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And brushtailed possums are these guys:
They are chonky bastards. He took up most of the shelf in the under sink cupboard.
“Monday’s problem.” Hahaha, I love it!
That was funny, Rusalka. :D
I hate rain Shirley and oh that’s not good Rusalka and oh that stinks Rusalka and lol that’s a funny story Rusalka lol and I hate possums Rusalka
Rusalka wrote: "Speaking of possums. I thought you may all love to hear my most wonderfully Australian story of yesterday afternoon.4pm, Friday arvo of first week of teaching on campus since August so BIG week. ..."
I needed that laugh.
That possum have until monday to move. :)
LOL! The professor's reaction was priceless. The possum is kind of cute, but I can imagine a bit of a pest.
Lol your funny Esther lol and I don’t think possums are cute Janice
Great story Rusalka. It’ll be a hell of a job getting him/her out. Can’t wait to hear the next instalment.
The rain! One place near Brisbane received 1 metre of rain in the last 2 days. Sadly 6 people have drowned, one an SES rescuer. Nature has a way of reminding us who is the boss.The worst things we have to put up with are watching the grass grow before our very eyes, the pool overflowing and flooding the pergola, and the dogs’ muddy wet footprints everywhere.
Yikes, a litre in 2 days is a lot of water! Staybsafe Shirley. @rusalka, you have the most bizarre problems! Is all of Australia like this or are you some kind of catalyst for strange goings on 😂🤣😂
So funny, Rus! That'll liven up your day. I'm sure the possum was wondering why you all kept disturbing their sleep. lolI agree, Janice. I think they're kind of cute. :)
How you fare today, Shirley?For those of you playing at home, where Shirley lives received nearly another metre of rain today. So for those of you in old money, she would have had between 5-6 feet of rain in the past 3 days... they are calling it a "rain bomb".
Margo wrote: "@rusalka, you have the most bizarre problems! Is all of Australia like this or are you some kind of catalyst for strange goings on 😂🤣😂"I feel like my life is reasonably normal? But I am not sure, as maybe my normal is a bit weird...
I'm still completely bemused by this though.
Our family is all tucked up and safe at home. The fridge is stocked and beckoning (so much for the diet!). Last night we had an incredibly loud and severe thunderstorm. No damage thankfully, apart from the pool water which is now brown. Everything smells damp. Schools are closed. We were joking that between COVID lockdowns and extreme weather events were not getting much value from the Education system.
That is a lot of rain! Such extreme weather. Stay safe and dry Shirley!
I worked as an official at a college track and field championship event this weekend and it was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. We had a couple of athletes that broke records and it was really exciting to be a part of, but there was a pretty scary injury too. The young man will be ok, but I felt so bad for him.
I’m so happy that we’re not getting big snowstorms
Wow, Kristie. Sounds intense!
Christine, I do not trust forecast too much, but I hope they are right this time, since we do not have any snow in our future, it seems. It's still very cold though. We are waking up with below freezing temperatures every day.
Stay safe Shirley!We had the best weather this weekend. Sun sun sun and some more sun. We went to the coast for the weekend, it was wonderful! Did a 16 km walk yesterday and 9 km this morning, before driving home again. I have been sticking my head in the sand with regard to the going ons in the world.
In December my sister started pain revalidation therapy for her finromyalgia, and because she was close to a burn out. It's now 10 weeks later and physically the revalidation has been great. She has a lot more trust in her body to do things like running, which she was afraid to do for a time. She knows she'll not do any damage. Mentally it's a bit different though. Still close to burn-out and now also diagnosed with a mild depression. I feel so sad for her :(
I'm sorry to hear your sister's diagnose, Peggy. I hope she keeps improving, and the therapy keeps helping her. It is a lot to have two little kids, and the pandemic hitting. She has her family's support, so she will do it. Sending love and positive thoughts your way.
Ahw thanks Sandra, that's really sweet :)
I hope things continue to improve for your sister, Peggy!
