It’s cold af. I thought it’d be fine with the electric blanket alone but I wasn’t in the bed, wasn’t dressed heavy enough and had opened the door to grab my plants. Was not prepared.
I put door snakes and a rolled up towel under the doors. The casing on the blanket ‘curtain’ I use to block off the other room was unraveling and the fan heater I had out broke… fortunately I had a spare one, and did a really quick rough sewing job.
Then I put trackies over my leggings, a second pair of socks and slippers. I would have been smart to layer up first but didn’t expect the snafus to take so long.
This is the first time I’ve turned a heater on this year but it’s going now. The cat hasn’t emerged yet, hopefully it warms things up a bit before it’s time for her breakfast.
My neighbour’s backyard looks frozen solid
Went to get the bins and the grass was crunchy as
14° downstairs at 645 this morning. Thermometer is nears the front door so probably the coldest place in the house. Not too bad all things considering.
14’s pretty good! it was 7 in my place at 6:30.
Yikes!
Since putting in hybrid flooring over our old tiles, indoor temp downstairs has gone up about 5 ° in the winter.
Best investment ever
yeah I’m tipping my hybrid flooring helped a lot over the previous “lets glue vinyl flooring direct to the slab” solution implemented by the builders. Our problem is draughts. The seals on the windows are rooted, the windows are single glaze and cheap and the back door has a gap big enough to stick a finger through.
Not really problems 80% of the year though so bit hard to throw any serious money at it all.
Our windows are single glazed, and since the house was built in the early 90s, the glass thickness is 0.5 mm less than the current standard. We had to replace a pane a few years ago, and the installer had to widen the channels in the frames cause they were slightly too small.
We do have roller shutters and curtains which help with the cold slightly.
For the window seals, if you’re planning on replacing them eventually, run silicone or sicaflex along the edges. Doesn’t look flash, but helps a lot.
For the window seals, if you’re planning on replacing them eventually, run silicone or sicaflex along the edges. Doesn’t look flash, but helps a lot.
I mean… Screw it, its a shit seal anyway why not. Cant look any worse than it does.
7° here ❄️
It was 7 in my bedroom when I woke up as well.
17 inside when I left the house at 6am, not too shabby.
Of course walking outside into the -2 degree morning was a wake up call…
17 is just lovely. Getting the bins was a rude awakening. Roof on one my neighbour’s houses shows a perfect frost line as the sun moves
Rising up from within, the toll of evolution,
I am not without sin, but I’m not here for procreation.
These rolling waves of pain, the tides of boiling crimson,
Turn into red stains, fuck you menstruation.Get me my chocolate! Get me my wheat bag! Cancel the meeting! Not leaving this seating!
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me…"
“Bom, bom, bom, bom…”
“So help me! So help me! And cut. We’re still working on it, it’s a work in progress but, hey, we need ushers.”
which coffee is the most easy to get in winter?
answer
a cold brrrrrrrrew
😐
Perfect emoji
This is punny and I love it
The Mill Brewery are taking over the Bendigo Hotel, and keeping the bandroom.
I hope we can still get the same kind of music instead of turning into whatever the fuck the espy is these days
They do 6.66% beers, and a few Death Metal flyer artists have done their cans.
Oh man I thought today was gonna be cruisey, and I did finish nearly everything by 1pm and stretched out my time at uni a bit, but being the conscientious idiot that I am, I decided to do one last work task when I got back to make up a lil bit of the 2 hours I was away (even though the deadline isn’t due for ages and nobody’s keeping track of my hours at this job)…
…what was supposed to be a quick half an hour jobbie spiraled into hours because there was a fundamental issue with the entire thing - like, someone’s property boundary might be so off that either they or Council are in big trouble. It’s way beyond my experience or pay grade, but I just can’t let a bit of good problem-solving go…
At least it wasn’t outrageous, I came home around 4:15pm and wrapped up around 8pm. Dinner, shower, bunch of tidying up, and now bed.
Also bloody hell, I think I do need a new chair, or at least reevaluate my seating height; my neck and back haven’t responded well to wfh today. Alright, NO overworking the next two days.
l am disappointed that there is no snow
there may be snow by morning 😄
I haven’t seen snow for the longest time 🥲
Here’s Casey in the snow
spoiler
It’s - 0.7 here. Snow would make this more bearable.
snow is so pretty
So I’m officially creeped out. Tonight’s my last night here and 10 mins or so ago I heard something. Chalked it up to old house + cold weather (and warm heater). But when I went for my final dunny run, I opened the bathroom and the manhole thingy is halfway down and it has a staircase built into it. The noise I heard definitely didn’t sound like a clunk, which is the noise I’d expect it to make
This is the sort of thing that’s too concerning for me to be able to just go to sleep and act like everything’s okay, but at the same time not enough to actually call the police (who are pretty much the only people I could call at this hour). It’s also a lot colder in here than it has been any other night, kind of like a door was open. All of my doors are locked and have been all night. I checked all the spare rooms, nobody’s here. But I can’t even close the damn thing because it’s too high to reach.
It looks like it has some sort of latching mechanism which should’ve prevented it from coming open by itself. And of course every little creak is freaking me out now
It’ll be ok Baku. Unfortunately I have been creeped out by sounds which then triggers your mind to everything as you try and sleep and you’ll overthink things.
The noise could have been anything including possums or something or the pipes but it’s not going to make you feel any better about it for awhile.
Best thing to do is to try and put on some relaxation sounds or a podcast/audio to fall asleep with or if you have earplugs that would help.
