My kid is going camping with friends this weekend which is a little sad because the dog will miss her but gee it's gonna be one hellva party when she goes.
Was given the day off today (didn't want it, or tomorrow, but we're quiet ATM) so I thought I'd make the best of it by using uneaten strawberries to make jam. It's still cooling but it seems ok. Also waffles
Yeah, we got Tix for 35 bc we both have Health Care Cards. Otherwise it is exxy as. Still is.
Didn't get any food there, but did buy some coffees, checked out all the animals (ag shed, petting/feeding the animals) and went into most buildings. Got a show bag for Mickey, because they had a cat one, and he loves his new wand toy. And I bought a little cat ring heheh. Hopped on two rides. No regrets, and today was a good day as it wasn't too crowded at all.
They didn't say what breed they were, but I reckon they're mini lops. You can tell by their size (a bit bigger than a guinea pig), and their ears are 'loppy' hence the name. Dwarf lops are bigger versions (like what PeelerSheila posted). They're super common pets because they're very friendly and docile.
I couldn't believe they had actual deer! I did end up getting a photo of one!
"And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth!"
She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful. Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad.
“I pass the test”, she said. “I will diminish, and go into the West and remain Galadriel.”
Or
"In place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth!"
Sounds like you've got a lot of the past to let go of. Speaking as someone who dragged the past around like an anchor for far too long. Even if you were to go overseas, you can't escape from you. I hope you can one day find a way to let go of it.
Negative experiences (shit job, shit family, shit friends, trauma, abuse, etc) will cause triggers to manifest naturally, it's the brain 'misfiring' doing risk assessments and memory recollection, similar to the way ptsd works. Something in the world reminds you of that time, and your brain treats it like a new threat rather than a memory, even though it is just a memory.
You can run away across the seas, but you will still have your brain reacting to triggers.
It may help to recentre yourself by reminding yourself of what you have achieved, your goals, that you are not 'there' anymore. That you have come so far despite your past experiences, and fuck those times where you were in a hard place. You persevered and you are succeeding.
Sorry for the rant and possible lack of help this supplies 😬
Already have one fence dispute (or more specifically Unreasonable flow of water between properties) for the shed up the back. Neighbour came over a few weeks ago and couldn't see a problem. She got the council to come over and look at it FROM HER SIDE and didn't give me the heads up so they could look at it from MY SIDE. Tried calling the council several times at least take a squizz but to no avail yet.
Definitely no problemo there. All they have to do is remove a little bit of soil from their side and let it dry out over summer and put in a little retaining wall / moisture barrier.
Now the other fairly long / high paling fence on the same boundary is collapsing (really fkn wobbly). re-doing the veggie patch so have a heap of old redgum sleepers. Propped it up heavily on my side so when / if it falls it's not falling my way hah.
Chillies have germinated far too fast and I haven't even calculated the amount of soil I'll need to pot what I can. It's also too cold outside for them in Northcote. This is a disaster.
The time has come - I've listed my beloved car for sale. She's been amazing fun, but I just can't justify it anymore. Yes, I'll cry when she goes.
Of course, I adore my new car, but it's a bit of a brat while my old car was a beast.
Tell me about your favourite cars? What did you love about them? Have you still got them? Or a a favourite car related story?!
My 2003 Honda civic. Never skips a beat. plan on using that until it carks it.
On the posh side the old man's newish BMW 440i. So much tech in that thing a lot of it is useless, like choosing how loud you want the engine start noise to be, changing colour of the led strips, the auto motorised seatbelt, changing the screen to sport mode to see how many g's you're pulling, using the centre console button as a touch mouse for the sat nav. Impressive and fun but ridiculously pointless.
My 1st car was a brown 79 Gemini, which meant independence as there was no PT where I grew up. Sticking to a theme, 2nd car was an 83 Gemini. Both were great but they developed wiring problems, which seems to be a Holden thing.
Current car is an old commodore which will probably need replacing soonish. I love it, but it’s not economical to run and is starting to develop some issues. It’s a shame because I hate car shopping with a passion. Maybe if I hold onto it long enough it will become collectible and go up in value, lol.
My condolences. I've recently lost a beloved car too. I've had 2 favorites: A Liberty, and then an Impreza. Sold the impreza to due to family stuff and I miss it every day. But my WRX fund is at about 5% of its target goal and slowly growing.
I contemplated a WRX, but that would have lead me down the path that's meant I've had to move this mustang (way too many mods). I test drove a BRZ and oh my gosh it was so fun.
Was it? all I ever heard was it was slow. Yeah I want her to be totally stock. Nothing special at all. Thats half the fun of it. Driving it as subaru intended.
Red 1988 Corolla sedan, unglamorous and reliable. It was economical to run and never gave us any trouble. When I (amicably) split up with that ex he bought out my share (I needed the money and he needed the car). As his first "I'm single now so I might go on a trip" activity, he decided to go to Mallacoota and Gipsy Point and chill out. On the highway near Genoa Peak a wombat waddled out onto the road, he hit it and totalled the car and the wombat walked away! He was thankfully uninjured.
