bring us a bass from the bass strait please

She's right, they are pretty. 😊

Lol TIL too! I thought they were butterflies too hahaha

Yeet the thing if you can! Wish the wretched organ came with an on/off switch. Yes, I’m sure I don’t want to use this right now, hibernate mode GO! (I got mine disconnected, but unfortunately it still works)

You poor thing! 🫂

so many gentle hugs

I thought that was a keyboard.

KITTENS!!

7 people here with me but ticket is $10

edit: the number has tripled

Noice!! What are you seeing?

Come back when you have learned the way of the mosquito and you will never worry for fame or money ever again.

One of your mates got in my car the other day. It got in. I got out. It got very close to buckling up in the backseat before I open the door and nicely asked it to "Get out".

How are they getting in though? That’s worrying me.

Wasps are not real. They're drones who are spying on you for big everything.

Do you also do flies?

I don't know if it is emotions getting blunted or just that having had a much wider range of experiences the extremes needed to trigger strong emotions are much rarer. When you have little experience of food every meal has a high chance of being the best thing you have ever tasted by a strong margin (or the worst!). But eventually you get to the stage where you have tried so many things that the chances of any one thing being the best are slim, and if it is, it is not generally by a wide margin. I imagine that if you could recreate something as dramatically different as your first taste of sugar your emotions would be just as strong.

I believe the tendency to become less adventurous as we age is down to the same thing. The chances of a new recipe being better than the best recipe we have discovered so far gets lower and lower as we go along, until we get to the point that trying new things becomes more likely to be a negative than a positive. But doing this creates even less likelihood of having an experience that triggers strong emotions - which is why some people go to the opposite extreme of chasing adventure and looking for dramatically new experiences.

Same here, my emotions aren't as extreme as when I was younger. Something I experienced when I was younger that would be very keenly felt is now more of a "meh" for me. However I still get angry the same, I still get cross at everything! I suffered from an anxiety disorder and had PTSD from around 2006 for about years, so everything feels less anxious compared to then lol.

Yeah but I think there's different reasons for everybody. For me I've never really been a stressy person but when I had a child even less stressy because I didn't want her to pick up on it.

Same as you I don't get excited much any more (late 40's here), but I am -definitely- much grumpier now than I used to be. Nothing used to worry me back in the day, but now I'm constantly having to catch myself and shut my mouth before I grumpily complain about so many things.

It's a trait I don't like and do my best to suppress, but sometimes it slips through. My internal dialogue is just constant grumpiness these days and I hate it!

No, I am just as intense and wild as ever.

I do try my best to appear calm and i do hold my tongue

Is frustration an emotion? I don't really get angry or excited that much, but holy shit do I get frustrated at little things (90% of the time it's people doing stupid little things). The frustration leaves quickly, but it's pretty intense when it hits.

Overall though, yeah. Way less emotional swings.

I keep seeing anti-Semitic and nazi graffiti around carlton 😔 tagging is shit but at least it isn't evil

Dam.. I'm a big fan

Nice perspective on the fans and blades, disappearing naturally into the distance

Which is beyond stupid. Why can’t I crush most of a six pack or case and leave one to scan the barcode? I also thought there were supposed to be vending machine type things at supermarkets. Certainly not local to me.

gotta be able to read the barcode.

Depending on where you are, there may be an app that lets you check eligibility on the fly

My local recycling joint (in WA) takes them crushed. The technology exists. Are the recyclers in Victoria privately operated like the ones here are?

I expect that it needs to read a barcode or some other ID to recognise if the container is eligible for refund? Just my guess. This is the kind of info government should explain, so people understand the reasons and don’t waste their time crushing cans.

I had just bought a soft drink can crusher THEN heard how the container deposit scheme wants them uncrushed for the barcode to be read.

Oh well. I still have a crusher..

That can get old very quickly. Being paid to be bored isn’t all it might seem at first.

Try growing some veggies and I guarantee you your tune will change...

Hahaha. Well those insects are invading little dog's yard and he don't like it.

Cabbage moths. All through my street today. Cabbage moths

My recycling bin is mostly cat food tins

I'm thinking a couple of icypole sticks would probably work well for the wood support. You may need to eat a couple of icecreams to get them, a very worthwhile sacrifice.

I'm planning on seeing it tomorrow! So excited!

Three custards enter.

One custard leaves.

How did you end up with three distinct custards?

Robbo kicked the plug out of the socket, Bruce wasn't around to fix it and Keith chucked a sickie.

I suspect they will announce the cause at some point. Something this big would have trouble staying internal with an organisation with that many employees.

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Banana smoothie, please and thank you?

Chef's suggestion for something warm and carby?

Yes please

Canvas or acrylic?

Sounds divine! Breast enjoyers can get out. Thighs are where it's at

The goddess Anoia will be pleased to accept the dumpling maker as another item to be stuck in drawers. Along with all those silly little corn cob holders shaped like ears of corn and the spare lemon squeezer and of course the spare ladle.

Damn straight it's a fascinating phrase. Haven't heard it before, but I've seen the phenomenon many many times in various ways. I think part of it stems from simple lack of a large enough database of experience. And it's so so tempting to slap on a label, pop the fashionable pill and stop thinking and receiving information and examining alternatives. Have you read Temple Grandin's marvellous book An Anthropologist on Mars? Or any of Oliver Sachs' works?

Thanks for sharing, I have definitely noticed this but never had a word for it. With the eagerness for labels, I think there’s something else going on too. Labels can give people a sense of belonging. So it’s an overlap of feeling special individually plus feeling part of a tribe. Not saying neurodivergence doesn’t exist, but I do sometimes get unsettled when people label human experience that I consider to be just normal, to be something clinical. No, sometimes lost keys and procrastinating over doing the dishes are just lost keys and dishes. Can we just be allowed to be human.

I read through that article. I definitely think people use different diagnoses to excuse their behaviour and choices, rather than taking that information and using it to their advantage.

I believe the trick is to interrupt breeding for each generation of fleas - that is, kill everything that's currently active so they can't continue to lay eggs, then kill the next generation before it's old enough to lay more eggs.
The exact timing depends on the species of flea/tick/mange mite. There are several different kinds, all with different timings. And a few days makes a huge difference.
Maybe consult a vet for the latest information on what to do, when to do it, and what to use.
This field is constantly evolving, as pest resistance evolves, so what worked 5 years ago may not be effective now. For example, back in my youth you could just wash everything with gamma wash. That's almost wholly ineffective now.

Generation interruption is the key. Send everything vital to the laundry. Pill bomb or neck drop cat. Cat to a friend or board for the day. Fume bomb house. Vac like a lunatic.

Fleas aren’t as bad as bedbugs. You can kill them.

Do NOT give a cat flea kill pills for dogs, you will have no cat.

You’ll be okay. At least it isn’t bedbugs.

Give the cat a monthly spot on like Advocate or Advantage and wash all the pet bedding and your casual clothes on the hottest cycle they can stand. Tumble dry if possible. (Ikea sell space saver bags cheap if you want to use them for storage.)

Sometimes you can put delicate clothes in the dryer to kill eggs without damaging the clothes as long as the items are clean and dry. Long gentle toast. Otherwise vacuum or dry clean the suits and hang them up in suit bags.

Vacuum daily and thoroughly, focusing especially on crevices, furniture and anywhere the cat has been. Empty the vacuum right after each time into a bag, tie it and discard in the outside bin.

Putting an encasement on your mattress is a good move.

If it turns out to be a stubborn infestation there are absolutely more options.