I would describe the size of the Walk for Yes crowd here as “ginormous”. I think that’s the technical term, anyway.
Oh I hope so. The polls haven’t been filling me with hope.
The polls aren’t to be trusted. Remember the neck n neck liberal v labor state election.
I hope you are right. I hope they’re polling people with landlines, which is a demographic that will skew ‘No’. But I’m sure they’re not just limiting themselves like that. I have no idea how they’d find me - and I hope that’s the case for lots of people who are not on old tech and not affiliated with any political party.
Battling for a photo
Walk for Yes is on today. Gorgeous day for it too. 12 noon at the State Library forecourt.
This steam train is a hoot. If you live on the Frankston line, or are between Glen Huntly and Mordialloc and want to see a steam train, today’s your day. The driver is an absolute hoot and is going very heavy on the whistle (which is so much fun)
I’m a negative nelly today so I need to undo that.
The cherry blossom is heading head first into doing its thing.
Beautiful. My cherry is a late bloomer, so it is still doing it’s dead stick impersonation. I spent the morning weeding around it, and have given it a good feed of manure pellets and layer of mulch so hopefully it will appreciate it and grow well this year.
Beautiful cherry blossom tree! I’ve got a bit of a grumpy funk going on too if it’s any consolation.
I can’t believe I survived today.
Bucks from 11am through to slamming drum and bass 1:30am
My social battery is FUCKED
Went for a 5.7km run this morning. Was slightly hungover. Felt alright in the end. Once again, doggo just trotted along beside putting me to shame.
Serious question here.
How do cats and dogs maintain physical fitness even tho they sit on their little fluffy arses all day? Especially cats.
Dogs I can understand, especially since most of them need walking and are generally a bit more active. But cats??! Mfs sleeping for 20-22 hours a day. They must burn a lot when doing their 10 second zoomies.
I think cats and dogs have a different muscle fibre profile than we do, they have a lot of quick muscles fibre, meant for the quick dashes of hunting prey, we have mostly slow muscle fibre , meant for marathons.
Maybe that has something to do with it. I’m not a vet. 🤷♀️ I just want to be able to sit on my arse like a cat. 😂
Not sure about cats and dogs specifically, but I can give a related answer. It’s been found that hibernating bears loose virtually no muscle mass and emerge with the same fitness they went to sleep with. They have some biological tricks that humans just don’t have, we are forced to exercise to maintain muscle. So maybe there’s similar effects in other animals, and we are just unlucky.
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smartest bloody monkey on the planet so why can’t we be fit like bears too, it’s not like that takes away from marathon running or brains
I think with dogs it’s mostly about not over feeding them. Then regular decent walks are enough for most breeds. Not my doggo though. 2x 1 hour walks a day with park play/chasing frisbee else he goes nuts in the house.
Cats in general have evolved to sleep for long periods to conserve energy for hunting. Big Cats will sleep for 17 - 18 hours before going on a hunt and modern house cats haven’t lost this need for rest. This is basically why cats get the zoomies periodically.
I’ve brought myself out to Anglesea this morning with my audiobook and headphones. Looking forward to more sunny drives as the weather improves.
Looks at 2023 global weather events
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Realises I’m no longer fun at parties.
I’m thinking of signing up for one of those pet sitting services as a sitter for some side cash, since I do it so often and will have the time now. Thought it’d be hard without a car but actually I think I could make it work even around my suburb or with the occasional uber, esp in this busy upcoming holiday season (looks like I won’t be going anywhere in Dec).
Sox’s owner asked once again if I could look after her for 3 weeks (@_@) in Nov, I’ll be away for part of it so it’ll be two weeks, but this time I have asked if I could be paid a bit more than just covering food etc. He’s had it really good up to now imo with how much I’ve looked after her despite the episodes, I never asked for money when I had to clean the whole house/furniture several times during her peemageddon earlier in the year. It’s still barely over 20/day cash plus transport costs… pretty reasonable considering she’ll be staying at mine. Let’s see what he says. I absolutely hate, hate, hate setting prices/asking for money esp when I do love the cat, but I feel I gotta step up here.
I think you would be great at this. Also asking to be paid a little more is very understandable. You’re a wonderful cat sitter and an even better person because you care about the kitties welfare.
Thank you, I needed to hear that 😭 I chronically question my own value
Don’t ever question what you are good at. Be proud of yourself. ☺
I think for me it’s the stress if something goes wrong that puts me off doing it.
Looking after bboi butters in 2 weeks’ time (for free) and at the back of my mind… is… yea.
