Season 1, ep 03 of ‘please put the weed burner thing down’.
A sausage roll with little chillies and sriracha
How did this turn out? I feel like I’d burn the fuck outta the chillies before the sausage roll would even be warm because I wouldn’t be able to help myself.
It actually worked well lol. Idea was to do the sausage roll in the oven normally, then give it a once over with the torch.
This thing has honestly been more useful on food than weeds heh.
I look forward to your daily cooking post!
Now do a creme brulee 🍮
lol i’m so terrible at desserts but now you have me thinking.
It can even be used for gratin
https://www.thespruceeats.com/uses-for-a-culinary-torch-908986
NSFW potatoes.
My potatoes are weird. I had to peel several bags of these fuckers for work
That’s only a sample. Other potatoes are a bit shocked
Are anyone elses vegetables doin’ this?
These are so funny. Also someone is destined to eat a bag of …
… potatoes?
These are so awesome!!
Only turnips https://youtu.be/hQZXMz-suZw
I think I’ve posted this before, but :
Woah! 🫣
Goodnight all, from the treat servant and his goblin ❤️
goodnight , sweet dreams
:)
Ordered 3, got 4.
Fave spot too was free.
I’m downloading the uber eats app right now and getting fish and chips plus potato cakes.
Great marketing lol
The extra one is for me. Thanks
You’ll have to get in line I’m afraid.
oh damn that’s some hot competition. I concede.
beautiful, the potat cakes look absolutely beautiful
Low-key excited for my trial meeting tomorrow for a CPAP machine. Renting one for a month with the option to trial different masks and with help to track how it’s going. I just want to wake up feeling like I’ve slept 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Exciting! We need details of your experiments please.
Sure thing!
Will there be before and after audio tapes?
Oh no, I have heard the before tape and that does not need to see the light of day 🙉
I’ve heard they work so I hope they give you the refreshing sleep you’re after
Good luck with it, would be so good if it helped you out!
I just received my final electricity bill for the old house. Due to a combination of set monthly payments and the govt. contributions I am well ahead on my payments so will be getting nearly $300 returned to me. 😀
Edit: I’ve also just realised I got the govt. relief payment twice. It’s paid per household not per person, and I had power on at both properties with an overlap of about a month. The timing was just right for me to get the payment for both. I thought I’d lost money by being lazy/distracted and not cancelling the power at the old place earlier, turns out it was a good thing!
I’m reading The Luminaries at the moment and it’s the sort of mystery story I like.
It reminds me of Raymond Chandler because you’re also trying to figure out what the mystery is. It’s not a simple case of ‘someone died, who did it?’ It’s a much more complex case of ‘what the fuck is happening?’
Also, it’s set in New Zealand during a 19th century good rush so that’s somewhere different for a story.
Interesting. Will give that a go.
Audiobook review. Chocky by John Wyndham. An alien makes esp contact with a 12 yr old boy so that it can teach him about the world, the universe and to help humanity.
I’m listening to a lot of 60s science fiction, it seems a bit more creative, less character based, more tech based, than a lot of newer fiction
this book was subtle, I will have to think about it some more
I do like how the message is overwhelmingly positive, humans can do positive things to improve their lives and improve the world. Humans are also co-operative, working together to figure things out.
That takes me back. Read it many many years ago as a teenager. I think you’re right about sf being more tech based then. Still can’t beat Asimov’s robot trilogy for a close (if dated) look at human/tech interactions and the moral dimensions thereof.
Edit: also Alexei Panshin’s Rite of Passage - which can horrify but does a rip snorting good job of examining the morality of a closed society. Re-read this recently and it stands the test of time.These are rereads for me too.
Rite of Passage is now on my list 😊
Anything by Phillip K Dick. I’ve read his bibliography. Very talented and eccentric writer.
I remember that book!
Long story but I have a band audition next weekend.
A silver lining to what was an absolutely fuck wit of a day.
Yay 😊👍
Awesome!
Hell yeah! 💪🏼
Holiday was great, but it’s good to get back to this doggo.
That’s just such a great photo! Yeah, sometimes our animal companions are a real relief after a lot of human company. Good luck with the new job, lol @ the existing one having no IT policies seemingly…
I tried to have a nap and Gibson screamed at me till I woke up and patted her…
I may have put too many mushrooms into the pot….ooops
Say hi to Erin for me.
I’ll give her your regards.
Not a thing.
Only if it’s overflowing
Pizzas on sale today… pants have been feeling tight recently… but pizza… after the day that was… pizza. At least it is economical enough to last for 3 meals. Then I might watch something. Red Rooms has been on my list after it was mentioned in the DT
E: gotta love Quebecois French and how they randomly drop in English words with a totally North American accent.
pizza here too
NZ is like the land of cheese, so much cheese, I think I need to go back on my meal shake diet
Zoomies 😲
Go Melbcat 💨🐈
5/10 better than I thought I’d get.
