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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Very tempted to sell some of my stoncks, and buy a 2 bedroom older walk up unit. Still have room for the CGT taxable part of the sale to go into First home super, and it's de-risking in case of a crash.
There's a tonne of them coming up for sale right now, and the mortgage + strata payments work out to be around the same as the rent.
I stupidly ordered nestle hot choc sachets from Amazon without checking the ingredients. Corn syrup dammit. Had the nestle hot choc sachets at a training centre in the city and could only find them on Amazon. Clearly not the same though.
That is disappointing. I have them supplied at work, so if you want lots of them you could try an office supply store.
Edit: I just had a quick look and Officeworks has it available online - you can get a 750g pack of the same mix if you don't want to buy 100 individual sachets!
“You hear a lot of talk about the cartels in Mexico, but the truth is that the beaches are safe and all the surfers are safe, you just have to be alert, just as you would in any other city in the world,” said Otanez, whose group took part in a “paddle out” vigil for the three slain men over the weekend."
Um no this particular area is not safe. Not even according to locals. To think otherwise is simply delusional. And this plays out statistically as well.
"In 2021, Baja California had the second highest number of homicides in Mexico, accounting for nearly one out of 10 homicides nationwide."
It's really irresponsible to encourage travel to the area.
Someone fucked around and found out. It's a tragedy, but completely avoidable by not travelling to areas known for violent cartel activity.
I was looking up herbicide and came across this product
Classy Grassy
No Viagrass?
😂
For the older lawn that needs a little bit of a lift ✊️
Switching to an Aussie name worked. I'm getting a lot of callbacks and interviews being scheduled.
It is what it is I guess.
I was looking at pasta recipes with pineapple and apparently it is a thing. It's called Hawaiian pasta. Everything that's on a Hawaiian pizza is in the pasta. Genius.
https://www.theslowroasteditalian.com/one-pot-hawaiian-pasta/
Please say you are familiar with the mighty Swineapple
No I'm not. Do tell!
Variants exist, but basically obtain and peel whole fresh pineapple. Core it. Stuff with pork fillet. Wrap entire thing in bacon. BBQ and/or smoke. Food coma.
I just gotta do this for next christmas with fam. The screams will be heard across the border. Might roll the pork fillets in hawt sauce before stuffing though, for extra shits & giggles.
Yesss!
Oh my lawd. 10/10 would eat entire thing
Perhaps Chef Bacon can turn you into one
That looks incredible, not gonna lie.
It does! I'm gonna tweak it a bit though.
The German TV show "Dark" featured a (nostalgic?) dish called Toast Hawaii. I think it's just ham and cheese on toast plus a pineapple ring.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_Hawaii
Now that I check, Wikipedia says it also had a cherry on top. Wild.
I love that show!
Hahaha. I think I need to do this. Thanks.
so you know that "add extra member" option on Netflix to add someone outside your houselhold....when you add them (and pay, and provide their email etc), do they log in via their email and my password? or do they get a login request email where they log in with their email, and then get asked to set a password....? asking for a very tech illierate sister in law living in another state....(as in not really able to forward any email on to me) - can't find this on the website
We did this for my mother in law who previously used our account. They receive an email asking them to set their own password and then log in with their own credentials, you never need to share yours.
Cool. Thanks I'll let them know.
Thank you all for the support yesterday. Reading your messages helped me feel so much better.
Yesterday one of my friends drove half an hour to go for a walk with me (which is more than bar guy would've ever done). Then we went to the shops and tried on clothes. Afterwards, we met up with a mutual friend and her friends. The friends were so nice. They gave me really nice hugs, made me punch pillows, talked to me empathetically, bought me KFC because I hadn't eaten all day, and then we drove to the beach. This experience has shown me that I can do so much better, as someone who hasn't had a good time socially.
Not getting closure in person and feeling the loss absolutely sucks. It's going to be sad for a bit. He didn't even fight for me! I had guys who I'd only been on a few dates with wanting to talk it out and try to problem solve. I should've left months ago at my first sign of doubt. But there's nothing I can do now. Now I know that I need to listen to what my body is telling me, because maybe it isn't all that shit. I shouldn't have to cry 30+ times just in a month because that is not normal (yep I have a crying tally whoops).
I also feel fucking relieved. Good riddance. I don't have to beg for someone to show up for me anymore.
COVID nightmares are wild
Response to Seagoon: I bought codral, not Sudafed, so that's prolly why my nose is swollen. I should have bought Sudafed, or spoken to a chemist for the good shit (codeine)
Feeling depressed. The cold and dark sucks. Cost of living sucks. Need a holiday but can’t afford one. Going to take a week off work in a few months but it’s not the same as going somewhere and getting away from it all. Pet boarding would cost heaps so even cheap isn’t on the cards. Health is shite also (cfs etc) which makes it hard to plan and do stuff.
Tax cuts sounded great til I got a land tax bill that had doubled because it’s how Dan andrew’s is paying back the Covid payout debts. (It had a nice letter with it to explain that). And I know there’s people who are in very very shit circumstances compared to me, so self compassion isn’t a thing.
If you got a land tax bill for the one property that you reside in (owner occupier/ppr), call the State Revenue Office and they can have it removed. You may need to provide proof it is the only property you own, and that you live in permanently, but they will explain that.
I used to work for the State Revenue Office of Victoria, specifically collecting and investigating land tax and payroll tax. Please contact them if this tax bill is for your PPR!
Edit: my ex-coworkers, the people on the phones, are so lovely as well. They're used to senseless abuse, so if you're polite they will love you!
I moved in with fiancé so it’s subject to land tax now, it’s the only house I own. Relationship is a bit dicey atm, sadly. Can see why women get divorced around age 40-50.
Isn't PPR exempt from land tax?
6.15am, sleepy wife in passenger seat.
Halfway through a left turn, the guy behind me honks.
So as a petty revenge, I did 40 in a 50 zone. Guy behind flashes headlights.
Eventually the guy overtook us. My wife and I looked at the guy. Staring back at us was a possibly 19 year old green P Asian male in command of an MG HS.
