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  • Went for a random drive in this awful weather (which I quietly love) with no destination and found myself stopping into bingo. I've missed the first 2 sessions but there are still 2 remaining so LESSGOOOOO

    They call me the big baller bingo caller. They call me big mack daddy dabber. They call me Nanna's Bane, ender of the elderly.

  • ugh, had a nasty nightmare about anxiety. I was packing to travel and husband was impeding me, making me late, making me anxious. I got angry.

  • husband's folks are coming for dinner, I checked with him, i called them "your folks" , first time I ever called them that. Thing is they treat me like crap, always have, they truly are not my folks

    • treat me like crap

      Get them to do the washing up, sit there silence judging them :) With your eyes "that's not where that goes".

      • I will do it, they break things accidentally on purpose. Also, after that I can just ignore them and do some embroidery. Tired of entertaining them.

  • Has anyone got a nice simple puff pastry recipe they use and can recommend? I made homemade sausage rolls today and my filling was delicious, but I'm annoyed at the bought pastry I used. It was awful! I've tried every brand of readily available bought puff and it's all awful, I'm over it.

    • You can't go wrong with Julia Childs' recipie - many heaps of vijos on youtoob. This is the old school classic, and takes a fair bit of work and time. The good side is that the raw pastry freezes well, so making a large batch and only using the portion you need for one use, and then for the next use 90% of the work is already done - at least until the stash is used up. Recommend using unsalted cultured butter for the authentic flavor. The original and best.

      For quick pastry, I like using the Womens Weekly Rough Puff for savory recipies - so quick and easy and the results taste just fine though the texture is not quite as flaky. Again, one zillion recipies on youtoob. You can play a bit fast and loose with the proportions for this recipie depending on what you have available, so it's a very user friendly method. The only real secret is using chilled water to mix and resting the dough before rolling out and using. This weather is perfect for pastry - it's a pain to make in hot weather.

  • Had a productive day: caught up with the real estate agents who sold me this place and checked out a place that had been suggested but came onto the market too late to suit. (This one is definitely better.) Then started tackling the boxes of kitchen stuff that are still unpacked as well as reorganising the kitchen. Then felt like a break and a bahn mi so I got that via another OFI in the block of units where I made my first offer and got pipped at the post. And had no trouble walking at a medium pace three times for about 15 minutes, so yay!

  • I have to somehow return a rice cooker without the original box, via mail.

    • Post office usually has a range of cardboard boxes for the purpose - bound to be one of an appropriate size. Or hit your local IGA for a cardboard box.

  • Just had a look at the AFL ladder after tonight's games. There are 6 teams on 32 points. If Hawthorn wins over West Coast tomorrow, they'll join them for 7 teams. Even though they'll have a crappy percentage. Next few rounds will be interesting.

    • Apart from Sydney being well clear it’s a logjam down below and it’s been a rather strange season as well with teams dropping off badly and some teams coming back from nowhere like Hawthorn.

      Going to make the next few wins or losses very important for those teams.

      • @Duenan @Thornburywitch Hawthorn is currently on 7 wins, with games still to come against West Coast, North, Adelaide, and Richmond.

        On recent form, percentage aside, I could definitely see them ending up in the finals...

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