Oh, I love possums!I hope your sister will feel better soon. The body is okay, but for the head it can sometimes take time to heal. It's important she takes the time and not to let her head hang down. It's easier said than done, sadly. But she has the support of you and her family and that's very important.
It's lambing time and I had one of my pracital classes last Friday. We went visiting a sheep farm and we got to do a lot of things: feeding, giving lambs their milk, mucking out the stables, but then...Another student and I saw that one of the ewes was lying down. The teacher put her in the stables and then it was very tensive, because the ewe could give birth at any moment and there were still 2 being in the birthing process.
The evening before I was still hoping that we could help in the birthing process, but we're not studying to become vets, but vet techs, so I hadn't got my hopes very up.
Then the teacher asked who wanted to feel the lamb inside and it's position. Well, he didn't need to ask that twice! It was such a magnificant feelin to feel those 2 little front legs in the womb. Another student helped the ewe to give birth to 2 lambs and then I got to reach inside to feel if the ewe was empty.
I've learned so much that day! I was tired, muscles aching, but with a big grin on my face.
Saar The Book owl wrote: "It's lambing time and I had one of my pracital classes last Friday. We went visiting a sheep farm and we got to do a lot of things: feeding, giving lambs their milk, mucking out the stables, but th..."What a great experience. I love sheep.
Wow, what an amazing day Saar! I love sheep too 😊
I love them too and it was just fantastic to be part of that.
I do not trust forecast to much either Sandra and I agree with you Sandra and I agree with you Sandra and yeah I know Sandra and your sister is in my thoughts Peggy and I’m not a big sheep fan Saar The Book Owl
Christine wrote: "HAPPY MARCH EVERYONE!"Not yet... it is February 33rd in my book. (I did said that my rush would be done at the end of February. ) Guess who will work part of the weekend???
And Sock Madness (that crazy knitting competition I do every year) just started.
So do not send a St-Bernard, although its keg would be welcome, I may not be around a lot for a while.
lol, Esther! We will hold off on the St Bernards until the competition is done. If we don't hear from you after that, no guarantees. ;)
Cute! I hope there's some great schnapps in that little barrel.
Esther wrote: "Sock Madness (that crazy knitting competition I do every year) just started.So do not send a St-Bernard, although its keg would be welcome, I may not be around a lot for a while."
Go, girl!
Yikes! I was on my regular morning walk this morning and I found a beheaded dead (obviously) goose in the grass! Two days ago I found a dead pigeon in the water in almost the same spot, but that one was still intact. I might have to change my walking routine ;-)
Oh no, how horrible Peggy. Did it look like it had been torn apart by an animal or was it a human kill? It would be horrible to think that a person killed for pleasure. Which ever, walk a different path!
I don't know. I didn't get too close. It seemed like most of the body was still there (and intact), but the neck/head was nowhere to be found. I'm really hoping it wasn't a person, but I also can't really think of any animals that could do something like this. Well, I can think of many animals, but none that you would find in a Dutch residential neighbourhood. I reported it though, I wonder if I'll hear back about it.
Peggy wrote: "I don't know. I didn't get too close. It seemed like most of the body was still there (and intact), but the neck/head was nowhere to be found. I'm really hoping it wasn't a person, but I also can't..."Cats will behead an animal. We watched from across the pond as our neighbor's cat took down a duck and tried to drag it across the lawn. When she couldn't do it she chewed off the head and took it with her and left the body. That is why cats should be inside kitties.
That sounds horrible to watch. I never knew that! Maybe that's it then. Brave cat though, geese are at least double a cat's size! I now wonder if there are people in the area who found a goose head in front of their door this morning.
Not fun to see, Peggy and Jayme. We have squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits and groundhogs in our neighborhood, and very often, in our backyard. The most scary thing I saw related to that was last summer, when baby bunnies were starting to get out of their burrow and a hawk tried to get one. I was making a video of them because it was so cute, so I accidentally got the scene in video. I'm glad the hawk couldn't get it (we think it wasn't an adult hawk) because it would have been very upsetting to witness that. We had been following the bunnies development almost since they were born, since the burrow was just 5 or 6 feet from our kitchen door.
