Maria, Comrade Ghost
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Maria, Comrade Ghost
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Scribbles away in a garret overlooking the Illawarra Railway. Edits ESIA reports. Spends much time on trains. Pines for the Round Pond. Lives in interesting* times. Looks on in horror as the world turns to custard. Walk with me.
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For the love of all things, leave it there!
Blowfly takes five, looks out over Darling Harbour.
Dear people, a public train is no place to give and/or take a job interview. For the love of all things, find a quiet spot and arrange a time to ring back.
It was very satisfying to see the latest book by that writer, who is happy to be a man when it suits her, discounted by 30% at my local bookshop this afternoon.
There’s a suggestion, from the Courier Mail, that this year’s Yr 12 English students are annoyed that the Macbeth questions were NOT the same as last year’s. #OhDear
Urgh! Tonight’s Powerball first prize is 20 mill.
Very much enjoying the irony of the Armaguard man using tap-and-go at the supermarket self-checkout.
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And before you ask, I have reached an age where can get away with being “one of THOSE people”.
When you need to remind girls from the local Ladies’ College that they really need to clean up after themselves at the food court so someone else can use their table when they’re finished. I am going to write to the headmistress. #CrankyOldGhost
They put the chicken on the rotisserie AFTER entrees have been eaten. Does this mean a 90 minute wait between courses? #MKR
I’m certain “bao bun” is a tautology. But also, my inner Greek is cringing every time I hear Lol and Lil say “taziki”. #MKR
Today, at the Souk, the man who runs the continental deli is arguing with his business partners about the prices of tinned chestnuts. The same thing is apparently ridiculously cheaper at the middle-eastern spice and nut shop in the same centre.
It just sucks when your school chums start dying.
It looks like the results of a highly flammable situation in the kitchens of the New Huang Restaurant giving the exhaust system a run for its money. Have they called the Fire Brigade yet?
At Bondi Junction, in peak Sydney Eastern Suburbs self-awareness*, Marjorie, clearly from Pretoria and its environs, complaining on the phone loudly bitterly about all the foreigners coming to Sydney, buying up all the property, and scamming the government. 🙄🤦‍♀️
OMG, Sergeant Troy just banging on the spoons! #MidsomerMurders
This is season 6, episode 2, with the truly creepy kids.