RustyRaven

RustyRaven, 3 days ago

This reminds me of a time I got lost - I followed the direction on a road sign to go from a tourist destination I had visited and it pointed me into a plantation where I got lost. Both paper and gps maps were inaccurate and a lot of road were not passable. I pulled over to check the map over and over but the roads didn’t match reality and I kept going in circles and it took me hours to get back out. Not quite as bad as trying to navigate the Epworth Hospital carpark but a close second.

RustyRaven, 3 days ago

Gotta love people on social media who are told by multiple people that they are basically wrong in what they are saying and just double down and start insulting everyone. Not a great character trait.

RustyRaven, 3 days ago

Fabulous, that took the edge off. I’ll have another the same thanks.

RustyRaven, 3 days ago

Something to soothe the trauma of having to be at work when I don’t want to be at work.

RustyRaven, 3 days ago

The big problem is that they are taking the same sort of approach that Microsoft did with it’s stupid paperclip that everyone hated. People want useful tools, not a system which actually blocks you from doing what you want and instead constantly tries to override what you want to do and know.

RustyRaven, 3 days ago

It’s likely to be circulation issues more than actual cold, in which case extra clothing does not help as much. More activity would be helpful as that stimulates circulation, but an electric heated blanket might be a good option for them.

RustyRaven, 3 days ago

I like the grocery list app I use. You can group items so that things close together in the shop are together on the list. And when you cross off an item it moves it out of the list so you can easily see if you have everything.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

I learned BOMDAS

brackets, of, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction

The next year I learned BODMAS instead, which was initially confusing but introduced the idea that the exact order can be a bit variable, as long as you do the multiplication/division bits first.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

I had the order of operations with no problems, but somehow managed to calculate 18-12 = 4 which really messed me up.

I am good at maths in theory, but tend to muddle up calculations in my head. I really need to be able to pin the numbers down on paper, in my head it’s like they wriggle around on me.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

All of my plans/goals have been completely changed around by my father’s illness, so I probably less achieved than I would have otherwise.

I have managed to max out my concessional super contributions this financial year and have gotten my clutter problem under control to the extent that moving house now seems like a real possibility. I was doing well with my garden & growing lots of vegies over summer, but the focus on that has now changed to keeping it tidy for future sale so my enthusiasm levels for that have dissipated a lot.

My goal for the end of year is mostly just to move house, which will involves selling two houses and consolidating households with myself and my mother, so is a big enough thing to focus on without adding anything else.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

Fabulous entree thanks. I’ll have the potato gems for mains now please, with a side of potato gems.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

Apparently there will be both pro Palestine and pro Israel rallies in the CBD today. This has the potential to end badly.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

But if you use biscuits once you get to the last bit and do the subtraction it all becomes worthwhile. If I have three packets of 12 tim tams and eat four tim tams what do I have? I have four tim tams in my tummy. Best maths ever.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

They are all basically the same thing. Brackets (aka parenthesis) are done first - that’s basically the entire point of brackets. Then you do all the multiplication stuff, which includes division (which is just multiplication in reverse), fractions (which are another way of writing division) and exponentials (which are a shorthand for multiplication of a number by itself). Then you do all the addition/subtraction stuff. Within those three groups it doesn’t really matter which ones you do first.

It helps to think of it in terms of something concrete - biscuits are good. Multiplication type maths is dealing with packets, addition is like individual biscuits. So if you have 3 packets containing 12 tim tams, plus 5 tim tams, to work out how many you need to work out how many in packets first, then add the individual biscuits - so 3 x 12 + 5, equals 36+5. When you look at it that way it becomes fairly clear that adding your pack of 12 to 5 individual biscuits and then mulitplying that by the 3 packs just doesn’t make sense.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

Pizza, 2 serves of chips, one chicken burger, 2 hot dogs, a hot apple pie and a hot chocolate please.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

I did my vacuuming yesterday. Then just to up the excitement level I steam cleaned the lounge room. Miss Meow was very unimpressed, but bravely returned for cuddles not long after the scary noisy monster was put away.

RustyRaven, 4 days ago

Mr Woof decided it was too noisy when I got near the bed and left the bedroom until I was finished, then returned as soon as the vacuum was off. It was a much more dignified exit than Miss Meow’s ungainly bolt away from the lounge room.

RustyRaven, 1 day ago

Today’s project inspired by recent events: I have bottled 6 single serve arauras.

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