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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Because I deal mostly with clients I need a second Sim card or a piece of shit hand me down from work to use.

So I asked the other day and they bought me a new galaxy s25!

I don't know even know what to say at this point honestly.

[โ€“] Eagle@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm so glad you're being valued!

It's a fucking weird feeling lol

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

They value you, your expertise and your work.

And why wouldn't they?

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Birthday on Sunday. Going out sat night with some mates.

Hell of a year so far.

Goodnight all โค๏ธ

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[โ€“] tone212_@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

back pain venting updateWoke up very sore this morning so decided it was time to see a GP (had only seen a physio before). As the pain is not worsened / activated by pressing down in the sore area, the GP suspects something deeper than a muscle issue. Got a blood test and x-ray done and some pain meds prescribed, now we wait. I am a little worried about how this is escalating, I really hope it's nothing serious but better to be safe than sorry. I have a physio appointment tomorrow but not sure I will go, I think I want to rule out a deeper issue via the GP first.

Meanwhile my work is piling up and I'm now realising running a business solo, how exposed I am if I am unable to work because of my health.

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

So glad you've gone to a GP and I hope you get answers quick! In the mean time may the meds give you some relief, but still don't push it! I'd skip the physio until you've spoken to the GP again.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Second round interview is done! It sounds like a great place to work, tbh, and I think I made a good impression on them as well :3

If I get this job, it would be rad af

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

๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago
[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Some men wonder why their partners don't have sex with them much.

I'm here to tell those men, they need to cook dinner more often. It's in the Top 5 Actions that make men hot.

In unrelated news, my hot man is hotly cooking pork crackling for dinner, which he will then hotly turn into noodles with bok choy.

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

A very famous blogger says fuck first ie. before dinner Wise Words

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

Don't get to full or you'll fall asleep before the "dessert".

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

Something about seeing freshly hatched babies out in the wild makes me happy. They're so...scrunched

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

My favourite pair of jeggings got a massive tear, seam to seam, across the knee. So I've cut the legs off, and hemming them to turn them into a cute pair of summer shorts :3

one leg down, one to go

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

That you did this rather than auto piff tells much. Good job!

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

Thank you! I have a row of back stitching to do above the hem I did, and then I'll trim the excess.

I love altering and mending over buying new! Especially as these are my fav jeggings and I'm not ready to part with them ๐Ÿ˜‚ I have a skirt that's too large and too small in all the wrong places on me, that has a nice flora pattern - I'll use those to mend the pocket on the jorts I've created ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Jeggings are the best piece of clothing EVER invented for women.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Hard agree ๐Ÿ™Œ

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

AITA

went to beach, played with some dogs, talked to some folks, found not many shells :) not a problem

and then the big dog

a big dog heavy came running at me and rammed into me, ok, but owner said nothing

then dog went back to owner

then dog did it again, i hear my spine crunch

I yelled at owner, stop your dog,

"he's just a 12 month puppy, i'm training him, he jumps up ( he did not jump up at all, he rammed )

( she didn't train him at all, she said nothing to her dog )

I'm disabled ( and I am, I have to be careful of my back). Owner acted like she was the victim.

"so am I. don't use that as an excuse"

i said, excuse for what?

she said, this is a dog beach, don't come here

I walked away

one, she didn't train or control her dog

two, it's a local beach, only half the people there have dogs

three, there are lots of different people at the beach

there was an elderly woman on crutches with her dog at the beach 30 minutes earlier, would it have been her fault if she was injured by the uncontrolled dog?

or the mother who was there with a baby in a pram?

i'm pissed

this is the first time I've experienced that at the beach

so my issue is with the owner

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

NTA. That's when it's time to pull out your phone and take some photos. People's whole attitude about this stuff changes once you start collecting evidence.

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

I hate thatโ€ฆ one day someone is going to get seriously injured and sue her arse

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

NTA. That's an awful situation and that woman is an idiot. Her dog will continue to hurt people. I hate that this happened to you!

