RustyRaven

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 6 hours ago

In Ballarat it is very, very still. Which is quite rare here, so I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 10 hours ago

I finally got around to hanging a couple of pictures and installing my video doorbell. It's only taken 9 months.

One of the pictures is a print of an Australian landscape painting. It's nice, but doesn't really suit my house decor, so I've hung it in the garage.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

I think I've used that one before. I bought a different one from cheesemaking.com.au and the main one I bought is great, this slimy one is one I'm trying out because it is both a stronger taste (which I thought would be good some of the time) and it has a lot of different bacteria in it, 10 varieties instead of the normal 2-4. Plus when they arrived I was given two other varieties as samples, I've tried 3 out of the 4 now.

I strain the yoghurt to make it thicker, sometimes closer to soft cheese than yoghurt. I might try straining some of this batch a bit more and see what that does to the texture too.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 13 hours ago

Almost all bad events have good story potential. Thinking about that at the time can actually be a good way of getting through it too - instead of focusing on the bad you can think about 'how will I tell this story to everyone later'.

But hopefully it will go well, even if that is the more boring outcome ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I'm trying out a couple of new yoghurt cultures. One is just an average yoghurt. The other I got because it's a bit sharper and the flavour is what I'm after, but the texture is a bit weird. It's almost slimy. If I didn't know better I'd think it had some sort of thickner added. I'll have to see if it grows on me once I get used to it, but I don't feel like I'd want to eat it as is. Maybe just in cooking or diluted into a salad dressing.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The worst that can happen is he kidnaps you and keeps you in a dungeon for years as a sex slave. Although that's also technically a risk you face at any time, it's not really date specific.

The worst that is likely to happen is you collect a new bad date story you'll be able to entertain people with for years.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 18 hours ago

Same here, and I'm also glad I mowed the lawn in the evening instead of putting it off until this morning which I almost did. My decision not to water the garden has also worked out for once.

It looks like Mr Woof and I will be in raincoats for our morning walk, it's been a long time since that has been needed.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

It sounds like you washed well, so even if it is ringworm you shouldn't have anything to worry about. But more likely it is just bald spots. Miss Meow had a lot of those and very thin hair when I got her, just because of malnutrition and general poor health.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 19 hours ago

I'm up, set up the yoghurt to strain and am on my second cup of coffee. Where sun?

I had a fairly productive day today. A couple of loads of washing done. Yoghurt made. Some cloth hemmed and shaped for the straining of yoghurt tomorrow. Lawn mown.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think they moved more to Calici virus, but they are constantly having to change what they are using as the rabbits become immune. I just saw today that they are starting a poisoning program around Ballarat because the rabbit numbers are up. I haven't seen any around where I am but there are definitely lots around work.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I remember being able to get whole rabbits for a couple of dollars, much cheaper than you could buy a chicken for. Or it was something you'd be given free from someone who had been hunting. I used to get them when I was a student and had limited money.

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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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