Just drove back into the city and there are some absolute tossbags out on the road tonight. Also, why do so many dickholes drive Audis?
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Had some dicksmack nearly hit me on the ring road today...they were driving an Audi hatchback. Zoomed past me and 5 minutes later were behind me again somehow
I maintained my speed and didn't change lanes
Child riding around at night in dark clothes with no lights on the wrong side of the road. I ask myself, where are the parents?
High, drunk or both is my guess
I've been avoiding the news but saw something awful just now. What's going on in Gaza is sickening. This shit has to be war crimes.
Itβs awful. Netanyahu is 74. My feeling is that he isnβt bothered by the concept of war crimes. He wants to wipe hamas and as many Palestinians as he can off the face of the earth, and be seen as a hero and martyr. Heβs not doing this alone either. The current politics make it seem unlikely that war crimes will ever be perused though. The world is a depressing place sometimes. I donβt know what to say except avoid the news, or if you do look, then know itβs gonna be shitty. Iβm enormously grateful I live in a country like Australia.
I saw about Hind Rajab. (TW child death)
This entire thing is fucked
nothing but suffering , death and destruction for the Gazan people. hamas leaders are still living in luxury in Qatar. Hamas terrorists are being captured and taken prisoner.
and it could end tomorrow, to save the Gazan people all hamas has to do is release the 100 hostages, stop bombing Israel and surrender
At the risk of being considered a spammer...
Now listening to this - DMB - Tiny Desk Concert
As a (very) amateur guitarist, Dave Matthews blows my mind with his hand positions.
And to further the Tiny Desk plug.... There's a fantastic one from the Cranberries too.
I seem to have misplaced my debit card. Searched high and low and can't find it at the place I'm housesitting, my own place, or the route I walked to the shops earlier today (the endpoint at which I realised I was sans card). Nobody's used it in the past 6 hours either.
Found out I could put a temporary lock on the card and I'll try looking again tomorrow. I really don't want to get a card replacement, so many things I'll need to change π«€
Normally I would feel panicked or frustrated but I still feel numb (not necessarily comfortably).
I do have a mysterious craving for salmon and pizza that's come out of nowhere though. None of the pizza places here in Preston seem to do in house delivery :( not having a car sucks like that. Old Kodak it is. And just a marinara pizza with garlic bread.
Further edit - try Plain Jane's Pizza in Miller St Preston - they will deliver.
Check your wallet - it might have been put into a slot that's already occupied by another card, only behind it not in front. I've done this more times than I can count.
It's definitely not in my wallet because the last place it was at was in a slot on my phone's flip cover. Stupid, stupid place to put it because it has fallen out from there before...
Are you near High st? Takeaway Pizza is excellent (not sure if they deliver though)
I loooove their pizzas and would've gone for that but no delivery sadly. Not that I could see on their website. True to their name
Anyone here old enough to remember when Rage would debut a new "unplugged" show?... I used to tape them, both on the VCR and cassette for my Walkman. Currently listening to STP Unplugged - I remember thinking Scott Weiland was so classy sipping that huge glass of red through the set, in hindsight it was probably like 3/4 of a bottle in that glass.
Edit - thinking about it, I had a DiscMan at that point but no way to burn cds. Hence the Walkman - with the auto reverse magic.
Instant Pot Bol sauce on so I have something easy to reheat and put with salad for next few days. Plus I have chopped back the monstera and am now feeling very guilty. She was magnificent but was sprawling everywhere. Now I can get her growing upwards with a moss pole and can get back use of that part of the balcony.
So, with instant pot recipes for pressure cooking, what do you do with the cooking time if you want to say, double the recipe?
I am still learning but basically it depends more on the density. I have a small 3L one and I cook mince sauces for the same amount of time as in the 6L. or say one chicken breast is the same time as two. But a chopped up chicken breast is less time then a whole one
Someone in the street has a very noisy car exhaust. He revs it. He idles it. Turns it off. Starts it again. Revs it, idles it, turns it off. Repeat throughout the day. When he does take off it backfires repeatedly down the street. I hope it blows up.
Jam a potato onto the exhaust pipe. He won't be able to start the engine. It may take him some time to think of checking the exhaust as its a long way from the engine. Does no damage and gets the point across.
I have a 'mechanic' neighbour. That's his way of tuning cars.
Oh that would shit me up the wall. I think this dude's a visitor. To find out I would have to climb on the step ladder and look over the fence and that's too much effort for me to care. I just want the motor to die.
It gets a bit much sometimes. He does it less now thankfully.
I taken to pointing at them as they drive past and making the "I'm wanking" gesture with my other hand.
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I want them, specifically them, to know my thoughts on the matter. I do it to Harleys and other bikes with loud pipes too. Noisy fucks.
It was time to upgrade the Xbox One, so I took the Nintendo switches (which haven't been used as much as we all thought they would be) plus games and traded them in for a new series X. Ended up costing me $126 with the traded stuff, so I'm pretty chuffed about that. Not as chuffed as the Elder will be on his birthday when he gets it! The switches were just not as enjoyable to use as the 3DS was.
I'm the opposite. I gave the kids a switch for Christmas, and ended up buying a second hand switch lite for myself. I am loving it.
I have a Skyrim campaign in my pocket. Have to sit around for an hour while the kid has Tae Kwon Do? No biggie. It's a wonder I don't see lots of these things on the train. I would use it if I had a longer commute.
The kids use theirs on the TV 90% of the time, but they have upgraded from an Xbox (original one) with wired controllers.
I have a ps4. I would love to upgrade.....perhaps this is the year.
This just gave me the mini butt kick to get rid of my Switch! Also, was definitely not into it as much as I thought I would be considering I've owned a fair few Nintendo handhelds, I kinda blame game prices.
Er, I need a new dock if youβre getting rid of it.
Resting with the cat. She loves being in bed all day. She's the little spoon, being cuddled like a teddy bear. And when I rustle for a peppermint she's instantly alert to get her own treat from a packet.
We're a pair of tired oldies who sometimes share a hot water bottle
Anytime I need the train on the weekend, itβs bus replacements. Had to drive to the next closest train line then missed the train by 1 minute. On the bright side, the weather is lovely for a 20 minute platform wait.
Got a letter in the mail from RACV saying welcome back and has a membership card in there. Turns out I got free RACV roadside assistance when I bought my car but they didn't say anything (unless I forgot).
Weird it took months for them to send me the card but hey, RACV has some cool discounts on fuel and movie tickets!
Legs at the gym and 1.5 hrs tennis after. Send thots and prayers pls everyone π
@fullkitwanker @CEOofmyhouse56 Not ideal, running prolonged time might negatively effect your gym gains
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