• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Broke some new ground with singing tonight. Did a specific warm up for 10 mins and I learned a song I’d been desperately trying to learn for years in 20 mins.

    Also, something bad is about to happen to me

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    Beep Beep 🚚
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  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    The Goddess of Quanitity is smiling upon me today. The soup I made filled exactly the right number of jars to completely fill my canner (17 jars) with just enough left for a small bowl for entree.

    It is a chicken & tomato soup, with lots of vegies, like zucchini and capsicum. A lot of the vegies are from my garden, including a few kilos of cooking tomatoes.

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    A woman we know that has A Lot Going On recently posted she got baptised into the Church of Latter Day Saints. That’s the Mormons for the more common terminology. We knew she was on a bit more of a religious bent, but I thought that would just be liking fake bible verses on Facebook. I don’t even know how she got caught up in it

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        I want to know what kicked it off, or what steps led up to this. She’s Italian so I’d have thought her family would at least be performatively catholic

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          the most likely scenarios are she had a friend who was mormon or she was recruited on line on social media

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      Certainty, even a false certainty, has a deep attraction for the troubled or lost or otherwise disconnected. Under those circumstances, it really wouldn’t take much to get sucked into a religious (or other) social vortex. I hope all goes well for her - the Mormons are not the worst, though I find their attitudes to femininity to be not very wholesome. And they do do a lot a doorknocking etc.

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        She’s had a lot go on in her life so I’m not surprised she has gravitated towards something like this, it’s just odd she ended up at the Mormon church of all places

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        I’ll keep an eye on her when we run into each other at the childcare centre and see if she dresses differently

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    That place has reminded me I made this 6 years ago in the midst of lockdown baking frenzy

    a bread dragon

  • Keshara@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    Hii everyone!

    I’m thinking of moving to Melbourne this year from Sydney, and I’ve just started doing my research into the different suburbs etc. to try and narrow down on places to live. I’m currently looking at Coburg, Thornbury or Preston.

    Any advice? Places to avoid, places to check out? Thankyou ☺️

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      I live in Brunswick on Syndey Road, have been here for 6 years. Avoid street level residences, aim for an apartment. This will keep you up off the street, as Melbourne (particulaly the inner suburbs) have a meth and homelessness issue. You’ll hear them yodel around at odd hours, and verbally cuss themselves out lol, but staying off street level means it’s just entertainment (dark humour sorry).

      Otherwise I love it here. Everything is walking distance, close enough to the CBD without it being a hassle, Sydney road street party is great fun, always something artsy or niche to attend, lots of gigs, trivia nights, foods, etc.

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      From your list I’m guessing you want affordable, decent PT, and close enough to Things to Do? Consider Niddrie. Nobody has ever heard of it

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      Preston is weird. The western part is and has been predominantly residential and pretty nice. However, East Preston is still industrial and also has a lot of ‘social housing’, so pick which bit carefully. The border betwen east and west runs down the railway line pretty much. It’s close to places like Northland if you like big shopping malls. It also has ongoing environmental pollution issues due to past heavy industry and chemical spills etc. So if you are purchasing, consider getting soil tests done. Parts also have some issues with termites but the council has been getting on top of those pretty well over the last 10 years or so.

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        Piffle! I’ve been West the entire time I’ve been in Melb. It’s streets and pocket areas not whole suburbs and regions that have issues.

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          Welcome to Thornbury! That is, if you decide to come here. I like this suburb a lot and live here. Great public transport, good food shopping/dining options, entertainment options, health care providers, and Merri Creek is pretty much a linear park from the city out to the outer suburbs. Good bike options too. But I am biased.

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            Thankyou! From what I’m seeing online, Thornbury is definitely pulling ahead for me, and rental prices seem pretty reasonable (especially in comparison to here in Sydney lol)

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          Some of Footscray/braybrook/maidstone has drug & related issues. As does Coburg/brunswick. I wish I could have afforded Seddon, which is close enough to problem bits to lob a tennis ball at. 🤷‍♀️

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    The heinous bitch next door is attempting to kick out her daughter. TheVoid peed himself in fear of the ruckus. Finger hovering on police button…

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      it’s a difficult one

      a woman like that would blame the daughter for having the police come and abuse might intensify when police leave

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            No. The mother chucked the stuff. Maybe 20? Unless it’s the one in year 12 instead. Suspect not.

            I fucking loathe these people.

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              how is it there are so many loathsome people in the world

              Was it always this bad? Maybe cities are now so big peer group pressure is non existent and it’s hard to get intervention so the bad people act out without consequences

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    Due to parenting stuff…went to bed late last night and had to get up early today.

    All good. Had a productive day.

    Was looking forward to a nap and managed 15 minutes. Nothing woke me up, that’s just how long I slept.

    Korean food for dinner.

    Had a few drinks and had a few puffs of the devil’s lettuce

    Great fucking Saturday

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    Gawd that took all day :(

    Whoever put that in a few decades ago went so deep the concrete had fused with the clay and then bedrock about a metre down 😶

    My back isn’t built for that.

    Would’ve taken someone who knew what they were doing probably an hour lol.