Spyke
Taleya
aussie.zone

we got some bad news on Punkin on Thursday, there was a lump. With his other health issues what we thought was another year or two dropped to months.

Yesterday we got the blood results. we're now looking at weeks, possibly days, and having to make some hard decisions

It hurts.

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Thornburywitchreply
aussie.zone

The worst and hardest news. You can't explain to them, and often not to yourself either. Grief sneaks up and bites you when you least expect it. Spoil Punkin rotten for the time he has left. And don't hesitate to do the best thing for him - which may not be the same as the best thing for you. Hugs to you and His Lordship and other cats.

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Catfishreply
aussie.zone

Deepest sympathies. Had to do this twice in 6 months a while back. Fuck cancer.

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anotherspringchickenreply
aussie.zone

I’m so sorry to hear that. Same thing happened to our kitty, and we found out very late so she only had a day. Make sure you spoil Punkin rotten, and take care of yourselves, too

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TinyBreakreply
aussie.zone

I say this with all the kindness and love in the world: there is no hard decisions. You know in your heart what's best, and its gonna hurt like hell but you've got to do what's best for him. Its the final kindness we can share, and we should all be so lucky to be so loved that our friends and family cant bare to see us suffer.

I'm sure you already know this, I just know when I've been called on to do this in the past (Too many time) I would've given anything for someone to say this to me: You're doing the right thing.

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

I haven't regretted helping a little buddy. I have regretted not knowing and not doing something earlier. The guilt of that eats me up. ( poor allie 😭 )

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MeanElevator
aussie.zone

Happy birthday to me

Happy birthday to me

Holy shit I've had too many

Time to go to fucking sleep

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

HBTY 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🛌

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Nathreply
aussie.zone

Gluten Free Black Forest cake. With Raspberries, because I couldn't find any cherries.

Happy Birthday!

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fullkitwanker
aussie.zone

Posted on the wrong thread. Pre coffee, apologies.

Good morning to everyone except those who don't take their backpacks off a crowded train/tram in peak hour where everyone is squished like marshmallows

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TinyBreakreply
aussie.zone

something funky with how its presenting the threads. I keep clicking on the wrong one.

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Gibsonisafluffybutt
aussie.zone

Got some feedback from the ABC correspondent. He complimented my writing and asked me to narrow my focus down to moving from sobriety to where I am today.

Also, cat that's high on brushies:

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Seagoon_
aussie.zone

I'm feeling ok. I am going to the shops for a bit. Wish me luck. 😬🤞

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

good luck, take it easy out there, very warm outside as well.

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

I walked as per instructions in the back book. Faster and with arms moving a little. It seems to have worked, I'm not wrecked.

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dumblederpreply
aussie.zone

Arms counter balance legs in gait, you probably know that already.

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

I try not to swing arms wildly

and I obviously don't know much or I wouldn't be in this predicament of cracking my vertebrae and crushing my discs n/k

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melbaboutown
aussie.zone

Scrap cardboard might be good to practice paint on. I just have to cut a piece, clear somewhere to work, start learning to mix, not get any on the cat... collapses onto face

Annoyingly I'm interested but just weirdly stuck

Edit: Also I walked in the kitchen and got a tiny piece of broken glass to the heel. Wtf. I haven't broken anything in a very long time and vacuumed recently so it must have been tracked in from outside.

Edit 2: I've done a quick vacuum of the area to make sure Melbcat doesn't step on any glass splinters. She's still hiding in the dark bathroom. I'll let her rest.

::: spoiler Art rambles I've cut a flap of cardboard from a box headed for recycling, torn a piece of printer paper into small strips to swatch paint comparisons onto, and grabbed a paper bowl and a wooden spoon to use as a 'palette' and 'palette knife'. (Sorry. I'm just kind of in a major pinch for energy/physical ability - I am at least trying to avoid plastics.) I wish I had some newspaper or a drop sheet but I'll do it on the table beside my bed and be very careful.

That's the prep. If I stop now and pile them onto the cleared side table I'll at least be ready for next time.

The cardboard is light brown but that's ok. It's actually good because it gives a starting midtone. A little light but it could work when making desaturated 'dusty' yellows, greens and greys for Australian bushland. And because it desaturated there'll be a lot of mixing of the same colours into each other, so that creates a colour harmony?

