Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 4 May 2025

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Highlight of my week.

  The stray kitten squeaked at me lol

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You exist. 😻

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They are looking very fluffy and well-fed

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Today’s zoo pic

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  Had to see the meerkats again! Old mate chillin’ in the sun 😍

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• Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So, what do the voters of Dickson want? Aquatic centre? High speed rail? Street party with bottomless bar? Give them whatever they want. They’ve done a service to this country.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m happy to go round and give them all a 5 minute back rub each. They’ve all earned it.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Surely a free bbq at the local park, jumping castle for the kids and fireworks for later on for a start.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably not a nuclear reactor in their backyard.

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thanks for the kindness and good ideas. I have made a list of things I can do when it gets hard. Have managed to eat. Now shower and bed. Night

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pleasant dreams ⭐

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Labor won the senate 😭

  this is a good dream come true

  now we just need labor to have the gonads to bring in taxes for the companies that are taking our resources

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They won’t. They are in the pockets of oil and gas interests as much as liberals. They’ll move the needle a bit, but not enough.

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No majority though, the Greens will have a lot of power. Which is a good thing.

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I haven’t bought timtams in a while…

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  Jesus Christ what a bloody joke!

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The only thing generous there is the spacing between timtams

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t buy it.

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Couldn’t tell until I got it home. Won’t be repeating my mistake that’s for sure.

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Still 11 in a pack?

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      8 in the pack for the caramel brownie ones. I get that they’re more expensive to make, but they’re more expensive to buy as well without being given a measly 8 biscuits.

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    • briongloid@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      9 for Double Coat.

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What are some small low energy things you do to make you feel connected to the world and a bit of joy? I need some little sparks this week to claw back from this burnout.

  wall of text for my own benefit while I figure out my feelings. Mental health warning

  I have had a really flat day. The constant work and stress lately is really taking its toll. I am losing whole days to just sleeping (when I do stop). I am struggling with basics like putting clothes away and eating regularly and well. When I drink I over drink because I am too tired and I am desperate for connection and joy. But all that fuels a vicious cycle where today I slept on the floor in the sun instead of going outside, or cooking food for the week. I feel like, with my mental health and even external stuff like the election that it’s all just one big stressful climb and all that’s happening is I am not falling further. I feel so far away from a functional adult right now. I am ranting this because I am resisting making dinner because that will just mess up the kitchen again. I feel down and nauseous and need to wash my hair desperately. I will persist. I have lived with depression forever and I know I will get through. The really black thoughts from this morning have eased at least. I just want to feel like I am not white knuckling my way through life.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Box of plain shapes and a block of cheddar sliced almost transparently thin.

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Look at the moon

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Say hi to strangers

    Cuddle cat if cat wishes to cuddle

    Write in my journal

    sing a stupid, stupid song about nonsense that I make up on the spot

    Go for a long walk

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think different things work for different people. One of the things I do is write lists. Things I need to do that day. Mark them off. Add more. It’s never ending but it stops them from going around in my head all day like a washing machine.

    Sometimes I watch mindless tv.

    I take one day at a time. Some days are good. Some days aren’t.

    Hugs 🫂

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    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I love getting ideas out of my head and onto lists.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hammock in the back yard. A cheap one in a stand is fine.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Firstly, a nice long hot shower could be what you need if you’re up to it.

    I think anything involving getting in touch with your senses could be good. I’m struggling with a bout of anhedonia right now. Something I’ve done for the past year and a half is write something good that happened each day on a sticky note.

    Attempting to enjoy whatever sun there is.

    Being outside and spending time in nature.

    Putting on a movie / TV show, especially feel-good ones

    Watching comedy on YouTube

    Remind yourself that your thoughts are just thoughts.

    Don’t worry about the clothes :)

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    One small change I made maybe six months ago was switching my car radio to ABC Classic FM. Every time I’m in the car I get gentle classical music. No ads, no scary news, the presenters aren’t annoying. I sometimes put it on at home now too for small moments of calm.

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nice idea.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Obviously YMMV on all of these:

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    Talk to neighbourhood cats if you can manage outside No silence, YouTube or whatever music all waking hours Cook something utterly ridiculously complicated and unnecessary Make stock! Buy flowers Lego ToME Light candles preferably beeswax (other happy smell as applicable) Watch your childhood cartoons

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Everyone has already written some great stuff here so I’ve little to add other than that I try to focus on getting into some nature, enjoy some sensory stimulation like fragrances especially natural ones, try to force some fruit into myself (I’m terrible with fruit eating at certain times of the year and it affects my moods more than I’d like). I also get into tea drinking in a big way as it gives me a lot of calm, simple pleasure. We are often our own hardest taskmasters and it helps me to remember something a psych said to me years ago when I was running myself ragged trying my guts out to please everyone and do everything perfectly: “Sometimes good enough is good enough.” Hugs mate.

