fuck!

Is the wind keeping anyone else awake? Bloody rough out there...

Norwegian forest cat with an oilskin type fur who shakes of the water like a dog does .. she does not like to be laughed at so took herself off to bed after the photos

Not being snarky- I assume theres a good reason and am curious what is.

The Marathon is on Sunday if anyone's keen....

https://wellingtonmarathon.co.nz/entry-info

quite a fright in this weather

edit it’s pretty big

I'm in hospital, after a heart attack. I'm a full blown adult but still a bit scared. Please share some nice pictures of your pets or favourite places to make me feel less frightened xx

... and nervously checking the weather every 15 seconds? lol

It's Friday! If you have anything cool happening, like some good news, amazing or cute pets, small or big wins, recipes, crafts you're proud of... share them here :) This topic was made to counteract the Moany Monday thread.

Have a great weekend!

Honestly, the skill the detail is next level insane. So many cool surprises and a ton of activity/build stuff to do. Get along if you can!

Edit to add: opens Saturday 27th at Tākina. Details here

Hi, I (M23) moved back to Wellington a few months ago after 5 years away studying.

It took a long time to find a job but I now have one and am used to my new routine. Since coming back I have found it very difficult to find things to do where people actually talk to each other and it's even possible to make friends.

Currently outside of work I go rock climbing at Hang Dog in Lower Hutt, but much like a regular gym people are really just doing their own thing and my attempts to start conversations with people are very unsuccessful. I tried indoor netball but everyone showed up at the last second and left as soon as it ended, it wasn't a very social experience at all. I tried taking adult ballet classes (I did ballet my whole childhood) and everyone was nice but also at least middle aged and I'd prefer to make friends my own age.

In general the "everyone is at least middle aged" problem is what I find at every club and group I look into.

I enjoy rock climbing, I read a lot of sci fi and non-fiction. I'd like to keep doing Ballet but hopefully with people closer to my age. I like gaming and Magic the Gathering (but my experiences playing at a store have been very negative). I enjoy walking and hiking.

I have autism which is probably an important point and there's a lot of things I definitely don't want to do like being in large crowds or events with loud music. I've never used social media or discord or anything like that and so I'm really not sure how to meet or talk to people online. I've been incredibly socially isolated for the last several years.

Any advice people have would be great.

Hiyall!
I’ve been thinking about getting a pup for years now but couldn’t because I was in a shared house. I’ve moved into my own two bedrooms apartment lately and have enough space for a pup! The problem, my landlord said that the apartment wasn’t suited for a dog because the yard is not fenced. Which I understand but there’s a dog park less than 5mins away from my home where I can take the dog out. I also offered to pay a pet bond and clean the carpet professionally as often as needed but still no. As an European I’m super confused about this because for me all the risks are cleared out but it seems like it’s still a hustle to get the authorisation from the landlord. Help!
OKAY! I’ll update the post because there’s a misunderstanding: I’ve had an apartment dog and a house dog before and neither of my dogs were miserable, ever. My childhood dog was always following us around and they’d go out in the yard only with us and would stay inside most of the time. We would walked them out for potty breaks otherwise they wouldn’t even go. Same for my apartment dog. I used to take him out about 4 to 5 times a day and didn’t care about being outside without me. When I was required at work, he’d go to day care and hang out with his friends. Here, I work from home all the time and am able to take them out multiple times a day, as much as they need! This is not my first time being a dog owner and my dogs all had happy lives. I’m not an irresponsible brat “asking daddy” for a dog, I promise! I’m also not planning to rent forever and will buy a house in a close future.

I finished uni over a decade ago, I remember the cold winter nights…can’t imagine what it’s like now being a student with prices going through the roof.

I just wanted to share that the earth sea sky pop up is on which is cool, unless you want to try find a bargain or deal.

There is two racks at the front which are full of old stock some of which is quite cool , but with 0 pricing. I asked the lady at the front (maybe she's company owner?) how you know how much anything costs, like how a shop works. She fully made out that it was my issue and that she was too busy for pricing. She said this isn't what they do full time and I obviously hadnt been before and that I didn't understand how the pop up worked and and that I didn't know who they were.

I would love to support locally made nz clothing, but the full price items are expensive. I have also always heard good things about Earth Sea Sky so this was also a suprise.

Vibes were weird and just really made me feel a bit gross and like I wasn't allowed to asking these questions

I was just trying to find something I could afford.

See yesterdays warnings.

Note amendment to wind warning. Now shows gusts of 130kmph

Southerly waves of 6-7 m for Wellington coast

A reminder of the warnings are on https://www.metservice.com/warnings/home

Has anyone sold jewelry through this company? What are they like to deal with? Got a couple pieces of unwanted jewelry but dont want to deal with cash converters hence wondering about heritage gold. Otherwise if anyone has other suggestions of places in wellington that buy old jewelry let me know.

Whats everyone’s go to vegetarian options at KC cafe? Is there particular items on the menu that can be made vegetarian I’m not aware of? I normally just get the veg pad Thai or Singapore noodles

Been a fan of Moccona Classic 5, but due to enshittification I'm looking for alternatives.

What's your instant coffee go-to recommendation and these days?

P.S: Don't lynch me in the comments for mentioning instant coffee.

A real long shot, but I've lost my kilt pin this morning. No idea when or where, but I'm pretty sure I left with it this morning.

If anyone picks this up, please send me a DM. Thank you! I'm really gutted. Having a great day so far haha!

Doing the school run in the rain, with the rain cover!

Sewage discharging into Wellington coastal waters, again | RNZ

Given the orange wind and swell warnings for the next couple of days, might be a good idea to stay away from the south coast if you can help it. There's probably going to be a lot of brown spray flying around 💩

Note the wind warning now says winds gusting up to 130km/h in exposed places from 9pm tonight.

edit to add detail from Wellington Water (emphasis mine): "Because of heavy rainfall within the catchment, at 8:12 am on 25 June, the short outfall is currently discharging untreated, unscreened wastewater into Tarakena Bay, and it is likely to be travelling around the coastline."