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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  PACKIDGE COMING TODAY

  FUCK YEAAAAAAH

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yay!

    Mine are still sitting “in transit” in my suburb :(

    Packages I ordered from china 3 days later are almost here though. Cleared customs today, ETA: tomorrow

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Continuing my seemingly endless find out after the fact run, apparently Billy Corgan is playing at the Gem tonight…the fucking Gem…

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    WTF, is that a joke?

    I just checked their website.

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The Gem’s great. I like it, and they have interesting performers.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I forgot to turn on the exhaust fan when cooking my steak and the air filter is not impressed with the resulting air quality. It’s little indicator light went to red and it’s been filtering as fast as it can. Sorry little guy, but keep up the good work.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Heh mine lights up red and that’s when the extractor is on full. It’s around the corner and about 5m down the hall. Very dramatic.

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    • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m down to a nice soothing blue now. I first got an air filter because of bushfire smoke, kept running it because I found it helpful for hayfever, and now it’s helping with smoke again. The circle of life.

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lost my earbuds somewhere and missed my train while retracing my steps. Stuff it. I am having a beer while I wait for the next.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh Greg. It’s one of those days, hey?

    Go chug that beer

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have thus far (after coming home from work):

  • Eaten 2 chicken sausages, like heathen, straight outta the fridge (also a slice of banana bread).
  • Removed the floating shelf bracket, screws and plugs (one has a hole big enough for a journey to the centre of the earth, but at least I now have a sample big enough to get colour-matched).
  • Had a rinse.
  • Killed some bugs (sorry, there was just not other way).

  Now need to go to Bunnings, maybe Ikea for some spares.

  In the meantime drooling over seeing a black Daytona 675 in the flesh ride by me today… I legit was in lust, heart beating fast and all that jazz. Lucky I stayed in my lane from all the perving I was trying not to do. 😂

  OTOH, I could just go for a ride… (but the dwelling now resembles something out of hoarders.)

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Opinions please - dodgy, or reading too much into it?

  I ordered a new router (a couple hundred bucks) off Amazon. Because of the value, I need to provide a pin code on delivery (pretty sure it is so I can’t argue I never received it). They say you can only use a pin code, but I know from past experience that delivery drivers have a button to deliver with the phone number on file instead of the pin code. I guess in case somebody doesn’t have their pin code

  The drivers have a button to call the number on file via amazons number in Sydney, but they don’t see your number, just name. I got 5 calls (missed the first 4 from the driver, watering the garden and left my phone inside) and when I answered he asked for my phone number. I was worried about giving it over the phone, because I’m fairly sure if I did, he could mark it delivered to himself then Amazon would tell me I’m SoL. When I refused, he got a bit snarky and said “ok you don’t want package then that your choice”, even though I said I’d be home, then he hung up

  Seems dodgy, right? I don’t know how their systems work, but I’m pretty sure they don’t even get the button to call you until they scan the barcode on your box, which I don’t think they’d do until delivery time. So I’m kinda wondering if maybe he tried to deliver it to himself and called me to get my number so he could. But I also know they are basically glorified uber eats drivers and get paid per parcel, so perhaps the less cynical assumption is he wanted my number so he could deliver it as soon as it arrives and doesn’t need to wait the 3 seconds for me to answer the door, which probably does negatively impact averages. Idk. Just feels sus

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    for something that you paid that much for make sure you take a video of you opening the box or open the box in front of the delivery guy

    because there are too many dishonest sellers on amazon now

    ( I only ever buy books on amazon )

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Apparently another scam with these OTP things is that if you order multiple things (I got a router and some ethernet cables), sometimes they come in multiple boxes, and the driver “forgets” to give you the one which actually needed the OTP. But because Amazon never tells you how many boxes you’re getting, you’ll give the driver the OTP thinking whatever box(es) you got are the entire order

      I have a camera on the porch. Gonna open it right under that after taking it off the driver. Amazon will 100% fight me if something’s missing

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Secure Delivery with a One-Time Password

    Due to the value of some items, a One-Time Password (OTP) is required on delivery for some orders. Only provide the OTP to your delivery driver in person, and not over the phone or intercom. The OTP will be provided to you on the day of your delivery.

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is slightly different, as although they are that open about it, they can also deliver the package with just your phone number (or I think it’s the last 4 digits or something like that). AFAICT it doesn’t say not to provide your phone number (though does say not to leave it in the delivery instructions)

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ok guys, girlies and others since we are in a music kinda mood help me make a playlist for tomorrow. You know what I like. TIA. I might have nap. Go.

  I’ll call it the DT contribution

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    if we are playing soppy 70s music then maybe some Sweet www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lTwA5xMeTM

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    • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      +1 for Highway Star 🙌

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not soppy and that’s a good song.

