Daily Discussion Thread: 🐶🧅 Saturday, September 21, 2024

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Elder Minipeeler decided to spontaneously clean his room today, mainly and noticeably focusing on purging old school stuff. Did a thorough job and I’m very proud of him.

  In the meantime Miniest made a carrot cake, with very little intervention from me (gotta make sure the batter actually ends up in the cake tin and less in the mouth lol)

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You have an excellent set of Minipeelers there :)

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yummy. Cream cheese icing or lemon?

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cream cheese with a little lemon in it 😋

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tell miniest that looks like an excellent cake :)

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gorgeous! Ask Miniest to send me some (if there’s any left).

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is a most excellent cake. When is afternoon tea?

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Drinks with a friend, very lovely to see 💜 consumed some Guzman y Gomez and got a noice whiskey

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What whiskey?

    I shall judge the niceness.

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hobart Whiskey: Tasmanian Whiskey Liqueur, and Tawny Cask Finish. Also have some of their signature but haven’t cracked that yet

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Saturday afternoon is the perfect time for “doing sweet fuck all”. This is my recharge time from the work week.

  Sunday is for chores etc.

  But Saturday afternoon is blissful nothingness.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My chores are done for today. Finally getting some food then I’m doing SFA till my Geelong Cats play this late afternoon.

    Almost feels like I didn’t get much done in the end and it’s Already so late.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Was gonna go to CERES community garden today, but the weather is dodgy so no guarantee the market will be on.

  My oodie has been donned, and escape room game has been loaded 😙👌

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ooh what game?

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The House of Da Vinci on the play store. It’s an interactive puzzle, really pretty! And puzzling! I have discovered I may think too laterally, or not laterally enough 😂

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• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Waaaaakkkkeeee Uuuuuup Everybody! Time’s a-wasting. Lots to do today. Big shop for bulk household stuff, market for fresh stuff (Preston), laundry, garden & a lunch appointment that I’m not altogether thrilled about. This afternoon I’ll probably dissolve into a puddle and rest.

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  • oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    After yesterday’s drama I’m just going to putter and chill.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    cracks an eye I just did stuff yesterday

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have lots to do as well… Lots of NOTHING!

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Here here

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    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have you tidied your room?

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have been learning about cars the last few weeks as I’m about to buy something cheap.

  Looks like the old reliable corolla is going to be the pick.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Corolla 4 life.

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can’t go wrong. I reckon the Hyundai i30 is a solid bet too…If I bother getting a car again a good ole corolla is high on the list.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Will suss it out, cheers!

      I mean, the car I really want I might be able to buy down the track. But for now, it’s getting from a to b

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ugh, I hate that feeling when your ears don’t pop after a flight… but I’m glad I got some shut eye even though the person next to me had no concept of personal space. I generally avoid night flights for this reason even though flying during the day “wastes time”. Good night 😴

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gah. Lost the prelims :(

  Going to bury my sorrow in something now.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Commiserations 🍷

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It was a valiant effort at least. Great game

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s only 3 things in this world I don’t eat. Cantaloupe, rice pudding and porridge. Now I can add papaya to that list. Ick.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sardines, anchovies and sardines.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bullshit. Everybody loves sardines.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      same

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Eggplants are my worst enemy. Makes me throw up.

    Olives are next and then hmm anchovies?

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can definitely get bad eggplants.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Crunchy peanut butter and tripe. Oysters. Not too keen on mussels anymore either. Sushi is fine but I don’t really like the soft squish

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I loooovvvve oysters. Straight up. Down the hatch. No lemon. No pepper and salt.

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll take your hand and join you…

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      None of them register in my brain as food.

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fair. Cucumber, olives, and coffee for me. Not that coffee’s a food, but people sneak it in.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I eat/drink these things everyday. Thanks for your courage though.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Balsamic vinegar, pickled herring and giardiniera

    Papaya is great, but can be off putting.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mussels in vinegar are weird. I’ll still eat them but they are chewy little fuckers.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    endive, ersatz chocolate, tripe

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve never had tripe because my mother refused to cook it after growing up with it.

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cantaloupe, rice pudding and bread n butter custard 🙅🏼‍♀️⛔

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bread n butter pudding is alright. Just make that shit fancy.

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Son has recovered from COVID, only for the wife to be struck down.

  No idea how I’m still avoiding it. Superior genes perhaps?

  Or more likely my flu+covid shot I got earlier this year.

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some people apparently are just resistant to it. I still haven’t had it, and haven’t had a covid vax for a couple of years now. It’s been floating around at work on a semi-regular basis so I’m pretty sure I would have been exposed quite a few times.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We are strong. Everyone else, very weak.

      We shall rule this realm and dance on a mountain of bones!!!

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Considering he’s so small, Chook is an absolute pig. The MESS, my god

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They flick the husks out of their cage!

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Big News. An arrest has been made over the Easey St murders.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What a grub. I was aware of the murders but the details got worse as I read on.

