@matigo I thought putting 'x' at the end of 'gateau' pluralised the word. So the 's' is excessive.
When I was a kid people used to cover me in chocolate and cream and put a cherry on my head. Yeah, life was tough in the gateau.
Thought I fixed the dodgy switch on a battery-powered LED bed lamp, but the fix didn't take. I've just finished installing a replacement switch, it's held in place by the remnants of the old switch.
@hazardwarning Just seeing "different than" sets my teeth on edge. Hearing it gets me ranting or muttering under my breath.
Says the person who can't resist saying "Who?" whenever the World Health Organisation is mentioned.
// @larand
Looked in the icecream section of Aldi. Nothing really appealed to me except frozen yogurt on a stick. So I bought a box of 10 for $3.
@literary In the words of Kinky Friedman: Fuck 'em & feed 'em Froot Loops.
Wankers.
Had a checkup at the eye doctor. The better right eye has a minute amount of tissue scarring in front of the inserted lebs, I was told to come back for another test in four years unless I experience blurred vision from that scarring. A simple laser procedure fixes that issue. It's been 3½ hours since the pupil-dilating eye drops went in and the effect is starting to lessen: I no longer need sunglasses while indoors.
Asparagus is in season at present, 90% of Australia's asparagus is grown on market gardens a few km to the south. About 50 km away is a cheese factory that sells farm-produced pasteurised full-cream milk which tastes magnificent. They sell it in most shops within a 30 km radius, which includes a township on the edge of the asparagus growing area. I was there last night, collecting my regular four litres of milk, so I topped up on asparagus as well.
Cut 7 spears into 1-inch lengths, steamed for four minutes & served with a simple cheese sauce. Superb.
@skematica The eastern half of the state is made of coal. And being the southernmost mainland state (furthest from the equator) conditions aren't ideal for solar. Which also tends not to work quite as well at night.