• Duenan@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    Just had a staff member here that I knew who let me borrow a few kids to help me out.

    I’ll be done by 9:30 now!!!

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    Cutting a big old bit of concrete with an angle grinder and didn’t realise it had rebar in it… whoopsie doodle. Tried to snap it in half when half way through without realising. Whoopsie doodle x 2 :(

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      9 months ago

      The dietician has taken ham and salami off my wife’s menu to address cholesterol. It should likely apply to me also, but I’m not organised enough to book things like “check ups” and dieticians. So I bought a large whole chook last weekend and we roasted it. It’s going into sandwiches this week (and will likely be a weekly thing for the foreseeable future) instead of ham/salami. So far, everyone likes the change. It works out far cheaper also: over 2kg of chook is about he prices of 500g of ham/salami.

      • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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        9 months ago

        A whole chook in the instant pot for 40 mins is easy peasy and you get left over stock. I do it for curries, chilli and apricot chicken.

        The chook also wont have the nitrites found in ham and salami so there’s another health bonus.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        9 months ago

        I personally use drumsticks as a bag of them are pretty cheap and the meat is so tender.

        Air fry 1 big one or 2 medium or small should be enough for one sandwich size serving. Season before cooking, let stand for a few mins then cut the meat off.

        Yum Yums to be had!

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        9 months ago

        but I’m not organised enough to book things like “check ups”

        Alright consider this an order to GET organized. This is your health ffs. Nothing else is more important.

        This is the second time today I’ve had to tell someone “yo you should REALLY see a doctor”.

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    Back home after picking up my mum from the hospital. I left around 3am once we realised she wasn’t going to get seen by the doctor for hours, and I would be too tired to safely drive her home. Took until 10am to get her scans done, and 3pm to get the all clear, so a long stint in ED. She’s just got some bruises and she’s a bit sore, so glad that’s all it is.

    I went to the tow truck place to clear out her car and she’s lucky the collison was on the passenger side and not the driver side, because she would have been severely injured. The other person involved was completely fine, newer car with way more airbags that cushioned the impact.

    Barely slept last night and all the driving around today, I’m exhausted.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    Just went out and there’s a for sale sign on the house across the road. The caravan, the trailer, the two cars are gone. This is the same cunt who floors his hotted up torana down the street every weekend and then revs his car outside my place while his wife moves the 2 cars so he can put precious back in the yard. He also yells at his 2 little kids aggressively. Fucking hero. Best day ever.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Lady in office today has no concept of an indoor voice.

    Mentioned it to my boss and he said that’s why he never comes in on Wednesdays.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    I have been very good with the limited sweets thing this lentish…until tonight when I made this creation.

    Here we have vanilla bean ice cream, hot chocolate topping, coffee topping, chocolate ice magic with a biscoff crumb and a twix. It was magnificent. 5/5 yum yums.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    9 months ago

    I just got confirmation the car dealer has received my bank transfer. So I can now stop stressing & the pickup tomorrow is ready to go.

    Now I’ll have to get used to the blinkers being on the other side. Plus the fuel tank is on the opposite side to what I’m used to. At least it’s not as much of an adjustmant as Mr Woof will have to make, he’ll need to get used to travelling in a crate instead of having the whole back seat.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      9 months ago

      you get used to the indicator pretty quickly, its only an issue if your driving 2 cars that have indicators on different sides to each other.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        9 months ago

        I used to drive a Volvo, so have done the indicator switch before. I still occassionally do the wrong side for absolutely no reason. When I drove my Mum’s VW for a week I got it right about 90% of the time.

        • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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          9 months ago

          yeah the mrs had a ford that was the oposite as well. Try driving 2 cars with different handbreak locations. The amount of times I start the manual without putting the clutch in (or go to press an imaginary clutch on the auto) is insane.

          • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
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            9 months ago

            I’m currently driving 2 cars, 1 with auto handbrake and one with manual. I’ve tried to drive with the manual handbrake still on more than once

            why isn’t the car moving?! What’s that odd noise?

            • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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              9 months ago

              lol yep done that one too. The auto takes its handbreak off as soon as you put it in drive or reverse. The manual very much does not.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Regarding the fuel tank side…when in doubt, there should be an arrow on your fuel gauge showing you where the tank is.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        9 months ago

        There is. But it’s on the opposite side to the car I have now (and I think every car I have ever had) so I’m sure I’ll autopilot to the wrong side at least once. I’m guessing the 3d or 4th time I fill up.

        • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
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          9 months ago

          I’ve had my car 18 months and I don’t fill up that often, maybe once every three or four weeks. I have to check which side every single time. It’s getting annoying.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      9 months ago

      I’ve got a harness and a clip leash that clicks into the passenger seat belt receiver, but also my dog is little.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        9 months ago

        Mr Woof is fairly little too, but I believe the air bag can make the passenger seat unsafe for dogs (like it is for children).

        I’ve been trying to figure out if it would be unsafe for a cat in a carrier, but the info I find is all self-contradictory AI garbage and clickbait websites copying each other rather than anything that seems like it is actually trustworthy.

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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          9 months ago

          I’m not sure if this is best practice. But when Melbcat goes in the car I put her carrier side-on in the back seat behind the driver and use the bottom of the seatbelt to secure it.

          • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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            9 months ago

            That’s always been Miss Meow’s position. I believe either there or on in the footwell behind the front seats is the best place, but I won’t have any back seats in the new vehicle. If the front seat is safe for her that would work well, otherwise she will need to be strapped down in her carrier in the back. She’s going to hate it either way, although the sedatives the vet gave us should help.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    Something disastrous happened the other day. We eat a lot of pine nuts so whilst in aldi I thought I’d grab some more. I didn’t check. Just through them in like an amateur. Well, when I got home, I realised they were pepita seeds. Some turd put them in the pine nut box! Wtf am I gonna do with pepita seeds? I already have some in the cupboard. Luckily I have cashews to save the day.

    My own fault for not checking that one time.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Pepitas are nice. Different flavour to pine nuts but equally snackable. Use in pesto, roast gently and sprinkle with salt & chilli powder for snax. Add to salads etc. Grind to a paste and mix with tahini/lemon/garlic for a different hommous. Truth to tell, I like them better than pine nuts - more options to tweak the flavours.