Looks like Yarrabyte has gone missing in action again. I think they may have a secret life or maybe a second job or something. Or just slept in.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    25 days ago

    Thanks everyone for your kind and supportive words.

    I’m ok, I’m still a bit worried about the victim, I hope they are ok.

    • TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zoneOP
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      25 days ago

      The crimestoppers website might have some information tomorrow - particularly if the police are still trying to find/identify the perpetrator.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    26 days ago

    Neighbours are playing “we are early birds and think 6am is a reasonable time to fire up power tools”. Dangerous game to play next to a woman who thinks midnight is an early bedtime and likes metal.

    Especially since His Lordship is in KL right now so there is literally no stopping me

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
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      25 days ago

      Mine are fixing up their house to lease / sell, and were using a bandsaw last Sunday after 10pm. I thought of taking revenge early next morning with a guitar and amp (I can’t play guitar), but restrained myself. Bloody rude!

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    26 days ago

    Woke up to early pakidge on my day off, so i can set everything up and play around with it today.

    My numpad arrived and it’s bigger than i expected. A different type of clicky to my keyboard but it feels good. It looks like a futuristic phone from the 80s.

    I'm calling you from the future:

    future:

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
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    25 days ago

    Today I have been making Lego, but not that sort

    Send me more flavour ideas, if it’s ingredients are in the house I’ll make it 😺

    chocolate Lego blocks

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
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        25 days ago

        Raspberry, salt lime, honeycomb, coco rum raisin, boozy orange, caramel, mint.

        An idea for white would be great just for colour balance: the best casts will be a gift

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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          25 days ago

          ‘Cheesecake’ filling for the white? If the heat of the casing wouldn’t curdle the cream cheese or it wouldn’t have to be shelf stable for long. (I’m assuming chocolate or candy melts)

          A lemon cheesecake or buttery vanilla/white chocolate flavour could round things out nicely.

          Or cookies n creme

            • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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              25 days ago

              There are flavouring oils for use in chocolate, otherwise combining chocolate and corn syrup for modeling chocolate allows you to use water based.

              Lorann should have something for you, most probably at a baking/cake decoration supplies shop.

              Also I used to use a kneadable sugar dough for decorations which can be painted with food colouring once dry. If you don’t feel comfortable using raw egg white (similar to royal icing) you can substitute meringue powder which is pasteurised. It just means the decorations won’t set as hard. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yRGSVbFO0Cg

                • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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                  25 days ago

                  The Adelaide Chocolate Factory crème de menthe looks like it could possibly be a chocolate oil, but I know the Queen essences tend to be water based. Which is fine for most things! There’s just a risk of seizing the chocolate

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    25 days ago

    okay

    I’m a bit shaken, heart racing

    just called in an assault I heard and saw next to the train station across the road

    husband followed after he put shoes on

    guy dragged a woman away

    cops came within 5 minutes ,

    we heard her scream again and the cops went to chase them down

    no other neighbours came out

    bad people come to quiet places 😠

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    25 days ago

    Sleep screamed again last night. Second night in a row. I think it has to do with sleep deprivation. Last night, I slept for five hours but I did stay up late to do an assignment and woke up early for work. I didn’t even procrastinate that one so much. I reckon once I work on my time management, the sleep will be better too. I have broken down all of my assignments using a planner and have specific time frames to do each step!

        • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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          25 days ago

          If you have a smart watch, check how much deep sleep you are getting. It should be between 1.5 to 2 hours every night. Not saying that’s the problem but that’s what you should aim for, for a restful sleep.

            • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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              25 days ago

              That’s not too bad but I think you could benefit with more. Now look at your REM. You also need between 1.5 to 2 hours. Both are important.

              If the screaming is happening with in the first few hours of sleep it’s probably deep sleep related. If it’s happening more towards the morning then it could be REM related.

              Overstimulation during the day, both physical or mental, could also give you sleep problems.

              • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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                25 days ago

                REM sleep this week has been just over an hour. The only time I’ve woken up after screaming was approx 1.5 hours after I last looked at the time. I thought this was REM related. But I think the silver lining in all of this is that I get to revise sleep stuff, which will be helpful for my teaching :D

                Thank you for your wisdom! I do wonder if you’ve worked in some kind of health related field or if it’s just a general interest thing.

                • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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                  25 days ago

                  Nah. Sleep studies interest me.

                  My daughter used to have night terrors as a wee one. I knew exactly when and at what time they would happen.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    25 days ago

    As long as I buy them one bag at a time I can get free delivery from Bunnnings on things like bags of potting mix. Very tempting to make lots of little orders…

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    25 days ago

    Soo, listening to the audio books and interviews about the brit royal fam

    they have the sociopath genes in the family and unfortunately the circumstances means that kids born with that tendency are indulged, like edward 8 and andrew and they become appalling criminal adults

    and then the behaviours become so bad that they can’t be ignored and public drama ensues

    the other thing is that the royals are living in the past, thinking that they are somehow special and that others think they are special

    they just don’t seem to understand the people that surround them are employees who have their own lives , they are employees, not serfs and not their friends

    Diana is only a few weeks older than me , she really needed a good friend, someone older, but then she rejected all good advice on how to cope with her life 🤷‍♀️ she did not seems to get wise, just more cunning, not the great parent that she is deemed to be, good parents don’t include kids in their drama

    security seems a bit extreme but then I suppose when your position in inherited, not elected, threats/violence is the only option for change

    people forget that the royals and aristocracy collect taxes from their duchies, so people pay council taxes and a portion of that goes to the royals fir no reason other than they are born to it, it’s unacceptable, this is how they are so rich

    bring on the republic, elections are soo good, it means change is easy and without drama

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      25 days ago

      Got some diffs of opinion on this - not trolling - just giving my opinion for what it’s worth.

      rant

      “bring on the republic, elections are soo good, it means change is easy and without drama” - please tell that to Mr Trump

      “Diana is only a few weeks older than me , she really needed a good friend, someone older, but then she rejected all good advice on how to cope with her life 🤷‍♀️ she did not seems to get wise, just more cunning, not the great parent that she is deemed to be, good parents don’t include kids in their drama” -

      Imo she was far too young for the role, and was a victim of poor parenting herself. I agree that she made some VERY poor choices but imo she was fundamentally as thick as two short planks. An intelligent person would have run a mile from the whole Prince Charles thing. And a lot of girls did - including Camilla.

      “they have the sociopath genes in the family and unfortunately the circumstances means that kids born with that tendency are indulged, like edward 8 and andrew and they become appalling criminal adults - and then the behaviours become so bad that they can’t be ignored and public drama ensues” -

      I don’t actually believe in sociopath genes - imo sociopathic behaviour is more to do with parenting and modelling from caregivers. Both the examples you give were raised by nannies - as was King Charles - and those nannies were more or less abusive. Particularly in the case of Ed8 - he was a profoundly damaged human being - bordering on mental illness - and had been from childhood. There was also a large contingent of the aristocracy who all shared a similar remote parenting regime - nannies etc. so the royals were not particularly unique. They were just more visible. And there were a LOT of people who cheered them on in their bad behaviour for a lot of different motives.

      I do consider that the British royals have a fundamental streak of plain ordinary stupidity - you can see this from the Stuarts onwards, that is exacerbated by mostly remote parenting and unrealistic expectations from various governments/the general public. Small wonder that so many decided to resign from being reasonable human beings.

      I’m just glad they’ve largely lost all their political power - just figureheads now and that’s how it should be. An expensive luxury but one that quite a lot of people can’t do without it seems. And they’re good for tourism.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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        25 days ago

        I just can’t bear the whole idea

        spoiler

        elections are so powerful the gop have worked for decades to subvert them

        I think it’s nature *and * nurture

        yes, I think Di was not very smart

        people would go see the Tower and the Jewels even if there weren’t a royal fam

        the bastards still collect taxes from duchies

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    26 days ago

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