Milk milk lemonade around the corner chocolate’s made. 🥛🥛🍋🍫

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep (again) so did a dash to get something I needed at Bunnings and did a shop at Aldi to beat the OMG it’s a public holiday must stock up for the apocolypse crowd. A few in doing likewise. My favourite Yiayia has cancelled today (hopefully only once) so unless they give me another job last minute, only one job with the old Greek guy. Fingers crossed they don’t - still a bit tired from the jab and all the rest of it.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

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

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    I decided to see what the forecast in the BOM app looked like for Townsville with that cyclone coming up. Haha holy shit they have a whole separate icon and rainfall ranges that would make you think the app had glitched. They also have five active weather warnings - two cyclone watch warnings, marine wind, flood watch and a current heatwave.

    Couldn’t pay me to live full time in nth Qld, I tell you what. These poor sods have taken a real beating this summer

    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      My parents, brother and his family all live in Townsville, so I’m up there at least once a year myself.

      The locals are actually thinking this will be a fairly ‘baby’ cyclone that they should ride out fairly easily (fingers crossed). That said, the panic buying has still been nuts. First-timers expecting they’ll need a year’s supply of bottled water, when you can just fill buckets and the bathtub ahead of time and have all you need for most purposes.

      Most people are fairly prepared. My dad is in full-time care due to advanced dementia, and a lot of the staff there have actually moved in with the residents to ensure they’ve got proper care should everything go south.

  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Bit of a sad update. I was so excited about adopting a cat and now my housemate is having second thoughts. She just found out cats scratch furniture and is afraid that her furniture will get spoilt. I see where she’s coming from so I offered to pay for any costs but then just said if either of us is having second thoughts best not to go ahead as I don’t want it to cause problems down the line.

    Also told my boss I’m taking a sickie for the rest of the day as I’m so deflated now. Sigh. I have to call up cat lady to cancel our appointment. 😞

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      This issue is something which makes me have second thoughts about adopting. But I think you can lessen the risk. If you’re adopting a cat that is already trained to use a scratching post to scratch instead of furniture, and you provide that in your home, it’s unlikely to happen.

      “just finding out” cats can possibly scratch furniture is eyebrow raising.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Does sound like second thoughts or a ‘helpful’ friend with a hate on for cats as pets. I think you’ve done the right thing pausing proceedings. Maybe encourage her to look at some Jackson Galaxy videos on how to stop bad cat behaviour might help her get her thoughts together. Does sound like she’s not a small personal animal person though. Making the transition from non-pet owner to pet owner is a big one - like having a kid.

      • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        Yeah that seems to have scared her off I guess. She was super excited to adopt with me. this was going to be a 50-50 partnership kinda things but oh well

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      That is sad. I have had cats all of my 40+ years, the last 20 in my own home. I’ve never had a cat scratch the furniture, but I have always provided multiple alternatives and now with all the options readily available it is so much easier to provide them. I have 3 at home now and my couch does not have a mark on it and it’s 15 years old. The scratchers have copped a beating though!

      • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        Her reason is that she has maintained the couch and the dining table well and that she could get back a decent amount of she sold them today. I personally don’t think it’s that expensive but if that’s how she feels, so be it.

        I even offered to cover any costs, and even train the cat. Whatever I guess. I’ll get one once I move to my own place in the future 😭

        • Duenan@aussie.zone
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          6 months ago

          I don’t know. Not to hold anything against them but if you’re only selling furniture you can’t possibly be so attached to it vs furniture you wanted to keep forever.

          There must be another reason as to why they backed out of the idea of having a cat.

        • Eagle@aussie.zone
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          6 months ago

          Second hand furniture is only worth what people are willing to pay for it, which isn’t much!

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      WTF! How can you get so far through the process and only just realise that. Has she never met a cat?!

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    One good thing about being old is you have learnt nearly all the tricks .

    mumbling is a good one, they talk so low and indistinctly they make you struggle to hear. It’s a game. I just don’t care. If they want to talk they can talk clearly.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    92 years ago groucho marx sang a song about Dutton and the lnp

    I don’t know what they have to say It makes no difference anyway Whatever it is, I’m against it No matter what it is or who commenced it I’m against it

    Your proposition may be good But let’s have one thing understood: Whatever it is, I’m against it And even when you’ve changed it or condensed it I’m against it

    I’m opposed to it On general principles, I’m opposed to it

    He’s opposed to it In fact, indeed, he’s opposed to it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29E6GbYdB1c

  • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Sitting here doomscrolling cyclone updates…🤞😕

    My mum brought all her favourite pot plants inside and my brother stocked his eskies with “essentials” so they’re as ready as they’ll ever be…

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Not getting much art done. The amount of pressure I put on myself and the awareness of how much of the basics I still have to learn has given me the chokes.

    Minecraft is pretty aimless too. There’s so much now that would have been unthinkable when I played many years ago, and because I made new worlds and have it on peaceful I am running into rare stuff or biomes almost constantly. There are so many new plants and biomes and blocks. But after initial excitement I don’t feel any desire to take them, or build on them, or change anything.

    I put it on creative intending to build and am kind of just flying aimlessly away from spawn admiring the scenery. Whenever I find a village I will stop and equip it with lightning rods.

    spoiler

    Still kind of scarred by the game using a lightning bolt to randomly kill my tamed cat inside the house 😡

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      One thing I learnt about art is that I’m always a beginner. Always. Every time I get new materials, new brushes, try a new technique it’s like I’m back at zero. So learning the basics is normal and is a sign of success. Just persevere. :)

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    *taps foot impatiently waiting for his call to say he won $150m*

    Edit: it friggin jackpotted again!

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        6 months ago

        If I post from more than one account do I get multiples?

        It is very generous of you. If I win I pledge to keep it all for myself and to cackle madly every time I see my bank balance.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    6 months ago

    Nearly home time. A Temu Pakige awaits me at home. Any bets as to whether I have to return anything from this one, or will everything actually be as advertised?

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Haven’t been feeling well the past few hours since making my way home (word vomited a comment that got lost in the ether, probably for the better). Collapsed when I came home and slept for a couple hours, having felt, and still feeling, nauseous + dizzy + lethargic + sad and bleary. I hope to hell it isn’t the flu. I really don’t need this now!

    Dragged myself to the kitchen, made a big pot of arroz verde, took the bins out, about to collapse on couch with dinner and a movie and plenty of water and a couple nurofen. Begone, ill humours. May I wake up tomorrow feeling refreshed and healed. I think the shittiest part of living alone is when you fall sick…