Daily discussion thread: 🏃🚴🏋️ Friday, June 14, 2024

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  First week in a higher role nearly over and I must say I’m enjoy it.

  Slightly more busy and dealing with new people (who are all super patient).

  Best part of it, is I actually have some influence over large decisions. So far my input has been welcomed and respected.

  Fingers crossed my old boss stays in his role and I can keep this one 😁

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    🤞🤞🤞

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Concrete pump in the fog this morning.

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So where’s the rest of the spider crab, and how big is it?

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    oohlah

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hey I think I drove past that a couple of weeks ago! It looked like something out of some sci fi horror movie

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    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not that one, most concrete pumps look the same. I walked by again this morning and there’s a fresh slab poured and they’ve absolutely annihilated the nature strips with heavy vehicles.

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• Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I know I’m going to get called preachy and whiny or whatever but here goes:

  Please wear a mask. I get that the anti-maskers won and social pressures make you feel self conscious, and people absolutely do give weird looks when they see people wearing masks, but the current sickness going around is totally preventable.

  I have a chronic condition and even a mild illness can massively reduce my quality of life. I’m required to frequently go out and be in close proximity with people, and it’s at the point where most people I see have a cough. I just want to not be at risk.

  KN95 masks are a good balance between efficacy and price. Those blue surgical masks are easiest to find, but aren’t great. N95s can be too expensive.

  Please please please just consider wearing them when out.

  Besides all that it’ll make for an easier adjustment when Pandemic 2: Electric Birdflugaloo comes around.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    …you bitch about my mask, I’m a gonna show up with my fucking 3m 100PM respirator on. Bright pink and hardcore vader noises.

    Actually I’ma gonna get another one and art it up. We’re living in a cyberpunk dystopia anyway, may as well dress for the occasion.

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    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Personally I’m going more for a Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan look

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like your style!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I find it easier to mask up when I leave the house and just keep it on, taking them on and on is also unhygienic

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I never stopped wearing a mask. I’m very possibly immunocompromised and don’t want long covid. During lockdowns I’d always get dickhead men trying to intimidate me for wearing a mask and pick a fight about it. 🙄 Big heroes harassing tiny lone disabled women.

    But I really wish it would become just normal and accepted to mask up like in Asia. It’s polite, it’s hygienic, doesn’t really cost much and you could be saving yourself or someone else a nasty flu. And frankly anyone who doesn’t do it in a pandemic is not being logical.

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Happy to oblige, you won’t get any arguments from me. I don’t give a damn about antimaskers or weird looks, but being a large solidly built middle-aged woman in steel caps can tend to put people off talking to me on public transport about their antimask bullshit. I’m the only one in my house with a job, and as a casual employee I can’t afford time off due to totally preventable illness. The colds/flus/whatever they are going around at the moment are dynamite. My MIL is 90 and frail, my partner has many health issues, and I don’t have time for people who think they’re clever passing their ignorant bigotry towards the immunocompromised. I’m sorry you and Melba have had to deal with mean spirited inconsiderate twits. It’s actually easier to be considerate anyway.

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• bull@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I gotta say… as someone who often feels like an outsider it’s kind of nice that everyone else is sick when I am too. I feel like I’m a part of something.

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  • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    One of us! One of us! :D

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel like an outcast, I got sick about 3 or 4 weeks ago and now I’m fine but I don’t want to catch anything again for the next month if I can help it.

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Team lurgy checking in

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah nah… I’m not sick but happy to be an outsider!

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    These damn kids and their ticky tocky trends smh my head. /s

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  2 more hours before these guys go and I can leave the house. They’re just pouring concrete now.

  Hard to relax when people are all over the house. Been here since 9am.

  Sorry, just whinging. I like my place to myself and fluffy butt. It feels intrusive.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it will be even nicer to have nice flat floors, the cat won’t know what’s where!

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But belting marbles around will be less fun😺

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sometimes when I pick up the guitar, something really personal comes out. It’s rarely recorded, it’s never on purpose.

  And no one hears it but me. And that makes it special.

  I know how wanky that sounds, but it’s true. I’m probably not explaining myself properly

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gibson hears all and knows all

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  • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it was the best song in the woooorld… 🎵

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Art is art, public or private. It is a reflection of us as humans, to put something so personal out into the universe. So uniquely you.

    It isn’t wanky, not to me at least, for whatever that’s worth ha! It’s human. No one will ever read everything I write, all the words left private, unread, unseen. But I do it for me. You do it for you. We just gotta be humans about it all, I think.

    Idk maybe I’m just a dumb dumb lol

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  jesus christ, neighbours are smoking shit so fuckign dank I can smell it in my house.

  Both properties were built in the fucking 60’s so we’re not up each other’s arses, and this place actually has insulation and draught exclusion

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d forgotten just how much I hate the smell of weed. There was a kid at the last place that would smoke inside and blow it into the heating ducts and then I’d end up reeking of it. The new kid here only smokes outside, but he stands just outside the door so it still makes its way in

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I usually don’t care, but this is the weed equivalent of a burning car tyre

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sad news is my microphone ran out of charge 😔 Good news is the man has so many cords, power banks and nerdy shit that it’ll be up and running in no time 😀

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    Yell out if you need spares lol

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hahaha. It’s all good, mate. Tell me what you got in there? What’s ya favourite? What’s ya most helpful or used?

