RustyRaven
@RustyRaven@aussie.zone
Interested in sewing, gardening and preserving, with a strong focus on sustainability.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 1 hour ago:
My small shed has a buyer and all going to plan will be picked up on Saturday. 🎉
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 2 hours ago:
The windows at the back are so darkly tinted it does restrict the visibility in the rear vision mirror a bit. It has nice big side mirrors though, it’s just going to take a bit of getting used to knowing where to look.
I don’t have a reversing camera or sensors in my current car, but I absolutely love them. I used my sister’s new car for an activity where I had to park in some very tight parking spots in the middle of the night and it made it so easy. The Caddy has the sensors already and it doesn’t sound too complicated for them to add the camera into the current system - the one I was origionally going to look at already had one added, which was a big part of the reason it was first on the list to look at.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 6 hours ago:
Well, the bonds I was a bit ambivalent about buying are looking good.
I do find it bizarre how panicky the stock market is. It’s not like the tariff anouncements are either a surprise or that it’s actually certain he won’t change his mind again.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 6 hours ago:
Stopped in at NQR while I was out. I am about to find out whether cheese and bacon filled potato cakes are a good idea of a travesty that should never have been allowed to exist.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 7 hours ago:
It’s coming on Thursday. It will actually make it a lot easier to do op shop drop offs now, tons of room and much easier access! But I’ve got a few boxes of things I’m tripping over that I’d just like out of the way so I’ll do it today anyway.
First visit with the new car is going to be the auto electrician to organise a reversing camera - it has sensors, but the visibility at the back is not great and I’d much prefer to add a camera in. Fingers crossed they can install without replacing the head unit, but it depends on which specific unit was installed in the car and they won’t know until they can look at it. I am a bit nervous about manouvering in it, after 19 years in the one car the change is going to be hard.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 9 hours ago:
I only tend to do that for uni assignments - sure I can write up 5000 words after work on the day it’s due!!
I pick up the car on Thursday. I’m going to add clearing out the small shed I have at the end of the carport and putting it onto Marketplace, I’ll have an extra 13cm of car to fit in and need that space back so the new vehicle doesn’t have her butt hanging out 🤣
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍀 Thursday 3 April 2025 10 hours ago:
I had mentally allowed myself two days for looking at cars. As it only took a couple of hours I now have a lot of unexpectedly open time to fill. I might do an op shop run and try to finish off my couch.
Does anyone else write off stupidly large amounts of time to do things that are not actually that time consuming? I seem to do it all the time, which often means I put off things because I “don’t have enough time” and then when I do get them done end up with lots of extra free time.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 23 hours ago:
They have a version with a removable row of seats in the back that would be great for a lot of people too - I think there’s even a 7 seater model, but I haven’t seen one actually for sale here. There are a ton of different configurations - I’ve seen a few turned into refrigerated delivery vans too!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 23 hours ago:
A mattress in the back and a bit of cooking equipment will make for a very decent simple setup. A few mesh curtains for insect control and a roll out awning on a roof rack would make for a good fancier setup, and for ultimate luxe an airconditioner for a small space like that will probably be within reach too. I’ll probably add a bit at a time over a number of years - starting point will probably be sound deadening and insulation for the walls and roof.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 23 hours ago:
I sort of have one of those already - I loaned it to my sister, who has had it so long I’ve told her it;s become hers due to adverse possession laws.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 23 hours ago:
When I was a kid I’d resist bed time because I didn’t really feel safe that far away from my family. Once my parents went to bed that end of the house was safe, but when they were still up my bedroom felt very isolated. And the same thing happened in the morning - my sister and I would usually bring our clothes to the lounge room to get changed rather than be alone in our rooms.
If it is something like that he might be able to sleep closer to you and then move (or be moved) when you all go to bed? Or maybe if you have baby monitor you could set that back up so he feels more secure?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 1 day ago:
This is her:
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 1 day ago:
I have gone to the beach, visited Cranbourne Botanic Gardens and bought a car, and it’s still only 2pm!
