Melbourne

Remember this song folks

Damn I Wish I was Your Lover - Sophie B Hawkins

Is there a blog/social media page type thing for alternative sports/activities in Melbourne? Where they might review the sport, what's involved and the culture etc. Seems like there are a lot on offer in Melbourne, but no out there trying them all and documenting it(?) Thinking things like axe throwing, Trugo, larping, bike polo, roller derby and so on.

Second-last Report Type That I Really Really Really Hate Doing out of the way, after dragging my soul through it for the whole day. I have to update the very last one for a disaster project next week - one of the worst I've ever worked on - and then hopefully that's it forever.

I'm not quitting my job per se, but it does feel like serving out your notice at some places. Continuing to go through the motions feels particularly painful when freedom is around the corner.

Has anyone got an oil spray bottle? Gimme a review please.

I am after a refillable oil spray bottle like this decor one but at $13 I want it to work. Big w and kmart have cheaper ones but again if it doesn't work properly it's a waste of money.

i should probably get up

Bray Wyatt :(

Rough week to be a wresting fan.

Watching a British actor, director, or writers filmography inevitably means watching some pretty low budget period pieces. Tonight's offering as my Keeley Hawes education comes to an end is Under The Greenwood Tree (an adaptation of Thomas Hardys' novel of the same name), a production that had a dream and a penny they found on the ground to pay for it all.

Argh. After the very first wash the Sherpa fleece of this new blanket has matted into clumps. That was from a quick wash in cold water on the lowest spin. (Front loader. Minimum detergent. One rinse.)

Don’t tell me I needed to use wool wash and the handwash/wool wash cycle? On an Anko blanket?

When it air dries I can try to fix it up with the cat’s slicker brush. But that would be quite a job

Kinda story kinda question; mostly rambling:

My Opa (dad's dad) is from Germany; Eschborn, near Frankfurt), he moved to Australia when he was 19 and worked on the Nullabor Plains railway tracks. He met Nan, got citizenship here after Nan and him tried to live in Germany. Nan said she disliked it because she had to dry the clothes inside as it was too cold in Winter to hang them out haha.

Anyway, Opa, being born and raised in Germany, would use German sayings and idioms around his kids and us grandkids, especially when we were children. If we were all over the place, running around being menaces, he'd whistle one super fkn loud whistle and we'd all stop dead. He still does it when he wants our attention to take a photo haha! He also would herd us around saying "raus raus!" and it's so ingrained in me that I say it to the cat when it gets under my feet lol. I also say "danke schön" a lot IRL instead of "thank you"; it just sounds nicer to me heh.

So, I was wondering, are there any sayings you say often that are from another language? Like curses or exclamations? I'm tipsy and curious 😅

Just crawled into bed - tidying up has gone by the wayside, as has any thought of phoning Cennalink.
Still, I did manage a food and meds run as well as a load of washing (on the line as we speak) so all in all I haven't done too badly.