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    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I remember Kasey Casem! We taped his show off the radio

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ll contribute You Really Got Me by The Kinks for some energy, and Easy by Faith no More for some chill.

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Only because I’ve spent an hour down a Tom Petty rabbit hole runaway

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    2 4 6 8 Motorway - Tom Robinson Band

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For some proper dramatic karaoke, Always, Bon Jovi.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Living on a prayer for the win

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hung out the first load of washing just before 8 am, and it was quite brisk.

  Hung out the 2nd load about 20 minutes ago and can feel the approaching heat.

  Stay cool and hydrated everyone.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When the mrs leaves for work I gotta run around and close all the damn blinds again. no matter how many times I tell her, no matter i’m the one whos home all day she thinks we need “light”.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We have the opposite issue at times. My wife will close curtains and roller shutters at like 7 pm in the warm months and put lights on…when it’s still daylight outside.

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    😎🍸

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I haven’t got a Spotify either, but in the spirit of sharing our music lists my top 5 were:

  Tim Curry doing Mick Jagger Paul Kelly doing Taylor Swift Living Colour’s Times Up album, Metallingus by Alter Bridge and XTC Dear God

  Loving seeing everyone’s lists on here.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Love rears it’s ugly head is a regular on our playlist. Such a great song to play loud.

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      One of my karaoke favourites lol. I can say that I absolutely do not do it justice though lol.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Okay how have I never seen Tim Curry do Mick Jagger!? So fucking good! 😂😂

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He nailed it 😆😂

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Spud, did you ever see Tim Curry do Shakespeare? One of the most memorable itv shows evah

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I didn’t even know about Paul Kelly doing Taylor Swift. I need a covers album stat.

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’d be awesome! For me this song hits like when Johnny Cash covered Hurt. This cover has a gravity and poignancy the original lacks (ok and I just love Paul Kelly).

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    alter bridge sound very much like qotsa

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mainly know this song because Elder Minipeeler is into WWE wrestling and this used to be Edge’s intro song. An oldy but still gets me pumped up. The singer (Myles Kennedy) often accompanies Slash when he tours or records, and as a former guitar teacher, is worth a listen. Tremonti also worth a listen if you like your music a little harder.

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mine were

    Hyperdrive by Excision & Benda - suuuuch a good pump up song.

    Hold Me Tight by Kim Yeji from the KDrama Eve

    Love From the Other Side by Fall Out Boy - have been in love with that album since it came out

    APT by Rose and Bruno Mars - didn’t think I’d listened to it thaaaat much, but boyo is also crazy about it.

    Everything by Said the Sky - just makes me feel things.

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Urgh. My online friends are doing drama again. There are instigators who genuinely are being cunts but everyone else keeps reacting and feeding into it which keeps the cycle going.

  I’m just gonna be over here trying to live.

  I bought some cheap kids pencils for a few dollars because I want some I wouldn’t be bothered by losing or using up, and am swatching them to see how they stack up against the crap $15 ones.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You don’t have to engage. You can unfollow, unsub, ignore or switch off the socials for a few days. Sticking around when this type of thing happens (a bit like the Other Site exodus) just means you have to take some responsibility for how it makes you feel. A lot of people dont understand that, but its true. Not saying you do this, but I am saying make sure you DONT do this: I cant STAND people who expose themselves to toxic crap and then go “woe is me, I’m covered in toxic crap” like they didnt expose themselves to it in the first place.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      yeah, i was exposed as a kid

      there are lots of us who didn’t, who couldn’t, give consent

      lots of workers out there who didn’t choose their boss or who are exposed to toxic customers and who struggle to get out

      toxic neighbour? same

      stress relief is needed so that people can get the mental energy to do something

      but crying victim as a manipulative ploy, few things make me angrier

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I’m sick of it and off doing something else. I just wish it was interaction as normal

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Every time I make a fruit fly trap it doesn’t work. I might be over thinking things but I’d really lokr to catch some with my own traps

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How are you making them?

    I do apple cider vinegar and water in a narrow necked water bottle with a few drops of dish soap. The smelly malic acid of the vinegar attracts them, the narrow neck makes it hard to fly out and the soap breaks the surface tension of the water so they drown.

    Boiling water down the sinks also kills them as they breed in there

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    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve done apple cider vinegar and oil this time. I did a shallow container this time because none of the traps in tall glasses I made worked.

      I might chuck it out and start again with the water, vinegar, and soap. When I’ve used oil I think I’ve put too much in and covered up the smell

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I accidentally made one, by leaving a little bit of orange juice in my tall glass for a few days 😅😬 few days later, plenty of drowned flies in it lol

    I have a nasty habit of not finishing my drinks, I always leave a finger or two of liquid. But it worked out this time, because the flies that got into the house got drowned lol

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have a nasty habit of not finishing my drinks

      Me too. Usually leave a bit of wine when I go to bed. But somehow by 10am it’s gone. I honestly don’t know where it goes it’s a mystery…

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How do you prepare them once you’ve got em?

