Has anyone tried an Emma Sleep Mattress? Or Koala? Ecosa?
I got a quote from Harvey Norman (urgh) for a King Koli mattress and tested it. It felt nice, but if I can avoid giving them money I will happily do so. But online ones and online reviews are hard to trust.
I’ve got a Sleeping Duck mattress and it’s the best one I’ve ever owned. You can easily change the top foam layer from soft/medium/firm if you order a mattress that’s not the right firmness for you. And you can return it for refund if it’s not right for you at all (100 day trial currently). So basically no risk to you to try it out.
I’ve tried loads of those mattresses in a box. I can tell you that Sleeping Duck is the best of them and worth the money. Ecosa was the 2nd best.
Here’s my notes on them from my notes app:
- Ecosa (very good)
- Koala (a little soft but good)
- 624 (not bhad)
- Eva (meh)
- Macoda (quite good)
- Sleeping Duck (tres bien)
- OneBed (meh)
- Hugo (no bueno)
- Bed in a Box/SleepFirm (too firm)
Agree. Did the same, although not quite as complete. Sleeping duck was the best we found.
Awesome! Thank you.
Was going to recommend one I love, but the bloody thing has been discontinued. Sorry, no help at all.
haha, it’s the thought that counts
Many of them have a trial policy, where you can return within x days if you don’t like it. So it’s pretty low risk. It’s a different feel to a sprung mattress, which will come down to personal preference and if you have any back or body issues. I personally like the foam mattresses, have a koala one and so far it is fine. Although from what people say it seems sleeping duck ones are a bit better.
I have a Koala base and mattress. Both are fine, no issues. The base is great if moving because you can take it apart easy as; no screws, bolts, springs, just slats of wood. It can be put together by one person, but two makes it soooo much easier. The mattress has been fine, no issues with it. I think it’s foam? No springs.
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Some sort of major kerfuffle down at the shops. At least 4 cop cars and the helicopter was out earlier.
Armed siege apparently. Which makes the huge number of rubber neckers standing at the tape lines taking pictures even more disturbing.
Wtf. I’m not a fan of this stuff. Can it stop happening for 5 fucking seconds? Seriously
Not many chores left to do tonight, then it’s some tv and sleep 😸
I have a lot of panko, squid, oil, flour but no eggs :(
So the squid will be frozen until the panic bakers come to their senses and settle down. I just need 1. Seriously the egg section feels like the beginning of the rona.
I think you can use mayo instead of eggs to stick breadcrumbs, I’ve never tried it for calamari though. I reckon it would be fine.
I’ve used plain milk for breading chicken breast before. The crumbs didn’t stick quite as well, and it came out a lighter consistency, but it was fine. I think I’ve heard of people using a mix of vegetable oil, milk, and water as well which supposedly works ok.
I also ate a brownie that had the egg substituted for banana. Apparently that’s a thing. The banana was a little overwhelming, but it did work
While I like eating bananas I hate bananas used as an ingredient in anything unless it’s banana cake.
The banana taste is always overwhelming when it’s used as an ingredient and it’s yucky.
ooh that is a trick I haven’t heard of!
You can use plain yogurt too.
Lots of eggs at my greengrocer. Try outside Colesworth?
I actually got some at Coles, though Aldi were out Tuesday.
I have 9 eggs bwahaha!
Shall we start the bidding at $15 each?
I have 2 dozen. Thanks IGA.
I have 2 dozen plus two, about 4 frozen eggwhites and a container of dried egg powder. Thanks mostly to Gippsland Eggs who have a minimum purchase of 5 dozen to get free delivery. My last order was just before they started putting purchase limits on at Colesworth, so the timing was good.
I have a whole dozen, and they’re free range! I guess I’m rich now! But I’m gonna eat my riches at breakfast so it won’t last long.
mayo is a brilliant idea and sounds delicious
I’m doing some decluttering and today it’s boxes of old books.
Came across a 1974 weight watchers magazine and thought I’d share this recipe, for anyone keen to lose a few pounds.
Bon appetit!
I would definitely lose weight… by abstinence. I just can’t do organs.
8 to 10 mins is ridiculous. Liver is nicest when hot through but still succulent. 2 mins at MOST. The strongish flavours in the recipie would work.
Had liver at a restaurant once that was over the moon delicious. A crispish floured coating and the slices were 1 cm thick and hot and succulent. A taste sensation. Did not taste “livery” at all. Some of the same vibes as blue steak.
Edit d’escalier: I think it’s the grainy gritty texture of overcooked liver that turns people off. It does me. I only eat it if I’ve cooked it myself to my liking nowadays. Ditto kidneys.What you described sounds like how my mum used to do it - floured thin slices, quickly fried. I do remember it being tasty, particularly when served with gravy.
Chock full of vitamins etc. too. Organ meats are so damn easy to stuff up when cooking, but done well are truly scrumptious. I love a good fricasee of sweetbreads too.
Oh I get it! If you consume boiled liver, it’ll put you off food for life. Smart.
