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Nomination for most commonly said phrase in this house: Get out of the cupboard.
“Can you turn that down please?”
I have a nasty habit of swearing at inanimate objects, so “get fucked” or “fuck you” or “fuckin piece of shit” are probably high up on my list
Also serious contenders. As are, Love you., Are the boys lying about breakfast?, and I don’t wanna (go to work)
Mine was “whatcha doing, pup?” but is now a loud and often exasperated “ALFIE!”
“Stop biting”, said to Ted Cat.
What’s for breakfast/lunch/dinner?
By me it’s: I don’t wanna know. Usually when something is dropped and I hear “Oops”.
Get your nose out of the cats bum
“Giiiiiiiiibbbbssssoooooonnnnnn”
In your opinion what is the worst alternative milk out there? For me it’s coconut milk. If you add that to hot chocolate it does not taste like a Bounty. It tastes like Reef sun tan oil.
I can only tolerate good soy milk, if I must (now that I think of it it’s been a longgg time) Fuck all the rest. I drink black coffee most of the time, and if I occasionally have one with milk it’s always cow milk. I don’t eat cereal and the non-animal yoghurt etc is weird.
Fresh made soy milk is delicious and is nice when made into desserts. But it’s not a substitute for cows milk.
non animal yoghurt is just horrible
Fellow black coffee drinker here and I actively dislike any milk in coffee. Why is it sometimes weird when people are doing a coffee run and ask us why we only want coffee and hot water and if we’re sure?
Ya idk. That doesn’t happen very much anymore for me at least.
One of my favourite ways to have coffee is iced long black - made with sparkling water. 😍
Slightly alternative take: alternatives to coconut milk. Evaporated cow with coconut essence is utterly unacceptable!
How does one evaporate a cow? Do you have sharks with laser beams or something?
Yes. And a hamster with goggles running an industrial salad spinner.
Almond milk. Dunno why but it fucks my stomach up.
Almond!
I second almond. Can still remember my disappointment that it didn’t actually taste like almonds, which I love.
Yeah they’ve started making a lot of non-dairy icecream and yogurt from coconut milk.
It’s already so expensive and perishable I rarely ever buy it and because of coconut milk it now tastes gross too
Edit: Almond milk is both watery and kind of perfumed. Don’t like it.
I’m also not wild about oat milk, yogurt or icecream either. Porridge is good just not as a stand in for these
almond milk is an ingredient in old medieval recipes but not as a replacement for cows milk
I don’t mind coconut milk or cream as long as it’s used in cooking like curries or coconut rice but I hate desiccated coconut in meals.
I think almond milk or soy milk.
Have tasted almond milk in coffee and it made it taste funny but I had no choice at the time.
Alternative milk?
That fake milk stuff. Almond milk etc
That’s what it’s called in the biz. I dunno. Give me the full fat mama cow juice any day.
God I love a fresh full cream.
I remember milk when it was delivered everyday in bottles with foil caps.
There was no such thing as skim or homogenised and the cream would settle on the top and was delicious with breakfast cereal.
Coconut milk is for curries, not tea.
Preach. I vomit at the idea of coconut milk as a cow milk replacement for tea and coffee
Second this. I can do coconut as desiccated or flaked - churned into mulk is so not my thing. And I avoid soy, almond and oat milk unless dining with vegans (which rarely happens). Gimme honest cow juice - full fat for preference. And my cholesterol is considerably below the average for my age so the Purity Police can just shove it up their jumper. This does not include the genuinely lactose intolerant of course. But there are so damn many people out there doing I’m A Special Little Petal that the red mist comes down over my eyes with very little warning.
My kid prefers lactose free milk which means cows milk without the lactose. So many times barista will say “yes. We have soy, oat…”. 😡
Feels. I don’t mind lactose free cow milk - nearly indistinguishable imo. I just can’t stand the posturing over plant based mulks by the terminally inane. A genuine reason to use plant based is fine - it’s the posers that make my blood boil.
Rice milk is absolutely putrid.
Rice milk is for hair.
Out of those I’ve tried (soy, almond, oat), soy is at the bottom, oat at the top.
Interesting! I much prefer soy milk over cows milk and find oat milk so sweet that it’s a luxury / occasional thing.
Oat milk sweetness isn’t all made the same, there’s unsweetened versions you might like more. I usually buy the barista varieties to have with coffee, sometimes over cereal, they’re not overly sweet. On its own is not nice.
I’m a cow milk drinker, but too much in a day makes my stomach upset, so I sub with oat when needed.
