frillseeker.bsky.social
Fashion historian.
Award-winning author of 'Love Vintage' and 'Style is Eternal'. Collector. Educator. Valuer. Museum professional. MA Cultural Heritage. Working on the PhD.
https://circavintageclothing.com.au
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Maybe the Alex Rider series?
alexrider.com/mi6-datafile...
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I second Agatha Christie: she's old enough to be reading the originator. Wish I'd discovered her at a much younger age.
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Another great thread. Thank you, Derek. Love your work.
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That way, he can see she's alone (mission accomplished) but he can't bug her with his creepy behaviour.
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I vote No. 3.
If I were her, I'd start wearing headphones around the house to do the cleaning, cooking...and sing loudly and leave the curtains open so when he comes he can see in, watch her not hear him and then leave.
When he says he came by, just say she's into the music and didn't hear.
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I recommend the book “when I say no, I feel guilty”. It trained me out of my defensiveness. Life’s much better now. Defensiveness is really hard and corrodes relationships.
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He’s proving her right.
Just go, honey. Maybe one day he’ll get it but he’s going to be insufferable until he starts listening and reflecting.
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Welcome! I'm with Curtis Brown too: it's a good feeling. So much history, so many great writers and books.
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Punk? I always thought it was a fondness for a certain budget clothing chain…this goes with that.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=kI3q...
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Honey, if they didn't want you when you were their age, what makes you think they're going to want you now that you're older than their dad?
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I was on a train and some teenage boys were throwing rocks at it, shattering the window next to my head. They knew what they were doing, and there should be consequences for such violent, dangerous behaviour.
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I can buy an inhaler from any Australian pharmacy, over the counter without script or insurance around a mere $11. There's no good reason why an essential medicine would be so expensive in the USA.
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Sad result for the people of Warrnambool.
I hope that prospective buyers and developers do their due diligence and choose land carefully: I trust the insurers to accurately measure risk and if the study is good enough for them, it should be for the council too.
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MM would be 99 today, incredible to think that she might still be with us if things had been different.
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Pretty sure almost all of my FB feed is AI and bots and spam, so yes: probably not real!
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Alaskine is such a wonderful material. I'm sorry we don't see more of it.
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Thank you for sharing these. I need Ella's culinary arts in my life.
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These are incredible: go you! I can only aspire to such bakery perfection. I'm sure Mr Morris would approve.
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Yep. This is me. Is it winter? The urge to snuggle with their humans?
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I heartily endorse this product.
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I'm sure we can arrange something!
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I'm grateful to David and his camera, if only because otherwise no one would ever believe me that I used to have long dark hair and a fine black corset collection.
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Of course I met my husband on usenet too, where all the best husbands could be found.
David I met back in the '80s in a smokey Perth pub, stood up by my date for being 'too scary'. Some indie band on the stage.
*actually I knew D for years before he 'met' me, he was somewhat notorious.
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Balm for the soul!
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If I was going to watch it over and over again, I'd go for the comfort food variety:
- Stanley Tucci in Italy
- anyone travelling on trains somewhere interesting (eg Portillo, @profaliceroberts.bsky.social etc)
- @bettanyhughes.bsky.social going anywhere, doing anything
- David Suchet's Poirot
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Marvellous! I hope it's all going as well as it can, and glad to hear that your spirits are well.
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Thank you for reporting on this story. It's possible that they looked at other options, but one downside to a possible collecting organisation home is that the acquisition process tends to move slowly: even if they wanted it, it may have been hard to do quickly. Glad a solution was found.
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Of course, but most museums are reluctant to deaccession - and any home, anywhere, is subject to change.
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Did they not consider a museum home for it? So very glad that people stepped up, but rare cultural heritage like this should be valued and protected. I'm sure the Geelong Wool Museum, or the Melbourne Museum would have been happy to consider it. Or Ballarat's Rare Trades Centre.
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Best not to have babies with people who don't respect you. It doesn't get any better from here.
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Sensational!
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My pleasure. So nice to meet someone who appreciates the value of a stylish outfit. Full marks, sir.
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...and some of us just prefer it that way. I wanted rain on my wedding day but instead, the sky was blue and the sun was shining: a perfect day (for others).
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What a time to be alive.
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Heart-warming indeed. We need more of that.
I once left my handbag with cash, cards, passport on a London bus. Another bus driver gave me a ticket to retrieve it from the Lost Property, where I discovered it was all there, bar a fiver.
Bless who ever handed it in and didn't help themselves.
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We pulled up the carpets about a decade ago, and the cats still enjoy sliding around on the floorboards. No socks required. Keeps us awake some nights.
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Japanese cars, yes - and European cars. I'm sure some buy USA but personally, I've never had an American car and can't imagine ever wanting one. They simply....don't meet my needs.
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The more people do it, the more others will. I picked up the habit in Perth, where it's small-town-standard but continue in Sydney and Melbourne, where I'm not the only one.
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Australia. I always thank the driver, it just feels right.
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I have a lot of catching up to do!
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I haven't seen Mandy or Con Air *adds to list*
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With you on this, ‘cept for Ween. I’ll change channel over any of the others. Ugh!
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Must see it! Any other recommendations? I need educating.