yaay tomorrow is my birthday and I’ll be damend if I’m gonna have another shit one.
last year was a disaster, year before was just…fucked and the one before that I literally got evicted.
This one better be nice or I’m gonna bite its head off
Happy happy birthday 🎂
It. had. Better. Be.
Have put in a word to the Universe on your behalf.
cheers
IT WILL BE positive vibes yeah.
oh I’m past vibing and deep into threat territory at this point. My FIL already tried to fuck it
I’ll send an evil eye his way. Go ahead and enjoy your weekend.
It should be easier to have a comparatively better birthday but I hope you have a great one!
Comparatively is a very dangerous word to use here. We’re talking an event that does include my grandfather literally dying in the middle of my 18th birthday party and (another year) ME almost dying (not hyperbole. I spent my 33rd birthday in the ICU with a 10% chance of survival.)
hugs, happy you survived
life is good 😽
Shit, I’m sorry to hear that. I didn’t realise things were so bad. I hope this one’s a good one at least
Honesty at this point I just don’t want another hot water tank explosion.
Yes, that has happened. At this point I just fucking laugh
What the hell 😭
I’m glad you’re still with us. If something shit happens this year, we will have no choice but to move your birthday to a different day.
Happy Birthday. 🎂🍾🥂💐💰🎁😽👄
Happy birthday eve! 🎂🐈
As far as strawberry cheesecake goes, I’m pretty impressed by my efforts. Candles and singing later, I just made sure it survived the trip out of the tin.
Oh my God.
Amazing!
Yummmmm!
Gimmie!
That looks amazing, well done!!!
That looks so good, I would be digging into that right away if I saw it at a bday event.
Looks great!
wow
So when is afternoon tea?
That looks amazing! And I don’t even like cheesecake
Looks professional 👌
Thankyou all for the uplifting! Birthday song has been sung, cake has been cut and it is delicious and will feed us for a few days if we’re not piggies. Who am I kidding,…
Rehearsal at my place was awesome!!!
Was nice having people over which doesn’t happen a lot because of where I live.
Awesome night!
yay 😊😊😊
We got new disco lights. It’s hard to take a pic cos it’s going fast. They are wicked.
not quite disco but it’s got a great beat 😊
Seemed to go ok! I’ve made it to the next round!!!
Which is case study (nice way of saying roleplay) with 2 senior staff acting like clients.
Odd but will be interesting.
YAY!!! Good luck with that!
8
Just went outside on this glorious day for a break - and met a bloke walking his new golden retriever puppy. 16 weeks old and all paws and ears and goodwill to all mankind. Made my day.
Your day is made, it can’t get any better!
Alrighty.
On my way now. Will be almost an hour early but that’s my standard MO. Can sit around and have a coffee and mess around on my iPad before hand.
Fingers crossed!
Toes crossed too!
pics or it didn’t happen
They’re crossed, but i don’t want to steal CEOs enterprise.
😹
🤣
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Good luckkkk to your interviewers that their company is appealing to you 🙏
Good luck 🤞🤞🤞
You’ve got this dude!!!
Mr Woof seems to be recovering from the trauma of his bath today.
aw, he looks very sad
He’s so damn cute!!!
How could you?!
Good job Mr Byte, you’ve been doing great with the posting lately. Keep this up and your next performance review will be very positive.
“Attendance - Above average” ✅
Is he meeting his KPIs though?
If not, we’ll have to organise a performance management plan…
Mickey has been way more cuddly and needy than usual, somehow. I think he knows something is happening soon (out trip and his stay in the cattery).
I don’t want to leave my big baby 😭😭
aw, you’ll be back, and it will be like a holiday for him too, he’ll make new cat friends and have new servants 😊
❤️
Half the band are coming over to practice because the drummer hurt his hand. Be nice to have people over!
And of course,
Cheers🍻
Rank the following types of potato preparation methods and give a justification for full marks:
- shoestring fries
- wedges
- mashed potato
- roasted potato
- boiled potato 🫣
- scallop potato 🫣
- potato gratin
- potato chips (crisps)
Wedges w/ sour cream and sweet chilli would be # 1 for me.
Jacket potato with butter, cheese, sour cream, bacon and spring onion, chilli, pepper & salt would be mine.
