We weren’t imagining it - plague stalking the streets of melbourne Take care out there folks.
It seems my original logon still works on my work computer - whew! May retire new logon or might keep it for use at home only.
This must have been the one case of the plague I heard about a week ago.
On another note did you find out what your password is?
Nope. But I’ve clearly saved it to my work computer. Not going to argue.
oh ok, if you’ve saved it on your work comp, go into the browser options and you can see your stored passwords if that helps.
Thanks! There are large gaps in my computer savvy.
My BIL had legionnaires, it comes from breathing in dirty water mist. People who are immune compromised are especially vulnerable, otherwise healthy people need repeated exposure .
Guaranteed this outbreak is from dirty AC.
Be careful out there.
Night electric gooooooooooooooooonsinatorr
Guess who’s back
Ooooooo that fog be foggy
TW: medical things.
I’ve been helping the old man with building a medical registry for the last decade. It ended up being a really interesting project with a lot of stats (and a great bonding thing). Anyway he’s giving a talk soon so helping him out with the powerpoint stuff scanning things etc.
Last night he showed me:
spoiler
One of the first survival graphs (it was the original document) for the precursor to that sub-specialty. My jaw dropped. What it shows is how quickly things were moving at the beginning and how they were all over it in the early 50’s. No software, just a pen and typewriter.
It’s pretty cool. I’ve come across papers on JSTOR and other research that always makes me think: a) they already knew all this?! b) our whole health literacy is not great. (Like being sedentary is not good for you? Yeah, they were already writing about that in the 50s.)
Movie review. The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain. I decided to watch even tho it had hugh grant
I grew up watching all those 40s and 50s brit B &W movies, the Powell stuff, all the war stuff, the david lean, the lavendar hill mob/ealing stuff, anything and everything from rank and elstree studios. I watched The Corn is Green and that movie based on The Citadel ( about coal miners )
And none of them were as fucking twee as this.
a town full of genuinely nasty people and they made it cute
and yet there is some real pathos here, these towns really were hit hard by the tragedy of lives lost in wwi
This movie was filmed with a grant from the EU. The town where this was filmed voted leave in Brexit. Now there is no more EU money to help support backward towns in rural Britain. .
100 hobbits indeed
PS, some lovely cinematography , also big music for a little story
My second horror movie set at camp was Stage Fright starring Minnie Driver for all of 2 seconds and Meatloaf fresh from his Grand Final performance.
Set at a musical theatre camp, the killer hates musical theatre and wears a Wish version of the ghost face mask and it’s pretty obvious who it is under the mask. Motivations are nonsensical as well. But the musical parts were rather catchy.
4/10 for mine.
My new raincoat arrived today, so it won’t rain again for a good six months I reckon.
Taking one for the team I see. We thank you!
I finally found my long-lost ‘good’ umbrella, so I’m doing my bit too.
I already appreciate you - just went and stood in the sunshine for 10 minutes, sleeves up and warmth on my face. Hope your new raincoat is lovely!
I don’t deny all this optimism since Kamala got the nomination and is now leading in the polls feels good. 😊
I wonder if it will hold steady till November. I hope so. I really do.
Ever since 2016 I really don’t trust the average “normal” American to go out and actually vote. I could believe Kamala leading all the polls until the election when Trump’s goons turn out in greater numbers than ever and enough minorities/women are just somehow disenfranchised enough to not vote. I REALLY hope that doesn’t happen though
E: and I also really fear for another Jan 6
Effing terrifying if not. I’d be green in that world because surgery, and fuck that shit eight ways before Tuesday.
Mwave finally got my GPU in and sent it out. I sent a follow up email last week seeing what was happening, and they got back to me yesterday to say they’re going to refund my shipping costs (18 bucks or something like that) and they’d contact the warehouse people to ask them to send it out as a matter of priority, which they did around 1pm.
I’m still a bit disappointed that they didn’t tell me it was out of stock until after I gave them money, but shit happens, I suppose. I probably won’t order from them again if there’s an alternative, or it’s something I want quickly, but they seem genuinely apologetic and djd refund the shipping costs, so they seem alright.
They kept the service as express though, so it’s probably on a plane coming down from Sydney now, and will most likely arrive by 2pm. Hopefully anyways, because I think my current GPU is actually on its last legs, even though the only thing obviously wrong with it is the fan
I think I’m sick again today
🤧
I was soooo tempted
🎵 our home is girt by fog 🎶
Looking at the servo across the road last night was like looking at the poster for the exorcist
Then you see some methhead spider walk down the footpath with a ciggie in their mouth, and you realise it’s actually The Exorcist 1.5: Bogan Shenanigans
Carls Jr going into administration, can’t say I’m surprised, nobody needs to feel any FOMO on this one.
