Regarding my artistic endeavours, I will say only that my secondary school art teacher, Miss McNamara, frequently exiled me to the library for ‘not making an effort.’
As to my weekend so far, let me just say that it’s been, well....expensive!
On Friday, returning from our daily constitutional, we noticed to our horror that our 7-foot front gate was stuck on open. We tried to close it manually, but being the inept pair we are, we couldn’t prise open the box to the manual control. The neighbours call it a ‘fuck off gate’ if you’ll excuse my Irish, and that’s the general idea. I want no nosy buggers coming around. I’m not a fan of seeking permits from authorities for this and that so I hide behind a big high gate with no intercom//bell, and admission by appointment only.
D’ya know that the Department of Agriculture demand that you register should you keep even one chicken and the local council want you to get permission for a shed in which to house those chickens?…for the common good don’t ya know!
We're off-grid here and since we've had a prolonged period of sunny weather recently, we have to make hay while the sun shines to use any excess juice so the inverter doesn't overload. So on went the hoover, then very quickly off again. With a clunk and a whirr, it died...Dead! Busted! Broken! Kaput! And I only have it for 9 years!
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The old and the new
Hoovering be damned, I thought, I'll stick on the washing machine instead. But no, despite me pushing all the buttons and turning every knob, all it did is flash an F06 error at me and refuse to budge.
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The offending article relegated to the yard.
Flabbergasted, I went to fetch a glass of water while I called a repair man, opened the freezer and noticed a strange gassy odour, plus the usual temperature of -18 was now -3.
To paraphrase Lady Bracknell of The Importance of Being Earnest fame “To lose one appliance may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose three looks like carelessness.”
Needless to say, I dared not touch another one, but thank goodness for my brother’s comforting words. "Disasters happen in threes,” he said. When I pointed out that there had already been four, he replied "Well it looks like you’re due another two then”
As the repairman said that neither the washer nor the freezer was worth fixing, with my usual efficiency I immediately ordered new which by some miracle arrived on Saturday morning, with the washer coming next week. Jolly good service since I only ordered them on Friday. The gate fixer is our neighbour so that was fixed on Saturday too, so all's well that ends well, but it cost me a pretty penny.
What do you think the odds are of this happening? They surely must be millions to one. Is it a glitch in the matrix? Have I been targeted as a dissenter by government agents using energy disruption weapons? Do I need to acquire a tin foil hat?
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Posted in response to @galenkp's weekend experience challenge to draw yourself enjoying your weekend but you have to look like a stick figure;
The images are my own.
What a bitch!
A 'fuck off gate' - I love that. No excusing the Irish, we'd say the same in Australia.
The other day a mate goes 'don't worry, we'll shit it in' when we were facing a big muddy hill and worrid about going up it. I did a happy dance. When I used that Aussie expression my English husband did not believe it was a thing. But it absolutely is!
Irish and Australians. United in expletives.
And absolutely. Appliance ALWAYS go all at once. Last time, we had this credit scheme for the store we bought the washing machine and fridge from, and I hadn't really checked that I had paid it off years before, and $50 kept coming out of my account every week (this is when we both had two wages, so we weren't pinching pennies). When our appliances went, I checked the credit and had almost all the money saved up to buy new ones. What a bonus. I keep meaning to put money like that away for emergencies but I can't afford it!
I had an Aussie business partner for 10 years and he was the only person I ever met whose language was worse than mine, though 'We'll shit it in' is a new one on me!
I suppose the upside is I now have almost all new appliances though I'm looking at the fridge with increasing suspicion now as it's the only one left that came with the house.
We got linky counters here (modern electric counter), I am pretty sure they can target specific appliances around the house. Put your tin foil on!
What have you done for the government to be so mad at you, making sure you can't keep anything clean? That's a true Psyop!!!
By the way, these are the most expressive stick figures I've seen!
They're rolling out smart metres here too but I've opted out. I'm not paranoid or anything but I know they're after me. I'll have to do a DEEP DIVE into how the psyop involves my cleaning appliances.
They're mighty fine alright!
Lol, funny art that you made, yeah you need to a tin foil hat for this... 🖤
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Yes you have been targeted - in response to energy weapons - get your hat on!!! You are too funny - the gate and all. It is just one of those things and it makes a good story. lol However it is frustrating and costly to occur all at once.
'Tis true. Without adversity, we'd have little life at all:)
It must have been an energy weapon used against you, indeed, for holding chickens that you saved and are treating too nicely. What a day!
I like your stick(wo)man art!
🦖hug!
I'm glad we agree. In future, I'll shield myself with my Hypersensitivosaurus. Duck and cover!
