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Rusalka wrote: "And in other news, Victoria (one of our States) has just evacuated an area (EDIT: HALF) the size of Belgium or Maryland (depending on what you are familiar with) due to bushfires down here.And th..."
I’m half way between Mallacoota and batemans bay, it’s horrendous with these fires.
A video I saw Janice was a koala climbing up people's bikes outside Adelaide trying to get their water bottles. Insane that they know that they contain water, and give no shits about the people on or next to bikes!!Thanks guys. Lexx's sister has been evacuated from the beach to... where ever they could go. Which was no where, so they are camping in the town's sports oval (they luckily had tents). Road is cut for at least 4 days and there is no fresh water in the town as the sewage works burnt down.
Lexx's brother and mum are okay. Were prepared for the fire to come through to the house and the wind changed direction. Very very lucky.
However the wind changing direction means Lexx's aunts at the other end of the fire front are now under attack.
We were at a NYE party and it rained for 5 mins. First rain here in months. It was glorious!! Then the wind changed here at 8pm. Within 10 mins, the place was in pea soup thick smoke. We had to leave before 9pm as we couldn't breathe outside, and the inside was also full of smoke due to evaporative cooling. Also, the rain was accompanied by a lot lightning we couldn't see, so there are now multiple fires around us due to the lightning.
Got a call from our old housemate at 9.30pm asking if they could evacuate to our place. They live in an apartment in the middle of the city. If you put a pin on Google maps in the city of Canberra, they would be under it. All the apartment blocks had gone into evacuation mode on their fire systems. The fireys can't deal with them all and once reset, it reverts back to evac mode. So they are asleep on our couch now as we speak.
So. In short. 2019 sucked. I really had a shit of a year and I feel like you guys took a lot more of the venting then you should have. It's lovely to have a space that is so removed from life that you can do that. But I get that I was a bit of a downer this year. And thank you to all of you, commenting or just reading the ramblings of a Aussie woman shouting into the void, for keeping me sane, and making me feel like *someone* was hearing me.
But here's to 2020 in 11 mins. May it be better :D
Kay wrote: "We have been having our share of fires and constant haze/smoke in the air up here in Central Qld but nothing like what is happening down there."Hope you guys are all safe there too. It hasn't really been a walk in the park up there either. Look after you guys!
Rusalka wrote: "A video I saw Janice was a koala climbing up people's bikes outside Adelaide trying to get their water bottles. Insane that they know that they contain water, and give no shits about the people on ..."Personally I enjoy reading a good, insane rant ;-p
Nicole wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "And in other news, Victoria (one of our States) has just evacuated an area (EDIT: HALF) the size of Belgium or Maryland (depending on what you are familiar with) due to bushfires do..."Nicole! I hope you are okay!!!
What a terrible place to be at the moment! Are you around the Bermagui area? That's where my Sister in Law is, and by my dodgy geography, I would think you are around there or Merimbula way.
Please look after you and yours, and keep us updated in how you're going!
Margo wrote: "Personally I enjoy reading a good, insane rant ;-p."*cracks knuckles*
Bring on 2020!!
Margo wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "A video I saw Janice was a koala climbing up people's bikes outside Adelaide trying to get their water bottles. Insane that they know that they contain water, and give no shits abou..."Me too, Margo! :-)
On that note:Happy New Year everyone!
May your year be full of happiness, healthiness, good interactions, and apparently good weather, for you and those you love.
You guys are very special to me and I hope I don't scare you all too much with my intensity. But thank you for all being here and sharing your lives and your reads with me.
I do feel incredibly lucky to be in such a community with you all. So sending those good vibes out and hope you all have a great year :D
Stay safe Nicole!Rant all you want Rus, that's what we're here for (among many other things). Still 9.5 hours to go here, but happy new year to you too, and I hope 2020 will be better for you!
Oh, and good luck with the operation Sarah. Good that you were moved forward, hope it helps!
Lilisa wrote: "Me too, Margo! :-)*snort*
Sarah wrote: "I have just been offered a last minute cancellation to have an operation for the stomach pain I've been having this year. It's a week today. So pleased that something is going to be done now after all this time. It's really bad timing as I'm due back to work then but I can't turn it down. Here's to a pain free 2020 (hopefully)."Hope it all goes well, Sarah. And great news!!! Here's hoping they can sort it all out. Understand about the bad timing but pain free is always a good time :D
Stay safe Nicole, all the best on your surgery for next week Sarah, I’m disappointed - not much of a rant there, Rusalka, HNY to all already in 2020 and to those of you counting down the hours like me - quite a few more to go.
It's only an hour into the new year, Lilisa! Give me time to warm up ;)
Rusalka, seems to me you've had plenty of good reason to rant and vent this year. We certainly don't mind and I love that our group is so interested in what is going on in other's lives and supportive. :) This is the perfect place to spill it. 2020 HAS to be better for you!! Good luck, Sarah! I hope this finally resolves the issues you've been having.
It's only 9:15 in the morning on NYE here, so you guys are in a whole different decade than I am at the moment! I still have my NYE celebrations ahead of me...which entail me sitting on the couch in my jammies this year. lol
Happy New Year, everyone!!
Sarah wrote: "Go Sam!!!I have just been offered a last minute cancellation to have an operation for the stomach ..."
I hope the surgery is successful and that you have a pain free 2020. It's been a long haul for you and I'm glad there was a cancellation that has enabled your case to be brought forward.
