Daily Discussion Thread: 🎂 Sunday, November 17, 2024

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I feel surprisingly good today. At times there’s a bit of post birthday blues, but apparently not this year!

  Also I forgot I had a car so when I open the kitchen blinds, I was like “oh yeah! FUCK YES!”

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You deserve all this and more. 😘

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s incredibly kind of you ❤️

      Here’s to a brighter year for us all!

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Last day/night in old place. Shed a few tears in the morning…

  Alright. Big girl pants are on. Feel-good bossa nova station is on. To-do list for each room. Fridge unplugged, washing machine drained and let to dry. One more FBM pickup this morning. Everything else is leaving my house today (except The Couch Of Doom).

  I have planned a couple of rewards to bring some joy and goodness into this.

  • Started process of booking a week at my bolthole out in NSW over the xmas/new year period.
  • Gonna buy an instant pot (maybe second hand) so I can get through my pile of dried legumes
  • There will be pizza once I finish this move
  • Gonna ask work to book me in for some field work next couple weeks

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yass you can do it! And it will feel like home when you have your stuff in and made it your own. I have lived in big places and tiny old hobbit holes and anything can be a home.

    And I vote for the instant pot. I have a smallish kitchen and ummed and ahhed because of storage but it is so helpful. Rice cooker, pasta sauces, dried legumes cooked without soaking, curries, yoghurt. I use it multiple times a week .

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, I’ll be very tight on storage but reckon the instant pot will be worth the space - I’ll never use the oven so I think I’ll use it as storage. I’ll still keep a separate rice cooker so I can have a curry and rice going at the same time 😁

      I have soooo many dried legumes, ironically purchased a week before all this rental shitstorm started. It’ll be great to get through them all, and save heaps of money at the same time! Chana dal curries without soaking? Sign me the fuck up. Especially the set and forget part of it. Think I will have a crack at dal makhani as well, never made it before.

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  • indisin@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’ve got this and you’re doing awesomely!

    If you DM me your PayID or email I’ll send you the cash, or an UberEats voucher to buy that pizza for you!

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Aw thanks! Nah, it’s all good, I got paid on Friday and can certainly stump up for a pizza for myself without breaking the bank 😊

      I will save on some things at this unit as the rent is 35/week less than what I’m currently paying, water is included, and there is no gas. Some of that will have to go to laundromat costs (drying), but overall I will be financially OK. Plus I have my bond coming back in a little over two weeks…

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are doing awesome! 🖤

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  An old mate is coming to stay for a couple of weeks in December!!!

  I’ve known him about 20 years. We spent some crazy years in Brunswick sharehouses in the early 2000’s doing some hectic things lol

  He’s one of those friends that I only see every few years, but we pick up where we left off.

  He’s actually been a good influence in my life, even in those crazy days. He taught me rock climbing which has been great fun, how to ride a motorbike, took me camping for the first time and taught me all that stuff.

  Fucking stoked to see him!!!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s cool. 🙂

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  Word on the street is that the fan is staying on tonight lol

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I didn’t exist yesterday. Today, I am drinking with my second cousin (dad’s cousin). She is a riot, and will drink us all under the table, just like her dad lol. She is one of my favourite people, and I only see her every few years when she comes down from Brisbane.

  I can’t believe I’m related to this beautiful, smart, witty woman. She is my inspiration 🙌🏼💜🙌🏼

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• indisin@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Please can I go back to my dream I just woke from? I had just bought a bubblegum iced pastry that had 100s and 1000s on it and was in the process of buying a rotisserie goose sandwich.

  I’ve never tried goose.

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Goose is the red meat of the poultry world. I like it, and a rotisserie would sorta kinda work. The meat is tougher than chicken, and has a distinctive flavour and texture. Those birds do give off a LOT of fat though and that fat is much nicer than the meat imo. Spuds roasted in goose fat are another dimension of yum. If you get a chance to cook a wild goose, then the coq au vin recipie is a good one that works better than roasting. Domestic goose can be cooked using any duck recipie.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    if you head to studley park boathouse the geese will try you.

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    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can attest to this - one nearly ate my kid when he was 3

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    💵💵
    🥧

    🍞🪿🍞

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    • indisin@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Early delivery! Thank you again chef ❤️

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hot damn. I know what I’m requesting for lunch

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• underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I haven’t achieved much today but I’ve turned black bananas into banana choc chip muffins and they’re delicious.

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Banana bread again here!

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I made banana bread the other day. Cleaned out my freezer, found another 7 bananas. They’re breeding in there.

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    • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Double batch banana bread here. One for lunch boxes for the week and the other I’ll slice and freeze.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve trained the sparrow to land on my shoulder or arm now. 🙂

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Alright, I’m getting there. Spent the whole day carefully going through every last drawer and cupboard for stuff to donate. No time for fb marketplace although I could’ve made some decent coin off some of these - especially a couple of vintage bakeware items and Cornell dish. I got em all for free so some op shop will benefit instead.

  Two carloads later, between those and the remaining plants/pots, and the big shit that won’t fit in the bin, and pillows/towels for the RSPCA - and the tables sold on FBM - that’s a lotta crap gone. Gotta love these Honda hatchbacks with Tardis-like volume and the magic seats 😀

  Now to pack the remaining stuff for the movers to take tomorrow, mainly the kitchen stuff. The end is in sight…!

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You got this! You have formidable talents for organisation.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In an ideal world I would’ve spent a bit more time looking for nicer places, and maybe planned to cull over a longer period and sold more stuff online… but this is also OK! I get to focus on my uni stuff a lot sooner.