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is the good news actually sad news for the neighbours… hrmm…

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have not had any complaints nor requests 🤷‍♀️

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• bull@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have reconsidered and decided it wouldn’t be the best decision to go out this weekend. I can’t imagine being well enough by tomorrow. At least the new season of The Boys dropped today and there is plenty of NRL to watch over the weekend.

  I guess for now there’s only 1 thing to do… 420 blaze it.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hot box it, Bull.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aw, poor bull. Rest up!

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    🚬 🌿 🥦 🌳 💨

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Short-staffed at work because people sick. People also sick at home. People sick everywhere 🤧 Holding sickness at bay with Bioceuticals Armaforce, Tolak Angin Flu sachets, and maybe my A– blood type. A special shout out to all of you who are under the weather. May you be back to your usual sunny selves soon!

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  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wearing a mask all day, it really sucks

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have Monday and Tuesday booked off for a break. I do believe I will take today off sick as well

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Noice!

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• Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mum/Grandma’s birthday cake is done for tomorrow. Hopefully she likes it.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    that’s beautiful 💝

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    • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a massive cheat. Two woolies mud cakes underneath but I ain’t hot time for baking and decorating.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Did you do that? That’s some serious talent

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    • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s lollies and fondant and bought icing roses. I just put them I’m their spots. But it does look good.

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  • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh wow. I’m also making a cake tonight for a birthday tomorrow. I doubt it will be this pretty.

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• oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One of the really frustrating things about getting the 'rona is I’ve been itching to settle down into sorting and organising the spare room, which is going to be the study/library space.
  However I had a burst of energy and inspiration tonight and did a little rearranging and moving around - I want to put a cat tower where one of the smaller bookcases was and that meant moving the others one up, which meant emptying one, and…
  Anyway there’s roughly a cat tower sized space next to the window. Next step is sorting what’s in the bookshelves and cleaning them… even if I do one shelf at a time, it’s something.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck I think I’m gonna have to go back to bed. I doubt I’ll sleep cause I hardly did last night, but like… it’s better to laying in bed in the dark feeling like shit than sitting on a couch, right? Thank god the Mrs is well enough to look after kiddo.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    get well soon 😊

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• lodion@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hey Melbourne, please warm up before I arrive with my family next week 😁

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Please mods discard the troll.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Weird day today. Pic applies.

  In other news, i’m a wrangler, a schemer, a cobbler and a snagger of discarded things and unconsidered trifles. A repairer and a reuser. But most importantly, i also share the booty.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I called in crook. My brain is stuffed. Then I was joined by Mrs and Tinyest cause he got sent from from daycare with lice. They claim no one else in the room has it, which is impossible cause he hasn’t any any other interaction with kids outside of daycare, and we don’t have it.

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Days like this I wish I had a house with a wood fire. The crackle sounds and warm glow are a cure for winter cold and sads.

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sharpening my pencils etc. fundraising thing GO! an art box

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ough. Long nap. I’ve been really good about hygiene and masking but think I’ve gotten sick anyway.

  Melbcat seems a lot better after going on the new antibiotics. She’s much brighter. She’s been refusing her wet meals though so I wonder if she’s a bit queasy.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Feet are feeling cold even with socks.

  Ugg boot time?

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sad news is we only have a dozen beers between us 😔 Good news is I have a cupboard full of booze 😀

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I accidentally doubled up on my ADHD medicine and I feel like I’m going to pass out. That’s how I know I actually have ADHD. Too much stimulant medication makes me feel super sleepy. Meanwhile a mate of mine got one from his partner and took it at a festival and was absolutely shitfaced the whole day. Brains are weird.

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• oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just got a phone call from work. “Oh don’t retest if you don’t have any symptoms it can still show up for weeks.” ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Today was going to be the day I washed my oodie. But no. Today is for wearing oodies. Also - can you get away with tumble drying a (cheap rip-off) oodie? I’m not worried so much about losing fluffyness, more that I will set the laundromat on fire from the hot synthetic fabric…

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tomorrow my fam is having our birthday bash for the April/May birthdays. But late, but only because trying to get 30+ people’s schedules to line up is worse than trying to herd cats.

  Looking forward to seeing my grandparents. They’re getting on in years and have started arrangements for their eventual passing away. It freaks me out some, but trying not to think too hard on it because there will be a time for that later on. Not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a celebration

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Every day I give my little dog a new nickname. Today it’s Viper. Yesterday it was Cupcakes.

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Meh, another night of crap sleep. Also, too many carbs for a few days… My guts is not happy.

  Otherwise, Friyay!

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m tired but I don’t want to crash because I spent so much time on PT today. I need some Simon time.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ted Cat has been hiding from Bill a lot or sitting behind me. 😡

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