cat that lives on my street that walks me home when I come back late. My local bus round the corner finishes at 9pm, but there's another bus at the end of my street a 10 minute walk away that runs til midnight. 9/10 times I'm walking home, the kitty runs up behind me and walks alongside me for a few blocks then sits on the corner and watches me go home
Best photo of the kitty I've been able to get so far:
Mr P does and the rustling of plastic wrappers etc at all hours of the night makes me want to commit a crime. This morning at 3:15am it was the accidental smashing of a glass. Aargh!
I wanted to but had to head in. I think we are a bit away from it so hopefully will be fine and all over before evening trains
... Hope they can protest and it's peaceful enough. Its all been a bit crap out there lately.
Maybe that's a new concept for a dating site: people post their pets and describe their personalities and make a selection based on that. You can discover some interesting things about people by their choice of pets, the pet's name and characteristics, if and what outfits the pet is wearing etc.
Carpet moths and nests have been sprayed with cleaning solution (because bug spray is exxy and unsafe for the cat, this cleaning solution is meant to be safe though) and they seem to be carking it. I hate myself for not realising sooner - depression is a hell of an illness 😓
Edit: also located small handheld vacc so I can clean the exhaust fans in the bathroom.
I'd be interested in knowing the cat safe cleaning product that kills carpet moths pls 👀 One still flew by last night
For what I know of/use
I hate that there aren't more safe products for using around cats. There is Sundew flea control spray which I don't use as it's scented in Vanilla and Lavender, but if you're not worried about scent around the cat that costs less. It's pyrethrin free so seems safe.
Another more expensive option is the Frontline spray. That's also pyrethrin free, they say to spray it on the pet but due to cost I save it to spray in carpeted places that are harder to vacuum frequently/bugs may easily flee to and hit the more open spaces with the vacuum. These are obviously flea products but I don't think moths would like them much.
Between moths and fleas I'm still hot washing and drying all my clothes to put in bags and plastic tubs.
I find the pheromone glue traps are good too, they're catching some moths and seeing new bodies lets you know if they're still around.
Idk if it is actually safe, but it's just the cleaning powder mixed with water. Diluted. But it doesn't seem to set the cat off or make him sick.
They come in sachets and you just add to water in a squirt bottle.
I've chucked out what I could, that has moth shit on it, and sprayed the stuff I cannot wash. The stuff I can wash is going through a few hot water cycles with some detergent. Idk if that will be enough, having worked for pest control I know they're fkn hard to be rid of. But maybe this will cull them down significantly that my LL won't lose their freaking minds 😬
While the closing of psychiatric hospitals and putting people out there in the community was well meaning, I do think they went too far with it. Some folks are a danger to themselves and others and honestly probably need to be in an institution.
A lot of people you see having episodes are fucked on ice. I know this for a fact because I used to run with a lot of them.
Some want to quit and they should have access to treatment and resources to allow them to reintegrate into society.
But then there's the others. And honestly, these people are the larger percentage. They don't want to quit. They either see no issue with their lifestyle or are too dependant to even consider quitting.
It's this second cohort we need to figure out what to do with. The first lot just need government funding.
Perhaps the solution for the second group is to figure out a way to make them not get on drugs in the first place, at least not the variety that is prone to inducing psychosis. From what I know, most people who get hard into the drugs have usually had a shit start to their life. So better mental health care is probably a good option to start with. Besides that, better systems for looking after kids in care, more resources being put into rehabilitating parents who are in/have been in prison, more of an emphasis on family preservation and/or reunification are good bets.