Same. Anymore than 2 cappuccinos a day makes me queasy sometimes but I can drink tea all day long because I only have a splash in there.
Bad idea to get some fresh air about 15 mins ago.
Smoky?
Edit: oh, wet. It has just arrived here. I did not realise we were expecting wet.
So, so incredibly soaked.
As in my skin was wet underneath my clothes :(
I’m really tired now. I might have a nap and let the dog spoon me.
ComfyAnd cute!
So feeling a lot better today but still unwell. Tested negative which is good. But going to be a very lazy day.
Test again in a few days time just to make sure.
Take care!
Woke up to find her like this. Fell asleep again for about an hour. Still like this.
We’re still learning about how shadows work.
Wait till you get to see how mirrors work.
But how do magnets work
Magic?
Nope too early.
Potentially doxxing where I work but I’ll be out of there soon, I don’t really care. Christmas always brings out the crazies.
retail shenanigans
Customer: you should be stopping everyone who exits the store like they do at Costco.
Me: I’m trying my best but our exit isn’t set out like their one. I can’t stop everyone.
Customer: well you’re not doing your job properly.
Me: OK
Another customer: this is a 17 year old girl and she’s doing a great job, don’t listen to her
(I’m quite a bit older than 17, time to start the anti-aging so I look 17 for as long as possible?)
First customer: calm down, you sound so angry. I’m a clinical psychologist that works with children.
I wanted to say and probably a shite one at that.
customer shenanigans 2
customer returns a pair of thongs and I go to put them with the clothing returns
Customer: I can put those away
Me: no, don’t worry about it. We can put them away
Customer: scoffs I do it all the time for people at Coles and they love it. This is the first time someone has said no. Let me do it, I like being helpful.
Me: thanks but you don’t have to, besides, they don’t have a hanger on them
Customer: raises voice why are you picking at me? I put the hanger away in a specific spot in the store, let me put them away.
Me: gives up
She ended up actually putting them back. The register people said she had to be served at register 1 and not any of the others because she has a thing with numbers.
another one
The manager that was on decided to close the door 10 minutes before closing. It had been dead for the past half an hour. They aren’t supposed to do that but anyway. We all go to clock off and leave at closing.
There was a customer behind the door.
Customer: your website said you close at this time. Why is the door closed?
Manager: incomprehensible
Customer: this is ridiculous, I should get the item I want for free.
Manager: you can’t get it for free but I’ll let you buy the item.
I’m sorry you had to go through that :(
I don’t know how you survive this crap day in, day out - thank goodness you’re leaving soon!
OMG eye twitches
I went shopping and I tried on some pants at Sheike I liked and I went a size smaller and if I wanted skin tight could have gone a size smaller again 😭 It’s so nice to get nice things and not feel like crap when clothes shopping because much too fat 🙂
so I got these, they are soft flowing and cool for hot days https://www.sheike.com.au/products/bermuda-post-pant-grey https://www.sheike.com.au/products/sanctuary-pant-print
I like very much!
I just had such a beautiful morning. Met up with my chess buddy at what has become our regular cafe in Prahran, got a nice spot in the sun. Had a lovely cheese and egg omelette with avo. Played for two hours and didn’t feel bad for taking up seats for so long because it wasn’t that busy. Walked back to her place to meet her foster cat who was very shy.
Then I decided to walk home instead of tram because the weather is PERFECT. Did some shopping on the way, and because I felt amazing I decided to buy a scratchie and won $17. Walk home took about 1h15m and I feel amazing right now
That sounds like such a wonderful day that even I feel uplifted and happy reading it 😊
+1
Agree, that is a bloody good day and gave me secondhand happiness too
yay for wins 🙂
Nooo. Listening to my audiobook and the sweetest character, Fuschia, died. Gormenghast is such a good book that I get invested in the characters.
I kept waking up and falling back asleep again. I feel so groggy and sleepy, but it’s time to get up.
City adventures last night and an excellent time was had (although a lot of $$ spent). Beautiful night, crowds were heaving though! Finally got to stick my head into Yarra Falls and highly recommend, very cool place with a chill atmosphere.
I went there sometime back, definitely chill, but also a little odd so haven’t been back.
Enjoyed Mill Place Merchants recently.
Got a $250 99bike voucher from His Lordship as part of our early chrimsass with my sister and her family. Gonna ride down and use it to get that mik system I’ve had my eye on for yonks.
Am I making a very foolish decision? Time will tell.
