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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 12 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Ended up going to stay a day or two more down here as I probs hit a mental limit with care before I get things going again. Finally caught up with me I think.

Big fight with the ol' boy last night and I can see he's reaching his too. It's all been sorted out today everyone just needs a breather and that's healthy.

In unrelated news I took a weed burner to dim sims with little chillies on top on a bbq which was not something on my bucket list but here we are.

Excuse the magpie poo on the left that's not my fault.

We also need a rave choon

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Thereโ€™s an idea. The old boy could learn to bbq. Thatโ€™s acceptably manly, right? Potato salad/slaw and bagged salad come ready to eat so the old girl wonโ€™t be expected to make sides.

I personally disliked my countertop dishwasher but if your olds are less picky than me it could help them.

(Please take your breaks)

You don't see that on Masterchef

I hope some more Bellarine time gives you the chance to relax a bit - youโ€™ve got a difficult situation going on. Taking care of yourself is important too ๐Ÿ’›

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[โ€“] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I threw out a 30 year old t shirt just now.๐Ÿซก

Goodnight all โค๏ธ

[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Fluffball lineage.

I've done my things, now I can go to bed. 5 cc's of cat cuddles and 20 cc's of self pity.

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

Ugh, I've been pushing myself through laundry and tidying the place a bit but I think now the CBF factor has won.

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Why do people insist on parading their dogs around Bunnings? Iโ€™m not against it, but, it seems like a bit of a phenomenon.

[โ€“] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

First day of new job tomorrow. It should be good but I'm in a bit of a "what if they hate me because I'm not wearing the perfect outfit" headspace.

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

Today is a write off. Fucking headache.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have one too but it's going away. Hope yours does go soon too.

Thanks, here's to Sunday headaches :(

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago

oh no

take care and don't feel bad ๐Ÿ˜˜

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[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I am having a lot of trouble just moving today. I have a bad case of the shoulds. Should go to the beach. Should prep food. Should should. Ugh. Step one. Coffee. Bite to eat.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Feeling the same way. Midday has come and I'm still in my dressing gown. Boyo suggested going out for lunch and I cannot think of a single place I want to go.

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Itโ€™s pretty miserable as well out there, grey and super windy.

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

On one hand, feeling like I've been hit by a truck is a good measure of yesterday's workout.

On the other hand, fuck this lol

Edit:

Gibson agrees staying bed all day is a great idea

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Gibson looks like how I feel

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

If it stops raining here it's beach.

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

I like to think as an aussie I'm pretty chill in regard to bugs and such but this place is trying me

Yesterday I saw a big spider walk out of my room, cross the hall and go into another room. Today there was a European wasp in the dunny . Cockroach in the basin, etc etc ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 points 4 days ago (7 children)

cross the hall and go into another room

lol just checking to see if everyone is enjoying their stay.

A year back one chased me across the room (and followed me when I changed direction). I don't mind spiders but that thing really didn't like me for some reason and it was actually disturbing. Ended up walking outside, it followed, closed the door, so I won that fight.

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[โ€“] SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wasps freak me out more than spiders, they unexpectedly turn and fly towards you and I fear swatting at them in case they sting my hand. If they ever get indoors need to be tackled from a distance with spray.

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[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 9 points 5 days ago

Ran around all day yesterday, will run around all day tomorrow. Today I putter quietly doing little jobs and recharging

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 9 points 5 days ago

Okay all that booze (not even that much!) was not a great idea, shot awake at 3am from a bad dream, couldn't sleep till 4:30, and now it's 9 and ughghgh... Should've drunk more water. This is why I don't drink much.

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 9 points 5 days ago

Ugh. Up since 4, I hate my brain. Today I meet some random bloke to trade pokemon and... dunno. It looks miserable. More bonus TV I guess. Reacher is pretty good.

[โ€“] SituationCake@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ok the drugs have mostly worked, headache has gone from mega to mild. Have put on a load of washing, emptied the dishwasher and put the robovac on in the bedroom. Small wins. Now thinking about lunch.

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[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I actually managed to get a bit done around the apartment in between naps. I think I am still off from that flu a couple weeks ago. I have loaded up the fridge with vege foods for the week so hopefully that will get the vitamins going. Have a good week everyone.

[โ€“] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago

You too mate! Some of these bouts of the flu take a bit of getting over and seem to hang around for a while.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hope you have a good week too. My entire back is sore for no good reason and I feel like I'm coming down with something rather than recovering from it - I'll chalk it up to having absolutely no coffee or tea today and all the grog from last night. Gonna have a light dinner of steamed brussel sprouts and a fish fillet... and thanks for the reminder, need to take my weekly vit D and iron tablets. Feels like winter is getting me down but I just need to hold out for a couple more weeks!

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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YL cleaned her room. There's mountains of washing that came out. I feel sick.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago

Oh bummer, looks like the ATO still haven't received info about my voluntary deductible contribution and I have an estimated return date now so they're almost done finalising it. So they're going to slap me with a huge tax bill even though I cleared out so much into super and I'll have to call or some shit to amend it. Uuuurrrrgh I thought this was going to be much more straightforward. I followed all the steps! If it wasn't for that bonus I would be ready to cry.

[โ€“] SituationCake@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I have the kind of headache where I donโ€™t even feel like watching tv. Just close my eyes and waiting for the panadol to kick in. Wouldnโ€™t be shocked if my head exploded.

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[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 8 points 5 days ago (11 children)

Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
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”‹

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[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do people steal the pumps of soap dispensers now? Got to work and some units just had the container bit, with the pumps nowhere to be found.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I once stole a pen with a chain on it from a bank cos mum complained there was never a pen near the phone when you needed one. So yeah people steal shit.

[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At the shops yesterday and a mum was there w/ her probably 3 yr old girl. At this place the confectionery is at the checkout right at eye level for the kid. She started shoveling shit into her pockets. I couldn't stop laughing my arse off because it was the perfect crime as the checkout couldn't see kiddo. Mum was pretty embarrassed but in reality it made my day.

I would've laughed too.

[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I racked one of those as a kid and man, mum was really unhappy with me hey.

Yeah I can't say my mum was ecstatic about her gift.

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Took tomorrow off. Need up for pushing through it. Have 2 meetings I'm choosing to attend and that's it.

[โ€“] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wow it's really pelting down here

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