White and red. Yes, he did have curtains on the side windows. No power steering and manual shift. Was a real arm and leg workout to drive. But beautifully balanced and could handle the roughest of dirt roads. Never had a stack or a problem with his innards either.
My first car was an 82 blue Corolla which was my husband's first car handed down to me. I got my licence in it. It was like a ride on lawn mower with a good pioneer and speakers in it.
My car now is a 2006 Corolla. A much better ride on lawn mower but with air con, mp3 and 6 speaker surround sound.
1962 purple Beetle. Was my first car, and the independence it gave me! Many things I could fix on it myself, it was a great learning period of life. It was off the road for repairs more than it was on.
My current car is a VF SS wagon. I love it and its one of my dream cars. I will keep it till I die, but I even have to take it to my mechanic to change a headlight globe!
I agree with you on the white, but you know it would be a lot of fun to drive. Maybe not as much fun to insure (they're getting pinched alot atm) and keeping the fuel tank full. But if I had the means, I'd buy mine again because they're the last of a drivers car, if you know what I mean.
🙂Today I bought the last of the materials I need to restore the cabinet and frame of my old sewing machine. It's about 120 years old and it's a functional machine so it has a lot of knocks, it looks old. I got medium grade steel wool to clean the iron up as the hardware store didn't have wire brushes and I got paint which included primer. A new paint brush with an extra long handle for those hard to get at bits. I'm quite excited to get it all done. It won't look pristine or even great but it will look good. Next I might tackle cleaning up the machine inside. I have a new belt to put on and I have machine oil and rust remover. Might even touch up some paint.
Also bought some good dark furniture wax to protect the newly painted big chairs and the sewing machine cabinet.
It's local council voting season and I'm getting over seeing signs of the same three people plastered all over my hood. In front of houses, shop windows, street corners, you name it. Does this really get you votes?! I see their faces and I get angry, not wish to vote for them.
I have completed the first part of the physical activity study I am part of, and have the first of my $50 Coles vouchers. I have been allocated to the control group, which means I am required to do nothing different to what I do now, and will be paid $150 for it! Can't complain about that 🙂💰
If you check any Australian reddit sub (cities, states, Australia or Australian, etc) you'll find we are not past this at all. There are gross people all over, and they walk among us 😭
This is the third time in a row I have not had to pay for my coffee. Which means my husband has paid for 15 in a row and I've swooped in and collected the freebies.
Are you secretly my wife? This post sounds a lot like her 😂 She's dropping our son off to uni at the moment and will probably claim her next freebie on the way home I reckon.
She definitely did, thank you 😂 Even claimed second one for her mum who was with her. Looks like I need to start accumulating some more freebies for her!
No I don't think I have. The AV is registering my phone but no sound is coming out. I think I have to do something with the tv. Fuck I wish I had paid more attention.
I've taken some days off around the long weekend. I'm going to try enjoy the time off and not focus too much on how much I actually get done vs how much I want to
Rogue, because she just wanted to touch people without them dying and the other X-Men treated her like a traitor. Yeah she can bring dead things back to life, but never being able to be physical with your loved ones ever without killing them? Yeah I'd cure that shit too.
Edit: I get the metaphor to marginalised groups, like the LGBTQ+, and that the cure is a metaphor for like, conversion therapy. But also, they have supernatural powers and hers is sucking powers and life force out of people. She cannot be cool like Storm and control the weather, and she cannot read minds (unless she takes those powers). So, in my mind, the metaphor falls apart when it comes to Rogue. Gay people don't kill others by virtue of their gayness; she can. That's the difference and I hate how the other X-Men reacted to her. Storm is all like "noooo you're perfect", but she can hug her loved ones, Soo there.
A bit of left over therapy learnin, your large intestine, you can massage it externally to encourage digestive motility (moving it along) and aid peristalsis (intestinal poo wave). But the jist is that you rub your belly in a large circle following the large intestine while also doing little circles through that path to work it.
Huh. So that's what that's called. I do it just because it makes me feel better lol. I think I prefer 'intestinal poo wave' over 'peristalsis', just because the latter is funnier.
Okay, I've rewritten this a few times now and idk what to focus on, so I'll say that I have also looked at what they write in those places and it brings me such visceral fear and anger that I feel sick to my stomach.
Sure, some conservatives are reasonable normal humans, but that side of politics has been taken over by RW extremists, incels, and misogynists advocating for the legalisation of child marriage (let's be honest, just little girls married to old men), the forced slavery of millions of women and AFABs, and the forced rape and impregnation of said women and AFABs. They believe they have the right to our bodies just because they are the "stronger sex", whatever the fuck that means. They want to create Gilead in real life.
I'm tired of our stories being dismissed, I'm tired of the fight against sexism and misogyny that feels endless.
I don't want kids and I won't have them for many, many reasons, one of which is what kind of world is this for them? If I had a girl I'd be so utterly scared that I know I would end up like my mum was to me... And that's no way to grow up, AND it didn't protect me at all - just exacerbated my naivety. She may as well have put a neon yellow sign on my head that said VICTIM
Their utter disregard for the humanity of more than half the human race (women, bipocs, marginalised groups) scares me so much that I fear there is no hope for this world. It's all crumbling apart, busting at its seams, that I feel so hopeless. Abusers want what they want, and if they all start working together.... Idk, it's scary to me.
