Daily Discussion Thread: Fri 15 Sep 2023

Thanks for checking in on me and standing up for me re the Reddit post, pals.

Rough times over here but everyone’s alive so it can’t be that bad. Miss you! ❤️

It’s so good to see you around Lemon.
We were worried about you and have been keeping an eye on when you’d come back.
It’s a very friendly space here if you need to talk or just vent into space as well if you feel like you need to.
Anyway Welcome back!
- Thank you! That’s very sweet ❤️
Yay you're here. We've missed you. Please check in anytime. It's soooo nice here without smartarses. Yay.
- I’ve missed you guys too.
Hi Lemon! Nice to see you! 👋🏼
- Nice to see you, too!
I'm almost scared to go check reddit but it's great to see you here 🍋
- Aw thanks :)
Lemon!! 😍 so good to see you here!! 💜💜💜
- Thanks! 😄
big hugs
- Bigger hugs!
https://youtu.be/9YoAQ50BK74?si=xTdQBdy9c-YnhFqF
Hi there! I was u/Positive_Complaint over there, and I occasionally contributed but mostly lurked. Sorry people were such jerks about your post.
Nice to see you in here :)
- Thanks :)
Lemon!
- Melb!

This year just keeps giving. Got some bad news at doc today and being sent for scan on Monday. Currently panicking about cancer.

Fingers crossed it's a false alarm 🤞
Sending you best wishes and hope everything will be ok.
big hugs
💖💖💖 ugh, I hate that over thinking stuff.
🙏🙏🤞🤞

😭😭😭 just got an email from the palaeontologist guy I sponsor on patreon, he was contacted by Make a Wish who asked him if he could take a little kid on a dino dig. The kid just loves dinosaurs. He and the foundation seeded a beach area with bones and megalodon teeth and the little kid had a great time finding them all .

Must've blown that kids mind!..... Fast forward 30 years to this isn't as easy as I remember...🤣
- um, it's from Make a Wish. The little boy might not even make it to ten. 😭 But I hope he lives a long life. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 ----------->>>

- doggo found the sun

CUTE!

Garden is looking good today, I really should be doing some weeding.

Image is a magnolia with a hot pink rhododendron in front on a sunny day

Oh that is so pretty!!! 😍
- Yes apparently prior owners were keen gardeners as we have lots of well established trees.
Awesome garden, but of course my eye went straight to the dog.. very cute!
WOW, that's a magnificent display!

I was just browsing r/melbourne and came across u/lemondrop post. Maybe someone can reach out and tell her it's nicer over here.

https://reddit.com/r/melbourne/s/MNvDqEyfCQ

I hope I did the link right. Lol.

- Its full of keyboard warriors.
Yeah...I miss the opportunity to say right on lemon and post a 30 rock gif
- I miss that too! ❤️
They blocked me ages ago lol. One of many sigh
- No worries. I did it and she replied so I know it work. Sent a link and every fink. She knows we're here.
I’ll send her a message if someone hasn’t done so already.
Can’t believe how hostile they are to her in that post.
- I just did it. Yay me.
What the actual fuck? Why be an arsehole to someone offering a room? People are nuts over there, glad I left.
- Yeah I know. Cunts being cunty from the land of Cuntdom

I'm going through all my papers and I found this

And I'm keeping it. Forever.

This reminds me of an invention that a friend's dad made at a party. He cut a large pvc pipe long ways, suspended it on bricks and had a bucket at the end to collect the waste for his lemon trees. It was a homemade urinal around the side of the house.
- I went to a week long event where a few guys put handles on potted lemon trees and carried them around as personal pissoir
The romans would be jealous!
Impressive water feature!
If it ends up being El Nino I'm gonna do a similar thing with buckets and watering the garden. The budget didnt go as far as a water tank this year.

Cheers 🍻 lactators and non-lactators. 🥛

I’m not up to running around doing guerrilla gardening myself.

But how cool would it be to seed bomb abandoned lots with native wildflowers for native pollinators? ~~(Not only bees - though they’re important).~~

You can make seed bombs as clay-soil balls, soil bound with flour, dried paper pulp, or soil filled eggshells.

Legality is dubious so check beforehand if you want to do it. And don’t use anything poisonous or invasive.

