Discussion Thread 🖖🏼 Saturday 12 April 2025

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We bought a new car. Cheers 🍺

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I want MissGod in the driver’s seat asap and it’s gonna be in a couple months but, I’m reticent to let her drive mine. I guess I just gotta let go at some point.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is the situation: I have a manual Corolla which she likes but can’t drive. He has a auto Camry which she practices in but hates. So I was willing to sacrifice my car so she could have one.

      But…

      The man doesn’t want to give mine up because it has only done 120k’s and it’s a good car in good condition. What he wants to do is run his into the ground then take mine. I’m like “ok” because I really don’t care as long as I can go about my business occasionally and the kid gets a car to drive me to the pub when she gets her licence.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      get her a small car that you don’t mind gets dented

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Congratulations, welcome to the new car club! Is is new new, or new to you?

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pre owned. New to the kid

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ☕️!

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      🍺

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yay 🍺

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      🍺

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oooh, what was the final choice?!

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nissan Micra

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Idc about car but do care abt cheers. CHEERS 🍻🥂

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      😂 🍺

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yay!

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah not yet. It’s the kid’s choice. I’m just a part time driver cos it’s her’s.

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cars must have names! I’ve named all of my cars from the same book series since I was 16. Currently driving an i30n named Kaelas. Boyo’s fam just names them after their rego plates.

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bit of a health scare for the ol’ girl yesterday. Fainted, collapsed went to bed. I was in the garden and had no idea. ol’ boy was down the bellarine gave me a buzz to see where she was. I found her completely out of it with fever symptoms. He comes racing back directing me on what to do / look for over the phone. Fuck she’s lucky to have a medico hubby.

  but jeez ol’ boys language / demeanor changes when there are problems like the ones we’ve seen in the last 6 months. Shit gets calm, direct and accurate. He’s normally a grumpy old bastard. We have our differences but with mum’s polycrisis, we’re both on the same page which has completely surprised me.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Damn, just saw this. What a lot to go through mate, I’m sorry you had to go through all that (and sorry for your parents too). Mum is indeed very lucky to have a medically trained husband. And it’s good that he’s able to see what matters and put the grumpiness aside in this sort of situation. Lucky he was not the one to have started losing faculties/abilities first…

    If you feel okay with sharing it I’d be interested to know what happened to your mum to have gotten so acutely ill. I do worry about my mum because of her living alone and the kinds of things that can befall her

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yea sure.

      About 15 years ago she had mouth cancer, a doc nicked the carotid artery, along with radiation therapy led to her losing her teeth over time as the jaw became necrotic.

      Then she had glaucoma. They buggered one op over many, and she lost vision in 1 eye.

      Then the rona hit and she didn’t do any real exercise for 2 years

      Another mouth op, made eating difficult…

      Then she had a fall 6 months ago, her remaining eye ruptured, another 2 ops and the pressure was fucked both low then high, okay now but less vision than before

      So it’s a thing where it’s difficult to eat, drink, talk, see, hear (which is unrelated to anything), exercise.

      And it’s compounding. Not getting enough to eat, lowers appetite, hard to eat anyway, makes exercise harder, which lowers appetite… not being able to see clearly and poor stability / mobility due to lack of exercise and nutrition, lowers app… and around we go. The fainting yesterday was probs due to new blood pressure drugs and lack of water (hard to drink), which will increase risk of falls… and around we go.

      It’s not really ‘acutely’ ill, it’s just everything that’s happened to her is working against her pretty quickly together since that fall and decline is x2 speed now. Personally I think she might have had a little bleed as her personality changed a bit afterwards but no one is investigating that.

      There’s also a lot of refusal which isn’t helping her but what can you do.

      She’s had a lot of expert advice, but now it’s hit a hard limit.

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m really sorry to hear what’s happened mate. I hope she’ll be OK soon ❤️

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks man.

      I just wasn’t prepared for all these things to hit at once. Vision (and the shitload of drugs), teeth / food, physical mobility (and the risk of falls), hearing, memory, depression. It’s hard to know what’s feeding into each problem.

