Discussion Thread 🐨 Friday 9 May 2025

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have house! 🏠

  Still no power, but that should be connected some time today. I’ll need to figure out how to light the pilot light on the water heater at some point, but’s not urgent. I won’t be actually moving in for a few weeks.

  It is as expected a bit on the dirty side - just the expected layer of dust etc. that accumulates in an empty house. It does mean I won’t have to do a perfect clean when I leave at least - but I definitely need to add window cleaning to my to do list sooner rather than later!

  For afternoon fun I shall measure all the things, then assemble a bed and side tables and a couple of cat trees.

  In other good news for the day, the accidental foam couch makes a quite comfortable temporary seat, so I have something to sit on before the furniture is delivered.

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  • tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Pilot light - if it’s like my old gas water heater, there’s a ignition button you push a few times and hold once you hear gas, then watch for the flame to appear underneath and release.

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    • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My old water heater used about 16 matches and a complicated pattern of pressing and releasing the gas button. It never occured to me new ones would self light.

      It is an instantaneous heater, so no waiting required.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is wonderful news. 😄

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  I like how one of the kittens has a little moustache.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    lol last pic is an album cover!

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dude that’s a damn good point!!! Hahaha

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Parental advisory: excellent content

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    they are truly lovely cats

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve mentioned it before, but my new gp is fantastic. She listens to everything I say, she hasn’t tried to bullshit me on anything. I stuck with my old shit gp for far too long. Literally wasting my life. If you’ve got a shit gp, at least roll the dice and try a new clinic if you’re able. Pay the transfer fee and forget the headache. They’re not all grumpy arrogant wankers.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Having a good GP (or GP clinic) is such a comfort.

    Happy for you mate

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m having this dilemma too, current GP clinic has had some changes and the doctors I liked best have gone or have reduced hours so hard to see. Been going there over 10 years. Can I be bothered to look for somewhere new and start all over again, and maybe would land on another mediocre clinic anyway. Your positive experience makes me want to have a look around.

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    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not starting over. You get your records transferred. Think of it more like changing school between yr8 and yr9, it’s a bit different but it’s the same thing still. Better than keeping on with the bad service, hoping the abusive relationship gets better. No one else can advocate for you in this situation.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had a new amazing one too. The bugger went off on maternity leave!

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hard rubbish down here tomorrow. Guy next door has a kiddy slide and I’m really tempted to take it.

  Youth is wasted on the young as they say.

  But honestly the amount of perfectly good stuff people chuck is wild.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Boyo once did a demo job where they had seemingly left everything, clothes, crockery the lot. Too rich to give a shit apparently.

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      One of my fav YTers is doing a house reno in Japan and it’s amazing to see the state of a house in Tokyo that’s been abandoned for 10 years. So many unopened, unused things, it’s totally bizarre.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I used to see that attitude when I was living in Carlton. Rich students would just leave an apartment full of furniture and even their car when they finished uni and went back home to China. Their stuff would end up on the footpath.

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mr P did demolition for a while. We didn’t pay for cleaning sprays for ages. One time they found a whole lot of stuff for making fake IDs. Boss had dibs on the jewellery.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I did a bunch of removals jobs loading a house into the truck and straight to the tip. Threw out a bunch of good stuff. Sad really.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Absolutely disgusting. Convention bump outs are the same. So much perfectly good stuff in the skip when a few phone calls could rehome it all.

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I used to live in hawthorn and the stuff put out in hard rubbish around there was incredible. Would have scored a lot of nice furniture except I couldn’t carry it by myself

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Donated blood this morning. People might think I do it to save lives, but they’d be wrong.

  It’s so I can get drunk of 2 beers tonight.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    the fact that you just saved a life is a nice little side bonus!

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gonna offset that shit after the 4th beer when I go drag racing through my neighbourhood.

