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Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by Left Foot Snap
Mucked up the quoting.

13 hours ago, 710 Ashbury St said:

to keep living here(completely kidding—I would never kick her out for that).

I would!!

2 hours ago, Left Foot Snap said:

I would!!

People have killed for less, right?

My good news for today is that I went to a shopping centre and came out alive!

Shops shut for only two days a year, xmas day and Good Friday. On the eve of both, shopping centres are war-zones. It’s every man for himself, kill or be killed.

Supermarkets are the worst. It’s like folks are shopping to restock their underground bunkers for the apocalypse. One day without access to shops turns people into wild beasts.

Anyways, apart from being told off by a Karen and having a bloke in steel-capped boots tread on my toes, I came out relatively unscathed.

Very good news indeed!

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

My good news for today is that I went to a shopping centre and came out alive!

Shops shut for only two days a year, xmas day and Good Friday. On the eve of both, shopping centres are war-zones. It’s every man for himself, kill or be killed.

Supermarkets are the worst. It’s like folks are shopping to restock their underground bunkers for the apocalypse. One day without access to shops turns people into wild beasts.

Anyways, apart from being told off by a Karen and having a bloke in steel-capped boots tread on my toes, I came out relatively unscathed.

Very good news indeed!

This resonates greatly, as I type this post while sitting in the car outside my folks' house, after venturing out into the wilderness of Fitzroy, Melbourne, to perform very last minute Christmas shopping. Popped into a Woolies for some oranges - half the stock was gone, and people were circling everywhere like sharks!

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by DeelightfulPlay

14 minutes ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

This resonates greatly, as I type this post while sitting in the car outside my folks' house, after venturing out into the wilderness of Fitzroy, Melbourne, to perform very last minute Christmas shopping. Popped into a Woolies for some oranges - half the stock was gone, and people were circling everywhere like sharks!

It’s cutthroat out there, DP! The quick and the dead. Glad you survived 😁

2 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Supermarkets are the worst. It’s like folks are shopping to restock their underground bunkers for the apocalypse. One day without access to shops turns people into wild beasts.

Awful lot of bunkers out there heavily stocked with prawns. Not an ideal long-term companion to wait out the nuclear winter, I'd say.

As for the good news, since there's already been some toddler joy! My rapidly-less-tiny about-to-be-6-month-old is about to get back from visiting the in-laws overseas. He's been utterly loved by his little cousins and has survived the attacks of swarms of asian aunties.

Fun fact - all babies get nicknames in Vietnam, often well before birth, and they are often used in priority over actual names, especially among family. So when Sam is in a group with his little cousins, they are 'Pumpkin', 'Peppermint leaf', and 'Moon' - all one-syllable words in Vietnamese so it sounds cuter. I don't even know their formal names!