Can you imagine how boiling liver would smell? I don’t reckon I’d even get as far as eating it.
Ironically, mum used to cook ‘lambs fry’ which I loved as a kid. Until I found out what it was, lol
Well, it doesn’t stipulate who’s liver but I’m gonna assume 8oz of your finest lamb. Mmmm iron packed rubber. Yummy.
If you use sweetened tomato juice this comes out disgusting
If I got served this I’d consider it attempted murder
There’s a very real possibility that I’ll need to confront probably my most important life decision ever soon. I’m trying to mentally prepare myself for the possibility of having to even consider it. If I do need to, I need to find a way to be at peace with that decision.
It’s a doozy too.
adding spoiler tag as the subject could be sensitive for somebody struggling with fertility
“Would I be ok never having a biological child of my own if it meant finding great love and joining an established family?” As someone who already feels like an outsider, would I ever feel like I belong? Am I willing to accept that my life never has a chapter of having and raising my own child if there is potentially an option/scenario where I could? Would I resent my decision?
Heavy stuff. Like I said though, it’s not something I need to confront right now but there’s a possibility that it might come up, so I should probably get my head straight about the concept so I know where I stand.
Anyway… almost weekend time woo. I think I might have a drink or two this afternoon.
Hm, that is a doozy. Only you can answer that one, I think. Be true to yourself.
I know for some, having their own biological children is important to them, and for other’s, less so. It’s also important to consider what these Hypothetical Step-Children (HSP (lol)) think as well.
But finding love is hard, and like with all choices, there’ll be pros and cons with whatever is picked.
You don’t have to decide right now, so take your time and see what happens 🤷♀️
I’d say if you like the woman and get along with the kids go for it. As far as resentment and/or feeling like an outsider, you can walk away if its not working out, maybe feeling like an outsider is the price of that freedom.
Where there is great love there is family.
Blood ties is not the same as love, I have seen it. 😔
This one is tough. I don’t believe I’d have had the strength to do it before I had kids. I really wanted to be a dad and I wanted my “own” kids. The idea of forming a relationship with a single mother was also mega daunting to younger me.
But now that I’ve gone the traditional route, I could absolutely imagine the “other path” to happiness. I can recognise that I’d have loved it had I met my wife and kids as a package and joined the family. I don’t love them because they have my DNA. I love them because they’re my kids.
It’ll depend on the age(s) of the kid(s), but to a kid is under 5, they won’t remember a time before you were in their life. You won’t be an outsider, you’ll just be “dad”.
got a mate struggling with fertility and I gave him some advice recently about this. Course I’m giving it from a VERY privileged position, so feel free to disregard. Once you hold your kid in your arms, you wont give a fuck how you got there, cause it simply doesn’t matter. Biological or not wont matter for shit.
the newborn stage fucking sucks too ey. no one actually talks about that part, cause if we were honest no one would ever have kids.
TV Review. Indian Police Force. Amazon. A Hindi-English series about a counter terrorism unit in Delhi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Police_Force_(TV_series)
This is a pretty good show, it fairly accurately depicts terrorism and counter terrorism in a modern country. It does have some Indian tradition story telling regarding the personal lives of the main characters, there was a dance/singing scene! but it wasn’t out place.
Melburnian here so when the power goes out in the Delhi apartment of the terror cell I’m all like" Youse guys are fucked, Special Ops is outside your door " But no, it’s just a power outage in a capital city for no reason, no storms. It’s India.
The military theme music is a little cringy but it’s ok. The graphics and special effects are good. So many pairs of Rayban Aviators. Only 10% of the men have a moustache.
And approx 10% of special forces is women, which is sorta in keeping with the rest of the world.
I give this 4 hobbits.
( I do miss Irrfan, when he smiled he would light up the room. )
Ooh reminds me of hotel Mumbai. That’s a good movie too if you haven’t seen it
I have not seen it, will put it on the watchlist. 😎
The cats are playing with toys they never touched at the old place. Maybe it’s more fun on the polished boards.
Talking of polished boards, I got a couple of sheepskin rugs for the bedroom as cold boards before slippers is 🥶. I would have thought the cats would be disporting themselves on them with minutes. Nope. Zooks only walked across one to love up to my sneakers, and Sammi so far has carefully walked around one. Cats…Argh! Another long day - one job started off simple but the more I looked at it the more issues turned up. I pushed through and at least it’s all done now. I can see the end of the tunnel, one more thing to smash out for Monday and then I’ll be up to date. I’m almost tempted to clock some hours in on the weekend and clear out overdue stuff and do a shorter day on Monday.
I did make my slow cooked jackfruit last night! A bit too much vinegar maybe, lots going on with the flavours, but it went alright with some bread and mayo and salad to cut through it. It really needs that low and slow cooking to get the best flavours. And I walked to work and back today! Pretty chuffed with myself overall.
I love jackfruit. Used to pick up the tinned ones and throw them into the fridge and eat them as a snack or for dessert.
Haven’t eaten it cooked before though.
