Spyke
aussie.zone

I was sleeping at the time but I’m sad to to bring this news to everyone.

My grandma has passed away, only a couple of hours ago. She passed away peacefully from what I’ve been told.

I don’t know how I feel about things yet. Looks like be taking more time off from work after I get over this sickness.

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Thank you.

I’m sad I didn’t get to see her for one last time.

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I'm very sorry for your loss and that you weren't able to see her. Take care of yourself.

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aussie.zone

Stopped the car at the zebra crossing by South Melbourne Market and who happens to cross in front of the car but my ex, that ex, the one who never spoke to me again. My initial thought was WTF and then my heart did that pain thing it does and then I got teary eyed and then I felt completely okay about it. It didn't give me this burning desire to talk to her, it didn't make me miss her, it just reminded me of the pain she caused me and then I moved on. Also to note I was not driving. lol. Thank god.

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aussie.zone

My chicken wings

Top: sweet and sour bottom: baharat (7 spices).

They were good. I think.

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aussie.zone

I just read an article promising to tell me 11 things I did not know I could wash in the washing machine. They failed to have even one thing I did not know. Damn clickbait.

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aussie.zone

You risk the fruit and veg suiciding against the drum. Tomatoes wouldn't stand a chance with my man's socks.

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aussie.zone

The best method is to place the fruit and veg iniside the socks rather than washing them seperately, to provide protection to the fruit whilst saving on water.

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aussie.zone

Did you know you can wrap a piece of salmon up in alfoil, chuck it in with your clothes, run a delicate cycle, and voila! Perfectly cooked salmon every time

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Omg perfect use case for my dill cream sauce scented fabric softener

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aussie.zone

A perfect illustration of the difference between "can" and "should".

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Many years ago Peter g’day Russel g’day Clarke cooked a bunch of stuff in a B-double truck engine. Have later seen other variants of the idea, all bad.

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aussie.zone

I'm not sure what we're reading here. Is anyone else sure super sure about about this approach to cooking fish. Is it the dishwasher or washing machine.

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I’ve heard you can cook it in the engine as you drive, too. Wrapped in tinfoil on top of the engine, arrive at destination and dinner is done!

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Catfishreply
aussie.zone

My bucket list involves a wheel of cheese big enough that this would make sense

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aussie.zone

Bringing Dad up to moama seems to have been a good choice. I'm up $1000. Grabbing a lime thickshake and a ham & cheese toastie for lunch. Pretty good day.

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aussie.zone

I know there's bad shit going on in the world right now and I'm not trying to be funny but I just finished a coffee and I couldn't taste it. I just prepared chicken wings, I can't smell any spices. I'm fucking dirty. Of all the things that can be taken from me why did it have to be food. I've added extra chilli to the chicken wings and am contemplating tasting the Carolina Reaper paste the man raves about. I may regret that later on. I'm desperate.

Please send me pet pics, other people's pet pics, wildlife to cheer me up. Most appreciated in advance.

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Seagoon_reply
aussie.zone

Ted Cat up to his shoulders in the kibble bag

::: spoiler spoiler :::

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little bugger, 😂 I heard a quiet rustle and knew exactly what it was , when I came in he jumped down and ran away, which shows a guilty conscience!

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Eaglereply
aussie.zone

It was my dogs 7th birthday the other day. Here she is with her chicken cake topped with cat treats and the rubber chicken that she killed within 20 seconds of receiving it.

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Pilkreply
aussie.zone

Try quick sharp inhales, orange peel or curry in particular. It might give you a little burst of smell and it's comforting to know that part of you still works.

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And now, so have I. The news says he drowned in his hot tub.

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Day 15/70: First day of week 3 weigh-in.
Down 0.4kg. I probably shouldn't have eaten that whole pizza last night. I tried to only eat half, but they're just so good you can't stop. 😥

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aussie.zone

Another day, another new bag of potting mix, another infestation of fungus gnats along with it.

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w0000 GREENHOUSE FINALLY PERMANENTLY MOUNTED

Will fix the auto opening arm later, too fucking hot to be arsing around in a greenhouse with a tiny fiddly task. You get angry very fast.

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Catfishreply
aussie.zone

That’s a good one. Looks like a face swap with a surly toddler. More like this:

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aussie.zone

Took my brain a few re-reads to compute that. I read that a cat was rescuing burning snags and was quite confused about what was happening. I could envisage a cat maliciously swiping the sauce bottle to the ground, but a daring rescue of a sausage in peril did not seem very cat like behaviour.

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Catfishreply
aussie.zone

Dunno, I’ve had one swipe a whole chicken thigh out of a boiling curry pot.

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Happy birthday. The first 50 years are the worst. Be glad that you’ve survived another year and have a chance of continuing to do so

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Hey I'm a bit late to the party on this one but I hope you have had a very happy birthday!

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aussie.zone

6 or 7 years ago I spent a bucket load on Sonos speakers, 7 placed through the house. Couldn't even afford to buy one these days, but man it's nice saying ok Google, Play ABC jazz and hearing sultry soothing sounds throughout the house..