I do think that the second group are fixable and can become their former selves again, but it's a fine line. The only option I see for them is some sort of forced intervention and rehabilitation. But obviously you can't just take people in psychosis, stick them in a prison, and wish for the best. You also can't just make them go cold turkey, so you'd need somewhere to ethically hold them (more than likely against their will), while also still providing some of whatever drug they're on, without risking an overdose or allowing any secret syphoning into other people's bodies (people pretending to shoot up but saving some to sell to other people, etc), and all of that while keeping them and their families reasonably happy, and not violating UN conventions on illegal detainment, and our human rights laws. So thats probably not happening under any democratic government
And then you'd also need a way to make sure that it isn't easily accessible to them again. Which probably means even more enforcement of drug laws, more drug dogs in public, random searches, etc, which would also piss off everybody
Tbh I don't see how it is possible to rehabilitate them in an ethical, just, and civilised way. But nonetheless, there are options. It's the sort of thing I could see working in a dictatorship, but then the problem becomes the dictators or their cronies getting paid off to look the other way
Both of them are due to Shit Life Syndrome. Honestly with everything electronically tuned to produce the biggest state of fear imaginable on top of end stage capitalism, I'm not surprised that substance escapism is rampant.
It's going to sound barbaric but I feel like this happens a lot when bad things come to light, or are realised by the masses. A couple of things that come to mind from Resi are that hugs with workers were either banned or highly discouraged depending on the placement, regardless of circumstance, and because of all the people that used to come in to work with kids just to feel like a mini dictator, pretty much any form of punishment was prohibited
The last one was kind of hard for me to swallow because I came into the system after they'd been formally banned and restricted in usage, but before the old timers had quit. So when I moved in, if you stepped out of line, there'd be consequences. Might be no drives, or an outing getting cancelled, or losing out on pocket money. But then a few years later all the hardened old timers had quit, and it felt like a free for all. The others would smash up the kitchen, not clean up their mess, go off at a worker, then go to Geelong an hour later.
obviously though...
Obviously that's not to say that punishment or consequences always have their place, but it just sort of sucked to see other people get away with stuff I'd've gotten in deep shit for. But not always getting my way did end up making me a more rounded person and less of a little shot, so I guess it helped me
The issue was that Jeff Kennett closed the institutions with the idea that there would be support in the community, and then the funding for that support later got slashed.
If I go into the office today it will be just me ... But I have pakidge due to be delivered there tomorrow. Should I WFH and risk it being early? It is currently at melb airport so I reckon it has one more stop before the truck.
Hmmm. On the tram. Lady on aisle seat sitting with crossed legs. Person 1 went across awkwardly. Person 2 just walks through, sorta like kicking her leg and then turns back to her with an annoyed face. Lady has now crossed legs again. Fascinating stuff really.
It's a classic tactic: sit at the aisle and look like a hassle to sit near. Maybe put a bag next to you. When there are free seats, this even works - people will subconsciously just go sit somewhere easier. But there comes a point where that is the only seat and someone will sit there.
Ugh! Yesterday's attack was all over the news, so I guess a copycat?
Getting kinda tired of waking up to violence every day, here and everywhere.
tw: really dark humour
Can the world just end already? Like Mother Nature is edging the apocalypse, such a tease. I still have my bets on a firey meteor, but nuclear seems to be ahead right now
I'm going to give you a URL which might ruin any plans you had for the whole day if you're anything like me: udio.com
I've been making ridiculous songs and it's in-fucking-credible how good it is. Get to know the tags you can use if you use the Custom function rather than letting it just generate its own lyrics and verses etc.
Have fun. Listen to some of the staff picks to hear what sort of things are possible. The first one I heard which blew me away was "Wow.... I Didn't Know That"
If I create anything to that calibre I'll let you know.
I'm very very glad that this sudden and weird internet outage happened this close to five. Shitty that I'm WFH when it happened though.
Anyone else's network gone down? I'm with exetel in the northern suburbs on a HFC network.
EDIT: Welp, clearly something's wrong, given I called the support number 35 ago. Was supposed to have a haircut this arvo, but guess that's not happening until the weekend
I'm in Brunswick with Aussie Broadband, and my net seems to be okay. I mean, I'm connected to wifi on my phone, so I assume the ethernet connections are okay as well. Is there any outages listed on exetels website?