      Used to visit my gran all the time at a ‘well to do’ nursing home and I really didn’t like what I was seeing. The thought of it for the ol’ girl scares me as there’s a bit of complex care involved and I’m not sure they (or she) would cope and decline would be rapid.

      I suppose age comes for us all, if we’re lucky or unlucky.

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh your poor mum, and you & yr dad. Hope she’s ok and is on the mend soon

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are children screaming outside. I have closed the door and drawn the blinds.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I blame the full moon tonight

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m hearing a lot of sirens where I am. It’s lunacy out there tonight.

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The dogs are already barking. Should I howl?

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bad moon rising m.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJwvQfraY8

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’ve gone out again so old panic guts will sit here all day and wait for them.

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He’s gorgeous. Those ears! Those spots!

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Awwwww ❤️

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  This photo perfectly encapsulates the first few months with Gibson.

  Also this is adorable:

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mama sea

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    nice 🙂

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I sat and guarded the food while the cats ate so the religious nutcase didn’t throw away their food.

  This is what it’s come to lol

  God I fucking hate this suburb and it’s demographics.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What happened last time? Did they just say “it’s against my religious beliefs” and just tossed it all away?

    I hate people who use things like that as a shield to justify their actions.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pretty much. Except she waited till I wasn’t there to throw it away. Coward.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    religious nutcase didn’t throw away their food

    Man that’s weird.

    Just had a quick squizz at which religions / cultures don’t like cats and it’s a bit of a mixed bag!

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s assuming it’s an organised/established religion and not, uh, one of her own invention

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Her issue is feeding them any kind of meat.

      Like her beliefs trump innocent creatures well-being.

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  cats! meowza

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Creme brulee with dark chocolate! So cuuuyte

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yesterday the husband and kid went and looked at a few cars. They rock up to used car yard. Spot a car. The husband says to the kid “jump in. Have a look around” then a stranger appears and in his limited English and no teeth starts a convo with the kid. Then she jerries and apologises profusely. The stranger laughs and says “no worries. No worries”. Yeah, she made herself home in a strange old man’s car.

  What he was trying to say was “this my car. This my car”.

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    he missed a business opportunity

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The old fool.

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know someone who jumped in a stranger’s car thinking it was his Uber.

    But really, mistaking someone’s car for one available for sale is a bit of a compliment, considering all the cars for sale are freshly detailed. You’d never have mistaken my old car for one for sale as it’s presentation was generally less than pristine.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      She said it was pretty clean inside but there was a few coins in the console that they had missed 😂

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    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When I did crowd control, people jumped in strangers cars all the time thinking they were ubers.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Kid hits the gas

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Kid was too busy looking at the screen situation.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  DOOM. For I am blind to my most important need and ran out of coffee on this fine morning …

  …guess after such a long time I shall treat myself to a cuppa outside, at the laundromat. And then promptly pick up supplies on the way back.

  Because of the sunny days I’ve been able to resume my prematurely terminated data collection for uni - definitely finishing today and then tomorrow I head back to some of the initial sampling sites out west to see how the readings might’ve changed from the same time of day between early March to now.

  I’m so glad I’ll be seeing a friend for dinner tonight. I would hate having to spend the entire weekend on uni.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you are making me want to read sci fi again , not that I don’t, I read fahrenheit 451, the martian chronicles, helconia, etc regularly

    but new hard core sci fi i would definitely read 🙂

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    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Check out project hail Mary! Audiobook or book. Endorsed by many in here. Yes, Yes, Yes!

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’d say Project Hail Mary is not super duper hard core, at it’s heart it’s about friendship (with a whole lot of genuine love for discovery and problem solving). It’s a fun read. I think you might enjoy it

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Skipped out on a family event because I’m just not ready for it, so went paddle boarding for hours and am now having wine and cheese in the back yard. Cheers all!

