RustyRaven

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

Mine went in very late, then they grew really slowly but are now covered with fruit. I'm just not sure I'll get much in the way of ripe tomatoes or if I should just plan for a ton of green tomato pickles.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

I've just done a pumpkin headcount and (depending on how many are properly fertilised and continue to grow) it looks like I could end up with a dozen pumpkins this year. That's a lot of pumpkin for a single person. Hopefully they don't get too big.

There are also a lot of fruit on the tomato plants, but I still don't have any ripening.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 13 hours ago

Always fresh vegetables. The sauce I usually do is a base of stock powder and tapioca flour (which could be substituted with cornflour) mixed with water. I'll pretty much always add a little bit of soy, sesame oil and fresh ginger. Then a selection of oyster sauce, sweet chilli sauce or cooking wine depending on what I feel like, plus extra ingredients to give specific flavours - like the black pepper and honey tonight.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 13 hours ago

The power failure was a good chance for me to test the UPS I just bought. I identified two problems. The first was that I'd plugged the NBN box into it, but not the actual modem. So that was at least an easy fix.

The second problem was that the UPS is set to have a really loud intermittent beep when it runs on battery backup. Mr Woof evacuated to the backyard to avoid it and it was slowly driving me batty too. I did some research and found that it could be turned off, but you have to download software and connect it to the computer. So I downloaded the software, installed and connected everything, and it wouldn't open the interface. I could get to the menu options but the one I needed was greyed out. Eventually I decided it might be because I'm using Windows 11 and it only listed up to 10 in its compatibility list. Running in compatibility mode didn't work, so I dug out my old laptop, downloaded the program onto that and it worked perfectly. So the infernal beeps have now been silenced and I have uninterupted internet available.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Oh dear, the power has gone out. It looks to be a big area.

And now it's back on. Everything seems so bright now!

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Stir-fry was my staple meal when I moved out of home, I'd have it probably 4-5 times a week. Very affordable on student benefits - lots of rice and veg, a little bit of meat.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 8 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Stir-fry is ready

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 17 hours ago

When I used to commute it was all books or the free newspaper (or the not free papers in the morning). Of course at that time I had the trendy little flip phone whose main selling point was polyphonic ring tones, so the entertainment value of that was pretty limited.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Look at that, it missed Ballarat again. The rain doesn't seem to like us much at the moment, the storms are all going around.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 19 hours ago

Rightyho, I have now ordered 2 oil bottles for the kitchen, a couple of tops, a couple of flat sheets and the frost protection covers that were already in my cart. $56 total. Hopefully the sheets are at least halfway decent. I could do with some more, but don't want to spend too much because Mr Woof keeps tearing them.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Pakige arrived. Mostly ok, but a couple of returns have been organised. Now I also have a $28 voucher that needs to be spent in 3 days, and only $8 worth sitting in my cart. Time to do some quality impulse buying - and worst case scenario I buy something to get to the $40 minimum spend and then return it. Ah, Temu. How you make any money is beyond me.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 8 points 23 hours ago

I have now been to the doctor for a checkup, been poked, prodded and bled, plus I have 2 more appointments to make for more specialised prodding. My special 'welcome to 50 years' celebration ๐Ÿคฃ.

The doctor seemed nice, and much more interested than the previous one I went to. Plus it was fully bulk billed, and I have some insurance that will give me a discount for having regular checkups so it's worth it from a financial perspective alone.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by RustyRaven@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone
 

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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