Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD 3000): min - 23°C, max - 39°C. 25% chance of at least 1mm rain
Temperature peak expected by 4pm. Cool change expected by 11pm
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Gypsy has come for a visit. The cats are unimpressed.
Pats for Gypsy’s soft head.
Gypsy is beautiful 😍
What a sweetheart!! I wanna cuddle her!
Not a good day to be fluffy :(
This fluffy boy reckons it’s a perfect day for lap snuggles. Not sure I agree but he’s hard to say no to.
Gibson’s ancestor were peak predators of the saharas. They can handle a little heat don’t worry
I think i need to remind her lol
My ginger fluff is melting but in front of the air con, but the black one is outside (in the run) basking in the hot sun, comes inside to cool off then goes back out. Black cats are weird.
Mine seems to hate being in front of fans. He’ll avoid the air flow of one. Weird little guy.
This is from Bing’s front page.
hrmm I’m gonna let someone else try that first.
You’re dead so you don’t notice the rust?
it is technically correct
Christmas day report.
Some of you may remember me writing about my BIL who is a hoarder and for whom we spent a lot of energy and time cleaning up his house and yard. Weeks of horrible disgusting dirty work.
He does not have much furniture, nearly all that he has he inherited from his dad, just like he inherited the house. And he does need to replace his kitchen and bathroom .
So I organised a nice big gift card from ikea to him as a present. Just to get him looking at the website or in the actual store as well as getting something that could make his life better.
He opened the present. He was furious.
It seems to me he was counting on cash so that in our usual cash gift exchange he would come out even. Take into account he doesn’t make any meaningful contribution to xmas dinners or any fam celebration, he usually comes out ahead.
I had no idea he was that much of an unredeemed Scrooge.
just like he inherited the house
ooh.
Similar thing happened to mum. Boys got the farm (big farm) she got nothing. Her mum made sure her daughter got her little place in WA and completely wrote her sons out of the will. Still tense after all these decades. Different times sure but still rough.
Anyway tell your BIL that he’s being silly and should be grateful.
should be grateful.
that would never occur to him
Well he just got uninvited next year then didn’t he.
Characters like this in my so-called family are the reason why I don’t talk to half of them anymore. They are just either takers, enablers or ignorant. I washed my hands of them and now only connect with the people who are worth it, and I’m much happier. Christmases are sooo much better now!
What would he have wanted that cash for? That’s so silly!
he likes money in his bank account
Does he have a pokies habit?
No.
Ted is enjoying this warm weather by snoozing on the terrace. I am happy he feels comfy and safe enough to snooze outside. 🙂
He looks happy. He’s probably mad about the diet but I can’t imagine how much his life has improved and how much better he probably feels
So fluffy 🥰
Everyone remember to layer up, put the heater on, and have plenty of hot drinks at hand. We’ll get through this one
No. It’s the real aussie Christmas today. You have permission to sink beer and watch the cricket in the nude.
Ideally in a kiddie pool
instructions unclear. The hot drinks are layered up, the hand is on the heater.
Done and done.
Tech support for p’s on boxing day :(
The speed at which that generation will throw up their hands and say it’s all too hard never ceases to amaze me.
I had it at the inlaws yesterday, only he changed his Admin password from what I set it to and doesn’t know what it is. I didn’t have a USB on me that can boot to a live Linux image and hack that.
So I’ll need to go back in a day or two. 😭
Christmas day report 2.
That cousin who totes disrespected me last week. 🙄
Started talking about all of us going on holiday with him to Ireland.
This is after he said the bus tour operator on his last holiday was boring and would point out the most boring things, like ancient ruins of monasteries
and I said I’d be “Stop the bus!” and would be excited to see the ruins of the places where monks worked to save western civilisation after the fall of Rome.
To him the tour would be seeing places where some of his ancestors ( the men ) came from . I truly would not have enough eyes to roll.
Talking with him yesterday was a good exercise on how a very average sexist copes with talking to a woman who is not cowed by him and is way smarter and knows stuff better ( not perfect, just better ) The copium was spread thick.
“That’s just your opinion.”
changes subject
starts to get passive aggressive
appeals to other people
That sounds like the conversation was NEVER about Ireland, monasteries, tour operators or ancestors. It was about dominating the conversation. And you didn’t roll over and let him. Go you!
This is true.
Happy Boxing Day everyone!!
A general reminder to you all: Do not set things on fire today.
I don’t want to set the world on fiiiiirreee
I just want to start
A flame in your heartThat’s still a fire! Coppers are on their way to arrest you
Actually I think that’s ok, it’s only fires in the open air that are prohibited. So as long as you don’t rip the heart out and set it on fire outside it does not break the fire regulations.
Fire expert to the rescue
Oh no the po-po! Those wannabe gangsters won’t take me alive!
Get yourself a suit of armour! You can take em’
Fingers crossed everybody heeds that and you have a nice peaceful day.
Anyone interested in doing the Hobart to Hobart with me next year? We just float around on a boat in Hobart and sink some piss. If asked we claim we finished really early.
Sounds safer than Hobart Sydney …lol
Sure. Are you supplying the boat coz I don’t have that kinda dough, Mr Moneybags?
“This boat? Stolen?! Nah mate we just found it out here”
I know nuffin. I’m here for the free booze.
Having experienced a really terrible harbour cruise in Hobart many years ago I am very reluctant to step foot on a boat there again. Actually, I’ve had a terrible cruise experience on Sydney Harbour too. I think I’ll stay on dry land.
The wind is really picking up out there.
I just got out of the pool cause the wind was genuinely making it not just cool, but actually cold
It’s gross out there and the sun is starting to poke through too.
I had the windows open driving home, it was like a hair dryer was going off in my car.
Hahaha. A free blow dry.
Work is over for the day & I finally have two days to myself, yay! Time to start catching up on all the cleaning and gardening I need to do…
Christmas is nice, but it is a bit hard to fit everything in when you don’t have any time off and I have fallen a bit behind on a few of those not completely vital chores.
Ended up leaving Melbourne at 10am (after doubling back realising I’d left my wallet and hat at home). Made pretty decent time just pedal to the metal to Albury now another longer break just past Yass. Just 1.5 hrs more after this. Caught up with the fire news and it looks farked. So many people love Halls Gap though I have every confidence it will come back even if it gets hit really hard this time
safe driving 😘😘😘
I hope you keep safe and you’re nowhere near those fires.
I don’t know exactly what’s going on but a massive wind change out there is causing havoc with it.
No thankfully complete opposite direction, past Canberra now. Still been a hot day of driving though. Car said temp outside was 37 most of the way through. Will be getting the cool change a day later than Melbourne where I’m going, it won’t be as hot a night as yesterday though. I am glad I slept in a bit without driving while exhausted, some real clowns on the road
Best thing about today: hot cross buns go on sale
Fuck I could so go for a warm chocolate hot cross bun today 🤤
But bloody bugger you for reminding me they exist, because I’m gonna be craving them all day now!
I’m going to regret just finishing off a coffee.
I plan on watching the test cricket and doing the washing to take advantage of the weather.
Lazy day all round and I hope the cricket is good.
