Domestic
22 stories filed under Domestic.
Six Backyard Hens Now Costing Reservoir Household More Than Buying Eggs Ever Did
The spreadsheet puts each egg at just under eleven dollars, and the family's position is that the hens were never about the eggs.
'I Can't Come, I've Got A Bye-Round Emergency' Says Moonee Ponds Man Skipping Nephew's Birthday
The next bye round, he confirmed after checking, falls on the weekend of his mother's birthday.
Eviction Notice Returned Unopened And Beautifully Framed By Kensington Tenant
Each notice was compliant with the required notice periods, which the landlord notes is the only reason the third one came back with a sensor light.
New Point Cook McMansion's Fifth Bedroom Finally Finds A Purpose As Storage For Unused Gym Equipment
The floor plan called it a home gym/flex space, and the owner still does, which is the only part of that description that has held up.
Gillette's 1915 Milady Décolleté Marketing Campaign Is Still Being Executed Flawlessly In This Abbotsford Bathroom
She has since signed up for laser removal, so that she never has to think about the original campaign again.
Off-Road Capability Never Tested As Yarra Bend Four-Wheel-Drive Completes Its Two-Hundredth School Run
The vehicle was bought for the Grampians, the Otways and the High Country, and has so far been to Bunnings, which has gravel near the trade entrance.
Superhost Status Stripped From Preston Host Over A Single Aggressively Honest Review
He maintains that none of it was unwelcome until, apparently, all of it was.
No-Screens Rule For Elsternwick Toddler Quietly Extended To Cover Both Parents
The television is still facing the wall, and is now the only one in the house not pretending to be doing something else.
$14 A Week Buys This Seddon Household Water That Already Fell On Their Own Roof
The tank is full, the carton has a mountain on it, and only one of the two has been rained on.
No One In This Thornbury House Has Sat Down Since March
The desk was bought to fix the back pain. The mat was bought to fix the desk, the socks to fix the mat, and the chair to fix everything the desk had done to his feet.
Open-Plan Renovation Inspired By Free-To-Air TV Ends In Two Separate Bathrooms
The only decision the couple made without a dispute was that each of them should have a door.
$600 Sensory Development Arch Replaced By Cardboard Box Within Forty Minutes
The arch is still in its original position, which the couple chose after two weekends, and which is now where the jacket goes.
Richmond Man Buys Storage Solution For His Storage Solutions
The shelf for things waiting to be sorted onto other shelves, his partner noted, is not a real category.
Coburg Family Unable To Boil Kettle Until Firmware Update Completes
The household had been promised a house that would look old and behave new, and for forty minutes it managed only the second half of the arrangement.
Guest Bathroom Loses Its Longest-Serving Resident: A Bottle Of Hand Soap
Towards the end you're basically just pumping air and hoping.
Nobody Will Admit To Teaching The Budgie The Word "Unacceptable"
"Someone in this house said that word enough times, with enough conviction, that a bird learned it. That's the part I can't get past."
Gerald's Nightly 3am Sprint Now Treated As Scheduled Household Event
"It used to wake us up properly," one member of the household said. "Now it's more like — oh, that's Gerald. Carry on."
Double Garage Used For Everything Except Cars, Car Now Lives Permanently In Driveway
Once the treadmill's in, everything else just sort of follows.
Home-Brand Salsa Jar Finally Opens, Weeks Of Quiet Suffering Comes To An End
No drama. No warning. Just, apparently, ready now.
$140 Scratching Post No Match For Free Cardboard Box, Cat Confirms
I'm not saying I regret it. I'm saying one of them cost $140 and one of them was free, and I know which one she'd save in a fire.
Tissue Survives Laundry Ordeal In Feat Of Modern Engineering
A product engineer confirmed the survival was "not an accident," and said the industry was, on balance, "mostly proud."
Man Refolds Same Load Of Laundry Twice, Still Not Satisfied
Witnesses describe a third attempt as "likely," though no timeline has been confirmed.