The FOI dude provided me with their logic on not releasing AV locations. The crux of their argument boils down to "ambulance stations have less staff than police stations and store medication, and rather than calling 000, people may go to an ambulance station instead"
On the one hand that sounds sorta reasonable, but A. Some locations are listed publicly already, B. Ambulance stations are usually marked as ambulance stations and usually have... You guessed it.. ambulances in the vicinity. Also NSW ambulance locations are public, and I take it other states would be too
Hmm, it's not like the physical locations have giant, unsubtle signage or anything. And noisy ambulances coming in and out. The locals definitely know where the ambulance station is.
I didn't even have to go hunting for it, I just drove past it in Mallacoota and thought it looked fun. Tbh that does look really easy to rob, so I can understand their point. I mean bloody hell, they must've spent their whole security budget on that yellow sign warning you about the cameras
I have zero clue where the Ambulance substations are in WA - other than the local one in my area. So far as I know, the ambulance services here aren't even run by the government. The main service is provided by St John's Ambulance, and there are private ambulance services that do some events and patient transfers.
I assume the latter sort operate out of some industrial area depot(s) somewhere.
Yep. For some reason both WA and the NT went the private ambo route. St John's is a not for profit charity though, so I guess that makes it slightly less shit. For the most part, all the other mainland states and territories run their own Ambos, although depending on where you are there's sometimes a fair few st John's Ambos floating around as well.
Your EmergencyWA site doesn't seem to show emergency stations, at least on mobile. VicEmergency shows the location of all the emergency services
Red F for fire brigade, P for police, I'm sure you get the picture. Green F is Forest Industry Brigade/Forest Fire Management Victoria. They're an odd organisation too. They seem to mostly exist as a loose grouping of private fire engines operated by forestrys to, y'know, make sure they don't burn down, except sometimes they also have their own apparatuses and stations and staff. Unlike AV they basically are a spy agency. Damn near impossible to find anything about them or their vehicles
Griselda, from the people who brought you Narcos and Narcos Mexico.
The first series, Narcos, was from the viewpoint of the two DEA officers who hunted down Escobar. ( I read the book, these true life guys are national heroes in Colombia ) Narcos Mexico was from the point of view of the guy who created the Mexican cartel system, third series view point of local police trying to save forgotten victims and Griselda is the view point of a drug lord.
I really recommend these stories, they are violent tho. 4.5 hobbits
The Vault. It was boring. Made me really appreciate the story telling of Uncharted, which this movie unashamedly stole from. 1 hobbit
Nobody Knows I'm Here. The lead character, I just didn't care. 1 hobbit
When it comes to freedom of information requests, can I still lodge one if I only know what information I want, without knowing if a document containing that specific information exists?
For reasons, I'd like to get a list of the current Ambulance Victoria branches. I'm not entirely sure they'd have one document that neatly outlines each branch they have, so I don't really know if I can go to the ombudsman to request that, if it would involve them digging through other files and collating my requested information into one single file
Ordinarily I'd just ask their FOI office, but unfortunately their FOI office isn't very nice. They've been asked publicly at least twice, and completely ignored both FOIs, and when I emailed to ask for guidance they told me such information can not be released to the public and that's just the way it is, that's why I'll probably go to the big buddy
Yes I know it's weird but..
I don't see why an FOI request wouldn't cover this. The CFA and VicPol both have public pages listing all active stations. And you can pull all the ambo stations from VicEmergency (there's little station icons on there), that's just inconvenient and time consuming, and they're a public agency and FOIs exist for a reason and I'm stubborn
Thanks mag. It is a bit bizarre. It's on a map, some of them are on Google, but when it comes to an actual list that's not allowed, for some reason. Oh, and, the ones that have been recently upgraded are listed here
Granted, those guys seem to have given up, at least in their public pursuit. I, however, am stubborn and have experience in fighting government agencies tooth and nail over minor things. If they ignore my request, I'll just go one level higher until somebody doesn't ignore me, or I run out of levels lol
Edit: also this should be public knowledge imo, so when I get it, I'll publish it everywhere I can