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[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finally am negative, I am free to fly the nest!!! I still have what I would describe as a head cold but other than that I am good to gooooooo! Time to reschedule everything I've had to cancel in the last two weeks and blow my calendar way out.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Cool. 😊

[–] Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

OK first attempt at posting a photo...

This is Clyde, one half of the local pair with Bonnie. Been visiting us for years and always bring their juvenile offspring to meet us.

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I first got my dog people would say "oh he's your boy" and I'm like "no he's my buddy". Now I'm like "come here to mummy. Tell me what you want". I even do baby talk with him which I never did with my own child. I love hearing him crunching on food yet hate it when humans do it.

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you also ask your dog to go get mummy a beer?

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Haha. I have asked but he chooses ignorance at times.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

ain't nothing like a facebook rando threatening to do very real physical violence to you because you pointed out Doctor Who has always been a bit camp.

[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought most people (myself included) were into Doctor Who because it was camp...

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think this arsehole is one of the old guard who's all ITs SeRioUs ScIfI

yes, it is on occasion. It's also camp. And if he's gonna try and anorak me I'll fucking eat his head 'cos I'm equally old school and nerdy (40+ years)....I've just also got social skills and a sex life.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm in that demographic. Tell him Amos Burden is also a bit camp.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I should ask him to name a cherished UK show that isn't camp.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are You Being Served?

Mr Humphries was a man's man, and I'll have it no other way!!!

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

I wanna respond but all I can think about is mrs slocum's pussy

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

And does Julian Clary not exist?

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[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Good thing I panicked & spent a heap of coin and time on the watering systems in the last 2 months :(

I will be vindicated broken clock and all that but for now I have no idea if what is in actually will keep shit alive in a dry spell.

[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ha this is me too. Just a few weeks ago finished a big four-zone system all done in about 120m of buried 19mm pipe.

Thankfully it's all phone-controllable, so we've just been able to hit 'defer' and not have it come on in the rain... but the defer button has been getting a workout :|

[–] Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

I was going to put in sprinklers etc as I’d planted a lot, but the weather has been most helpful thus far. Was worried about planting early summer due to El NiΓ±o.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She's gone again, Miss Seagoon has gone to NZ for a year or so 😭Flight in a few hours

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[–] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So Gibson is still sluggish today... Do you guys think it's still from yesterday's heat? My appointment with the vet is tomorrow. She's eating and drinking just fine. Just won't move from the bed....

[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Always worth a look if you are genuinely concerned! My idiot was all floppy and slow once, so I went to the emergency clinic and he actually had a pretty high fever. They gave an injection and it was no joke as if someone had rebooted him, once home it was as if nothing had ever happened.

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[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

That’s just called Wednesdays in cat world.

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

It won't hurt her to go to the vet for a checkup. I suspect everything will be fine. It's a good opportunity for her to learn that a vet visit can be nice.

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[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Dinner devoured.

Stacked Burger and fries.

Need to resist falling to a food coma.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Young Seagoons cooked me dinner cos I'm not well . 😭

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Yes ma’am.

slinks away

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

MrsCalhoon, kidcalhoon1 & 2 are camping riverside in Warburton. .... They're wet.... From the BoM - possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding....good, good, not worried at all.....

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

yeah I hate to say it but I'd be pulling up stumps.

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Lamb rump steak consumed - with glee. The airfryer does them perfectly. Juicy pink insides, crispy fat and the potat & cauli mash went superbly with them. Does anyone else hate cleaning lamb fat out of the airfryer? This is the only downside.

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[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Didn't have dinner last night cause I just wasn't hungry, this morning I had some multigrain sourdough toast and orange juice and my stomachs still if its happy with that or not. Fuck this, Im gonna get some chips for lunch. Just wanna feel normal for a bit.

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Trying a pressure cooker risotto tonight. Meatballs were incredible, so have high hopes.

Edit. Well that was bloody amazing. 25 minutes total prep/cooking time.

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I didn't realise that AI extended to music but of course it does, and of course there's an explosion of AI covers/mashups and I do think we are in the end times. Late to the party but Holy moly.

Have this "cover" of Hank Williams doing Straight Outta Compton....

https://youtu.be/vSMaN6zAJYc?si=8058zsw4q5a5isox

e: I realise now that the millennial-humour era of crude but funny mashups and covers - "ain't nobody got time for that" and "autotune the news" from a decade ago, and more recent mashups - is well and truly over and dead forever.

3 years ago - Donald Trump "sings" Blinding Lights by The Weekend (manual mashup) https://youtu.be/slGYJfPtW7c?si=F2WttIigap4VUU-j

2 weeks ago - Donald Trump "sings" Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (AI).

Listen and throw up at the unholiness: https://youtu.be/JQSUt5HKWGM?si=RpReUQxFfXaOZF7b

This is the world we live in now... Goodnight.

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[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Got the bins in just before the rain came over. Sipping a coffee and watching the weather through my window is blissful.

I've turned into an 80 year old somehow

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing pairs better than coffee and rain. Except maybe getting hammered and eating maccas at 3am.

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[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just had some crazy bloke come up and start shouting at me. Ffs why do we put up with this city?!

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I think that's a feature of most major cities. Not that it's good, but at this point I almost expect it.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Asked a mate of a mate if they wanted me to download a couple of torrents for them since I'm going to meet them to watch a movie.

Nek minit, I've ended up with JDownloader to manage a ton of debrid direct downloads and figured out SoulSeek (this place still survived after two decades?!) to get some random EDM flacs...

Feeling very 2000s especially with having to configure port forwarding and fiddle with UIs that probably haven't been updated since that era as well

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

Miss Seagoon is home for the day, 😊 then she is off to NZ for a coupla years 😭

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[–] Outlier1031@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Albanese government can absolutely go fuck itself. People earning $200,000 and over to get tax cuts equaling to $9000 a year, while low income workers get a measley $125 a year in tax cuts. Doing absolutely fuck all about the cost of living crisis while they're at it. Can't believe I voted for these useless pricks.

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

It's looking like a wet walk this morning. I just washed Mr Woof's raincoat, I guess we'll be getting it dirty again πŸ™‚

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