I read Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein earlier this year. She proposes that conspiracy theorist right-wingers feelings that the system has failed them has some merit, but that they’ve completely misunderstood who that is. It’s not vaccine scientists or diverse communities. It’s social media magnates, exploitative capitalism and corrupt politics.
I guess when you’re full of prejudice you have to do lots of mental gymnastics to make your world view fit your bigotry.
Tonight I am listening to the original soundtrack album to The Glenn Miller Story with Jimmy Stewart, 1954. It sounds really good and I do remember the movie too. I Know Why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2LXzNjYkw
it's a heavy old record,shellac?, looks cool on my antique style player
probably more a gardening question, but still gonna ask it. I got a wheelbarrow full of dead weeds and green waste. I've got a backyard of clay and rubble. its not draining well, as you might imagine.
Thinking about digging out a section of clay and dumping my greenwaste into the hole, top dressing it and seeing how it impacts my drainage. I've dug some random holes already and filled with some sticks and stuff to try help break up the clay, but its taking an eternity and I'd rather deploy a more dramatic test and make sure I'm not wasting my time. Any thoughts?
FIRST FIX YOUR DRAINAGE. This should be the 11th commandment of gardening. Aggie pipes, gravel drains, swales whatever.
Digging a hole will only drain a small part, any organics in the hole will just rot anaerobically (aka smelly). Top dressing will not change the presence or absence of oxygen. Holes gotta be connected to your drainage for this method to function. Clay is used to seal the base of dams etc for a reason - it's waterproof.
That having been said, I've dealt with nasty clay in EBrunswick and turned it into a garden. First, the water's gotta go somewhere, so decide on your drainage pattern. Remembering that water flows downhill, and that isn't all going to be water. Draining/breaking up clay soil, there shalt be SILT. This is inescapable. So your drainage has to be capable of handling/filtering out silt. All the above cos clay IS silt that has settled in one spot due to being on a flood plain at one point or another in history.
Then using fork break up clay into largeish clumps that form rows pointing towards your drainage. I'm talking tennis to basketball sizes. You will be amazed at the amount of water released by this process. Sprinkle gypsum (clay breaker) thickly over the clumps. Leave for a couple of days. Then smash down the biggest clumps with a fork and sprinkle more gypsum. Level off the area a bit, without compacting it. Air & water gotta get in and out. Then cover with thick layer of mulch, autumn leaves, dead weeds, compost, straw, wood chips, worm castings, mushroom compost, sheep manure, reserved top soil - any organic matter you can get your hands on - even pine needles. This layer needs to be THICK. Leave for a few months. If your dogs like to dig, cover with chicken wire pegged down with tentpegs.
Turn over the area with fork after a few months to mix in the organics - the clay should have been reduced to quite small lumps by the above process, and there should be quite good vegetable matter incorporated. Water should either be being absorbed by the organics or running off into your drainage. Add more organics and mix in with fork. Ready to plant a couple of weeks after that.
Its a whole lotta work, but on the good side, once clay has been broken up, it's incredibly fertile and you may not ever need to add fertilizer. Also retains water well so hose watering is reduced also.
yeah unfortunately the budget for a drain right now is nill, but its on the list! its not affecting the garden beds, just the grass in low lying areas so just gonna try and bodge it as best I can till I can afford a better solution.
245 Comments
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 1y
My kid is going camping with friends this weekend which is a little sad because the dog will miss her but gee it's gonna be one hellva party when she goes.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 1y
Was given the day off today (didn't want it, or tomorrow, but we're quiet ATM) so I thought I'd make the best of it by using uneaten strawberries to make jam. It's still cooling but it seems ok. Also waffles
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
That looks soooooo good!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
OMG
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Mmmm waffles
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I commented before and the jamwaffle looks delicious, but I don’t know how you managed to achieve the Donna Hay cookbook food porn photo. Amazing.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Aw thankyou! I got lucky with the lighting
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
that all looks very delicious
StudChud@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 1y
Idk about any of you. But $35 to get into the Royal Melb Show to pat and feed the sheep and goats was 100% worth the price of admission.
The piglets, deer, llamas, and rabbits were just so dang cute
::: spoiler photos
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Aww man 🥰 I'll have to make sure I take the kids and go next year 🤞🏼
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
https://royalshow.com.au/
It's on until Oct 6 but it is terribly expensive. Best to bring your own lunch and snacks and look at all the animals and other competitions.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah, we got Tix for 35 bc we both have Health Care Cards. Otherwise it is exxy as. Still is.
Didn't get any food there, but did buy some coffees, checked out all the animals (ag shed, petting/feeding the animals) and went into most buildings. Got a show bag for Mickey, because they had a cat one, and he loves his new wand toy. And I bought a little cat ring heheh. Hopped on two rides. No regrets, and today was a good day as it wasn't too crowded at all.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Oh my god the bunnies!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
They didn't say what breed they were, but I reckon they're mini lops. You can tell by their size (a bit bigger than a guinea pig), and their ears are 'loppy' hence the name. Dwarf lops are bigger versions (like what PeelerSheila posted). They're super common pets because they're very friendly and docile.