      Too many people alive these days.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    winning

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Woke up in the early hours with a very upset stomach, Cerys is running around shrieking for food! Ffoooooooooddddd! And i’m doing the thing where you lie there hoping it goes away or trying to gather enough ooomph to take something or at least die in a slightly more scenic location and she’s dancing on my corpse screaming FoOOooOOdD! and i hit the point of ok this is happening and bolt for the toilet with cat on hot pursuit thinking she’s got me now oh yea, i’ve bowed to her will and then i drop trou, unleash hell and she realises

  i have made a horrible feline mistake

  And then i lock the door.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The sounds grim. There’s nothing like a pet waiting for you when you’ve finished purging. have you finished now cos im hungry?.

    I hope it’s nothing too serious. Get well soon.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I thinks it’s the horrible rewenge of the buffalo chicken burger combined with a few too many allergy meds and guts that have never quite sat right after cancer. Thank christ we have a bidet

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Finally home!!!

  @Duenan@aussie.zone Ive got the game you’ve been playing!

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I cannot wait to hear what you think of the game!!

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That trailer was insane!

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve been such a bad influence on a few people here.

    It’s such a good game and the soundtrack is amazing as well to go along with it.

    Probably best to avoid my videos.

    The early ones I have are from optional bosses but there are some story ones mixed into my channel now.

    Let me know if you need any pointers.

    It’s a wild ride.

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m 7 hours in and utterly obsessed. It’s such a beautiful game!

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m thinking I’ll wait till tomorrow night because I won’t be super tired.

      All I saw was the trailer and I was hooked! Bought it as soon as I could.

      Hell yeah!!!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yay

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My kid is going for her driver"s licence on her birthday on Thursday. It’s gonna be a good day or an even better day. 🙂

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    www.yarradrive.com.au/…/city-of-melton-victoria

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah. She has a professional lesson tomorrow then we’ll book her into this. Thanks.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have bed!

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  That took a lot more work putting together than anticipated, and I still have to screw down the slats. I’m happy with how it looks though. I don’t think I’ve got enough enthusiasm left to start on the side tables today, I might have a start on the dining table and cat trees instead.

  I still don’t have any power. Hopefully it will be done soon, I’d like to have it on before I leave.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    looks nice!

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mr woof will love all that grass

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    turn those boxes 90 degrees and tada, they’re side tables.

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So does anyone else think that the leftovers that the kids ate was actually the leftover beef, not the beef wellingtons. They talk about meat, potato and beans, nothing about pastry. I know the mushrooms were “scrapped off”, but I reckon they just ate beef, not beef prepared as wellingtons.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m trying to work out what the motive was. Assuming it wasn’t accidental which it possibly wasn’t. What did she think she was going to achieve?

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the local rumour is that the inlaws were nasty religious extremists

      so maybe get them out of her life or stop their influence

      still not the answer, she could have just taken her kids and left

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    She never fed Wellington to the kids.

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, but it was phrased as the kids ate “the leftovers, but she’d scraped the mushrooms off”, so it sounded like the leftover wellingtons, hence why the medical staff were scared for the kids. But what the kids are saying sounds like it was just beef.

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lies all 'round wow

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not sure, haven’t seen the details of their meals but what was just on the news sounded really suss

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ooh what was said?

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Off sick today to make my dreams come true. I have all the ingredients I need, now I just wait until I’m extra hungry. Pics to come

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Potato dreams?

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    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      🙊

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Was tired but had meal with a friend who invited another person because she figured we would get on. We did. New friend? It’s nice. I am not good with understanding that people might like me. Even when we have demonstrably been mates for decades. But I try. It’s nice to be rewarded with a good night out and no anxiety.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why wouldn’t people like you?

    You are smart and funny and kind and interesting . 🫂😘

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thank you. It’s a thing that is a bit broken in my mind. I know objectively that I am loved but I just have to physically remind myself. Like ‘why does this person sound excited to catch up?’… Oh yeah because they are my friend. I have no trouble feeling friendship towards others…? Just a broken connection somewhere.

