Lucky for some. Number 13🍀
Armaguard has asked for a bailout.
Must not be any money in there. Maybe the bailout funds could come off the back of a truck.
I am not surprised. The banks screw everyone, customers and suppliers. This is what happens when all our big companies are cunts and there are no restraints on their actions.
I like watching them from my car with my sunnies on, slunk down it my seat with a newspaper and two holes cut out.
I once saw a guy on a motorbike ride up to the Mint take a bunch of photos without removing his helmet and then bugger off. Probably ought have reported that somewhere or other.
Ughh. Had a long hot shower to try and manage pain. It’s a huge waste of water and the least environmentally friendly habit I have but unfortunately it’s not going anywhere.
Not a waste, needed for your wellbeing. Besides, Melbourne water storage is at 92% and Summer’s over, rainy autum and winter ahead. There’s no need to ration water right now. Any excess just gets released out of the dams.
This is self-care, nothing to be judgy on yourself about 💜
I hope there is some respite for you, and relief. 💜
Thanks
It’s not a waste, it’s treatment, it’s quality of life care.
hugs
This is called kafta bil khebez (meat in bread). It’s basically kebab meat inbetween lebanese bread.
Now why I was laughing was instead of waiting for the meat to reach room temperature so it’s easier to spread my man was standing at the table giving CPR compressions to the meat with both hands.
Today’s project completed: one large tote bag to carry my meals to work. The fabric is designed for outdoor furniture, with a lining of the type of fabric used for packs and sportsbags. This should mean it will last well - the old bag got quite manky because of the condensation formed by ice bricks. It did make it hard to sew though, both because of how thick it is and because the lining fabric was slippery. Miss Meow did her best to assist. Spoiler: it didn’t help.
That is very uncanny.
Today I was going to buy a bag that is very similar, same shape and size, heavy tapestry in the same colour palette. I just wanted it for the fabric, to repurpose as chair upholstery, so declined at the price .
seriously uncanny
Damn. That looks amazing. Is there anything you can’t do?
Many things. Drawing. Sports. Remember people’s names…
What about separating two bowls stuck together ?
Please. For the love of god.
The only solution I’ve got is variations on the hot/cold theme, generally heat the bottom bowl and cool the top bowl. Are they ceramic and could have absorbed a tiny amount of water? Maybe try some dry heat, like in the oven on low for a while.
Bowls still stuck together. I give up
Can you twist them apart?
Lots of toothpicks and a little tiny hammer?
I don’t know why, but I vibe with this solution
Bowl-eo and Bowl-iet by Bowl-iam Bowl-spear
Seriously though, wow. The vacuum between the bowls must be strong, or the friction.
I’m sure you have already, but maybe rubber gloves might help? Like to pull them apart? I don’t know sorry, that sucks!
You may have to sacrifice one to save the other. Put a groove in the bottom edge of the lower one with a nail file, then tap FIRMLY on the bench to shatter it. If you are holding the top one, it should be unharmed. A teatowel on the bench may help corral the shards for disposal. Rubber gloves as per StudSpud’s comment are a very good idea.
Submerge the lot totally and hope a tiny air bubble will rise and break the seal from the inside.
This was the trick. Total immersion in hot as hell water and a knife inserted into the crack/gently levered to break the vacuum seal
Wooo! Physics for the win.
I salute your perseverance!
Add water and microwave for a minute
Put them on the bench with a towel underneath and put a bag of frozen peas (still in the bag) in the top bowl, wait until the top bowl is cold on the outside, then turn them on the side and give them a firm but gentle tap on top of the towel.
Squirt an air compressor in the gap? Got a mechanic nearby?
Glue a piece of wood to each bowl, let it set, pull them apart.
Make a loop of string and try and feed / saw it into the gap,
Sacrifice one bowl.
Fill your sink with hot water, put the bowls in, put ice cubes in the top bowl.
Put a little fuel in there and light it on fire somewhere safe.
Personal massage device to vibrate them apart.
Good luck.
Staff at personal devices shop: Welcome! How can I help you?
AJ: I’d like a massage device that vibrates.
Staff: Any preference for size and shape?
AJ: Something gentle. It’s for my bowls who love each other too much.
I was at Coles and there’s a little boy about 3 years old complaining that it’s cold to his mother. In all fairness she was dilly-dallying in the cheese aisle. She replied with “I asked you if you wanted your jumper and you said no”. Rookie mistake mum. You don’t ask the child. You pop it in your bag anyway and produce it on the inevitable request.
Anyway my tip is to make them work while in there “Grab that 2 litre milk there and put in your basket please” then they don’t have time to whinge. Win win.
Kmart pakige arrived.
The magnetic laundry shelves stick well but the baskets are teeny tiny. They won’t hold a few of the items I wanted to put in there. Photo mildly misleading. Still it’s better than the suction cup hook I had holding the hand towel. The art supplies look good.