I couldn't believe they had actual deer! I did end up getting a photo of one!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I've never seen a deer in real life!
Fuck it I might go tomorrow lol
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 1y
indisin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
*Removing as it was a rant
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 1y
Cheers revellers 🍺
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Cheers 🍻
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
🍺
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Cheers! Here’s to avoiding TV for the next 48 or so. 🍸
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
🍺
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
🍺
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Not until tomorrow night for me I'm afraid. 🧃
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Until tomorrow 🍺
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🍷 cheers!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🍺
bacon@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 1y
I YIELD THE ONE RING
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Take it easy huh.. I’m sure there’s a medication for that.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Um, watch out around the Gladden Fields if you should happen to be passing through.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Thank you but we are sure we will be fine
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Be sure to put it back where you got it from when you're finished with it. Or no dessert for you.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
WE SHALL EAT CHERRY TOMATOES
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Or Bill
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
🔥🔥🔥Ooh kinky. Is it getting hot in here?🔥🔥🪢
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🌋
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
This is the most animated bacon I've ever seen
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
TREACHEROUS AS THE SEAS
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
"And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth!"
She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and left all else dark. She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful. Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad.
“I pass the test”, she said. “I will diminish, and go into the West and remain Galadriel.”
Or
"In place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth!"
Idk which I prefer 😭😭
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
you take the book i take the movies
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I HAVE ONE TOO
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
WE RULE THEM ALL
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Um nah I'm just ruler of my own.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
And where did you get this one ring?
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
From Sauron, duh. 😂
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
FROM A FINGER
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
What has it got in it's pocketses?
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🛟
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 1y
I DID IT !!!!!!!!. It was a little button on my phone God dammit.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 1y
Moar dinosaurs! I don’t expect to win Ace of Cakes, but pretty happy so far.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I love them and the one in the front's cute little teeth 😃
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Raaaaawr!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I love them. 🥹
Duenan@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Woke up early to pick up the new Zelda.
Bought some food and self maintenance stuff. Marvelled at the Cinderella experience set up.
Also had a haircut too. Feels nice to have it cut and all neat now.
Lunch has been had and now have my coffee.
I feel like I want to take out my bins but it feels too early
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Sounds like you've got a lot of the past to let go of. Speaking as someone who dragged the past around like an anchor for far too long. Even if you were to go overseas, you can't escape from you. I hope you can one day find a way to let go of it.
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Negative experiences (shit job, shit family, shit friends, trauma, abuse, etc) will cause triggers to manifest naturally, it's the brain 'misfiring' doing risk assessments and memory recollection, similar to the way ptsd works. Something in the world reminds you of that time, and your brain treats it like a new threat rather than a memory, even though it is just a memory.
You can run away across the seas, but you will still have your brain reacting to triggers.
It may help to recentre yourself by reminding yourself of what you have achieved, your goals, that you are not 'there' anymore. That you have come so far despite your past experiences, and fuck those times where you were in a hard place. You persevered and you are succeeding.
Sorry for the rant and possible lack of help this supplies 😬
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
But I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my
I'm gonna break my rusty caaaaaaage
and run 🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I'll listen to that on the way to work. I always forget that album.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Then what are you going to do? 🍿
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Eat your popcorn
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
😵
Baku@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
I ditched all my tape, but still have a functional player
Baku@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
You're such an old soul lol
Baku@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Already have one fence dispute (or more specifically Unreasonable flow of water between properties) for the shed up the back. Neighbour came over a few weeks ago and couldn't see a problem. She got the council to come over and look at it FROM HER SIDE and didn't give me the heads up so they could look at it from MY SIDE. Tried calling the council several times at least take a squizz but to no avail yet.
Definitely no problemo there. All they have to do is remove a little bit of soil from their side and let it dry out over summer and put in a little retaining wall / moisture barrier.
Now the other fairly long / high paling fence on the same boundary is collapsing (really fkn wobbly). re-doing the veggie patch so have a heap of old redgum sleepers. Propped it up heavily on my side so when / if it falls it's not falling my way hah.
indisin@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Oh no. Oh no.
Chillies have germinated far too fast and I haven't even calculated the amount of soil I'll need to pot what I can. It's also too cold outside for them in Northcote. This is a disaster.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y
I don’t want to boast but , I’m eating out of date sausage.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Let's hope the sausage doesn't pay you back tomorrow.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
💨
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
🟫🚽🧻🧻🧻🧻
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I had some sketchy roast veggies for lunch and seem to be doing okay.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
I survived the green cookie incident. I think I’ll stick to baking my own. Need to find a good salted caramel white choc cookie recipe …..
