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Discussion Thread ๐Ÿฅž Thursday 9 October 2025

Seagoon_ - 2mon

I'm playing Bride and Prejudice and trying to teach Bill Cat to dance.

He is having none of it.

How can he be a decent cat and marry Pyaari if he doesn't know how to dance.

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Billโ€™s just being a bro. He knows that Ted is sweet on Pyaari and doesnโ€™t want to block his chances

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Eagle - 2mon

I've fallen into a Pyaari hole. I can't decide if she is really that sweet and docile, or is plotting to leave a deposit in someone's shoe.

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melbaboutown - 2mon

I think sheโ€™s conflicted

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

Where's my snack?

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Bottom_racer - 2mon

That's the look of "oh god not again"

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

He's just not a dancer , not like Casey and Allie were.

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Catfish - 2mon

Left, left, caproil

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

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Bottom_racer - 2mon

Rebuilding a gate atm. Lotsa little arguments w/ ol' boy on how to do it. He's the type where every idea is bad unless it's his.

Anyway we run into a problem where it needs propping up at the hinge. Not wanting another bs argument I stand back and watch, waiting. 20 mins go by nothing was working.

My old black lab had a kong that's been outside for probably 20+ years and still in good shape.

So when he turned his back, I chuck the kong under the gate. Perfect height, perfect swivel of the gate. Kong is the same colour as the house looks like it's always been there. Sturdy af.

He goes back to the gate to try something else.. sees the kong, tries the gate, tries it again, looks at the ground and walks away without saying anything.

3 days later the kong is still there lol.

Felt good.

Never underestimate the kong.

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MeanElevator - 2mon

I hate people that act like that almost as much as I love gloating over them when I'm proven right.

And of course remind them regularly.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

I can't understand that, ideas and decisions are exhausting

I'm always looking to other people for ideas, inspiration and sharing responsibility

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SaneMartigan - 2mon

I've gotta rebuild half of my front gate. I don't like digging the pits for the posts. I wonder if I can get someone with a post holer to swing by and drill out two big holes?

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Catfish - 2mon

Done! Avoiding temptation to fuss with the pickles

reuben sandwich cake

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MeanElevator - 2mon

That looks pretty awesome.

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Catfish - 2mon

Thankyou! It's certainly not photo real but better than cartoon

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

Very well done!

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Sammidge! Did you end up doing crepes for the meat?

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Catfish - 2mon

Yes. Sweet crepes with some fake raspberry drops, and real powdered ones on the edge

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Mert - 2mon

Looks like a giant oreo gone wrong, but I bet it tasted great.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Here goes with multi interviews tomorrow.

Goodnight all โค๏ธ

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anotherspringchicken - 2mon

๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผyouโ€™ll smash them!

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž

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LowExperience2368 - 2mon

One of my goals for the medium term is to learn how to write properly, and that involves researching well. I am dragging myself to academic skills. Stuff AI giving my ideas. I want my brain back if it was there to begin with.

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MeanElevator - 2mon

Happy Friday eve

May all the bastards leave you alone today, and tomorrow.

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Alamutjones - 2mon

I donโ€™t quite know whatโ€™s wrong with me, but Iโ€™ve been vague and had no real energy for like, a week and a half

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Same. Im starting to think itโ€™s daylight savings.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

lots of vague viruses around at the moment

I had that sore throat dizzy one 2 weeks ago, got palpitations too, and it's hard to shake, might be some post viral syndrome

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imoldgreeeg - 2mon

Same - I put it down to the amount of travelling I've been doing and the vague upset tummy I had a couple weeks ago. Loaded up today on vitamin D, iron - the two things I get low on first - and ginko which seems to help with post viral shenanigans ๐Ÿ’ช . But I suspect its just spring blues. I need Christmas holidays

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Iโ€™m trying to bump up the B12 and start to actually take my vitamin D (on top of multi gummies). I really hope it helps

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

One of my interviews tomorrow is in the building where my mother used to work 20 odd years ago.

What a fucking coincidence. Lots of memories attached to that place.

