Spyke
aussie.zone

Finally am negative, I am free to fly the nest!!! I still have what I would describe as a head cold but other than that I am good to gooooooo! Time to reschedule everything I've had to cancel in the last two weeks and blow my calendar way out.

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aussie.zone

OK first attempt at posting a photo...

This is Clyde, one half of the local pair with Bonnie. Been visiting us for years and always bring their juvenile offspring to meet us.

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Nathreply

I should probably inform you that this is not an owl. Nor does it appear to run on electricity, but I can't be 100% certain of that.

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aussie.zone

When I first got my dog people would say "oh he's your boy" and I'm like "no he's my buddy". Now I'm like "come here to mummy. Tell me what you want". I even do baby talk with him which I never did with my own child. I love hearing him crunching on food yet hate it when humans do it.

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

Do you also ask your dog to go get mummy a beer?

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aussie.zone

Good thing I panicked & spent a heap of coin and time on the watering systems in the last 2 months :(

I will be vindicated broken clock and all that but for now I have no idea if what is in actually will keep shit alive in a dry spell.

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Ha this is me too. Just a few weeks ago finished a big four-zone system all done in about 120m of buried 19mm pipe.

Thankfully it's all phone-controllable, so we've just been able to hit 'defer' and not have it come on in the rain... but the defer button has been getting a workout :|

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I was going to put in sprinklers etc as Iโ€™d planted a lot, but the weather has been most helpful thus far. Was worried about planting early summer due to El Niรฑo.

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You are better off buying components and setting up and building your experience in the good times, rather than when shtf and everything is sold out/expensive and people are more desperate :)

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Taleya
aussie.zone

ain't nothing like a facebook rando threatening to do very real physical violence to you because you pointed out Doctor Who has always been a bit camp.

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bananafungusreply
aussie.zone

I thought most people (myself included) were into Doctor Who because it was camp...

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Taleyareply
aussie.zone

I think this arsehole is one of the old guard who's all ITs SeRioUs ScIfI

yes, it is on occasion. It's also camp. And if he's gonna try and anorak me I'll fucking eat his head 'cos I'm equally old school and nerdy (40+ years)....I've just also got social skills and a sex life.

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dumblederpreply
aussie.zone

I'm in that demographic. Tell him Amos Burden is also a bit camp.

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Taleyareply
aussie.zone

I should ask him to name a cherished UK show that isn't camp.

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MeanElevatorreply
aussie.zone

Are You Being Served?

Mr Humphries was a man's man, and I'll have it no other way!!!

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I wanna respond but all I can think about is mrs slocum's pussy

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Nathreply

I am that guy.

Side note: That character is one of the best written characters I've ever come across. He's so broken and flawed, but has such a big heart. He knows the parts of his personality that are not calibrated right and compensates for his issues by attaching to people he respects. I'd love to read more about him. Particularly about how he lived in the years before the last chapter of the last book.

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Catfishreply
aussie.zone

Iโ€™ve not seen the latest lot (because fuck subscriptions), but Iโ€™ll gleefully join you and eat his liver & lights.

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Taleyareply
aussie.zone

cough there is a bay I know of where gentlemen wear eye patches and stumped legs that has the treasures you seek.

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TinyBreakreply
aussie.zone

to be totally fair, Its gone from a bit more subtle to... drastically less so with Ncuti. I'm not complaining, but for the more oblivious viewers it might've been a bit of a shock.

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nah, it's just actually moved with the times. Very gen Z aimed, but it's a TV show, what do you expect?

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Duenan
aussie.zone

Dinner devoured.

Stacked Burger and fries.

Need to resist falling to a food coma.

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

It was beautiful. I put a photo up on the daily tucker thread, this is for you.

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

The Young Seagoons cooked me dinner cos I'm not well . ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

How are you feeling today and howโ€™s your back?

Are you feeling any better?

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aussie.zone

She's gone again, Miss Seagoon has gone to NZ for a year or so ๐Ÿ˜ญFlight in a few hours

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aussie.zone

So Gibson is still sluggish today... Do you guys think it's still from yesterday's heat? My appointment with the vet is tomorrow. She's eating and drinking just fine. Just won't move from the bed....

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bananafungusreply
aussie.zone

Always worth a look if you are genuinely concerned! My idiot was all floppy and slow once, so I went to the emergency clinic and he actually had a pretty high fever. They gave an injection and it was no joke as if someone had rebooted him, once home it was as if nothing had ever happened.

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That's good to know! She might just have a tummy ache from eating something she shouldn't have. Lucky I have pet insurance!

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It won't hurt her to go to the vet for a checkup. I suspect everything will be fine. It's a good opportunity for her to learn that a vet visit can be nice.

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Didn't have dinner last night cause I just wasn't hungry, this morning I had some multigrain sourdough toast and orange juice and my stomachs still if its happy with that or not. Fuck this, Im gonna get some chips for lunch. Just wanna feel normal for a bit.

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aussie.zone

MrsCalhoon, kidcalhoon1 & 2 are camping riverside in Warburton. .... They're wet.... From the BoM - possibly severe with heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding....good, good, not worried at all.....

