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Discussion Thread ๐Ÿด Saturday 4 October 2025

Bottom_racer - 2mon

Bro came over w/ his bubs yesterday. Always nice to see the new addition but not quite sure what to think about it.

Basically he hasn't been here to help (this is well before the bubs arrival when major shit was going down w/ ol' girl) and is now not so subtly suggesting we look after the baby so they can have some respite as child care is too $$$. Saying other grandparents look after their grand kids... basically guilt tripping.

  1. Ol' girl is in absolutely no shape to do any of that (and it wouldn't be safe for the bubs). He knows that but still pushing for it which I find remarkable.

  2. Ol' boy would be hopeless.

  3. Might make me an arsehole but I'm not doing it on top everything else.

It's just mind boggling how he's even thinking that's possible. I didn't call him out on the guilt tripping (should have in hindsight) but i find the whole thing a bit poor.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

These people sound incredibly selfish. To an insane degree man.

I honestly canโ€™t believe theyโ€™d have the nerve to ask considering everything else thatโ€™s happening.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

it's not actually possible, no amount of guilt tripping regarding respite and money will change that

it's called parenting, I suggest one of the parents look after the baby while the other has some rest and recreation

but what they want is time to go to cafes together and such, not respite

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Bottom_racer - 2mon

I was surprised he used that word.

Apparently the mum hardly leaves the house and sits w/ the baby all day on the couch. I pointed out that you see heaps of young couples out and about w/ their bubs. But you can't expect to dump the bubs w/ two 80yr olds one with serious health issues and it's fine.

Something tells me I should probably stay away from any conversations that go like that lol.

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

Apparently the mum hardly leaves the house and sits w/ the baby all day on the couch.

Yeah that's not good. She needs to see her maternal health nurse or a GP. Your brother probably doesn't know how to handle this. Asking your parents to look after a baby is definitely not the answer.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

Have there been health issues with the baby, because mum may be too scared to take baby out.

Even if not a visit to the GP would be a good idea.

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melbaboutown - 2mon

FFS. Youโ€™re already caring for old girl because old boy wonโ€™t, old boy is making you cook for him because she canโ€™t, and now youโ€™re expected to babysit so they can go off and have a fun little time (while never having helped you with anything).

Why is Bottom_racer being asked to do everything for everyone?

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Catfish - 2mon

RIP hyacinth bucket

Also my Lego can be collected in just over 5 hours. Not like I'm awake and counting or anything...

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Oh no!!!!! That was my favourite show as a kid.

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

My daughter comes home tonight and although I've had a GRAND OL' TIME where the memories will last for years I have missed the fiery little peppercorn dearly. I have not missed "What's for dinner?" every day or "hello parents" everytime one walks into the room.

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Welcome home to YL!!

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Alamutjones - 2mon

Bacon and veg fried rice, chicken and shitake gyoza, and a strawberry/watermelon mineral water.

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Shit. Yes. That looks amazing!

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Alamutjones - 2mon

Sometimes I get it right

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

New favourite toy.

Goodnight all โค๏ธ

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

Goodnight ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿ˜ป

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Gosh she's stunning. Goodnight to you both!

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Taleya - 2mon

More tea?

More tea.

Husband is all i am Feeding Friends Cats! I Am Having Beard Trims! Gym! To the paint store!! And i am "simpsons and underpants until i cbf going downstairs and tiling a basement"

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

hard relate

after really good sleeps I am raring to go

such a beautiful sunny day

beach hike then a whole weekend of gardening

husband, blob and play Dune all weekend

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

Last night I made cheese toasties and I put about 10 birdseye chillis on the man's sandwich (didn't cut them but I did take the stalks off) and the look on his face when eating it was pure joy. He said it was the best toastie he's ever had. He's still talking about it today.

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Bottom_racer - 2mon

10 birdseye chillis

Sometimes you get lucky. Last bunch I got from colesworth were a flop but the ones before were pure fire.

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

I don't know where these came from. He's not loyal to any particular shop.

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

I will pass that along. Thank you.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

I slept a solid 7 hours! Who knew locking my door against cats would help.

Also construction seems to have ceased and it's quieter here now.

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Rusty Raven - 2mon

I managed a very non-solid 7 hours. Miss Meow came in about 3am, pinned me down and purred loudly in my ear.

