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endoubleu.bsky.social
That's not my name
@endoubleu.bsky.social
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You probably know me for my bird illustrations and sewing stuff, and maybe dinner, but on this profile I'm just me, for the social side. There's a business me too, if you know where to look. 🇳🇿Pākehā | She/her/they | cat person
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I feel like we’re this effing close to starting to insert “giving effect to the whims of Seymour” into our public sector legislation.

Do not like.
Yes, mine was laproscopic too - but I had my cervix removed too, and I think that comes with more risk of complication.

Just don't overdo it, aye, cos it's really easy to push yourself and then you have to go get checked out again.
Is your work work very sedentary? I wasn’t even able to leave my own property under my own steam for a month… (couldn’t drive, live on a very steep hill and wasn’t allowed to walk on hills).

Maybe I had different surgery to you though? I had 4 weeks off work, not realising it should have been six.
That seems very soon after your surgery! I take it your recovery is coming along well?
I had to review a leadership course for my manager last year, and one of the resources suggested that managers should tell their staff to take 5 minutes each day to stop and pay attention to all the things happening around them in the office, as a form of mindfulness practice.

Me: 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
*passes the noise-cancelling headphones*

I hear you. I know this feeling well.
I keep forgetting you’re such a young’un!
I feel like you’ve skipped the courtesy bio-check in a rather egregious way there. You might want to take care of that.
I wondered how long it was going to take before that came up.

I probably should have mentioned that there is a kiwifruit board for the legitimate growers.
I take it that means you weren’t unemployed the summer of 2000/01?
Now, if you ever tell someone from AoNZ that you like eating kiwi, you will almost certainly be met with a sharp intake of breath in horror. We do not eat the birds, that would be highly illegal.
It always takes us a moment to realise you meant kiwifruit.
Kiwi are endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. They are hefty, flightless, nocturnal birds with long beaks. Kiwifruit was a clever marketing campaign to sell the fruit grown in AoNZ to the world - they kind of resemble the bird.
Kiwi for the people goes back to a wartime nickname for our troops.
Same. But I learnt the Bunny Ears from my eldest nephew (5 years younger than me). Basically, Bunny Ears skips the one loop crossover and goes straight to the double bow but.
Is this where I reveal that I am not only a young lady of Gondor, but also Rohirrim… and I took part in storming the gates with a battering ram, cleverly disguised as an Orc (but wearing Uruk-hai legs because none of the Orc ones fit).
As far as I can tell the biggest difference between public and private is that private call you to book the appointment to make sure it’s a time you can make without having to completely rearrange your life and those of all around you. And they give you contact details in case you need to rebook.
Do the foundation knot (single over and under) then make loops and repeat the foundation knot with the loops instead of the single lace.
We really do.

And it seems natural to us, because a lot of us have been mutuals for a decade or more (remembering that we migrated on mass from the other place). It also means we have lots of in-jokes; for example @orthanc.nz doesn’t type loudly, he’s actually mostly a very considered poster.
(I’m not saying you’re doing this. Just that it’s a thing that people not from the USA observe happening on a regular basis.)
It’s used metaphorically. People from the USA are often observed to speak loudly and assuredly, making it difficult for those around them to carry on a quiet conversation, eg not using their inside voices in restaurants and workplaces.
Online, it’s the tendency to post for clout over community.
Double bow on the laces for the perfect fit, zip on the side for ease of access.
I’m so very sorry for your loss.

May his memory be eternal. 💛