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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I underestimated how many more would come in today. Over 110 entries now!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's bloody awesome, well done! Picking a winner may be tough though!

Now let's all face Launceston and pray.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Buddha Boon!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Unmolded my soap today. The good batch is looking pretty good (although I probably should have put some effort into removing air bubbles). The dodgy batch has been melted down and poured into new molds, hopefully it has been saved.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought these were shortbread cookies 😭

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

They look more like fudge in real life. Unfortunately they don't taste like fudge.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Goodnight all ❀️

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Tinyest has started repeating words back to you. Shit is ADORABLE. Bathtime, GO!, Buh Bye and Ball are all big ones.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

The writing competition blew up over the weekend. Ended up with 83 entries with maybe some more coming in today. I am super proud of the effort.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (10 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes, you definitely need to shave your legs if you want to wear that.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yay, booking for new glasses has been made :)

this is the first time i'm going to be getting my second pair adjusted for my astigmatism, i just can't have the glare anymore, it's unsafe

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am short sighted and have astigmatism, all streetlights are staaaaars

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Saturday is going to be a high of 27 and low of 21. Friday high of 17, low of 7. What a juxtaposition.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Corpse is in the oven with marinade and some chopped tomato, carrots and onions

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

TitleI pick and pull red threads apart,
And sew myself a scarlet heart.
Powered by my woven mind,
Perceive the schemes across time.
Within chaos we perform the innate,
That-which-makes-us-human trait:
Assign some reason for the random,
Find some meaningful religious fandom,
Add a cause for the effect of common sense,
Draw in the pattern to flatten the tense,
Allocate the words to describe the past,
Rhymed with the concepts so my art may last.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

apparently I'm healthy other than a bad back . Who knew? Just need to lose weight, get a little fitter and keep an eye on stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Replaced the headlight globe and managed to order my one of my favourite cafΓ© lunches yesterday over the phone before I got there (the kitchen would have closed before I arrived).

I’ve been intermittent with my hayfever defence and I have been attacked. Ugh.

But… as for today, I have done a load of laundry, started the trickle-charge on one bike, washed and put the side mirror back on the scooter, finished a lengthy phone call and am now at the hairdressers.

Of course, I always accomplish things other than what I should be. πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

8.00 am and I'm already in trouble. Ted bit my bum because he hadn't gotten his kangaroo for breakfast yet.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Unpopular opinion. All social media should be banned. I'm sorry but it's just too toxic.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That would deprive us of your comments though

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had a dream I could see death. As in, I could see where people had died, no matter how long ago, as ugly growths and it was everywhere. And I could see upcoming deaths in people via grotesque disfiguring and mold. Rather disturbing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

sounds like an awesome idea for a movie

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Semi NSFW insect nudity


Went out to check my downpipe fix and I'm not the only one checking pipes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A little Afternoon Delight.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

FLY SOCKETS IN TIGHT

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

someone please put your bins out so I can figure out which one I'm supposed to do.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

You need a binfluencer

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Today felt like it went past quick. Either that or I'm getting used to work lol

I always have my lunch break at 4pm so I can just leave.

And someone is happy the treat dispenser is back.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So Elder refused to go to school this morning. Yes we are back to this again. Mondayitis. But Miniest refused to go because her brother isn't. I ended up having to leave or I'd be late for work.πŸ˜₯😬😫And now I'm I T C H Y. The rash (or whatever the hell it is) had actually gone down a bit overnight and didn't look so livid this morning. Off to work so I can stress less🫀

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yesterday sucked,I had a headache after I took a nap and it basically lasted the whole day, I could barely concentrate on anything.

Most I achieved was having the cricket on for most of the evening, couldn't really use my phone much or anything else during that time.

Wasted Sunday :(

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think I'm gonna have my first sick day at my new job. Have been here 8 weeks now. Got a bad case of the weekend-wasnt-long-enough's

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Next week is Cup day - hang on in there Force. Nothing happens on Monday so its a loooong weekend too. Take the Monday off too if you like.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks guys for your answers about NZ. I'm looking at Christchurch, Lake Tekepo, Arrow Town, Queenstown or Dunedin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It’s cold. I am desperate for some warmer weather. I know global warming is bad but if a tiny bit of it happened to Melbourne so we could have some glorious Spring weather I would not be mad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Just one day of using the Samsung UI for more than just work and I'm reminded how much I hate it. And the fucking bloat. Can't delete the Facebook app off the phone, only disable it, what a joke. Can't be stuffed dicking around with custom ROMs for this one, I think I'll be using this phone for work only as much as possible rather than making it my primary.

Gonna be hopefully clocking some overtime this pay cycle, maybe I'll get a Nothing Phone 2a or something else with stock Android. Although once again, hisssss at modern smartphones not having headphone jacks

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Today's rental viewing was a lot better than I thought, heaps of space inside and nice kitchen - but overheard someone chatting to the agent who'd already applied before even inspecting the place 🀑 tf. Gonna apply anyway but ugh...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I love when you have a dream that connects to a dream you had years and years ago. I mean, as in the fictitious area where the dreams happened.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good night everyone. Sweet dreams. πŸ¦‡πŸ‘»

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Now that's an interesting question. Given that he didn't wipe all his posts and comments as he went, I wonder whether it might be possible to re-create his database record manually?

The simple and official answer is that baku deleted his account and we will respect that decision. There is no such user. There is also no admin tool in our UI that permits this.

But if he somehow reached out to me and requested it, I'd be willing to have an attempt to rebuild his old account. Helping Seagoon_ last week taught me a bit about the user tables (there are actually two) in the database and I think it might be possible. I'm not about to do it without him asking, though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Well I had zero interest in going through the lemmy code until this msg.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

If he does it needs to be done of his own free will and when he’s ready. Sometimes when you’re having a rough time or undergoing a lot of change you need to withdraw and save your energy for yourself.

Also sometimes well meaning people might not quite grok your reactions or situation, or you might feel that you’re burdening them.

However he is not a burden, his social skills are fine and he’s welcome back any time. (Seeing the self deprecation in his last post/s hurt)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cat healthMelbcat has been vomming again so is once more being force fed elixir of narnies, and I’m doing a lot of washing/carpet cleaning.

Also cleaning in chunks for an inspection. I’m so exhausted and keep crashing. I will probably end up just shoving a lot of things in cupboards if they fit.

There is good news though. I asked the vet about D-Mannose (which is used for utis in humans). I’d bought a bottle since Melbcat is constantly getting them due to kidney disease and developing resistances but haven’t been game to try it yet because I don’t know the dose for cats.

He said he’d have to research but I did see what he pulled up on the screen and google it later… he’d found a relatively new article I may or may not have seen saying it had been found helpful as a preventative measure in cats and dogs.

But what I really need to know is the dose. Too much can cause problems. I need to email and see if he’s found anything else.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fun little mouse head at the back door

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (15 children)

ordered a "new" PC to take over plex responsibilities. The old XPS is starting to show its age. Heres my question, do I go Linux? Or stick to win 11? I've heard Linux performance is a lot better, but my experince is pretty limited to a few Ubuntu Distros. The other challenege is my library sits on a 12tb internal drive on the XPS. Is Ubuntu going to be ok reading off what I assume is NTFS?

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