Discussion Thread 🐢 Friday 21 November 2025

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People keep giving me lemon curd. Help.

  We have a massive, decades-old lemon tree so guests and family keep asking “can i take some lemons?” And i am "please god take some lemons they are everywhere and the ones i miss that drop make the yard smell like pine o cleen as they rot yes please take the fucking lemons here’s a large bag fill it, fill it to the brim for christ’s sake And lo, they taketh of the lemon.

  And then. Aaaaaand then. They feel bad about rescuing us from lemons and GIVE US FUCKING LEMON CURD IN RETURN. Always lemon curd. No tarts no cheesecake, no marmalades, no limincello, no lemonade, no lemon cakes, no lemongeddon solo derivatives no, just lemon curd. Curd upon curd upon curd. My life is becoming a hell of small repurposed cream cheese jars.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    a big box of lemons on your nature should help get rid of lemons

    the strangers won’t feel compelled to give you lemon curd or anything really, they know they are doing you a favour by taking them

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      sadly last time I tried that the local meth head started hocking them at cars on South Road

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  • C0rn3lius@aus.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    @YarraByte @Taleya I will take your lemons and give you nothing in return. Nothing, do you hear me? Nothing.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      HOW MANY BAGS WOULD YOU LIKE

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  • huwr@aus.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    @Taleya sometimes local grocers take them to sell in their shops, which could be an option for you. You could swap them for something you want, or just donate them.

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Buy something large and heavy from Temu. Put in for a free return, but fill the box with an equivalent amount of lemons instead. Make sure you put the reason for return as “item was a lemon”.

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  • VWDasher@mymasto.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    @Taleya @YarraByte have these people never heard of lemon butter? Lemon tarts? Monsters.

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  • stufromoz@aus.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    @Taleya @YarraByte @stib preserved lemons? As per Moroccan tradition?

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I made those once a few years ago. Didn’t care for them, so i’m cool with them missing the list

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t see the problem. Love the stuff.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So do I. That should give you an idea of how much curd is being inflicted.

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you have heaps and are on the same side of town, I will happily take some lemons! I like the selling idea that Huw gave or even just leaving them in front of your house in a basket with a free sign

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      You don’t see the other side

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Salt preserved lemons are good, and easy should you wish to try

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  • mativity@aus.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    @Taleya @YarraByte how sad for you.

    I also have a loads and loads of lemons from the lemon tree, but noone wants to take them away and return them as curd to me.

    Why don't you try giving the curd away.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      People want the jars back

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not a big fan myself. Lady who lives nearby was doing the same, taking lemons and giving us jars of curd. After the third time I said, can we stop giving lemons to this woman FFS!

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tonight’s wave:

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  Not a soul on the beach tonight.

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  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You were a soul on the beach tonight my G. Nice wave.

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  DSLR cleaned and ready for the sunset swim and dins. C’mon waves I need pretty pictures.

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re brave bringing the camera out there

    In the water

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My irritating next door neighbour is having visitors over tomorrow during the day.

  Guess who’s going to be gardening and using each and every power tool available.

  This guy right here.

  I actually have to do gardening, but now I have a reason to be very thorough and meticulous.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Blast the music for motivation.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Once the mowing is done, we’ll definitely need some tunes to assist with the weeding and pruning.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Angle grinder on rebar (safely) time!

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I like your thinking.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Early night to night. Good night everyone, sweet dreams 😘

  Tomorrow I’ll finish some garden work, go for a walk , do some stuff around the house and listen to some vinyls I bought at the opshop today . Just a relaxing day.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Family gathering on Sunday for the October/November/December birthdays, including my dad.

  As a present to them, I’ll be baking pretzels :3

  Gathering ingredients tomorrow and prepping dough, shaping, and then bake Sunday morning before making the trek to Doreen.

  I hear cousin is making tiramisu, and uncle (host) is doing something in the smoker or bbq (I’m hoping smoker).

  Should be fun!

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cats love yeast. Be careful he doesn’t eat any raw dough

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh yeah in conscious of that! I’m lucky in that he has never been inclined to jump on the benches, even when I was baking every few days during COVID lockdowns. He just never cared to. Jumps on all the other tables, never the benches 🤷🏼‍♀️

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• Force_majeure112@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Interesting work week. My manager is moving to a new department - and our whole team is actually devastated because she’s a legend. Had a few very good client interactions. One was a vulnerable person, homeless, and a bit abusive - his experience thus far with out company for what he was trying to do left a lot to be desired to be fair. He spoke with me and I decided I would not end the call until I’d resolved his issue. Ended up having to call him back 7 times to get the job done, but we did it, and he was very thankful in the end. My efforts did not go unrecognized internally either and I got a few shout outs. Felt good!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    so many hugs and kudos

    it must be incredibly hard to be homeless, that any homeless person has patience or has any manners at all is amazing

    ( saw a homeless man today in pjs at the train station, dragging his suitcase. He has no bedroom, no privacy, no personal space, all the places we use when we self care. They lose so much that we take for granted 😔.

