TheWitchofThornbury
@TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪷 Sunday 11 May 2025 18 hours ago:
Sounds like a real estate agent. I’ve had something similar - on opening it was an invitation to a scam ‘information night’ for investing in real estate. Basically a way of harvesting boomers’ information for further harassment by mail/text with ‘investment opportunities’. This is why I recommend doing a Return To Sender - then they have to pay for the privilege of contacting you and that gets you off their potential victim list very fast indeed.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪷 Sunday 11 May 2025 18 hours ago:
Yummmm. Can confirm from experience that prawn/yabby stock is one of the best around. And it’s never on sale in shops so you just gotta do it yourself. But hella worth it.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪷 Sunday 11 May 2025 19 hours ago:
Mark the envelope RTS and drop it in a mailbox. Let the post office open it and determine the sender. The sender has to pay for the postage then. Which is an incentive to address items correctly. Does sound like it might be religious tracts or similar as per SituationCake below. Or you could open it “in error” and reseal it up again if it turns out to be genuine.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪷 Sunday 11 May 2025 21 hours ago:
The heads and shells are too damn good to just throw away. Best risotto I ever made was with yabbies - boiled up the heads and shells with aromatics to make the stock. Gamechanger. Whenever I get prawns I mostly boil up the heads for stock and freeze it. Does magical things to any rice dish as rich in umami from the tomally in the heads.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪷 Sunday 11 May 2025 1 day ago:
20/50 hard one today for me at least
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎮 Saturday 10 May 2025 1 day ago:
Sorry for the late reply - been out at a magic party a couple of doors down the street. Please keep me posted. Little guy/gal has just hit a nerve with me. Want him/her in my life.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎮 Saturday 10 May 2025 1 day ago:
Pretty serious offer. If/when you do catch them please let me know. I definitely will take the little dark one. Will need to uber over to you to pick him/her up. Yes, I’ve tamed feral cats before.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎮 Saturday 10 May 2025 1 day ago:
Can I take the little dark tabby floof at the back home with me?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎮 Saturday 10 May 2025 1 day ago:
You did exactly the right thing (brother is a train driver). There are protocols for dealing with such arseholes, and he’s in a world of hurt right now. The railways take that sort of behaviour very seriously - not just the vilification laws apply here. Remember the emergency button next to each door - it’s there for this purpose.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎮 Saturday 10 May 2025 2 days ago:
Coffee and bacon & eggs on toast please chef. I hope you’re feeling better today.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐨 Friday 9 May 2025 3 days ago:
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦧 Thursday 8 May 2025 3 days ago:
I nearly bought a unit overlooking that park, but in the end chose not to. The local f&c is good though.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦧 Thursday 8 May 2025 4 days ago:
I think they just provide water and wait a bit.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📖 Wednesday 7 May 2025 4 days ago:
Its got fruit in it, so its healthy, right?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐥 Monday 5 May 2025 6 days ago:
Well said! Nobody ever claimed that growing up was easy, but you’ve been through the wringer alright. Props to you for realising this. You’ve got this in so many ways.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐥 Monday 5 May 2025 1 week ago:
If the weather clears up a bit, then the early early morning of Wed & Thur you can see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, if that’s your jam. Apparently those mornings when the moon has set is when the shower will be at it’s peak.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 4 May 2025 1 week ago:
Yumm. Thanks chef!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 4 May 2025 1 week ago:
Ooooh, full menu again! Chef, could I please have a bowl of your best ramen - beef or fish I don’t mind.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 4 May 2025 1 week ago:
3 day eventing. Nearly got there in my youf so what I really want is to be young again. Will accept showjumping as a mediocre substitute. Bugger anything that requires sore feet. The sweat, blood and tears go with the territory.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 4 May 2025 1 week ago:
Sky very very pretty.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 4 May 2025 1 week ago:
quiz It’s a doozy this week.
40/50
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
The ‘live’ results on the abc news live coverage have been updated after a couple of hours of just sitting there static - Labour = 81 seats!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
Fabric headboards are a complete pain to keep clean, especially if you have pets. The amount of hair that accumulates is mindblowing, and I worry about fleas/bedbugs etc. as they’re impossible to wash or clean properly. I have a wrought iron decorative head & foot, with sturdy iron rails holding them apart and sturdy slats. Its quite tall - mid thigh when standing next to it, but the underbed space holds my two spare guest mattresses easily and more besides.
Slats are a major point of failure in cheap beds, so if you get a Cpt Snooze or Fantastic Furniture bed, replace the slats with tongue & groove boards laid a little apart for ventilation. This also prevents cats from climbing up into the mattress from below and getting squashed by the coils (if any).
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
Champers all round I reckon. Victoria deserves it. Slightly less political idiocy than usual, though there’s still plenty to go around.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
Right. 6 pm. Heeeere we gooooooo!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
Just finishing up now - the adults are settling in to watch the election results. Kids are now engulfing pizza after a long afternoon sugar high - what could possibly go wrong?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
Best of luck! But I don’t like your chances.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
Kids party next door. Adults talking politics and getting fairly heated. Kids playing pass the parcel and pin the tail on the donkey. Much noise. Pray for me.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
Noooooooooo
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025 1 week ago:
Heh heh. Actually they didn’t get my vote - a party of witches is a bit of a misnomer. According to Terry Pratchett, the collective term for a group of witches is an argument. I agree with that definition.