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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Nath sorted out my account for me, so I guess I'm OG Baku again

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

Goodnight all ❀️

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

Good night sleepy heads 😘

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

βœ… Final clean

βœ… Photos taken and sent

βœ… Keys returned

βœ… LL emailed

βœ… Bond return initiated

βœ… Picked up a week's worth of food from Fairfeed

Goodbye old house and old life!!! Onto the transitory period before the next big thing... interestingly just yesterday I hear from my cousin in regional Vic that they're seriously considering moving (back) to WA...

E: I also wish to mention that my fingerprints aren't working so well on my phones. Must've been cleaning too hard lol.

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

TRAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN

Thank you low :)

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

(Because I've been out of the loop/thread for much of the week and didn't realise you were back...)

BAKKKKKUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! Welcome back!! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

Also trains are awesome, but that's just common knowledge :)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Last day of leave :(

Buuuuut, only 4 weeks till another 3 weeks of leave!

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

god is it only 4 weeks till Christmas?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

i think i am in a long distance situationship and that is exactly right at this point of my life

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

Long-distanceship!!!! πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ Yaaaaaaasss girl!!!

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

❀️

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

so long as the long distance isn't so long that you cant occasionally get into situational activities with them, sure! Edit: everyone deserves a good activity ever now and then.

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

We will be in nearby universes that makes activities possible

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Can't claim sewing course is going well. Nobody is horrid, but I'm highly dubious my result will fit, and can really do without the graphic prego stories!

Opposite result of hoped for really.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I have received some chocolates πŸ₯°

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

They taste amazing!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

New firmware update for the pedal board!!!!!!!!

5 new amp models and 4 of them are HIGH GAIIIIIN!!!

OK I'm all good now lol

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Two members of my household tested positive for COVID today and I have symptoms but tested negative. Time to sit and watch some movies for the rest of the week maybe.

Movie recommendations please!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

said it before and I'm sure I will say it again: Boys highschool sex ed should be bringing in a new dad whos got a kid in daycare and ask them "how many times you been sick this year?". You'd scare the crap out of them.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The real problem imo is that the rich and shameless and/or powerful are stuck in an exploitative 19th century mindset, while the real world has moved on. Have you read Jared Diamond's masterful depiction in Collapse - How Societies Choose to Survive or Choose to Fail? I found that book mindblowing. Also Tim Flannery's The Future Eaters, which I regard as essential reading for anyone living in Australia rn. Some of the science is dated, but imo still valid in essence. And both authors are right on the money when it comes to how humans react to social stressors.

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

Ponzi scheme

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

Hard day at work today. I'm seriously considering making golden syrup pudding for dinner.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I'd like to be one of those people who feels compelled to buy a book every time they go into a book store, but they're like $20 for even a basic paperback. I don't want to drop that much every time I go look at books

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

They're free at the library :)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

so much snot. Not enough oxygen to make joke about tissue usage.

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

At the place of toil…

I have less than zero desire to be here rn.

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

mrs B has started BG3. And I am so so excited to watch her play and talk to her about it. Shes gonna love it!

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

So I saw one of the friends in the group that excluded me from their catch up last week. He was saying how we should plan another pot luck dinner with the group (that’s what we did the last time I saw them all) and have it at person X’s place. So maybe they felt bad I wasn’t with them last week? Who knows. I just acted dumb, said sure etc, no confrontation about why I wasn’t invited last week. Let’s see if it happens. I’ll forgive but I won’t forget!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Huge pot of chicken broth on the go. Probably last chance before weather makes this unfeasible, and I need dumplings.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

I finished reading the Expanse last night. I've not been that engaged with a book series since I discovered Tom Clancy as a 12 year old who was obsessed with Navy aircraft. Don't really know what to read now.... I saw an interview with Henry Cavill where he was asked his go to sci fi writers. Without hesitation the first thing he said was anything by Robert E Feist.... So I guess I'll try that....

Edit. Decided on Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

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

I hate the days after not sleeping well. I'm so...bleh

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I fell asleep earlier and woke in the night -_-

Melbcat doesn’t seem to need a top up, but she’s had some treats and I’m having a cuppa

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

very sore and achy today ☠️

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Guess what just appeared on the BOM website

heatwave warning

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

I'm always so tired when I have my week of late shifts. I can't change the time I wake up (or at least not so quickly) so I'm still up at the same time, but I don't get to sleep until two hours later than normal😴😴😴

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

I gave up afternoon shifts a long time ago for that very reason. If I'm going to stuff up my sleep cycle I'd rather do it good and proper and do night shift.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Spotify should have a tempo sort button. It'll make editing a playlist easier and quicker. This makes sense to me.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I hate ordering stuff online, I think I get anxiety over waiting for things to get shipped and if it's in stock and then for it to arrive.

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