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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
After a good training session today I think Bot #001 is ready to try posting a new daily thread tonight. Pinning does not seem to be working so that bit will still need to be done later, but I'm pretty confident the basic post will work. If if does not work (it should be at midnight) someone will have to make one manually again.
I will need to do some work on the format and exactly what to say - unfortunately the bot is not very imaginative.
Thatβs great. Looking forward to seeing if it pops up
Had a great day at the op shops. Got special edition copies of Deliverance and The Fifth Element with commentaries and docos, a michael franti cd, a packet of jewellery findings with some top quality crystals for $1( will string a necklace later tonight ) and a good jumper for doing calligraphy in as it won't show ink stains. Plus a cool genu-wine vintage marcasite ring. Nice . π
I am home from the hospital. Took a nasty fall on my carpeted stairs. I have hairline fractures on my L1, L2 and L3 on my vertebrae. so a lot of rest needed.
Today's c/Melbourne daily thread has 2.3x as many comments as r/Melbourne.
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This is quite an achievement. Well done c/Melbourne! Hoping c/Brisbane follows your lead
I'm sure it's also higher quality. We would have had a higher volume of potato related posts, as well as a significant number of cat pictures.
We just need to get the cats cooking the potatoes, for peak content.
Little dog and I are staying awake so we can witness Midnight bot's very first live appearance. Plus the cricket's on. Good luck Midnight bot. π€
Donβt hold it against him if he fails to get it up. Itβs his first time!
I opened the balcony door to look at the lasers in the sky and there was a cat meowing on my balcony (note I am 11 floors up). I've seen this kitty before but last time, I had my door open and I didn't notice it had come in to check out my apartment and it ran out when I turned around and noticed it.
This time it meowed and invited itself in for a poke around. I think it checked out every inch of my apartment then left politely (I left the door open so it knew it could leave). It turned back up 30 minutes later so I opened the door again and it again came in meowing at me and rubbing against my leg, and exploring more. I felt it had probably explored enough after 15 minutes and walked it out but it's still sitting outside my door looking at me.
My new best friend.
cat tax.. picture is the best one I managed to get. Image of grey and white British shorthair cat
Naw. He's/she's giving you brown eye.
There we go.. went over the road for 5 minutes. Snapped a photo of some fire. Now I can say I attended the Firelight Festival 2023.
photo of people sitting around a fire pit at Firelight Festival Docklands
Goodnight you beautiful potatoes of sunshine
Good night potato connoisseur. π₯
Juliette Lewis really did get typecast as the "offbeat 90s girl", didnt she?
Iβm thinking pizza and a movie. Might roll with 1981βs Excalibur. With a saucy little Helen Mirren as Morgana le Fay (and many others βΊοΈ
Wow, have to get used to the new DT home and how it looks!
Does anyone know what stores like Myer do with all the clearance/reduced to clear stuff that has been reduced for many weeks? I'm eyeing off a few things that are reduced a fair bit but still too pricey for me right now. Do they eventually get reduced further?
Saw Indiana Jones. It wasn't great but it wasn't terrible either. Some of the anti aging effects though were a bit video gameish for my tastes.
Yay booked in with my favourite tattoo artist for some work in August!!!
Why is owning a beaver not a blessing?
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Because the beaver dams it
Your post about a beaver seems as good a place as any to complain about my current state of ovary pain.
Missing 90% of the pipes and they still kick my arse π
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Beaverbub is gonna dam' ya,
No blessings, just burnin' hellfiya
He'll ig-gnaw your cries and prayers
This Rodent-God is gonna get ya
Beavers are majestic animals that hold a sacred place in the hearts of all Canadians.
Also in French beaver is 'castor', which is where the term castration comes from. Back in the day, the act of castration was performed using beaver teeth, as they were sharp and widely available. So a castrato singer technically means 'one who's voice is created by a beaver'
None of that is true (except for castor meaning beaver) but thanks for reading.
lemon cake poem
Waiting for the lemon cake cool
Before I slap on icing so sweet.
Heap of nutella on a teaspoon,
Choc and hazelnut such a treat.
I got a craving I can't ignore,
I think losing my damn head.
I got a craving I want more,
Tummy rumbing for that sweetbread.
Oh, impatience rising within me!
Gimme that sugar fix, entropy!
Hurry up and cool my cake!
Took me forty minutes to bake!
Oooooh momma.
I've mentioned that the house is built on a hill, so it's raised. I've also mentioned we have the 6mx3m underhouse basement area that's plumbed and wired as it was a ground level laundry (now claimed by His Lordship as his brewery) . But. Uh did i mention the subfloor area separate to that? About 2m head clearance that expands literally under the rest of the entire house?
'Cos when i said 'working on basement' today, that's what i was talking about. Ima gonna need more shelves......
OK, dinner consumed β
Dishwasher loaded β
Food & clothes ready for work tomorrow β
Bot given final instructions & ready to run β
I think I'm ready for bed. Fingers crossed I wake up and see the bot did it's job π€
Spent 3 hours at the hairdressers today, only 45 mins of which was the actual cut. Think I'll try somewhere else next time. Recovering from some dead lifting today and just gonna do some bathroom and kitchen cleaning at pace.