    I hope he either gets extradited or some more decent men than him have some strong opinions on what he did…

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fantastic news! So long and they finally caught that fuckup

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I first saw it on r/melbourne and now I think it’s been taken down. The mods are fuckwits over there.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    www.9news.com.au/…/f27d03d0-1067-4749-8de2-e19bd3…

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I got an art book with recipes for mixing colours. You have no idea what a help that is, and something that I haven’t seen before.

  It’s so fucked you can’t share and archive resources. If it wasn’t a crime I would be a volunteer archivist scanning or photographing books and uploading them. Just so things don’t disappear when they go out of print and physical copies dwindle.

  I’ve also missed out on getting Morpho books because I didn’t want to click a random link on social media to download them and now they’ll be gone off the Internet Archive.

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Open Library has scans of older books online.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks, I’ll check it out

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      HathibTrust also

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hey I ended up downloading infinity train. I can upload it to my google drive if you want to grab a copy.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah thanks, I tend to avoid pirating though

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In many cases you actually can scan things, and potentially share them. There are many loopholes in the Aust Copyright Act, and different ones in those of other countries. Your local library will have an ILL service, an academic library (if you have access) ought have an excellent one. There will likely be fees, but absolutely anything not too fragile to handle can be made available.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds like a massive organisational job for someone like me who can barely run their own life. I’m more thinking about the things I already own.

      The art books, a few computer books, craft and sewing books… growing up there was a classic recipe book called Australian Cookery and the Vogue Book of sewing but they may be gone now. I had some rare cds but one was lost in a hasty move and another was stolen 🙄

      I’ll have to look at the laws but I’m so risk averse because I don’t have the money for a lawyer and would be hit hard if my internet was cut off.

      I wish it was just legally ok to upload things to allow fair access and ensure they weren’t lost… culture, resources, basic skills.

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I left the ramen restaurant hungry. You’d think $25 would get you a decent sized ramen but no. Two tiny pieces of pork belly. And the broth was like chicken soup.

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Decided to take my (SILs) bike on the scenic foreshore front beach path back home from the shops. Usually don’t do that as people (and kids / dogs) are a bit all over the place. Anyway now I have a bell with a unicorn on it which I’m required to use by law. it also has a front basket. I didn’t use the bell but felt empowered (and got laughed at by two young girls). They didn’t have unicorn bells or a front basket so fuck em. I’m gonna get some tassels next.

  In more serious news the Pt. Lonny front beach was absolutely smashed by recent swell / weather. Had a chat to a local who was walking past and she’d never seen anything like it either. Must’ve been wild.

  Also got about 10 hellos from randoms which was nice.

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ate some delicious kofta, and cranked up my accompaniment to cleaning.

  Once this is done, I have a new model to build, but I can’t open Bags And Bags And Bags Of Bits into an already messy apartment

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You know you’re getting on when you plan to jump in the garden to weed for the 3rd day in a row and before you start first thing you think of is where’s the ibuprofen.

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gon’ eat me a chiko roll and watch cartoons…

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• anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Recently discovered that I have very low iron levels so got put on iron pills. Have been taking them for a week, and just got through a heap of housework today without wanting to collapse from exhaustion. Seems like the pills are working - who’d have thunk?!

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ok. I’m all set for the game!

  Come on Catters!

  Got my chips, got some wine. I’m all primed and ready!

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Every Taylor Swift song I’ve heard has been against my will.

  Why would I support a billionaire voluntarily lol

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  🥱☕️🍳💻

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good night everyone. Sweet dreams. 😽

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Family movie night. Adventures of Tintin. The quality of the animation is nuts…

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  i think i need to get these dangerfield.com.au/…/old-world-embroidered-pant?v…

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ha ha, rain cannot defeat me, I bought big plastic sheets to cover my paint jobs

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are few things better for the soul then a few hours and a few drinks spent catching up with an old friend that speaks your particular form of neurospiciness…

  Now home for two rounds of footy (I am bilingual - AFL and NRL)

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  @Seagoon_@aussie.zone

  I have decaf coffee now.

  Let’s see if this thing keeps me awake at night tonight.

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been putting the registration for GardenSafe off for years even after posting about it… tbh I’m still struggling majorly with my health and this creeping grass is like kudzu, so action isn’t guaranteed. But why not contribute to citizen science.

  But it’s asking really inflexible questions so I don’t know how to answer. Like for main food growing area do I answer in ground or pots? I may answer in ground because I want to know if it’s safe to do so.

  Renos within 5 years? No, but around 10.

  And I’m not seeing any peeling external paint - but the builders buried discarded rubble in the soil which is a concern.

  I don’t use pesticides but I don’t know what’s in the runoff from another yard.

  I just want to find out if the soil here is theoretically safe to grow edible stuff in, lead levels and pesticides etc.

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• useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Speaking of pop divas, Kylie tix go on pre-sale on Tuesday for the Tension Tour. There’s a good chance we will go.

  I went to the X tour in 08 and the show was fantastic. She rode a giant crystal skull that night! It was simply awesome!

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