Daily Discussion Thread: 🦟 Friday, June 28, 2024

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A bit of a setback for Elder this morning. The welfare person at his school suggested we try next term for three morning sessions a week in class for an hour each time. When I mentioned it to Elder he had a meltdown, couldn’t sleep and now isn’t going to this morning’s meeting at all 😟😔 His therapist actually suggested that online virtual schools might be the solution for now because he’s missed the whole first year of highschool up to this point, but the problem with that is Mr P is dyslexic and is not au fait with internet and tech and I have work, so there’d be nobody at home in a position to support him. I’m going to talk to my boss about more flexible hours (the financial planner in my head says, “but we need the money dammit!”), but I’m not optimistic as it is a factory job after all. Virtual Schools Victoria, aside from when the classes are held via video conferencing, are actually very flexible in their scheduling. Going to work now with all this running around in my head and had to put it somewhere 🤯😵‍💫

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m so sorry you’re having such a hard time. I hope you can find a solution that works for all of you ❤️

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Second (and my preferred) job just booked me in for a preliminary interview next Tuesday 😁

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Perfect news for a Friday!! Good luck and keep us updated.

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good luck!

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Best of luck FM!

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good luck! You’ll be great!

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Crossing eco for you! 🤞🏼

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    good luck 🤞

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Congrats mate 🎉🍺

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• useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  Jimmy the Guts

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hi Jimmy 👋 Gentle pats upon your noggin.

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Naaaaaaw!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Jimmy, what big whiskers you have.

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• bull@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hey look, fire.

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  Now it’s like you’ve been to the festival! Plus imagine yourself lining up for a $25 pulled pork or beef roll.

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Weird nightmare crew represent 🙌🏻🦠🧞‍♀️💍🩺💥

  typed it out then realised it was kinda gross

  I dreamt I had weird creatures/fungus/organisms all under my skin. It started with weird ant things coming out of my belly button the it was everything from giant green amoebas to insect type things to fungi. And one giant long thing up one leg that was a tracking device.
  Took forever to get to a doctor but he was helping me get them out. Then there was some guy chasing me oh and I had to get to a wedding. I am bloody exhausted. Off to check my whole body for weird pimples…(Shudder)……

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve got the Rona which seems to be making mine extra weird

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  • Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had a weird nightmare but I forgot it.

    The other night I also had a weird nightmare involving zombies, a woodchipper, and a large and sturdy plate glass window.

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I dreamed about wanting to hike to a waterfall and then hearing that it was now overrun by giant killer rats. I then I went to a weird “natural” lake but creatures from Diablo IV started coming out of a tunnel nearby and my boyfriend and I had to fight them, twas pretty wild!

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I once dreamed I had seedlings growing in my legs.

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Doing dry July this year.

  Yay me!!

  However it’s still June and the bottle of Jager needs to be emptied.

  Huzzah!

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  Certainly nice to get away. North Stradbroke Island.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve been there. I grew up with a few of the Walker mob, the descendants of Kath Walker the poet. Shame about the sand mining company effectively stealing the island.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lovely, I hear it has great diving theere.

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• danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That thread on the melbourne sub about the guy who had the mattresses dumped in his yard really makes me mad that the EPA, Council or Police won’t do anything about it. They’re just letting a scummy business owner get away with it.

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  • bull@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agreed. It sparked the vigilante in me and a lot of others in there.

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    • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bet if you dump it in front of the Council or EPA CEO’s house something gets done.

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• danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Finished writing a letter to all the submissions for my writing competition. They all did such a magnificent job, and some of the stories were genuinely really good with interesting themes and ideas and twists that I decided to make them all winners. So they all get signed copies of my book.

  I went to one school on Wednesday and announced the winners at assembly. Public speaking is not fun, but I think I did ok. But what really got me was as I was sitting and waiting, one of the kids randomly asks for a high five. Which I obliged. And the girl next to him goes ‘Don’t you know who that is? That’s [my name]. The author.’, which is a licorice all sorts of a wow moment for me.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ‘Don’t you know who that is? That’s [my name]. The author.

    Bro, you made it! thats so fucking cool!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s so cool and cool a kid asked for a high five and cool you obliged. 😄

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    • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They are ridiculously excited over small things and it’s so damn infectious. Certainly makes me feel better.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Got the nerves a bit today waiting for a call about the job from Tuesday.

  Trying to distract myself pretty much.

  Fingers crossed 🤞🏾

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I sent you a PM on that.

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    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks mate :)

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    🤞

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• Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Train - coughing ppl Work - person sits at the desk next to me coughing and snotting.
  Dentist - kid with chesty cough in waiting room

  Ffs. I’m masked up because I have health issues.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m seriously looking at the Envo Masks. I’m still WFH, but Hubs heads into the city and I’m fucking sick of him bringing home plagues.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  On the way to school my daughter came across a flock of corellas. Of course she took snaps. I think they made her day. It’s also the last day of term so it’s double happiness ☺

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A couple of years ago I passed a flock of little corellas feeding on the grass at Latrobe Uni - they were eating bullants. Wtf? Only creature I’ve EVER seen eating bullants.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I didn’t get it. Pretty bummed out but there’s some more opportunities on the horizon.

