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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Made the mistake of ordering woollies chicken Kyiv. 2 tiny, very hollow balls of chicken nugget meat with some nasty cheese type sauce inside. Never again.
Also got 8 strawberry iced donuts substituted for cinnamon donuts. Guess what flavour I really hate? My OH now has 8 donuts and I have none.
Doing something I almost never do and breaking up my drive back from the border with a coffee half way. For those who know the Hume well: "Bacon Jam.. Really??" will tell you where I am.
ok i need a new bed and mattress - is Ikea the way to go or are there other options? Don't want to spend much, about $400- $500 in total, any recs?
$148 total:
https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/agotnes-foam-mattress-firm-light-blue-50480865/
https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/grimsbu-bed-frame-grey-60458760/
I've had that for 4 years but I'm also someone who happily sleeps on anything from air mattress to particle board and be reasonably fine the next day (I have the equivalent of that mattress. Mine has been discontinued.)
I tried four beds that had 100 day trial periods. It didn’t cost a cent and I’m pretty much an expert on mattresses in a box now..
Article in the age about the jam factory and the dead part of chapel street that used to be the bustling shopping bit.
Haven’t been there for ages, what happened?
Was there recently, it really is dead feeling. When I was younger I remember people used to go out to Chapel street for a night out; to restaurants, bars, clubs and just to hang out. Not just locals, but people came from around Melbourne. For some reason the younger crowd doesn’t go there anymore, and for the older people, unless you live locally it’s too hard to get to. Maybe it’s because there’s so many other options in CBD, inner north, inner west, etc that there’s really no need to go there anymore. There are better options whichever side of town you’re on that are more convenient and have a better vibe.
There was a big police operation / crackdown on chap laps.
Chapel St has always been overrated and I guess people have woken up to this fact.
What does it mean to drive around while holding a hat out the window?
Isn't that Lygon St? My assumption would be something soccer or Ferrari related. Did a red team win something this weekend?
