Discussion Thread 🎳 Monday 14 July 2025

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• underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I survived day one of my new job and nobody is obviously crazy, I’ll take this as a win.

  The good news: there is an office dog (!).

  The bad news: the office dog (and her mum) is on leave for next few weeks and the office is currently dogless.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    How unfathomably mean to provide office doggo and then renege! But that’s fantastic that your first day has not yielded any red flags. Hopefully it continues to be decent.

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Just want to thank everyone again for the support w/ all this stuff. Means a lot.

  Today’s activity is spraying oxalis w/ aerogard, glyphosate (hate that shit) and burning with the weed burner thing. in a few weeks getting a large unsafe branch lopped so will have the mulch to double down.

  I was told I won’t win but with a ‘fuck everyting if you’re oxalis’ mentality I have a chance.

  I’m surprised the aerogard works so quickly. Literally within the hour it ded. Just hope it’s transported to the bulbs. The ones I did a few months ago haven’t bounced so… with any luck…

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Instruments of oxalis DOOOOM

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  Probably shouldn’t have had the aerogard so close the weed burn thing lol.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oxalis is one of my sworn foes (stupid thing leaving little bulbils in when you try to yank em out) so that’s pretty rad that there’s a way to really deal with them. I could really go for some therapeutic weeding atm

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      My mother used to grow oxalis flava, light pink ones and white ones, as a traditional Dutch flowering bulb

      I love the soft grey leaves. They are very resilient too, surviving harsh sun and drought.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    L

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ooh, can you actually kill it? I have a front yard full and nothing seems to work. Not sure if I’m game to use a blow torch, though

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      can you actually kill it?

      Tbh probably not lol :(

      The weed burner for me (this one at least) is sort of half way between pointless and maybe effective-ish sometimes. Safety wise no issues yet but I’d be hesitant using it in summer in the garden. Paths maybe but not on mulch.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Cranky janky mood dissolved after a fantastic, uplifting and inspiring one on one with friend (and great food, and a walk both ways due to being in my hood).

  I feel blessed to have friends like her - so deeply intelligent, capable and adventurous yet more than happy to get in the weeds with little ol’ me 😊

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    so many hugs, and dare I say, she is lucky to have a friend like you, one so expressive, honest, kind and steady 😊

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So good to have a nice catch up with a friend, and I’m glad you’re feeling better

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  In the next episode of ‘that’s a bad idea for a weed burner’ we have:

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do you not own an oven?

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The weed burner thing does the cooking now.

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Lonny sea wall doing its thing:

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  There was a poor doggo that a couple was walking on the foreshore just as that wave hit and the little thing wasn’t very impressed.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    beautiful 😊

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Goodnight all❤️

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My PC has the ability to connect to WiFi, except it won’t. Password and whatnot are correct, but it just won’t get the internet. BUT! If I connect to WiFi on my phone, and then hotspot it, the PC can connect to that. 🤦‍♀️

  I’m gonna have to go into the router settings or something to have my pc be able to connect to the WiFi. I just have big CBF vibes today 💀

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Big CBF vibes checking in 💯

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      CBF vibes gang checkin’ in ✅

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nice personal day off so far. Nap in the sun with cat, time for some video games.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  it’s late here,

  Good night, sweet dreams everyone 😘

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  YL bought this for her dad today. With her own money too. She says she bought it because she always buys stuff for me and dad would like it.

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• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Slow roasted a chunk of deboned lamb shoulder for dins. Marinated in lemon & garlic and a bit of star anise (not much but it made a tasty difference from the usual). Even though I made a total pig of myself there are plenty of leftovers for tomorrow. I feel a real shepherd’s pie coming on.

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yummo. Sounds bloody beautiful on a cold night

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I wrote my work to-do list for the week and it’s depressing, I have really fallen behind. I really need to be productive this week. Hopefully the thrill of crossing off items keeps me going but for the last few weeks I have been really lacking motivation.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Just SO cranky and short-fused today. Didn’t help that I woke up late and realised I was late for a job I’d been assigned. I was super perfectly productive after but I feel no satisfaction at all. Meeting up with a friend for dinner and feeling kind of ugh about not being in the right frame of mind, hopefully it gets better after! … though I haven’t heard from her all day despite sending a message to check in, if she’s forgotten about it or had to cancel less than an hour ahead of time I’ll just be all justifiably sad and angry in my cave lol.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    hugs and enjoy this cup of tea and cookie 🍵🍪🤗

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We went to the local waterfall today. It was loud and beautiful. 😊

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Love that second piccy. Looks amazing.

