Lucky for some. Number 13🍀
Ladies and gentlemen…
I did it. My bowls are free. And neither of them was sacrificed to the Great Smash
Jesus fucking Christ. It only took trying every-fucking-thing, on and off throughout an entire fucking day
#BowlGate
You are a god and I bow to you
Woohoo! What was the winning technique?!
Tell the bowls they were being very naughty.
Hallelujah sister. 🎉
Now for fucksake put a piece of paper towel inbetween each one.
What finally worked?
Complete submersion in almost scalding water, and (as soon as it cooled enough to get my hands in the sink) a knife gently levered between the two bowls to break the seal all the way around.
It must have been very nearly airtight!
Oh man it must have been
Yes. This is the stuff.
I went on Bumble BFF to make some friends and I suspiciously have 40 matches in one day.
I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s not just friends people are looking for…
They deffo are sorry to report.
Bugger…
Today’s project completed: one large tote bag to carry my meals to work. The fabric is designed for outdoor furniture, with a lining of the type of fabric used for packs and sportsbags. This should mean it will last well - the old bag got quite manky because of the condensation formed by ice bricks. It did make it hard to sew though, both because of how thick it is and because the lining fabric was slippery. Miss Meow did her best to assist. Spoiler: it didn’t help.
Damn. That looks amazing. Is there anything you can’t do?
Many things. Drawing. Sports. Remember people’s names…
What about separating two bowls stuck together ?
Please. For the love of god.
The only solution I’ve got is variations on the hot/cold theme, generally heat the bottom bowl and cool the top bowl. Are they ceramic and could have absorbed a tiny amount of water? Maybe try some dry heat, like in the oven on low for a while.
That is very uncanny.
Today I was going to buy a bag that is very similar, same shape and size, heavy tapestry in the same colour palette. I just wanted it for the fabric, to repurpose as chair upholstery, so declined at the price .
seriously uncanny
ranting about Adelaide
I don’t think I like Adelaide. Why is their metro card system so rude?
When I visited I was 15, so I wasn’t eligible for a child ticket (once you’re 15 or older there you need a South Australian student ID). Today I found my metro card so was going to register it, but you can’t register your card if you’re under 18
Then in their terms and conditions they seem to be very set on a “NO REFUNDS” policy. Okay, I lied, you can actually get yourself a refund for whatever money you load onto it, but their policy is you have to die first. If you die, your “authorised representative” can go to them with a copy of your death certificate and a letter of administration. Are they really that desperate to hold onto the few measly dollars tourists put on their cards and don’t use?
And their main train station makes me feel uncomfortable. I can’t really describe why, it just makes me feel unwelcome and sketched out:
Other things I found weird, rude, or foreign about Adelaide:
- you swipe your card on the train, rather than at the train station
- they still take paper tickets on the trains, but you have to validate it by putting it into the metro card reader thing
- they do take bank cards but only on trams, but then I think the trams are free so you don’t need to anyway?
- only some readers take certain types of tickets - on trams the front reader takes paper tickets and metro cards, but not bank cards. Then the middle reader takes bank cards and metro cards, but not google/apple pay. Then the back reader only takes metro cards
- you have to buy a ticket for your bike
- the penalty for fare evasion there is almost 5 times what it is here ($1,250 vs $280 here). And I think you get fined the same amount of you don’t buy your bike a ticket
- they don’t call fines “fines”, they call them an expiration ticket or something?
- they put birds and shit on all their signs reminding you you’re in South Australia, which ends up feeling like you’re in papers please or another Soviet game based in the 70s/80s
- also I think if you get an expiration notice they put in on your police record and then you forever have a criminal record and a $1.2k fine because your bike doesn’t have a ticket
- they put angry warning signs on literally everything. I don’t understand how their signs feel like they’re yelling at you but ours don’t, but it seems to be the way it is
- their bus stops have terms and conditions
I love this, Adelaide is the worst lol. I went in 2011 or 12 and it sucked then. Not surprised it still sucks.
Readers on the train sounds good to me. It works on trams just fine.
It sounds like you really want a smart ticket. I went to Radelaide for a long weekend a few years back, I suppose I just used paper tickets on the train. I don’t remember. I don’t remember hating the train system, either though.
I love your rant, and how much you care about stuff. But yeah, I go about the world utterly oblivious to that sort of thing. I wouldn’t notice terms and conditions on a bus stop, for example.It actually wasn’t meant to be a full blown rant, I was actually just going to complain about how you have to die before you get a refund from them, but then I started remembering all the other odd things they do.
Readers on the trains can work at first, but they’re a dumb idea in the long run. It was probably deemed the cheapest option when they were rolling it out, but eventually they’re going to need new trains. And every train has anywhere between 2-6 readers per carriage X 3 carriages (with the possibility of doubling to 6 cars in the future), so it would end up being cheaper to just put your 4 readers at each station. Also they have full blown top up machines on the carriages, which is nice, but takes away seats and standing room
Wow even this became a rant :/
How can you hate Adelaide when The Fringe is on!? I just got back. Go see Colin Ebsworth’s show Me, My Cult & I, and then Reuben Kaye’s show Apocalipstik. Both were excellllllent.
Who’s the fridge
Next month I turn 32.
One year closer to returning to pure star-stuff.
✨Star stuff gang✨🙌
✨fwoooosh ✨
You are already pure star stuff.
⭐🤩⭐
I got sober when I was 33. I wonder if that had anything to do with it
Had to purchase a new phone unexpectedly today. Booooooo!!
Had an interview and was asked for references straight away.
Made really good falafel and dips for dinner.
Got a free coffee from local coffee stand cause they made an extra one and they know me.