      I would aboslutely not have gotten this far without the help of friends, though.

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So close! You’ve been through a hell of a lot the last few weeks. Hopefully you can have some peace soon :)

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’ll be a different kind of peace for sure… New digs are a lot more hectic and less calm. Main thing is I can settle in and focus on next steps without dealing with current LL’s shittiness or house hunting

      I’m definitely motivated to get to the end of this whole thing

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    yay 🍺

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Choc chunk cookies are in the oven and the Xmas tree is up. I am back in favour with my kids once more 😆

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bit early?

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The kids wanted to put it up about 2 weeks ago. I said no way it’s too early man! But that argument’s redundant when the shops have had Xmas stuff in stock for the last month. Ah what can you do.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I put up the outdoor xmas lights 2 weeks ago 🌟

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My attempt at macro phone photography, featuring my dad’s attempt at a pizza oven from many years ago, made from a bathtub he found in hard rubbish. Image Image Image Image

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are those hakea nuts? Awesome picture. 🙂

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Possibly, according to Google Lens!

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bathtub pizza oven! Now that is not something I’ve seen before.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Here’s another quiz for you space nerds

  Know Planets?

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    one of the questions is wrong

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Which one?

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Jebus, 6. 🤣

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    9/20 not gonna be rocket dentist anytime soon.

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same here!

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    10/20 for me this time.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    10/20 better than expected

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not good at planets, had some lucky guesses

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No I don’t.

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    12/20. I am happy with that

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I do not know planets apparently

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Me neither 😔

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dragged myself out, got coffee, was gong to go for a walk in the park, but I am already ITCHY and SWEATY!

  TF, I loathe this pollen.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bad bad hayfever already.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not to mention this bushfire smoke! Dunno if you’re getting it your way…

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    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I could smell it earlier in the northern suburbs, but it’s less bad now

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    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have seen any of yet. Which direction?

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Morning friends

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Driving home tonight with the sun setting, sunroof and windows open, cruising on the highway, perfect temperature, good tunes playing, for a moment I felt at peace.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  geebus, just got a hate letter from a neighbour in my mailbox, not against me but against my really nice Asian neighbour who does furniture making as a hobby. ( he occasionally uses power tools but not often, maybe a few times a week and only for a few minutes ) Coward didn’t even sign their name. Hate letter that didn’t sign their name or implicitly asked for specific action, just did rumour mongering and appeals to self interest.

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People sicken me. It’s hard to find compassion in this scenario.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I sniggered when they mentioned they had gone to the police but the police did nothing!!

      Of course they didn’t you racist fuck, the neighbour is doing nothing wrong or illegal.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My old next door neighbour who was elderly and had way too much time on her hands im pretty sure left me multiple letters in my letterbox while she was living there.

    I remember getting one telling me to turn down my tv/movie volume at night and telling me to mow the lawn.

    Of course none of them were signed either but you could tell it just had to be her.

    Not sure what’s worse. The notes in the letterbox or the passive aggressiveness of you meet face to face.

    Glad she eventually moved out when she couldn’t look after herself anymore.

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    • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Huh. Back in my Brunswick E. days, I had the TV too loud one night and my neighbors politely asked me to turn it down. Which, of course I did. Because we are all grown-ups.

      I never had the note experience. I think I’d just chuck it and ignore it. I honestly don’t know what I’d do with it. “What is this high school shit?”

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Absolute fucking coward.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ugh, crazy/malicious neighbours are the worst. Be careful and avoid that one as they tend to target multiple people.

    Especially if they try to get you on side to join them in bullying someone else but you refuse

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dinner’s ready! Lasagne and a stupidly large amount of salad.

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Okay:

  • Washed
  • Chicken sandwich obtained
  • Vanilla flan smashed
  • Stupidly priced cookies for later

  Now just waiting for the rain to pass to see whether I want to be out and about on two wheels. Perfect weather for the one the runs insanely hot. It would be nice to not to straddle 105°.

  Even though I should be sorting this crapshow I have created. I just have such an aversion to it, that it is pretty my reflective of my state of mind… Yep, hot mess.

  But also so tempting to just lay in bed. This is when I love the rain.

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Overall Australia lacks culture and meaning, and has unfortunately become a mere economic zone. Probably why in part so many people are depressed and anxious.

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Favourite part of yesterday’s shenanigans:

  spoiler

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cicadas are rude.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wish I was dead sometimes.

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Goodnight all, the weekend goes too quickly but I’ve had enough of today 🫡

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m starting to think I’ll remove my pic and change my name to Simon when I’m applying for positions in bands.

  It’s pretty bad out there, despite what people like to believe about Melbourne’s “multiculturalism”.

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Minipeelers wanted to go to the farmers market today and I am just too tired and unmotivated to spend the $$. So I’m not very popular atm 😔. This one’s a good one, only on once a month so I feel quite guilty but also weather is windy AF.

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• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Rain not happening yet. Dare I water the garden or would washing the windows be more effective?

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know what it was about this week’s episode of Fisk but it was one of the best in the whole two seasons. Fantastic penultimate episode. I’ll miss it next season!

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• useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dinner tonight was an unmitigated disaster.

  and we laughed…

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you look hard enough at the hero’s of history, you are likely to find some unpleasant things. Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Winston Churchill. I could go on.

  Don’t be delulu about human nature. There’s good and bad in everyone, it’s just a matter of degree and hopefully most of the time there’s more good than bad.

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So many car shows on at the moment. We went to one in Whittlesea on Friday and there’s one on at MacLeod right now

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