Edit: Scratch that. This video is saying not to use regular wildflower mixes as some species may be invasive. The natives may be a much better choice until I look at what’s in the bee/butterfly mix

I have considered lobbing a few into my neighbour's back garden (which is basically abandoned), but I'm not sure they would get enough sun or be able to compete with the weed growth.
alyssum are generally good, coriander and dill as well.

Well Dymocks has now confirmed that the basic contact information has been stolen and published on the dark web.

That might explain the barrage of calls I’ve been getting and ignoring since Monday.

Don’t like that my date of birth is out there now with my name.

Ahhh so that's why.... Fuckin dymocks. Took a month for my order to get here and on top of it all now this.
- 😂
- Possibly but still :(
Eh, my contact information was on the dark web because of Optus and AHM.
Have you put a ban on your credit file?
- Nope. It is something I need to do?

I had to activate my new debit card. I couldn't quite do it on the phone so I called them and I failed the security questions so now I have to go into the branch so they can ID me. I've been flagged. Lol

Can't remember your first pet's name?
straight to jail.
First car?
also jail
- No. None of those. Where and when did you last use your card and for how much? Idk I can take a guess. Which I did and apparently wrong answer.
That reminds me 😬
- 🤷‍♀️ the site isn't working

That’s only if they see you in the first place and from what you described she wasn’t even looking.
- Moles have notoriously terrible eyesight.

Piedmonte's has $5 choccy mud cakes. Pray for me (and my waistline).

- Not ME doing the praying. I'm hoping some better endowed person (soul wise) will be motivated by a charitable impulse and do some praying for me.
Oh damn. You just reminded me that I have donuts hidden in the cupboard

STORM WON!!! Gotta get behind our only Melbourne NRL team, @MELBOURNE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO OR IF YOU CAN TAG A CHANNEL OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED IN LEMMY

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💜 ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ ⚡

So I'm going axe throwing tm for a bucks and it was a very confronting waiver.

I don't have a beneficiary or executor :(

I've been thinking about going to do this! I'm keen to hear how it goes
- I've been to maniax a few times, ama
executor
I read that as executioner, which given the axe reference is understandable I reckon :)
Can I have your patch of soapy leaves and 3 chillos pls.
- I hereby bequeath 3 chillo (the good ones including the ones in the freezer they're still good) and all residual coriander (which are bolting) to @just_kitten@aussie.zone
  That is my will.
  It has been said.

Eh? I planted the spinach seeds 4 days ago and they’re already sprouting. The cat grass took so much longer.

I think I sowed them too thickly as well, should have left room for more staggered plantings. Wasn’t paying attention to what I was doing. The carrots were definitely sown too thickly and will 100% need thinning once they’re up which feels like a waste of good plants.

I might just leave the spinach as is, uproot any that get ratty and reseed the empty spots. Or thin some of them for microgreens. (Might do that for the carrots too as the tops are edible.) It’s possible some will bolt when summer hits unless they’re brought inside.

I really wish I could plant pumpkins and zucchini or tomatoes but cannot take on that much garden

Spinach goes HARD.
- It really seems to respond so well
zucchini aren't much harder than cucumbers, tomatos can be pissy but go gang in hydroponics. I've grown pumpkins and watermelon in a 50cm pot up a trellis. You only get a couple of fruit, but they're whoppers
- I just wish I had the room and the physical strength.
  I do have a few small patches of soil but they’re covered in aggressive grass runners, I haven’t had the soil tested, a pet was buried there and intruder cats use it as a bathroom.
  I’d do raised beds, huge buckets or grow bags with trellises (I was eyeing off the mini pumpkins) but am trying not to set up anything that would be difficult on moving

Taking my sun prescriptions right now eating peanut butter toast and having a vanilla latte satchel while listening to a podcast.

Will have to move soon after as my long pre order is ready for pick up and I’ll get a haircut too at the same time and pick up some coffee supplies, hash browns and maybe some fruit juice?

Yaaaasssss boi! Self-care! You got this!
- First half done. Now need to motivate myself to go out and get the other stuff done!
Sounds like a great start to a solid R&R break! Please remember your prescription is to be taken once daily
- It was so nice I think I spent way more time than I was meant to.
  Have to get moving now to get my haircut and supplies.

