Introducing the newest member of our family
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ee how does it sound?
Unreal!
Replaced the chairs that were holding the monitors up in the studio with a few hundred kgs of limestone lol.
I really hope the MDF it's on holds.
Unintentionally the light above seems to hit it quite nicely.
Love the monitors man. Daaaaamn.
Very pretty, but yes questionable structural integrity
Looking from on top.. Trust the bubblez!
For now the bubble is doing the bubble thing.
Will the bubble do the thing a good bubble does?
My guess is let's hope so :)
Wrestling with 150 32kg+ rolls of fabric today have resulted in a long, long shower and snacky plate for dinner. Cocktail onions are so underrated!!
Friends of ours are going away for 10 days. It took a lot of convincing from his partner to allow YL to look after their tiny old delicate dog. Tittles has an extensive routine. Tittles is their baby. PLEASE DON'T LET TITTLES DIE ON YL'S WATCH.
*Tittles is not her real name.
**Also means 10 days of partying plus YL has a 2 week job following. I love part time daughter.
Do ya think we could use something like /c/tellhimhesdreamin or /c/dalesbargains where we can post good deals that aren't for us? Anyone near Carrum need a food processor? There's a Magimix (same model as mine) for $65 on marketplace. Today's equivalent model - the 5200 - is $1100.
But how much are the jousting sticks?
Love the idea!! Everyone's looking for a bargain in this day!
In a world of One Uppers and Talk Overers, thank you for this being a safe to share my weird stories. Sorry if I don't talk too much IRL, it's conditioning. May we all have an excellent Friday and a bangin' weekend!!
Thank You π«Ά
hugs
and have great weekend π
Went to a networking event tonight. Was pretty casual and fun. Spoke to a bunch of recent graduates who are just massively struggling to find work though. And smart, funny people .. it's feeling a tad recessiony out there. I am so glad I'm not at that job hunting stage right now.
Part of the reason I'm stepping into the role I am at work is because I fear it's crazy tough out there job hunting and this is just a kind of side step for me. The easy option.
I remember it was hard being a graduate looking for work back in my day too. Employers only want people with experience so they donβt have to invest in providing training, and itβs getting worse. Where do the next batch of people with experience come from if no one is hiring graduates? I also wonder if AI has something to do with it. With lower level type office jobs being absorbed into AI activities, therefore less and less entry level positions.
I think I made a new friend through my retail course :3 she's lovely
We both found we're both queer, and she asked if she could come over to charge her phone. But we ended up just having some beers and chatting about retro games lol.
She left her fam in nsw due to them being transphobic, and her and her partner seem to have found it a tad hard to find nice, safe friends. I'm chuffed she saw me as safe :3 young trans women have it so hard π she's so sweet and cool and goth π she didn't judge at all that my place is a total bomb looool
Huzzah for new friends!! And you are awesome, so glad she recognised that!
am feeling "stuck"
will just have to stand up and do stuff
now to go to shops to get panadol, my hands ache π
I love it. ππ½
and I see these guys everyday at the beach, out there in big waders fishing for bait , in all weather, much respect π
I will be hopping on the Sleeping Duck train as of this weekend. Choo choo!
Also a friend has left me a bunch of toiletries (long story) and encouraged me to use them. I am scented today with Fleur de Peau and it is absolutely exquisite.
Flower of skin???????
I looked it up, the full phrase is "Γ fleur de peau" which literally translated means "on the flower/bloom of the skin" but is closer in meaning to "emotionally vulnerable/raw/just beneath the surface". It's a play on words to do with emotion and fragrance applied to the skin. Quite cool.
That listens. I did get quite taken aback at the name when I first saw it, and translated it as 'skinflower'. Which appears to be wildly inaccurate. Me bad.
Fuck you shoulder. I don't want to go to the gym tonight.
Yet here I am.
I have spent the entire day under the impression it was Friday. Er...
you have a free extra day! π
fell asleep after dinner , up now
Two more days until holidays. So so close...
I just the weekend. Desperately.
i need beach but it very cold
Happy World Snake Day π
"I didn't think evolution was real until I saw my dawgz turn into snakes"
Snakes are so beautiful. π
Saw a Lamy fountain pen is on sale. Are fountain pens worth it for left-handers with bad handwriting?
Not sure but you can get left-handed nibs https://pulpaddiction.com.au/products/lamy-fountain-pen-nib-left-hand. I love my lamy pen
I already get ink on my fingers from writing, I was wondering if a fountain pen would be worse. I didn't even know left handed nibs would be a thing, shows how little I know about fountain pens
here's some great info on how to choose what you need for a good writing experience as written by a left handed fountain pen expertπ
https://thepenarchive.com/magazine/best-fountain-pens-left-handed/
The one thing I know about fountain pens is there's a whole culture about really cool inks and they can sell out in an instant. Kinda fun!
There's a reason why kids back in the day had to earn their 'pen licence' to use a fountain pen in class. And it wasn't just because they had to be trustworthy enough not to poke out the eyes of the kid in the next seat.
Actually writing with one is dead easy in copperplate or chancery hand, but standard round script is a lot harder with a fountain pen as that script is designed for biro usage. So it depends on what script you were taught as a kid for handwriting.
The real problem with fountain pens is re-filling it. If it's a cartridge refill, that's fairly easy but the consumables aren't as easy to find nowadays. If the refill protocol is from a bottle of ink, then things can get messy very fast as the bladder arrangement inside the pen that holds the ink ALWAYS leaks. Also finding suitable ink, as not all inks are suitable for writing nowadays. A lot of the bottles on sale at Daiso etc. are intended for art/craft/calligraphy, and are formulated differently. eg take longer to dry.
The nibs are important too - the correct nib for the job makes using a fountain pen sooooo much easier. You'll need a pen-wiper of some sort and a supply of blotting paper too.
Best of luck! Fountain pens can be fun but are not really a substitute for a biro for everyday usage. Hard to transport in a pocket or bag too.
I remember school desks with ink wells set in them. Thatwas grade 1 or 2 or 3 and we didn't get to use them. Only were allowed pencils.
I am proud to say that I am old enough that I was (for one term!) an ink monitor for grade 6. That is, I had the duty of arriving in class early and had to fill up all the ink wells from a big glass bottle. There was a special apron in the cupboard with the big glass bottle, and I had to wear it during the task. I doubt that apron had ever been washed as it was stiff enough to crackle and was completely covered in spilled ink.
Great story! By grade 5 time I had been moved to Canberra. Not sure what we used there, proably biros if they had been invented and accepted by 1966.
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