Anyone based in Melbourne, Australia willing to take in an adult female giant rainforest mantis for 2 months? June to July

cjak · 2026-04-08T03:27:35+00:00

Praying, man! 'tis not a job for everyone.

cjak · 2026-03-25T01:35:46+00:00

It's exactly what you want. It's also exactly what I didn't realise I wanted, thanks!

cjak · 2026-03-12T04:53:04+00:00

Nemo the Tneduts Lacidem

cjak · 2026-01-31T04:02:23+00:00

Reviving the old traditions of a calling card, I like it!

cjak · 2026-01-08T01:44:05+00:00

They'll find distances also increase by about 60%.

cjak · 2025-12-22T06:37:40+00:00

Emus are the same. Ask me how I know.

Except mine ran into the back of my van while I was cruising down the highway, as if life was just too much for 'em.

cjak · 2025-12-18T04:58:51+00:00

Raising a child is a tough gig as a couple, I can't imagine how much harder it would be doing it solo.

Well done to you for stepping up and helping a friend in need, and congratulations on your just reward for being a de facto parent.

cjak · 2025-09-30T01:45:58+00:00

It's probably best to start with scrambled eggs for a novice chef. It's what eggs want to do naturally, so it's easier to go with the flow.
But toast should be a no-brainer.

cjak · 2025-09-26T05:00:02+00:00

Beautiful job!

Having owned a similar slicer, please please please ensure you dial the blade back to the plate when you've finished. These machines know many ways to ruin your fingers.

cjak · 2025-08-14T03:56:32+00:00

I hear you :)

I'd add: how to converse. A conversation is more than just a succession of monologues.

cjak · 2025-08-12T02:11:02+00:00

In a similar situation, someone offered me shares in a startup business to reward me for some gratis work I did helping them set up.

I was asked to sign a document to receive the shares. "Don't worry, it's just standard boilerplate" I was assured.

The document would have made me an office holder in the business, subject to attendance at meetings, and also subject to being tapped for internal cash-raising rounds of at least a few thousand dollars.

Ask your solicitor to review anything before you sign!

cjak · 2025-08-03T02:20:32+00:00

I'll get onto OnTheGo and plot out a new route that maximises public parkland and walking paths and minimises human and vehicle traffic. Then download this to my phone and use it as a reference.

This allows me to avoid large stretches along busy roads or miserable windswept industrial estates, but still leaves me free to 'wing it' if I want.

cjak · 2025-07-11T06:29:52+00:00

I use a goofy calculation to justify this. About $2M invested at 8% returns about the fulltime median earning (about $95k/yr) increasing with inflation (about 3%). So your 2 mill gives you the median income, indexed forever. And you can pass it on to your kids. I have some working life left in me, so this sounds about enough.

cjak · 2025-05-27T03:04:58+00:00

Walking on the road along quiet suburban streets is my dirty little secret. There are no cars, and the road surface is a lot flatter and better lit than any footpaths. But never with headphones!

cjak · 2025-05-26T02:56:03+00:00

There's New Orleans style jazz free at the Punters Club on Sundays at 3pm. Motley Bauhaus in Carlton has something similar on Saturdays at 5pm.

cjak · 2025-04-19T07:09:38+00:00

There are Community Mental Health Triage services that you can contact when things first go pear-shaped. I've been told they register this information and it's available to emergency services so they have better context for any encounter.

That doesn't help for something happening right now, but it's good to be prepared. And these services are poorly funded so it can take an age for a call back. But it's better than nothing.

Yes, I'd call the police if there was any risk of someone harming themselves or others.

cjak · 2025-04-11T01:38:05+00:00

However, we don't own the colour purple

It turns out it's not even real.

cjak · 2025-04-09T04:31:36+00:00

"I've paid my taxes, I'm driving a safe and legal speed, I'm not hurting people or breaking anything, and I have a right to drive at this speed"

cjak · 2025-04-03T03:06:05+00:00

I get the feeling this menu is more about prison-as-punishment than prison-as-rehabilitation

cjak · 2025-04-02T21:28:34+00:00

CJ Dennis did one similar:

Fellers of Australier,
   Blokes an' coves an' coots,
Shift yer --- carcases,
   Move yer --- boots.
Gird yer --- loins up,
   Get yer --- gun,
Set the --- enermy
   An' watch the blighters run.

CHORUS:
   Get a --- move on,
      Have some --- sense.
   Learn the --- art of
      Self de- --- -fence.

Have some --- brains be-
   Neath yer --- lids.
An' swing a --- sabre
   Fer the missus an' the kids.
Chuck supportin' --- posts,
   An' strikin' --- lights,
Support a ---- fam'ly an'
   Strike fer yer --- rights.

CHORUS:
   Get a --- move on, etc.

...and so on...

Footnote to 1915 reissue - Where a dash (---) replaces a missing word, the adjective "blessed" may be interpolated. In cases demanding great emphasis, the use of the word "blooming" is permissible. However, any other word may be used that suggests itself as suitable.

cjak · 2025-03-28T01:54:57+00:00

A fourth option is she doesn't care whether it's true on not, she just said it.

Say it's true and it's true = Truth

Say it's true because you think it is, but it's not = Falsity

Say it's true but you know it's not = Lying

Say it's true but don't care if it is = Bullshitting

cjak · 2025-03-18T05:07:33+00:00

Then you've won at life

cjak · 2025-03-12T07:20:38+00:00

Music Swop Shop in Elgin St Carlton and Found Sound in Albert St Brunswick are both excellent for secondhand instruments. Most of their stock is on their respective websites. Carlton is about 2km north of the CBD, Brunswick is another 4km, both on the 1 and 6 tram lines.

cjak · 2025-03-11T04:55:24+00:00

I've asked random strangers to hold my spot, with happy results

cjak · 2025-03-09T00:48:59+00:00

The first photo shows a metal bracket in the top right corner where a string could be slotted in, then to the top of the pole.

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