I wish that were me

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Hang in there

There’s a crack in everything

It’s where the light gets in

There wasn’t that much I could have at Aldi and Kmart is no longer cheap. Oof

I don’t know what’s up with me. I have things to do but just can’t lock in.

Edit: Coles is absolutely taking the piss on some of their prices. I’m considering getting this weeks load of stuff from Aldi while I have someone with me to help… it still involves prolonged standing while I check ingredients and the general hassle of it. It is much easier to get delivery in the cheap slots.

I’ll ask them to help me drop off the clothing donations and see how I feel.

A thick blanket works well too

Ok thanks, I’ll check it out

That’s a great idea!

The snow peas I planted to add nitrogen back to the soil in my pots were straight up eaten, and while I have some drink bottle hats for the early stages even more mature plants become lunch. I don’t currently have the energy to stay on top of that.

That works fine because Australian natives don’t need as much and I’m now planning to turn the pots over to some of the smaller varieties for something lower maintenance. There is one lonely nasturtium surviving in the area I tried to regreen but I’m tired of having my flowers ruined. Pots for pollinators it is.

(One annoyance though is I had bought a larger container of liquid fertiliser intended for vegetables and not suited to natives. I think that can go on the pots of cat grass.)

I’ll have to rip the tomatoes out in four of them. Tommy toes are a game little variety. Looking a little ragged but still alive and fruiting.

I’ve harvested from the Jack Be Little vines - all 6 tiny pumpkins. I have them on the windowsill to cure. The fruit whose vine died of dryness before it was quite ripe yet is starting to orange up a little now. I would have loved to see some golden nuggets but those plants grew slower and like I said also got eaten.

I still haven’t had the energy to get the compost bin started but perhaps the weather is too cold for it to really get the decomp going? Perhaps I’ll leave the leaves for the bugs to shelter in and clean up what’s left when they’re done.

I don’t think anyone saw the last thread so if you think your pump lotion has run out, even after adding a little water and shaking, open it and look inside. It seems the pump bottle is very inefficient packaging and there’s quite a lot left. I initially planned to cut the bottle open to decant but might check whether an old Cetaphil cap fits. If it does I can just store the bottle upside down and squeeze the last of it out. Another cap might work, try what you have.

I bought a better pair of supermarket slippers with thick rubber soles to keep the cold floor from seeping through.

I’m also back to trying to find a safe Linux iso to make an old computer usable again. It has a disc drive so it can be used to watch dvds and function as a temporary backup if my current one breaks.

I’ve put the heater on a few times but am mostly managing with extra layers, electric blanket, hot water bottles and hot drinks. Still not looking forward to the bills.

I’ll have to dig more into it and see what other people are doing

Thanks, it’s on the pricey side but might last. I’ve added it to the basket to think on

I have a hair type that’s difficult to get dry/takes a long time even after being towel dried and combed, so the cheap Kmarget hairdryers overheat and shut down while half my head is still wet. Often repeatedly.

With EOFY sales on can anyone recommend a decent hairdryer that still has a reasonable budget? I’m thinking a basic workhorse under $50. No special features are really needed.

(Not really in the market for brushes or tools or things for a styling blow dry, I just need a dryer that will let me rough dry my roots with my fingers so my scalp isn’t sitting damp for a long time.)

You might like chip shop curry or Japanese curry. I’ve never had either but they’re said to be milder

I’d test drive it for you if I could! (I really miss mild Indian food)

But Aldi products get a lot of informal reviews so I recommend having a google around. I found some but not sure about etiquette of linking FB or the other place.

If you’re not a spice fan and unsure whether you’ll like it it might be better to make your own version to avoid ruining anything you put it on. Tinned tomatoes and spice packets are cheap. Or buy it and first try a smear on toast to avoid throwing out a meal.

Otherwise buy a tub of Greek yogurt to mix in or blend with some cheap fruit for a lassi. Yogurt and milk in general have a cooling effect because the fat insulates your mouth from the spicy oils, and Greek yogurt tends to be creamier and fattier.

If you’re worried about it not being spicy enough… I don’t know, never had that problem but you can add heat.

Thanks for the offer! I’ve managed to create bootable installations and install them before, and run simple commands, but tended to skip this step. It’s not a problem with directions either, I faithfully followed the verification guide which worked. The numbers just don’t match.

It may genuinely be an issue with the isos as someone else who got as far as installation is talking about corrupted files. https://www.linux.org/threads/linux-mint-cinnamon-22-1-and-virtualbox.56035/

The distribution I was downloading was Cinnamon 22.1 but I’m wondering if I should try Ubuntu

I’ve only skimmed the first few posts but adding it here so I don’t lose it

I’m going to double check. It looks like I went to linuxmint.com and chose Cinnamon.

And when the numbers didn’t match I tried mirrors (which claimed to be from reputable sources like universities and looked legit) to do the sha hashing steps on those too.

Seems in March someone on linux.org was talking about bad isos, I’mma read through and see if they found a solution.

https://www.linux.org/threads/linux-mint-cinnamon-22-1-and-virtualbox.56035/

With luck she’ll visit to leave her mark again