Oh feck no, I’ve woken up at 6am and have a REA inspection today supposedly within a 4 hour window starting from 9am. If I try and go back to sleep now I risk being naked when they get here, so gotta power through until they’re gone. Which might not be until 1:30pm.
What a pointless waste of a day and needless stress.
Not that I would do it (too shy), but I love the idea of greeting the REA in the nude and showing them around like that. They’d be too unsettled to notice any dust or scuff marks
What? This is what I always wear at home
One year whilst my rental provider decided to sell whilst I was on a lease I genuinely told the REA that I would be naked at their proposed time.
They cancelled.
Completely true story, and I would’ve 100% been naked considering I used to enforce naked Sundays in a previous share house.
Edit: Please never be shy to be naked, you are you.
Enforced is a rather strong word. Clothing optional surely.
One bloke was allowed a sock on his knob because he also wore a gimp mask.
One guy got away with underwear because he had a good playlist.
Firefighters rescued my naked mates from an elevator.
I wish I was lying.
Buy yah, if you weren’t comfortable then obviously it was ok to be clothed. No pressure whatsoever, just people thought “fuck it”.
I could do with a cleaning gimp…
Be careful what you wish for…
Although that time he ran out after some kids were playing “knock door run” was priceless.
Pretty lights
Oooh I love that stand!
lights pretty
UFO?
I forgot to post the results of dinner last night.
I may have put way too much chicken. The pot is overflowing with sauce and chicken and the bacon I added.
I was expecting the bacon to be salty but it didn’t really come out overpowering.
Also I think the Aldi sauce I used had a lot of garlic in it but it’s back to its tasty best.
Felt like the quality had dropped over the last couple of months.
Tomorrow for the Winter Solstice Games I have lots of wood, potatoes, marshmallows and chestnuts. What else do I need or need to do? Poetry? Spells? Chanting? Nudity?
Always here to support nudity and chanting. May the long night bring you peace and excitement for days to come (I don’t know if that’s an actual thing, it just feels cool to say)
Chips?
Chips on a bonfire?
Oh didnt realise there was a bonfire. Oops!
Effigies of your enemies to toss into the fire? Arrange some stones into a henge?
I don’t have any enemies that I know of 😔
Arrange some enemies into a henge!
Oh yes please it is finally solstice we were about to remove the Sun here
I will pray for you, bacon. 🙏
Thank you.
I think you’ve got most of it right. Grog is helpful as chestnuts can be a bit dry and floury. Not that this is a problem, just a glass or three of the old nasty helps the medicine go down.
Skyclad is strickly for summer imo. Also if doing skyclad, then watch out for impertinent echidnas. They’re a bit of a menace. I think they’re in league with the fundamentalist christians.
Lots of singing helps the sun return too. So bring out your favorite playlist and have at it!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.
I just passed my Learners . It’s been a while since I’ve driven so I thought I should take the tests and lessons again.
I got two wrong but it was just being overly cautious 😬
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Yay! Congrats!
Yay!!! Go you!!! Congrats!!! 🍺
OMG that’s SO exciting, Goons!!
Congratulations on both your successful passing of the test and your cautious attitude. I wish more people on the road were like you!
Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts. 😄😘
!Congrats 🥂
that is so me 🥺
ee! well done!
Yay!!!
During my sobriety I’ve been taking something called suboxone. You could liken it to an opiate blocker, though it does have a degree of a sedative effect.
This becomes unnoticeable after a while.
2 months ago I decided to stop taking it, as it was no longer required.
And so it turns out the mild sedation was not so mild at all. I was emotionally numb to a degree that I had forgotten what either positive or negative really felt like.
It has been tough. I have no desire to return to my old life, I have no cravings. I’ve had a constant underlying headache from various parts of my body being incredibly tense since the beginning.
But coming back into the world full of feelings and a nervous system that’s been half asleep for a decade has been really, really hard. Everything feels so intense, both emotionally and physically.
I love it. But it’s hard work. I’m stuck in this “reconfiguration” stage and I think I’ve mindlessly said “man, today has been a hard day” every day for a few weeks now.
I’ve played the best music I’ve probably played in my life over the last 2 months. I feel like myself. I’m excited. But it’s a struggle. Were I not already somewhat used to dealing with stuff like this by myself, I think I would have run back to the medicine.
No one I know in real life knows about what’s happening. I just needed to get it out of my system.
Thanks for listening.
/vent
So many hugs. You’re incredibly brave and strong, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. ( and good too. )
Thank you :)
If you’ve through a lot but I’ve also had the fortitude to get through it.
You’re a good person and deserve everything that life has to offer.
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU MATE
I hope that soon you can be desensitised to all the reconfiguration stuff and that nasty constant headache fucks off
We are always listening, my dude. We’ve got your back!
It’s a great achievement to even put that into words, well done!
It’s an incredibly hard thing you’ve gone through.
We’re here for you man, always. you’re a kind soul and don’t forget that.
I feel like people don’t understand the impact medication has when it flattens everything out. Drugs may get rid of the lows, but they also shave off all the highs and that can take quite a toll on you
I’m so proud of you friend, all you have survived, your willpower and perseverance is inspiring. You’re the kindest most thoughtful person I’ve the honour of knowing. Whatever happens I know you’re going to pull through and be that much more stronger for it!
