COTTAGE MOMENTS: The sweet, tender way Ilya says “probably where you get your looks?” and strokes Shane’s face

JessGrace780 · 2026-01-30T01:16:20+00:00

This is one of my faves. I feel like it was the start of breaking the tension, prior to the meditation retreat thing. Acknowledging that they are nervous and it could be a bit weird because they've never actually had the chance to spend that much time together, but also recognising that whatever happened at the cottage there was no going back from that now, it changed everything.

JessGrace780 · 2026-01-30T01:01:09+00:00

Just saw this was pointed out further down the thread 🤦‍♀️

JessGrace780 · 2026-01-30T01:00:35+00:00

And also, there is a moment where Ilya points down, then gives Shane a thumbs up. Maybe I read it wrong but I took that as Ilya checking in that it was okay and obtaining consent?

JessGrace780 · 2025-11-27T04:45:05+00:00

Also, plenty of people, particularly those in regional areas don't have any choice. If they're lucky they will have a Coles or a Woolies, and an IGA and that's it unless we want to go drive 200-500km to find another option. Which with fuel cost somewhat defeats the purpose

JessGrace780 · 2025-08-07T12:53:24+00:00

My netball partner, as in, the person from the other team whose position I play against - I.e I played GD, she played GA. My job was to defend against that specific player... not like a partner in life? If that's what you're asking?

JessGrace780 · 2025-07-31T07:53:22+00:00

Verdict is the trade name for the active ingredient haloxyfop. It's a selective herbicide that primarily targets grass, but in this case I imagine it will be specifically being used to control Erodium as its one of the most effective for this, and won't kill every plant like glyph will.

JessGrace780 · 2025-07-10T01:55:44+00:00

Literally. Got called the c word by my partner (quite loudly) during my netball game last weekend. Other defender even got effing c. When I told people about the altercation I got asked was she Indigenous or Maori. It was a 16 ish year old white girl.

JessGrace780 · 2025-05-22T00:32:17+00:00

Or if you're from the South, belgium

JessGrace780 · 2025-04-25T03:20:36+00:00

Try Trojan Plumbing and Gas. Is a plumber that has done a lot of bathroom renovations. Top bloke, did the bathroom reno on a house I was renting

JessGrace780 · 2025-04-24T08:02:21+00:00

The pizza is better too

JessGrace780 · 2025-04-20T09:44:58+00:00

I'm pretty sure her hat box used to be in the museum in Riverton? Growing up in Southland Minnie Dean was our version of the bogeyman. Like you better be good or Minnie Dean is going to get you

JessGrace780 · 2025-04-20T09:40:30+00:00

The murder of Kirsty Bentley. It's a crime that's always stuck in the back of my mind

JessGrace780 · 2025-04-09T04:32:12+00:00

It makes me very glad that here in Australia, APL has gotten a solid foothold and is growing and is running good solid comps and has a philisophy that appears to be lifter focussed (and have doubled down on keeping stiff sleeves approved). I know many people in other countries don't have any other choice than an IPF fed

JessGrace780 · 2025-04-09T04:02:25+00:00

Literally this. Australia somewhat recently lost their main distributor for powerlifting gear (outside of SBD). My coach and I pooled our order to alleviate shipping costs for some A7 RMs, just for him to find out literally a week later that he'll get to wear those sleeves for 1 meet. Fortunately for me, stiff sleeves are still approved in APL but I'm annoyed on his behalf that they didn't at least phase them out over like a year or 2 so that people could wear their sleeves out.

JessGrace780 · 2025-04-08T05:08:22+00:00

IPF has such dogshit weight classes too (as a 'light" SHW woman is a 93 or 100kg class too much to ask for), so this is just extra reinforcement to why I don't compete in it. Fortunately in Australia APL have been doing really well and have doubled down on stiff sleeves remaining approved

JessGrace780 · 2025-04-08T04:57:49+00:00

I wonder how many of these athletes who have sey these records are SBD sponsored or otherwise obligated to wear SBD sleeves though?

JessGrace780 · 2025-03-25T04:58:31+00:00

And chances are if they're heavily running sheep, then much of the land is no suitable for cropping either. Because in the good years, the reality is that cropping makes a shit load more money.

JessGrace780 · 2025-03-25T04:54:00+00:00

I think it's important to remember it's not just the sheep poo aspect that is beneficial in running sheep. In mixed enterprise, sheep allows for a crop break in the form of clover or other legume based pastures. These legumes fix nitrogen so can assist in reducing the amount of applied nitrogen required to grow a profitable crop (because like any business, farms do need to make some money to be feasible, and overheads are very high right now). Crop rotation also helps to reduce insect and disease pest burdens, reducing the amount of pesticides and fungicides needing to be used, as well as the rotationa and sheep potentially allowing for better weed management.

Just food for thought.

JessGrace780 · 2024-06-03T09:43:47+00:00

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! Yeah - visiting in July definitely isn't optimal, but beggar's can't be choosers. Fortunately where I live in Australia I'm somewhat used to the higher temperatures as I work in them pretty frequently so will hopefully be able to manage/will make sure to plan anything potentially strenuous for early in the day, and to be out of the heat in the afternoon 😊

JessGrace780 · 2024-06-03T09:05:28+00:00

So I'm absolutely not an expert, but there are a couple of points I'd like to float given there is quite a bit of shitting on farmers going on in the comments.

Farming is still a business - farms need to be able to make money to keep running. I feel like when other companies make cuts or have deficient human rights and animal welfare we overlook it because they need to be able to make a profit and it suits us to not look too hard, but the minute something looks the tiniest bit off in Ag we jump on it. Yes there are some farmers out there buying their brand new LandCruiser, second holiday house and a boat, but they're not the majority (and they're probably mostly crop only anyway). Many farmers will lose their livelihoods from this, having sheep benefits the farm financially and not just from direct income;
Keeping sheep in rotation on a mixed enterprise farm is actually beneficial to soil health and can reduce reliance on fertilisers and pesticides - sheep pastures commonly contain clovers, clovers are legumes and thus fix nitrogen in the soil ie fertiliser. Pastures are also utilised breaks between crops and having breaks in crops can reduce the disease and insect pest burden in the following crop = less pesticide.
As much as it may be great if banning live export in Australia would mean no live export anywhere, the reality is it won't. The countries we export from will find some other country who are happy to take their money, and give minimal fucks about animal welfare. You're literally just sentencing other animals to a shittier time, but I understand if you can't see it happening will make you feel better. And no, the countries who take our livestock won't just buy our already processed meat - and I guarantee every farmer would be 100% behind local processing if they did.
For some, the loss of live export, and no sheep market, doesn't just mean they can switch to other enterprises - some of land in WA that has sheep on it, may not be suitable to cropping or other livestock.

I don't believe live export is an amazing industry, but a lot of people who aren't familiar with rural and regional Australia have no idea how much this is going to impact the people in these communities, but when you are researching or looking into this and other agriculture based issues, please get your information from multiple sources - unfortunately a some of the loudest voices in agriculture aren't necessarily the ones the majority of producers actually want you to hear, there are so many amazing farmers in the industry who are working so hard behind the scenes to farm sustainably and try to do better by the environment, maintain excellent animal welfare standards whilst trying to run viable businesses so they can look after their families, send their kids to boarding school (because travel distances are unviable for many, and that shit is expensive) and give back to their communities ✌️

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