      I really appreciate that I can share this stuff here. It helps. A lot

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I am missing three out of four lip balms. I have accumulated that many because I bought one, then my mum bought a pack of three and gave me two, then the other one was because the first one was running out. I hope they’re in a pocket somewhere, because it’s driving me a bit insane.

  Anyway, happy Friday! Cheers 🍻

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’ll be in that bag you haven’t used for a couple of months.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve looked in there :(

      Turns out I had five (was given one for free from work for some reason). Found the work one that I didn’t know I had, but not the ultimate prized one. Oh well.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If I don’t have a lip balm on me when out and about my day is ruined.

    Cheers 🍺

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can’t cope if I lose a lip balm. They all have their type and place.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I just learned something new.

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I had a follower on my afternoon walk. Always give her pets when I see her but it’s never enough, follows me down the street demanding more.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cheers gang 🍺

  *This post was proudly brought to you by the new yank pope who brought home the chocolates

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    this is one choice of pope I can get fully behind

    it’s a very powerful political move against Trump and Putin and their religious extremist allies

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      🍺

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Starting to realise that anxiety is just like being physically ill. It fills nearly all our thoughts/prevents other thoughts. When we live an anxious life we are never bored, never have empty time to fill, it keeps us busy.

  This year I have recalled a few times a strange little book I read many years ago, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, it describes obsessive and dysfunctional thoughts very well. ( not that I’m a sinner! ) The days and years fly by.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  sky very pretty

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  fuckin cheesemare influenced by watching Pokerface and eating cheese

  5/10, for a nightmare it was pretty lame and not very scary at all

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can see three ringtails frolicking in the tree outside my window.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fuuuuuuuck, insommmmmniiiiiiiaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

  Lame.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Left the house at 5pm to organise a medical thing. Will not be home till 9pm.

  I just want to zonk out with cheesecake and cat.

  Very soon.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That was a loooooong drive home.

  The GPS told me traffic was really bad on my route, but assured me if I followed the new route it had calculated I would be home before 7. I decided to trust it, and ended up going through a bunch of places I did not recognise (Ascot Vale and Travencore included). Once I was on that route the GPS informed me that traffic was actually bad that way too and there was no way I was getting home before 7.

  When I did finally get home there were packages waiting though - Miss Meow’s tree cat scratcher and the leaf shaped mats for the garden themed corner, Mr Woof’s new fluffy grey rugs for the front bedroom, and the big rug for the lounge. The big rug looks nicer than I was expecting and is very soft.

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ok here we go:

  spoiler

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That wire thing that you dry clothes on inside, do you call it a clothes dryer or a clothes horse (it’s proper name) or something else? I had no idea what the man was on about this morning when he referred to it as the dryer thingy.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I open my email and there’s an infodump from vasili about liquid home made fertiliser.

  Life is absolutely taking the proverbial

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I too had vivid dreams last night!.. mine involved being at my childhood home, my beloved aunt was there but so was my creepy dad; I was a young adult supposed to be flying to the UK but running late for my flight and realised I hadn’t booked any accommodation… not the best dream ever. Luckily I woke up feeling rested and relaxed. First time in weeks I’ve slept this well??

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I got early Mother’s day presents. Magazine racks and Snoopy notes.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Many pollen much nose tickle

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This fatigue is debilitating -_- Fell asleep with the old kitten after doing her supper/meds and lying down for a brief rest. Was quite late with my antibiotics.

  I’m watching the surgical site in my mouth closely. There was a hiccup early on but there are signs of healing… guess I wait to see if all goes well 🤞

  The pumpkin vines are looking quite sad so I’m just leaving them and the tomatoes to finish up. I still haven’t had any energy to fill the compost bin and wondering if those will be fit to go in due to disease but I need to sort some higher priorities first.

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• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Something to do while waiting for the meteors

  8/10

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