That’s really kind of you :)
I knoww. Plus he’s the best cat dad in the world .😭
Brains are amazing at recovering and reconfiguring. It will get easier. You’ve done so many hard things, and come through it. We are here for the vents any time you need it!
If your man ain’t treating you right
Come up and see ol’ Dan
I rock 'em, roll 'em all night long
I’m a sixty-minute man, oh yeah
Sixty-minute manElder is a mad keen Fallout 4 fan. I love the Radio show on that game!
It’s a great game! I keep going back to play it again, and the radio is so good!! All the songs are so funny, or boppy, the innuendos! Old timey goodness!
Bedroom light shade is up
It was in lots of flat pieces of plastic that had to be bent and attached together so it took a while, but I’m pleased with the result. I just need to get to the assembly of the bedside tables and the bedroom will be done.
That’s really pretty 😄
Just finished Expedition 33. I know I was coming to the end and I’m still… but why. Why.
I haven’t even started yet.
I cannot wait to follow along when you do! I want to know allllll of your thoughts and adventures!
😹 okay, I will take little videos and do a commentary, even if I have to learn how to do so. 😄
Omg can you pleeeease. I would love that!!
A wild ride wasn’t it?
I couldn’t put it down once I started.
I’m not ready to. I went into finale somehow hoping it wasn’t actually the finale and kept shouting NO NO NO NO NO NO
Who’s ending did you choose?
spoiler
Verso. But I’ll go back and play Maelle’s once I’ve stopped crying.
Same. My son just started playing, I gave him a hint on what to do when he gets there.
I hope your son loves it as much as so many of us!!
He’s avoided watching me, but knows enough.
So far he’s loving it.
My body is sore in a good way (from workouts), it’s a sunny Friday and I’m WFH, I had a full night’s sleep… so why am I feeling like a grump this morning? REA inspection maybe? A creaky bra that sounds like a fuckin’ old ship? Just the cold in general? Gahhhh. I think I need some chocolate. Ohhh I think I’m hungry.
You’re at home with a bra on. That’s what’s wrong. Rip it off and grab a hot cuppa.
They must be contained for the sake of humanity. Also, I need to go out and get milk for said cuppa, which requires the bra.
True and no one outside needs to see that the high beams are on.
Hey now, let’s not get ahead of ourselves here…
Have just been informed by a nurse friend that sinus rinses might cause false Covid negative tests from the nose. My body feel over test result might not have been in error. Ugh. Throat swabs in future I guess.
Or just give it an hour or two since your last rinse before you test
4th coat of paint on the 2nd bedside table finished and the brushes and stuff cleaned up
tomorrow it’s touch ups, finish lining the drawers, clean the mirror and then most of whole suite is done 😊
I’ll fix and paint the dressing chair when I come back from NZ
I am now having a much enjoyed hot milo
I think I will spend most my time on holiday in NZ reading and studying. I’ll have no cats to bug and disturb me. 🙂
No. You’ll be out there sightseeing.
Miss Seagoon has planned some trips to Auckland and to Hobbiton, but all the other time i can just spend reading and studying. 🙂
yes, there will be photos 😊
Have to second the sightseeing.
We demand piccys!
Am sick 🤢. In hindsight having to google the number of days in a year yesterday should have been a giveaway. throat feels like hell. Back to bed I guess.
Hope you feel better soon mate!
On the number of days in a year though, for the rest of our lives it’s now very easy: 20 is divisible by 4 so you can completely ignore the first two digits as 20/4 == 5, so then it’s just the next two digits to think about, so 25/4 doesn’t work without a remainder so it’s definitely 365, so 2028 will be 366, 2032 will be 366, otherwise it’ll be 365.
I have no idea if what you just said makes any sense at all or if it’s a joke
It’s legit.
Since it turned 2000 every leap year is just primary school level 4 times table. So 4, 8, 12,.16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44 etc!
So, 2096 will have 366 days, because it’s 24*4 :D
To take that one step further, it is easy to find out the day of the week next year because 365 days = 52 weeks plus one day.
That means:
2026’s June 20 is a Saturday
2027’s is Sunday.
2028 is a leap year where there is an extra day in February, so we count an extra day: 2028’s June 20 is a Tuesday.Lol, love this.
But try applying this with the now deprecated EFA calendar where the month always starts on a Monday.
I was not aware of it, and now that I am I refuse to engage with it.
I am curious to your response. Did you reply to the wrong thread?
My puny brain can’t understand either of you
it’s alright zombies will eat us first
It’s easy to learn if you know your 4 times table! I’m happy to help you!
Basically from what I said, if you take the last two digits of the year we’re in, and they’re divisible by 4 you’re in a leap year. If they’re not then it’s always 365 days, unless we as a society start accounting for the fractions.
Regarding the days of the week, they move based on predictable futures regardless of the calendar we are using. Hence the hidden joke.
Same ☹️. Seems to be going around. I coughed so much yesterday I saw sparkles. Hope both of us feel better soon
Downvoted for being sick? Ok 🤷🏻
Cheers pilgrims 🍺
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Cheers Spinny 🍺. 'Ave a good one.
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