Not odd at all. I saw one in my front yard just last week in Thornbury. And the tramways depot in Preston has quite a few, as does Merri Creek. As of about 2006, the industrial part of Footscrazy had the highest density of red foxes in the world - about 6 breeding pairs per hectare. Dunno if that’s still true. All over pretty much all the suburbs - and a good reason to keep your cat inside. They are a major problem in the Melbourne cemetery in Parkville - they dig holes under the headstones which then fall over and break. If there’s rats or rubbish or ground nesting birds/marsupials around, there will be foxes there to eat them. I’ve seen a fox run out of the underground parking garage at my workplace - in Richmond. Dunno how it got in as the place is thoroughly wire netted and the roller doors are in contact with the ground when closed. But foxes are clever.

No problems. Only made the thread because the late night crew may have needed it. Fine by me to do a replacement.

Men have boobs too - they just don’t make such a fuss about them.

Thanks chef.

Coffee please chef. Lots of coffee.

Big knives & forks for eating dinner, smaller knife for buttering bread, smaller forks for dessert along with spooons was what I was taught as a kid. So the table setting would be big knife/fork at each side of the big plate, with the smaller knife next to the big knife on the outside OR resting on the side plate, and the smaller fork & spoon at the top of the big plate space. Soup spoon goes outside the big knife as it will be used first. Gets more complicated if there’s going to be a fish course, so the fish knife & fork (which have a special shape) go inside the big knife & fork on each side of the plate. Basically you work from the outside in, except for the bread buttering knife and the dessert fork/spoon. You can put the dessert fork/spoon inside the fish knife/fork if you prefer and have enough tableroom. Note, the bread buttering smaller knife should NOT be serrated as you don’t cut anything with it. The big knife can be if you like that style.

Thanks chef.

Yes. Mine are not square but rectangular and have green not blue silicone, and plain glass not ribbed glass walls.

Nowadays, fast cars, meth and firearms are doing quite a good job in weeding a lot of non-viable idiots out of the gene pool. Especially in combination.

How dare they be young in public! No good will come of this! /s

I do agree that some kind of social project would be helpful - sport and religion used to do this function, but nowadays religion has been hijacked by extremists (of all kinds) and is no longer even geographically inclusive, and sport is either too ‘professional’ or is too much bother/expense to be inclusive. There really isn’t an obvious forum of endeavour for those that aren’t ‘good at sport’ or whatever.

My thesis is that the most addictive drug in the whole universe is - excellence. Once experienced, nothing else comes close. I fully endorse mobilizing community resources to find forums of endeavour that allow nearly everybody to experience excellence in some form or another.

If it feels too soon, then it is too soon. All will become clear in time. Meanwhile, enjoy each other’s company. And don’t stress about labels.

Bit late this morning, but could I please have everything that’s bad for me. There’s too much helth around rn, and this needs to be balanced out. And a balanced diet is good, no?

Kmart has a range of glass containers that I quite like. The lids are weird with a little pop up button and you CAN’T open the container until you pop up the button. Found that out the hard way.

Cbf doing any real cooking tonight, so I’ve shoved tonight’s meatballs in a foil envelope in the oven with diced spuds and carrots and some garlic/chilli/onion mince and a dribble of olive oil. Smelling very nice now it’s cooking. Will eat with rice tonight and maybe tomorrow in a wrap. Still got maybe half an hour to go before its ready.

Pjs. It’s a well known phenomenon that as your body temp cools down, this triggers sleep, and yet I find myself waking sweaty nearly all year round. Pjs keep the sheets cleaner. Bedding I keep to the absolute minimum for the season/temperature, and in layers so adjustable. And I MUST have an open window all year round. I’ve frequently been too warm to sleep, but rarely if ever too cool to sleep. Maybe I’m weird.

I had to use Maltopher after cancer diagnosis - they were HORRIBLE! Extra spinach or other iron rations are FAR PREFERABLE. The weird shit they caused really freaked me out along with the explosive effects. Though I have to admit that might have been because my digestion was seriously compromised at the time.

I’m in too! Lemme know if I should bring anything.

🍻🍻 and a panadol 💊

Still tides you over until you can purchase what you want.

When your mini-CEO moves out to a place of her own, she’ll take quite a lot of it with her. You might want to start a stash in anticipation.