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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

So the final offer came through for the house and I've accepted.
Let's just say it was more than the 'I'll be jumping around hosing champagne if I get this' amount. And off market to boot so no marketing fees.
Thanks to all of you who crossed digits for me. ๐Ÿ˜

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Congrats! You must be so relieved

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

So it turns out if you actually clean your vacuum cleaner properly it performs WAY better. Who'da thunk it? I had to pull it apart because it was saying airways blocked yesterday, which is apparently the level of cleaning I'm meant to be doing on this thing regularly anyway so I learned that too.

Also I just learned yesterday that you're meant to replace the HEPA filters on Dyson stick vacuums once a year so I bought 2 aftermarket filters which arrive today. I've cleaned the existing one a few times, yesterday giving it a more thorough cleaning which was the cause of the "airways blocked" message, but apparently replacing them will make the vacuum perform even better.

It's actually crazy how much dust/dirt this thing lifts off what I thought were pretty clean carpets. It must have been doing a pretty piss-poor job before I cleaned it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I thought I had a good vacuum cleaner until I got bissel wet vacuum carpet cleaner ๐Ÿ˜จ the water comes up black ๐Ÿ˜จ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

my sweet baby shadow

[โ€“] wholeofthemoon 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Good morning! I'm in a lot with 40 units and our place is the only one that gets stupid pigeons early morning ๐Ÿ˜ซ might have to get an owl, and not a fake one haha

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unleash the rubber chicken honks!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I feel very vindicated.

Power goes out about almost an hour ago, except for some lights and stuff, very weird. So we're going through the motions of flicking the power switch at the side of the house and everything, and afterwards Mum tells us we need to turn everything off at the power point, and so everything is slowly working but my stuff. Mum comes in and sees my cords and then starts to say that the reason why everything went out might be because of me. I get annoyed and defensive because she instantly tells me that it could be my fault, and she then gets snarky and annoyed when I tell her that it can't just be me and she says she's not accusing me. Even though she never said this to my sister and only said this after she saw my stuff and went "Jesus Christ!".

Anyways everything starts turning on again, awesome great, lights are working. Mum goes back to bed and turns on one of the power points in her room and guess what happens... everything goes out again. We find the culprit and its one of mum's sockets/power points that is causing the issue. So fuck me right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Even if it HAD been you, that's not a fuggen fault on your end, that's shitty wiring that can't handle normal use, so wtf would she have accomplished anyway? It's not goddamn 1960 any more, the chances of you overloading bar running five power saws simultaneously is nigh impossible

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I'm such a dumbass. Had a meeting in the office yesterday at 10. We all went around introducing ourselves. I tell them who I am, my role and background. Guy says "Nice to meet you!" and I said "Thank you!! ๐Ÿ˜„" realising after three minutes, I cringed so hard after that. To be fair I hadn't had my coffee nor my breakfast but still embarassing ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

No, you owned that.

Onus was on him to say "you're welcome".

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Iโ€™ve said โ€˜thanks, you tooโ€™ before, when a waiter has said โ€˜enjoy your mealโ€™, so youโ€™re not alone

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

at least you didnโ€™t say โ€œyes it isโ€

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Asserting dominance ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Agent has received an offer and is negotiating.
Cross fingers for me?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Still no word but I put together the new futon couches.
I think it's safe to say Zooki is a fan.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

One must question your sanity Re throwrug choices. Likewise mine adopting a white cat as a Gothโ€ฆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I have a white dog and a black cat, thus ensuring no colour choice is safe.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

My wardrobe was completely black until furgirl. Worth it

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll take that humidity any day compared to the 24/7 soup I'm in at the moment...........

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

*checks singapore weather..

30c 80% + humidity yep nup

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Yay, someone is grabbing the old stumps I put out for hard rubbish - I was starting to think I would need to make a Marketplace listing! Good old Redgum in those things.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The young Seagoons have settled in and Bill and Ted have become friends. :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll be adopting a little orange friend for Gibson next year. I hope they get along...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Lawn guy was going to come around between 9 and 10to help me get the couches out and on the nature strip, but when he hadn't shown by 9:15 ish I got twitchy and decided to have a go myself.
To cut a long story short, I got both of the couches out and on the nature strip and the second one on top of the first thanks to a helpful passerby. Phoned the guy to tell him I sorted it but thanks anyway and he said "Oh I was just about to come around." ๐Ÿ˜‚ Anyway that's done and I'm now flopped on the bed with the cats having a breather before I tackle putting the new futon couches together. fans self

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I did not authorize this mugginess.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am going for a long drive to lunch today and realised I need to get petrol. I just checked the prices and they look to be at a low point at the moment, how did I luck into that? I've avoided looking at prices while I've been on leave for a couple of weeks, I was expecting prices over $2.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My dryer appears to be fucked. This is problematic

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Just tried out the new HEPA filter on the vacuum. Works reeeal nice. Feels weird throwing what seems to be a significant part of the vacuum cleaner in the bin but it is what it is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Breakfast ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ham and cheese croissant pls chef :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿง€๐Ÿฅ

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (10 children)

WAKE ME UP INSIDE, WAKE ME UP INSIDE, CALL MY NAME AND SAVE ME FROM THE DARK

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (17 children)

Window cleaning tips specific to the fea? I seem to have a drunk flying fairy problem.

https://imgur.com/a/umXcFnV

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Witchhazel & dishwashing liquid - 1 to 3 ratio. Just spray on lightly and wipe off. You can get fancy and use rowan wood and red thread, but finding rowan in this country is a chore. Alternatively, put your clothes on inside out to render yourself invisible to the fae. Also invisible to a lot of other people who are going to be too polite to mention your sartorial choices.

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