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I think maybe it wasn't such a great idea to go to bed at 9pm. Was trying to get some extra sleep but so far it's only extra wake ups.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (3 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€“] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seafood platter and cabbage salad please chef. I need more vitamins.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

๐ŸŸ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฆž๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿ…

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago
[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Coconut water icypole, and some pickled jalapenos with cottage cheese to dunk them in

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

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๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐Ÿซ•

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Happy World Cheese Day ๐Ÿง€

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

happy cheese day ๐Ÿ˜Š

Now this I can get behind lol

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

I love this news, thank you! May you celebrate World Cheese Day well!

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

another lovely sunrise

I read it's because of upper atmosphere dust clouds because drought

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Everything is just fog here, although blue sky is starting to appear in patches now. Once the "feels like" temp gets above zero I'll take Mr Woof for a walk ๐Ÿฅถ

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does Woof have warm doggie shoes?

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[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Miraculously the gout pain is in remission. Slightly upping the meds dose really worked!!!

Don't tell my GP!!

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

rest easy

gentle hugs and warm compresses

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Get the GP to check your wee re: gout next time you give them some.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Good advice. Been a while since I've done one of those tests.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I will take any and all offerings to help me increase my motivation and focus today to get my !)@$(@)$(@)$(@)$(@)($$@)( thesis progressing. Thank you

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

It's World Cheese Day! Get your arse into gear and finish what you have to and go get that cheese. ๐Ÿง€

You got this!

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

poke poke

get a move on

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Get Ur butt into gear missy, those grapes aren't going to pick themselves

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

You can do it, keep at it!

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

set a timer.Give yourself 10 minutes of absolute dedication to the task. Then fuck around for 10 minutes, rinse and repeat.

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[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

no note taking today then I guess

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Perfectly furry, no notes.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Mr/Ms Puss will be taking the notes today.

[โ€“] Eagle@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Who needs notes anyway?

[โ€“] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

No work, just pats.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I got caught in a fine icy rain on my walk, and now that I'm back the sun's out. I'm sitting in the sun on the lounge with a cup of coffee, dog at my side and cat at my feet. This is very pleasant.

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have Miss Meow and Mr Woof settled in yet?

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Mr Woof has taken over the master bedroom and seems pretty relaxed about the whole move. He is still a bit unsure about the dog door though.

Miss Meow is less happy. She's spent lot of time exploring, but spent most of yesterday hiding in the sewing room. I don't think she likes the change of routine much, but she'll get used to it. She's been very cuddly overnight, even cuddled up to Mr Woof on the bed. She's not been outside yet, but given the weather is a bit miserable that's probably not much of an attraction anyway.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

painting done, a ton of cleaning done

now off the to the city to get some gumboots for walking down the beach on winter days

๐Ÿ˜Š

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I got a text from YL saying she's going to hairdresser after school because she's not happy with her fringe she cut herself. We've all been there. Unfortunately hairdressers can't grow hair back.

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She needs to go to the Grove Street barber in San Andreas

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

She needs to listen to her mother. Stop cutting your own hair.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The jungle corner is so cute!! So glad Miss is enjoying it!

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

I've got a security camera set up in the lounge room, which caught her in the middle of the night climbing up to the very top tower and gazing out the window.

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[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

I used to think I was bad at graphic design and creative work, but now I think the problem is Adobe software. After being able to punch things out in GIMP, Inkscape, and Davinci Resolve, I tried to do some basic work in Premiere Pro at work and hit the same walls I did in Photoshop.

Maybe the problem isn't me, it's that the software is laid out like shit. Plus, the workflow for every adobe product is different, whereas there is at least some consistency between entirely separate FOSS equivalents.

[โ€“] tone212_@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

My head still hurts this morning, it feels like a bad headache. Trying to do some work but my motivation is pretty low. Still wondering why me? Of all the people gawking at this guy going nuts, I was the one he singled out.

I called the police last night to ask why I hadn't been contacted yet, a sergeant got in contact with me and apologised that the officers at the scene didn't even ask for my details when I told them what happened. The guy had only been charged with property destruction offences before I called, what happened to me wasn't even recorded. What a joke right? I'm giving a statement on Friday.

[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

What a joke right?

Yep that's fucked.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

That's fucked up, that the officers didn't even note it down!

Good fucking lord, and they wonder why people don't want to join VicPol and say ACAB instead ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

Take it easy, and look after yourself! Took that pumpkin to the noggin like a champ o7

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[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (6 children)

There are so many holes in Erin's story that I can't even. The kids said that they weren't at the lunch because there "adult things" to discuss, yet Erin is saying the kids weren't interested? Yet she hosted the lunch because the kids enjoyed the last one they had with their grandparents? Tasted the blend, thought it was bland, added dried mushrooms "Now I think that there was a possibility that there were foraged ones in there as well," but doesn't taste it again afterwards to double check?!

I NEED POPCORN.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I need popcorn as well! I know it's morbid, but I'm really interested in true crime and court proceedings - I usually get my fix from US YouTube videos of courts. My favourite are when narcissists self-represent and get into the witness box.

It's refreshing to have an Aus court proceedings so well documented!

Idk what Erin was thinking, I want to give her the benefit of the doubt and believe it was manslaughter, but... It's really sounding like she knocked them off purposefully.

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I get the impression she's a compulsive liar that might not even know what the truth is herself. That was what made it so weird initially, when I read the story I assumed it was an accidental poisoning, it was really just her not giving a straight account of where the mushrooms came from that made it look sus. If she'd just gone with "oops, I foraged mushrooms and obviously made a terrible mistake" it probably would have just been another tragic story of mushrooming gone wrong.

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think that's why she's on the stand, to clear things up but instead it's a fucking car crash. ๐Ÿฟ

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

I need to stop shopping and start sorting.

There's always so much to buy setting up a new place though. I've got a stand to put my toaster oven/air fryer on, a bathroom cabinet so I've got somewhere to put the toilet paper, another storage rack for the laundry, a dustpan and brush (mine did not survive the move), new dog poo scoop (who really wants to move a used one?!) and a fence to go outside to create a pet barrier to where the side gate is (which has a gap Miss Meow might manage to squeeze under) and create a little yard for the bins.

Sorting plans for today are the bedroom/wardrobe, and a bit more in the kitchen. I made a good start on the pantry yesterday, got some preliminary sorting of the ensuite cabinet, and set up an area in the garage for putting shoes on/off and hanging outdoor coats etc. I've got a couple more floor mats to bring up to add to the area to minimise dust that gets tracked in and will see if I can find some carpet offcuts and things to cover a bit more - if I can get the area around the door to the house and the pathway across to the other external door covered it would be ideal.

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