That’ll be the sweet ripe jackfruit. Have you ever had it fresh? I’ve been lucky to had it fresh off the tree and it is divine. Eat it for days. A cherished childhood memory when visiting family overseas.
It’s the unripe jackfruit that’s cooked, very different thing.
jackfruit
It looks like durian. Do you process it from it’s spiky home or does it come processed?
I personally have only ever cooked with the tinned stuff that is thankfully processed. I grew up with my mum and other women in my life cleaning the fresh fruit though. It isn’t as spiky as durian, but it can be larger and heavier - and the worst part is all the sticky latex - only oil gets it off. Mum had a special cleaver for jackfruit that she’d sharpen to a fine edge before use, and a rag soaked in oil to clean the latex off every so often while cutting. Think she used gloves as well. Certainly made me very grateful for the tinned stuff even though it doesn’t hold a candle to freshly cleaned jackfruit
Wiki mentioned up to 55kg, which is more than some people. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it for sale around Springvale central.
Yeah I haven’t actually checked it out for myself, but I wonder if might be the fully ripe fruit they’re selling. Unripe jackfruit is quite mild and a bit stringy and carries flavour well, which makes it a popular meat replacement, but the ripe fruit is syrupy sweet and pungent, completely different beast.
I’m keen on meat replacements and I recently got a slow cooker so I reckon I’ll give it a go.
That’s a perfect combination. Jackfruit was made for the slow cooker. Heaps of recipes out there, my tip is don’t skimp on the oil as there’s none in the fruit itself. It isn’t a perfect meat replacement due to the low protein content but does a bang up job in terms of texture. Make at least two tins’ worth. You can do it pulled pork/BBQ style and crisp it up a bit in the oven or air fryer at the end like carnitas, or try some traditional recipes - Sri Lankan curry, Indonesian gudeg, or any Thai curry/soup
I’m gonna get some tortillas and avos tomorrow to make some smashing tacos
Carnita’s sound rad, I’ve been wanting to try something Birra style. It’ll also give me a chance to try making the flat bread.
I am having this strange phenomenon, where:
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If I think I need my laptop and bring it with me, but then not end up using it.
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If I think I don’t need my laptop and left it home, then I end up needing it.
Yep, a few of you might remember that a few months ago, I had to file a claim using just my phone 3 hours before a flight lol… Might be time I get a Bluetooth keyboard of some sort.
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Ugh! Unwanted delivery of old photographs. Have cut up and binned all the naked kid ones. 70s parents and boundaries, what?
“Kid” is older than 5? Yeah that’s weird.
If we’re talking baby photos though, I’ve got a dozen or so photos of the kids when they were babies/toddlers naked. Not with bits showing, and not shared to social media.Is that not normal?
These were bits out. My opinion of infants tends to offend, these pics being me made them even more distasteful.
Oof brutal.
My mum has stolen all the photos, and threw out the ones that gave her “bad vibes”; if there were any of me in the nude, she would have long since burnt them I reckon ahha
I have no photos of me when I was a kid, and I know HEAPS were taken, and dad doesn’t have any that he took of me or our cats. But to get them, if they still exist, I’d have to contact mum, and that’s just not happening. She can rot with her memories.
Boyo has zero photos until about 23 for many many Reasons. I’ve got loads, and did not need these repugnant ones. Do not take pictures of kids on toilets FFS!
Yeah, I don’t get taking photos of kids on the loo or in the bath. Especially with how social media is these days.
So gross 🤢
I’ve got photos of my kid in the bath. He has such a happy look on his face its impossible not to take a photo. But its pretty easy to shoot the pic from above the waist too!
I think I have 3 photos of when I was a kid, parents just didn’t care, they were too busy taking photos of the favourite kids.
My ex-MIL had such a weird obsession with having a photo of all the grandkids together in the bath. So so weird.
I have footy tickets tonight, but I’m not going to use them. I’m tired, have a headache and my face has slowly filled with snot throughout the day.
I swear I was moderately healthy this morning!
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maybe you can sell the ticks?
It’s alright. I’m an AFL member, so they didn’t cost me much. Just a bit put out to lose my plans
For the first time in probably 3 years, I saw a group of high school kids smoking cigarettes.
Guess that vape ban is working a treat…
We had a quick chat. We both apologized, she thought she was doing the right thing (in her own way) but now understand how it may have seemed like she was kind of just ignoring me. We’ve promised to try listen to each other more.
Communication can be so easy to mess up, especially when you’re new parents.
Here’s my 2 cents for what it’s worth:
People make mistakes. They always will. It can be frustrating, especially when the stakes can be quite high.
But, the most important thing we can do when someone close to us makes a mistake, is to forgive them. Without strings attached.
Without recriminations. Without “I told you so’s”. If there are harmful consequences from our loved ones to error, we begin to keep things to ourselves. To stop communicating for fear of causing strain.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t consequences for mistakes. But they must be wrapped on patience and forgiveness.
We can only hope to do the best we can in this crazy world.
/end rant