Does anyone hate the media covering the AirBNB levy, through the "your weekend stay is going to be more expensive" angle.

How to pretend like you're speaking for the people when you're really speaking for big property.

Are we on top of the milk situation yet?

I think it would need a hint of vanilla or caramel to go with. Then yeah sure.
- I'd like a hint of hazelnut
No. I wear florals with a hint of spice.
I think so? I’d want it to be a little bit sweet though or fruity.
Yes
Yes!!!

Sitting in the company truck while our tradies do the hard work. What a lovely Friday!

Sitting having lunch? Or just absorbing everything in today?
- Twas just chilling. Did a half day, as he only had 3 jobs to do. But it was a great learning experience, will help in my role at the office definitely!

Sooooo I bought some groceries to make a fish sandwich. I nearly accidently ran over my budget doing it and almost didn’t have enough for a haircut after finding out it went up in price by a few dollars.

I however did manage to grab some juice, coffee supplies and magical hash browns. Sadly the price of the hash browns also went up slightly.

Anyway I managed to fit in my haircut and get my food so I can self help myself early though I did have to give up a pack of lollies until next week and now I’m pretty much broke until I get paid next week.

Now starts the rest and I’m well equipped to bunker down and enjoy it all!

Also the hairdresser was pretty chatty. Took an hour to have my hair cut I think and nearly went over the limit for parking! Was a very nice person though so I don’t mind that at all and we had a good chat about things in general.

I love this for you! Enjoy the rest of your day, you have well earned a rest for sure 💜💜💜

I pressed snooze, but morning run is a go.

Just a short one. Felt terrible at the start, but by the end I had a good rhythm and could've kept going for a bit I think. Doggo has shrugged it off like it was nothing.

Something funny to me is that out of the 5 weeks I took off work, traveling throughout the US and spending almost 2 weeks in Vegas.. it's the Friday night before I go back to work that I finally get drunk. At home in Melbourne. By myself.

Loved your posts btw.
- 💜 💜 💜
- So much lemonade. 😊

wimd hits hard..

Another jigsaw done. 🤗 This one of birds but strangely I did the vegetation first. Also, it only had a tiny instruction picture .

...500 pieces?
- yah, just a little one, but like i said, no picture to work from , that and I took my time
Oh wow that looks cool!
Where do you get all your wild jigsaw puzzles? How many do you have?

Decided to take NtccJnr to the beach straight grom school. Best decision. So nice here this arvo.

Just tried the tap pressure gauge.

Who wants a kilopascal I have 600 of them eee.

what a rush.

Japchae for dins to celebrate.

This weather is too nice for productive working. I'm just flapping about and staring out the window today. Going to get some sun soon.

Wahhh. Long long day out in the 'Rat using every last drop of my EQ to help smooth out a delicate family situation but it turned out good. I'm just wiped out though. Won't be able to drive back up there again until I buy a car some day but I will NOT miss the Western Highway for a second.

Highlight of the day was this VERY friendly boi. He hates kids but just showers everyone else with tender affection. I love him.

e: also I accidentally drank caffeinated tea way too late this afternoon, help

You didn’t get stuck in the traffic accident did you?
Thank goodness you managed to smooth things over with family.
Also how bad is caffeinated tea going to be with you? Is it going to keep you up all night?
- Didn't get stuck in one, haven't read about it yet... That would've been really awful.
  Caffeinated tea can definitely keep me up all night. Esp as I had my second dose of meds later than usual as well (that also can keep me up). Time for melatonin tonight I think.

Apricot Delights are so fucking good ugh

Omg. I just googled this. I know what these are. I have had these before. You could do this with dates. 💡
- DATE DELIGHTS HOLY SHIT
I love apricot delights but they are pure sugar and so spenny

- dawn run, admittedly snooze-y day, but then super active evening walk....and he still wants to play

Jack Russell sleeping through music
Because barking is hard work
- ooh those ears are up he knows
- He’s all barked out

Kmart have already started with the Halloween stuff - so I picked up a pair of ghost earrings but I'm probably gonna wear them all year round cause they are super cute (and spooky! but you can be spooky all year round) haha

Some people think spooktober started 2 weeks ago. I think I’ll wait a bit more before putting skelly & friends back in the front window
Oh no, earrings are a current obsession of mine so I got online to look, now I need to go to Kmart.
We had to buy the haunted house cat scratcher. Currently being haunted by little Pepper 🌶

Knock Knock

Who's there

Anubis

Anubis wh......