  Damn it.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sorry. Take Simon out for a beer to commiserate tonight yeah? He did his best and deserves it!

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    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think that’s a great idea mate 🙂

      I’m waiting on a response from yesterday’s interview which will come next week, another lined up for Monday, and my details being submitted for 2 more roles today.

      Something will come through soon 🤞🏾

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Boo, sorry to hear it. Hopefully the next one is The One.

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    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I figure when it happens I’ll be over the moon considering all these issues lol

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bloody white-ass boomers pushing their way onto PTV. Everyone else stood to the side, but these four just had to make sure they got the seats they wanted… Even though there was only, like, 10 of us on the platform, who got on a whole ass train.

  And they call my generation ungrateful and mannerless. Pfft.

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oooh competitive goonsy. You beat me, although you were 5 seconds early and posted this yesterday…

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I posted this right on the clock

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not quite

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll just try to finish off my wishlist. I’m terrible at actually buying games.

    I get an email that a game I wishlisted is on sale and I just go, ‘that’s great, good for them’ and never actually buy it

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My sale was not very productive. I only got 3 games because I decided to buy cities skylines 2, which was only 10% off and still going for 62 bucks.

    Also I don’t actually have enough space to install any of them because I left my hard drive at home

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Handrail done!

  Have to say I am fond of squabbling with the old man about how to go about the DIY stuff. There’s never any love lost but it is hilarious when there’s disagreement.

  Sort of a pseudo argument. You can be both right but wrong. You agree to disagree, then disagree on agreeing to finally agree to agree, but deep down you disagree.

  I guess that’s bonding.

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That looks really good. Much fancier than I was expecting.

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That looks amazing! Well done ❤️

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gratitude thread!

  Today I’m seeing my friend who I haven’t seen in six months (she lives in Sydney) and she’s going to surprise another one of my friends :)

  Also I was greeted by the doggo when I woke up this morning, which is a rare occurrence. I believe he sees me as lower than him on the food chain hahaha

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Time for scream

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• oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sky pretty.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Here’s a flash from the past

  Crush - Jennifer Paige

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To rent furiosa on YouTube is 29.99 AUD. Are you for fucking real?

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Had a moment today where a modern life tech thing baffled me (online access type thingy), and I got frustrated (eventually solved it). I’m not that old but I’m not young either, and it used to be utterly effortless to keep up with the latest life admin requirements, but am finding that occasionally I now feel out of the loop. Is this the tip of the iceberg? I don’t want it to be. I don’t want to age and become useless at new stuff comes out. I Do. not. like. It.

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• Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Home again after Crazy Day of Hell Week. I am comforting myself with the reflection that it’s a whole year before the next one. I am enjoying a much deserved glass of wine and some godlike snax (fancy as shit sandwiches from the freezer) as I cbf cooking tonight due to exhaustion. Going to tap out fairly early tonight I think. Have a drink of whatever on me folks to celebrate.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  Old mate and I have a date.

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• bull@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wow the music down at the Firelight festival is louder than any music I’ve ever heard from any event and that includes NYE celebrations. Usually the music barely registers with me but it’s proper loud. Yelling get out of my yard from the balcony has proven unsuccessful.

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Installing a little outdoor handrail for the p’s today. Just 5 steps.

  Safe to say I have no idea what I’m doing.

  I have watched the youchoobs though so with any luck they won’t fall down.

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Caught up with an old colleague for drinks tonight. We had a good gossip / bitching session about our previous employer, both of who we had problems with, and talking about how much better we are off now.

  Then I was craving noodles for dins - still thinking about how good this was. Hit the spot.

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Reckon I could troll my colonoscopy team by swallowing a lego head the morning of the procedure.

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Still struggling health wise and having to jump through bureaucratic hoops.

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  (I went to hospital last night but didn’t get the intervention I was hoping for/need. Just an escalation of an existing referral.) This pattern may continue for some time so I’ll probably not be posting much about it and really downplaying it. Because It’s a bummer and nobody wants to read about all that for months or years.

  I’ve found something easy that helps combing but might still go for the low maintenance cut when I have the chance. I’ve had the style before, so I know it looks sophisticated and suits me well.

  I haven’t been able to do much cooking or gardening lately but might still go and post to the instances in a bit. Pump up the comment numbers. 🙂

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  discovered I can easily pull my stupid sliding windows out, meaning cleaning them just went from “Damn near impossible” to “a decent project, but perfectly doable”. Hopefully the rain holds out a bit on the weekend cause I’d love to tackle a few more. theyve got 15 years of moss and dirt built up.

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