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sunshine through trees pretty

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      so much mist it’s nearly impossible to see the waterfall straight in front of the camera

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The “feels like” temp has hit 3.3^o^ so I’m heading out for a walk to enjoy the warmth 🤣

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have pork on the stove slow cooking to make pulled pork tacos for dinner.

  Afternoon activities will be putting together my new compost bin, then a bit more sorting. I need to at least sort out some of the stuff in the garage so I can get my car out to go to work tomorrow morning. At the moment it has a bunch of cardboard boxes stored on top of it as well as boxes pushed right up against it to give me space to put shelves together.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    putting together my new compost bin

    I hope it’s not one of those flat packed rolly ones.

    I lost about a quarter of my hair figuring out those. I’ve done 2, I will not be doing 3 lol. They do work well though.

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    • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s not a rolly one and no hair was harmed during assembly. It’s an Aerobin, insulated and with an air tube down the middle that is supposed to mean you don’t need to turn it.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have been buying some touristy New Zealand things from museum shops and op shops. This is my favourite so far.

  I’m not sure how old this is, it has a 1950-60s look.

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  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It can be much older. I’ve got an embroidery sampler that’s almost 200 years old.

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The phrase Kia Ora dates from WW1 I believe - it could well have been done in the early 1900s.

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Beep Beep 🚚
  🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Hi chef! I’ve been waiting. Can I please have a classic American breakfast?

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      🍳🍳🍞🥓🥔☕️

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My body is maaaaaad. Owwie knee, upset tummy, bit of a headache. Opted to wfh today (enjoying it while I can!) and already wanting to just call it and go back to bed. 😭

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I need my breakfast. Where is chef

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ya gotta rub the kettle then a chef appears.

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Saying our name three time might also work

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    😴

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The taco plan didn’t work out as I couldn’t find my rolling pin for the tortillas. I made a pulled pork roll instead. It was still very yummy and I have four serves of pork in the freezer for future tacos.

  I managed enough sorting in the garage that I can get my van out, and put together a couple more sets of shelves inside so I can get a bit more stuff put away inside.

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I watched Wicked. Didn’t realise it was only half the story. I’d seen the stage show some years ago, and whilst I didn’t entirely remember the story I was pretty sure it was all dragging a bit too slowly in the movie, and then it ends with a ‘to be continued’. Elephaba was better acted and sung than Glinda, with Ariannas extreme thinness and odd face being a bit uncanny valley, which distracted from letting the character take over. Colours and costumes were nice. 3/5 Totos.

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “Looks lifelike”?! I hope these people never have care of an actual meat cat.

  really bad cat statue

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Plenty of folk out there who should only ever have ceramic cats. Can’t see the size - taxidermy?

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      totes agree, some people should never have pets of any kind

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Some sort of resin apparently. I used to follow Bad Taxiderny but it got too depressing.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Following on from Low’s discussion about barriers to good habits

  Recently I have changed two want tos to musts. Get my driver’s licence and set up my watch. And these two musts are part of bigger goals.

  Removing bad habits is more difficult. I think I will keep chrome a little longer as it’s stopping me from playing bubbletown, which I have already played two times right through, it’s just a huge time waster and mind number.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If bubbletown gives you joy, keep playing it. It’s only a problem when you’ve got stuff to do and you’re not getting them done.

    At night my man likes to watch docos that I may not be interested in so I play Family Island or Zen color to wind down.

    Tell me more about your watch.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      gshock 2200, basically a combined digital analogue watch with some neat time keeping functions.

      bubbletown, it’s just a time waster when I should be doing other things. I’ll get some new games to play and be disciplined about it, play games after all my tasks are done

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I use StayFocused as a website blocker for Chrome on PC, which is handy, and AppBlock on mobile. But if you enjoy playing it, maybe using these to set a time limit or out of action hours?

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Close enough but not too far, baby you know where you are

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