This is my next jigsaw puzzle. It's the Weighing of the Heart in the afterlife , the sins of the heart have to weigh less than a feather ( it's a totally very heavy feather 😉 )

( this is a better reference )

https://egypt-museum.com/the-weighing-of-the-heart-court-of-osiris/

You should get yourself one of these - Apologies for the Amazon link
- Looks like a good idea. 😊
Fun fact. Arabs don't call it Egypt. You'll have to google it for pronunciation. It's too hard to write it in english.
- Arabic to English translation is always a bit phonetic. It's how you end up with six Mohammeds among your mates - all spelled differently.
  It's also how a friend and her extended family ended up all with different English spelling for their surname. They came out to Australia at different times. It's the same family, but there are four surnames on Australian ID.
  I did the Google thing, and have decided that Egypt is "Mussf" in Arabic.

Time to make the monies... Someone pay me to exist already, please!

I pay you two (2!) monies to exist.
- Aww schucks! I'll remove two monies worth of work from my schedule.

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Could I get an antidote to Force's nipple exudate please.
- Since nothing was exudated, here is a bottle of vacuum 🫙
Tattoo machine milk?
- no milk today until Force provides us with some
One cappuccino please! Hold the milk, I'll have it black methinks...
- ☕️
Let me get back to you
- I patiently wait for the milk.

I have bruises near my wrist, it's sort of like just peeking above where my watch strap is (so one bruise on my hand and one on my arm) and my wrist bloody hurts. And it's not like I know what I've done to it, like I didn't have a major fall or something. I just woke up in pain.

Maybe if it still hurts next week I'll see the doc. But I'm just like ??? Why did this pain show up all of a sudden?

Don't get handcuffs that are too tight heheh
Nah I'm sorry you're in pain, defo see a doc if it persists 💜
- That wouldn't be safe sane consensual of me if they were tight ;)
  Hahaha, thank you though. Honestly, I could've just banged my hand a bit too hard
Keep an eye out if more appear and you aren’t aware of how you got them.
I’d definitely see a doctor if it continues.
- I think it's mostly just ADHD being very accident prone and the fact that my memory is shot.
what's teh frame on your bed like? if you sleep with one arm under your pillow it can get wedged in weird and wonderful places.
- No bed frame. Or at least no like headboard. Just probably ADHD's accident prone and memory being bad.

@Ceoofmyhouse56

Listened to the first episode Saturday afternoon Fever today.

It’s funny stuff. Thanks for that!

No worries 👍

My kid came home from work experience at 4pm. We ate dinner. She told me she tried out the bidets. She liked them. She said she was tired. I haven't seen her since.

She used real words, not grunts and eyerolls. That's a win. 👍
- Haha. Oh yeah she's becoming funnier as she gets older which amuses me.

Just went to preston bun buns as they were the only bunnings that had the water timers I wanted (the simple dial ones, I don't need bluetoof to talk to a tap).

And jeez that's a big bun bun. almost rivals the one in norlane.

Also got a pressure guage for the tap which I'm far too excited about.

Watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I saw it as a kid, but don’t really remember it. The movie was famous for the technological first of mixing animation with live film.

Also for having Warner Bros and Disney characters together. That was also a first. Piano battle with Daffy and Donald ducks. Parachute scene with Mickey and Bugs etc.
I don't know that could be done today. IP and branding is so much more protected these days. Licensing the leading characters may not be possible.
There's also the scene when Jessica Rabbit and Eddie get thrown from the car...and whether she was animated without underwear or not
....it's quite dark from memory isn't it?
- Not super. Got some darker bits but it’s a noir detective story mash up with comedy and nostalgic cartoon characters and classic cartoon style gags.

I ended up doing a session of low impact exercises because I ate before I remembered that I had to finish this morning's session🙆🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️. I ate ribs and they were delicious. Fat Arse Friday living up to its name in my house!