Haha! For duck and cover,
Cold Turkey might in come handy.
Just make sure not to call her a duck ;<)
First off, I must say that your sticky figures are really cute 😅 and the portray the emotions perfectly.
This is just ludicrous. How about people who own chickens and pets? Do they register the chickens as roommates?
This made me laugh hard😂. Your brother has a point tho.
Now I get why your weekend was an expensive one. I probably would have been in a bad mood as four things going bad can be frustrating.
I enjoyed reading this ✨
Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the read. It was a little frustrating alright but funny in some way. Of course I wasn't laughing when I had to pay the bill for the replacements.
I guess I'm not the only one who hates debit alerts.
Do have an amazing day✨
I really like your Drawings.
I think you are pulling my leg!:)
I know that feeling. We have plenty of that here all the time.
It is a good thing that you were able to fix what was fixable and replace what was beyond repair.
We have to keep repairing ad infinitum.
The art work was great, by the way. Amazing how a few lines can be so expressive!
You can't get anyone to fix things anymore. Those sorts of skills are a thing of the past here. Besides, it often costs more to fix than to replace.
As to the 'artwork' thanks. My head thinks I'm a great artist but my hands won't listen:)
Your vacuums look like they're trying to impersonate each other. I'd be concerned if I were you :D
They're clones! Just a little project I've been working on:)
Lol, quite the run of bad luck there, or perhaps a glitch in the matrix.
Your art is so hundred times better than mine, that's for sure at least there is that lol xxxx
A hundred times better? Really? I imagined you'd be an accomplished artist. You look so....well..so...artistic!
As to my run of bad luck, I couldn't believe it. I thought someone was gonna jump out from behind the freezer and tell me I was on Candid Camera!
I love your writing, dear @deirdyweirdy 😇 And yes, the perils of moving towards sovereignty, hehe! I'm counting the days as to when the electrical company will cut my supply from the mains, but Italian bureaucratic inefficiency is working in my favour; I'm around a year and a half from the last time I paid a bill, and it's still running... I am looking into prepping, either way, and already have a hot water boiler to put over my stove, plus am looking into alternative washing clothes methods (https://persurvive.com/home-family/off-grid-washing-machine/) and ways to maximise the natural cooling capacity of my cellars. It's a beautiful adventure. 😍
I worked in Palermo for 6 months so I know a little about Italian bureaucracy! We're lucky enough to produce enough from solar panels that we don't need to be on the grid. You're courageous contemplating life without electricity. I just couldn't do it. Perhaps I could think of 21 reasons it'd be a good thing but I could think of 100 reasons why it wouldn't:)
All good vibes appreciated, doubled and returned.
Tin foil hats are cheap anyway. and don't fail unless you tear them. So, yes! I think you need a tin foil hat. I have four that I paid the big bucks for. Fun story, love your drawings.
Cost me 2 grand to replace 3 items and get the gate repaired, so that wasn't much fun. With your dissident views, you need 4 tin foil hats:)
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Our generator shut down yesterday so I thought my brother's prediction was coming true until we realised we'd forgotten to fill up the oil.
Oh, dear! At least it's one less worry. Let's hope that your brother is wrong.
When it rains it pours, eh?
Given your track record, sounds like a wise move😁
With that run of bad luck, I think your bad luck in all used up. I still wouldn't stand outside during a lightning storm, though.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
But all household chores have now been reluctantly handed over to another.....just in case!
PS I've also had that kind of issue with multiple appliances or tech failing at once. It has always felt like a message, and I know that can sound a bit out-there, but if I make a list of e.g. 21 reasons why this is a Gift, then it is quite amazing what comes up. I've done some of this imaginal realm work around the eventual very high likelihood that my electric will be cut, and there are so many beautiful reasons why this is the best thing - including how our energetic body and psyche are affected by the metal wires and the additional things that they transmit - AND how the network of wires around our homes can interfere with our radiating out our abundant positive vibe and influence into the world... There is so much coming out through this big upsurge in interest in Electroculture (there's a community of the same name, here on Hive) - and I know that we will be unveiling infinite amounts of revelation about the subtle influences that keep us small, as we explore our creative power on all levels...
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🌟Sending you good vibes for all your needs being met effortlessly!🌟
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A 'Fuck off gate' brilliant!! Great name for em, ha ha ..
Jaysus, ye had some run of bad luck there with them all giving up the ghost, I'd have given ya 3,456,432/1
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Must be a hidden negative cloud floating around you..
I'm positive there's not!
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Do you think it would be as effective as the tin foil hat against the energy weapons? 🙃