• bananafungus@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    Packing everything up for the camping trip starting tomorrow, really really hoping the spot isn’t packed to the shithouse (I’m of two minds about how busy it will be since so far this week I’ve notice everything’s not been super busy yet).

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      7 months ago

      the amount of P plater fourbys leaving pakey over the weekend with swags on the roofracks says it might be fairly busy out in Gippsland. Are you headed east?

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      7 months ago

      The way the public holidays fall this year make next week the one that’s attractive to take off. Take three days of leave, get nine straight days off.

      Just about everyone at work is still in the office this week, and just about everyone is taking next week off.

      • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        7 months ago

        We were directed to take those 3 days off. Only essential support staff are allowed to work them.

        I’ve got those 3 and then until the 15th off 😎🛳️

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
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        7 months ago

        nah, my work closes last friday before xmas, then reopens first monday after the NY week. So I’m off until the 8th anyway.

        Not that it matters, everyone is just fuckin’ around and getting paid for it this week anyway

      • bananafungus@aussie.zone
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        7 months ago

        That’s what I was thinking, so many folks in my office were working right up to the end this year because of what you mentioned.

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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      7 months ago

      Good work Seabot, your assistance is greatly appreciated.

      I have fixed some of bot’s problems while creating a few others🤦‍♀️ Hopefully we will be back to autoposting soon, and also hopefully I’m learning enough as I go along to make a more stable bot in future. This programming gig is very complicated. I feel like I’m trying to learn to be a mechanic when I don’t even know what a road is, let alone a car 🤣

  • the_procrastinata@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    Two Christmas markets! Firstly Aachen’s, looking at the Cathedral that Charlemagne commissioned in 796, then Baden-Baden’s in the fog. Both were good markets, with some good variety of stuff and not too much tat. The lines for food and drinks at Baden-Baden were ridic, whereas they were much more manageable in Aachen. Cologne tomorrow!

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    If you needed to pick up something from sunshine West and something from Cranbourne on the same day, starting from Thornbury, which way would be better traffic wise do you think?

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      7 months ago

      Hope you’re not feeling too badly there and that it doesn’t take too long to recover from.

        • Duenan@aussie.zone
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          7 months ago

          Just wondering off topic, did you find the Perth crowd for the test cricket a little underwhelming?
          It didn’t seem like they had a lot of people attend though I have t looked at the numbers or compared to past years.

          Also I wished Lyon got his 500th at the MCG. Having a full stadium celebrate that would have been godly.

          • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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            7 months ago

            Yeah the crowds in Perth are generally smaller anyway because of travel distance. Melbourne and Sydney and even Adelaide have bigger crowds because it’s easier to get to.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    Got a couple hours to kill at Canberra Airport and trying to find some inspiring/thought provoking podcasts… have a few episodes of Conversations downloaded, and am getting through a short BBC one on a British cult.

    E: the same girls choir group has come and gone from the main entrance area like 4 times now singing the same songs. I admire their mental tenacity in not being utterly sick of the same 5 songs

    E2: boarded a bit late. Boo, middle seat again. But it’s a short flight. Fat lady next to me smells vaguely like fish but they’ve upped the air freshener in the plane so that’s a relief.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    i am very excited about seeing family-grade friends on saturday

    how do i concentrate, do stuff, and not just AHHHHHHHH until then

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    7 months ago

    I’ve been listening to an audio book on Neanderthals. They were very intelligent, hardworking and neat and tidy peoples who kept their homes clean.

    Which is much better than my nuclear physicist BIL and mathematician husband who are dreadful passive aggressive slobs.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    7 months ago

    Does anyone else remember Epic Theatre? It was Sword and Sandals movies played every Saturday afternoon after the wrestling.

    I ask because I finished watching The Story Of Ruth (1960) today and am thinking I’ve probably seen it before , just can’t specifically remember. A lovely movie, the sets and the costumes are good and it’s a good story too. I like how she follows her principles and weighs beliefs against basic humanistic ideals ( they wouldn’t have thought about it like that at the time ). It’s also a love story. And it’s filmed in the hills of California, like so many movies at the time.

    4 hobbits

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    I’m baaaack. Back home to regular electricity and internet and noise and convenience and all the joys and ills of modern life.

    My friend couldn’t water my plants for me so I may have lost my hot lips salvia (which I think is severely root bound anyway) and my scotch bonnet pepper (which I don’t use much of). The manzano chili was in an over exposed location and looks very shriveled and sad, but I think it’s still salvageable with lots of pampering over the next few days. Please come through my precious, you are quite tasty and fruitful.

    All my indoor plants are super happy though.