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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
I'm taking the pressure off. No art, just sharpening pencils. That's my hobby now. /s
It also leads nicely into whittling and woodwork. If I had a slab of wood, glue and sandpaper I could even carve a handle into one end and make my own sharpening sandpaper block. I have some fence staples to hold the paper layers on. And then that could lead into making one for knives or making strops...
But no more physical hobbies or tools. I just run out of energy and drop them.
Some duct tape on the back of a strip of sandpaper can help it last. Write the grit # on the tape.
Beers, music, and the new update to Slice n Dice. Perf Saturday evening
What beer? I'm downing Pirate Life XPA and it's goooood
I have so many pain meds can't drink at all. π
We'll drink on your behalf, worry not friend.
I'm going to the chemist for more robitussin, any other chest infection things I should get?
My dad's cure was hot milk with butter, honey and garlic.
It won't not work.
I feel both our dads are kind of in the 'fuck that guy' category. At least you live on the other side of the planet.
Replace the butter and garlic with fresh lemon juice and ~40% alcohol and we're talking.
Funnily enough this recipe dates back to when I was a kid AND my old man is a full on alcoholic. This may be the only time that alcohol is not involved in a home remedy of his.
You're not wrong about living far from him.
Haven't spoken with him in a few years and feel like I'm missing nothing.
Humidifier and eucalyptus/tea tree oil. Just a bowl of boiling water and a towel over your head will do if you canβt get one. Liquorice is an expectorant too.
Irish moss. Tastes like arse, will kill a cough stone dead so you can sleep
