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[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

When you haven't handed out treats for the 47th time today:

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

You monster!

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There was someone playing a song from Interstellar on the piano just now in Melbourne Central. It was beautiful! I was totally entranced, stopped my youtube, stopped eating, just sitting there totally caught up in it. I didn't get to see them before they disappeared, wish I could've said thankyou.

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[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 8 points 7 months ago

Blarg. Very little sleep thanks to hole in the gutter making incessant drum noises. Really sick of this house.

[โ€“] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 8 points 7 months ago

Made it just before sunset.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm about to vacuum. He is not going to like it.

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

Hello, RSPCA? Iโ€™d like to report a vacuumingโ€ฆ

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

mowing, laughing children, vegetables, cats, flies....

[โ€“] Baku@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago

Your image broke my boost

[โ€“] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I'm crafting the resume with a "Christian" first name. Let's see how this plays out.

[โ€“] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago

๐Ÿคฃ

Chris?

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My husband has had a "Christian" name for 30+ years now.

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

He's middle eastern right? If so, I totally get why.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yep. His Arab name is only short and you say it how it's spelt but hey whatever gets you the job.

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

Exactly. I love my name but it is what it is for the moment.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Choose a name with the same number of syllables, the same hard sounds and if possible the same end. That way you will respond in a natural way when your name is called.

for example. Hasim becomes James/Jim

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

Names are precious. Keep your real name for with your loved ones , in private of course.

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[โ€“] oztrin@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago

First day of work since I got the lurgie. Managed fairly well.
Fortunately it's the quiet week.

[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Downpipes cleared!

So some lessons learnt over the years..

  1. Fuck leaves and debris in gutters and putting it off
  2. Fuck too much water
  3. Right angles in downpipes can get fucked
  4. Use your ears to ~~see~~ hear if you've unfucked it
  5. Having no plumbing plan is bad and fucked. Write it down, all of it.

:)

[โ€“] Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago

Wise words friend, our overflowing gutters kept waking us up during last night. Looks like one of them has rusted through as well.

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

I hate that so much. If you're unlucky it could flood your ceiling/eaves. In the end those bristle things were installed in the gutter to keep leaves out

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[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I swear on my mum's life...if my neighbour is out watering today I'm dropping him.

He was out there with the hose yesterday at lunchtime.

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

I nearly did that with mine yesterday after his dog bit mine again for the second time in 2 years. I mean, it was a jack Russel vs a Kelpie, I like my dogs chances, but told him if it happens again his dog will have the honor of being the second dog in orbit cause I'm punting it at the sun.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I cannot imagine not having a dog on a lead or behind a fence/gate.

What a knob.

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

Yep, his defense was "I only turned my back for a minute" but when the wife went over to play "Good cop" to my "Pull your head out of your fucking arse you C***!" cop, he admits the dog has issues. So why was it allowed out the front unsupervised at all?

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[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Thank goodness you're back bacon because we had a weirdo here trying to give away electronics.

Here's a complimentary biscuit ๐Ÿช

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

Free coffee? Don't mind if I do!

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

๐Ÿฉ have this to go with it

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[โ€“] MHLoppy@fedia.io 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Careful saying something is free, the coffee's gonna get OzBargain'd

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

Hahaha โ˜•

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Up all night playing Surviving Mars. Don't mind me, I'm just colonising mars in the far future ๐ŸŒŒ

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[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Score! Discounted salad and super discounted hot cross buns.

1.60 for a half dozen at Woolies.

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have a few regrets not cleaning one of the gutters before last night. Not a happy downpipe.

If there's one thing that comes up in convos seemingly every time about problems with a house, it's water.

It giveth life, it taketh time and cash monies.

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[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

SpidersA baby huntsman moved in last night. Nice, I want him to eat the bugs. I also hope this one has the commonsense to stay out of range of Melbcat's punches. (Nothing bad happened to the last one. He was just a dumbarse who had to be evicted for his own safety.)

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

Thank you for the spoiler warning here ๐Ÿ’›

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[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Breakfast 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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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago

I woke up to no power and had to get ready for Mr Woof's morning walk by phonelight. It turned out to be just me, something caused the main switch to flick off and I now have power back on.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago

that's some pretty big rain

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago

Walk out the front door to start walking to the train station to see two huge purple flashes of lightning on the horizon. Yeaaaaaahhh might wanna haul ass to the station!

[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

I hope to have a nap when I get home and settle down. I think I only got one hour's sleep last night :(

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

I just want to give a quick shoutout to the unsung heroes of Easter: Thumbnails. As in the fingernails on your thumbs. Is there any other time of the year when it's more important to have a good thumbnail?

If you're unsure what I'm banging on about.. check out my half-price post-Easter haul for reference:

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