This was definitely me at the start but I think I’m a lot more confident now. Doing it via these pet sitting services like Pawshake you can also get covered by insurance for emergency vet visits while sitting…
Let me know if you do! I’d much prefer to have someone keeping an eye on the cat at home if we go away than to put her in a cattery, which she hates.
I’m usually hesitant to connect IRL to reddit/Lemmy stuff (and those websites do require you to put your real first name and photo in your public profile for obvious reasons) but depending on your dates and location I could definitely get in touch.
Cat’s losing his mind because I won’t share my chilli & lime mission chips with him.
On the same note, as much as I love these chips, the coating is deadly! It’s uncomfortably easy to inhale, so you’ve got to hold your breath as you put a chip in your mouth or risk choking.
Tell him it could be worse. I ate an entire tuna sandwich in front of Miss Meow yesterday without sharing. She was outraged.
My dog got some of my HSP last night. I went at close, shop’s not open on Sunday, they loaded so much meat into it, it was grouse.
Prosciutto pizza with salami and cheese on Friday here. They’re still heartbroken
I can not find my writing pad and it’s doing my absolute nut in. I don’t lose things so someone has purposely broken into my house and stolen my notes on meal planning.
Update: I found it. I was going through important papers on Friday and I had segregated and rubber band them in to piles and it was on the bottom of one of them. Dinner is saved.
Check the dog’s bed. Can’t remember if you have a cat or not, but if you do, then check that bed too.
Facts. I recently spent half a frantic hour trying to look for my keys, not long after I’d locked myself out in the morning and had to get a locksmith to come bail me out - here I was thinking I was unlucky with keys. But no, the cat had decided to keep them safe and warm.
That’s a very sneaky kitto.
She bamboozled me again when I couldn’t find her anywhere, thought she’d escaped, looked outside for half an hour, nearly going into the neighbours place, came back in despondent, tried jiggling the food tin and delicious aromatic snacks etc, no luck… Was about to panic text the owner and then as I walk back through a room I’d been in countless times… I spot an extremely well camouflaged lump in an unexpected location, fast asleep like nothing had ever happened. Dammit, cat!!!
Yeah nah. I had a look and it’s not there. Usually when he takes things he shows them to me. I don’t have a cat.
Um, handbag? Mine is a sort of Well of Lost Items, which I only discover when I have to change bags for some reason.
No. I found it. My handbag is pretty tidy but I still looked in there. Thanks for your help.
Is there something you might have got up to do while planning? Like checking if you had a tin of tomatoes or something, and you put the notebook in the cupboard or somewhere nearby? I usually find lost things in places like that, or near the front door because I had to open it while it was in my hand and I put it down and forgot.
The only thing I can think of is I’ve picked it up with the junk mail and put it in the inside recycle bin then thrown it in the outside one. I’m gonna need a few more coffees if I choose to have a look.
Can’t sleep. Mending pile it is.
Still so pissed off at the load of clothing I accidentally ruined a month or two ago. Some of that stuff was good quality and I wore it a lot.
Not to mention it went to landfill and on my budget it’ll probably be replaced by cheap potential sweatshop crap. Sam Vimes boots
I hate it when a favourite item becomes unwearable, but a whole load, oh no! Your’re right, clothing these days is lower quality and the manufacturing ethics well who knows. Hopefully you can replace the items with something nice.
When I went to Bangkok last year I was extremely impressed with their mass transit system. For a developing country it was just as good as anything you’d see in a first world country and in many cases arguably better.
Then I look at the state of Melbourne PT and I can’t help but be a little disheartened.
Honestly, Melbourne’s network isn’t bad. Perth’s trains are far superior, but limited in coverage compared to Melbourne. We don’t have trams any more, which is a crying shame.
Sure, the Melbourne network could be better, but it’s the best in the country.
Perth’s trains and buses are so clean. Riding the trains was a blast because of the scenery. My favourite was the busport. Outstanding.
Taking the train up along the Kwinana Fwy with the Swan to one side in its blue glimmering beauty… Always a highlight.
So today my fellow kids is why vegemite toast at the end of the night after a big one is important.
I didn’t do that.
I am feeling that mistake.
There is still time. You can be saved.
I always drink water. As much as I can, something between 1-2L.
I don’t get hangovers. I don’t know whether that’s my superpower, or if the water is my secret. I’m unwilling to experiment by not drinking the water, however.
I was out so early this morning I copped a spiderweb to the face.
I didn’t catch a worm, but I did get a loaf of white bread and may have already eaten four slices.
One place I lived in many years ago had an orb spider living in or around the washing line. The golf ball size sort. There was a real risk of copping a spider bite in the face if hanging out laundry early in the day. And she could bite pretty hard. Only happened to me once but ow it hurt!
