Daily Discussion Thread:🩴Mon 11 Mar 2024

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Brought the ol’ iphone in for a dip:

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  Glass and waves = bliss.

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• neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Power’s back. It’s working now, but the electrician didn’t need to do anything… Was too expensive to replace power socket so it’s just sitting there all covered in soot. Hopefully will get a quote for the switchboard and haggle to landlord to deal with it. Honestly, too tired to give a shit.

  Thanks everyone for reading me rant yesterday. I got some helpful responses and it really meant a lot to me as I was quite distressed then. This is a nice little community, I love it here :)

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am glad you have power back, even if the switchboard issue is not repaired. You should also ask the landlord about the last electrical safety check which was conducted, as they are legally required to have this done every two years and rectify any problems identified.

    From the EnergySafe website:

    Rental providers must ensure an electrical safety check of all electrical switchboards, wiring and fittings in the premises is conducted every two years by a licensed electrician.

    If requested, they must also provide the renter with the date of the most recent safety check, in writing.

    The safety check must be conducted in accordance with section 4 of AS/NZS 3019:2022 “Electrical installations—Periodic assessment”.

    If an electrical safety check has not been conducted within the last two years at the time the renter occupies the premises, the rental provider must arrange an electrical safety check as soon as practicable.

    If the safety check shows electrical repairs are needed to make the property safe, the rental provider should engage a registered electrical contractor (REC) or a licensed electrician employed by a REC to do the repair work.

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    • neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      An electrical safety check happened a few months ago. I remember they pointed out the switchboard, but it looks like nothing happened of it. I will 100% follow this up with the landlord.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What was the problem in the end of you don’t mind me asking? Is it safe as it is right now?

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    • neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Water got into it. It kept popping and had smoke pop out of it each time (one time fire). It had melted a bunch of plastic and despite being dry it would keep smoking, so that’s why we got an electrician. It’s no longer smoking so I guess it wasn’t completely dry last I checked. I did also clean the socket myself as it had a bunch of grease(?) and weird gunk inside it, so maybe that helped?

      Is it safe as it is right now?

      Hahaha, probably not. It’s a power outlet next to the sink and it has huge gaps where it meets the tile wall. Don’t know how this is the first time I got water in it, but it’ll probably happen again at some point.

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  Beach doggo flies!

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dear Mother nature, can I please have better weather next labour day because quite frankly this weekend’s was a bit shit. Can you lay off the heat and aim for around 25°c next time? Ta.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some rain would be nice. :)

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like having the doors open and not burning on the way to the letterbox.

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No air-con + sleeping in the lounge gang here.

  Really in felt my holiday was just starting the other day and now I’m back and have sads. Well at least I can tick off some major sightseeing off my list. Was surprised, but the Vatican City for art was definitely one of my favourites. Paid an obnoxious amount for a tour, but it was worth it just by to get in a little bit earlier. Tourists are rabid, even in Winter.

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m going to Adelaide in 9 days! There’s some sort of out of home care advocacy conference thing happening there over 3 days and I was offered some last minute tickets. I’m mostly there to just watch, but I do need to be the dude who introduces people, although they offer that to all of us that are going, so I’m only introducing a couple of people over the span of a few minutes on one day. Not sure if I should ad lib it or not, but I have names to remember.

  I also get free time after the conference finishes, so you bet I’m going on as many Adelaide trains as I can fit in. Last time I was in Adelaide it was rather, err, unsanctioned (I ran away) so I had bigger problems to deal with

  I’ll have to find my metro card thingy (their version of a Myki). I never thought I’d be going back so I’m pretty sure I actually stuck it in a memory book type thing. Trouble is I don’t know where I put that

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bite the bullet, and get a new one. Not worth the stress of hunting down the old one. My last visit to Adelaide was a long time ago, but I was impressed with the bus system.

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m excited to try the o-bahn

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Even though I got a good sleep I’m not a shiny happy person today.

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same. I’m so over this. Although this is almost exactly what Adelaide was like when I lived there. Except it was for 3 months.

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hang in there it’s nearly over

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m in power saver mode.

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Managed to get to sleep, then woke up screaming with horrific leg cramp. Don’t forget some salty things with all that water you should be guzzling!

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• Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why are we here? Just to suffer?

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On a good day, yes.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dinner is rolls, cold meat, and cheese, with juice. Too hot too cook.

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do not understand people who cut jeans into shorts so short they are mostly loose flapping pockets. Just looks weird.

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re just showing off that they actually have pockets, unlike the evil bait-and-switch jeans I bought which have a curved seam that mimics where a pocket should go but fails to actually be a pocket.

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    😂

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Warned the Mrs if she opens one more blind she’s going outside to play for a while. Glad she doesn’t feel the heat but the rest of us do.

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yesterday’s waves were non existent, just one every now and then, and small, water like glass. Today’s waves easily 1.5-2m on the main beach, and powerful as. Caught some great ones.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There was a bloke at the dog beach in point lonsdale yesterday with a surfboard…

    That was a headscratcher.

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    • calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Waiting for that one wave that came through about 3:20

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Today feels better. Dunno if it’s just me but it’s way less oppressive.

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it’s because the air is moving. Yesterday was not much wind so to me it felt hotter. Going to be a nasty night once the wind drops though.

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  • Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it’s nicer today as long as you aren’t in the sun. In the shade it almost feels cool.

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• bull@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m home from my cheap motel split system utopia. Apartment is gross but I’ve gotten here early enough in the day to hopefully cool it before the sun really starts hitting the windows.