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

NTA. I have had many active working dogs over the years and sometimes they can be overly energetic when young and stuff up (just like kids). But I would always be there, apologise, get the dog under control and reinforce training. And I watch other people to gauge whether they are up for rambunctiousness (how are they walking, do they have a dog etc) and try to minimise harm before it happens.

Anecdotally I have noticed some terrible socialisation of dogs in the last few years and more and more dipshit owners.

Yes sometimes at a dog beach accidents happen. And yes you can and should expect people to be responsible. I hope your back is ok

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

I had many large dogs as a kid. Biggest would be the Rottie x St Bernard people were scared, reality the most dangerous would be she sat on you

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

Many years ago I may have been scared. My parents , particularly my mother, did not teach us about dogs, only to be wary. I had to teach myself and now I love dogs and am not scared at all.

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

thanks for validation

once is an accident, twice is not caring and being irresponsible

I feel like such a karen but I looked up the dog beach laws and the dogs have to be under control at all times. My beef was with the owner , I could see the dog was good natured but just not controlled or trained well. Note I talked to the owner and held her responsible for her dog. I didn't blame the dog at all, didn't yell at the dog, dog was just being a dog. I said No is all.

gees, and I was playing with four dogs at once just 30 minutes before that. ( they were all adorable, especially the very fluffy one who had such short legs it made us laugh when she would run) I really love dogs

I see so many families at the beach. That dog could hurt people.

I'm thinking when the weather improves and it's crowded every day other dog owners will start having a go at this dog owner and they will not put up with her darvo shit.

The rule should be if you can't control your dog, don't take it off the leash. That's why my dog is not leash free.

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

Gone Girl is such a fucked up movie but very cleverly written. 3/5.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The twist was so beautifully executed. And yes, so so so fucked up. I hated the ending though, it made me so angry. (I read the book first and act 2 had me sitting there with my mouth hanging out). Movie got bonus points for the sheer audacity of showing NPH

spoiler(fake) penis.

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Mr Woof thinks Dynamic lifter is fun-sized manure snacks. As I just spread 25kg of the stuff over the back yard he has been having a great time. I also spread 15kg of gypsum, then decided it's time to call it a day. Tomorrow I have to move the rest of the soil (about 1m^2^) to the back yard, level it off and scatter the grass seeds and a bit of fertilizer. Then it's just a matter of watering the seeds a couple of times a day until it sprouts and I should have lawn.

Edit: My neighbours pigeons approve of the grass seed. Hopefully they don't eat too much!

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

Iโ€™m so tiredโ€ฆ trying to stay awake

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

When the man falls asleep while watching a show only to wake when it's over, I love to say "Bloody good show that wasn't it especially the end"? I wasn't watching it anyway. I just love to say it.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Beach. It's a falling tide so it's a good time to go.

:)

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago (4 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”‹

[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

oooh lovely breakfast! Could I have toast & marmelade and tea please chef.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

๐Ÿž๐ŸŠโ˜•๏ธ

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

Meds and yoghurt please. I 'll do the vat of chook soup in a bit

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

Fruit bun and an iced coffee, please?

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[โ€“] force_majeure1234@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

South Melbourne market treats please

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

Can I borrow somebody's house elf please?

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

i've got one right here you can have, he's pretty useless tho

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

I think tonight might be a good night to see an aurora. I'll keep you posted. :)

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I have dirt! I now cannot leave (in the car) until I move said dirt off the driveway.

I have done the mowing of the front yard, so plan of attack for today is to also mow the back yard, then put down fertiliser on the front, gypsum and fertiliser at the back, then start shovelling dirt from front to back. The nature strip and back yard will also be getting new grass seed as both have patchy grass with lot of gaps. It's not expected to rain until Friday night (when I have to go to work again anyway) so I should be ok to take my time, but the sooner it is done the sooner I can put my feet up and congratulate myself on a job well done.

But first, breakfast.

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

The front yard is almost complete. The dirt is all down, I just need to sprinkle some grass seeds and water everything in.

The trees over the back fence are now almost all gone. It's a bit weird looking out the back window and just seeing sky.

before & after shots from slightly different angles

I can't see anything except sky over the fence if I'm sitting down.

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