Oh that's not a nice find on a morning walk, Peggy.Ten bucks it was a fox. They take heads and leave the bodies to eat later. Usually they bury the bodies, but sometimes they get interrupted and they abandon the kill. Speak from personal, pet experience :( Get a big fox, and a sleeping, off guard goose, and I reckon a ballsy fox would go it.
We have foxes running down the main streets here in the middle of the day, I have no doubt you have them in suburbia there too. Bastards.
They are beautiful animals where they are natives, although still destructive and kill nastily. Here they are feral mangy pests which kill hundreds of thousands of native, unique animals per year. And I hate them.
Rusalka wrote: "Speaking of possums. I thought you may all love to hear my most wonderfully Australian story of yesterday afternoon.4pm, Friday arvo of first week of teaching on campus since August so BIG week. ..."
OMG Rusalka. This was hilarious, and crazy, all at the same time. You should write a book, definitely, if you aren't already. Your descriptions had me hooked.
Margo wrote: "Yikes, a litre in 2 days is a lot of water! Staybsafe Shirley. @rusalka, you have the most bizarre problems! Is all of Australia like this or are you some kind of catalyst for strange goings on 😂🤣😂"
I concur.
Saar The Book owl wrote: "It's lambing time and I had one of my pracital classes last Friday. We went visiting a sheep farm and we got to do a lot of things: feeding, giving lambs their milk, mucking out the stables, but th..."Oh my, what an experience, Saar.
Peggy wrote: "Yikes! I was on my regular morning walk this morning and I found a beheaded dead (obviously) goose in the grass! Two days ago I found a dead pigeon in the water in almost the same spot, but that on..."Oh dear. that's terrible, Peggy.
After working my a** off the last year and half, I quit my job end of Feb and now trying to find a routine for my private practice. And now that I finally have time to breathe, I am slowly finding my way back into my favorite GR group and its discussions. :)
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4pm, Friday arvo of first week of teaching on campus since August so BIG week. A professor of Archaeology comes down and said there was a weird smell in his storage room off his office. He and I went up to investigate. Involved us walking around his office and storage room sniffing, pulling masks up and down, staring at the ceiling.
After about 7 mins of this, his wife and 5 year old daughter turn up to pick him up for the weekend. This then turns into the 4 of us wandering around sniffing for another 7 minutes or so. His wife points out that the office and storage room is full of crap, and maybe it is old, fusty, professor smell, not anything else. She jokes that maybe there is a dead possum in the cupboard.
To prove her wrong, the professor opens the cupboard. And SCREAMS the girliest, high pitch scream I have ever heard and jumps around. Scaring the bejesus out of me, and I think all of us. I'm like very funny you jerk. He goes "There is a possum in the cupboard!!!!" and I reply with "Bulllshit. Good joke." And he's going "LOOOOK!!!".
There was a bloody brushtail possum in the closed cupboard under the sink. Very happy, healthy, at least 40cm long plus 30cm tail, fat, and alive. Just sat there blinking at us, with it's head on it's front paws like an anime character. Close the doors.
Building operations team called and arrive. Four of us, me and 3 grown men, bend down and crowd around this cupboard door. Wife and 5 year old are peering around the door to the office so they can close it quickly if the thing explodes out. Open door, *blink blink blink* happy little possum in it's little house. We can't get it out, it is the most chilled possum ever. 5 year old thinks all her Christmases have come at once. Finally, while we are all discussing what on earth we should do, with the apprentice charged with watching the possum, we hear "... Boss... Rusalka... It's gone..." There was a 10cm by 7cm hole behind it we couldn't see into the wall cavity, which it just wiggled into and left. We close the cupboard door.
Monday's problem.