Daily discussion thread: 🦖 Friday, May 10, 2024

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• Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why do people assume that everyone has friends or family that can help them out with things. I have a 90yo grandma, an estranged family, and a few casual friends that aren’t close enough to help out.

  Why is life such a bitch all the time, I seem to be playing on “fuck you” level of difficulty.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There was a time when I was living in Europe and in a pretty bad situation. A husband who was in trouble ( again ) , a young daughter, no family, no friends.

    I realised society has things in place to help people just like me, people who are alone. So I used the social services that were set up to help me and they helped me as much as they could.

    Long term, that understanding of how our society works really helped me a lot.

    So use every single free service you can use. Government, charity, church. It’s meant for you.

    So many hugs, you are not alone.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I understand how you feel sadly :(

    Just a fuck you and fuck you day after day with no signs of it ending and with no help available.

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    • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s exactly it. Sorry you’re stuck in this too.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We’re a group of people who are friendly who might be able to help if there was something specific?

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I understand how you feel ❤️

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re not alone in this, I often find myself in this situation too. It’s shitty but I can usually find an alternate way to do things if I think it through. It may not but the fastest or cheapest but it is what it is.

    I think with more people being single, people having fewer or no children, less community groups, this situation is becoming more common and hopefully things can adjust so that people can be more independent when they need to.

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So a tradie I had over yesterday decided to chuck a fair bit of rubble / building material into the household waste. Would’ve weighed 40kg-ish and that likely wouldn’t have been collected this morning.

  there I am at 10pm in the driveway with the bin on its side shovelling it out into pots. The sensor light isn’t the best so you sort of have to give it a good wave so it turns on.

  Anyway dude across the street is a psychiatrist… who witnessed me waving enthusiatically at the sensor several times between taking a shovel to a bin…

  He asked if I was okay which was nice.

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  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At least he attempted clean up. The tradies I get just walk away from all the mess. Including their empty coffee cups, lunch scraps etc. have had to chase my dog to extract a mouldy sandwich before. (There’s an obvious rubbish bin close by)

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You don’t want to know about some of the toileting stories from building sites!

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t understand what it is about the trades that waives usual profesional standards and just general societal expectations. I can’t really think of any other job (except those catalogue and assorted letterbox rubbish deliverers) where it’s acceptable to just leave your rubbish everywhere, or fob getting rid of it onto your customers. Even when they “make an effort to clean up” they usually don’t get rid of it correctly. Rubble shouldn’t go into regular curbside bins, but 40kgs especially can not

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Had a very strange dream last night. It was lovely. A big party (I think it was a wedding). All sorts of people were there including some people I haven’t seen for years. And one family member in particular was there and happy and we have a beautiful talk about how she is feeling happy and healthy and everything is wonderful.

  Then you wake up and remember that person died nearly a decade ago. I don’t really believe in that sort of heaven but its so nice to think they are at peace and happy (and watching - I certainly still talk to her all the time in my head). But man oh man am I feeling fragile today. Just needed to tell someone before I have a coffee and put my game face on for work. Hug your loved ones peeps.

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  • Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had a dream where I was a damaged tank in ww2 pushing a hill. Not crew. I was the tank.

    Went well actually.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I dunno. We are so small and young in the grand scheme of things. Maybe there are somethings we just cant explain, events we cant possibly understand. A cosmic gift if you will. Glad you got to experience this!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So many hugs.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been writing my own album for about a year now. Usually I’m a guitarist in bands, or do acoustic singer stuff by myself.

  So I’ve made this mix of industrial with a middle eastern vibe throughout.

  I’ve been very hesitant to start recording vocals despite having lyrics all done.

  I’m going to have a go tonight. Fuck it. Let’s see how it plays out.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can you give me a arabic song that I can slip into the Spotify queue that will surprise the man. Preferably something cheesy with numerous habibis in there.

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    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Genuinely, yes I can lol. Gimme a few days.

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  • ajsadauskas@aus.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    @Gibsonisafluffybutt @Seagoon_ I'm genuinely curious to hear your album. I was a big fan of System of a Down back in the day, and how they jumped between Middle Eastern music and rock. Will your album do something similar?

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• whatisthislifeilead@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One of my friends just had her second baby and all my other friends are jumping up straightaway to visit her as soon as possible. Is it wrong that I…just don’t care? I mean I’m glad she has had a safe birth, the baby is healthy etc, I sent congratulations and contributed to a baby gift but…I’m sorry i’m not chomping at the bit to come and visit and check-in.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it actaully means a shit load more to give it a couple of weeks THEN go say hi. You go in the first couple of weeks? Its about the baby. You go after the excitement settles down and the craziness sets in? You’re there to see your mate. Its the later weeks that are more lonely.