The noise I heard sounded similar to my footsteps, but I just assumed my backpack must have slipped over or something fabric-y fell off something else. The pipes also made a jarring noise when I turned on the tap which they so far haven’t done either.
I think I can hear either possums or foxes outside, something sounds like a child screaming in the distance. That is not helping the vibe. In any case, something doesn’t feel right and I’m going to stay in my room until morning
That does sound creepy. Maybe the metal of the latch shrunk in the cold, and you heard it fall open?
Maybe it could have been pushed shut with a broom if one was available. I’m not familiar with manholes. But definitely do what feels safest and stay in your room.
After not hearing anything for a few hours, I actually did go out to try and push it closed. It’s not a latch, it has some sort of key, but I can’t actually turn the key to lock it because it’s too high up and not really usable by anything except finger
Thank you. Something about the situation felt and still feels off, and I’ve never really been in this situation before so don’t know how to react
Good thing you’re out of there, it does seem weird
If this shit impacts overwintering of my chillis I’m gonna write a stern letter. To someone.
The fuzzy little one is under the doona with the electric blanket on. Now to make a hottie and see if I can wiggle in.
Edit: I bought the knockoff oodie a day or two ago
My fuzzy one is the hot water bottle.
Frozen Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Jamaican goat curry and a maitai please
🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊
🧊🇯🇲🐐🥘🍹🧊
🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊
Borscht and a martini please chef
🧊🧊🧊🧊
🧊🥘🍸🧊
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Coffee fro-yo plz chef
🧊☕️🍦🧊
Can I please get an iced coffee?
🧊☕️🥛🧊
Cold chicken, ice cream, iced coffee and some chilly sauce please.
🧊🍗🍨☕️🥛🌶️🧊
It’s cold comfort, but thank you.
Movie Review. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. 1942. Youtube.
A blatant WWII propaganda movie, adapted from the WWI propaganda Sherlock Holmes short story.
The purpose of the movie is to tell the working poor and underclasses of Britain why they should support the government in the war against Germany even tho the working poor and underclass are abused and exploited by the British capitalist class.
The reasons given were culture, we are also defending working class culture, Justice, the British justice system is worth defending against fascism, Home, London and by extension the rest of Britain is home to all. IMO these were good and true reasons.
The working class did support the war effort and as a reward they were given the National Health Service and social housing.
America made a similarly motivated WWII propaganda movie called “The Negro Soldier” by Frank Capra.
The reward was the Civil Rights Act.
The working classes had “Why We Fight” and the reward was the GI Bill and School Lunches.
Australia and India et al, being colonies, needed no reason to fight and were given no rewards.
I know our cold tolerance is all different but maaaaan people watching is insane today. The battle between fashion and function. Cool guys who chucked on a vest and went “that’ll do” or insisted a cap is good enough over a beanie. The Middle aged professional looks great in her business gear, but I’m questioning pants that are basically 3 quarters in length cause she’s gotta be regretting the amount of skin exposed on her legs. Then sensible ones who layered up, people who tried to make the puffer jacket cool (largely successfully I must say) and then there is those of us who went “fuck it, warm is more important” and just threw something together. I don’t think my gloves are even the same colours, if anyone asks I’m just gonna say I can tell which is my left and which is my right.
Coming from a colder climate, it amazes me how much emphasis there is here for ‘looking the part’ instead of being comfortable.
I think the difference is death. Ok not really. But in anything colder than this you’ve simply gotta treat it more seriously.
Hahaha…yeah exposure is definitely more a thing in Canada. I don’t get why someone would choose to be uncomfortable, even for a few minutes. The cap example is hilarious. If you’re worried about ruining your hair, you’re not going to wear a hat regardless. Throw a beanie on and keep the ears warm dang it!!
one dude had an answer to that: Over ear headphones. Honestly a pretty elegant solution. They were both really strange. one guy had a cool hoodie and a vest and that was it, which didnt seem enough. Another was cap and jumper as if he didnt feel the cold but with a scarf on as well. Its like bro are you cold or not?
I used to have a great cold weather look when I was working in the city (many years ago). Long black coat, suede gloves with fur trim, and a black fur scarf and hat. Now that I I only have a few minutes passing between car and buildings I am much more the random hodge-podge look.
Back in the day when I was a young fella I put in a lot more effort. Nice black business jacket, matching scarf and gloves. These days…. Haha less so. Works lucky I put on pants that arnt trackies.
as a research academic (I.e. very few student facing days), my “middle aged professional” cold weather gear is a pair of blunnies (over thick socks), jeans, shirt and v-neck jumper under a long wool coat with a scarf/cowl.
basically, switch the blunnies for other shoes, drop the coat and scarf and it’s all remarkably similar to my all-weather, middle aged professional look.
more effort made on occasion when visiting 50 Lonsdale.
I used to have the wool jacket, but these days its either a Northface or a Jack Wills puffer i got from the UK. I prefer the wool look, its much more classy, but I find the puffer much warmer.
I’m just a sucker for a winter coat! puffy jackets are way more practical, though
more effort made on occasion when visiting 50 Lonsdale.
Not too much effort I hope. Don’t be showing up us regulars there :)
I swap the cons/chucks for r m Williams to match the rest of the policy wonks…
The wonks wear RMWs, us real workers wear Docs
-4.3!!! Fuuuuuuck
I need a snack and the loo but I don’t want to get up 🧊
-2 here, feels like -6. I am staying in my nice warm bed until conditions are more civilised.