Can you use a heavier bowl for the water? I have an old shallow ceramic serving bowl which has been given a new life as the garden birdbath. Maybe you have something lurking in the back of a cupboard you don’t use anymore?
I went on Bumble BFF to make some friends and I suspiciously have 40 matches in one day.
I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s not just friends people are looking for…
They deffo are sorry to report.
Big scary meeting this arvo. Please send good vibes.
You got this babes!
Sending all my good vibes to you! It’s going to be okay! 💜
Hope the good vibes are working and the meeting was/is okay :)
You’ll be great. 🤞
You’ve got this!!
I decided last night to finally get serious about getting my dashcam installed in my car. I found a well-reviewed service online and put an inquiry in using their online form.
How much money do you think someone would charge to run a couple of cables through a car and connect them up to 2 cameras and the battery? The cables, cameras and everything required already provided by me, the customer. If you guessed FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS then you might be interested in hiring this company. THE FUCKING DASHCAM (2 FRONT AND REAR) WAS $435 AND IT’S ONE OF THE BEST ONES YOU CAN BUY!
It’s a job I’d honestly almost try myself. A job which should likely take a professional maybe 45 minutes and I’m padding that.
Anyways I wrote back to their email telling them their quote was insane and about $150 more than I’d expect. Called AutoBarn out in Melton and they’ll do it for $270 no problem. I can swallow $270 knowing they’ll it well and do it right.
@bull @CEOofmyhouse56 $270 sounds pretty reasonable. Some of the cost is that the right tools make such a job *much* easier, and it’s very hard to have employees skilled in things like this constantly busy.
Also they can charge high because it is such an annoying job for most people, so at a high cost people will still pay.
Honestly $150 is probably more reasonable for what’s involved but I understand that everybody everywhere is overcharging for everything these days. A screwdriver and one of those plastic thingies to easily pop off the interior panels to stuff the cables inside.
@bull And a supply of 1000 different types of trim clip to replace the clips that get broken :)
I’ve wired in a few now (in fact I just replaced my trusty old BlackVue a few weeks back when it finally met its maker), and to be honest it really is something you can do yourself if you’re so inclined.
Half the challenge is finding good sources of accessory-switched and permanent 12v power, preferably around the fuse box (please make sure everything is fused!). A plastic trim removal kit is handy but probably not essential depending on the car.
Just be sure to run any rear camera cabling through the car at floor level under the scuff plates/trim and not up high to avoid interfering with any curtain airbags that may be lurking.
The first one I ever did took a couple of hours. Latest replacement I did was about 30 minutes, but I was able to re-use the rear camera cable run because I stuck with the same brand and style of camera.
Operation Increase Kiddos Chilli Tolerance Without Them Knowing continues to be a success, with tonight’s meatball mix having a good swig of yucateco.
Good! I’m so sick of hearing about this nuggets only bullshit. Unless the kid has ARFID or something, feed them food not pap.
Harry Potter 3. Robert Hardy will always be Siegfried to me.
Ladies and gentlemen…
I did it. My bowls are free. And neither of them was sacrificed to the Great Smash
Jesus fucking Christ. It only took trying every-fucking-thing, on and off throughout an entire fucking day
Woohoo! What was the winning technique?!
Tell the bowls they were being very naughty.
#BowlGate
Yes. This is the stuff.
Hallelujah sister. 🎉
Now for fucksake put a piece of paper towel inbetween each one.
You are a god and I bow to you
What finally worked?
Complete submersion in almost scalding water, and (as soon as it cooled enough to get my hands in the sink) a knife gently levered between the two bowls to break the seal all the way around.
It must have been very nearly airtight!
Alrighty. Final reference has been submitted. Ball is in their court.
My referee showed me what he wrote, and it’s a fucking great reference. Really made me look good 🙂
cool
🤞
Fuck yeah! I’m so excited for you!! This is great news and you deserve it! Treat yourself!
Heat has not worked. WD40 has not worked.
I’m genuinely about to sit the conglomeration in the dishwasher and run it through a cycle just to see
I’m invested in this now
Ok now, if there is a gap between the bowls big enough to get water in the bottom bowl, fill it and freeze it. Maybe the expansion of the ice will be enough to dislodge.
Have you tried tapping the bowls on the side with a solid stick like object.
When ground glass joints in by soldering equipment get stuck, I just tap the side of the joint until it separates.
Forgot to ask - are bowls ceramic or glass? Or melamine/plastic?
Sturdy white porcelain bowls, quite deep
just use some different bowls.
in a few days the stuck ones will come apart for unknown reasons
Oil around the join. Give it 10 minutes and try to pull them apart by gently twisting.
Brutal, trying to rip apart two bowls who obviously love each other very much!
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