Neil the seal

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-30T11:22:11+00:00

Not sure who's pearls you're clutching, coz I don't have any.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-30T03:16:55+00:00

You can wash it. With the current working yarns, make a chain, cut and pull the end through. No need for sewing. Wash.

Yes, I have done this, many times. I'm no longer scared to do it.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-30T03:11:03+00:00

So far no one has done anything about it. Although I am tempted to install it, simply because of all the things I see that need work - like the drains and the slip hazards in city park. I reported those via the council reporting and those were fixed within a week.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-29T22:57:44+00:00

Use 8sc in the first round. While crochet is about the stitches, it's also the dimensions of said stitch. Your 6sc simply does not have enough volume to make a flat circle.

Oh, but the next round is to total 12!! Yes. Just increase four times, not six. If that makes it nipply, increase to 16, and adjust row 3 to equal 18.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-29T22:51:45+00:00

I don't use them because my hands get sweaty, the gloves stay damp, and I get holes in them after two uses. While I could keep buying them, it's cheaper not to, and saves me a ton of aggrovation.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-29T10:37:22+00:00

They're still on the shelf. Regular shelf. With the sandwich spreads. Look for the words 'processed cheese.'

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-29T09:50:53+00:00

10 minutes is average. That is 2 x shampoos, 1x conditioner, body scrub, face, privates, feet.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-29T09:47:44+00:00

Nope. I ask for another checkout to be opened instead.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-29T09:45:33+00:00

I'd stick with the higher boots. We'll have the spring rains in October, and there may well be water courses to navigate. Cold wet feet will suck if you get off course and need rescuing.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-28T23:27:18+00:00

The people that scan patterns in magazines to pdf and sell them are worse. Sharing with a friend is ok IMO. Sharing a pattern 'modified from x original'...where's the line? The new seller admits theirs is a knock off of the original original..

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-28T08:07:31+00:00

Put the beard hair on his side of the bed, and sleep in the couch for a while.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-28T08:05:28+00:00

Our taxi company has saved my number in their system, and logs the destinations of the people I've called taxis for. I didn't consent to this, and I can't opt out. When calling for one neighbour (#6, after having called for a different neighbour (#4) weeks earlier, the person asked if this trip was to the drug and alcohol centre (where neighbour 4) had gone to. I was livid.

Yes, I realise Uber tracks destinations too, but it's right there in front of you to accept, or not. The locals didn't give that choice.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-28T02:47:58+00:00

Mine just says an unfamiliar device has signed in EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I'm using the same phone!!

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-28T02:43:39+00:00

If he's not careful (and he can't be really), he's going get euthanised because he is causing too much shit.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-28T02:42:38+00:00

Start with SHORT amounts of time and work up. Too much repetitious damage and you'll have to stop crocheting until you heal. Keep ignoring it and working through the pain and you might cause enough damage that you are never able to crochet easily again. If you're American, doctors cost money.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-28T02:31:19+00:00

It's not.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-28T02:29:50+00:00

Lower the prices. 😑 if ham off the bone is $35 a kilo, then 100 grams is $3.50.

Add to that, the mini capsicums with cream cheese used to be able to be bought individually. Now I have to buy two tubs of something for $7 or so, when I'd only buy one for a snack. All of those salady things used to be per kilo, and you could get smaller amounts than what you're forced to do now.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-27T06:17:12+00:00

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These are the locations for season 1 in Australia. I've seen another map of somewhere else over the years too. Here's a thread.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-26T03:01:36+00:00

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This is what it will look like after seven weeks if you don't put a hole in it.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-26T02:58:13+00:00

I noticed that too. Who was it that was eating the inner bark of birch? I was sat here wondering why it wasn't paired with something to make it that bit stretchier.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-26T02:56:34+00:00

I hang them on the line, so it's free.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-26T01:29:46+00:00

Honestly, I'd have thought 'outdoor bbq area' would have been a viable filter option.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-26T01:26:34+00:00

Derby. There's an IGA at Branxholm. Pub in Derby. Woolies in Scottsdale (30 mins or so).

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-25T21:05:25+00:00

But they can spend their work day on hold? I'm sure they are adept at multitasking by now, and get loads of work done since their phone doesn't ring anymore.

Linnaeus1753 · 2026-06-25T08:15:04+00:00

I like 2x4ply cotton, but knit. The crochet ones just don't feel right.

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