There has been an upgrade which has caused some glitches, particularly around logging in. Although most people seem to have had trouble logging in in the first place. Maybe try logging out, clearing your cookies and logging in again? (make sure you know your password and can log in again first if you are relying on it being saved in the browser)
The Adelaide community is pretty dead there, I wonder how often non-melbournians post here?
In other news, just did some shopping for the newest once removed cousins (thank you google, I could never understand family relationships), and I think purchasing those glow in the dark stars at Big W was a great idea. We'll see how it goes once I give it to their parents.
Suggestion for the stars... Print out the night sky for the month/year the kid/s were/was born. Then the parent can do it on the roof of the kids bedroom. I did that with kidcalhoon1, she loves it. never did get round to it with kidcalhoon2 though 😬
Great suggestion, maybe this can be for a slightly older age, maybe 4+? I can definitely imagine being immersed in my room with the constellations that were visible on my birthday.
The star's would have to be smaller to provide a bit more fidelity - the ones I got were the assorted pack of various sizes and colors.
Welcome! We will vote you in as an honorary Melburnian if you can answer the one truly important question - How do you like your coffee? Choose from Espresso/Long Black/Short Black/Latte/Mocha/Skinny/Almond/Soy/shot of **** syrup/basic cappucino/Flat white/Macchiato/Sugar/Agave/Honey/Stevia/No cal sweetener/Iced/Organic/Vegan/Single Origin Roast. No more than 6 adjectives allowed per cup.
2 spoons instant, 1 spoon sugar, little hot water, and the rest milk. (Basically coffee flavoured milk)
I usually don't buy barista coffee very often due to me being a cheapskate but when I do it'll be a mocha if I suspect they use good quality cocoa, or the good ol flat white. No syrup / flavourings. May use a sachet of their sugar if I'm feeling sweet toothed or to round off the bitterness.
Been taking out my anger and stress and anxiety by gardening. I appear to have killed my whipper snipper. Burned out it’s motor in long grass I think. Fresh battery and nothing happens when I press the trigger.
It's been a bit of a fruitful day today - summer fruits time has started in earnest, and the food cupboard was bountiful. I got 8 punnets of starting to go mouldy strawberries, and once I removed the dodgy pieces I have about 3 punnets worth of useable fruit (mostly cut up and in the freezer for a future jam). I've also got lots of bruised peaches & nectarines, along with a few apricots and plums (also in the freezer, after the bruised sections removed and the good bits cut up).
I also harvested the final cherries from my tree - they are cooking cherries, so not as sweet as good eating cherries. I have already bottled a few jars for the cupboard this year, so I'll freeze the rest for jam & to go in overnight oats and suchlike.
I managed to make enough jam from discarded fruit last year to supply myself all year, give a few jars as gifts, plus donate half a dozen jars and some coconut jam slice back to the food cupboard. Hopefully I can do the same again this year 🙂
*Mufasa Yawn* ok I'm up. Friggin smoke detector maintenance guy is coming "between 7:30am and 9:30am" so I - the idiot who hasn't learned after all these years - was up and showered before 7:30am knowing full well that he'll turn up at 9:28am.
There's some youngsters singing karaoke (maybe in the park). I don't recognise the songs and they sound terrible and possibly drunk. I should get dressed and go over there and show them how it's done. That'll scare them home.
I've just been to the dentist and had a filling done. My mouth is still numb, my smie lop-sided and my teeth feel like weird imposter teeth. I have a couple more fillings scheduled for next year, and a broken tooth that is being referred to a specialist for removal, so I'm sure that one's going to be great fun to have removed (and pricey as well, no doubt). Agh, teeth.
At least it is a lovely day & the walk there and back was really quite pleasant.
I don't know what Coles do to their Coles branded baked beans but I've been having the worst indigestion I've had in as long as I can remember. Will not be revisiting. Do not recommend. Not fun for the whole family. Two thumbs down.
I have always been suspicious of any coffee that can be stored at room temperature. "Here, this might be fresh. Or it might be from 2017. Who can say?"
Unpopular opinion. The people who decorate the entire outside of their house with Christmas lights freak me out a little.
I should clarify. The whole lot freaks me out. From the "we've been planning this since October", shopping for the lights, stapling of lights using a ladder, the electricity bill, torrential rain, animals pissing and shitting, the storage when not in use, I love Christmas so much and then covering every surface with flashing lights.
My neighbours have a beautifully curated display, I get the impression that the lady pretty much has Christmas as a personality trait. A different themed tee every day of the week, antlers on the car, lights all perfectly placed. My boyfriend decided he wanted to do lights, but ours looks like we sort of threw them at the house and lit them where they landed. I like our method. But I also like seeing hers, just not sure I could do that level of planning.
I LOVE Christmas lights. Mine have been up since October. But there is deffo a line. I've got like, 4 sets up. But it barely overs 1/8th of my front yard. its just in some trees and along the roofline. But i totally agree there is such a thing as going too far. I don't like the inflatable things or the non-light decorations.
I like the ones where someone has decorated their front yard tree. That looks pretty cool but the ones that have covered the whole house in flashing lights, unless it's sync to rock music, are just an eye sore.
I like the inflatables but if there's also lights and my neighbours left them on at night then I would be aiming darts at the giant jolly Santa.
I was reading the other about how Christmas lights are actually pretty bad for birds/insects etc because it messes with the light that they use for hunting/sleeping etc.
big downsides to those is requiring internet connectivity to the point you struggle to get basic dumb functionality. I do not have a large enough fuck off for that shit