I've organised a few days off over the next couple of weeks. Partly to spend time with the Minipeelers while they're on holidays, partly because I've been working really hard lately and I feel like I need it. I've also done something shifty: I haven't told everyone what exact days I'm having off because I want a "me" day. I need a day to just do what I want. I have no idea what I'll do yet, but it'll be selfish and self indulgent. Now I'm relaxing in bed after a nice shower, which I sorely needed because hand made lasagna on a commercial scale is bloody messy and I ended up wearing two types of bolognaise sauce and looking like a criminal. Gets me some odd looks on the bus!

You must've murdered that lasanga haha
You 100% deserve a day to yourself! You have earned it and so much more! 💜💜💜

tossed in the towel on today as I had the grump. Still somehow managed to dig out another greenhouse footing trench, repair the tanks (minor leaks) and irrigatia system, and do a fuckton of washing.

Also went fucking terminator on an ants nest after the little shits invaded the house. Shoulda stuck to the compost heap, boys.

MissGod: Have you seen the iPhone 15?

Me: No

MissGod: It has Bluetooth.

Me: …………..

several hours pass

Me: oh shit! Lolol!

Dont get it?
- It’s a joke about iPhone lack of innovation and presenting essentially the same phone year after year. (As in, Bluetooth being in every phone for decades)
  Some GenZ humour I suppose but, I giggled more at the fact that I didn’t get it straight away. It’s almost surrealist.

fish finger is fish

🐠
And there are many at CBM for those near one

Tonight we're playing an old Aussie playlist of mine so

What's your favourite classic Aussie song and I'll tell you if I've played it already?

Warumpi Band,- Black fella.
- Did not play that one.
Down Under from Men at work
- I haven't played that yet but it's coming up.
Evie by Stevie Wright
Electric Blue by Icehouse
Throw your arms around me by Hunters and collectors
Island Home by Christine Anu
Thunderstruck by AC/DC
- Electric blue, nice one!
  How did I ever miss Thunderstuck? One of the best songs.
  Ok. Let’s add TNT to the list too!
- We played Evie part 1.
Friday on my mInd
- I love that one! Gotta play it loud on a Friday
- That's a good one. I normally play that but it's not on my list tonight. It is on my mp3 disk in my car though.
- Correction. We did indeed play that. I must have been out of the room.
Great southern land - icehouse
Solid rock - goanna
Sounds of then - gangajang
Streets of your town/ cattle & cane - go betweens
Everybody moves - died pretty
My pal - god
Do you see what I see - hunters & collectors
I’m stranded - the saints
Boys in town - divinyls
And of course Security - amyl and the sniffers
- We played Great Southern Land, Solid Rock, Sounds Of Then and Do You See What I See. Top songs mate.
I Hear Motion - Models
The Music Goes Round My Head - The Saints
Rock'n Roll Music - Mental As Anything
Hungry Town - Big Pig
Great Southern Land - ICEHOUSE
Weirdo Libido - Lime Spiders
- All good selections. I played Out of Mind Out of Sight by the Models. Nips Are Getting Bigger by Mental As Anything. We did play Great Southern Land by Icehouse.
I really don't know many but Reckless by Australian Crawl will always be the first thing I think of. That moment when the strings come in with the prechorus... goosebumps
- I love Australian Crawl. We played Down Hearted at the start of the day/evening/night.
Did you play Bow River by Cold Chisel? Also Midnight Oil Power and the Passion and Talking to a Stranger by Hunters and Collecters. Do-Re-Mi Man Overboard. Now you've got me thinking!
- I played Shipping Steel
Ok. I’m adding another, not my favourite in the least but I’m putting it up there just to be annoying.
Horses!
- Dear God no. Howzat by Sherbet is a good song though.
.... ... so does anyone here like Something for Kate? ....
Private Rain
...deeper album cut, River Runs Red - Midnight Oil
...banger, Belter - Powderfinger
- I like Powderfinger. Not a fan of Midnight Oil.
  You played Lemon before off the Zooropa album. One of my favourite songs off one of my favourite albums. (I am aware they are not aussies).
I love Chisel but but I'm going to throw in Masters Apprentices - Turn Up Your Radio https://youtu.be/1POR4H0gJss?si=Hgzdb4FL6Vs5jbLL
- One of the best Aussie rock songs of all time.

