RustyRaven

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 17 hours ago

My fruit & veg box has arrived for the month. I have lots of cauliflower (destined for soup) and a huge amount of grapes. The lettuce however was extremely tiny, which is probably a good thing as I still have more than expected left from last month - the change to cooler weather has slowed down my salad intake somewhat.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pakige on board for delivery.

I think this is my new cast iron griddle pan, which will help me make bigger tortillas (amoungst other things). I also got lots of stuff yesterday, most notably a new tofu press, and also a lot of pairs of cheap sandles to wear around the house. I might have gone a touch overboard on those, so a few pairs have been put away in the cupboard for when the first lot wear out.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I also saw one with cows set up as mobile communication points.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

I wear that sort of thing when I'm at home, but the bigger problem is when I'm at work. When I'm there I have to wear a uniform and I'm also contending with wildly inconsistent heat levels in the building - even without hot flushes people are constantly having to take jumpers on and off, this has just upped the difficulty level!

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I am really over this hot flush thing.

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

I bought some magnets recently and can't find them anywhere. I think I must have thrown them away with the packaging by mistake. ๐Ÿ™

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago

I've been working on updating my budget so that I'm tracking a lot of things in my spreadsheet that I was using multiple bank accounts for previously. It will make it easy to change over to a home loan with a single offset account in future and should also make it easier to provide the bank details when I apply.

I've been trying to make things as automated as possible so that I don't fall behind on tracking and can still see the balances of the different savings categories easily. I'm most of the way there, and have also been able to simplify a few areas that were getting a bit out of control - it's amazing how chaotic a spreadsheet can get when you keep tacking new things on here and there.

It is frustrating how many places still make changing direct debits difficult. My main credit card it looks like I have to cancel the debit and start again with a new one which isn't too bad, but BankWest still make you send in a paper form.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Thankyou, that was lovely. Except for the ๐Ÿซ˜, I smuggled them off under the table to feed to Mr Woof.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago

I've just realised the actual worst aspect of this fuel crisis. Now when I fill up the van I need to actually remember my PIN.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The largest and most lavish sunday you can make, plus a short macchiato please.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

It's a Walkingpad mx16. It doesn't have any incline, but it does go up to 16km/h and is big enough that you can actually run.

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Remember the clocks go forward 1 hour at 2am on Sunday (Saturday night).

The hour will not be lost completely, it is being given as a no-interest loan to the Gods of Time, to be returned to us on 5th April next year.

Edit: Corrected my grammatical error, because https://aussie.zone/u/dan@upvote.au is right, even if I don't want to admit it. It is Daylight Saving, not Savings.

 

Oh where, oh where, has my YarraByte gone?

 

TL:DR The clocks go back an hour Saturday night, giving us all an extra hour sleep on Sunday morning.

 

This just leaves me with so many unanswered questions.

 

A TOTAL FIRE BAN has been declared for the whole State of Victoria on Thursday 26 December 2024.

No fires can be lit or be allowed to remain alight in the open air from 12:01 AM until 11:59 PM Thursday 26 December 2024. Visit www.cfa.vic.gov.au/firebans

 

Official VEC results can be found here

If you can't see the article from The Age because of the paywall you should be able to view it in an incognito browser tab.

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