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Do a salted caramel drizzle over white choc chip cookies?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
apparently we are the only ape that will reject mouldy food, we also are not attracted to blue as food, blue is not food.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
This is why bandaids in restaurant kitchens are always blue. No food is blue, so you’ll notice if you lose one
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
TIL.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
Everything at work is broken. Yay
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
as in IT wise? then yeah sounds like an early minute to me.
indisin@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
This whole taking a break from working thing is doing wonders for my mental health and sleep but that sleep is happening at really weird hours.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
Good night everyone, sweet dreams. 😘
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
The time has come - I've listed my beloved car for sale. She's been amazing fun, but I just can't justify it anymore. Yes, I'll cry when she goes. Of course, I adore my new car, but it's a bit of a brat while my old car was a beast.
Tell me about your favourite cars? What did you love about them? Have you still got them? Or a a favourite car related story?!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
My 2003 Honda civic. Never skips a beat. plan on using that until it carks it.
On the posh side the old man's newish BMW 440i. So much tech in that thing a lot of it is useless, like choosing how loud you want the engine start noise to be, changing colour of the led strips, the auto motorised seatbelt, changing the screen to sport mode to see how many g's you're pulling, using the centre console button as a touch mouse for the sat nav. Impressive and fun but ridiculously pointless.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Sometimes old school is just best! Although I do love being a passenger in a fancy car and getting to push all the buttons!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
My 1st car was a brown 79 Gemini, which meant independence as there was no PT where I grew up. Sticking to a theme, 2nd car was an 83 Gemini. Both were great but they developed wiring problems, which seems to be a Holden thing.
Current car is an old commodore which will probably need replacing soonish. I love it, but it’s not economical to run and is starting to develop some issues. It’s a shame because I hate car shopping with a passion. Maybe if I hold onto it long enough it will become collectible and go up in value, lol.
Eagle@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Go the Gemini!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
I used to have a gemini turbo diesel
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
My condolences. I've recently lost a beloved car too. I've had 2 favorites: A Liberty, and then an Impreza. Sold the impreza to due to family stuff and I miss it every day. But my WRX fund is at about 5% of its target goal and slowly growing.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I contemplated a WRX, but that would have lead me down the path that's meant I've had to move this mustang (way too many mods). I test drove a BRZ and oh my gosh it was so fun.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Was it? all I ever heard was it was slow. Yeah I want her to be totally stock. Nothing special at all. Thats half the fun of it. Driving it as subaru intended.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Red 1988 Corolla sedan, unglamorous and reliable. It was economical to run and never gave us any trouble. When I (amicably) split up with that ex he bought out my share (I needed the money and he needed the car). As his first "I'm single now so I might go on a trip" activity, he decided to go to Mallacoota and Gipsy Point and chill out. On the highway near Genoa Peak a wombat waddled out onto the road, he hit it and totalled the car and the wombat walked away! He was thankfully uninjured.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Wow, so glad he was uninjured (and the wombat!). What a way for the car to go out, nice that you'd already been able to say farewell to it though :)
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
I hated my 92 Pintara with every fibre of my being.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Aw why?!
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
My old 1972 VW Kombivan. Still miss him. Partner on many an adventure.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Oh, what colour?! That's so cool!
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
White and red. Yes, he did have curtains on the side windows. No power steering and manual shift. Was a real arm and leg workout to drive. But beautifully balanced and could handle the roughest of dirt roads. Never had a stack or a problem with his innards either.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Fabulous!! Did he have a name?!
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
ahem, cough cough, Herbert. Well, he was a VW. Just a bit more formal ....
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
My first car was an 82 blue Corolla which was my husband's first car handed down to me. I got my licence in it. It was like a ride on lawn mower with a good pioneer and speakers in it.
My car now is a 2006 Corolla. A much better ride on lawn mower but with air con, mp3 and 6 speaker surround sound.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Gotta love a Corolla, so reliable!
Eagle@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
1962 purple Beetle. Was my first car, and the independence it gave me! Many things I could fix on it myself, it was a great learning period of life. It was off the road for repairs more than it was on. My current car is a VF SS wagon. I love it and its one of my dream cars. I will keep it till I die, but I even have to take it to my mechanic to change a headlight globe!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Fellow wagoneer 🤙
Eagle@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
One of the best looking cars around imo.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I discovered a low km Walkinshaw for sale in NSW for 70k. Very tempting. Colour is shit but still. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/holden-special-vehicles/clubsport/r8-tourer-badge/
Eagle@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I agree with you on the white, but you know it would be a lot of fun to drive. Maybe not as much fun to insure (they're getting pinched alot atm) and keeping the fuel tank full. But if I had the means, I'd buy mine again because they're the last of a drivers car, if you know what I mean.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
That's wicked fun!! What a cool car to learn on! The VF SS's are beasts!
Eagle@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
She goes alright, but I usually drive like a grandma!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
I have not bought or eaten any biscuits or lollies in 4 weeks. I'm starting to get out of the habit.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Bikkies are a trap. I'm glad you've escaped.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Well done!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Well done. I'm proud of you!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Hullo
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
How are you?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Happy Cassowary Day 😀
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Here is my photo of a cassowary from Perth Zoo
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
In honour of such an important day I share the one photo I managed to take of my own close encounter with a cassowary many years ago.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Straight out of Jurassic park
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
If you read their wiki they're not nearly as dangerous as the internet makes them out to be.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
They will remain Murder Death Birds forever to me
indisin@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I like that when cooking them you have to place a stone in the pot, and when the stone is ready to eat so is the cassowary.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
I found out that I only needed to press one magic button on the Spotify app and it would've turned everything on for me. AUTOMATICALLY. Holy moly.
