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[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There were a lot of pumpkin blossoms this morning. Iโ€™ve pollinated the open female flowers and have a total of four potential pumpkins now.

I need to look more carefully though. Was moving a flower aside to see if any more females were budding underneath and then realised my hand was like an inch away from a bee inside it. ๐Ÿ˜จLuckily I didnโ€™t end up needing the epi pen.

[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Stir fry made and portioned โœ…

Roach traps down โœ…

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I think I'm going to buy a new car. I've had this car for about 19 years, so the process is a bit daunting.

Any advice regarding who to have inspect it? MyCar have an inspection service for around $250, is there any problem going with them?

I don't think I'm up for trying to sell my current car privately, so I'll probably trade in even though it won't be worth much. I also have no idea how you actually pay for something that costs that much these days - last time I was in the market the standard was a bank cheque.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I used a mobile inspection service to check the car when I bought mine last year. I dunno, they're all much of a muchness. I used ACE Mechanics. Had to call around a bit as the car was outside some service areas.

As for payment I used bank transfer - first for a deposit to secure the car, then the rest split it over two days due to hitting max daily limit. This was with a private seller though. No idea what dealerships do but I doubt cheques are an option even with them...

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dealerships do bank transfers too. I bought from a dealer earlier this year. Mine was a bit weird because not in Melbourne so I did a deposit to hold it then transfered before I went to pick it up.

I did a test drive but not an external inspection because it was basically new and had a Toyota warranty thing.

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[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

I got rid of a similar aged car mid lockdown. The process of getting it inspected and de-Takata airbaged was too daunting so I just sold it to a scrapper for peanuts...

[โ€“] dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

I think car sales has an instant quote sale option for an idea of the minium value of your current car. Even with a RWC and inspection people tend to let their car wear a little before sale so if you're buying 2nd hand consider another grand or two for a major service, eg timing belt.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week 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€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Onions on top of the snag? Living dangerously

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

El classico with the special saus

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[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lexx marathon? Don't mind if i doooo

[โ€“] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was just listening to the Brunnen-G song the other day.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Great track but having just watched wake the dead i'm still laughing at the psycho kai version

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