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

What a stunning day!! Went out to the Yarra Valley to see the crab apple blossoms at Alowyn and they were so beautiful! Wysterias look to be a week off, so it was still reasonably quiet there. Took my DJI and had some fun filming to try and practice some editing. Stopped for ramen lunch on the way home!

::: spoiler Blossoms! :::

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Eagle - 2mon

So pretty.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Youโ€™ve inspired me to get the fuck out of the house tomorrow no matter what!

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

High recommend getting out and about for a bit while the weather is lovely!

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SituationCake - 2mon

Gorgeous.

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SituationCake - 2mon

If I donโ€™t know better due to previous visits, Iโ€™d swear Spotlight was just ransacked by a troupe of rampaging baboons. The place is a permanent mess no matter what day or time it is.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

it's always been like that, always

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SituationCake - 2mon

I wish theyโ€™d tidy it a bit. Itโ€™s a nightmare to find stuff and thereโ€™s never anyone to ask. Website will say somethings is in stock but good luck finding it. Itโ€™s probably shoved somewhere randomly with different colour/size/description items.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Here are the 2 new additions

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PeelerSheila - 2mon

My goodness they're all so beautiful ๐Ÿ˜

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

they are adorable

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

They have white socks lol

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Eagle - 2mon

Babies!

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Wrecked my shoulder yesterday from gym, drums and tremolo picking so itโ€™s a full rest day today so my headache doesnโ€™t get worse.

Hopefully will ease by the evening so I can go out.

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imoldgreeeg - 2mon

Slow start. Coffee time then out for eye check and shopping. Me that go for along walk this afternoon. What a glorious day. Just looking forward to a quiet introvert kinda day. What's going on with youse ?

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

Housework

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imoldgreeeg - 2mon

Yeah I have a bit (lot) of that on the list too

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

It's a nice day to dry sheets outside so that's the priority today.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Headache is less awful so it'll just be video games today and bed rest.

But I know later today I'll still end up playing music out of boredom lol

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SaneMartigan - 2mon

Board games with friends then a house/birthday party tonight. Chores and shopping this morning.

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PeelerSheila - 2mon

Laundry and laziness

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tone212_ - 2mon

Social sports tournament today and our team came first in our division. Iโ€™ve played a few of these tourneys and never placed better than 3rd out of 4 teams (itโ€™s pretty competitive) so this is an awesome feeling. We won some cash and the teams had beers in the sun afterwards, great day.

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon

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Bottom_racer - 2mon

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estutweh - 2mon

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

oh god, i think i used to live near there , yes, it was always full of weirdos

then again, all those european cities look similar

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

Outside is inviting but itchy.

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Pilk - 2mon

I need this sun like I need oxygen.

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

The Sun tries to cook me alive.

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Pilk - 2mon

Apollo is grateful for your flesh offering.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

can confirm, outside was glorious but itchy

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Got a bike ride in before the sun started to go down, a cruisey 9km. Third time on the bike this year after a few years off, so taking it easy but keen to return to the days of 50km+ rides!

Jammed a lot into today, not sure what's left for tomorrow, so cheers all!! ๐Ÿพ

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

raspberry and coconut cream sorbet has been made and eaten

the huge quantities left over have been made into a dozen icy poles for the coming hot days

recipe was 500 g frozen raspberries, 1 tin lite coconut cream, 5 dessert spoons castor sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla essence, puree and aerate

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

That sounds amaaaazing!!

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

dairy free ๐Ÿ‘

I can do this dairy free thing , I just have to do clever substitutions๐Ÿฅน

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Alamutjones - 2mon

Making fried rice. Yes yes yes

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Eagle - 2mon

Oooh. You might be on to something there.

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calhoon2005 - 2mon

Family holiday finished. Some great hikes completed for the first time with the kiddos. Well worth with the multiple years of whinging and moaning.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

it's the best thing to take the kids, they will appreciate it more and more as they get older

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

Beach was lovely, looked like the whole area came out ๐Ÿ˜ธ so many fishing boats, the yachting season has started, swimmers and so many dogs and their friends

a nice shell in the middle of the picture

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

Kimchi is dangerous. Too delicious to not smash it. Guts not properly adjusted to the amount of kimchi smashed. What to do

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Eagle - 2mon

Fart.