  Seriously considering tinfoiling my bedroom wall of windows.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A cardboard box seems to help heaps. I put that on my west facing windows between the glass and curtain and it’s no longer radiating tons of heat back into the house. I reckon a couple of those windscreen sun-visor things would work a treat too, if they had suction cups on them.

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This humidity oh my God fuck off feels worse than the previous night!

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Started Band of Brothers a couple of days ago and just to episode 9

  I can’t stop crying. Wasn’t ready for this.

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• Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yet another cleaning update: I cleaned. tomorrow I shall clean more. My room is tiny so I’m playing vacuum Tetris. Moving stuff around, vacuuming under, moving more stuff, etc. Tomorrow I have to pull the entertainment unit out and get behind it

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Left the ac on in the bedroom last night, made heaps of difference. Got a decent nights sleep and feeling much more human.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I made a start on cleaning up the shed this morning. It is a disgraceful mess, I have no idea where half this stuff even came from! Does engine oil go off? I have a bottle full of oil and I have no idea what it is for or how long it has been there.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It doesn’t go off it just loses it’s lubrication properties. Toss it if it’s been open.

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s hazardous waste - take to recycling centre for proper disposal.

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    • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah, I’ll just add it to my collection of paint tins, gas bottles and fluorescent tubes that I look at occassionally and think “I really must get around to taking those to the recycling centre” before completely forgetting about them again 🤣

      Or, with a move likely in the near future I might actually get off my butt and take them.

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• oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Did my third water walk in a row this morning. Definitely feeling it - using muscles I haven’t used or used as much. I hope the weather allows a few more - just not this hot, thanks.
  In other news, the heat seems to have fried drivers’ brains - someone nearly turned into me and I did have my lights on so it wasn’t a matter of the silver car being harder to see. And I nearly got clipped by a Pajero.
  Boy am I looking forward to when I can just walk to the beach.

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why am I watching the Oscars? I don’t really care, I have only seen two of the movies, I have already seen the dresses on the red carpet, I hate ads…but I can’t look away from the shiny things…I think my brain is fried

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m watching it too and I don’t know why. I could find something else but that takes effort.

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I take it back. Ryan Gosling singing Ken might’ve just made it worth it

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not watching Aus vs NZ test?

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• Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Four ish hours sleep thanks to two ice packs

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  • Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cleaning update: The window is too hot to clean in one go. The sun blinds me, I’m going to need my sunnies

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Did not sleep much last night. Not because of the heat, but too many whirling thoughts. I think my brain did at least manage to come up with some solutions to a couple of the problems/challenges rather than just circling pointlessly all night.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Loungeroom-Dwellers and Couch-Sleepers Crew, checking in!

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m with you!

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Aw yeee! That’s hot!

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So it was actually OK last night but TONIGHT is when my bedroom has become genuinely too uncomfortable to sleep in - maybe the bricks have heated up fully and are now holding that lovely thermal mass or whatever. Despite the frustration of unfolding my shithouse sofa bed so late at night, I am sleeping in the airconditioned lounge tonight. Goodnight you all.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same. We’re sleeping in the lounge tonight

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s way past time for the cat’s eardrops and I don’t wanna… She’s still a bit flat and sooky so I’m calling in the morning to try and get onto the specialist for this week.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I put Robot Dreams on thinking it’ll just be nice in the background but for a simple animated film with no dialogue or a particularly complex plot, I can’t believe how moved I was by the end. The yearning feeling of loneliness and hope really got to me. It’s got such a lovely old fashioned feel to it. I think some of you will like it

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just glanced at the synopsis and I think it just reiterates to me how weird I am with things robot related. Big Hero 6 wrecked me, the family dog and https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/08/13/please-do-not-switch-me-off-an-experiment-with-begging-robot-shows-people-hesitate-pull-plug/.

    Yep, emo checking in.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh boy, even without the personal robot/dog connection the movie hits haaaard if you’re feeling emo and lonely and wistful about friendships and connection. I would definitely be in tears if I had those soft spots

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll put it on my list. :)

    and hugs

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think you’ll enjoy it. Even if it’s simplistic

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for reminding me of this film. Going to watch it tomorrow night.

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  mum what’s for dinner

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  • tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Chicken pad see ew. Not the weather for cooking but this is quick.

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Delicious

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    HSP and the ending of Mass Effect 3

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    • Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Smooth with the rough huh

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Perfection

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Whatever you can find in the fridge

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Milk, orange juice, string cheese, one hot cross bun, eggs, frozen veggies

      Yes that will do

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pasta!

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    • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ooh, me too!!

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yay!

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  • Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Chicken tonight

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have the egg

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  • Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mango gelativo and a cookie

    I am the cool parent

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      climbs the wall in sugar rush

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Leftover quiche and fruit. At lunchtime I made the mistake of heating up brioche HCBs (Aldi) in the microwave - they went all soggy. Better to toast them imo, but this is not the weather for toasting.

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I am going to toast the hot cross bun. It has to live up to its name.

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Chicken Caesar salad followed by tiramisu.

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You shall eat cake!

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shit on Toast.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t forget the parsley sprig

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A delicacy.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I braved the heat to fill my car with bags to take to the op shop tomorrow. I fitted in way more than I thought I would, only 2 bags left for now - but I’m about to start filling up more! I’ll need to buy more bags when I am out tomorrow, this decluttering jag is going through them at a great rate.

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