Thank you Thornbury Witch for hosting us today! It was so lovely to have lunch with you and everyone! You're awesome and the Christmas tree pesto bread was amazing!!
Merry Christmas to you all! I worked up until Xmas Eve, we did a deep clean of the factory for end of year. My feet were throbbing and my biceps were burning! Then yesterday went shopping for the last minute stuff, wrapped gifts, prepped food, made cheesecake. This morning we did the presents, I cooked lunch, ate cheesecake and then bailed on going out to rellys this afternoon in favour of a couple of hours sleep! Must've needed it. My kids and ExMrP saw the effort I made and they all thanked me privately and individually for making Christmas. I did it! I know a few days ago I was stressing about my workload (you guys were really supportive 🥹😘) but once I vented and got over my own performance anxiety I fucking rocked it 😎 And then crashed lol.
I love that your efforts were acknowledged, you are such an amazing person for pulling that off, but also knowing you needed some time out. Merry Christmas, Peeler, you're so great!!
It's great to hear you were able to pull off Christmas so well and that everyone noticed. It's the little acknowledgements like that which make all the difference
Had a great time at Thornbury Witch’s xmas event. My first time meeting anyone from the DT (including from the Reddit days) and it was so nice for this little corner of the internet to come to real life in the way it did.
Working night shifts is great for Christmas jumpers, there have been lots at work. My thermostat's running a bit hot these days so I've stuck with the t-shirt/antler headband combo myself.
My kids are obsessed with intergalactic by the Beastie boys so the present from their great grandfather was a collectible action figure set of the robot and the octopus. It was great to hear them say it was their favourite present when they opened it
Merry Christmas everyone. I'm currently at a chemist warehouse getting drugs because one of the kids seems to be a bit sick. Typical Christmas stuff now I'm a parent. Everyone enjoy yourselves today whatever you do
They did indeed. Mind you, I did insist that they wait until the christmas tree was removed from the oven before they started devouring it. All up, it was a very nice afternoon with good conversation - we ended up not bothering with the board games. I enjoyed the afternoon very much.
As far as I know I'm not autistic. But I imagine it would feel like when you walk into a chemist warehouse and they have those TVs playing at the end of every isle and they're all playing the same thing slightly out of sync. They all have volume on as well so you don't know which one to focus on and it adds so much aural clutter to an already visually busy store.
Nah, that's adhd. Asd is like a monitor on the wrong frequency and it follows you everywhere and you can never stop noticing it. Also no one else can hear it and they don't get why you're losing it.
Santa brought me seven whole hours of sleep for Christmas! Now I'm well placed to stay up all night eating. Hopefully he'll also bring us a peaceful night free of any major Christmas disasters.
All the sugary things please. If you have them a couple of candy canes that I can ignore while I eat everything else, before giving in and sucking on the end and slowly turning it into a hard point while I contemplate the feasibilily of terrorists hijacking a plane with a sharpened candy cane.
Food and presents were a hit. All the other people were really nice other than a few of the usual bad'uns. I ignored those ones mostly.
All the kids are growing up so much and are good kids. 🙂
Everyone was surprised I brought a huge trifle. It seems the cousin called husband to tell me to bring dessert and make trifle ( only because he likes my trifle.) Dessert had already been organised. I made trifle for 20 people. Cousin thought it was funny. I'm pissed at him but happy other people had some and liked it. There was still 3/4 left.
Have you come across the YT channel called the Financial Historian? Nicely acid wit with respect to present day politics. Super fun and very informative - I've been binging. I never realised that Sun Tzu (of Art of War fame) was in fact an accountant. Or at least as close as you could get in Ancient China.
I'm trying to buy myself a Christmas present and the LG website is not being very cooperative. Happily autofilling the address but then telling me the postcode is invalid. Very rude.
104 Comments
StudChud@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 232d
Thank you Thornbury Witch for hosting us today! It was so lovely to have lunch with you and everyone! You're awesome and the Christmas tree pesto bread was amazing!!
Love you and wishing you all a Merry Christmas!!
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 232d
It was a pleasure Spud. We'll def have to do this again sometime. Enjoyed meeting your partner too.
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 233d
Happy Christmas!
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 233d
I won't make it but it's rool nice of you to host.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 233d
I'm tied up too but it's so nice of you to host it :)
bacon@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Merry Christmas!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Merry Xmas! Everybody have a wonderful time
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
Happy Christmas everyone 😘
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
Merry Xmas! 🎄
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
Happy Christmas to everyone in this beautiful space ❤️
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 232d
::: spoiler but first, beach...