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Once they’ve been marinaded, a little salt & pepper and a quick fry. Serve with a crusty bread.

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    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I haven’t caught enough to even think about putting them in something nice

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  New male flowers popped overnight with a female one getting ready to open. Not seeing any pollen tho.

  I am seeing what is probably thrips

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Spray thrip with laundry/dishwashing liquid and water - 1:5 ratio. Can add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil (any sort) to mix if necessary for more lasting effect, but will need to shake up the spray bottle well before using. Won’t harm plants or pets and is a good sucking insect spray. I like using this better than chemicals. Best applied generously in the evening.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are you sure? I was going to do this with garlic and dish soap but a bit worried about hurting the plants. Heard it’s bad for them and the ones I used to use dish soap solution on looked kinda damaged

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I decided to get my mulch delivered instead of making multiple Bunnings trips myself. The weather’s not looking great for gardening over the next few days but hopefully I can get the bulk of the planting done.

  I also need to squeeze in time to do my uni assignment, I’ll schedule that in during thunderstorms and any periods over 30 degrees.

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  • stib@aus.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    @RustyRaven @Baku if anyone is after a lot of mulch for nothing then https://getchipdrop.com/ or https://mulchspot.com.au/ are sites that arborists use to get rid of their excess mulch when they chop down a tree. You sign up, and then sometime in the next month or so you get a truckload of mulch delivered.
    Pros: free, recycles waste product, they deliver.
    Cons: you get what you get, and you need to be ready for a LOT of mulch. Last time I got about four cubic meters, which is about 8 trailer loads. But now my garden is super mulched.

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    • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have looked at those, and it would be great if I had somewhere for them to dump it. As it is I have a very short driveway as the only possible spot, and dumping stuff there blocks the access to the house, leaving me to dig myself out - and it all has to be carted down to the back of the house via a narrow side path. Whilst being unable to leave until the work is done is very motivating, it is also very exhausting!

      I have done bulk deliveries before - about 2 cubic meters is about the limit of what is possible for the space - but it is hard work. I’ve elected to spend more on bagged sugar cane mulch this time due to portability.

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t have spotify but I’ve been listening to a lot of Eric & Bas, Brittish hip hop. Which I found via this AI art video clip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbXZoMocpM8

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    😂

    I’ve now sent this to various friends and family. Cheers.

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Argh, why are comment replies in Voyager suddenly collapsed?

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  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doesn’t it do that when we get over a certain number or something? Same for me on Boost.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It happens on all platforms when replies get over a certain number - 300, I think.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m just on my pc and all replies are collapsed

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  • aeharding@vger.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a Lemmy bug. It limits to 300 replies in the response, but it should be smarter about hydrating higher ranked comments first.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doing it for me too in Boost

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wish I could tolerate ear plugs for sleeping but the noise they make squished up in my ears is worse than the noise I’m trying to block out fucks sake why must life be so hard bashes poorly built bbq

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m listening to the audiobook of the Gormenghast trilogy and the names of the characters are just amazing. After the initial 🫢 the characters grow larger than their names.

  What awesome books.

  here are some of the names.

  Dr Prunesquallor. a really nice kind competent character

  Lord Sepulchrave. The sensitive lord.

  Flay. The loyal brave and smart personal assistant to Sepulchrave

  Lady Fuschia. The teen daughter

  Swelter. The head chef, a disgusting character

  Nanny Slag. A sweet old lady.

  Deadyawn. A school teacher.

  Dog eye, a student.

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Still no update on any parcels

  Parcel 1, 2, and 3 (auspost): in transit, my suburb, Tuesday December 3. Parcel 4 (auspost): held at facility (nearby suburb); in transit redirection. Parcel 5 (Scumazon): package arrived at carrier facility (10:03am); due by 8pm. Parcel 5, 6, 7 (AliExpress, combined parcel): “package arrived at local delivery center and will be on its way to you soon”

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bloody hell. Today was a tough walk down the street

  So many people smoking. Evidently today must be rubbish day or something cause everybody had their bins out and they all reeked

  31° with thick smokey air and steamed rubbish and rotting milk stench everywhere

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m fucking proud of my Spotify Wrapped this year

  Taidan olla pakkomielle Käärijään

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  Damn

  In any event, I’m happy to make this a regular thing if you guys like (or rather, don’t mind). Both posting the DTs, and including a weather forecast. I should be up at midnight most nights for the foreseeable future. Don’t want to steamroll anyone, though

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  anyone of an electronics bent? I’m puzzling out how to make a power failure beacon light.

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Beep Beep 🚚
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