Using the length of one UK PM career as a reminder to replace the batteries in my smoke alarms.

My progress polishing the 1949 Finke Cup #horserace trophy. Fair to say it’s been a few years since.

Due to developing what appears to be a mosquito allergy, I regret to inform that I will be moving to Antarctica. Unless @heardislandgov.bsky.social has any jobs going for journeyman gameshow contestants.

@yieki.bsky.social That sticker on the visor is the most terrifying thing I’ve done in Lego! 😅

I cooked bibimbap tonight. Reasonable amount of work in the prep & quite a few cooking steps, but if well set up it flows fine & is VERY delicious!

Trying to meet the high #foodporn standards set by @floofytyrant.bsky.social & the professional eye of @yieki.bsky.social, here was tonight’s special dinner cooked by 👍this guy👍 Oysters Kilpatrick BBQ charred broccolini & cauli florets Beef tataki A side of “Sizzler bread”

Forget age verification for social media or adult content, there should be age verification to enable the speaker function on mobile phones. If you want to benefit society, lock it out for over 65s unless you can correctly identify it is inappropriate to use it in a physiotherapist’s waiting room. 😒

Absolutely sick to the gills of organisations that are incapable of a mature discussion on the efficacy & impacts of Working With Children Check requirements. Bring up legitimate issues & they go into Helen Lovejoy mode. That attitude makes things worse, not better. Strewth… 😤

I’m just going to leave this here for anyone who may interested for no particular reason… www.zdnet.com/article/goog...

I love native birds HOWEVER… There’s about half a dozen local parrots that are absolutely laying waste to my lawn & I’ve half a mind to go scorched earth on the mofos by turning my entire back yard into a Japanese rock garden. 🤬

Here in Australia there’s a phrase we use when an unpalatable litigant, often but not always a corporation, is handed an decision that most would say is beneficial for society (the positive social justice result, I suppose): “Suffer in ya jocks!” Originally attributed to D. Kerrigan.

Spent my entire birthday (so far) in court ordered pre-trial mediation (deceased estate matter) & I. AM. WRECKED. It’s a good thing to be an executor for a loved one’s finals wishes, but make sure you understand what you’re agreeing to before you agree!

The result! @yieki.bsky.social On a scale of “would get yelled at by Gordon Ramsey” to “would get yelled at but marginally lower volume” how’s my presentation?

Tonight: one of this house’s favourite dinners! Swiss chicken… 🤤

Hey @moistenedtart.bsky.social & @floofytyrant.bsky.social, last night’s dinner was excellent!

You’d think the major challenge in re-pinning #PC cables (I.e. reconfiguring the plug) would be ensuring you don’t get anything wrong & blow up components, but that’s actually the easy bit. Getting the pins out of the connector without damage is a bloody nightmare!

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

Someone explain to me like I’m a 5yo how current inflation, driven almost exclusively by factors that are not consumer spending, will be brought down by making it more expensive to keep a roof over my family’s head? We’re in a cost of living crisis, not a cost of having fun crisis.

The proof is NOT in the pudding. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. IT’S IN THE EATING! 🤪 I have not-normal feelings about the corruption of idioms & their actual meanings.

It's "sneak peek"

There is far too much USA in the world.

Was Suits so full of legal holes it resembled Swiss cheese? Yes. Did I watch every episode & enjoy the hell out of it? Also yes. Embrace the midwit. 🤗

@floofytyrant.bsky.social I tried… I promise it looks better in real life. 😅

Missed my local Anzac Day march because the Liberal local member sent out a flyer with times for all the local services that was wrong. The Liberal Party’s performative ‘care’ for Anzac Day apparently doesn’t extend to actually bothering to get something as simple as local march times correct.

Booing Indigenous soeakers at ANZAC Day to support BRS ..... nothing says more "true blue white nazi Australians for war crimes" than that. DISGUSTED. ANzac Day is to remember the horrors of war not to perpetuate the things that make war. Like hate...and greed and ignorance.

No surprises what Ima post here. 😅 Current buffoons on the world stage shan’t take it away from me either. Share an ‘80s movie you’ll always love.

