Thornburywitch
@Thornburywitch@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧀 Thursday 1 October 2026 3 days ago:
If they leave furniture outside, sprinkle it with cockroach eggs.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧀 Thursday 1 October 2026 3 days ago:
Not a good idea. Are these the same ones as before?
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⛵ Wednesday 30 September 2026 4 days ago:
Check out Appliances Online - I’ve had good results from them and they take away the old machine for recycling. Next day delivery. Yes they have top loaders small and large and you can sort for that on their website. My current top loader came from there and has been good for 4 plus years.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⛵ Wednesday 30 September 2026 4 days ago:
The Croc really has re-vitalized since covid. Lots of interesting bands/music. Ditto the Cactus Room and Shotkickers.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧃 Tuesday 29 September 2026 5 days ago:
Hugs. Do you have any more work shifts this week?
- Comment on Discussion thread. 🌈 Monday 28th of September 6 days ago:
Brief comment early last week if I remember correctly. Might be busy at work.
- Comment on Discussion thread. 🌈 Monday 28th of September 6 days ago:
The number that can NEVER be said?
- Comment on Discussion thread. 🌈 Monday 28th of September 6 days ago:
Caramel. No contest.
- Comment on Discussion thread. 🌈 Monday 28th of September 6 days ago:
Not that I know of. Although I believe the really really frilly kind would probably be inappropriate given the origin text. The standard colour called ‘petunia’ is usually a pale-ish magenta.
- Comment on Discussion thread. 🌈 Monday 28th of September 6 days ago:
Full smorgasbord please with schnapps. Yes, it’s Monday but I could not give a 💩.
- Comment on Discussion thread. 🌈 Monday 28th of September 6 days ago:
If I can do it, technophobe that I am, you can definitely do it.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐬 Thursday 24 September 2026 1 week ago:
This actually confirms my long-held prejudice that food should not wear condoms. Rice paper rolls, you hear me?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐬 Thursday 24 September 2026 1 week ago:
Skin on? People with teef.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎈 Wednesday 23 September 2026 1 week ago:
she failed the psychological testing to become a police officer.
I understand that this is not that unusual. The army and navy too will happily boot out people that they think have an unhealthy relationship with unsupervised power. At least our army/navy, can’t speak for other nations’ ones. Doesn’t stop some nasty behaviour to women, but armies everywhere have always had severe difficulty coping with the ghastly prospect that women might be good soldiers.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦆 Monday 21 September 2026 1 week ago:
Mulch, baby. Mulch.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧀 Thursday 17 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
What a thing to wake up to. Deepest sympathies. Self-care day today for certain sure. Feel free to vent (dm or not).
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 16 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
Bottle of saline solution. Instant cold pack - the kind you bend to activate. Safety pins. More dressing pads, and some of those weirdly sticky plasfilm bandages they put on tattoos cos you can put them over a bandaid/gauze pad and shower in them.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 16 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
No problem - will look forward to it.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 16 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
One thing that happened close to the end with my mother was more than a bit unsettling - she got very afraid of being considered ‘mad’ and of being ‘locked up in an asylum’. Which is actually a fair description of an aged care home, but her mental picture of such places was very very out of date and she was very very hostile. Think of all the horror stories of Victorian era ‘madhouses’. Like Bedlam etc. Faced with that prospect, she got very very hostile to the thought of being ‘locked up’. It’s possible your mum has a similar weird mental image of such places too. And would rather die than allow that to happen to her.
When push comes to shove, though, it is in the end her decision.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 16 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
And then send your teenage sons around with a van to do the actual snitching.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 16 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
Trust the lemon&ginger tea gods.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 16 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
Might be planned to snitch pot plants for re-sale at a market up the country. It’s been known to happen. As has people nicking flowers from cemeteries for the same purpose.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 16 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think you were over-reacting at all. Could be a number of explanations, but the fact that she pixed house numbers seems very sus to me too. If she comes back, take a picture of her and send an email to the local cop shop just in case. . Funny how people like taking pix but don’t like being pixed back.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Tuesday 15 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
Isn’t there a bird call app - takes a sound clip and then identifies it. I can’t recall the name of the app offhand.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Tuesday 15 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
Eeep. I think you are right about the potential trajectory. I also think that the assessment really really needs to be done. No ‘correct’ options here. Hang in there.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Tuesday 15 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
Excellent news! Being on the same page will be very helpful going forward.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Monday 14 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
Go Docklands! Maybe look for an ex-rental being sold so that the overseas landlord doesn’t have to pay land tax plus the 15% extra stamp duty. Should be a few around still. A two bedroom should have quite a lot of space for one person I think. Have fun looking, and spruiking the delights of Docklands to your parents …
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Monday 14 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
Re-set, re-group and go forward. This you can do. If it’s just you, then is the cbd an absolute must? Would something in WMelb or Docklands or even North Melbourne be sufficiently close/convenient for you? I understand that good pt is non-negotiable, as are lifts/accessibility. You might even like to look at Footscray or Kensington (which is a lot nicer than it used to be) as the pt is so good. Talk to @catfish about Maribyrnong. The new metro tunnel is a bit of a game changer re pt and I’m not sure it’s effect has made it into real estate prices yet.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Monday 14 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
If they want a space that’s theirs and theirs alone, they should be purchasing that - and not expecting you to be part of that arrangement. Are they going to share ‘their’ space with your sister and her kids??? Because if so, then they are lying to themselves about the space being their space only. And the cleanliness argument falls apart when kids are involved - trust me on this.
If they only need a dedicated space occasionally, then this is what specialist medical AirBNB is for. Sort of Ronald McDonald House, but the adult version. Yes, this is available.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Monday 14 September 2026 2 weeks ago:
My personal view is that some rage is entirely justified in this situation. My view only, but I think you were misled, possibly accidentally, but still misled. I also think that your family suffered a rush of blood to their collective heads when the process started, and their expectations altered in consequence as they realised all the various possibilities available. But imo they are primarily thinking of their own needs/wants, and I think yours got lost along the way.
Now, however, you are in receipt of much more accurate information and can go forward armed with that.
I do think that your family needs to consider whether or not they actually need to buy a dedicated apartment for their own use. One that has nothing to do with you and which fits their needs perfectly. You can even help them search for it. You can still offer hospitality as and when required if that suits you, but if they are going to be that picky about the space they need then they need to understand the consequences and costs - to you as well as them.
Your needs come first here. After all, you are going to be living in the space full time and your needs should be the priority imo.
This might be a bit cheeky, but you could ask if they will let you have a locked room, for your own exclusive use, at their house in Mornington. Because I bet they will refuse because ‘it’s their house’. This might bring home to them exactly what they are asking you for.