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This will sound very cliched but something I found that helped me was to go outside and lie on the grass, or just sit in nature (even if it’s only your backyard or a small patch of grass). It was suggested to me after I got some really bad news, and it did seem to help, at least a little. I hope you’re feeling better and more on top of things soon, and am sending hugs.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hugs.

    Make things easy for yourself.

    If you have goals you can work at them bit by bit. That is good too.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Treating myself to a pack of chips or something like that.

    Recently got from crunchy frozen chips, haven’t had them in months and it was so good after cooking them, very comforting.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    I’m so sorry. I’m going through something similar and don’t really know what to suggest other than some kind of project to work on. If you have the energy or ability on top of essentials that is. Which is… a bit optimistic. When it’s this bad I don’t bother that much about things like putting clothes away. If they’re casual or home clothes you can just pull clean ones out of the basket. The eating situation is different for me but perhaps things like a bbq chook with coleslaw and bread rolls could hold you for a few days with minimum mess and effort. Tuna and rice is another good one - if it needs to be tastier than plain there was a video where someone dumped a flavoured tin into rice then crumbled in nori and mixed in sauces like chilli and mayonaise. Ensure or muesli bars is another idea to help. Peanut butter on whole wheat (I think that’s wholemeal in Australia) is a complete protein. Fried eggs on toast are a classic and those chunky soups can be a meal. You could even have a plate of random cheese, crackers and raw veg. Ginger ale and crackers are good for nausea. Dry shampoo is expensive but you can use sprinkled cornflour or baby powder instead if you’re leaving the house or just clip it up. Another thing that helps is to sit on the floor of the shower while it runs and watch/listen to a video on your phone while you wash your hair and brush your teeth. I would recommend the kids 3-in-1 but honestly that conditioner residue makes hair greasy again fast. The thoughts, I really don’t know what to do about them except keep your mind busy with something. And have one small thing you can look forward to each day if you can. I’m not even going to suggest medication because it’s none of my business and they don’t work for everyone. You may well have tried it all. It’s not just you - things are really hard. You’re probably burned out. Go easy on yourself and kind of just slowly do your best in sloth mode.

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks Melba. They are helpful reminders. I am on meds and have a good doctor. Need to find better iron tablets because the ones I was taking were making me sick. I have written “sloth mode” in my journal as my may motto

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    for joy i have the cats and my fam 🐱

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m wandering around King’s Park, being gently rained on. It’s good for my soul

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Need to make a drink but I’m under a sleeping cat. Halp

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ☕️

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you Chef, you saved my life

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As of 2 days ago I’m now an uncle. Bro and SIL had a bubs.

  Will be interesting to see how the dynamic plays out from here.

  Ol’ boy bankrolled and organised the whole thing (IVF + the rest) as he was in an adjacent field. Ol’ boy and girl went in to see her and bubs yesterday and SIL didn’t let them see it lol.

  It’s her bubs and she has every right to dictate what happens but having the p’s mention that 5 (!) times within the space of an hour I’m finding it odd. I don’t know what the etiquette is really. There are no issues b/w them and her or bro so I’m not sure what to make of it.

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s a trend atm among new mums exerting their control over things like visitors. On one hand, I sort of understand protecting your space as a new mum, been there, done that and felt all the feels that go with it. But some are taking it to the extreme and don’t realise that they are alienating their support networks and then complain that nobody has supported them.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That last bit defines this entire era.

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This lady sounds like a manipulative control freak, and will use her baby as a tool to control your brother and your parents further, if not drive a bigger wedge between them.

    Beware.

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think you’re absolutely right.

      Gonna keep my distance a bit heh.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is so sad. It should be a time of bringing family closer together with love and joy and she’s just handing out confusion and sadness.

    With a mum like that bro and baby needs all the friends they can get. Right now be a good sib. Say nothing about what is happening but do listen.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Were they invited? Or did they just show up? I’d have decked someone if they just showed up. It was a mega stressful time for us. Everyone got FaceTime, it’s not like they were shut out. But everyone was asked to give us time before meeting Tinyest.

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yea they were invited but I think there was some miscommunication about timing which was unfortunate.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am stoked to see Dutton lose his seat, but I can’t help but see this as a massive loss for australia. An effective opposition is critical for democracy. And it appears like the greens have been totally wiped out too.

  Am also fairly frustrated by the analysis so far. Coulda seen this coming: bloke with the personality of a rock and policies from the mirror universe fails to win voter confidence. Who coulda seen that coming? Oh wait, anyone with half a brain!