I don't know. I'm just copying the artist I watch on Youtube. :::

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Rusty Raven
aussie.zone

Today's preserving efforts: Marinated capsicum and peach jam with apricot & grape.

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Rusty Ravenreply
aussie.zone

Hi, these jars have all been taken, but I found a lost jar of plum and raspberry jam from 2011 in the back of the cupboard if you're interested.

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prime_factor
aussie.zone

I guess the cost of living issues are affecting protestors. They are on a budget!

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StudSpud The Starchyreply
aussie.zone

True! She never really had a true round face to begin with, and she most certainly doesn't now lol

I mean, my face is so round cavemen used it as a blueprint to make the first wheel. I'm sure you could not come close to the perfect circle that is my own head hahhaha

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Duenan
aussie.zone

Time to relax.

Was given a work laptop today but is heavily locked down by restrictions on windows 11.

Been creatively trying to bypass some of the restrictions, now if only I could at my own background image, that would be nice.

I’ll have to do some research to see if there’s a way to override the organisation’s logo.

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bull⚡reply
aussie.zone

As someone who looks at doing these brandings and such for a living.. why would you want to? Who sits and looks at their desktop wallpaper anyway?

Even if you find a temporary way the changes will likely get overwritten by policy anyway.

If you need to change stuff for your job that's a valid request otherwise you have to remember that's not your personal laptop, it's a work tool.

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

I like a little personalisation, also the background colour and logo hurts my eyes a little but I managed to make the background black for the moment so that will do.

Just wanted some space theme fantasy planets in the background with some nice colour when I don’t have stuff open on the desktop sometimes.

Nothing more.

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StudSpud The Starchyreply
aussie.zone

Are you me? I love space themed wallpapers, have a few I make my PC rotate through lol. Though my fav is the artwork I have of Gandalf and the Balrog on the bridge laughs nervously in nerd

I totally get what you mean about personalisation!

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Duenanreply
aussie.zone

Hehe well we do have a fair few things in common I’ve noticed.

Planets and space are something I like but dragons are my true love.

The bridge scene between Gandalf and Balrog would actually make a pretty good background, especially when the whip hits Gandalf’s shield.

I like to configure things to my liking, I’ll settle probably for loading a browser theme instead!

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Rusty Raven
aussie.zone

I was hoping I had enough apricot in the freezer to make an apricot jam today, but I only had a tiny bit. So today's jam is peach with apricot and grape. Future planned jams are strawberry, mixed berry and peach/plum/cherry mix.

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Tofu
aussie.zone

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

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Seagoon_
aussie.zone

I have been reading a book about back medicine

TIL that most diagnoses and prognoses of back injury and sciatica are based on American insurance actuarial tables and insurance guidelines and not scientific research.

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

the stats are correct for a population but you can't use them in place of examining an individual

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

Now you have me thinking about every other medical condition

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dumblederpreply
aussie.zone

Have you read that 8% of people have a sciatic nerve that pierces their piriformis muscle. I can't remember the percentage of that group that suffers for it, but I did treat someone who had zero relief from physio et al for years until she had the surgery, cutting the piriformis a smidge releasing the sciatic nerve. I tried to fire them as a client because I hated the business side of being a therapist and I wasn't fixing their problem, they refused as I was having the best results dry needling their piriformis medial and laterally.

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melbaboutown
aussie.zone

Melbcat has been crying on and off all day and looking uncomfortable. Very unusual for her who never even really meows. I've made a vet appointment for tomorrow.

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Seagoon_
aussie.zone

I watched the movie The New World today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhj4b5CzyhU

I often think that Australia and all of us here under the Wallace Line are the normal world and that the rest of the world are the strange ones. And why shouldn't I think like that. Why should I adopt the view of the Palearctic or Nearctic that their world is "The World". When I travelled and lived overseas their world was the strange world.

I suppose it depends where you grow up.

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TinyBreak
aussie.zone

pretty sure the city is crook. A whole bunch of sneezing and sniffling on the train and in the station. I'm still fighting off daycare germs myself.

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Force_majeure123reply
aussie.zone

First was procuitta parmesan and rocket at Max's on hardware lane. Then two new York style slices (one spicy pepperoni and one pepperoni and mushroom) from Sal's on flinders lane

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tone212_
aussie.zone

I love summer and all but needing to have two showers most days is a bit of a drain. Had to get PT today in the peak heat and was outside in a beer garden for my farewell work drinks (which went really well). But a lot of sweating.

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