What have the Romans ever done for us?
They have provided the lazy inspiration for countless hours of low effort BBC documentaries.
Walking Roman Roads with Dan Jones. About Roman roads in the England. I thought it might be a little interesting. First he didn’t walk it , he drove in a Range Rover, he said on account of the weather. He could have used a cart instead. 🙄 Then he visited every tiny museum along the way and looked at the easy stuff like swords.
Imagine how different it could have been. Dan could have suited up like a centurion with a 30 kg back pack and walked it like a Roman. Could have eaten Roman food. Talked about all the people of Roman times who used the roads, could have even “met” some re-enactors on the way to St Ives.
0.5 hobbits , he didn’t even meet up with a Druid wizard on the way to Wales, which he could have. ( caveat, I fell asleep for two episodes )
Special credit for the Lego model of a Roman Inn at one of the museums.
You’ll have to read Mary Beard’s books on ancient Rome for some well researched and written history
I’m old, I’ve read all the stuff, I even went to Rome with an atique atlas and saw the places
travellers tip, antique atlases are not good guides to modern cities
Today is a write off I think. All I’ve achieved so far is eating three times for two meals and going back to bed at noon. Phone isn’t usually allowed in bed, but I’m making an exception.
Can’t even fall asleep, but it is warmer and more comfy
w00t w00t brewery now on its own dedicated circuit and His Lordship can commence with the going of apeshitness.
If there’s apple cider involved I’ll be there in 5 minutes!
OK if there’s a brewery, that MAY affect the accuracy of the landlord sniping… :D
eh waves hand winging them is fine
Someone required a bath today due to a pootastrophe. He’s still little under all that floof. Wasn’t a fan of the hair-dryer but happy to have a sit in front of the fire. Thankful he is so placid, he didn’t enjoy the process but it was just some grumbles.
Awwww he looks like he needs a cuddle 😍
Many snugs have been had!
Aww, what a sad little face.
He was a bit baffled by the whole thing. Many hugs and snugs and it’s all better now.
Awww poor fluffy
It’s been a day Gibson. He’s all worn out. A very valuable lesson in being body slammed by your sister while burying your poo…
I would die for those toe fluffs
He’s still a baby, by the time he’s grown up it’ll be like a mop on each foot!
Oh I didn’t realise he was a wee kitten! I thought he was just small. I can’t wait to see him in his full glorious floofiness. So much fur to love.
He’s 9 months, and growing like a weed.
Oh my gosh. He needs 10cc’s of treats stat!
oh poor sweetie
The knockoff oodie has arrived, and even the S-M is huge on me. I’m skulking around the house like an evil wizard but it is warm.
(Before the oodie was a thing I had been thinking about sewing a monk style house robe out of blanket fabric. I should have done it and run for the patent office, become rich!)
It’s fricken cold
Thank you Captain Obvious
No, I’m Major Pain
Behold the puddle of fluff in front the of the heater
The best kind of puddle. Much comfy! 😍
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
One of those hollowed out bread loaf things filled with cheesy soup
Make that two plz chef
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Pulverised robot cock please
Sir this is a Wendy’s
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Porridge with honey and cream with coffee please. If available, could I also have a small army of cats to settle on me and keep me warm too.
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🌾🍯🥛☕️Thank you. The cats shared the leftover cream and licked the porridge bowl clean. Win/win.
May I please have some hot
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Thankyou. The serving size for hot seems to be much smaller today than I recall it being. Are we suffering from temperature shrinkflation?
No, we are just too far from it looking at it from our beds instead of the dining chair
I wish I was in bed, instead of at work where it is very chilly this morning. It’s been an indoor puffer jacket kind of day here.
our hearts are in bed
-2.5. Brrrrrr
Welcome to weird dream storytme. Evil robot taxis with Indian accents will steal your wallet and Optimus Prime is singing this charming number https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVN-yA11Pg
Getting the cat into the carrier was a task. Helped when I threw a towel on him and bundled him into it.
But the yowling on the tram had me cackling; had to get right up close and go “pss it’s me I’m here” for him to stop. I think he was upset because my partner was holding him, and then left to the train when I got on the tram.
Now we’re chilling in the waiting room. I expect Mickey will beat me up somewhat when we get home lol
Lol, wouldn’t be the first time I heard yowling on the tram
I actually thought there was a child behind me, until I realised it was Mickey 😂😂 I couldn’t stop giggling. He sounded like a whingey baby hahahahaha
The vet requires me to drug my cat the night before I bring her in.
She’s so funny when she’s a little doped out lol
Getting them into the carrier is the most stressful part of a vet trip. That and the bill.
All done and home now, he’s fine. Bit my leg, par for the course.
Bill wasn’t bad, $90 for his vax and another set in a month, as I realised I never got him vaxxed last year 👀
In my defense, he’s indoors only, and has only been unwell once when he was a kitten lol
Mine all had boosters in December. One of them then shared cat flu with the other two in May. Even the dog got it. In fairness, it was mild in the dog and the two she gave it to, but she was quite unwell herself. Don’t sneak out the door and get picked up by the ranger, kids.
There have been vaccination shortages anyway, so you might not have been able to get it done. Miss Meow was due for hers 6 months ago but the vet didn’t have any available so it got put off.
Ahhh this make me feel like less of a pet-parent failure lol. Thank you heh!
Hopefully your Miss can get hers soon!!
Booked a short holiday and cruise for next month. My brain: “maybe I should work on my health and fitness leading up to that!” Also my brain: “eat fried potato. Now.”
… it was delicious.
A fried potato isn’t that bad. It’s got a lot of kilojoules if you’re counting, but it is also fairly unprocessed. Lots of supposedly diet snacks are actually worse for you than a fried potato.
Processed food is the devil. And it’s everywhere in our diet. If the ingredients list on a snack is more than two lines long and has a bunch of numbers, it is worse for you than a fried potato.
I need a new bed. The slightest movement on mine and it squeaks like a rusty gate.
Any suggestions online to look for mattresses and bed frames?
I bought an Ecosa frame and mattress.
Personally, best mattress I’ve ever slept on.
I’ll check them out. Thanks.
Consider a box base for avoiding squeaks.
In the short term, a graphite lubricant like for locks will help a lot. Cheaper than a new bed. I would not use WD40 due to smell and greasy residue.
The bed is old. It needs to go, the screws are stripped to the point I’m not sure it could ever be taken apart lol. And the mattress is uncomfortable. I may as well have a whole new me.
Can you get ikea delivered down there? Not everyone loves it but the Malm is pretty solid! It survived the start of me and the wifes relationship if that counts for anything and is still with us today.
Can be delivered to Launceston but then getting it from Launceston to here is the problem but I will take a look. Thanks!
Even the vape shop in my dreams wasn’t selling stuff anymore lol
100% humidity outside - that explains why EVERYTHING is currently very wet. And foggy. Might be the same tomorrow, weekend’s looking promising for some sun though. My split system was being weird, blowing hot and cold, but the internal unit air filters were quite clean. Gave them a wash anyway. Maybe I need to create more space in front of the external unit and give it a bit of a vacuum or something
