I know, it’s ridiculous!

They don’t even dress it up in an event like Xmas Sale or Easter Sale or whatever. It’s just Go Out And Buy Shit!!! Do it Now!!

I’ll be 44 years old and going back studying full time in February, definitely need a career change so I’m pretty excited about it to be honest!

Can anyone explain this clue?

Change one letter in LOU to get a place to go abroad? → LOO

It’s ‘irreparable’, tooth nerds!

It’s mainly airstrikes now, so technically the guns are silent I guess.

Needs some Treehouse of Horror!

A buddy of mine watched a documentary one time and she came away from it sympathetic to Charles and Camilla.

According to my friend Camilla was absolutely the love of Charles’ life. Like one of those love at first sight situations, from a young age. But apparently for reasons to do with being a royal prince he couldn’t marry Camilla and instead ended up marrying a completely blameless, admittedly gorgeous but nevertheless not-Camilla Diana.

I’ve no idea how true this version of events is but I like to believe it. It stands as a modern day example of the overwhelming, all conquering power of true love. True love brought them together, and nothing was going to keep them apart.

Pretty sure played a fishing game called Dredge.

Fishing / cosmic horror, iirc.

You could lay traps and drag lines behind your boat as you progressed.

And discover the bizarre mystery of what happend to the last fisherman.

Love the traffic cop witch! She’s perfect!

I wouldn’t throw the pickles out based on the lid rust alone.

In my opinion if the pickles themselves look smell and taste like you’d expect them they’re probably fine to eat. If they’re mouldy, mushy, smelly or show any other signs of spoilage then that’s another story.

Just my 2 cents, hate wasting good food!

I’m with you on this one. Definitely feels cheap to me.

I’m reluctant to share this as it’s going to be of no practical use to OP but I also fell off my bike and broke my collarbone, this was back in April.

My front tyre was under inflated and I took a downhill left hand corner on a bike path too quickly. The front wheel slid out and I hit the concrete hard on my left elbow. I rode home in a lot of pain, took a shower, decided it was serious and got a friend to drive me to the ER at the local hospital. I live in Melbourne, Australia.

It was around midday on a Wednesday and the ER was quiet, I saw the admissions nurse, and had to wait about an hour to get an X-ray and was given painkillers. I’d broken my clavicle in 2 places. I spoke to an orthopedic surgeon who said while the bone would eventually heal on its own he strongly recommend surgery as the outcome probabilities were greater and the recovery times were less that way. There was a chance I could be fit in the next day and I was admitted to a ward overnight.

They gave me some dinner but after that I wasn’t allowed any food in case the surgery was going ahead. The next day I had a couple visitors and at 3pm I was confirmed for surgery just before 5pm. I was given a general anesthetic and woke up in a recovery ward. I stayed overnight and ate some sandwiches.

The next day I was told I could go home in the afternoon and my brother came and picked me up.

I wasn’t allowed to lift anything heavier than a cup of tea for 4 weeks then had appointments with a physiotherapist every few weeks for 3 months or so. I’ve gone got a brand new scar and a piece of aluminum screwed into my left collarbone. It looks a bit funny.

The whole experience was pretty shit. I was in-between jobs at the time and it was about 4 months before I was able to get working again. I’m a chef. I lived off savings.

The medical care side of things tho just wasn’t an issue. When I left the hospital I paid about $30 for some paracetamol and a small amount of oxycodone for the pain.

Like I said I know this story won’t help, and I’m sorry you’re going through a tough time, but as a fellow bike crash collarbone breaker I thought I’d share.

That horse has a good attitude!

I’m at a bar and can’t watch a video, saving this bad boy for later!

I’ve found Australia very accepting and progressive provided I don’t leave the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne.

That caption reads like a haiku!

vortex cervix

🤌🤌🤌

Fun fact I learned recently is that the word “loot” came into English from the Hindustani word lut (plunder). We even looted the word loot!

You’re welcome!

If you can track it down there’s a 2002 movie called Whale Rider which is a good watch and features some Te Reo as well as portraying some other aspects of traditional Maori culture.

It’s the kind of thing they use in school in New Zealand (Aotearoa) to teach kids the basics of Te Reo Maori pronunciation. Here’s a video with a lesson in pronunciation.

Here’s a similar resource used to teach colours.

If you want to hear some spoken Te Reo here’s a short video which tells the story of the great hero Maui taming the sun.