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[โ€“] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago

5 minute sketch whilst putting off doing food shopping.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The new footstools are a touch small for a cat bed, but Miss Meow is giving it her best shot

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[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago

I broke the connecting strap of my little shoulder bag ๐Ÿ™

As today is a chill day before footy tonight, I'm venturing out for a new one

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Thank you all for voting in the f&c vs. home salmon competition. Your input was greatly appreciated in assisting with this monumental decision. Strong start for the f&c party but some very compelling arguments for home salmon later in the day. I was changing my mind every 5 mins. My entire ethics and personality were at stake...

However, i regret to betray everyone's enthusiasm and inform you all that out of nowhere a third, unexpected candidate appeared about an hour into my salon experience and increasingly gained on the others despite a complete lack of campaigning. In the end, for the reasons outlined below, I went with this reliable third party.

The winner: fish curry and calamari masala from MKS Spices.

please find below my reasoning for this upsetting result

  • Haircut got delayed by halfa.
  • Google maps showed a 30 min plus drive back and the f&c wasn't going to stay fresh.
  • Didn't want to eat at the shop and get full whack of traffic.
  • But also increasingly convinced I didn't want to cook tonight after waiting so long. Wanted to eat as soon as I got home and not have to brave my local overstimulating shops. Did not want to clean up oil etc after frying salmon. Got started on an ebook that I wanted to get back to straight away.
  • Developed craving for spice due to unexpected pangs of comfort-seeking.
  • F&c is everywhere but MKS-style food is few and far between. Unlikely I'd go for weeks.
  • MKS was just a 4 min drive away and didn't add much to my overall travel time.
  • Remembered I needed to buy frozen green chillies anyway.
  • Bought like 3 meals worth of food (sans rice) for like $25
  • Had leftover rice at home
  • Bonus: got to buy some fresh string hoppers to eat over the weekend (definitely not easy to get anywhere else near town).

thank you and please enjoy your respective dinners. ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ ๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿฒ

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[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago

right, that's it. today's over. Everyone go home.

[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

New attitude makes work a lot better.

While I'm there I'm in the zone. Then I'm done.

Nice and easy.

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm in such a good mood tonight and there's a vanilla slice and a cuppa waiting for me. ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

yay and yum ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The bed and bedside tables have now been picked up. The dining chairs and Miss Meow's new cat trees are in the van as well, I'm going to pack as much other stuff as I can around all that to take up tomorrow.

The mop to go with the mop bucket arrived today, so I'm all set to give the floors a quick once over to remove whatever dust has settled. The carpets can get a quick vacuum on a later visit.

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trying my hand at digitising the slides from Nepal from 1998/9 on the cheap.

Basically 1970's high end german projector (with its original bulb!) showing slides on a white wall in the living room.. piccys / slides originally taken by a 1980's olympus analog cam then taking a photo with my pretty ordinary dslr.

Actually surprised it doesn't seem like the worst idea.

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

I wonder what the food's like in the conclave. I'm thinking a choice of 3 pastas, 3 sauces, carvery, soft serve etc. A bit like Smorgy's.

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[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Ants ๐Ÿœ ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿœ

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ant music ๐Ÿœ๐ŸŽถ

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Well, I'm standing here, what do I see?
A big nothing threatening me

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

I have a love hate relationship with ants

I do not want them in my house and spent the first 2 weeks in the new place battling invasions

but I do want them in my orchids as they have a symbiotic relationship with orchid living funguses , a symbiosis that nurtures growth and flowering

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[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Long ass day.

The extended cat family and the fluffy freeloader have been fed.

Maybe I get to eat now?

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

May harvest (!).

Throwing a habs in dins tonight which I'll probably regret. Because the watering system has been off for a bit they could be a bit hawt.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Sniff Sniff ๐Ÿคง๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿšš
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh no Bacon! Don't stay out too long. Here is a ๐Ÿ›๏ธ (I made sure to chase the ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ‘น๐ŸงŸ๐ŸงŒ๐Ÿ•ด๐Ÿฝ away)

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wrecked.

Cat brushes and bed.

Goodnight all โค๏ธ

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it's oodie time โ˜ƒ๏ธ

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Iโ€™m on a mobile and wondered why the bot chose the poo emoji for todayโ€™s thread, lol

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I was summoned by my first name from my kid last night. The nerve of toddlers man! I was a bit disappointed. I was like "noooo.... my name is daddy" which I'm pretty sure just made it funnier to him.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

More Temu has arrived. I may have gone a touch overboard on the suction cup hooks.

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

today at the beach i found 60% of a tenner, a ball of fishing line ( which I picked up and threw in nearest rubbish bin)

it was cold, nek time I wear a slicker over jumper and a wooly hat

blue heron was there ๐Ÿ™‚

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[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Got home from work yesterday and had an absolute meltdown on boyo, so took it as a sign to have today off and apply for some more jobs. Beach walk, yummy brunch, some applications done, following along with Erin Patterson's trial.

Also bought Expedition 33 last night!

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[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What the hell bro. There two of the same number trams one after the other. I decided to get on the second one because way more empty. Second tram driver signalling at me like crazy to get on the first one instead?? Why. They still stopped and let me on but why you gotta be like that

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

it was a fake tram, like those CIA training towns your not supposed to go into.

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

I hate it when I'm trying to get to work and I end up on FAKETRAM

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[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The second one is a body double

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[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

When you can't get out of bed because his nose ring is tangled in your hair...

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

Miss Meow fully approves of the new L shape scratcher. So far she has been indifferent to the corner scratcher, I'll have to wait and see if she feels like investigating it after a nap.

I've also put plastic guards along the front of the couch and armchairs, which is her preferred scratching area but not mine.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

it's autumn, it's migraine season

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I've taken the old work laptop home and I thought I'd try Bazzite on it. Apparently Fedora based distros don't play well with Dell so if I still can't get it to work I might try PopOS instead. Failing that, Mint Debian edition.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Have you tried running Blorkfoot with a third party Fuggleslap interface?

Yeah I've got no idea what you're talking about ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What a noob. Don't you know that Fuggleslap firmware won't grind with Blorkfoot cantilevered architecture because the pit sequence is base-eleven? Smdh don't know what they teach in schools these days.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm a bit older and grew up with Grangle 2.3 (no idea what they where smoking with the alpha release). Very different these days.

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