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aussie.zone

Lamb rump steak consumed - with glee. The airfryer does them perfectly. Juicy pink insides, crispy fat and the potat & cauli mash went superbly with them. Does anyone else hate cleaning lamb fat out of the airfryer? This is the only downside.

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

I do but I line it baking paper to make cleaning a little bit easier.

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Eaglereply
aussie.zone

I can put the bottom part of mine in the dishwasher, it was a major selling point for me

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aussie.zone

Trying a pressure cooker risotto tonight. Meatballs were incredible, so have high hopes.

Edit. Well that was bloody amazing. 25 minutes total prep/cooking time.

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This sounds sacrilegious. Iโ€™ve heard of no stir risotto, but pressure cooker?

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aussie.zone

I didn't realise that AI extended to music but of course it does, and of course there's an explosion of AI covers/mashups and I do think we are in the end times. Late to the party but Holy moly.

Have this "cover" of Hank Williams doing Straight Outta Compton....

https://youtu.be/vSMaN6zAJYc?si=8058zsw4q5a5isox

e: I realise now that the millennial-humour era of crude but funny mashups and covers - "ain't nobody got time for that" and "autotune the news" from a decade ago, and more recent mashups - is well and truly over and dead forever.

3 years ago - Donald Trump "sings" Blinding Lights by The Weekend (manual mashup) https://youtu.be/slGYJfPtW7c?si=F2WttIigap4VUU-j

2 weeks ago - Donald Trump "sings" Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (AI).

Listen and throw up at the unholiness: https://youtu.be/JQSUt5HKWGM?si=RpReUQxFfXaOZF7b

This is the world we live in now... Goodnight.

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Things that shouldnโ€™t exist. (Didnโ€™t click, donโ€™t want to know what hat sounds like)

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aussie.zone

Miss Seagoon is home for the day, ๐Ÿ˜Š then she is off to NZ for a coupla years ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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Nathreply

So you are saying you have a great excuse for a kiwi holiday? Well done!

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aussie.zone

The Albanese government can absolutely go fuck itself. People earning $200,000 and over to get tax cuts equaling to $9000 a year, while low income workers get a measley $125 a year in tax cuts. Doing absolutely fuck all about the cost of living crisis while they're at it. Can't believe I voted for these useless pricks.

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"In 2024โ€“25, the Government will simplify and flatten the personal tax system byย abolishing the 37 per cent tax bracket entirely. Australians earning more than $41,000 will only pay 32.5 cents in the dollar all the way up to the top marginal tax rate threshold that will be adjusted to $200,000."

This is actually great for me and a lot of people who aren't on 200k+

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aussie.zone

Just had some crazy bloke come up and start shouting at me. Ffs why do we put up with this city?!

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I think that's a feature of most major cities. Not that it's good, but at this point I almost expect it.

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aussie.zone

Got the bins in just before the rain came over. Sipping a coffee and watching the weather through my window is blissful.

I've turned into an 80 year old somehow

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TinyBreakreply
aussie.zone

Nothing pairs better than coffee and rain. Except maybe getting hammered and eating maccas at 3am.

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Tofureply
aussie.zone

turned into an 80 year old

not yet, or you would been yelling at the clouds

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Asked a mate of a mate if they wanted me to download a couple of torrents for them since I'm going to meet them to watch a movie.

Nek minit, I've ended up with JDownloader to manage a ton of debrid direct downloads and figured out SoulSeek (this place still survived after two decades?!) to get some random EDM flacs...

Feeling very 2000s especially with having to configure port forwarding and fiddle with UIs that probably haven't been updated since that era as well

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aussie.zone

After buying new decals for the bedroom I decided it was time to actually apply the ones I bought a while ago for the kitchen bench. I'm pretty happy with the result.

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Nice.

I was picturing fast and furious style decals on the toilet bowl ๐Ÿ˜‚

Then I realised it said bedroom, not bathroom ๐Ÿฅด

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It's looking like a wet walk this morning. I just washed Mr Woof's raincoat, I guess we'll be getting it dirty again ๐Ÿ™‚

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that should be enough time for a walk, orange juice, and salt trip

edit: yes

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I cleared a lot of stuff out of my bedroom and now have a blank wall that is looking very boring. I have now ordered many decals from Temu, and may have also thrown in one of a mouse coming through a hole in the wall to hide somewhere at work.

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It starts with a laser measure and now i'm lookin' for fancy kick vents (cupboard's gonna go over a floor duct). Punkin's tired of waiting for catmandu

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Tofu
aussie.zone

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”‹

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Tofureply

๐Ÿš๐Ÿ—๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿฅ’๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿง…๐ŸŒฏ

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I might try a new Linux distro, Linux mint is boring. Any suggestions on what I should try? (Preferably not too hard I'm fairly new to Linux)

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His Lordship is a big fan of Kunbuntu, personally I use slackware but that's because I'm a masochist

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Nathreply
aussie.zone

I don't know why that's a problem. I want stability and efficiency in my OS. It isn't like I use my computer for the OS, the OS is there to run software and entertainment and keep out of my way. Excitement hasn't been a requirement for me.

Personally, I use Fedora with KDE, but you could likely just install and switch window managers to KDE with your current Mint install. A fresh window manager can feel like a new OS.

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