Omg @Seagoon_@aussie.zone the man slipped in Weezer - Africa It's better than Scuntmo's version 👍

A house I lived in in a previous life had neighbours who would gather around a piano and try to harmonize over this song. They actually got pretty good.
- Hahaha.
omg omg 😺🦁🦁🦁
- Apparently they have an album of covers I'm told.

Just in time for the footy!

I made the fish sandwich. Added 2 hash browns, lettuce , cheese and lots of tartar sauce.

Time to eat!

What an arvo. Beach sunset, quick fish&chip dinner and now kicking back cheering the Dees.

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I got a bit of planting done today, and got my potting area & indoor growing area sorted out so I'm properly ready to do more. LED grow lights are so cheap and efficient these days, it makes it feasible to raise a lot of plants indoors. I've had some herbs growing over winter, and have a couple of shelves with varying lights and a heat mat for the summer seedlings. I added a couple of fans today for air circulation and to stop too much heat building up around the lights. It can get a bit too bright because it is open shelves, so I have put a curtain around it with a forest print which cuts the light and looks quite nice. Now I just need to get the garden beds outdoors done so I have somewhere to put all the plants once they are ready.

Dinner tonight, treated myself to an Aldi feast.

That looks great. I had rice and indian spiced burgers and tabbouli. And then I made some lactose free choc custard. It was ok but it wasn't connoisseur icecream

Next move I really need to pay attention to the window situation! I'm awake stupid early because my room is hotter than outside thanks to fact the windows are north facing so the sun sits on them all day.

Yes! I viewed our current place in Summer and didn’t think about the lack of North windows. The place is an utter gloomy igloo in winter.

Morning all! I got part of the way through my exercises and looked at the time.. eeep! Gotta finish them tonight as I had to involve myself in the serious business of dressing Minipeelers as mad scientists for school. They look great! Elder has a Dr's jacket with an Einstein wig and my boss's old vespa goggles worn headband style. Miniest won the arguments about who was going to wear the Swinburne University lab coat, with fake nerd glasses and her own hair messed up. Should be a fun day.

any recommendations for a new office chair? Mine has started to just randomly let go of the recline lock giving me a heart attack every time it does it.

Could you get it Re-gassed or is the lock a different bit?
- Different bit, and AFAIK it's replace the gas cylinder rather than re-gas. A consideration for short/tall people looking for a more comfortable chair too.

Party down Lygon St tonight peeps.

Indeed. Poor Melbourne. Couldn’t buy a goal tonight.
- It was a close game.
- That's a lot of behinds.

The kinetic sculpture I bought from Temu has been installed. It looks pretty good - it's right in front of where I sit in the lounge room, and is much better to look at than the eyesore of a broken weather station that was in that position. Hopefully it lasts ok, it was pretty cheap.

I have 3 jim beam black cans in the fridge after my cleanout yesterday.. wait.. better make that 2

I'm going to need these to get through tonight's Storm finals game in 11 minutes. After last week I am scared. Hold me.

you'll be ok
- WE WONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ALSO I'M VERY TIPSY

The first grass pot looks to have some white stuff on the soil… really hoping that’s not mould.

Also I checked Central Animal Records to make sure the details were up to date and it says Melbcat isn’t registered with the council?

I’m going to have to ring them and check the details on there too. I know I registered her, it was a whole song and dance because she was adopted directly from her old owner and I’ve been paying her registration fees for years.

Mycorrhiza can be good or bad - what's the growth stage of the plant in the pot, and what medium?
- It’s cheap potting mix, the grass has sprouted and is still very tender but standing upright. About an inch and a half long. I noticed it when they were barely pushing up but hoped it was just minerals leaching and drying on the surface of the larger (bark?) pieces.
  Now there are little bits forming on the surface of the potting mix.
  I didn’t sterilise the potting mix

Anyone coming to the Referendum weekend camping orgy should probably apply for a postal vote for being "more than 8km from your electorate" that weekend. https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/vote/postal-voting.html The site hasn't been secured yet but it's looking promising.

Dunno how I feel about an orgy meanwhile the rest of Australia fucks the first nations people. God I hope I'm wrong about that, but its not looking promising.
- I am hopeful that a good proportion of people who plan on voting no for innocent reasons will start to realise they've been getting played by actual racists. It's all coming out of the woodwork this week.

Lie to Me - Mikolas Josef

This song is so damn hot, fuck I love Eurovision; so many bangers