I thought it was ok, but it was pricey for “Ok”
Only ever had it at Brisbane Airport. Was underwhelming.
I feel the same about opporto. Only ever had it at melb airport when I was flying out to Adelaide. It sucked
Oh man don’t get me started on Oporto.
Picture it, late 1990’s. @mysticgreg is working in Sydney and living in the southern suburbs, right near one of the early Oporto stores. IT WAS GLORIOUS. Double-Bondi burgers with tender, juicy chicken fillets bigger than your head, and chilli hot enough to melt the paper they came in. Rappas so good they would launch you into another dimension.
Time moves on, I return to Victoria. Decades later I stumble upon an Oporto and think OH YES, IT HAS RETURNED TO MY LIFE. I order. I unwrap the food. I look confused. I taste it. I cry. I mourn. I leave.
It is but a shadow of its former self :(
@mysticgreg @Baku Not surprised about Carl’s Jr.
I went out of my way to try one when they first came to Australia, and underwhelmed is an understatement.
It’s basically Hungry Jack’s, but somehow worse.
I remember trying Oporto when they first opened a store in Chapel Street. A good friend of my ex-gf insisted we try a burger at this joint that’s like Nando’s but 1000x better.
Even as we were trying to find parking at midday in the side streets of South Yarra, insisted it would be totally worth it.
(This would have been around 2004-ish?)
I was dubious, but went along for the ride.
And I remember that it was actually not that bad.
And that’s not something I’ve ever felt eating their food since then.
I thought it was just me!
Definitely not just you! If I ever get my hands on a time machine one of the first places I’m heading is Brighton Le Sands Oporto in 1998!
@mysticgreg Unfortunately, they’re now owned by the same conglomerate that turned Red Rooster into a home brand KFC knockoff. And also Chicken Treat (ask your friend from Perth, they’ll tell you).
A couple of their breakfast things were passable but by no means ‘good’. Shakes were decent though RIP.
What are y’all grateful for today? Sorry it’s kinda late.
Randomly bumped into an acquaintance I met through volunteer gardening at uni and we got coffee. Didn’t get anyway to contact her, but I told her to come to volunteering next week. She quit last semester and treated it as a therapy session, but I’m sure the gardening leader who loveddddd her chattiness will be happy she’s back.
Also grateful for actually going to in-person classes today. Even though we didn’t do much and it was all intro shit, I kinda felt like achieved something just by being there and paying attention.
And the subject I failed two years ago because I didn’t submit most of the assignments. The one assignment I did submit is exactly the same, just different names and slightly different scenario. There’s the whole academic integrity thing that I need to uphold, but I can smash the assignment out in a couple of hours because the main ideas I have from last time.
Found cool citrus trees on campus behind a building with lots of fruit. And turtles. They’re hard to get a picture of because of the reflective glass, but I will be sure to take one next time I’m there.
Overall, a good day. It’s been a while since I’ve a day where mentally I felt okay! A stark contrast to the whole being sad over my ex moving on and lying in bed all day. I let it hurt, I caught myself, and am slowly getting out of this funk. I deserve to feel better, and am grateful that I’m finally realising that :)
Grateful for Mr Seagoon’s kindness and patience.
Late anti-gratitude sentiment.
My mum bought a “urine detector” torch from Temu (it’s pretty much just a low quality UV light) and our carpet is full of piss. My dog has marked pretty much everywhere and it’s gone into the carpet.
Also ‘missed’ the 8am class because I couldn’t sleep and it wasn’t a good idea to drive. Fun fact: being awake for I think 16 hours is like having your BAC at .05. Or maybe it’s 17, don’t remember.
Another reason to hate carpet.
Ate quite a bit of raw pineapple today. Tongue felt funny and tingly afterwards.
Still not very comfortable, like I burnt it.
Pineapple (raw) has a LOT of enzymes in it - which is why you can’t set raw pineapple in jelly cos the enzymes denature the proteins in the jelly. Also, its a bromeliad, and a very ‘primitive’ plant, so has evolved a lot of chemical defenses. That burning/tingling sensation also means that the pineapple wasn’t quite ripe enough. I get this reaction too, but not everyone does. Not my favorite fruit. EDIT: same thing with monstera fruits - the little black bits can seriously sting if not scraped off.
Dude… you need to mentally prep for UV light revelations!
I broke a nail. Not quite bad enough to bleed but bloody hurts!
Excuse me
Happy cake day
Oh is it? I get mixed up between accounts. Whoo 🎂
I jest (as per usual)
