I keep thinking of more benefits to this - our Facilities Manager at work won’t be able to lie to us about things meeting the Standards when they don’t because we’ll actually have access to the Standards! We might be able to get a couple of issues with the kitchens at work fixed finally.

I’ve also thought of a couple more times I’ve wanted to access Standards for minor things - looking up requirements for labelling pet treats and labelling clothing when I’ve had a fancy to maybe sell a few of my creations at a market. It’s very offputting to know there are laws that cover what you want to do but you are not able to find out what they are without paying an excessive amount.

Google search of multiple places say you should seek medical attention if symptoms go longer than 3 days, you are well past that already. I know it’s great having your username be so appropriate, but it’s not worth risking your health just for that.

I think you got your mother’s stubborness in regards to medical care.

If it’s been going this long you really should go now. Most stomach bugs don’t last more than about 24 hours, this really does sound like something more serious. The longer whatever it is has to establish the harder it is to get rid of and you could be turning a minor problem into something major.

I learned about one little gem of a change hidden in the new budget: they will be making access to any Standards which are referred to in legislation free. Which is great news, there never should have been payment required to find out what your legal obligations are.

I was trying to look up what requirements were for Test and Tag on electrical equipment once, it’s spread over three different standards. Each one is somewhere around $100, so it would have cost hundreds just to be able to look at what was in the end just a few sentences. Access to the law is supposed to be free, it’s appalling that they were able to charge for access to it just by calling it a ‘standard’ instead of ‘legistlation’ and it is something that should have been fixed a very long time ago.

Have you been to a doctor? That’s a long time for a standard bug. The last person I know who had that sort of ongoing issue had picked up a nasty parasite in Bali.

I did them for a work function a few years ago and they were a massive hit. I don’t think they are very common any more so a lot of the younger people especially had never heard of them. I read that some people stuff the prune with either cheese, almond or apricot, so I used one of the flavoured cream cheeses with apricot and almond and it worked really well.

The number of aspiring investors who are outraged by negative gearing changes whilst seemingly having no grasp of what negative gearing actually is is rather appalling.

It’s great how easily available these are now.

My will power failed me and I bought lots of chocolate and lollies.

Then I ate all the chocolate and some of the lollies and now I feel a bit sick.

But I still keep eating lollies anyway, because sugar.

Damn you, hormonally fueled appetite.

I just saw the best Who wore it better? post from the Met Gala.

A large pepperoni pizza, please.

My rotary pizza cutter comes with a cover. The one I actually use for cutting pizza is a rocker cutter, which is long and straight and sits neatly (and safely) along the side of the drawer between the drawer edge and divider tray.

The mechanic didn’t reset the inspection due warning on my dashboard after he serviced the van. It took much internet sleuthing to find out how to do it myself, but I eventually succeeded. It is not the most obvious procedure, but fortunately it is possible and I didn’t have to take the van back to the mechanic to do it.

Good timing for it. I don’t have a dryer so currently have lots of hanging clothes making the laundry a touch unuseable.

I was expecting the overnight 2^o minimum my weather app was predicting. I actually got -1.5^o and hail. If it wasn’t for work I’d probably still be at home rugged up in bed!

I brought the washing inside just in the nick of time. Unfortunately it’s not actually dry, but it is a little bit drier than when I put it out so I’m taking it as a win. I got a bit distracted by all my cooking plans and forgot to do the washing earlier and need some of it dry by tomorrow, so my work pants are now on the heated towel rail to expidite the process.

I’ve washed all my preserves from yesterday so they just need to be labeled and put away. This afternoon I’m packing the last of the meat that is still to go in the freezer and making a big batch of rissoles in mushroom sauce. I’m also planning on griling a bunch of vegetables to go into a future soup. I don’t have time to do the whole lot now so I’ll put the vegetables in the freezer to finish off later.

Edit: The ::: spoiler bruchetta topping looks nice with it’s mix of colours :::

I guess my persistant belief that facts and logic can persuade people is a case in point - no matter how often I am shown it doesn’t actually work the belief persists!

No, provide employment for all turtles! #slavetheturtles

The person I’m arguing with probably does. They definitely seem to believe that if A=1 it can’t be true that B=1.

I think that’s what’s probably keeping me in the argument at this point, it’s such an obvious logical failure it feels like even a really stupid person could see it if I can just dumb it down enough.

A yum cha selection, carried on the back of a herd of turtles. Like a conveyor belt system, but turtle based.