• Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    1 个月前

    Lawn is mown. Soup is simmering. Yoghurt is straining. Bread is baking. Washing is folded and put away. Vegetables chopped into snackable sticks. Why do I still have lots left to do today?

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 个月前

    awww yeah I’m a goddamn genius.

    bilge pump + car battery + panel and controller = downspout that goes nowhere now goes into a tub and spits out into the lemon tree instead of eroding my goddamn foundations. And it didn’t cost me a penny.

    although I am now looking at UV stabilised tubs for shits and hydro.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
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    1 个月前

    The local community FB group at my old place was fantastic, people giving away quality stuff like the cat autofeeder my feet give thanks for every morning. The group here has people trying to $ell partially used bottles of nail varnish 😹

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 个月前

      we’ve been getting an influx of "Out on nature strip " and it’s like go fuck yourself, I’m not taking your hard rubbish for you.

    • WaterWaiver@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 个月前

      Perhaps it’s an indicator of local financial stress? I used to find thrown out working or near working printers in my area, not any more.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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        1 个月前

        I thought easter eggs would be near sold out at the local supermarket. Nope, they are desperately try to sell.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    1 个月前

    Yesterday my boyfriend and I spent the day together and he cooked for me. Wouldn’t let me help. What did I do to deserve this man?

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    1 个月前

    Some family stole my fave table spot (fair enough can’t buy a view even with potato cakes)…

    So potat cakes were had a few metres away.

    They re-did the foreshore / playground / bbq area at point lonsdale a few years ago and it’s quite nice to see the place used so frequently now.

  • bacon@aussie.zone
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    1 个月前

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  • AceSLive@lemmy.world
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    1 个月前

    My daughter, almost 2, has thrown up a couple of times in the last 2 hours. Gonna be a rsstless night. Hope shes ok.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    1 个月前

    Darwin award day… hot water up a ladder into downpipes.

    Good thing I got an email this morning from Ambulance Vic… final notice to renew… good timing.

    When I was about 7 or 8yo broke my leg at a park down here at a family thing, didn’t have coverage… and that was an expensive activity.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    1 个月前

    I think Good Friday is the worst of the christian public holidays. Everything is closed like Christmas but there’s nothing to do. And the thing all non practicing people do is not eat red meat. At least you get to give gifts to people on Christmas.

    The best parts of easter are on the other days too, but Good Friday is meant to be the big one

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 个月前

      I like good friday for those exact reasons. It’s like the only public holiday left that’s actually a day off for the majority of workers.

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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      1 个月前

      Personally I find it a bit of a sad intitement of our society that we equate shops/services being closed with ‘nothing to do’. Are we really that unable to entertain ourselves?

      I’ve always thought public holidays are a great thing because it gives us time to do things together - get together for a bbq or a picnic, play board games, have a movie night, whatever you like. Don’t just feed the consumerist machine.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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        1 个月前

        I even mean with events and hanging out with family. It feels like there is more emphasis on family lunch at Christmas even if there’s nothing else to do. Whereas there’s just nothing on good friday

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    1 个月前

    Lovely looking day out there again today. I plan to mow the front yard (back was done yesterday), make some cauliflower soup, sort out meals for the next few days at work, and lift some heavy things.

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        1 个月前

        I picked up a book called The Pearl by Steinbeck. I’ve read it before but I revisit it every few years.

        It’s short, but probably the most powerful allegory on capitalism I’ve ever read.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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          1 个月前

          omg, another Steinbeck reader 😊

          he is pretty much one of my favourite writers, his style has been a great influence on me

          he writes as simply as possible using everyday prose to evoke powerful imagery

          it’s so hard to do, you have to be precise , every word counts, he rarely uses idioms

          it does have a down side, stupid people think that if something is easy to read then it obviously cant have deep meaning or be valuable or powerful,

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    1 个月前

    I managed to get through my to-do list. It was a bit of an overloaded day, but I did a big batch of cauliflower soup (15 serves!) a batch of yoghurt, a sandwich loaf and a cheese and herb plait, chopped veggies for snacking on, prepped all meals for the next two days, mowed the front lawn, folded the washing, assembled a small cupboard and did my exercises.