Nicole wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "And in other news, Victoria (one of our States) has just evacuated an area (EDIT: HALF) the size of Belgium or Maryland (depending on what you are familiar with) due to bushfires do..."Welcome to YLTO Nicole. Stay safe from the fires.
Sounds lovely Kristie! I saw this comic today of someone's new year plans: 11:59 lying in bed, 00.00 blowing a party whistle, 00:01 fast asleep. Sounds alright to me!We'll head over to friends tonight. We're going to play board games, but the ones we played in our childhood. We also bought 90s candy, haha! It should be a fun night :) We did the same last year (except with more current board games) and we ended up going home at 4am or something. I hope to be in bed earlier than that tonight though.
Rusalka, rant away. You have every reason to rant. Hopefully, the fires will stop soon and Australia can pick up the pieces. The losses are staggering. I hope you, your friends and family all come out unscathed.
Rus, don't you dare stop ranting! And stay safe, please!Same to all the other Aussies in this group!
Sarah, good luck. I will be praying for you.
Happy New Year to you who are already living in 2020!
Happy New Year to all of us. May 2020 be better and healthier. Stay safe and out of harms way.
Peggy, you made me laugh when you mentioned 90s candy. For me retro candy is from the 50s.
Rusalka wrote: "It's only an hour into the new year, Lilisa! Give me time to warm up ;)"You’ve had enough time already :-)
Roz wrote: "Happy New Year to all of us. May 2020 be better and healthier. Stay safe and out of harms way.
Peggy, you made me laugh when you mentioned 90s candy. For me retro candy is from the 50s."
LOL!
Nicole and Rusalka I hope you and your families stay safe!Sarah, thinking of you. Hoping the surgery successfully fixes the issue and you heal quickly!
Peggy, your new year sounds like a lot of fun! Have a great time.
Good luck with the surgery Sarah.Rusalka those chicks are so cute. When do you find out when/if they are hens?
Happy New Year to all! I am currently at work but will be leaving soon. I just got a call from my granddaughter that the furnace is not working since this morning - like I can fix it from my desk.
I feel terrible for all of you down under. I totally understand the ranting, Rusalka. I hope Lexx's family and Nicole will be okay. Being evacuated is so scary.
Sarah - good luck with your surgery and to being pain free in 2020.
Retro candy - I'm with you there, Roz. Remember wax lips and those little wax bottles with cool aid in them that they sold for a penny? Chick-o-Stix were my favorite.
Let’s hope rain starts falling down in buckets to stop those bushfires. Sorry you n family are having such a bad time of it down there Rusalka. Please keep us up to date with any news. I think I speak for others when I say that your posts are read, even if I don’t always comment back.Nicole hope all is well with you too. Here in SE Queensland, we are just thanking our lucky stars it’s not us, because at any time it could be. Think “droughts and flooding rains” Overseas friends, that’s in one of Australia’s loved poems My Country by Dorothea Mackella.
Sarah, hope all goes well with the surgery.
And to everyone all the very best for the new year.
Cherie wrote: "Happy New Year to all! I am currently at work but will be leaving soon. I just got a call from my granddaughter that the furnace is not working since this morning - like I can fix it from my desk..."
Sure you have superpowers Cherie. Fix that radiator! Happy new year to you.
Mmm, B-B-Bats, candy necklaces (the jewelry you could wear and eat), Dots, wax lips, pixie stix, Sugar Daddies. My sister would get Necco wafers when we went to the movies. I'd get Mackintosh's Toffee (Canadians will know that one). It's a shame they changed the formula.
Roz wrote: "Mmm, B-B-Bats, candy necklaces (the jewelry you could wear and eat), Dots, wax lips, pixie stix, Sugar Daddies. My sister would get Necco wafers when we went to the movies. I'd get Mackintosh's Tof..."I used to LOVE Sugar Daddies, among other things. I also loved Swedish Fish (still do) and used to get them for pennies at the corner store where we had to count them out into baggies. I wish they still cost a penny a piece.
I love hearing lolly names from other places. Makes you realise how ridiculous they all are, except yours sound completely normal to you.Woke up this morning with a full on migraine. Poor evacuees left our house into the smoke (you can see our smoke readings here https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-o...
We're between Civic and Monash. When I woke up our readings were 3000+) to the dulcet tones of Rus throwing her guts up. And I didn't even get the party to go along with that!!
Jannene wrote: "Good luck with the surgery Sarah.Rusalka those chicks are so cute. When do you find out when/if they are hens?"
Probably will start showing characteristics in a month. Really will know around 6 weeks - 2 months. They are fully grown by 3 months, but the sexual characteristics take a bit more time to fill out (plumage and comb for the roosters, plumping up and egg laying for the hens).
We keep them inside until they are 3 months old to seperate them from the older hens. But the big chooks have pretty much been living in the house the past couple of weeks, so this has been a bit trickier than usual.
Oh, I only linked you the P2.5 air quality. This is the actual air quality when you add in the P10s, carbon, nitrogen, ozone, etc https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-o...
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I hope Less'x family remain safe and that their homes end up being ok. It really is horrendous.
I have just been offered a last minute cancellation to have an operation for the stomach pain I've been having this year. It's a week today. So pleased that something is going to be done now after all this time. It's really bad timing as I'm due back to work then but I can't turn it down. Here's to a pain free 2020 (hopefully).