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LowExperience2368 - 2mon

Wow, if you do get an offer and decide to go for it, I hope you can make new and better memories!!

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Thank you! Fingers crossed :)

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Catfish - 2mon

Here we go again...

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Today is 6 months since I stopped taking suboxone.

It was absolutely the best decision Iโ€™ve made in a very long time and the benefits have been unbelievable.

Not being completely numb has been a bit of a wild ride but things have settled down now โค๏ธ

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

so many hugs

I don't like how society ( internet and americans ) have pathologised emotions

emotions are real life

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SaneMartigan - 2mon

When I was looking after elderly gran, my American aunt stated that I probably don't want to be wasting my life looking after elderly relatives. I thought and replied along the lines of "isn't looking after relatives one of the main points of life". But somehow my dad and his siblings having grown up in the States are some of the more selfish got-mine people I've ever met.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

"happiness and feeling good is a right, anything that is a downer or difficult impinges on that right and can be called a pathology"

it was a movement started in the 60s, I am not making it up!

and huge hugs for looking after elderly relatives, you are a good martigan ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜˜

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

I just folded and put away a doona cover that was inside out. I didn't even find its matching pillowcase. That's how crazy I feel today.

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Eagle - 2mon

I store mine inside out. Makes it heaps easier to put it on the doona if you start inside out.

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

That's totally wrong. Nah just joking. As long as it gets on the doona who cares.

I prefer the starfish way. Grab the doona ends, get inside the cover, find the top corners, flop onto the bed, find the bottom corners with my toes, slither back out, do up the buttons. Adjust.

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Bottom_racer - 2mon

I lay the cover flat on the bed, find the top corners w/ the doona, hold each corner w/ each hand, stand on the bed and shake vertically over the edge until the doona drops down.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Same. Best method!

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melbaboutown - 2mon

I have the cover inside out and put my hands inside to the farthest corners, then grab the corners of the doona. Pull and shake

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Eagle - 2mon

That is the way.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

I just realised Iโ€™m incredibly uncivilised lol

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

That's what Gibson told us too.

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anotherspringchicken - 2mon

I reckon itโ€™s the wind & full moon

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

I think you're right. I did find the pillowcase and reunited them.

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SaneMartigan - 2mon

Oh oh. I'll guess I'll see some of you at the 3am had-a-nap club.

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

For some strange reason I always wake up 7:37am every morning. Doesn't matter what time I go to bed, that must be my lucky number.

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon

Sighing in lol

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

Ok yes I am heading home sick.just exhausted and started getting sore throat and felt dizzy. i think maybe weekend starts now but we'll see

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Thornburywitch - 2mon

You look after yourself, you hear?

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

NO

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Thornburywitch - 2mon

Norty norty boy!

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

Get well soon.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

does not sound good

rest up and get well soon

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Rusty Raven - 2mon

Breakfast muffin lottery gave me bacon and egg today ๐Ÿ™‚

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

Almost called in sick. So tired from shit sleeps all week. Will have larger than normal coffee and reserve the right to go home early.

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SaneMartigan - 2mon

I reckon I'm still struggling with day light savings.

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Mert - 2mon

Summer time changes takes weeks to get over.

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

Same

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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon

This is what I get for having a nap during the day ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

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LowExperience2368 - 2mon

Join the awake club

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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon

I'm still awake ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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Catfish - 2mon

๐Ÿงฑ๐Ÿˆ here is a brick for Mickey to strategically deploy

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LowExperience2368 - 2mon

:(

Dog was vomiting last night so I didn't really sleep either

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Alamutjones - 2mon

More tea

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bacon - 2mon

โ˜•๏ธ

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Regrettable nap gang clocking in

Edit: Iโ€™m wondering if I should mass wipe my comments from the other place rather than leaving them up after I lose accessโ€ฆ But thereโ€™s so much history. Maybe thereโ€™s some way I can download them for myself and then wipe it all from the site.

