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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think I've officially broken the dog only 4 days in.

3 walks a day might be pushing it. Determined for him to lose weight though.

Sorry hambam.

[โ€“] dumblederp@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Looks like some collie in there, collies can take it.

[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 13 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Iโ€™ve just been informed of the second death in my circle of friends this week.

Iโ€™m,..not enjoying stuff right now

That's hard news. Take care of yourself. Hugs if needed/wanted.

[โ€“] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh that's awful. I'm so sorry. Take care of yourself.

[โ€“] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh, Iโ€™m so sorry, thatโ€™s really hard. hugs

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope you've got a good support and you can all lean on each other. Grief is a tough one.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I'm so sorry, that's terrible news. Take care of yourself. ๐Ÿซ‚

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

I'm so sorry

so many hugs

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[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have caught up with a friend and his dog, and been permitted to get my sad on the dog. It helps

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

so many hugs

Looks like a dry day today with brisk northerly wind. Time to tackle Mt Washmore.

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

Took the Minipeelers to The Lume for the last time. It was a tradition for us, and we went to almost all of the exhibitions there. The city is a lot more beautiful than I remember

I've loved Polly Woodside since I was a child. It always amazes me that they sailed from Dublin over the open ocean in that tiny little ship. Those sailors must've been pretty gutsy.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Melbourne in Autumn is magical. As it is in Winter, Spring and Summer. It's such a beautiful city. Sorry to hear about the end of tradition but also so happy you kept it up! I wonder what will take over the space.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

It really IS a beautiful city.

Every suburb I have lived has had beautiful public spaces within walking distance of most people.

[โ€“] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Burnley Parkrun this morning. Was packed.Had to park up on the main road about 200m from the entrance.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

I think I just witnessed the funniest thing I've seen. I was waiting at the tram stop, and tram tracked said it was 15 min away, so I decided to just wait for it.

A guy walks up with a backpack, he looks maybe ~50yo, and waits too. He has a ciggy and then when the traffic dies down he walks into the road a little to see if the tram is coming. It's still a good 10min away according to my app, so I considered telling him this but decided I couldn't be arsed with socialising.

He walks onto the road, checking, and coming back a few times, getting more agitated. At this point there's myself and him, and 4 other women waiting. A tram is coming, I check the app but it still says 5 minutes, so I figure the one coming is not in service. The guy sees it too and thinks it's THE tram, and when it blows past through the intersection (it said "not taking passengers"), he loses his damn mind! Yelling at the tram that's now disappearing down the road, gesticulating wilding, swearing, the works haha me and the other women are like ๐Ÿ‘€ at him because he's right in the middle of us (loosely grouped) ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ he doesn't direct any of it at us though, and grabs his bag and storms off.

2 min later the actual tram arrives and we get on, angry guy not in sight. I get a window seat and we take off. I look out the window and there's the guy on the footpath ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜… he spots the tram and loses his damn mind again!!! I couldnt hear him of course, but he kicked his bag and gesticulated again ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ I can't stop laughing!!!

I hope he made it to his destination! Thanks to him, the 15 minute wait felt like no time at all!

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Today I was meant to do tidying but Iโ€™m in a real funk and canโ€™t get moving :(

Edit: A couple of ripe jack be little pumpkins (and one almost ripe) have withered off the vine. Leaving the few others to finish up but I have to say the harvest isnโ€™t very impressive. Also every golden nugget pumpkin plant got completely eaten.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm impressed. It's hard to grow vegies. ๐Ÿ™‚

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[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Oh, hai Saturday, so lovely to see you!

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Geonbae for lunch with boyo means more soju and delicious food. How is the chicken THAT good?! Let alone the gochujang mayo on the salad?! Soju cocktails all round, plus some other bottles. A perfect lunch of much dog spotting at the beach!

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

Anyone know how to stop new converse shoes from squeeking?

Also, massive shopping centres are fucking intense after you've been there for over an hour.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shopping centers, crowds, crown casino, festivals - all give me high key anxiety. Too many people for my hyper vigilance to process and I get so overwhelmed.

One time, my partner and I walked through Crown (we don't gamble, I'd just never been inside), and I had a panic attack. All the people everywhere, the lack of visible exits, people staring at the pokie machines, I couldn't take it.

I've been back since, to see a movie, and that was okay. It's close enough to the exit. But I just can't take being in a crowded place anymore.

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Get your inner raver on.. take out the insole and put heaps of baby powder in then put insoles back in.

Awkward Melbourne shuffle here we come!

Cheers man :)

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

Miss Meow doesn't know why things are being moved, but she approves of having extra space in the cupboards. It makes it much easier for a cat to explore.

I think I've packed the bulk of the fragile stuff, hopefully that means packing will go a bit faster now. It is a bit hard to find space to put the boxes though.

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

The next meal kit box arrived already, six more days of meals sorted. I've quarantined the packet of peas in the freezer, that can go into Mr Woof's next batch of food, I'm not eating that stuff!

The Hello Fresh box should arrive just after this one is used up, with meals to take me through the move. It is nice being able to outsource some of the meal planning when you are busy.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Alfie's vet appointment is done and he's gained weight, oops!! Time for him to join Team Diet.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Beeeach.

It was lovely and calm out there. A warm breeze and soft light.

Clambered onto a high part of the sea wall and inched along the safety fence until I could find a spot to hop down onto a little spit of sand where a fishing float had washed up. I got looks, I laughed. The float is mine ....

a little crab shell, there are many here

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
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€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Some sort of sweet monstrosity involving whipped cream and a cherry, preferably stacked tall and with syrup drizzled on top.

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[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

reddit hacking hijinks

I got an email saying my reddit premium was cancelled. It seems like a legit email.

I did not cancel it.

I'm wondering if this is fishing for banking information

I have sent an email to reddit notifying about this

I have not touched banking info.

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Usual precautions to take.

Donโ€™t click any links.

Go through the official webpage or app and check there instead.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I've been checking accounts.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

TIL that the word lavender is derived from the same root word that launder/laundry does: Proto-Indo European *leue - to wash.

Lavender was used to make laundry smell nice.

[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Legit. My granny would pin her smalls out on the lavender bushes to dry, not the line. And made lavender bags every year to deter moths.

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Holy shit that new Doom game is fucking awesome!!!!!

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I usually have low expectations when meeting up with friends. I shouldn't have any at all. But I only have recently realised that I tell myself that I'm not going to feel connected to people when I meet them, because that's been the majority of my experiences. However, late night car chats are something else. I dropped a friend home and we chatted in the car for like an hour, and it was really lovely. More car yapping sessions please.

As long as we are talking shit, doing some sort of mundane task together, and laughing, I think that's my deep connection. A psych told me once that close relationships aren't always formed by talking, and you don't always need to have something to say. There is great joy in being present and enjoying the company of others. That's what being human is all about I think.

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck. The app called Pocket is shutting down :(

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Dammit. I have been using readwise but not getting enough out of it for the cost so was about to go back to pocket

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Tequila was not a good idea

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

weather feels warm ๐ŸŒž

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

It is lovely and toastie under this doona ๐Ÿคญ

But it does look nice out the window. And I have woken up feeling....not anxious! And it's farmers market day. Good stuff all round

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