I cycled down to an event that I saw advertised by a particular local councillor that I had been wanting to have a chat with. Only about a 13 km ride, so should be no big deal.

Unfortunately, it was wet, and rounding a corner at one point my wheel slipped out from under me and I crashed. Got a nasty gash in my elbow and a less nasty one on my ankle, but the worst thing is I landed directly on my phone. It’s now completely buggered.

I had stuck thongs in my bidon cage to change into (from clip-in cycling shoes) once I got there. So I walked the last 4 km in thongs. Do not recommend.

And the kicker? I finally arrived and she wasn’t even there.

[–] Nottalottapies@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Thongs in the bidon cage, can't get more Aussie than that!

I remember getting a flat, and having no shoes. Wasn't going to walk back in cleats so decided to go barefoot. Bad blisters after less than a km. I can't imagine what walking 4kms in thongs would do. Hope they're not too bad today.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah I thought it was pretty clever when I came up with it. Normally I'd put closed shoes in a backpack, but I wanted to avoid the sweaty back from having a backpack. This was the first time I didn't do that. Had I had a backpack, I probably would've put my phone in it too and not broken it. Same if I'd worn a cycling jersey and used the back pocket.

The 4 km in thongs was certainly not fun. Slightly injured my foot as a result. But I can't imagine having to do it barefoot!

In retrospect I should've gotten back on the bike, once the rain stopped (which it did fairly early on into my walk). Would've been a lot quicker and saved a lot of strife. Ah well.

[–] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Hope the barefoot walk was on a colder day? Can't imagine doing that in Summer.

[–] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Going through rhetorical hell, and she doesn't have the decency to stay and say "Hello". I'd be pissed as well.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It may be ironic^*^ that had you driven, you would have avoided the crash and the missed opportunity

^*^ - depending on the event, and the topic of the chat.

... So superscript either doesn't work, or I've formatted it wrong.

... Nope, third option - Voyager doesn't display it correctly.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, the irony was not lost on me. I probably would have missed the opportunity already, I suspect she had probably left the event an hour before I even left home if she was there at all.

And yeah, display of super- and subscript on Lemmy is an issue. Jerboa doesn't display them at all either, and even the web UI doesn't display correctly over whitespace.

[–] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Slight horror story.

I have battery power motorised blinds. About a month ago, one of them stopped holding a charge. No problem, just keep it plugged in all the time, I thought. When I opened them yesterday, I noticed a swarm of ants on one of the windows and blind. Where did these buggers come from?

After I cleaned the swarm up, I inspected the blind. I noticed that the ants were still appearing around it. So I take the blind down. I pull the motorised end out of the aluminium tube. There I found, an entire colony of ants, nesting on and inside the motor, and down the metre long tube.

Suffice to say, I think I found the cause of why the battery no longer charged.