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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Turned my central evap cooling on during the heat of the day today. It did nothing except raise the humidity inside. Getting a split system years ago was the best idea. At night though, when it’s cooled down outside and is still stuffy inside. This is when evap shines.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

hahahha fucking muppet has been going up and down chesterville running his fart muffler full bore and this absolute legend just got ahead of him on a narrow stretch the other side of south and dropped down to 40.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can't sleep, clown'll eat me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Another night of restless sleep ahead. I’ve got aircon which does make it somewhat better, but I don’t sleep all that great with that either. Hot nights give me nightmares and multiple wakings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Professor Brian Cox

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Very envious of the air con, bedroom is much hotter than outside, and all I've got are fans. Can't call in sick tomorrow either, some rather important paperwork needs to happen tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

All you poor bastards come crash at ours, we have a whole house ducted beast and it's currently 22c. Prepare to be sat on by cats. Also i am running a wes anderson marathon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mate, can I move in with you? That is literally my ideal environment

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I'll clear you a shelf in the beer fridge. No smoking indoors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Mind if I test this link here? Should link to a pixelfed timelapse of a sketch I did...

https://pixelfed.au/p/calhoon2005/662619681129775843

Testing whether they've fixed the sharing error. Let me know if the link works?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does not work

play button does not respond

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can view the link and maybe the first frame of your timelapse, but the video is corrupted and doesn't play. Tested on Windows and Android.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Bug still not fixed then. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I learnt something about laziness today.

I learnt a lazy person will not do an extra bit of work today, even if it means doing much less tomorrow and increases efficiency. They just don't want to do anything right now. They see work, even doing work for their own quality of life, as a chore and pointless, something to hate and not think about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@Seagoon_ @CEOofmyhouse56 that's classic procrastination isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I suppose so.

Tomorrow brings a new opportunity to do the least possible

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s an interesting take.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

stares out the window Pakidge

Edit: I seem to have got onto the moth issue in the pantry (if there was one) by moving the potentially affected food to the fridge to kill any eggs before throwing it out. Not seeing any bodies in the pantry trap. Edit: Wait no, there's a couple.

But I still see one or two of the little bastards flying around the dining area and my room, plus some corpses in the wardrobe traps. It was a good call to randomly throw those things into an order when I did. No idea how I managed to get clothes moths because the only likely source coming in recently has been dry goods and I don't leave anything open without flyscreens. Unless they hitched a ride on a single clothing item from Kmart.

I haven't had the energy to hot wash/dry everything and do a full vacuum yet but I'm going to chuck the two op shop wool coats I have in the dryer to kill anything in there and bag them. (I know they should have been safely packed away already but my health has been arse.) Dry heat shouldn't shrink items, I think it's only if they go in wet. Then I'm going to keep decluttering and organising to ease more regular vacs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

You know it's been hot when the salty brine of sweat makes it into your mouth without even trying. Well, the house is almost entirely clean sans kitchen - and now it's time for a last round of bulky-item-shopping for the young relative moving to Melbourne tomorrow to study. With tomorrow's weather I don't want her and her dad lugging too much around, especially after an overnight flight.

It's been so long since I moved from scratch that I forget how much you need on that first night when you're just starting out, even in a furnished student accom unit.

What I've gotten so far.

Sorted out bed linen early, but I forgot about towels and a bath mat til this weekend, and only remembered body wash and hand soap today.

Welcome "pack" also includes two rolls of dunny paper, a small bottle of dishwashing liquid, some laundry powder for period stains, panadol and naproxen; might throw in some maltesers and rice crackers on special. Considering taking a small esky with half price ice lollies to the airport too so everyone can freshen up.

We'll be eating out nearly all meals for the first week meeting up with various people, so crockery and cutlery can wait. Oh - but she would need a glass or mug. Will give her one of my spare mugs. What else am I forgetting, hm.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I got her a La Roche Posay one when I last visited a few months ago precisely for this moment 😎 but yeah I already got some Nivea sunscreen for her dad and his partner, and we'll see if that works on her as she has sensitive skin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

She'll definitely need some easy meals for this first year, it's her first time being completely responsible for managing her studies and chores. She knows how to cook but as with many in our country she's grown up with live-in domestic help doing all the shopping, cooking and cleaning - so it'll be a big adjustment. Anyway she only has one induction panel and a microwave to cook with so nothing fancy is going to happen...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Small packet of tea bags and/or jar of instant coffee, packet of wettex sponges, long life brick of milk if used. Teaspoons!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I've packed a single set of a spoon/fork/knife/teaspoon from random leftovers in my drawer, to tide her over until she gets her own cutlery set. The teaspoon was the first thing I thought of really, then I decided to add the others...

I think she'll be doing breakfasts inc. famous Melbourne coffee with her dad daily while he's here, but we'll definitely stock her up with some tea and milk and such when we do the pantry shop on the weekend. I don't think she's a habitual tea/coffee drinker yet. Just a naive lass of 17, barely...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I just realised that on Lemmy you can search your own comments. This is so good. You can't sort the results by time but as someone who often goes back trying to find something I mentioned/when I did or ordered a thing it's a step up from Reddit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Somewhere in all my decluttering I seem to have lost the power cord to my sewing machine. Conveniently it takes the same type of cord as the battery charger for my camera so I can still sew.

I have ordered a new cord for the machine, and spent a ton more money on some accessories that are at a really big discount as they are not going to be stocking them any more - I have almost bought them before but decided they were too expensive, so I'm pretty happy to be able to get them at a good price.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lucky, if i lost mine i'd be proper fucked as it's tied into the foot pedal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Combined with the foot pedal is the most common way. This machine is also designed so you don't need to use the foot pedal, so if I lost that I could still use it as it can be run by buttons on the machine (although that means taking a hand off the fabric, so the pedal is easier to use).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

QAnons and alt-righters are losing their shit at the Super Bowl win.

Taylor Swift and the Biden administration scripted the win in favour of KC. Ironically, KC is from Missouri, which is a fairly conservative state, and SF is the most left leaning one. Important to mention SF was the team with Colin Kaepernick who started kneeling during the anthem.

So many brains exploding today.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For everyone who doesn't sleep well may I remind you of the sweet smooth soft honey voice of Professor Brian Cox. He will lull you to sleep with his talk of the universe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

He co-hosts the BBC podcast 'The Infinite Monkey Cage' with comedian Robin Ince.. Funny science banter with some special guests. Recommended!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It seems that cool change has arrived a bit quicker than expected. I was hoping I'd be able to hang my clothes out when I'm done at the laundromat and they would be dry before I leave for work tomorrow 😬 I guess I should appreciate the earlier cool change as we all may sleep a little better tonight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It's starting to hit here. Windows are open

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

They'll still dry, just not as quickly.

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