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Treat yourself to something nice today. You deserve it. xxx

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[โ€“] oztrin@aussie.zone 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for all the congratulations on the unit acquisition yesterday. I'm still settling into believing it's real, especially after two let-downs.
It's going to be strange not obsessively checking the real estate sites and doing the rounds of the OFIs every Saturday.
Now to continue with Operation Sort Shit and decide what to take and what to dispose of.

[โ€“] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A temporary storage space like Storage King is your friend here I reckon. I found when I moved, that I just put everything I wasn't sure about in that space, and only put stuff in the new place that I KNEW I wanted there. The doubtfuls were sorted later and a lot went to next generation family and to charity etc as I just didn't have room for them in the new house. Ended up with the new place having ONLY stuff I wanted to keep. This really really helped my decision making on the other stuff. It also helped that the storage space was just up the road from a Vinnies which dramatically eased the actual disposal. Worth considering as a tactic.

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[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 13 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Off 'sick' today. I've earned it damnit.

I should have done the same. Iโ€™m standing on the corner of Struggle Street and the Boulevard of Broken Dreams

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At home with allergies. Partial fib.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I don't think I've suffered from hayfever this late in the season. Generally a spring thing and gone by Dec/Jan....It's friggin March and I'm still dealing with it

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Same! I haven't sneezed so much this time of year

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[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

That's what those sick days are for!

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wanted to today as well but the work would only pile up for me the next day which is even a busier day.

I really hate that I feel I can't be off sick because of that.

[โ€“] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's the reason I've taken like 5 sick days in 9 years and am drowning in excess annual leave.

Every day off I take results in about 1.2 days of extra work I need to catch up on when I get back ๐Ÿซค

At least I'm very often solo in the office so my presenteeism doesn't get others sick.

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah, this year the way things have fallen, my monday and tuesdays are loaded and if I'm not there the work just piles up.

The person I work with, while our roles differs, just leaves the massive backlog for me to maintain and this places so much pressure on me if I take the day off when I have a scheduled workload.

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[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Have a great day everyone โค๏ธ

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 12 points 8 months ago (4 children)

My haul of little tomatoes from the community garden to spice up my sandwiches.

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[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I have an interview tomorrow oooooooaahhhhhhggg why does it have to be warm tomorrow ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Look on the bright side, it's better than being on Wednesday.

[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've got one Wednesday lol

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 8 points 8 months ago

Official first day of term for my Uni courses today. Time to knuckle down and get back into the studying.

[โ€“] Aradina@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Listed some old PC parts on Gumtree, the first five minutes I get the standard "I want to purchase give me your email so I can send you a phishing link" quickly followed by an account called "support" with the gumtree logo telling me I had a pending offer and to just provide my email.

This was then followed up with a second "support" account trying a different scam, and one person doing the "I will send a courier" bit.

Gumtree is so shit.

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

TIL about "sad beige moms". People so obsessed with image they turn their whole world beige ( and grey blue ) , including the world of their kids.

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[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 7 points 8 months ago

When writing a report if you need the word sixthly switch to bullet points!

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

random musings (but basically instant pot FTW)

I got myself an instant pot for Christmas and it has been amazing on low energy / sad days. Today I was WFH and feeling terrible, but I managed to get rice on mid afternoon ((cup of rice, cup of water turn it on and wait for it to beep at me). Then I managed to saute some onions garlic etc, added lentils, random spices and some leftover tomatoes and I got yummo dal stew with the rice. Enough for a couple more meals too. And I feel much better for having eaten something hearty and homemade.

I realise when my energy is low I can chop a few things, but nursing multiple pots on the stove then cleaning them all up is too much. Having something that I can put stuff in and it does it all and just beeps when my stew/beans/whatever is ready is great.

Also been making yogurt in it which is also awesome.

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[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Alrighty. Halfway through preparation for interview on Wednesday. Shame it's going to be 37 degrees so I'll be ubering instead of PT so I'm not a sweaty mess.

That aside, if anyone has a ps5 controller with stick drift, push the analogue sticks down for 10 seconds, then turn clockwise for 10 seconds and again counter clockwise for 10 seconds.

It actually works and saved me 100 bucks

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

A young brushtail just tried to have a go at Mr Woof through the glass of the back door! It was full on banging on the outside of the door right in front of him. Mr Woof is now outside doing a full security patrol while Miss Meow supervises from inside.

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[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago (14 children)

Breakfast ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

[โ€“] oztrin@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If breakfast is still on, a mimosa and a ham and cheese croissant plz chef

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[โ€“] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tea please, and crumpets with honey.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿฏ

[โ€“] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago
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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago

I must have been snoring, Ted jumped on my tummy while I was asleep, I got a terrible shock. ๐Ÿ˜ด๐Ÿ˜ฎ

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

Wฤƒn'ฤn

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

My neighbour, the Sax Man, is practicing, and another neighbour is watching The Office.

Such a strange mix of sounds lol

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Brunny to Port Melbourne to Prahran to Brunny.

I'm le tired ๐Ÿš€

Edit: because I referenced it, here is the first video I ever saw on the internet. Iirc I saw it on ebaumsworld and have been saying "but I'm le tired" for over a decade now

End of the World

[โ€“] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well then have a nap. THEN FIRE ZE MISSILES!

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

I'm going to Aldi. What coffee beans should I get for my plunger?

If it helps I like strong cappuccinos and I use the #13 calabrese pods for my Aldi pod machine because the #14 intensio is disgusting.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I ended up with this because there was not much choice.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Solid choice. It's what I get if the international stuff isn't available.

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[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Any of the South American ones. Brazil, Colombia or the special blend. Essentially any of the 1 kg bean bags are good value for money, not the dark roasts though.

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

woke up with the opening theme of To Kill a Mockingbird in my head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t98LWNwUhI

this is the first movie music I remember and remember loving

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[โ€“] wscholermann@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

When I look at the dating pool I think yup this is why I'm still single and I just don't have the energy for it anymore.

I guess a lot of straights feel the same, even if statistically the odds are more in their favour overall.

[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I promise you straight dating is a complete shit fest lol

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[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

Some things dramatically reduce the โ€˜poolโ€™ to near zero sometimes. This actually a good thing. Dealbreakers are just that.

Sounds like you are looking for queer. Iโ€™m only a smidge that direction but 100% childfree. Filters did not offer a smorgasbord!

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

have I told you all how much I love netflix, just incredible shows from all over the world

this week I have been watching shows from Brazil and this song from O Mecanismo haunts me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8w1IKM4dfY

lyrics ( from google translate )

spoiler

The sun will shine once more The light will reach the hearts From evil, hi, from evil the seed will be cremated Love will be eternal again Love will be eternal again The sun will shine once more The light will reach the hearts From evil, hi, from evil the seed will be cremated Love will be eternal again It is the final judgment, the story of good versus evil I want to have eyes to see the wickedness disappear The sun will shine once more The light will reach the hearts From evil, hi, from evil the seed will be cremated Love will be eternal again Love will be eternal again Love will be eternal again Love will be eternal again Again Again (The sun will shine once more) (The light will reach the hearts) (From evil, hi, from evil will be cremated the seed) (Love, love will be eternal again) (Love, love will be eternal again) (Love will be eternal again) (Again, again) (Will be eternal again, again) (Again)

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