:::
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
Oooh I love it!!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 232d
very nice 🙂
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 232d
Merry Christmas to you all! I worked up until Xmas Eve, we did a deep clean of the factory for end of year. My feet were throbbing and my biceps were burning! Then yesterday went shopping for the last minute stuff, wrapped gifts, prepped food, made cheesecake. This morning we did the presents, I cooked lunch, ate cheesecake and then bailed on going out to rellys this afternoon in favour of a couple of hours sleep! Must've needed it. My kids and ExMrP saw the effort I made and they all thanked me privately and individually for making Christmas. I did it! I know a few days ago I was stressing about my workload (you guys were really supportive 🥹😘) but once I vented and got over my own performance anxiety I fucking rocked it 😎 And then crashed lol.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
I love that your efforts were acknowledged, you are such an amazing person for pulling that off, but also knowing you needed some time out. Merry Christmas, Peeler, you're so great!!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
It's great to hear you were able to pull off Christmas so well and that everyone noticed. It's the little acknowledgements like that which make all the difference
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
You are amazing. 😽
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 232d
Lovely to meet a couple of you guys for the first time, and a couple again! Thanks Witchy for hosting, and the amazing spread 😍
tone212_@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 232d
Had a great time at Thornbury Witch’s xmas event. My first time meeting anyone from the DT (including from the Reddit days) and it was so nice for this little corner of the internet to come to real life in the way it did.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Sounds wonderful. Wish I could have been there.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 232d
Jingle jumper is a go. I have...maybe three days a year when I can wear this stupid thing 🔔 🔔 🔔
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 232d
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
💯 🤘
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
Catfish@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
Here is Boyo's ugly Halloween jumper which gets about the same AirPlay
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
I love it
Catfish@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
It love-enly spits at you 🦙
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
That's hot and I unironically love it!
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
Oh the little noses. Love it
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
My brother and his lot have these jumpers. It might just be cold enough in south Gippsland toady for them to wear them!
Pilk@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
Gotta get me one of those!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
Working night shifts is great for Christmas jumpers, there have been lots at work. My thermostat's running a bit hot these days so I've stuck with the t-shirt/antler headband combo myself.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
When Christmas is too hot for a jumper, I also have an equally obnoxious button down shirt covered in candy canes
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 232d
Merry crisis everyone
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Merry Chrysler!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
Merry Cuntmas!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Make me spit my coffee 😂😂😂
Taleya@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 232d
Hah! Bumhug
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 232d
On befores for today. Turns out I can pleat (sort of) gyoza at 1am whilst fairly inebriated.
Bout to cook will they HOLD and will they be EATEN or ATE.
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Tune in to find out ...
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
Gyoza report?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
There are clamp tools out there that help you close them off if you ever want to make more for yourself
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 233d
Merry Christmas everyone.
With a special shout out to YarraByte, you've been doing a great job. Enjoy your day off!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 232d
Merry Xmas everyone, whether it's a big one or quiet one. This place is an absolute oasis ❤️❤️❤️
Catfish@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
🎁📦🐈
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Merry Christmas Gibson and the cat herder. I am so grateful for this place too. Have a great day
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Old photo but they got a special breakfast and they'll get a fancy dinner lol
And Gibson will get catnip. Plenty of catnip.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
Merry xmas!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
Merry Xmas! 🎄
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 232d
Absolutely awesome Xmas lunch ❤️❤️❤️
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 232d
My kids are obsessed with intergalactic by the Beastie boys so the present from their great grandfather was a collectible action figure set of the robot and the octopus. It was great to hear them say it was their favourite present when they opened it
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 232d
Have a ripper day everyone 🥂
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
You too mate 🥂 hope it's uneventful except for drinking and singing
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
Cheers 🍻
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 232d
Merry Christmas everyone. I'm currently at a chemist warehouse getting drugs because one of the kids seems to be a bit sick. Typical Christmas stuff now I'm a parent. Everyone enjoy yourselves today whatever you do
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 232d
The big question is: Did the orphans behave themselves at your table @TheWitchofThornbury2?
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 232d
They did indeed. Mind you, I did insist that they wait until the christmas tree was removed from the oven before they started devouring it. All up, it was a very nice afternoon with good conversation - we ended up not bothering with the board games. I enjoyed the afternoon very much.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
Pat on the head for everyone.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 232d
I didn't swear too much!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 232d
I'm proud of you!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 233d
Merry Christmas all. 😽
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 233d
Catfish@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 232d
Merry Humbug everybody! Enjoy your excessive foodness and piles of crumply cat cardboard. Sasha will be around later to eat naughty children 🐅
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 232d
Christmas was bountiful.