TIL that putting on a sock is nigh-impossible when, 1. Your quad is torn & you can’t bend your knee due to some gardening bullshit, & 2. Your hamstrings have the length & structural integrity of a coffee-soaked Tim Tam preventing you from reaching your foot with a straight leg. 😭

The annoying thing about starting a #Fallout4 playthrough is the 3 hours of research & writing a spreadsheet for SPECIAL points allocation and perk progression to level 50. 😅

I can’t believe I walked across the room and picked up the remote for that. #couldhavebeenanemail

Being a former soldier, I have a modicum of insight into why this isn’t the case & there is a reasonable, explanation on tactical grounds. But the way BSky culture operates I’m not going to as I’ll just get flamed. I find that super disappointing.

Used car stealership has fraudulently nominated Mrs Goose for multiple toll road trips. I wrote ‘fraudulently’ coz at the time of the trips, we hadn’t even met them yet let alone driven any of their cars! This is no clerical error. Toll nominations require a lot of specific information.

THAT RENDITION OF THE JAPANESE NATIONAL ANTHEM… 😱 Wow, wow wow wow. #JapanGP #F1

Actually, scratch that. I was being too polite. May Crisafulli’s crotch be infested with the fleas of a thousand camels, and may his arms be too short to scratch. And then have his arse handed to him in the High Court.

I, an Aussie, was standing near the Rosetta Stone when I told the joke “why are the pyramids in Egypt? Because they’re too heavy to ship to England” to a British friend of my aunt who lives in London. I thought it was hilarious. Her, not so much… 😆

There are two types of people in this world: those who can infer from incomplete data,

The amount of times I’ve copped unprompted ad hominem attacks from self-described progressives lately is making this place resemble Xitter more & more. I’ve had a gutfull. The left is supposed to be the side of reason. Fucking stop it, or you’re a hypocrite no better than those you claim to oppose.

Just spend $500 trying to fix my car’s oil leak. Didn’t work, so took it back to the mechanic for another look. The engine is toast. A reconditioned motor is $10k, plus shipping plus fitment. FUUUUUUUUUUUUU…. Of course this would happen only after losing my job & not working for 12 months.

You know what? Don’t answer. I know your type. The moment anyone challenges a statement you’ve made (regardless of good faith or civility), you revert to insult, name calling, & fantasies of violence. Reminds me a lot of someone who’s unfortunately perpetually present on the world stage these days.

Spare me your self righteous, holier than thou, my-shit-don’t-stink judgment of people you don’t know the first thing about beyond a headline. This “handful of bad actors makes the entire group worthy of derision” crap has a really familiar & very dark ring to it.

I thought we learned after Vietnam that denigrating the diggers was terribly unfair & drove many to mental health issues & worse. The pollies that decide to go to arms are absolutely fair game. ADF members acting in good faith, who do not have a choice beyond their service, are not.

Quote from Mr 9: Hey mum, I like that shirt you’re wearing. It really compliments your grey hairs.

Just watched a former Hornet jockey’s take on this & he’s suggesting AIM-9 within visual range. Which has BIG implications, because a Mud Hen just cannot be mistaken for a Shahed on tally. Also means 3 separate & deliberate lock attempts.

When will you be swimming today, @moistenedtart.bsky.social ?

Had a great time meeting, hanging with, & doing some work for @yieki.bsky.social today! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Top shelf individual, highly recommended. Has great taste in music. 😁

Joke’s on you, PC shops! Because you all tried to massively up-sell me when I just needed a part, now you get no sale BECAUSE I RE-PINNED SOME EXISTING CABLES I HAD LYING AROUND! 🤪 Act wantonly wasteful & push for a greedy upsell, lose business. Pretty simple.

New lapel pins are now live on our website! ✨ You can grab yours today at www.yieki.com.au⁠� New designs: • Polyamory (Pi) • Polyamory (Heart) • Bipolar Disorder • PTSD Wear your pride, your story, and what matters most to you 💛 @yiekiStore on Instagram.

Me: buys a 2nd hand but unused PC. Missing some PSU cables. Also me: Hey, PC component shops that stock this exact PSU, can I buy some spare cables with my 💵? Shops: Not possible. But we can sell you this whole PSU that comes with cables… Me: the fuck is wrong with you wasteful bastards?

Just realised that every single adult interaction I’ve had over the past few weeks has occurred for 2 reasons; - the person is obligated (I.e. it’s their job), or - the person relies on me. Not applicable - the person wants to. Feels great. 🫥

LET ME PLAY MY SINGLE PLAYER RPG THAT I PAID FOR, IS LOCALLY INSTALLED, AND DOESN’T REQUIRE AN INTERNET FOR ANY ACTUAL GAME FUNCTION. By His noodly appendage, I fucking hate it here. 🤯 Could probably play my damned game in hell…