Enjoy the lovely weather today ☀

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    8 months ago

    Some sad news. A neighbour found the corpse of Mr Magpie. He and Mrs Magpie lived in the big gum tree in the roundabout at the end of the street and raised several families there. Presumably the hot windy day last week knocked him off his perch.
    However, in slightly more cheerful news, Mrs Magpie fronted up for feeding time at another neighbour’s place this morning, bringing another Mrs Magpie with her. Very very Thornbury.

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    8 months ago

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

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    8 months ago

    I have decided to try cutting out caffeine for a while. I’ve been reducing my intake for a couple of weeks, with the intention that after today I will not have any more. The temptation to have another coffee is very real.

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    8 months ago

    I am so sick of my toxic boss. I just want to quit my job but i’m not having much luck on the job hunting front. I feel so trapped and I don’t know what to do. maybe i should just off myself. honestly feels like the only way out at the moment after months of trying to find something else.

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      8 months ago

      Hey there. I understand how you feel, I promise I do.

      I know things feel really bad right now, but it’s not always like this. As the commenter below suggested, get out of the house for a bit and go for a walk to clear your head. Maybe listen to some music.

      I went through the toxic boss thing recently, to the point where I almost threw away my 8 years of sobriety. I’m also looking for work and have had little luck so far as well.

      Things will get better. No one gets to make you feel that way. Fuck them.
      Do your best to switch off when you’re at work. Nod and smile, and keep looking for a new job.

      Something will come through soon. You got this!

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        8 months ago

        Thank you friend! I’m sorry you are having to go through it as well :( I think getting some sun and doing some chores helped my brain reset. Things will get better, I just wish it would hurry up haha.

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      8 months ago

      Please don’t. Have a big glass of water. If you can go outside right now and stand in the sun. Close your eyes an breathe. Name all the things you can hear.

      List some things you can do to help minimise the fallout from your job (even minor like make a good lunch to look forward to each day). This is how it is right now but it will not be forever.

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        8 months ago

        Thank you i’m at the laundrette right now doing my washing now and the sunshine on the walk over was pretty good. I also have left over spag bol to look forward to for dinner. Sorry for the ideation. My boss just triggered me today and it cemented for me how she has absolutely zero empathy. And i just feel very done.

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    8 months ago

    Maybe this a QLD school thing but does anyone remember having to learn to dance in high school? Like you’d learn the waltz and one other dance (mine was the cha cha) and then to pass you had to dance with the sports teacher (male teacher for the girls, female sport teacher for the boys).

    Friend of mine just gave me a wild flashback to that part of my schooling, and adult me is thinking how fkn wild it was you had to get handsy with a teacher for a few minutes in the name of education.

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      8 months ago

      Yep. Only I went to a girls only boarding school, so we had to practice with mops/brooms in lieu of real meat boys. It was an hour of practice after classes twice a week in year 11. Dances were waltz, foxtrot, cha cha and some old time folk dances like the Pride of Erin, Dashing White Sergeant and Waves of Bondi. The idea was to be able to do the ‘social’ dancing of our grandmothers’ generation. Rock&roll and disco were off the menu.

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      8 months ago

      Had that at my high school for sure. Edit: Vic HS, it was a physical education topic

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        It was a mandatory part of year 8/9 Phys Ed (usually somewhere in semester 1), you couldn’t attend the mid-year school dance if you didn’t pass.

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      8 months ago

      Sounds awful. Hang in there, they are working on it. The damage was so extensive and there’s only so many repair crews. Are you able to stay with someone overnight to get a break from it?

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        8 months ago

        You are right, it IS a long time. Things are more complicated up in the hills. Too many trees.

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      @Reonn @CEOofmyhouse56 crap, what area are you in? I checked the outages list and it was still huge yesterday. I’m in a rural area that gets regular outages, but they are usually resolved within about 12 hours. But the amount of trees down, damaged or basically exploded on the drive out from the city today was… exceptional. I’m not surprised it’s taking them quite a while to rectify all the issues.

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    8 months ago

    Two stunning afternoons up in the hills and watched a House episode where a guy had his hand amputated.

    Man, I have never been more grateful for my hands. Like I felt so so so unbelievably overwhelmed with gratitude it was kind of surreal.

    Hope everyone has had an awesome weekend!

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    8 months ago

    To do list for tomorrow (putting it here so I am obligated to follow-through):

    • Call Tafe and finish up enrolment
    • speak to GP for new BC script
    • eat lunch (important!!)
    • play with/nap with cat
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    Ended up making the trip in with my kids to listen from the park. Was worth it (kids thought it was awesome) - I’d say probably 15k people outside…

    And this guy - just grooving from the back

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    8 months ago

    Mildly peeved that the bus driver blew right past the stop I was at, ignoring everyone who was waiting there. Had to wait half an hour for the next one.

    But got some fudge, and found out that the brand I usually get shut up shop some months ago.

    It’s been one of those ripple days, where everything seems to be going up and down all at once.

    Also anyone know any good place to look into getting a second hand bike (and a good place to ride in)? My current one is a bit knackered, and wondering whether it was worthwhile fixing it, or just replacing it completely.

    I’m familiar with the bike shed at Ceres, but that’s about it.

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      8 months ago

      Busses are the vehicles of chaos, I love and hate them. The worst was the one from Glen Waverley to FTG/Rowville I used to take; it would go through Wheelers Hill along FTG Road down that huge fkn hill like a goddamn speed demon. It was like a fkn roller coaster, the bus driver would blow past the stop halfway down the hille everytime because they were going so fast.

      I think about it and my heart starts beating real hard haha

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    8 months ago

    I’ve spent all day inside resting with Puddington Bear. Feeling pretty ordinary and so is she. Both of us are going to the vet this week

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    8 months ago

    On a train. There is an over abundance of short shiny dresses and facial glitter. Must be a Spice Girl around somewhere.

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    8 months ago

    Well, it wouldn’t be a train trip if I didn’t get abused by someone at least once. I’m not sure what he was going on about, all I caught was him calling me fat or some variation of that about a dozen times and then screaming at me about white people and slavery. Not sure what I did exactly, I was just crossing the road and he started yelling at me. When I ignored him enough he started going off on the next closest people who seemed to be copping it harder than I did

    The tram is about to come so I assume he’s about to leave, buuut for now I’m holed up in the corner of a KFC, which probably wouldn’t make him very happy

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zone
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      8 months ago

      I was coming home from work one day last year, and this old white dude was screaming racist profanities to a SE Asian couple and their young kids. I got between them and told him he was less of an Aussie then them, and how their English was better than his. He almost punched me but instead realised I am a chick and said he wouldn’t punch a girl. I said he’s never even touched a girl hence why he’s so mad lol.

      So not recommend doing this, you did the right thing. Anything else (including what I did) is likely to earn you a punch to the face. It’s okay, just remember there is nothing wrong with you, it’s 100% their problems.

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        8 months ago

        Lol that’s gold! Good on you for standing up for them.

        This dude seemed to be having some sort of a breakdown, so I figured the best option would be to ignore him, which usually works. In hindsight though I kind of feel like I should’ve tried to record or film it, but whatever ig

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    8 months ago

    Off to Prahan, just for one thing but it’s like an hour each way. Good thing I remembered my earphones, would have been quite upset otherwise haha