And now he wants to show me how to sync the lights. This too much.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
So....are we singing yet?
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Shit yeah 🎤 👍
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Yeass let me pop something on 🎶
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Here's my playlist for inspo
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4waGIdnrV4z6EcKfHCfs1B?si=YzmEQRiAT-6K9w13uxscUA&pi=Q6QMrx32RvaAT
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Omg every one a banger. I am a straight mostly cis woman and I still have feelings about that girls in film filmclip
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Oh it was raunchy for sure and Simon Le Bon was hot back in the day.
Pilk@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
The cost of a bánh mì at my local have gone DOWN 🫢
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
The apocalypse is nigh.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
😮
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
🙂Today I bought the last of the materials I need to restore the cabinet and frame of my old sewing machine. It's about 120 years old and it's a functional machine so it has a lot of knocks, it looks old. I got medium grade steel wool to clean the iron up as the hardware store didn't have wire brushes and I got paint which included primer. A new paint brush with an extra long handle for those hard to get at bits. I'm quite excited to get it all done. It won't look pristine or even great but it will look good. Next I might tackle cleaning up the machine inside. I have a new belt to put on and I have machine oil and rust remover. Might even touch up some paint.
Also bought some good dark furniture wax to protect the newly painted big chairs and the sewing machine cabinet.
I have loads of microfibre cloths for these jobs.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Patina is a good thing. Over cleaning is a flaw to me. I’m assuming some sort of treadle Singer.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
yep, old treadle. It's not over cleaned at all. Patina is good, dirt is not. It's a H series , that makes it 118 years old.
tone212_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
It's local council voting season and I'm getting over seeing signs of the same three people plastered all over my hood. In front of houses, shop windows, street corners, you name it. Does this really get you votes?! I see their faces and I get angry, not wish to vote for them.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
I have completed the first part of the physical activity study I am part of, and have the first of my $50 Coles vouchers. I have been allocated to the control group, which means I am required to do nothing different to what I do now, and will be paid $150 for it! Can't complain about that 🙂💰
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Dream: I went to Saudi Arabia for a something. It was worse than I could possibly imagine. I met an Aussie. We both remarked at how bad it was.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
fair to say you dont like sand?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Despite having a genetic predisposition to it, I find it incredibly annoying.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I was more going for a starwars reference. But cool to know you are of Fremen heritage.
Baku@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Sitting here for the first half of the article going "Please not my council, please not us" It wasnt, thank god. But thats honestly a surprise that it wasnt.
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
I'm not surprised that it is mine 🫠
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I thought we were past this as a country. 🫤 But there are always going to be extremist arseholes.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
If you check any Australian reddit sub (cities, states, Australia or Australian, etc) you'll find we are not past this at all. There are gross people all over, and they walk among us 😭
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
they are the minority and their loud extremism means they are noticed
good people are quiet in their goodness and go un noticed
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
This is the third time in a row I have not had to pay for my coffee. Which means my husband has paid for 15 in a row and I've swooped in and collected the freebies.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Is that not what he’s for?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
He has other uses. He's very versatile.
Drusenija@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Are you secretly my wife? This post sounds a lot like her 😂 She's dropping our son off to uni at the moment and will probably claim her next freebie on the way home I reckon.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I hope she enjoyed her freebie. I know I did 😂
Drusenija@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
She definitely did, thank you 😂 Even claimed second one for her mum who was with her. Looks like I need to start accumulating some more freebies for her!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
That's the spirit! 👍
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I wonder if I can put the music on through the stereo without any help. Pray for me brb.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
You got this!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
No I don't think I have. The AV is registering my phone but no sound is coming out. I think I have to do something with the tv. Fuck I wish I had paid more attention.
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
you might have to choose where to play from your phone’s music app
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
It all good now. I had to press a button on Spotify and like magic it worked.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I've taken some days off around the long weekend. I'm going to try enjoy the time off and not focus too much on how much I actually get done vs how much I want to
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Who's your favourite X-Men character and why is it Storm?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Brian Mannix because he had the coolest hair.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
I also vote for Brian Mannix
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Uncanny!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Storm because Halle Berry.
Rogue, because she just wanted to touch people without them dying and the other X-Men treated her like a traitor. Yeah she can bring dead things back to life, but never being able to be physical with your loved ones ever without killing them? Yeah I'd cure that shit too.
Edit: I get the metaphor to marginalised groups, like the LGBTQ+, and that the cure is a metaphor for like, conversion therapy. But also, they have supernatural powers and hers is sucking powers and life force out of people. She cannot be cool like Storm and control the weather, and she cannot read minds (unless she takes those powers). So, in my mind, the metaphor falls apart when it comes to Rogue. Gay people don't kill others by virtue of their gayness; she can. That's the difference and I hate how the other X-Men reacted to her. Storm is all like "noooo you're perfect", but she can hug her loved ones, Soo there.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
This is a well reasoned argument.