The gardens were very nice, but it was getting a bit hot in the full sun. Now I need to sort out some photos.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 1 day ago:
I have joined the Volkswagon club (which means I will fit in with my family again). It actually not a car, it is a van. A Caddy, which means I have lots of space to carry things, am not paying for extra seats I don’t use, but it is not much bigger than my car was so is easy for parking etc. It also gives me a future project to fit out as a micro camper.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 1 day ago:
The wallet’s always empty! The bank account at this stage is slightly dented, which means I paid a deposit, but have not yet completed buying the car.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎪 Wednesday 2 April 2025 1 day ago:
I think I just bought a car 😬
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎯 Tuesday 1 April 2025 1 day ago:
The car I want to look at is in Moorabbin, so I am going to go a bit early and visit the ocean first. I haven’t done that in years 🙂
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎯 Tuesday 1 April 2025 1 day ago:
Ok, I’ve made a decision on which car to go and look at tomorrow. 🤞
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎯 Tuesday 1 April 2025 1 day ago:
The car I wanted to look at tomorrow has been sold ☹️
Now I have to look at more to pick out number 2 option to look at instead. Bugger.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎯 Tuesday 1 April 2025 2 days ago:
Support is absolutely critical. But like the scaffolding on a rocket that is designed to fall away as it takes flight, not like a permanent cage that prevents growth.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎯 Tuesday 1 April 2025 2 days ago:
The LED lights used these days are pretty cheap to run, and you can get cheap usb grow light sets with a built in timer. You just don’t want then anywhere you are looking too often, they are often coloured lights which make your vision go funny when you look at them too long.
I mostly use them for raising summer seeds indoors and growing basil over winter. I wouldn’t go overboard in trying to do an indoor setup, but a small system for a few herbs or seedlings is quite affordable these days.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎯 Tuesday 1 April 2025 2 days ago:
I think the specifics of how you raise your kids is less important than whether or not you respect them as individuals that will change, grow and decide their own direction in life. Toxic relationships between parents and children pretty much all boil down to treating the child as if they are subordinate to your own thoughts and feelings. That might be using a child to try to fill gaps in your life (like having children in the expectation that they will provide you with unconditional love), trying to control what they do for work, who they have relationships with etc.
Being responsive to your child’s wants and needs and building a relationship based on that will always work far better than envisaging a relationship you want and trying to fit your child into that vision. The same applies to any relationship really - getting to know each other and working to create a mutually satisfying relationship over time takes both work and openness to knowing each other.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎯 Tuesday 1 April 2025 2 days ago:
Woof Woof! 🐄🪓🥩👍
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 2 days ago:
If I can get the trade in for near the top of the range on RedBook (its very low mileage, so I should) plus $500 off the advertised price I’ll be happy, but I’m going to try for a bit lower. I don’t know that my negotiation skills are up to that, but guess I’ll find out.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 3 days ago:
Oh dear. I hope it was not too full.
This possibly happened to maintain the balance of jam jar karma within the DT, as I had the good fortune to pick up a good (empty) jam jar from the food cupboard this morning, The universe added to my jam jar collection and took from yours.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 3 days ago:
Well, not much from me. Mr Woof sometimes gets a bit enthusiastic in his rolling around and he’s been known to rip the doona off the bed to show dominance to passing delivery people, but so far the sheet has escaped unscathed 🤣
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 3 days ago:
Vehicle finances are worked out and I have a short list of vehicles to look at on Wednesday. Hopefully number 1 on my list will be ok (and still available) and I don’t have to keep looking. I don’t really enjoy looking at cars. Don’t tell the salesmen, but I’ll probably pay more just so I can get it over and done with.
The one I am looking at is just out of warranty period and is sold through a Ford dealership that offers a three year mechanical warranty on the used cars. Would it make sense for me to skip the vehicle inspection in this case?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 3 days ago:
I found the sheets I have are not very generous with sizing for the flat sheets either, there was not enough fabric to actually tuck under at the top or bottom of the mattress. If it is an issue I will sew an extra length of fabric on to allow tucking, but so far it has stayed on well anyway.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 3 days ago:
That’s the plan at some point. But as I do have access to microsoft office without needing to pay for it, so I’m not in a rush. I have some stupidly complicated formulas and conditional formatting in there, so it’s highly likely that something won’t translate across. I want to have plenty of time to play around with it when I do give it a try.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 31 March 2025 3 days ago:
I’ve taken the next step in reducing Microsoft’s presence in my life: I’ve just notified my mother that I’m cancelling my subscription at the next renewal and she will be back on the free plan.
It is not much of a sacrifice as I still have full access to all the programs through both work and uni, but I won’t be paying them (which was primarily for my cloud storage). I might look at LibreOffice at some point, but the main thing I use is a complicated spreadsheet for my budget and it is highly likely something will break if I try it in a different program.