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sounds perfectly rational to me. Actually, a visit from you might be more welcome in about a month’s time when all the new has worn off and everyone else has stepped back a bit.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Exactly, just because you’re not gaga doesn’t mean you are mean. You have nothing to be sorry about

      Don’t let others set the standard of behaviour, set your own. There is more than one way to be a good caring person.

      Hugs.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah, perfectly normal.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I really, really dislike people that are just babbling into their phones non stop on public transport.

  It’s like nails on a chalkboard.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can stand it so long as its not on speakerphone. But if your on ANY call in a bathroom you absolutely deserve to be shamed for it.

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    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s when you start groaning and making fart noises with your mouth lol

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  • tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Watching videos with the phone speaker on loud gets me every time.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

  Behold the fluffy triangle

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I love Gibson and all the pictures you post of her. I wish I had more time to draw. I’m going to need more shades of brown, grey, tan, ginger etc. in my pencil collection as I never seem to have quite the right tones when I’m in the mood to draw pets and it’s annoying. The perfectionist in me is rarely happy unless the colours are just right.

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    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m glad to hear you say that because sometimes I feel like I’m spamming the thread lol

      I’d love to see some of your drawings if you feel like posting them?

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh the excited dancing when I walk in the door with a fresh sack of cat biscuits! Sorry boys, it’s not dinner time yet.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh give them a little bit ya meanie.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Vet says Nooooo

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Still positive, birthday bash has been cancelled due to others in my family either getting the cold or also getting COVID.

  Boring weekend incoming

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• prime_factor@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That lying Tesla driver [has got 9 months in prison](Melbourne driver who blamed her Tesla for pedestrian hit-and-run jailed for nine months ).

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On top of everything else, it really makes a mockery of ‘you’ll get punished for lying in court’.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      She will probably be deported after serving her time.

      She might not have even be sentenced to time if she didn’t flee the scene or lie and keep on lying. This will be lesson. Don’t lie.

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• Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Methhead wandering down Flinders Street charging at people and yelling gibberish. Stay safe out there everyone

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  • Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also, what do people recommend I do post being charged by a methhead. I’ve got to work but I’m still in a state of fear

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    • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not sure whether you can, but forget the encounter. The other party has most likely forgotten you entirely.

      Perhaps instead direct the dark thoughts to what you might do differently should a similar thing happen again?

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      file a police report. Go home.

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I agree with Nath, you should just try and move on from it however you can. Once you get somewhere safe, ask if you can take 5 minutes to recollect yourself before you start work.

      You can make a police report if you think it’ll make you feel better, but imo that’s a waste of time. The cops will just take a statement and put it in some forgotten file somewhere. It’s very unlikely that unless somebody was injured they will investigate at all, and even if they do and they charged the crackhead (even more unlikely), they’ll probably just be released or otherwise receive some penalty that doesn’t make you feel any better about it. They won’t go to prison.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had some really weird and disturbing dreams and am somehow awake before even 5:30. This is a very weird feeling. Not sure if I should get up and do something…

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is decaf mocha just a hot chocolate?

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cheers little dinosaurs 🍺

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No booze, but I can cheers you with a glass of Pepsi Max if that’s your thing

    🕳️🍺🍶

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Of course you can! 🍺

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    🍻🦕 heading out to shout myself dinner. Finished work on time on a Friday for once. CHEERS

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cheers buddy 🍺

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    🍺🦖

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      🍺

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cheers. 🍻

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      🍺

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cheers! 🍸 Gin and Tonic it is

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      🍺

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  @melbaboutown@aussie.zone as promised I have procured and been using the ZeroCo cucumber and green tea deodorant!

  Ok, I feel pretty confident speaking authoritatively on smells since I literally picked up a gas leak further away than a leak sniffer did, but as always YMMV:

  I actually find this scent to be subtler than my usual (dove cucumber) and doesn’t really have any chemical over or undertones. It smells stronger in the pouch, but on application via roller it’s very very light to almost undetectable when I applied the same way I did dove. I did feel a bit of skin tingle on application, but more “I just used a mint-containing soap (and not on my genitals)” than anything else, and I’ve had no reaction and it’s been several days and multiple applications . Haven’t had the chance to test its efficacy after a hard slog of yardwork, but is holding up thus far.

  I actually have some left in the pouch (you return them for refilling) and a bunch of those tiny little glass roller bottles floating about - if you like I could mail you a tiny sampler for sniffing and skin testing

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a good idea having refillable ones. Thanks but don’t worry, the current one I have is still pretty full and tolerable!

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ozbargain had a place selling raspberry pis for a decent price and I decided to order one.