I getcha.
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I like speedsters for super powers so whatever magneto's kid is called. Marvel's Flash.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Back when I was a kid I always wanted to be Cyclops because I thought he was cool.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
From the films? Wolverine. Love the attitude. Or maybe the Cavillrine, simply cause of the shotgun arm reload for the claws.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Deadpool
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
The man says Wolverine because he's got attitude. I still say Brian because hair and all.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
The wolverine from the cartoons in the 90's had the best one liners.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
True says he.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
https://youtu.be/n-IFF9G25Cc
Enjoy!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Sending that to the appropriate precipitant. I guarantee he will enjoy.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
The last xmen movie I saw was Logan , which I thought was really good, so I;m going to have to say Wolverine and Xavier.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
That movie was incredible. Was not what I was expecting and I'm glad.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Really good actors and story.
T156@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Jean-Luc Picard.
Mostly because they somehow nailed Xavier as being similar to Picard, sometime before Stewart was cast as Xavier.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
On The Chasers the contestants introduce themselves and add a little tidbit about themselves. Eg.
Hi I'm CEO and I learnt technology tonight. ☺
I want to hear your introductions.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Hi I'm Simon, I enjoy pooping normally.
Edit: I also enjoy making music and playing live.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Oh dear Simon. Tell me more.
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
A bit of left over therapy learnin, your large intestine, you can massage it externally to encourage digestive motility (moving it along) and aid peristalsis (intestinal poo wave). But the jist is that you rub your belly in a large circle following the large intestine while also doing little circles through that path to work it.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
I've screenshotted this post.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Huh. So that's what that's called. I do it just because it makes me feel better lol. I think I prefer 'intestinal poo wave' over 'peristalsis', just because the latter is funnier.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Hi I'm Spin and I... am a bit of a nerd?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I dunno only you can answer that.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Hi I’m Catfish. I’m neither a cat nor a fish. Nor am I a Troll. Anymore. Most of the time.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I don't know why, but your comment reminded me of the CatDog theme song
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Is this for real?
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
No, it’s just fantasy
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Ok let me picture it.
Yep got it.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
I'm Spud and I smell like goats.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Yum.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Either we use the same moisturiser or I should ask you for cheese
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Idk what kind of cheese would come from me, but I think it may be some kind of biohazard so I cannot in good concious recommend it at all.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Hi, I'm Lady Seagoon and I like to collect and listen to all kinds of really old music LPs.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
What's your most favourite LP Lady Seagoon?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
There's a yehudi menuhin I really like and Khachaturian, and a Rimsky Korsakov . But there are so many that are awesome.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
I've been spending some time reading an American right wing forum just to see what their deal is.
Man. Just wow.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Okay, I've rewritten this a few times now and idk what to focus on, so I'll say that I have also looked at what they write in those places and it brings me such visceral fear and anger that I feel sick to my stomach.
Sure, some conservatives are reasonable normal humans, but that side of politics has been taken over by RW extremists, incels, and misogynists advocating for the legalisation of child marriage (let's be honest, just little girls married to old men), the forced slavery of millions of women and AFABs, and the forced rape and impregnation of said women and AFABs. They believe they have the right to our bodies just because they are the "stronger sex", whatever the fuck that means. They want to create Gilead in real life.
I'm tired of our stories being dismissed, I'm tired of the fight against sexism and misogyny that feels endless.
I don't want kids and I won't have them for many, many reasons, one of which is what kind of world is this for them? If I had a girl I'd be so utterly scared that I know I would end up like my mum was to me... And that's no way to grow up, AND it didn't protect me at all - just exacerbated my naivety. She may as well have put a neon yellow sign on my head that said VICTIM
Their utter disregard for the humanity of more than half the human race (women, bipocs, marginalised groups) scares me so much that I fear there is no hope for this world. It's all crumbling apart, busting at its seams, that I feel so hopeless. Abusers want what they want, and if they all start working together.... Idk, it's scary to me.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I've been doing that too the past few months.
They sound ok at first, rational, then they get worse and worse as they reveal themselves and go down rabbit holes.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I read Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein earlier this year. She proposes that conspiracy theorist right-wingers feelings that the system has failed them has some merit, but that they’ve completely misunderstood who that is. It’s not vaccine scientists or diverse communities. It’s social media magnates, exploitative capitalism and corrupt politics. I guess when you’re full of prejudice you have to do lots of mental gymnastics to make your world view fit your bigotry.
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I assume much of that stuff is angry AI from dodgy sources. Eg Russian troll farms.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
My stomach hates me.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Your stomach has been through trauma.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I think it needs a treat. I rarely get uber eats these days but some cheesecake factory cheesecake could be good.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
shaping up to have some nice weather so will go out and do some errands 🌞
have been listening to these guys, I can't believe this is the first time I;ve played them on my little stereo, they sound pretty good!
bjtm, i wanna hold your other hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7yqn7QDSfI
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Beep Beep 🚚
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useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Zee lingonberry pancakes
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
🫐🥞
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
I know it’s an expensive import, but could I have some cobra chicken drumsticks and poutine, please chef?