2/10
I’m with Peeler we’re done for.
3/10
2/10… I am going to be killed by a wild animal I know little about lol. Ay at least it’ll be a surprise!
8/10
4
Also 5/10, with some good guesses
Bleah, back to being cranky pants again today. Feeling bristly when people ask the prerequisite “what did you get up to on the weekend” and I don’t have anything exciting to say like a fishing trip or running a marathon or whatever so they tune out anyway. I know it’s a nicety but like I wish they round just skip the question, neither of us enjoy it at this point. And I don’t actually want to hear about what most of my colleagues have gotten up to because it’s not in my wheelhouse anyway and i can only feign interest for so long.
Ordinarily I’d just bury myself in work but we’ve run out of stuff to do and the only stuff left is some very very tedious document updating which I’ve already spent a lot of time on and I’m dying of boredom send help. Almost tempted to start chucking sickies…
My last job, mandatory Monday morning in-office meetings when the first 10 minutes was wasted hearing about everyone’s weekends and having to explain what I did for my weekend. It was a truly horrible way to start each week.
Things like that make me understand why people shoot up workplaces.
Not condoning it, but you know…
Oh god. As if Monday mornings aren’t hard enough
It’s the same with “how are you”? and the expectant answer always being “Good”. It’s rare that someone is genuinely interested, it’s just the social norm. (FWIW, I’m always down to listen until you use me as a trauma dump and ignore me when I need an ear grumble grumble about askholes)
The crossing lady near my house as a teen.
Her: Good morning. How are you?
Me: Good thanks. Yourself?
Her: Not good. Last night…
Me: FUCK
Mum wanted to know why I was going to school so early. “To avoid her”.
Worked in a grocery store during HS and uni. Always was friendly with customers, but at times (especially the elderly) would chew your ear off.
Now I understand they just wanted human contact and conversation but my stoned teenage brain did not.
One chap sticks out in my mind…I was loading up the grape display and bloke comes over and starts off “Can’t enjoy grapes anymore since my wife died a few years ago…”
How the fuck does one respond to that!!!
Start by checking whether he is talking about actual grapes or the modern internet code-usage of grapes. Once he figures out what you are suggesting he could have been confessing to he will probably never want to speak to you again, and you can avoid getting into trouble by pretending to be traumatised by what you thought he was saying. #unethicallifeprotips
As this was about 25-30 years ago, it was definitely fruit related 😜
It totally is just a transactional thing, I can handle a “how are you” most of the time as it’s just an extension of “hi” (although yes, harder to lie through your teeth when you’re really not feeling it) but the whole weekend thing is just way too long for my liking especially when I simply can’t match the mood of the other person.
There are some people I will always have time for re: a genuine response to how are you etc, but because of experiences like the ones you have also had, I am very selective. I think I’ve gotten better at working out when someone might be a one-directional dumper - esp when interacting with the public during site visits.
Oh god I hate those conversations. Have taken to saying ‘oh, just relaxing’ or something like that, just to get it over with. Am also mrs crankypants today… maybe it’s the weather
I am 10000% ready to blame the weather. I really wish I’d timed everything so I could be on leave right now. I think that might legitimately be contributing to the crankiness… resentment… maybe a sickie is in full order for tomorrow to balance the scales since we have SFA to do anyway.
You look them in the eyes and say “self love” then smile and get back to work.
Worked with a dude who would always ask ‘Did you have a productive weekend?’
I had soooo many smart arse replies ready but never used them.
In hindsight I should have let it fly.
Urrrrgh. I think I can handle it when it’s on teams via text but in person it’s hard to give a non committal answer sometimes because that person is then around and you need to interact with them further and they might bring up their productive weekend yet again.
I just had a couple of colleagues very performatively go on a quick run before lunch because that’s now their Thing and they want to get people into it after having announced their running activities this weekend. Like they’re perfectly lovely folks and this place is generally great but I simply do not have the energy to pretend to be interested in any of these today. I had the shortest lunch ever and will be skedaddling as soon as I hit 7.5 hrs before I really do turn into the Grinch.
We all have those days. Good on you for recognising when you feel like that.
Hate that too. I’m always answering: nothing too exciting, or something along those lines 😴
I say just starting making up more and more absurd activities.
I assume you never see these people outside of the office anyway.
Nah I don’t. Maybe I might, sarcasm could be a great way to get them off my back without coming across as unengaged - thanks!
Maybe you suddenly have a step child? Great way to get to leave early!
I’ve seen this done once and knowing the truth made it even funnier tbh.