I have procured
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
As far as I know I'm not autistic. But I imagine it would feel like when you walk into a chemist warehouse and they have those TVs playing at the end of every isle and they're all playing the same thing slightly out of sync. They all have volume on as well so you don't know which one to focus on and it adds so much aural clutter to an already visually busy store.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
Nah, that's adhd. Asd is like a monitor on the wrong frequency and it follows you everywhere and you can never stop noticing it. Also no one else can hear it and they don't get why you're losing it.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
Santa brought me seven whole hours of sleep for Christmas! Now I'm well placed to stay up all night eating. Hopefully he'll also bring us a peaceful night free of any major Christmas disasters.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 232d
Even better, I tell other people to fight fires while I sit comfortably in the office 😁
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 232d
bacon@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Ho Ho Ho
🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🎅🏻🛷🎁
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
Something for the big man and the reindeer
🥛🍪
🌾🍎🥕🍬
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
🎁🐟
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
Thank you Bacon Claus. Merry Christmas.
Got any mince pies?
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 232d
🍒🍓🫐🍇🔪🥧🥧 Merry Christmas!
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
Merry Christmas baconmashbrownsugar
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 232d
Merry Christmas!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
All the sugary things please. If you have them a couple of candy canes that I can ignore while I eat everything else, before giving in and sucking on the end and slowly turning it into a hard point while I contemplate the feasibilily of terrorists hijacking a plane with a sharpened candy cane.
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
🍭🦯🍭🦯🍰🍪🍩🍭🧁🍦🍫🥥🍬🍯🍡🍨🍧🍮
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
Barbequed Santa belly with a misseltoe salad please
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 232d
🔥🎅🏻🥓🍃🥗
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 232d
Thank you chef, Merry Christmas 🎁
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 232d
Merry Christmas!
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
Coffee, a reindeer sandwich and a lump of coal please chef.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
☕️🍞🦌🍞◼️
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
Ooooh crunchy! The antlers are particularly yumm.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
May I please have a pavlova and a deep fried elf?
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
A deep fried elf?
What a tasty workplace accident
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
🍓🫐🍓
🧁
🍰
🛢️🧝♂️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Food and presents were a hit. All the other people were really nice other than a few of the usual bad'uns. I ignored those ones mostly.
All the kids are growing up so much and are good kids. 🙂
Everyone was surprised I brought a huge trifle. It seems the cousin called husband to tell me to bring dessert and make trifle ( only because he likes my trifle.) Dessert had already been organised. I made trifle for 20 people. Cousin thought it was funny. I'm pissed at him but happy other people had some and liked it. There was still 3/4 left.
I made a new friend in the new doggo. 🙂
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
Idk what y'all are doing this Christmas morning but I just read a really cool article about tardigrades and our efforts to adapt their survival superpowers for human use: https://bbc.com/future/article/20250917-harnessing-the-superpowers-of-the-most-resilient-life-form-on-earth
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
Have you come across the YT channel called the Financial Historian? Nicely acid wit with respect to present day politics. Super fun and very informative - I've been binging. I never realised that Sun Tzu (of Art of War fame) was in fact an accountant. Or at least as close as you could get in Ancient China.
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
I have not! I just subscribed though and I'll check it out soon
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
They are the coolest things. Look like caterpillars in puffer jackets
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 232d
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
I'm trying to buy myself a Christmas present and the LG website is not being very cooperative. Happily autofilling the address but then telling me the postcode is invalid. Very rude.
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 232d
quiz of the carols
9/10 tra la la la la la la la laaaa
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
6 for me
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
7/10
I shame my festive kin
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
6/10 crew too
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
6/10
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
6
I got all the really old ones ...lol
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 232d
7/10
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
::: spoiler won Whamageddon this year
:::
I give my thanks to COVID 19 for knocking me out for most of December, and my Bluetooth earphones 🙏🙌
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 232d
Got done at work last week, by a car in the car park even!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 232d
That's nasty 😭
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 232d
By avoiding going to shops (or anywhere, really!) I have completely avoided all Christmas music.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
I have survived. Christmas done. Hope everyone had a great day. Sounds like ThornburyWitches do was a success!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 232d
Hope you all have had a wonderful day!!! Sounds like Witchy's event was a hit, how lovely of you to host!!
We had a family lunch with Boyo and now I want to gossip soooo bad but am aware I can't say anything to anyone in my IRL sphere!!