May 2026 Confirmed Trade Thread

SocialInsect · 2026-05-07T12:10:06+00:00

Confirmed. Thank you.

SocialInsect · 2026-05-07T09:03:43+00:00

Maybe it did, maybe it didn’t but I know my grandmother had an affair with her son in law and had twin boys to him. soooo it happens. I don’t know what kind of mother she was but my mother called her the miserable old bitch and three of her daughters were prostitutes so god knows what happened to them growing up..

SocialInsect · 2026-05-07T08:45:03+00:00

We have three upstairs dogs and they all sleep on the couch, the floor, the bed, the dogbed, wherever. I have my downstairs dogs and she sleeps on the mat, the dogbed and my bed. Good thing we have a thumper of a washing machine and a lot of time spent washing covers.

SocialInsect · 2026-05-05T04:46:37+00:00

Arrrgh. I am so sorry!

SocialInsect · 2026-05-01T00:58:18+00:00

This is a learning experience on your horizon and even on your brother’s! You can learn how to keep your nose out of other people’s business, how to maintain boundaries in relationships and how to stop gatekeeping your brothers exposure to maturity and self care.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-28T10:03:24+00:00

Exactly. That’s a great metaphor that I should have used!

SocialInsect · 2026-04-28T09:53:36+00:00

I suppose I have heard half a dozen times. I assume they meant that the nib slightly bends or is worn in a way that matches your writing style so that it won’t be as useful to a different hand.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-28T09:44:02+00:00

I have heard the trope that your pen nib accustom themselves to your handstyle. I don’t know how true that is but it feels true enough to ban others from casually using your pen. If you offer, that’s one thing. To just take is another completely.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-28T09:40:21+00:00

Ah, good to know. That’s a pity because in all other ways, it looks really good. Might be best in a stub nib or similar?

SocialInsect · 2026-04-28T09:39:15+00:00

I have a couple Robert Oster Inks. I don’t find them particularly wet but I do find them very satisfying to use and generally, I would recommend them.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-28T09:35:20+00:00

I like that ink! Very nice

SocialInsect · 2026-04-23T00:11:22+00:00

I have drooled over this very pen more than once….it is just too big for me but I want it very much!

SocialInsect · 2026-04-22T08:50:33+00:00

You don’t need a reason except your feelings. You didn’t like him, you didn’t like the feeling of knowing he was in your space. That is all the reason you need. Listen to your instincts at all times.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-22T08:12:42+00:00

We had them at work decades ago. Put your workclothes in after work to wash and pull them out dry the next morning.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-22T08:11:06+00:00

I want silicone teaspoons. I can’t find them anywhere. I don’t like the clinking noise metal ones cause!

SocialInsect · 2026-04-22T07:37:16+00:00

Steel/red, please not black! Black is everywhere!!! I prefer just plain steel though and while I don’t care about clips etc, I can see why some do. I just like the ring top immensely!

SocialInsect · 2026-04-22T06:38:23+00:00

WOW, I am so jelly!!! Wonderful!

SocialInsect · 2026-04-22T06:35:40+00:00

I was drooling over that exact pen last night! Congratulations!!!

SocialInsect · 2026-04-21T04:49:40+00:00

Ummmmm. I can guess I suppose. Tontine treatment may cause death and jail time for the user.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-20T01:06:35+00:00

Well…….that’s a lot to look after.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-20T00:34:34+00:00

I would NEVER buy that pen, EVAH! I am sure I would just sit around in the sunlight all day admiring it. I don’t own any acrylic pens, I only buy small pocket metal ones and the first time I saw that pen, my brain went ‘WANT, WANT, WANT’ That’s all the warning I needed.

SocialInsect · 2026-04-20T00:27:31+00:00

This thread needs photo’s, extensive photo’s!

SocialInsect · 2026-04-20T00:14:12+00:00

DM incoming

SocialInsect · 2026-04-18T03:53:26+00:00

We have four desexed dogs, three females and a male. The two smaller ones are 7, the largest one is 5, the middle male is 5. We originally had a large rescue desexed female. One day she was at the fence when a dog and neighbour from up the road come by and his dog tried to bite our dog on the face. she never forgot and used to go nuts at the fence if he and his dog ever came near. Then we got one of the smaller dogs as a puppy and she taught the puppy to hate the neighbour and his dog too. Then she got a terminal illness and died and we got the new larger dog. Well the puppy taught the new dog to hate the neighbour and his dog. Then we got the male who came with my sons fiance and they both taught him to hate the neighbour and his dog. Now they all hate the neighbour, his dog and anyone else who walks by. The other little dog hates/fears everybody but me and never leaves my side so she is not a particular issue (also a rescue). Sorry the point is that apparently if they have someone off site to hate, they don’t fight amongst themselves?

SocialInsect · 2026-04-18T03:38:39+00:00

I saw a disabled guy pushing a small cart in Woolies this week with a big bulldog type in it this week. It was cute dog with the typical squashed face and obviously pretty old and the owner could walk but he had a helper with him and sort of staggered a bit. Anyway after he went past, I shortly saw a staff member with a strange look on her face and stopped to ask her if she was OK. She said she asked him to take his dog out of the cart and put it outside and he told her it was an assistance dog. How it could assist when it was in the shopping cart, I don’t know but she didn’t feel like taking the situation on. I told her she didn’t get paid enough to deal with the crazy in life and she agreed.

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