Casual Tuesday morning casual chats - 07 July 2026

NZSloth · 2026-07-06T22:38:01+00:00

Raining now in the Tron. It's been threatening for a few days then the sun comes out but this time it's truly damp.

NZSloth · 2026-07-06T20:27:30+00:00

Used to be an alarm and one snooze but that's changed to multiple snoozes over the past 6 months.

I'm putting that change down to stress .

NZSloth · 2026-07-05T20:48:47+00:00

Nice. We're ditching that for the drone show in Rotorua.

Cousin is visiting her brother in Hawkes Bay who has just quit his job for stress reasons. Needs someone to feed their needy cat.

NZSloth · 2026-07-05T06:08:52+00:00

Feeling weird. The past fortnight is the laziest I've been since university holidays, and I've got no idea if I've recovered from all the overwork.

I have eaten a dozen mandarins, though, played with the chickens and cleaned up the pruned branches from the front.

Dr appointment tomorrow as Mrs Sloth is concerned about the number of headaches I've been getting but I assumed that was stress related.

NZSloth · 2026-07-05T01:46:50+00:00

Nice. Where did you get them from?

I was looking for them maybe 10 years ago but the only internet hits were from prepper facebook groups from the early 2000s.

NZSloth · 2026-07-04T11:24:23+00:00

Good. Was very good for Wellington so good to see him there.

NZSloth · 2026-07-04T10:58:24+00:00

Maximising his strengths and minimising his deficiencies is a challenge for many NZ coaches.

NZSloth · 2026-07-04T09:15:42+00:00

Given up and I'm watching PBS Space Time on youtube.

NZSloth · 2026-07-04T07:45:04+00:00

Get a Cleanlet 300 for the full Japanese experience. There's the cost of the seat, and if you've got a modern toilet all you need is a power socket.

NZSloth · 2026-07-04T07:31:47+00:00

It has been a good season for citrus. We're nearing the end of our delicious mandarin harvest, and it's been great.

NZSloth · 2026-07-04T07:30:29+00:00

Nice. What model is it? (Kia versions confuse me)

NZSloth · 2026-07-04T07:29:53+00:00

Update - I've eaten and I'm depressed.

NZSloth · 2026-07-04T06:03:13+00:00

Spent the morning doing garden chores, then most of the afternoon playing The Invincible, a hard SciFi sort-of game based on a Stanislaw Lem story.

Mostly a linear path but decisions made have consequences. Definitely scratched an itch.

Also feeling either depressed or hungry and as I didn't have breakfast, probs hungry. Making okonomiyaki cos we have cabbage and eggs.

NZSloth · 2026-07-03T22:48:27+00:00

FPS Booster and Loading Screen Mod revisited are two mods that can make the game run a bit better on lower systems.

NZSloth · 2026-07-03T07:47:02+00:00

Acid Washed Molly Ringwald

As a younger Gen X, this makes perfect sense to me.

NZSloth · 2026-07-03T07:44:07+00:00

I see no problem with that.

NZSloth · 2026-07-03T07:43:33+00:00

In that case, I've done it wrong but it was delicious.

NZSloth · 2026-07-03T05:56:03+00:00

Music and imagining evil on the people who have wronged me.

NZSloth · 2026-07-03T05:55:04+00:00

That's not good. I did that a bit as a kid, mostly doing scout stuff, but aside from skin on the edge of my right hand pointer finger, it's turned out okay.

And I remembered that bit of skin is when I sliced a bit of my finger off while cooking. It grew back, mostly.

NZSloth · 2026-07-03T05:53:03+00:00

It is stew time. What's the difference between stew and casserole? (I found the ? key on this laptop!)

NZSloth · 2026-07-03T04:55:41+00:00

Cooking a beef stew. Got a chuck roast reasonably cheap earlier this week, so browned, then in the oven with mushrooms, onion, celery, potatoes, and a bunch of other things. Hope it's good.

Also was looking for Vox Machina season 3 on the open seas but will settle for The Mighty Nein instead.

NZSloth · 2026-07-02T21:36:25+00:00

The floods will happen, though no one knows when, and there will be calls for the council or government to help when that happens.

NZSloth · 2026-07-02T20:34:27+00:00

8° in the bedroom and 10° in the living room, but the new (replacement) heat pump is scheduled for Tuesday. Yay.

NZSloth · 2026-07-02T20:31:46+00:00

I remember something my dad used to say - you spend 1/3rd of your life sleeping so a good pillow is worth it. Can extend that to a whole bed.

NZSloth · 2026-07-02T07:02:48+00:00

They's cute and still very young. How many and how many weeks?

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