Someone has eaten all the cassowary
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
🪶🍗🍟🍯
we transcend space and time
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Morningggggg!!!! I hope your day is as wonderful as you are!
Can I please have some cassowary thigh steaks with a side of popcorn please?
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
🪿🥩🍿
we used the second fiercest animal in the world to weaken the cassowary
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
The house cat?
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Yes goose the cat
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Do not goose the cat, he got into the butter and there will be unpleasant consequences!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Chef's choice for breakfast this morning please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
🍉🍇🥝🥔🥞🥓🍳🍳🥟🍿🍯☕️
indisin@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Any chance of a Phall today?
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
One phoenix’s gall here you go 🍵
indisin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Thanks chef! I tried googling that and got an amp and a gallbladder, I'm guessing either one is edible?
I'd rather use the amp though.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
gallbladder is a kind of meat yes
indisin@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I hear it is typically is only available with stones though; what's the best way to cook the stones?
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
cast them into the fires of mount doom
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Tonight I am listening to the original soundtrack album to The Glenn Miller Story with Jimmy Stewart, 1954. It sounds really good and I do remember the movie too. I Know Why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2LXzNjYkw
it's a heavy old record,shellac?, looks cool on my antique style player
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Listening to one of my favourite Hancock radio shows. I can so relate to keeping bits of junk ..lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaa4m6q56Fo
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
I rilly rilly want some dinosaur lollies, 😭, so hungry , ( will have peanut butter toast for lunch )
I must lose weight
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Here you go. These ones have no calories.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Thank you. 🥹
My faves are the orange ones, then lemon, then blackcurrant
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Blackcurrant, lime, lemon 😺
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
probably more a gardening question, but still gonna ask it. I got a wheelbarrow full of dead weeds and green waste. I've got a backyard of clay and rubble. its not draining well, as you might imagine.
Thinking about digging out a section of clay and dumping my greenwaste into the hole, top dressing it and seeing how it impacts my drainage. I've dug some random holes already and filled with some sticks and stuff to try help break up the clay, but its taking an eternity and I'd rather deploy a more dramatic test and make sure I'm not wasting my time. Any thoughts?
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
FIRST FIX YOUR DRAINAGE. This should be the 11th commandment of gardening. Aggie pipes, gravel drains, swales whatever.
Digging a hole will only drain a small part, any organics in the hole will just rot anaerobically (aka smelly). Top dressing will not change the presence or absence of oxygen. Holes gotta be connected to your drainage for this method to function. Clay is used to seal the base of dams etc for a reason - it's waterproof.
That having been said, I've dealt with nasty clay in EBrunswick and turned it into a garden. First, the water's gotta go somewhere, so decide on your drainage pattern. Remembering that water flows downhill, and that isn't all going to be water. Draining/breaking up clay soil, there shalt be SILT. This is inescapable. So your drainage has to be capable of handling/filtering out silt. All the above cos clay IS silt that has settled in one spot due to being on a flood plain at one point or another in history.
Then using fork break up clay into largeish clumps that form rows pointing towards your drainage. I'm talking tennis to basketball sizes. You will be amazed at the amount of water released by this process. Sprinkle gypsum (clay breaker) thickly over the clumps. Leave for a couple of days. Then smash down the biggest clumps with a fork and sprinkle more gypsum. Level off the area a bit, without compacting it. Air & water gotta get in and out. Then cover with thick layer of mulch, autumn leaves, dead weeds, compost, straw, wood chips, worm castings, mushroom compost, sheep manure, reserved top soil - any organic matter you can get your hands on - even pine needles. This layer needs to be THICK. Leave for a few months. If your dogs like to dig, cover with chicken wire pegged down with tentpegs.
Turn over the area with fork after a few months to mix in the organics - the clay should have been reduced to quite small lumps by the above process, and there should be quite good vegetable matter incorporated. Water should either be being absorbed by the organics or running off into your drainage. Add more organics and mix in with fork. Ready to plant a couple of weeks after that.
Its a whole lotta work, but on the good side, once clay has been broken up, it's incredibly fertile and you may not ever need to add fertilizer. Also retains water well so hose watering is reduced also.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
yeah unfortunately the budget for a drain right now is nill, but its on the list! its not affecting the garden beds, just the grass in low lying areas so just gonna try and bodge it as best I can till I can afford a better solution.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Maybe use the garden fork to stab lots & lots of holes in the low lying bits to help aerate the soil. Will help a bit but isn't a permanent solution.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Could think about clay breaker.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
had a crack at this. the clay laughed in my face.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
https://www.wikihow.com/Break-Down-Clay-Soil-Fast
first thing is using a fork to aerate
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Do you want to spread weeds? Because that's how you spread weeds.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
not in a kikuyu lawn. But weeds are the least of my problems, its all about breaking up the clay.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
i gave the hay a panadol not sure if that’ll cure its fever
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Probably not the best cure
bacon@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
hmm we shall try something else