Can’t believe the bear on a bike at Barkly Square was stolen?
Aww man I love that sculpture ☹️
The thieves used a crane!!! Seems very organised. You don’t just steal a very heavy very famous sculpture to put in your own front yard.
Professional scrap metal thieves, like the ones that steal the copper cables from railway crossings to sell.
who has a big enough pot to melt it down?
and who would buy it?
There has to be somewhere they take it to cut it into smaller anonymous pieces.
Some crooked metalworking place
Lots of these - with big machines to chop metal things up into smaller bits. Until recently there was one in Weston St in Brunswick - just near Barkly Square and next door to the Comanchero Bikie Gang headquarters. Not a coincidence I think.
Today’s the day I know for sure I need antihistamines this season 😢
I’m so itchy it’s not funny 😣
I’ve wrecked myself today as well but stress could have contributed to it.
Today’s the day I’ve ramped it up to nasal spray + tablets. And I’m still a bit concerned I could be coming down with something.
I’m gonna recreate The Slab from KFC for dinner tomorrow night for me and the kid. Soft rolls, bbq sauce, cheese sauce, popcorn chicken. Easy.
The Slab is an affront to god (that I would have tried by now if I wasn’t certain it would inflict on myself severe gastrointestinal distress).
some chocolate bikkies would be nice
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Thank you. nom nom 🙂
Ive been playing (reading?) this compilation of interactive stories. Not quite a choose your own adventure, but you make choices for the main character (it reminds me of a dungeon master narrating a DnD game and you choose what spells or how to approach a situation). It’s very compelling, I’ve finished the Wizard’s stories.
However, this shows me that amateur male writers generally do not know, or care to know, how to write a good female character. I loved the cleric woman whom the main character teams with, but no, she would not wait in a room for days/weeks while I’m cavorting in The Abyss/Hell. She is a cleric who has been in combat and has bashed goblin heads and smote nasty evil. She would not wait in that room on the off chance I would return. Ffs.
It appears most of the series’ in this collection are from a male point of view, and while I don’t mind the 80s/90s-esque style of writing (calling women pretty things, etc) as it fits the silliness of medieval fantasy heavily inspired by DnD, I do mind when women character are just treated as props.
Good night everyone.
Nice emoji choice 😺
🙂
The surf is roaring in the distance… ‘bout 1.5km away, honestly one of my favourite sounds. Then every few minutes the neighbours’ cow moos and I lose my shit. I don’t know why a random cow mooing at 1am is funny but it is. Dog barking isn’t funny, plovers squawking isn’t funny… but when the cow goes it hits different.
I must now acknowledged I have reached levels of revenge procrastination…
🤔 Wait… Maybe it’s just that I have a word for it now…
My father kept us imprisoned in the house. He would take me to and from school, and my mother to and from work.
Sometimes I would be allowed to go with him to do the weekly food shopping. That was it. The rest of the time, we were props from him to unleash his insanity onto.
As I grew older, my mother convinced him to let her take me to the doctor with her, by ourselves. She would then tell me to go visit with friends, then we would meet back up and go home together, with him none the wiser.
Sometimes my mother is in my dreams and for a split second when I wake up I have forgotten she has passed away.
What a life it has been.
Bro. thats… thats so shit. I’m glad you are free now. Cant physically hug ya so go stand in front of a mirror give yourself a big hug and pretend for me, ok?
I’m glad you made it out and are here now.
Stories like this one, make me tear up knowing there are families out there living in forced nightmares.
Wouldn’t hesitate to sue if I can. All proceeds from the suit for a parenting licensing scheme.
Both my parents were the prison wardens of my life; without hijacking your post I’ll just say I grew up in a very uncharacteristic way for someone born early 70s. All those memes where they say they rode bikes all day with their friends and had to come home before the street lights came on and mucked about building cubbies etc., I cannot at all relate to. It’s hard when you can be long out of an abusive situation and it still just randomly pops up for no reason, like you’re out of it but never really free. It took a shamefully long time into my adulthood to realise that I am an adult, and have to employ my own initiative in life. I’m glad you’re out of that situation, and I hope the random “pop up” trauma doesn’t trouble you too much 🙏🏼
I’m sorry you went through that.
I truly understand how you feel ❤️
Slept for 7 hours uninterrupted. Luxury!!
This level of sleepage is unheard of by those in my household aged between 13 and 79 lol
Had a dream that UFC was on at the MCG and I had lounge tickets, so I went and took my cat. Just carried him around with me and he was entranced because there was a parade of women wearing huge, sparkly ballgowns. The food in the lounge sucked and tbh it kind of resembled some old rich person’s house with pale pink carpets and curtains. Pretty sure I went ringside and watched a fight, but the cat wasn’t enjoyed it, so we went back up to the lounge. Cat and I went home where I found out that Lizzo was going to be playing at the AFL Grand Final alongside Katy Perry.
Better than dreaming about needing to prove myself at work, I guess!
I think I’ve overdone my stress eating.
I’ve already had about half a cup of rice but I’m about to chow down on some chips… definitely craving the carbs tonight as well.
Yummy chippies.
As ambitious as it was I wasn’t able to eat the whole lot so I have dinner for tomorrow as well.
Oooooh carbs. My old friend.
Hello carbos, my old friend,
I’ve come to gnaw on you again,
Nighttime I dream I’m consuming
Noodles, pasta, rice I’m wanting
But eventually you’ll turn to sugar from grain
And cause me pain
From diabetesand through the salted water I saw
A hundred noodles maybe more
Softly bubbling without leaking
They float around and they’re not stickingSalted strandlets coiled and headed for my maw
I do adore
The taste of pasta
😍
Edit: Moved to gardening thread
Yipes - got a phone call on my break between clients - major shit has gone down at work.
Better not say too much even semi-anonymously, but it’s time-to-join-the-union-and-get-representation shit.
I see many phone calls in my future…I got everything youse asked for and I gift wrapped them 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁. Now who’s gonna help carry everything in and put it away?
I picked up some German cotton thread. It scanned at $30. I declined.
Oh I forgot to mention their rose moscato isn’t bad. I no longer drink and it’d be too sweet now but I remember $5 used to get you some perfectly cromulent lolly water. Aldi booze is apparently good.
There’s a Halo top knockoff and from what I remember the party pies and fish fingers are solid.
The handwash from what I remember is fine and the peanut butter was too. The classic lipstick tubes were nice.
(Just some tips on what was ok in case you wanted suggestions)
I occasionally pick up the pink moscato because I love the taste profile it has and they were still around 5 dollars from memory.
youse
Please don’t
Ewes don’t like that?
No need to pluralize a word that is already plural, is all I’m saying.
You is used for singular and plural cases.
I shall consider it! 👍
Thanking u
I didn’t put an order in so I’m gonna sit there and raid your booze cupboard whilst you’re all busy.
Eeeee. Just don’t touch my Hennessey or I’ll knife ya.
me me me! 🦾🦾
I’ll give you a hand iyl. How about you do the fridge stuff and I’ll sort the pantry stuff?
Thank you.