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MeanElevator - 2mon

Ask your GP about pantoprazole.

For real. Miracle gut drug.

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

Gaviscon maybe. It's spicy fermented cabbage. You'll have a good shit tomorrow.

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Ride it out. Kimchi is sah good for your farts I mean guts

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

I don't know what I want for breakfast.

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bacon - 2mon

๐Ÿ…๐Ÿง…๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ„โ€๐ŸŸซ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅšโ˜•๏ธ

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

Thank you

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LowExperience2368 - 2mon

I have exhausted myself trying to find flights that weren't 20 hours long to Japan. Then I found an itinerary that was just for Western Japan in the three weeks I wanted to go but it was very jam-packed. Friend will be in the north. I am taking a break from searching for now.

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Catfish - 2mon

Bloody hell! Should have taken a trolley, this thing weighs considerably more than a slab.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Photos when you get back?

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Catfish - 2mon

a silly amount of Star Wars Lego

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Wow!!!!!

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

๐Ÿ˜

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SituationCake - 2mon

Had some overripe bananas, they are now in the oven baking into banana loaf. Dessert will be a warm slice with ice cream.

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Rusty Raven - 2mon

I've started Daylight Saving Time already! I got sent home an hour early because an early night shift person needed a desk and we were full up.

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SituationCake - 2mon

Whoa Iโ€™ve somehow missed the memo! Thankyou for the good news, Sun will get up later tomorrow and yippee for extended summer evenings.

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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon

Put a fork in me, I'm done.

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

๐Ÿด

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

time to teach "quiet time"

when you all just sit quietly and read or something

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bacon - 2mon

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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TheWitchofThornbury2 - 2mon

Morning chef! Stack of pancakes with butter & maple syrup and coffee please.

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bacon - 2mon

๐Ÿฅž
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๐Ÿฅž
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๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฏโ˜•๏ธ

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TheWitchofThornbury2 - 2mon

Thanks! That'll set me up for the day.

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

A chicken please

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bacon - 2mon

๐Ÿฅ

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MeanElevator - 2mon

Spent the whole day with the fam. Bit of shopping, lunch and dinner in the city(ish).

Got checked out by a group of gay dudes. My daughter told me they we're completely eyeing me and whispering about me.

I am fucking beaming. They were a fucking good looking bunch.

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

You are the SHIZZ! Hell YEAH! You absolutely deserve to be whispered about in allllllll of the good ways!

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MeanElevator - 2mon

Thanks for inflating my ego even further.

I'll say this, the dudes commenting on me we're good looking as shit.

Like handsome as hell.

As a straight person, they're hot.

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Uh huh and they were looking at you - YOU - boyo!! Enjoy it!

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

๐Ÿ˜‰ When he walks, he's like a samba

That swings so cool and sways so gentle

That when he passes

Each one he passes goes - ooh

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tombruzzo - 2mon

I changed the rear tube on one of the kids' bikes. Had to get past the training wheels, chain guard, and some connector I think is related to the pedal back brakes.

In the process I realised I only have one set of tyre levers and i broke one in the process, those 12 inch tyres are tiny. So I think I'll order a dozen or so from aliexpress next time I put something through

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SaneMartigan - 2mon

I swear tyre levers have an expiry date.

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tombruzzo - 2mon

These ones were old and that last bit of such a tiny tyre is such a pain to put on. It's a good lesson for me because I only had one set of levers across a few bikes

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Taleya - 2mon

Wooo 20-25 of those click pavers laid. No more will my basement be dirt!

...110 to go

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

still listening to Traitor King, about edward and wallis

it's really shocking, he had a pact with hitler and the deal was he would be leader/king of a nazi britain in exchange for military and government secrets

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

This book is so distressing.

the abdicated king had sold out to hitler, he was giving secrets, his wife was a nazi asset , they had made solid plans

this includes australia ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿ˜ญ

this was secret until recently

I hate them so much

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Rusty Raven - 2mon

Making a batch of breakfast muffins was a very good idea. Cheese, egg and mushroom with kiwifruit chutney today. I did a bit of mix and match so the exact variety I have is a surprise.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

Good night everyone, sweet dreams ๐Ÿ˜˜

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