THE VPT JUNK DRAWER. The thread you need when you don't.

[luvdids]

Went to Warragul the other day, took ages to get there because it was windy and raining & such a horrendous drive with road spray from all the other cars on the highway. Ended up getting there later than expected then went out to lunch at Poowong with Dad for fathers day. Such a strange name for a town, but then there's probably heaps of little towns like that with weird names around. Massive plate of food (bangers & mash - delish!) & finished the whole lot! Drove around the Strzelecki ranges for a while & took some awesome photos (won't bore you with them), dropped Dad off then had to have an even worse drive home because as well as the rain & wind & road spray the sun was setting & since I was heading west I copped it right in my face pretty much the whole time. Geez. cheers.

[npalm]

Went to the cattery the other day to pick up our moggy. A polite chat about the weather with another customer in the waiting room degenerated into a climate change "discussion".
Ended up, this bloke called me a 'cultural marxist' ! I had to look it up.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultural-marxism

I had never heard this expression before. I know that I'm dated and out of touch but is this a common expression? What should I have called him in return? What's the current equivalent of troglodyte?

btw, it's been a long time since I could be accused of being marxist and I've certainly never been cultured.

[HAL]

Are you asking me for advice?

[stui magpie]

[think positive]

[npalm]

Yep, TP it was a bit bizarre. Never met the guy before. Just another customer at the cattery. We were just talking about the cold weather and he suggested that it was evidence that climate change was a hoax. The 'discussion' escalated from there.
Probably not one of my better moments. I'll blame it on a bad mood due to returning to freezing Melbourne after a lovely warm holiday in Qld.

[think positive]

[Morrigu]

[swoop42]

Went to the trouble of buying 4 bags of chocolates and haven't had a single child or family come to my door for Halloween.

Granted last year I only had the one group of 3 kids but was expecting some growth in turnout.

Disappointing so perhaps next year I'll need to decorate my lounge window with some Halloween decorations.

[Wokko]

A lot of kids/parents don't door knock houses without balloons out the front, mainly because of "perceptive fellow" who go off about Halloween calling it American and getting their panties in a bunch (It's Irish you wankers).

[think positive]

Gees I ran out at about 7! I had dozens! Had to put a no lollies left sign on the door and bring in the big pumpkin man from the balcony!

I was answering the door in hubbies Trump mask, I said boo and this little 3 or 4 year old superman just freaked it! Then the lip went! I felt terrible! Gave him extras and thank God for the puppy distracting him!

Answered the door to a big mob, and I was sure one kid looked familiar and then the one next to her pipes up �haven�t we been to this house?� The familiar one elbows her and says shhhhhh! So I said �step forward if you haven�t been here!� 4 stood still! Cheeky buggers! All good fun!

[HAL]

Yes, I see that now. I only got confused for a moment.

[think positive]

7.30am bike ride with camera:
Saw a rusty pipe in the water, ill stop on the way back i think.
Get to the pier, just short of 10klm. I'll just go to the boat ramp i think. Turned around at the boat ramp and its like WTF!
The wind was unreal but the trees were barely moving!
Very tempted to call for an Uber, but i peddle away & im thinking, not doing too badly, and then Santa rides past me like im standing still!
Im watching his tanned calf muscles ripple as he peddles away and all i can think of is: Chocolate ripple! God im hungry!
I get to the pipe and there is Santa, with a MASSIVE telephoto lens pointed at my pipe!
Here i am thinking i''ve done well to pack my camera securely in the basket, and i look at his sleek racer and think WhereTF does he PUT that thing!
So i keep going because 1: SIZE DOES MATTER!!
And 2: im so knackered im purely moving on momentum.
Finish just short of 20klm! I struggle upstairs like an extra from the Walking Dead and Junior says "just go around the block!"
Yep. Nup.

[swoop42]

Someone get this woman to the Richmond injecting room.

Pronto!

[think positive]

Did you get even a small chuckle from me laughing at myself?

Life is too short to be serious all the time.

This guy nailed it, what an amazing message to leave behind:

https://youtu.be/ncoSRKoU6GQ