Good day, no?
What happened to the phone and what did you replace it with?
Screen stopped responding to touch. Did all the troubleshooting and nothing.
Got a Pixel 7a and happy with it.
I read this and thought “winning” - as in you’re winning! Incidentally reminded me of this stupid song
Slay, King 👑
what the hell 😂
It sparked a core memory, had to check I didn’t imagine the song
I forgot I could laugh like this 😂
Alrighty. Final reference has been submitted. Ball is in their court.
My referee showed me what he wrote, and it’s a fucking great reference. Really made me look good 🙂
Fuck yeah! I’m so excited for you!! This is great news and you deserve it! Treat yourself!
cool
🤞
I have gravely disappointed the Void. Usually the washing machine beeping signals an Outside Adventure with Bugs! And Grass!
I set up the airer inside. Shame on me.
how dare you not stop the rain
I live for this cool breeze ony face, through my hair, as I’m on way home home from work in a tram that seems to be going just a bit too fast
ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ
Just saw your comment otherwise you could have listened to this on your headphones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZaZYwaJeCk
I like right-clicking an icon on my desktop and selecting “Run as administrator”; I understand what it does/what it’s for, but honestly Im addicted to the pretend power-trip it gives me haha
“You will open and do the needful, and you will do it now!”
Get dat compatability!
I am the captain now!
I am not a mere user pleb, I am a shiny golden GOD!
Do Sysops still exist? Or has the name changed?
Oh for fuck’s sake.
I stacked one bowl on top of another and now they’re stuck together. I’ve wedged them somehow.
How do I disengage them without breaking either of them?
I’m invested in this.
Did they disengage?
We need an update!! :D
Fill your sink with hot water. Place the bowls in and put cold water or ice in the top one.
Fill the top one with ice water
I know that you can separate two buckets using an air compressor to blow air down the side of the bottom one because I randomly saw it on YouTube and now it loves rent free in my head despite my lack of an air compressor and lack of buckets.
I don’t believe this is helpful but it’s the best I got
Smear joint with WD40 or olive oil, then pry apart. Wash both thoroughly.
Operation Increase Kiddos Chilli Tolerance Without Them Knowing continues to be a success, with tonight’s meatball mix having a good swig of yucateco.
Good! I’m so sick of hearing about this nuggets only bullshit. Unless the kid has ARFID or something, feed them food not pap.
I can see it now. In 20 years time, Melbourne’s thriving food scene will be all fancy nugget restaurants with a side menu of pouched yoghurt drinks.
Bravo! Chilli is a vegetable, and we all know kids react to those …
Sometimes I feel like I’m a teenager again, staying up late to read and make music.
Ah well. Joy where you can find it.
Heat has not worked. WD40 has not worked.
I’m genuinely about to sit the conglomeration in the dishwasher and run it through a cycle just to see
I’m invested in this now
just use some different bowls.
in a few days the stuck ones will come apart for unknown reasons
I only have four non-cereal bowls, and two of them are now stuck together
Forgot to ask - are bowls ceramic or glass? Or melamine/plastic?
Sturdy white porcelain bowls, quite deep
Oil around the join. Give it 10 minutes and try to pull them apart by gently twisting.
Ok now, if there is a gap between the bowls big enough to get water in the bottom bowl, fill it and freeze it. Maybe the expansion of the ice will be enough to dislodge.
Have you tried tapping the bowls on the side with a solid stick like object.
When ground glass joints in by soldering equipment get stuck, I just tap the side of the joint until it separates.
Brutal, trying to rip apart two bowls who obviously love each other very much!
/s
Bowls still stuck together. I give up
Bowl-eo and Bowl-iet by Bowl-iam Bowl-spear
Seriously though, wow. The vacuum between the bowls must be strong, or the friction.
I’m sure you have already, but maybe rubber gloves might help? Like to pull them apart? I don’t know sorry, that sucks!
You may have to sacrifice one to save the other. Put a groove in the bottom edge of the lower one with a nail file, then tap FIRMLY on the bench to shatter it. If you are holding the top one, it should be unharmed. A teatowel on the bench may help corral the shards for disposal. Rubber gloves as per StudSpud’s comment are a very good idea.
Can you twist them apart?
Put them on the bench with a towel underneath and put a bag of frozen peas (still in the bag) in the top bowl, wait until the top bowl is cold on the outside, then turn them on the side and give them a firm but gentle tap on top of the towel.
Submerge the lot totally and hope a tiny air bubble will rise and break the seal from the inside.
This was the trick. Total immersion in hot as hell water and a knife inserted into the crack/gently levered to break the vacuum seal
Wooo! Physics for the win.
Add water and microwave for a minute
Lots of toothpicks and a little tiny hammer?
I don’t know why, but I vibe with this solution
I salute your perseverance!
Squirt an air compressor in the gap? Got a mechanic nearby?
Glue a piece of wood to each bowl, let it set, pull them apart.
Make a loop of string and try and feed / saw it into the gap,
Sacrifice one bowl.
Fill your sink with hot water, put the bowls in, put ice cubes in the top bowl.
Put a little fuel in there and light it on fire somewhere safe.
Personal massage device to vibrate them apart.
Good luck.
Staff at personal devices shop: Welcome! How can I help you?
AJ: I’d like a massage device that vibrates.
Staff: Any preference for size and shape?
AJ: Something gentle. It’s for my bowls who love each other too much.
Twist, don’t pull. Like opening a jar.
Edit: just saw Seagoon already mentioned this. Oh well, guess you now own a double walled bowl, or two less bowls, depending on what you decide to do. Welcome to a fork in the road of your life.