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aussie.zone

Ask Google to play a cat meowing and watch the dog perk up. Then get the kids to go through the whole animal kingdom. Fun for the whole family and cheap entertainment too.

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Then they figure out it does fart noises and chaos ensues.

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aussie.zone

I think bot #001 slept through his alarm again. Great game tonight. Aussies over NZ by 5 runs.

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bull⚡reply
aussie.zone

Pretty exciting stuff! I almost never watch cricket but I was very invested in the outcome of this one. Bourbon helped. Stayed up with dad drinking it until it finished. Bed time now.

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Strange, bot#001 is running fine, no errors. It just didn't even try to post for no obvious reason at all.

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I found a tawny frogmouth tail feather at the park

::: spoiler spoiler :::

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I have it on Sunrise and there's lot's of dogs on there and they all got puppacinos. ☺

Also a dog got a little too close the other dog's anus and the owner pulled him back and gave him that look that says "not now". We all know that look.

Also I am going fucking stir crazy.

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aussie.zone

Not sure when, fairly recently I think, but they lifted the ban on us Brits donating blood. It's the right thing to do, but it will help me as well as I have too much iron in my blood. I just reminded Mrs_Owl that I'm going in on Tuesday...and she reminded me that it's Halloween and now I really want the staff to be dressed up as vampires!

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aussie.zone

Can confirm. Not a Brit but I lived there 88-92 in the hey day of mad cow... Can finally donate.

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That's good :) I dread to think how many dodgy burgers I had from the foodtruck outside the nightclub at 2am back then.

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aussie.zone

It's really beautiful. Clean. Transport is clean. Nice scenery to look at on the train. And clean. Melbourne looks like a ghetto compared to Perth.

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Baconreply
aussie.zone

warm, good public transport, water tastes salty, quokkas, so many ravens

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So if anyone is thinking of getting additional birds just remember this post. Quoth the Rusty Raven, "never more".

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aussie.zone

Smaller and has a more relaxed feel than Melbourne. Some attractions nearby also, like Fremantle and Margret River.

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Freo was hit hard by the pandemic. The cappuccino strip still hasn't recovered. Fewer people go there now because so much is closed, which feeds the cycle of places struggling with patronage.

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aussie.zone

Ah yes, the ‘eastern states are stealing our mining money and GST’ kind of vibe. It is a lovely city though.

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People with short memories think like this. Truth is WA was a drain on the country for the first 80ish years after Federation, the state is massive and had a population under a Million until around 40-50 years ago.

Yes, WA has more than pulled its weight since then, but it is balancing the books.

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Nathreply
aussie.zone

Remember that beautiful day where the sky was clear, the weather was warm and you felt like you had to go out and do something to make the most of it. Well, it's like that here every day.

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aussie.zone

Was last there in the 80s, so anything I have to say is long out of date. I had a LOT of trouble navigating their bus system. I really hope that has improved - would make such a huge difference to getting around without a car.

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they have improved so much: the tap card works well, the app is accurate, and they have an airport train

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aussie.zone

There is a vile smell in my house that is exactly like dead rat in wall I’ve had to deal with in a prior place. There is zero under house access and no ceiling hatch. Bonus, it’s in the kitchen. We’re fucked.

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Catfishreply
aussie.zone

If so Hello Kitty needs a special, presumably expensive, new diet

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aussie.zone

This happened to me once in my old apartment - I went to the pet store and bought this odour eliminating spray which really helped dissipate some of of the smell! Was still awful though for a while so you have my condolences!

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I have nilodour and have bicarb bombed the drains. It’s elsewhere.

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I’m a motorcycle pervert. There, I said it. LOL.

Guess voyeur would be more apt, but it’s all kind of in the same vein. 😂

Edit: Probably should have added cars in there, too. 🤣

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aussie.zone

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aussie.zone

Croissants and cherry jam with coffee please. Come to think of it, it's nearly cherry season. Must start planning the jam thing.

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Ugh, just paid for a camp-site a couple of weeks from now for the first time in ages. I hate paying, but I have a few big bits of new gear that need testing, and I can't be bothered rocking up somewhere and not having a decent spot.

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Matilda are so popular right now, they had to move the game from Perth Oval to Perth (Optus) Stadium. 60,000 seats still sold out quickly.

Then they destroyed Philippines.

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So the local Trichoglossuses are attempting to bone each other which, after the last few days makes me happy.

edit I mean Rainbow lorikeets

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I’m up too late wallowing in self-pity by reading articles about how disappointing season 3 of Ted Lasso was. I felt let down by how bad it was and want to read about other agreeing opinions.

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After not getting much out of season 2, one episode of season 3 was enough for me to put that show to bed.

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Quick Coles run done (in which I scored Felix Jelly on sale, so between that and the Whiskas I scored yesterday that's the cats sorted) and load of washing done and on the line.
And I am wiped... I think the last month has caught up with me.

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