[HoosierDaddy]

Slow Ben, on 06 May 2023 - 11:04 PM, said:

Hell yeah HD.

That's badass man.

Thanks!

[Tiste Simeon]

HoosierDaddy, on 06 May 2023 - 03:08 PM, said:

Finished the Indy Mini Marathon (the greatest spectacle in running lol) in 1 hour 53 minutes. Average mile time of 8:40.

I'm sore lol.

That's immense congrats!

[Abyss]

The entire Bigolas Dickolas - Time War - Simon&Schuster - Trigun - Dark Horse thing... i stumbled on it early by way of a mutual twitter follow and watched as it evolved and have been more or less laughing about this for 48hours straight.

[amphibian]

I have my renewed passport in hand after a rush appointment, which means I can go to Australia and Tasmania on Sunday.

Super happy.

[Tsundoku]

amphibian, on 12 May 2023 - 06:32 PM, said:

I have my renewed passport in hand after a rush appointment, which means I can go to Australia and Tasmania on Sunday.

Super happy.

Enjoy. Remember to stay a healthy distance away from the Tassie Devils.
They have the most fucked-up growl if you go to see them at the Hobart zoo.

[Lady Bliss]

Also watch out for drop bears.

[amphibian]

I have an Aussie cattle dog. The first night I had him, he did the famous scream chirp bark at 1:30 AM. I am 90-95% deaf. It woke me up from a sound sleep.

I yelled at him to not do that, he seemed to take the message and has done it maybe 2x more during play sessions outside with another dog in the 3 years I've had him. Most of the time, he's utterly silent or does some grunts and regular barks when trying to alert on someone outside the house.

Aussie critters have messed up vocals I suppose.

This post has been edited by amphibian: 13 May 2023 - 01:19 AM

[Lady Bliss]

Still in the hospital but hopefully getting out this afternoon. Right now though, I’m enjoying a fairly decent steak dinner! My hospital rocks!

[RealGatekeeper1]

Drop Bears. Is that a Gibson deep cut?

[Maark Abbott]

Wife is working solidly the next two weeks - today and Friday as a GCSE exam invigilator and then Wednesday Thursday as a teaching assistant, then as a TA next week.

She also interviewed for a company yesterday and subject to a clean DBS check she has a conditional employment offer for a WFH customer service job. Which is mega because if our income goes even up to £2.5k a month globally, it opens our finances up MASSIVELY. Especially given we've learned how to live on basically dick all.

The challenge now is that because I am primarily WFH (when she starts working full time I'll have to go into Wakey on Tuesdays) we need to convert somewhere in the house to an office space for her - and it's likely to have to be the corner of the main bedroom. And we'll have to work with our respective office doors shut, which sort of sucks, but hey, EMPLOYMENT!!!!

[Tiste Simeon]

The bad thing about that Maark is someone having to go into Wakefield but good news otherwise!

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Putin fired six more of his 'unstoppable' hypersonic missiles at Kyiv... and the PATRIOT system stopped them all.

Quote

Ukraine said it shot down 18 Russian missiles targeting Kyiv [...] including six hypersonic Kinzhal missiles. [...] missile attack was "exceptional in its density."

Ukraine Says It Shot Down 6 Hypersonic Missiles in Attack on Kyiv (businessinsider.com)

It's stopped seven out of seven now.

Putin's ability to blackmail other countries with the threat of hypersonic missiles may have just diminished considerably.

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 16 May 2023 - 01:27 PM

[Maark Abbott]

Tiste Simeon, on 16 May 2023 - 07:28 AM, said:

The bad thing about that Maark is someone having to go into Wakefield but good news otherwise!

I mean it could be worse, I live in Barno. All we have here is post-industrial decline and sadness.

That said, Wakefield city centre was amazingly depressing. Like a really shit Scunthorpe but with no seaside.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Maark Abbott, on 17 May 2023 - 06:15 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 16 May 2023 - 07:28 AM, said:

The bad thing about that Maark is someone having to go into Wakefield but good news otherwise!

I mean it could be worse, I live in Barno. All we have here is post-industrial decline and sadness.

That said, Wakefield city centre was amazingly depressing. Like a really shit Scunthorpe but with no seaside.

Agreed. And like so many other northern industrial towns, it could be improved if it had money spent on it.

Having said that, I lived on the outskirts of Wakefield before moving in with Mr Not a Blacksmith and enjoyed my time there, and the house we're buying is in a village between Wakefield and Rothwell. The reality is though we'll use Leeds when we need a city centre - which whilst annoyingly busy, is much nicer.

[Tiste Simeon]

I get it, I lived in Oldham for a number of years. Most of the money went to Manchester, though the teams did help with things and they had started to make things a bit better in the centre at least when I left.

I worked in Blackburn which was worse.

[worry]

Yah, me nan lives in Ol' Billywickham and eats her chips with "soot and vinegar", she says. "Leastways it means some folks are still a-workin." Well that's nan for ya. Big hearted.

[Abyss]

I forget, which of these places did Charlie Stross wipe out with an army of Necro-Elves?

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 17 May 2023 - 09:25 AM, said:

Yah, me nan lives in Ol' Billywickham and eats her chips with "soot and vinegar", she says. "Leastways it means some folks are still a-workin." Well that's nan for ya. Big hearted.

Every now and again Worry NAILS the execution on a joke. This was NOTE perfect and I LOLed at work and people looked at me strangely.

[Maark Abbott]

Band is doing a mini tour in November with Ephemera - Rotherham, Shipley and Halifax, and then I think we have a headline gig the week afterward. Should be good!

[worry]

QuickTidal, on 17 May 2023 - 01:58 PM, said:

worry, on 17 May 2023 - 09:25 AM, said:

Yah, me nan lives in Ol' Billywickham and eats her chips with "soot and vinegar", she says. "Leastways it means some folks are still a-workin." Well that's nan for ya. Big hearted.

Every now and again Worry NAILS the execution on a joke. This was NOTE perfect and I LOLed at work and people looked at me strangely.

Lol Tiste sent me a voice recording of his impression of this. If only y'all could hear it.