The employees at my nearest corner store have been more or less unchanged for the ~5 years I've lived here, and I frequent the place a lot. We haven't exchanged much more than a few pleasantries, witticisms, and knowing looks over the years - but I swear I would put my life on the line for them. We have an unspoken bond.

useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 8d

I think the people at my corner bottle shop keep a gimp in the back. It’s creepy as hell in there.

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 9d (1 reply)

I have three apartments to ogle today.

TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 9d

A bit of leering would not be inappropriate I think.

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 8d

Rivers Of Nihil and Psycroptic, the boys from Tasmania tonight.

Good thing I already bought a ticket. I probably wouldn't go if I took the 'wait and see' approach.

A late night because someone else fell asleep on the couch who really shouldn't have, and it's not like I could move them. Combined with a child meltdown I had to deal with right as my lunch was ready, has made for a very lethargic evening.

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 8d

I'm going to watch Bones and not think

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 9d (2 replies)

Yawn.

I don't want to get up.

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 9d

I went back for extra snoozies but now it's time. Coffee and a big unkaos day is calling. 💪🏻

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 9d

I don't either, but here we are

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 8d (1 reply)

I should get some gardening done

another bucket of weeds gone 🙂

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 8d

I did some today too, green bin is half full now.

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 8d (2 replies)

Omg CBA and westpac are down last hour. Just tried a beer run and left empty handed

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 8d (1 reply)

CBA is fine now. Just bought a McFlurry and no issue

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 8d

I'm no longer beerless 🍻

useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 9d

The new King Gizz is for the rave choon people. Unce..unce..etc..

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 8d

So yesterday Miss Seagoon and I were talking about our duolingo, we're on a family subscription, she brushing up her Spanish , I'm doing Latin.

I knew she studied Latin at high school, did it for 4 years, so we talked about it and how it's used in the modern day. And she spoke some and well but with a thick french accent!! She went to the lycee in Observatoire in Belgium so of course she had the accent. She laughed at my Aussie and I laughed at hers. In a nice way of course. 😊

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 8d

New French patisserie opened near bunnings recently. Nice coffee and tarts abound now

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 8d (2 replies)

Stick vacuums are convenient but awful to empty the dirt from. Makes a cloud of dust. I hate it. Surely technology can find a way to have bagged stick vacuums.

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 8d (1 reply)

There is - I have one! It actually has a tower/stand that has the bag in it, you put it away on the stand and it opens the dust canister, sucks the dust into the bag and closes it again. I think you can have a robot vacuum that attaches to the same tower.

The one I have is an LG vacuum but there are other brands too.

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 8d

Thanks! I’m gonna look into it.

lowtheseal@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 8d (4 replies)

I was born yesterday.

Why is coffee so popular?

Is it the ritual, the taste, or the effects of caffeine?

TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 8d

All of the above, plus it's addictive. It's also a diuretic, so the impulse to drink more is built into your body.

SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 8d

Peer pressure for me. Heaps of my friends and housemates drank coffee so I picked it up. I've quit, but will still have a decaf from time to time for breakfast/brunch or I'll have a full strength if I have extra things to do that day.

I do like the taste.

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 8d

It's the caffeine. That's my 2 cents.

For me it was the "jolt".

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 8d

all of the above

It's nice to have a warm drink on a cold day

boiled water is safe

it's also social