Miss Meow is snoring away loudly in her tunnel tonight, so Mr Woof has taken over her bed in the corner. I think he's decided it's a good spot to look through the window and keep an eye out for marauding possums in the backyard.
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Aw he hates me so much. Look at the loathing written all over his face
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My neighbour has some sort of car alarm thing that goes off genuinely dozens of times a day. Day or night, it doesn't matter. I don't understand what the appeal is or what's causing it. Is the actual car alarm, complete with flashing lights, etc. it's been going on since before I moved in (so easily a year), mostly happens between 7-9pm, but less frequently at various times overnight
Just why
omg, the jalapenos i chopped for chilli bread are spicy 😵
@briongloid Here's a question for everyone: What's your favourite colour(s)?
I'll start: Mine are teal and purple.
Red and Purple
My favourite used to be a deep royal purple, but I'm all in on red these days.
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That part of an eggplant where it's turning from the 'aubergine' skin to the eggshell interior colour, especially if it's moist
purest blue aquamarine ( no green )
pale rose pink ( with no yellow )
Red.
Whatever weird names you want to give a bright gem blue that’s neither teal nor cerulean, and acid apple green
I don't have a favourite. I like them all except for mustard/baby poo brown.
They have changed the shape of Strepsils. I don’t recall having given permission for this.
They used to be individually wrapped and in tins
Don’t remember that. I loath individual packets but guess they’d otherwise get mixed up with Granny’s tin of acid drops
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Ooooo let me guess the shape.
Dodecagonal.
@CEOofmyhouse56 @Catfish Oooh, can I guess the shape?
I guess it's...
Shrinkflated.
The shape is shrinkflated, isn't it?
They don’t have any sort of weight measure, but my eyeballs are suspicious…
Are they like counters now? One suck and it's gone!
Kind flat ovals, like those “wine” gums. But the logo is still round. This makes no marketing sense to me.
@Catfish @CEOofmyhouse56 I can just imagine how that meeting went down...
Faceless manager: "To meet our KPIs, I worked out that we need to make our product 7% smaller. But how do we make them smaller without anyone noticing?"
Sally from operations: "We're part of a big multinational conglomerate that made millions of dollars in profit last year. We can afford to keep them the same size and keep prices where they are!"
Greg from accounting: "Not on my watch!"
Faceless manager: "And I won't meet our KPIs!"
Sally from operations: "We could just be upfront with our customers and say that we're raising our prices a little in line with inflation?"
Faceless manager: "Yeah, but then they'll notice!"
Colin the Consultant: "Let's make them a bit thinner, and make them an oval shape! That way, they're the same length, but a smaller width!"
Faceless manager: "Thank you Colin! That's why we pay you the big dollars!"
"but I think we need to discuss this more over 4 consecutive work lunches down pub. Who's in?".
Wtf. I hate this.
Movie review. Dream Scenario. Netflix.
Nick Cage plays a narcissistic arsehole who thinks the world revolves around him. More specifically, he is incredibility selfish in thought and action, never thinks of others or their point of view or suffering and he never does a single thing to help another. The internets chews him up alive and we cheer.
3 hobbits
Update: they agreed to my request (I think), but it's a 2 week waiting period until they actually change over the number. I lodged my requests yesterday, which is why I heard back so soon. It seems to be a mostly automated process, as far as I can tell. Everything's done down to the minute. The email telling me all of this came 24 hours after I submitted the request yesterday at 4:57pm, and they will call me at exactly 4:57pm on the 22nd to tell me it's been changed over (apparently).
I'm just happy they have procedures in place I guess. I have bad memories of losing accounts to lost phone numbers. I've learnt my lesson though, and will switch over to a proper TOTP app once I get back in. I'll probably buy a yubikey one day too
Update on my wallet
Found it when I got home!
Thank goodness that’s a relief!
Maybe it’s good karma if you believe in it as I returned a set of car keys to someone who dropped them before I left work.
That's great! I hope you hadn't cancelled all your cards yet
Nah. Didn’t cancel my cards. Wanted to check at home first before I did anything.
@Duenan @briongloid Yaaay! 🍾 💰
So where was it?
It was on the floor next to where I normally put my bag hidden under a cleaning cloth.
Phew!
I expected the concreters over the road to lay a fairly standard driveway for the new townhouses, but they have instead set up some quite complicated formwork to create a series of irregular charcoal coloured blocks which I assume will have a lighter coloured infil for the gaps. Should look pretty good. They needed to use a huge amount of timber to set up the formwork though, including a bunch they were happily scavenging from a neighbour's hard rubbish pile. I guess that makes it a community endeavour.
Eric Bana could have been a huge Hollywood top shelf A lister and had a huge cinematic career but chose a work/life balance and be happy.
Damn him.
I've accidentally trained someone that when she bonks me with her head she gets a treat. Good times lol
I can see how that could backfire….. drink in hand, kitty BONK…
Mine shakes hands for a treat. Sits on my desk and holds out a paw…
Bonk incoming
@Gibsonisafluffybutt @briongloid Nawww, how cute 😻
I've inadvertently trained two of our babies to chatter when I pick up a ball, and the third to run down the corridor in preparation.
Also, we inadvertently trained one of our babies to SPRINT to the kitchen as soon as the fridge door opens.
(Yes, wifey and I have three cats.)
that when she bonks me with her head she gets a treat
well you're doing better than I am.
First it was a little nibble on my arm. So this is much better