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Imo it’s not a loss for Australia when the only opposition is batshit insane and dangerous. They needed a harsh slap on the face. They need to be told in no uncertain terms that this Trump-lite bullshit is NOT welcome, it is not to be entertained even in a “but muh both sides!” debate. The Libs entirely deserve this bollocking.

    I do really hope they can become an effective opposition again (and the greens too). But it’ll require some big changes. If the libs do another moronic pivot even further right like they did after the last election and the loss at state level in Vic, then seriously, that’s not even remotely Labor or the Australian public’s fault. I’d love to see the libs die and some alternative parties come up instead.

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    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh they needed to be squashed like this. But while they sort themselves out or we wait for a new party to emerge (and it’s unlikely that one will that’s big enough to be taken seriously), there’s nobody to properly hold the government to account. That’s not good for Australia.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My poor credit card is completely maxed out, and once it is paid off tomorrow I have more stuff to go on it. It rarely gets to the limit, but a single month with a dental implant, bond payment and a month’s rent in advance on top of the normal spending certainly adds up!

  Having my van means I will be able to pick up the queen size bed frame and bedside tables I’ve decided on, so I’ll take that and whatever other odds and ends I can fit in so I can drop off at the new place when I pick up the keys on Friday. Then I have lots of measurements to take so I can plan some furniture layouts and buy a few more things. I wasn’t really planning on buying as much stuff as I am, but I’ve realised a lot of the stuff I have is getting pretty old, and a lot of it was also “temporary” cheap stuff that has hung around too long and isn’t really worth moving. Things like the cheap Kmart desk I’ve been using as a dressing table, which was broken and re-glued during my last move and probably won’t survive another!

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• useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  May the fourth be with you…

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Still a bit of a nail-biter in my electorate.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Landed. So glad for my friends tip to use the VERY first ticket machines as you disembark - no queues at all, skipped past the nightmare later on. Now if only the bags would come soon on this bruised old conveyor and I could get through the damn customs queue. Sigh, what an experience to come home to, but I accept why no Australian airports can ever match Changi…

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You get to obtain the physical skills/attributes of a good medal Olympian. Which sport are you choosing?

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Confirmed that sleeping without any back ground noise i.e white noise machine gives me way more interesting and vivid dreams.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How the hell did bob Katter get reelected?! Way to reenforce stereotypes queensland.

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• briongloid@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Had to call over the self-checkout assistant, so they could check the video of me putting the catalogue in my bag, before I could go back to checking out my groceries for them.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is why I hate other guitarists, from the “guitarpedals” reddit. Context is the dude is using a digital effects unit (like the one I grabbed a little while ago) instead of analog guitar pedals:

  “How does thing sound so good and make me feel so dirty at the same time? I imagine it’s the same feeling you get hiring a $2k per hour escort.”

  I hate these people so, so fucking much.

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• briongloid@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I completely forgot that Tony Abbott also lost his seat, it just wasn’t immediately as he lost the leadership.

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Melbcat didn’t eat her (medicated) breakfast this morning and so was feeling bad by the afternoon. I gave her a half dose to tide her over but she’s still not feeling great :(

  I think next time she gets ten minutes to finish breakfast and then it goes in the bin and she’s medicated by oral syringe. If that happens twice we go back to brekkie and meds being separate.

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• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sky very very pretty.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just finished up this one a moment ago. Been distracted with too many things so it’s slow going for me.

  Enjoy!

  Sirene fight

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  sky pretty

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been sussing out where the sewers etc. run at the new place, looks like the lines are all outside the property boundary so there should be no easemets within the yard. Which is good, I’m hoping the owner will let me create a bit of a garden including a couple of small trees. They’d be silly to say no as it would improve the property values, but there’s no guarantee that they are not silly.

  It is a great yard for a garden, at the moment it is just grass, but the whole lot is north facing. I’d be looking at doing the end with the outdoor area with low maintenance natives designed to attract birds, with herb & vegie garden including a lemon/lime tree at the less visible end. It will involve lots of digging, which is just what I need to improve my fitness levels. And buying a few plants etc. is probably cheaper than a qym membership.

  If they decide to say no to the garden I will have to do a few things in pots instead, plus I’ll do a bed or two of annual vegies and just pull it out when I leave. Either option will work ok, but I do like the idea of creating something for the future.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Conspiracy theory: Woolies manned checkout people have been told to go slow to massively incentivise using self checkout.

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Here’s a music video for you, it feels like a very specific era of RAGE thrown back at you as nostalgia:

  South Arcade - 2005

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• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  quiz It’s a doozy this week.

  40/50

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