Where is microwave’d potato? This is a farce
Travesty
Oh and you forgot baked and croquettes and…
I have this one from across the ditch
There maybe more.
Ok, if we want to make this game more interesting, add in gnocchi and croquettes
I have the family circle one, and the potato covered scotch egg meatloaf is a regular feature on our menu.
Do you recall when it was a magazine and kids cuckoo club?
Nope, I think i inherited the cookbook from my mums then partners kitchen (after his wife moved out… complicated times!)
Impossible. I’d give a different answer depending on my hunger level, hormones, companion, or it just being a Tuesday.
I’m with you - it’s impossible to rank
Roast potato. The crispy edges are delicious.
Mashed potatoes. Nothing nicer with home made gravy.
Chips with mayo from the fritkot off Grande Place.
S’cuse me teacher, I do not understand your question. Can you please explain your question in more detail regarding ranking?
You’re the 50th person who has said that to me this week. Back to school I go.
Rank them for most enjoyable to least enjoyable, based on how you feel in this very moment.
Hey, I’m having all the feels about this. Things like Myers–Briggs I get different results on different days. Stupid questions like the library/party one. I work in a bloody library this question does not work.
About the potato question? Yeah I get that.
I argue that the library/party question is another level of absurdity though.
Shoestring fries are probably my favourite. But they’re unhealthy so need to be eaten in moderation, same for crisps.
Wedges can be risky. I’ve had a bunch that haven’t been cooked well. They’re easy to prepare at home but isn’t that just kinda a rustic style roast?
Mashed, serves a purpose as a side, base or pie crust. You can zhoosh it up with things like cheese, garlic and bacon then feed it to your GF while she’s having a hard time.
Roast - Classic.
Boiled - Intermediary state. Reminds me of of culinary devoid Irish grandma.
Scollop potato Like a cheese and potato bake, makes me think of celebratory meals, eg. xmas.
Potato Gratin. Tried the aldi one once and it was okay but one of my favourite things about potato is that it’s cheap.
I raise you on culinary devoid gran – pressure cooked broccoli = grey mush
Roasted potato has to be on top, but hot chips (not shoestring, proper hot chips deep fried) and potato chips are close behind. I like a good wedge with sour cream too, and mashed potato has its place.
Now I really want potato.
Baked potato is best.
However the potato variety in Australia is pretty bad.
Proper baking potatoes (Russett?) and Yukon Gold potatoes for mashing are top tier.
Y’all can argue, but you’d be wrong.
I won’t argue. I reckon potato quality has been declining for years. I’ve tried all the supermarket ones and ones from green grocers and I just can’t replicate the fluffiness and flavour of baked or roast potatoes I remember from decades ago. Where. Are. The. GOOD. Potatoes.
I have a house of mash potato loving fiends, so most days I cook mash. Myself I am partial to roast potatoes and who doesn’t love a shoestring fry. Wedges as a side to a robust manly meal like brisket, and I will admit to loving a boiled or even microwaved spud with salt, butter and chives. I make a beautiful potato scallop bake, never got on the gratin train but love a potato rosti. My favourite crisps are original salted crinkle cut. There is no bad potato in my book. The perfect addition to any meal in any form.
I took a photo of a green sea anemone in a rock pool , it was about 10 cm big. Pretty sure the anemones in this pool are normally a light gold colour, I think it was green from eating all the chlorophyl from the sea lettuce washed up in the storm.
I’m not sure this post reproduces how beautifully translucent green this creature was.
Wow I have to give this beach a visit one day. The biodiversity is great. Maybe I just never paid enough attention to it at other beaches.
They’re not my anemone. They’re my friend
They are. 😊 also, I think the photo I took is pretty good. It’s just an old iPhone 7
the water is so clear and there is practically no reflection off the surface
Oh that’s a great find. Beautiful. And so nice to be a regular visitor to a spot so that you start to see little treasures 😊
Attempting to make possum cages for my plants out of chook wire. They look shit and I look like I’ve been dragged through a blackberry farm
It appears I have upset / made a lot of people hungry with my potato ranking question.
I am upset at the question because I have run out of potatoes. Reminding me of this terrible turn of events is cruel and unusual punishment.
I’m so sorry :(
they will be back after second dinner
