Parenting
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Went to uni in Wagga in the mid 90s - there was a servo in town you could get 75c hotdogs with unlimited toppings.
Worth the petrol money for a night time run. Probably the most vegetable-related material I ate at uni, in terms of loading up the hot dog with tomato, lettuce, etc.
But fuck me didn't I get on it when Maccas had their 50c Cheeseburger anniversary special in third year!
One year, in their wisdom, Auckland RU ran the club comp so that there weren't any divisions in the first round. Must have been 1992 ish?
They set it up so that there were two pools based on the finishing positions from previous year. 21 clubs, 10 in one pool, 11 in other.
Meant we essentially played 2 games per week, usual Saturdays plus a Tue or Wed under lights, or Anzac day / multiple games over Easter etc etc.
So throw in the need to maintain two trainings a week so many much $1 cheeseburgers kept me alive.
Waste of fucking time as I'm pretty sure we lost most (all) games we played ...
Maccas was good though.
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My first year flatting there were 6 of us, three guys and three girls. Us three guys had our normal flatting staples, one did a spicy bolognese, one did a lasagne, and I did a fish pie (in hindsight that seems stupid as it was actually a decent amount of work). All pretty decent.
But the girls couldn't cook for shit. They'd even stuff up those chicken pieces you just roast in the oven. Messy too. TBF, they were from Northland.
KFC had the $5 quarter pack back then so it was usually after dinner KFC on the nights they cooked.
Tegal free flow chicken pieces. I miss them.
Almost as much as sizzlers.
And can you still get those boxes of free flow lamb chops? Always a go to after footy practice.
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In the finest Fern traditions, we've taken the Parenting thread and converted it to the "shittiest flatting stories", thread.
I suspect we could fill a whole new thread with these stories, unless that's just my experience.
Uni hostel, 1st year flat, year 2-4 "progression"... where do I start???
And your parents were never concerned?
So apparently recent meals include a frozen leftover curry that Mrs Boo and I saved late last week (don't forget the naan bread), subway that doubled as lunch and dinner, and something else left over that I can't remember.
I did go shopping with her begore we dumped her off, and got her salads and stuff (like the pre made Caeser with extra chooken from the deli), but lazy. Which I totally relate to.
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@catogrande said in Parenting:
and if necessary some underhanded manipulation.
I have a shovel, a chainsaw, and a working knowledge of all State Forests within an hour of my house.
As long as somebody in Australia can hold a hose...
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@crazy-horse said in Parenting:
@catogrande said in Parenting:
and if necessary some underhanded manipulation.
I have a shovel, a chainsaw, and a working knowledge of all State Forests within an hour of my house.
Invest in a wood chipper or get yourself some pigs. Graves in forests are too easily found.
Is this from police experience or a Guy Ritchie film?
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@bayimports said in Parenting:
think my first meal was a large bowl of mussels (probably as cheap as Maggi noodles at the time). Steamed them open in pot, washed them down with lots of cheap beer. Then obviously put the empty shells in neighbours bin because as student you always did stupid things and didnt want to have to clean my own bin.
I used to smash the mussels too. At only $2/kg they were farken value which meant more beer money
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@bayimports said in Parenting:
think my first meal was a large bowl of mussels (probably as cheap as Maggi noodles at the time). Steamed them open in pot, washed them down with lots of cheap beer. Then obviously put the empty shells in neighbours bin because as student you always did stupid things and didnt want to have to clean my own bin.
I used to smash the mussels too. At only $2/kg they were farken value which meant more beer money
Yeah I did as well. What are they now per kg?
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@majorrage said in Parenting:
@bayimports said in Parenting:
think my first meal was a large bowl of mussels (probably as cheap as Maggi noodles at the time). Steamed them open in pot, washed them down with lots of cheap beer. Then obviously put the empty shells in neighbours bin because as student you always did stupid things and didnt want to have to clean my own bin.
I used to smash the mussels too. At only $2/kg they were farken value which meant more beer money
Yeah I did as well. What are they now per kg?
A quick google indicates $4-6 per kg which still strikes me as value
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@majorrage said in Parenting:
@bayimports said in Parenting:
think my first meal was a large bowl of mussels (probably as cheap as Maggi noodles at the time). Steamed them open in pot, washed them down with lots of cheap beer. Then obviously put the empty shells in neighbours bin because as student you always did stupid things and didnt want to have to clean my own bin.
I used to smash the mussels too. At only $2/kg they were farken value which meant more beer money
Yeah I did as well. What are they now per kg?
Not 2 bucks.... Nothing like cheap good. A flatmate bought blue cod wings at New World North Dunedin for $1/kg. Basically sold as cat food. She bought them, steamed them with black bean sauce. Yum
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So... Just spent an hour listening to the daughter unit crying her eyes out over the fact her ex bf is not taking the breakup well at all.
Which is to say: he's a gaslighting little fluffybunny with the emotional maturity of mushroom soup*, and fucking lucky that I'm not into assaulting minors.
They're still trying to be friends, which she sort of did out of guilt, and that mostly works until she's on limited sleep (storm came through 0500 this morning) and he gets his panties in a knot that she's not sweetness and light all day every day. And she takes it badly because she's a people pleaser and feels guilty that someone who - as it turns out - emotionally manipulated her all through the relationship, maybe thinks she's a bad person.
*He's 14 so TBF what choice does he have?
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@nta hahaha i cant wait for this
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@muddyriver it is a joy. Took me an hour of reading to calm down, so now I'm short on sleep as well...
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After a couple of days of misery and anxiety, we got her to see the School Counsellor. Of course, once she explained everything in the cold light of day (rather than 10PM when her parents are not best equipped for counsel), The Daughter Unit has come to the realisation her ex is a deadshit and what the fuck was she thinking?
That was last week. Things have been good since.
Until today, when she was heading to her locker at the end of the day, some little fluffybunny thought it would be cool to push her in the back with a "Why did you break up with him?"
And this little fuckwit isn't even friends with the dickhead - just some eshay from their year.
Now, she's not bothered by this, because she turned around and said "None of your fucking business!" but Mrs TA and I are ready to carpet bomb the little cockhead's suburb.
You don't lay your hands on my little girl like that.
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TR Jnr just passed his Restricted test, think I was more nervous than he was haha.
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@taniwharugby said in Parenting:
TR Jnr just passed his Restricted test, think I was more nervous than he was haha.
Do they still do everything possible to try and fail people just so they have to rebook and gather more revenue?
MN5 jr is counting the days til he’s old enough to do the test.
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@mn5 nah she was pretty good, she mentioned 2 'critical failures' which I thought meant fail, said she gave him benefit of doubt on one, so all good.
I have heard that it is better that a parent goes in the car, to reduce chances of any of the power tripping ones being overly harsh.
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@taniwharugby said in Parenting:
@mn5 nah she was pretty good, she mentioned 2 'critical failures' which I thought meant fail, said she gave him benefit of doubt on one, so all good.
I have heard that it is better that a parent goes in the car, to reduce chances of any of the power tripping ones being overly harsh.
Considering that in any drive you have you will notice plenty of critical failures by drivers around you it should almost be a requirement to fit in.