I will miss our lost cousins. I had intended to split my time between sites but itโ€™s unlikely at this point Iโ€™ll go back ๐Ÿ˜ข

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Alamutjones - 2mon

My chorus of jackhammers and I bid you all good morning

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Unreasonably grumpy this morning. Anyone got a dad joke they care to share?

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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon

What is Bruce Lee's brother's name?

::: spoiler spoiler Brock :::

Onion rings are vegetable donuts.

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Okay I love the onion rings comment.

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Alamutjones - 2mon

What does the baker take to work?

His piecycle

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

I love this, thank you!

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MeanElevator - 2mon

Have you heard about the wooden car, with the wooden wheels, wooden body and wooden engine?

It wouldn't go.

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

A classic, so good! Thank you!

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PeelerSheila - 2mon

How are you now mate? Are you feeling better?

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SpinMeRound - 2mon

Had a really good swim (hit 700m without a break!)... only to find my watch stopped tracking at 450m. Sooo... ups and downs!! Think it might be that time of the month, which I'm usually better at being aware of. Making me extra grouchy. How are you going?!

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PeelerSheila - 2mon

A bit sore in the elbows and wrists. I had to plough through my work to get it done quickly so I could leave work early and pick up my daughter from school on Monday and Tuesday, and I'm paying for it now lol. I'm hoping for a restful weekend!

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Rusty Raven - 2mon

::: spoiler Decided it was time to take some "in progress" photos of my yard.
There's still a bit more mulch to put down to widen the area along the back and many plants to go in, but I think it looks much better just having a laid out garden bed instead of just bad quality grass right to the edges. It will be great when I finally have some proper plant growth too.
:::

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

that looks like it's going to be awesome

Do you have many trees planned?

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Rusty Raven - 2mon

I'm not allowed trees unfortunately, the landlord put a 2m height limit. Which is a pity, I would have loved to do a dwarf gum tree. Fortunately there are quite a few good habitat trees in the estate and they are doing native planting in parks around those so there is a decent amount of canopy trees around, along with nature strip trees. I've got a couple of dwarf citrus which will fit within the height limit (depending on which references you look at!)

I'm doing natives all down one side, including a wattle, callistemon and (if I can get it to grow) a banksia. Then a mix of smaller shrubs and groundcovers. Lots of things to provide food and habitat for birds and also for bees.

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SaneMartigan - 2mon

Bottlebrush makes a nice big bush after a few years, brings birds. I've got a tea tree from a friends citizenship ceremony that's about 2m as well. I can track down the specific if you want.

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Rusty Raven - 2mon

I think I've got as many plants as the garden can handle already! I did order a smaller tea tree that has beautiful red flowers.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

Operation UnKAOS continues ๐Ÿ˜Š

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SaneMartigan - 2mon

Agent's 86 and 99 are hot on the case.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

๐Ÿ˜Ž

this is a strange kind of UnKAOS, I am putting time use into order, not my surroundings or how I do things

one of the first things I had to do was stop letting my sleep get disturbed

I am getting push back of course but I am not letting it deter me.

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StudSpud The Starchy - 2mon

I watched another movie last night because I couldn't sleep, called Shadow of God (2025).

It was really dumb. The concept was superficially interesting, but it felt like a neckbeard atheist wrote it trying to be all smart about a religion/s they have little understanding of.

Priest who does exorcisms (and demons are real in this universe) returns to his hometown and finds his long dead cult leader father alive. Plot moves and priest starts to think that maybe it isn't a demon possessing his dad, but God himself.

It was poorly executed, it could have been smarter, or they could have leaned into more humour or silliness and made it a fun bad movie. But it was played too straight, and the lore didn't make sense.

1.5/5 hobbits. Watch it if you are/were religious and want to get mad ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Alamutjones - 2mon

I need tea

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bacon - 2mon

โ˜•๏ธ

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tombruzzo - 2mon

I cut across the hill on the way to work today. According to Strava it's not all that much shorter or faster than taking the road. But it is a lot quieter and a lot more fun. I think I'll take this way to work now we're getting into nicer weather. I'd rather share a dirt track with kangaroos than wait for the lights to change at a stroad

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

Good night everyone, may you have a restful sleep and sweet dreams ๐Ÿ˜˜

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Catfish - 2mon

Ooh Bizzare is back! Much polishing to be done. ๐Ÿ–ค

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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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Thornburywitch - 2mon

A cup of tea and some motivation please chef.