  Anyone here have one? And what do you use it for? I’m thinking it would be a chance to learn docker, I can use it to run pihole and still have it set up as an emulation station

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I always see the raspberry and get excited then I realise it’s not raspberry pies. 😔

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    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was a bit hopeful there for a second, too

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  • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    PiHole / bit of content filtering for the kids.
    I’m very light touch here: I’d rather know they were going to PornHub and then know it’s time to have “that” conversation than try to stop them going to PornHub.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Three, actually

    1. Octoprint print server for my 3d printer
    2. Retropi in a mini-SEGA case for taking around to mates places for retro gaming (non-N64)
    3. Brewpi for brewery

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    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If I can use it to manage brewing it can give me another hobby

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mainly emulation and sometimes as an external standalone music synthesizer.

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    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ll need to look into the synth side. We went to a community festival recently and they had plants with soil sensors hooked up to an RPI that played notes when you touched them.

      I’m pretty sure the organelle is just an RPI in a fancy case as well

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  friggin tradies man, supposed to be here at 8am. not even a call or text saying “sorry, gonna be late”

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Got the day off work to look after Miniest while Mr P goes to an appointment. Apparently they cleaned the split system filters in her classroom while the class was in session. Dude came in and took it apart and started cleaning it with a *paintbrush.*The filters were filthy and dust was flying everywhere, the kids and even the teacher were coughing. Anyway it’s triggered her dust allergy and she’s at home today. That sort of stuff should be done outside of school hours, not while the class is in. Here I am cleaning ours at home while they are out of the room, and use a vacuum cleaner and actually suck up the dust, not flick it around with a brush, only to have the school do this. To say I’m angry is an understatement.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had a very long sleep in.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  130 bucks to discover the previous plumber stuffed up the original install. Shocker!

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  learning and practicing how to use watercolour has commenced , I’m painting in the colouring book , title page in wash is my start :)

  spoiler

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

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• Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We are doomed, doomed I tell you

  I’m glad I have gas hot water now.

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  AmbVic finally replied to my email and provided a spreadsheet of the branch locations, this time unencrypted. They actually included more info than I asked for which is nice, and also how I learnt that there’s such a thing as seasonal ambulance branches and also “super response centres”.

  For anybody who was curious, there’s 260 entries in the list, although that includes the season stations, air ambulance locations, “community” branches (which I assume means volunteer), and the mobile stroke unit base

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is this an urn 🏺and why is it in the food section?

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  sads My sleep has been so rotten over the last couple weeks.

  Very annoying.

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• ajsadauskas@aus.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  @Seagoon_ So I'm getting a head start on the weekend by getting a couple of loads of washing done this evening.

  But.

  It annoys me that they no longer include a scoop with the laundry powder anymore.

  Yes, I'm all for less plastic.

  So why not make the scoop out of cardboard?

  Our local Chinese takeaway can figure out how to do a cardboard soup spoon. You're telling me the global multinational can't figure out how to do a laundry powder scoop from cardboard?

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  sorting books, getting rid of all the art books I have read and aren’t good, the little down to earth watercolour handbook without flashy glossy colour pics is the most useful. Will keep that one.

  Found note books full of memos, I no longer remember what they are even about. Shredded and tossed.

  All that daiso paper and ink, easily and cheaply replaced.

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Went to check out my local Anytime today. Was very small and apartment gym like. They only had one PT that worked there as well. Their machines were decent though.

  Council gym is the same price plus you get access to the pool and classes. But it isn’t 24 hours and doesn’t have the option to go to any club, which I’m not sure I’ll need anyway. This gym also gives you a personalised program and when I went there, they seemed pretty friendly.

  I’m thinking the council gym?

  Also scheduled a psych appt and could only get one for a month from now.

  And I’m waiting to hear if my uni will give me extensions for my assignments because rotting in bed for three weeks has made it really difficult to do anything.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The snappy Tom song is stuck in my good 🐱

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cuddly pet… she likes to share the hot water bottle but I worry about her getting burned. (I need mine super hot and often have it unwrapped.) I have two, one just bought but the older one is well due for replacement so may buy her her own hottie with a fluffy faux fur bunny cover.

  As it gets colder I’ll plug her heated bed in too. Just a little bit worried about whether the heating pad insert is still safe to use. It’s a cheap Kmart job I’ve had for about four years and the wire traveling in may be a weak point for any bending or twisting that has occurred. Perhaps if I supervise use for safety I could slip in another brand of heating pad. I need to tease out/smooth the padding that lumped up during washes too. It’s given good service though - bought for $40 during lockdown and through cold weather she’s lived in it.

  I thought of those microwavable discs sold at pet shops but they’re like $80 and I’d have to remember/keep wrestling it out from under her to reheat it.

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