So now that Costco is moving can they also take down that fucking wheel? It was a stupid place to put it and it should never have been built in the first place.
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Welp I just finished the end of the Dark Tower series (on audiobook). The final book kinda felt like a rushed mess to tidy up all of the stories and characters. It even managed to shove some new characters into the story out of nowhere really late in the piece. I also felt like the "big bad" was a big letdown.
Stephen King remains a pervy weirdo too.. never missing a chance to talk about his female character's breasts throughout the entire series. I'm not sure there was a single female character of whom he didn't describe or refer to their breasts at least once. It was pretty jarring and me feel odd whenever he'd do it for seemingly no reason.
Anywho, now I need to figure out if I want to jump off the King train and discover something new, or check out another level of the tower in another King book. Before I read the Dark Tower I read The Shining which I enjoyed so I could check out Doctor Sleep except I stupidly read the plot for that back before I started to get into the books. I attempted The Stand but I lost interest as I already knew the story pretty well from the TV show and my reading of wiki pages when the TV show came out. Was considering It.. I've never seen any of the It movies but I do know a little bit about the story there. Maybe I should skip to something without a TV/movie adaption so I can be more surprised. There's a whole world of books to discover, I just need to find what gets me hooked.
If you're still in the thriller/mystery/sci-fi train, try Annihilation.
Nice thanks! That does seem like the sort of thing I'm after!
I spent way too long playing around with Melbourne prompts on Stable Diffusion for a WhatsApp group image. Of course face masks came up relatively often.
Ok, so inflationβs too high and then interest rates go up to curb spending, and now spending slows and the economists are complaining we are not spending enough. I believe the translation is: the rich people wanted to keep wages low because more profit, but also please keep buying stuff from us because more profit. Is that it?
People are so disproportionately angry at the little shit responsible for the milk incident. They're baying for blood.
I wonder why this has hit such a nerve.
Theres a certain sense of entertainment now at watching him suffer. I have very little empathy for the little shit, but also it does feel like a Two Minutes Hate. All the pent up frustration from recent stressors, resentment towards the entitled and wealthy
yeah, the papers are pushing the private school/elite/capitalist angle for clicks
Iβm in the heβs a little shit camp. The cherry on top was when he whinged that people had identified him to his school, and therefore there might be consequences for him. He complaint was βhow could you do this to a minorβ. What a turd. And I bet his parents are entitled turds too.
Because it's all fun and dandy to prank your friends or act the clown and record it but don't involve innocent people in your stupidity.
I think itβs the intersection of obnoxious teenager, elite private school, and TikTok prankster. Itβs a uniquely irritating combo where any one factor makes people want the person to be punished, but all three together incite particular rage.
I made a turtle from imitation Lego.
My back is sore, my eyes are blurry and I have no thumb nails left but I have a cute little turtle π’
You need to invest into one of those Lego tools that helps you pull apart pieces.
Nearly tore my own nails without that little tool to help when I was doing it at work.
I might have to invest in one of those.
defo cute πΈ
Oh my god. I thought it was Tuesday today.
Ever since I got home and came back from work I was trying to work out why my petrol was so low and what I was going to do.
Suddenly got confused at seeing the dates of tucker time and this thread and only clicked that itβs Wednesday.
Iβm so out of it!
Surreal moment today: me, a blondeish woman of a certain age in a Volvo V70 wagon, blasting Counting Bodies Like Sheep through its (excellent) stereo. π
Looks like Sunday forecast has already been adjusted downwards to 35 degrees. By Saturday wouldn't be surprised if it went down to 30.
Hospital parking fees π€¬
Nobody is going there for fun.
Its absolutely digusting, have always said it should be illegal to charge for parking at hospitals. At the very least free short term parking should be made available for urgent visits.
My dad at the height of his illness drove himself to hospital and parked in the hospitals parking facilities, and I couldn't get on a flight for two days and had no one in that area to help me. So I had to pay an insane parking fee, which made everything so much more stressful for me financially while I was in the middle of grieving for my dying dad.
Yeah, it adds another layer of complication and stress at a time when you already may have a million things on your mind. Maybe it's to stop just anyone parking there and occupying needed space but it could also be predatory
https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/hospitals-ordered-develop-fairer-car-parking-policies
Normally if you get a note from the hospital proving it's an emergency the council will wave it.
That's good to know
Bloody agree with you and a lot of people who need it are often suffering from paying other hospital related fees that got their relatives or relations there in the first place.
And May well be in the sort of urgency that does not allow for sorting out change or downloading an app.
I've had a productive morning - a trip to the op shop with a car full of donations, and then steam cleaning the carpet. I think I might rest on my laurels and slack off for the afternoon.
Teens will eat through your wallet like a moth. A little bit at a time and then it's all gone.
Doing some online shopping at Mid ass hoes πNeed better shoes for walking and Mid Ass have nice wide fittings
Whatever you choose get insoles. Doesn't even have to be expensive ones.
Also the most comfortable shoes I've ever had were Skechers.
This shop has excellent walking (and other) shoes for weird feet. mclaughlancomfortshoes.com.au Strong recommend if you 'difficult' feet or like me have wide small feet that are different sizes as they'll split pairs. Store is in the WORST shopping mall in Melbourne - Bell St Mall but Bell St buses do go past and the 250 bus on Rathdowne goes right by the Mall on its way to La Trobe Uni. No online sales unfortunately. Best substitute for Angels Shoes I've yet discovered. I wept when Angels shut down.
Just wanted to say thanks for the recommendation, I finally went there this week and was very pleased I did.
thanks for the recommendation, that's so easy to get to for me and sounds great π
One of Melb's unsung jewels I reckon. Needs to be kept in business permanently.
How can a nice wide ass be mid? Or are you capping?
Mid ass hoes? π€£ Midas Shoes. LOL Iβll never be able to read it properly again.
Wait untill you realise Platypus Shoes reads as platy puss hoes
jfc there is not a single fucking braincell left at M$.
Fire up laptop for work, start of the work day IMMEDIATELY greeted with an UPGRADE TO WIN 11!! screen.
Can't alt tab out of it, can't even bring up goddamn taskmgr to kill it, the only way to get rid of it so I can start my fucking work day is either "UPGRADE NOW!" or "DECLINE UPGRADE"
shit like this is why I'm cutting the workplace over to mint.
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