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bacon - 2mon

โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿˆ

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Catfish - 2mon

Enough raspberry jelly to bathe in and a pack of tennis balls please

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bacon - 2mon

๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ”ด๐Ÿฏ๐ŸŽพ๐ŸŽพ๐ŸŽพ๐ŸŽพ๐ŸŽพ๐ŸŽพ๐ŸŽพ

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Catfish - 2mon

Perfection as always

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Force_majeure123 - 2mon

Cawfee

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bacon - 2mon

๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›โ˜•๏ธ

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

peanut butter toast and a cup of tea please

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bacon - 2mon

๐Ÿฅœ๐Ÿ”จ๐Ÿžโ˜•๏ธ

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

thank you chef

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

Today I am listening to the CD soundtracks to Slumdog Millionaire and Bride and Prejudice

and counting down to when tickets for Frankenstein go on sale

but first I have been listening to Shostakovich 9 1947 Kurtz performance, it is strangely contemporary and old at the same time

now time for bollywood Bride and Prejudice, it has a beat and you can dance to it ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ•บ

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Catfish - 2mon

Fake Reuben in coming, wish me luck?

cake components

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tombruzzo - 2mon

That fake pastrami doesn't look fun but I hope it turns out alright

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Catfish - 2mon

๐Ÿ˜ฟit's sweet crepe batter. Crossing every digit I possess

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Rusty Raven - 2mon

My herb plants arrived, and they look very healthy. I'm not sure how much planting I'll get done tomorrow though, it looks like it's going to be very windy. But the plants are all set up in a tray with water in the greenhouse, so it shouldn't be too urgent. I still have a dozen of the native tubestock to plant, with another 26 plants expected to arrive next week, so I'll definitely be busy. Plus I need to get some vegetable seeds planted!

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Ugh. This Minecraft passkey business is related to Windows Hello which is some biometric authentication bullshit on Windows 10 and 11.

::: spoiler spoiler You can just set up a PIN but I donโ€™t want to. It feels so fishy because of the other options. Likeโ€ฆ How the hell is Microsoft going to ask me to scan my fingerprint to play Minecraft alone on my own machine? (Thankfully there is no compatibility with the hardware to scan my face or fingerprint.)

And what else could Microsoft decide to take hostage until I give them personal info? My Outlook account that I need for everything? I hate this timeline. Suck my nuts.

Gonna try and remove Hello sign in options. And if that doesnโ€™t work, Iโ€™ve lost my worlds.

I wish I could get organised and set up Linux and Proton mail. Iโ€™m just struggling to manage the bare minimum right now and fear getting cut off from everything if there are payment issues or some mistake :::

Edit: I got it to work with just a password. I still hate that I require an account and itโ€™s linked to my Microsoft account and Xbox and Twitch are somehow involved. Someone please make something similar that hasnโ€™t been enshittified into suck

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

proton is super easy to set up

you can even transfer all your addresses and mail

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Iโ€™m just paralysed right now. And then thereโ€™s the job of changing everything important over to the new email and not accidentally locking yourself out of stuff.

The organisation and โ€˜doing stuffโ€™ part of my brain isnโ€™t working right now

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

I totally understand.

Just do what you can.

and rest and sleep as much as you can too

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Thanks, Iโ€™ll try.

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

early sleep worked out well ๐Ÿ˜Š

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Some random person just walked around the back of my unit and stole all of my neighbourโ€™s nonslip mats. All that rustling and bumping was them pulling one out from under my fence where it had slid.

Bunch of weirdos ๐Ÿซฉ

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Seagoon_ - 2mon

that's awful

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melbaboutown - 2mon

Yeah itโ€™s not my idea of fun ๐Ÿซฉ

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