• Taleya@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    In my jimmy jams at 5pm 'cos i spent all day reorganising and wiring lights in the basement

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      I haven’t even got out of mine. Put a bra on, yes. But the child’s clothes are sorted and 3 bags of outgrown clothes are ready for the OP shop.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    I’m looking for a tea caddy spoon and fell down a rabbit hole of T2 fancy teas and infusions and weighing and timing and i’m just like…dude i’m too fucking poor white for this shit. I shovel it into a giant pot, fill it with boiling water then strain out the gooblies with a sieve as my ancestors did.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    4 months ago

    had the lotr music albums on blast while i do housework and cooking

    tis awesome

    my poor neighbours

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Gratitude thread :)

    • Saw my friend from Sydney last night. She gave me Jesus soap and put some in our friend’s shower for shits and gigs.

    • going to a trampoline park today which hopefully should be fun

    • my aunt told me she’s getting a puppy in two weeks and I’m so excited to meet her

    • also I found out who the girl was from work yesterday. Turns out she sometimes goes by a different name to what she introduced herself as. I wasn’t going insane :D

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      I am grateful I never need meet my in-laws. Stories like Seagoon’s hit hard. Blood Family is not immune from general bastardry and does not deserve anything automatically.

    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      I am grateful I have no responsibilities today and can go to bed at 8pm if I feel like it.

      Also for early 80’s transformers cartoons.

      And Gibson as per

    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      • Worked out that riding my m’cycle to/from work is a great self-regulator, even with getting annoyed in traffic. (Pls no fines this week.)

      • Great banter with people who get you right off the bat… It’s not often, so I do forget how much it fills my tumbler.

      • While not invalidating my gripes, I 100% know how good I have it. Not really for want of anything, roof, warmth, bed, friends, acquaintances, privilege of engaging in most desires and hobbies and a little bit of work if I want that little bit more. Can’t have it all (right now?), but what I have I am entirely grateful for. Even when I’m being a brat.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yesterday

      • I learnt how to use a lighter (I don’t smoke and I’ve generally not been able to have candles or incense, so I’ve just never learnt how to use one).
      • I fell asleep really quickly.
      • I got a new laptop charger to replace my old one which was a cheap knockoff that wouldn’t stay in the wall (it would fall out).

      Today:

      • I woke up at 8, but was able to get back to sleep and stay asleep until 11
      • Amazon put my favourite brand and flavour of rice crackers back in stock so I got them for a 60 cent discount compared to the supermarket
    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      God, it was so strong last night! Thought the tree was gonna fall over…

  • bacon@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    4 months ago

    ugh, had a nasty nightmare about anxiety. I was packing to travel and husband was impeding me, making me late, making me anxious. I got angry.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Anyone got any of that rain that was supposed to be bucketing down on us this morning? Dry as a bone outside, I see the forecast was reviewed to “late morning”… Looks like most of it’s gonna fall into the bay :/

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      I take what I said back. Moderate rain now and Southland parking was full by 10am. Argh

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Apparently we’ve had 0.8mm since 9 here. It’s a little damp outside, and I can hear a few drops falling but it’s very light. It actually looks like the worst of it is hitting (and will hit) between Wallan and shepparton. Hope they don’t flood again

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      I thought I just heard some fall here but it was light. About to go out for some groceries , yucky and grey outside :(

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Pigeons are my favourite bird, of all the birds. I love their coo-ing sound they make, and how derpy they look.

    Plus, Australia has a bunch of native ones. My favourite is the Crested Pigeon - they have little mohawks and squeak when they take off.

    Look at these beautiful pigeons! https://www.australiaswonderfulbirds.com.au/pigeons

    Look at the superb fruit dove and see the beauty of pigeons lol

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    I don’t think they’re putting as much carlo in the monty’s anymore. There’s quite the gap, it used to be all the way to the edge.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      I’ve virtually given up on bought biscuits. They taste like disappointment and cost too damn much for my liking. For years I told myself, “biscuits only seemed bigger when I was little because I was smaller,” looking at you Wagon Wheels and Golden Rough. Now I can no longer deny, the shrinkflation and overall stinginess is real. It was literally just a few years ago that I’d buy a couple of packets of biscuits per week on special as a treat for the family. Now each packet, on special, costs what those two packets combined used to, and I’m getting less? I’m going to have a crack at home-made

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        That’s what I thought when I bought a burger from maccas one time.

        I thought maybe I had a bad memory and had grown up but I’m pretty sure the burgers has shrunk in size over time.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        Look, everyone says they want arnotts cream assortment but a big ol’ ice cream tub full of Anzac biscuits does just fine.

        Use white s sugar instead of brown and you get chewy instead of crunchy.

        • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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          4 months ago

          So true. Homemade is better. I tend to only make small batches and they’re all gone by the end of the day with no evidence to show for my labours 😆

          • Taleya@aussie.zone
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            4 months ago

            Hahaha i made a batch of anzacs that the husband was all “I won’t eat any” yeah guess who just made a tentative request that maybe wifey make it a thing to bake winter biscuits he could have some of pretty pretty please with oats on top?

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    I may have overindulged with my grocery shopping today.

    I have an odd mixture of stuff and not really a solid plan but needless to say I have a lot of chicken drumsticks and a lot of sausages.

    Also bacon prices went up I think. Also getting too expensive to buy :(

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      4 months ago

      I’m new to buying bacon as I have been making leek and bacon pies. Those pies are the most expensive to make. No idea how expensive bacon is meant to be. The bacon bits, while convenient, didn’t seem to be good quality so I buy big packets of Aussie rashers. $11 for 400 g, . I think that’s $2 a slice 🤷‍♀️ But those pies are real good and I make about 8.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        4 months ago

        I bought 1kg for 12 from Aldi today. Short cut variety.

        Going to be using them in sandwiches with eggs. Maybe onion too but I need to keep the onions for the curry.

        It’ll be all worth it though.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Post office usually has a range of cardboard boxes for the purpose - bound to be one of an appropriate size. Or hit your local IGA for a cardboard box.