Have been doing this stuff for more years than most of you have been alive, ha,ha!!

In the early days of torrents, seeding was a key feature to keep the post alive. But now it seems too many just want to download and fuck off, with absolutely no seeding back. Why is that? They just download something, then it’s fuck off to anyone else who might want to download it?

To me the basic spirit of sharing has gone. Maybe I’m just an old cunt now, but to me it’s a real shame.

Thanks should go to Auckland Zoo for establishing their re-introduction programme. Great work!!

Just made a carrot cake. Got it all ready and in the oven, 2 minutes later the mains power dropped. A minute later it was back on. Rushed to get the oven on again, think we were lucky, if it had been 20 minutes into cooking, that could have been a problem.

Just had the water company out to fix our supply. Seems the water meter was clogged with muck restricting the flow. We have untreated irrigation water as a supply, so not really surprising given the recent pipework upgrades they’ve been doing. The engineer told me they’ve had hundreds of calls in recent weeks from people with the same problem.

That’ll mean our car clock will become correct after its winter hiatus.

It’s the Final Countdown

Happy Summer Solstice Day everyone.

Had a visit to The Warehouse to check out their new grocery section. It’s a "normal" Warehouse not an overly big one. They’ve changed the store layout to now sell fresh fruit and veggies, plus pantry items, cooking oil, flour, dried fruit, yeast etc. The veggies were nice quality and certainly at a lower price than the local supermarkets.

I saw the bot on Lemmy ChatGPT, so thought getting it to comment on Matariki would be a good try out. With you on ‘Aotearoan’, a great term.

Later start today, hope everyone is OK.

Got a surprise yesterday, went to the local Warehouse only to find it is now selling fresh veges, fruit, and kitchen pantry items.

Quite a big saving over supermarket prices, and the fresh stuff looks high quality. Looked up on how they were operating this and learned they are concentrating on local suppliers. I’d say their typical prices are 25-30% lower than the supermarkets. Bought 3L of olive oil for $30, in the supermarket that’d be $45.

My turn to post the Daily. Bit of a struggle posting the daily using the IOS apps, wouldn’t let me copy/edit yesterdays daily post so ended up via a browser with no issues.

Hope all is well where you are, and you’ve got lots of happy things going on today.

Been to the audiologists to get some hearing aids. I was a very regular clubber in my teens/twenties, so many live gigs with massive sound. Good at the time, but oh boy, tough to hear people talking to me now.

Can’t watch tv without subtitles, biut to be honest, I wonder if I’ll still need subs even with the aids when I get them. So many tv shows and movies have mumbled unclear dialog, but I’ll give it a try. Hopefully Mrs Floofah won’t be prodding me anymore when I can’t hear her speaking!!

Looking for some advice please on pressure cookers. Have never used one so am looking for a little advice.

I make my own natto, but have read that cooking the beans is best, and easiest, in a pressure steamer. So I guess a pressure cooker plus a steamer basket.

Looking at the usual search results, boy, there are multitudes listed. Has anyone got a pressure cooker, electric or hob powered, plus a steamer basket that all works, who can give me a pointer please?

It cooked perfectly, letting it cool now and will try a slice for afternoon tea. Put less cinnamon in than the recipe, but that’s a personal taste thing of course.

I think it’s great. Such a friendly community, and lots of help if someone has a question.

There’s a book by a NZ doctor called "Treat Your Own Back". Has a set of simple exercises that for me really help if I get twinges.

The Brokenwood Mysteries - "You see MaxHardwood, I’ve got something to show you"

Here’s a website - cults.co.nz - not looked at it in much detail, but it seems to have lots of info.

Hope you’re all good. Have had a horrid couple of days due to serious side effects from steroid medications I was recently prescribed. These things are supposed to help, not make me feel even worse!! Feeling so much better this morning having stopped taking them, though Doctor will tell me I’ve been a naughty boy!!

Trust the day will be good for you.

Saw it was likely to rain later today, so decided to mow the grass this morning. Boy, what great timing, finished the grass, put everything away, and 10 minutes later, down it came. Was I lucky, I think so 👌