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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Well.. there's family shit (which went poorly at first) and then there's butters:

B-boy makes things okay.

Butters is adorable!

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

He looks really handsome ๐Ÿ™‚

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Birdbath getting a lot of use.

Pidgeons, wattles, ibis even a willy wagtail all co-existing.

No water wars. Just thirsty and everyone getting along.

We could learn something from them.

Will try and get a piccy later.

I hope we're all the civilised in say, 10ish years lol

[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago

I have been for a swim and had a meeting with potential new trainer. Productive Saturday morning

[โ€“] Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Still here ๐Ÿ˜‚ thank you for the dress!!! It's been an absolute hit! Forever indebted to you ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

Goes to 11 so a few hours left. Cried at the ceremony ofc! The reception is super chill

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

Man I'm glad I'm not covered in fluff on a day like today

[โ€“] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What a gorgeous floof! But yes, poor little one would be hot.

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[โ€“] Eagle@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Mr Year 7s school books sorted. He's so excited about the colourful folders!

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hope the year goes well for him!!

I remember being the exact same way in Year 7! Every year, I was so excited about getting the books and choosing the colours for each subject. I hope maths is blue and English is red.

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

sending lots of love and good wishes for the start of the school year

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Catching up with a mate later, changing up the strays water.

And melting into the couch like some kind of blob creature.

Good luck out there!

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ted has been given his sedative, now to wait and then brush him

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

You can do it Ted! You donโ€™t want to go back to your signature mullet.

bribes with Churu ๐Ÿญ

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Bro and SIL + ankle biter apparently coming down here today. Really can't be f'd dealing w/ whatever rubbish pops up and I'm certainly not cooking or cleaning up.

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Are we all ready for the big hot today?

[โ€“] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Nah dang it I think I'll have to go out and grab some small shopping pouts. It's Tuesday I'm not looking forward to ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Nope. I have some essential shopping to do - as soon as the washing machines finishes this cycle. After that, I am aestivating until about 10 pm. Yes, watermelon is on the shopping list. The real nasty will be next Tuesday I reckon - and it's a week when a lot of people are either going back to work or preparing for the end of the school horrordays. Gonna be grim that day.

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[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Beach and groceries done and back home. About to pop the grapes in the freezer pop on the AC then I am going back to bed. Had sick tum all week so bailing on the morning

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

nearly, just have to dash down street

then it's home for an inside day

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

I don't have any icy poles so no :(

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[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Another thing that happened during the show the other night is I rode to the station to go in, then I saw a nice splatter vinyl of the new album on the merch table. I wanted it but i didn't have my pannier bags on the bike at the station.

I eventually figured out I could use the shirt I got as a tote bag. Stick the vinyl in and tie up the bottom so I could put my arm through the sleeves to ride.

whilst this was a great bit of ingenuity, the real lesson is to always have a pannier bag on your bike, even when you think you don't need them

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

I just received a notice of rent increase for next year, it is only about 1% increase. I'm very happy with that. Plus a new lease, so I can lock in my Autumn garden plans.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am considering an ice cold mineral water or something a little harder rn.

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Ted's sleeping now, I got so many mats and knots out ๐Ÿ˜ฌ poor guy

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

groceries done

then garage sale with miss seagoon, lots of good household appliances have been bought ๐Ÿ‘

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

Too much screen time gives me headaches and I canโ€™t concentrate on a book. Nooo. Doing spider climb finger exercises on my stupid ukulele with my stupid hands to pass the time. I wish Iโ€™d known you could get tiny silent practice guitars.

It doesnโ€™t matter though because I have no plan to pursue either. I donโ€™t want any kind of pressure or to put in the effort to practice.

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[โ€“] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Kitchen tribulations: Miniest wants to learn to cook things, which I am totally ok with, but the problem is getting a stove lighter they can operate. They're all childproof! Tough for me to operate let alone an almost 12yo.

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it's been over two weeks not taking aspirin for my back

all the aspirin I was taking must have treating/masking other conditions

I have had two headaches and I think I have some arthritis starting in some fingers

life is weird

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[โ€“] Quokka@quokk.au 4 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Iโ€™m looking at buying an apartment for my own living needs. Itโ€™s my first time doing this. What sort of things should I be looking for during inspections and what questions should I ask?

[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

During inspections: mould, air con or lack thereof, floor coverings, number and location of electrical outlets, orientation of exterior windows, internet connection points, locks and security (recent replacement is sus), hot water supply, laundry facilities, cupboard space, storage cage (recent lock damage is sus). Also, will you need help to get fridge etc. up any stairs or is there a lift.

During pre-inspection data collection: owners corp and annual fees, insurance costs, rates ditto, access to public transport/parking. Also floor plan WITH MEASUREMENTS which are never quite accurate but do give a good idea of what furniture you'll need. If you bike around town, is there secure parking? Also, who cleans out gutters, washes windows and maintains the common areas (stairwells, parking garage etc.) and bbq area if you are lucky. Call me ultra picky, but I'd also look up whether the location is included in a flood plan, bushfire plan etc. Not so important if renting, but purchasing you need to know this sort of thing for insurance purposes.

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[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Read the section 32 and body corp minutes to see if there's major works that've been delayed. Could easily be some massive major issue that's been kicked down the road for the next person to deal with. Once enough original tenants have left suddenly everyone needs to find $30k to chip in to fix the problem.

I wouldn't touch anything with south facing windows. I've live in too many places and south facing windows make my brain sad. I'd rather deal with the western suns heat.

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[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (7 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€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Watermelon Sorbet. thx chef.

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[โ€“] Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A humongous lemon iced tea please

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿญ๐ŸงŠโ˜•๏ธ

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