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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hubs just destroyed incel ideology by pointing out danny devito fucks and I can't stop laughing

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

I agree, but it is Danny De Devito after all.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Got a crook back today and it's not even a shagger's back. How sad is that.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As far as everyone else is concerned it's 100% shagger's back.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's someone's birthday though. Might as well celebrate that.

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Miss Meow has declared today Snoozy Saturday.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I walked home through the park and took a great pic of the century plants all in flower. They must be at least four metres tall.

spoiler

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just a absolutely gorgeous sunset with the doggo.

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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Love getting a box of Nan's Christmas bikkies 😍

so cute and such a treat

^Obligatory Cat Tax included^

The only downside is having to share them with my partner 😂

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

Tax Invoice

1x Nan's Bikkies Genuine Cookes range - $0.00*
10x Nan's love - $0.00*

Total: $0.00
Total tendered: $0.00
Change: $0.00

* - Taxable item - includes CST

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's this 'share' shit? When my elderly friend brings me the traditional Christmas container of chhena jili, chhena poda and other assorted indian delights His Lordship knows that shit is mine, not his.

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

One year she made a box up for each of us, I think it was my partners and I first Xmas together. Since then, we've become one Cronenberg entity, so we have to share the box now 😂

With how much I hype them up, it would be against the festive spirit to deny my partner his share 😂😂

But if your mate, makes you delicious treats, they are yours and his lordship can languish 😂

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Set up podium tennis. Children have massive fight with each other. Have a few angry hits myself after they storm inside. Why HIT can't HIT we HIT just HIT have HIT fun HIT like HIT a HIT normal HIT fucking HIT family HIT It was hard to put in the lawn because, although lush and spongey to walk on, the ground is so hard. Gonna need a deeper hole. Brought it in so it doesn't get rusty when it rains, which it looks like it will soon. Now I feel a bit flat because the fun thing wasn't fun for them. I'm gonna stop pouting and make some bolognaise I think.

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

podium tennis

Have to admit I have no idea what that is.

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Actually I think it might be called totem tennis and I miss named it? It's a pole you stick into the lawn with a tennis ball on a long string attached to the top on a spiral so it spins around when you hit it. You get a couple of bats with it and you can play solo or with two people.

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Oh yep I've always known that as totem tennis. Never years of podium tennis

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

totem tennis and it's great fun

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Front yard planting has been done. The augur to go on the drill worked well & made digging holes one handed much easier. I was very careful to make sure I was wearing gloves.

A couple of the plants might not have survived the wait, but I planted them anyway in case they are able to regrow from the roots. I've just got a few more plants to go in the shady spots and down the side of the house and that will be everything.

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

Augers, so hot right now :)

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Shadows...how do they work? 😾

Edit: I don't want to wake up yet damn it.

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pain so bad....I may need a margarita.

[–] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Alright then. You've twisted my arm.

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm glad I don't need to watch the amount downloaded on the home Internet any longer. Between my kid downloading most of his Nintendo Switch library to his shiny new SD card on Christmas night and me downloading 100 GB or so off Steam tonight, it would have blown away whatever limits my account had.

To think, I took a screenshot of an especially heavy download session one time in the 90's, where I managed to stay online for almost 24 hours and downloaded 139 MB! One session!

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

I hear you. My current upload since I moved into this place is 43tb. And download is 18tb lol

I remember struggling to download 1.6mb for a shareware game over an hour or so...

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[–] Baku@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago

Thanks witchy

I got 11ish hours of sleep. Very very very much needed. Still feel like I could use a bit more though, but I'll probably call it here

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago

Sky pretty.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

Thanks for doing thread, @TheWitchofThornbury! 🖤

[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I swear cashew cream is so good. Especially if you don’t have cream on hand or are a bit iffy with it. I soaked my cashews for about 15 min in hot water then just blitzed in the NutriBullet. Perfect!

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[–] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Fucking broke the door of my washing machine 😭😭

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago
[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Food pantry win today - I got a whole chicken & some crumbed tenders. This answers both my "what should I make for dinner" and "what should I take for work lunch tomorrow" questions.

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago
[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wish my area had a decent food pantry! For an area with such expensive real estate people here can be remarkably scummy. "Visitors" from an even scummier nearby suburb would most likely pillage everything and trash the pantry. We had several little libraries trashed in the last few years. Food donations around here are limited to well meaning church groups with their packages of mostly expired food. Sad.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are definitely people around here that do that sort of thing too. Someone stole one of the cupboards once, and there was someone doing lovely things like hiding fish at the back of the cupboard. There are also people who will just take everything.

The lady who runs the pantry puts a lot of work into putting out just a little bit at a time of the good stuff so there is not a big amount to take at any one time. There is usually plenty of bread, other things are only occasional (or if you go at the right time in the evening when they are getting the supermarket deliveries there is more). I get a fair bit because I walk Mr Woof past it twice a day, but it's often empty (except for bread).

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[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

I may have been convinced to try karaoke tonight. May have confirmed my knowledge that my enthusiasm for singing is not entirely matched by my talent. Heaps fun though. So good to have stupid fun with friends and family. Laughed so much I nearly threw up.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

One brand of pumpkin baby food my cat gets is Rafferty’s Garden…

Raefarty’s Garden

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[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

Upload Download. Many loads are happening.

I haven’t checked internet speed since moving into this house. Is 54 mbps any good?

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

Started dragging stuff down but it was heavy and took more trips than I thought… Didn’t pay attention to time so the place shut before I could bring everything down and had to drag one load back home as it rained. Still half to go.

At least there’s more floor clear because I really need to vacuum

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Still sick. Fucking hell. Hope to be better by new years eve :(

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