    One time I saw a group of homeless reminiscing about home cooking. Just random things we don’t think twice about 😔 )

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      On the otherside, reminiscing about how everybody in a squat would turn up with a handful of something and a a pot of pretty good soup would emerge.

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve played three games of chess today and won them all.

  Granted, my opponent is 11

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doesn’t matter. A win is a win. Onya. 👍

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Balnarring has its charms

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good morning all. I have another day in Melbourne today, followed by lasagne with my mother. May the traffic gods smile upon me and the sun not shine too brightly into my eyes as I head directly towards the searing fireball of morning.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve been eating really clean for a while now.

  I had a Burger at a pub and now I have a migraine from it.

  In other news I have a short video of the strays. How can I get it here to show you guys?

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  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Upload it to imgur then post the link?

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I thought they were bad now?

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Amusing interaction at shops. I bought a plush capybara, guy at next shop wanted to know wtf it was, cue me & the person behind me in line both delivering a mini seminar upon their awesomeness. Gigantic Guinea pigs Rule!

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Stripped the bed and put on clean sheets. Did a little vacuum. Doing laundry.

  Anxiety is going nuts though

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Those are two huge things. Pet the Enuff Monster goodnight

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I still have so much more to do

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Go for a little walk. 👍

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m cuddled with the floof and debating whether I have enough daylight left

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wicked For Good has been seen! The costume department absolutely knocked it out of the park, so many beautiful pieces. I wore sparkly green eyeshadow and sparkly shoes, love me a theme.

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One of my work friends went to see that and absolutely loved it, too

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Can’t saw I was that inspired by it, but I love that your work mate enjoyed it that much!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    🎆

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone’s card from yesterday reminded me of this movie I watched a while ago. Burning Hell is one of those so bad it’s good movies where a pentacostal preacher is telling you how bad hell is:

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Pvkl0d_Z0&pp=ygUSYnVybm…

  Be warned if you watch this you’ll never be able to get the way he says ‘hell’ out of your head.

  I watched this and the documentary Jesus Camp around the same time and I figured something out about these religions, especially in the States; they spend all this time telling you how bad hell is and to not be bad, but never tell you what a good person does. This movie is an entire hour about how bad hell is, with no explainer on how to be a good person or how to get into heaven. Imagine living your entire life only being told what not to do with no direction on what you should do. I think things over there start to make sense by seeing this as the mentality people were brought up with and how they impose their will on others.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks I will watch it this weekend.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mickey is so funny. He asks to be picked up, so I do, but sometimes I have to put him down quicker than he prefers (water boiling, toilet, usual home stuff).

  When that happens, he’ll rush back over to my legs and bite my calves or bat at my ankles. No real damage or pain to me, but let’s him display his displeasure at the cuddles ending sooner than he’d prefer 😂

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    TheVoid bites toe/calf when he wants food and there is Pain. He’s a rotten meanie

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They do make their desires known, whether we like it or not 😂

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You need to sew a baby sling

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oooo I should I should! I’ll look into that after I fix a pair of pants I forgot I had, and now fits me 😂

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My plans for a toasted sandwich for lunch have been completely ruined by forgetting the bread. 😭

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Booked flights to Sydney - been invited to a client Christmas event which I can use as an excuse to claim flights / accom on the business, and also using the trip as my Christmas party for one. I’ve been feeling so wound up and stressed lately, looking forward to a couple of nights away.

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• Force_majeure112@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Town hall station is naked 👀
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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The harlot!

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Better than the big concrete box they had it in up until now

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I saw this the other day!! It’s cool, after years of it being covered by a wall

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  G’night

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This park near me should be finished now. It’s a nice big space and should make cutting across the hills to work easier if I ever want to go that way. I think I’ll take the kids there at some point this weekend to check it out

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The metro tunnel is not on any line near me (my area is run by a bus network pretty much), but I still want to go through it just for funsies. I reckon other people will have the same idea when it’s free on the weekend?

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  • tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Go to Nhu Lan when you do your Footscray trip, it’s a local institution.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except that they have installed self checkout machines. WTF dudes?

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fuck yeah it’s Friday!

  Sweet fuck all tonight, night out tomorrow then renaissance fair Sunday.

  Have a great day everyone ♥️

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• Force_majeure112@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I had a dream that I literally contracted HIV from a mosquito bite in Africa. I was back in Perth and did a swab test for it for some reason and it was positive. The. I went to my GP for a test and they were like yup you have HIV now but it’s not so bad, take these meds and you’ll be okay in 6 months, but you have to be very careful and don’t use any sharp objects for the next 6 months, not even butter knives.

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  boo

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Update on the cricket: Oh fuck 🏏

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cheers everyone 🍺

  Update on the cricket: Aussies are doing good 🏏

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Quick 5 minute sketch using Earthsworld reference

  spoiler

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Woo! I get to spend Valentine’s Day with Baldrick’s turnip

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