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  After 10 days of no guitar, I played non stop for about an hour without thinking. All improvised and it was fucking awesome.

  Goodnight everyone ❤️

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  City excursion with family today.

  Always a great bonding and sharing experience for us.

  Both kids confided in us about different things.

  Parenting win… hopefully.

  Korean BBQ for dinner and jamming out to 80s music on the ride home.

  Life isn’t perfect but this was pretty close

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Love to hear things the wins like this! Sounds like a beautiful evening for you!

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I cherish all the time I spend with the kids. Ain’t gonna last forever, but it’s great right now.

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Took Minipeelers to lunch and a movie (Minecraft). By the time we walked out of the cinema it was pretty warm. Went to buy a couple of things grocery wise and some new summer hats because I have no idea whatsoever where the other summer hats have gone. We all chose identical cane cowboy hats, so we looked like some odd hick family lol.

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I freaking LOVE this energy you bring to the world, the matching hats is awesome!

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The best families are the ones who embrace the weird!

    Sounds like a fantastic day!! 💜💜

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    🤠

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  yay, I managed to buy 2 dozen eggs, first time in 6 weeks

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Every time I start practicing on the guitar, Mickey curls up on my chair and falls asleep 😂

  I’m the cat whisperer now

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can definitely tell there’s been a slew of reddit refugees, the cunt quotient has definitely upped in various comms this past week

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    conservatives/maga don’t like what they are reading, the cognitive dissonance is too painful

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I knew there was a car show in Reservoir this weekend but I wasn’t sure when it was. There was a community Easter thing on today that had cars at it so I took the boys there.

  I checked my calendar and I did put a reminder in my calendar. It’s on tomorrow, so we can go down to reservoir tomorrow and look at cars again

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone

  Watching the footy?

  You’re leading at the moment.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You jinxed it

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Doh!

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m trying Ritalin today instead of Dex. Feels different. Clearer sort of, but also calmer.

  Report back later.

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hope it goes well!

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So far so good! Dex gave me a lot of anxiety, but Ritalin hasnt which is awesome.

      Will keep working out dosage today and tomorrow, but unless something awful happens I think I’ll stick with Ritalin.

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Gym achieved. I will now market, before I have a lovely chill afternoon

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Gaiiiiiiinzzzzz!

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Up early, washing done and on the lines, fresh brewed coffee from the stovetop made.

  Ahh time to relax then make lunch!

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Used my new glasses at work for the first time yesterday and it’s crazy toggling between glasses/no glasses just how blurry the screen of the computer is without them, and I’d just been dealing with it for so long.

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Speaking from personal experience, as someone that got glasses relatively late in life, be very very careful going up and down stairs. Getting glasses really fucked over my proprioception, and several near disasters later I still find I have to take my glasses off to tackle stairs.
    I also found that my naked sight deteriorated very fast after I got glasses. Fewer headaches though.

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    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Appreciate the advice thank you! The optometrist started me on a lower than ideal prescription for that very reason, while I adjust. When I tried the correct prescription it was very disorienting

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  bored

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Show us your Moon

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Collected all the data and then did a big detour of shopping - stocked up on vegan snags and the like and then thought while I’m in the car I might as well go get the dog treats my brother wanted me to bring over from here. Turns out after going to one and finding very little, most petbarns around me were out of stock, so i had to brave the insanity of driving and parking in South Yarra to grab the missing flavours.

  I wish I didn’t have to drive far out tomorrow for the final data collection but the good thing is, that should be it for uni (frfr as the kids say), and I shouldn’t need to drive much in the coming weeks for work or personal stuff. I’m a bit over driving

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And so to chillaxing

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  🎶 I love sausage rolls. Put another one in the airfryer baby 🎶

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just realised I’d forgotten about cancelling the insurance on my old car. Sorted now and a refund should be arriving shortly. Not exactly a windfall given the new insurance is nearly three times as much, but good to have back in my account anyway.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  another lovely day here, will go into the city 🙂

  then back home for more unpacking and cleaning 😐

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