• Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    7 days ago

    I’ve been watching YTs from the US of people shopping in op shops and yard sales

    it’s an amazing view of small town life and everyday people .

    nice people

    But I have never seen a single Asian, Hispanic or Black person. I don’t think they avoid, they just live in different circles.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    7 days ago

    Man, this behemoth of a laptop has really chewed into my luggage allowance. Can’t take my work laptop, will have to deal with accessing work stuff from SharePoint on my personal laptop instead.

    I’ve been in a mad rush trying to clear out the fridge and tidy things up before tomorrow… Plus side is I made a kickass fried rice with all the leftover rice, enough for brunch tomorrow before the flight and for the freezer as an excellent meal for when I get back.

    Once again I cannot be grateful enough for my dishwasher. Takes so much out of the chaos. My mind is in a million places… But I’m almost through my Anxiety List!

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        7 days ago

        Yeah, just rock up to a pre-poll place and say you’ll be travelling and they’ll let you. It’s more ‘preferred’ if you vote on election day, they won’t stop you voting early

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        You can go vote early. I did mine yesterday and have been doing it for the last 3 elections.

        They’ll ask you if you meet the eligibility, just say yes and that’s it.

        If you need a reason just say you’re out of the state at that time.

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        The eligibility reasons to postal vote or vote early are not strictly enforced.

        You could say you’re travelling on May 3rd (even though you don’t have firm plans to do so just yet…) you would be far from the only one making the same claim.

        You don’t need to provide proof.

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        When I voted early last time, all they asked was, “Are you eligible to vote early?”

        I said yes and then they gave me the papers.

  • MHLoppy@fedia.io
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    8 days ago

    I’m still a bit surprised (though not unpleasantly) at the little microcosm of activity that these daily threads have.

    There’s a question I’ve been asking people for a while, might as well ask here too: what gets you up in the morning?

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      In a literal sense it’s any one of these things: some noisy birds, my alarm, a plane flying low or loudly, my partner going outside for a cigarette. In a non literal sense it’s a kind of strength and persistence of attitude which propels my life force ever onwards despite the efforts of my detractors lol.

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        Same but I think I have a lazy bladder. It can hold a big wee but it’ll wake me and complain when there’s a tiny one loaded and ready to go. I don’t put my red bin out every week because It’s often empty or only has one bag in it so I figure why waste the trucks time. I need my bladder to get with that system.

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          That little fuzzy feeling in the morning when you wake up and you’re nice and warm and snug and then you realise the reason you woke up is because you need a piss. 😡

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            So I hop too hoping to catch a lil more zzz and go to the toilet then a fucking teaspoon of wee comes out and I don’t get back to sleep. >: |

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    Beep Beep 🚚
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  • Railison@aussie.zone
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    I sorta wanna pre-poll and rock up on polling day for the sausage. Is this unpatriotic?

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    Motivation at rock bottom. Just want to delete any work commitments until I get back. Some other family stuff has cropped up that has me worried about a different relative… they might be in danger of spiralling badly and doing something stupid (but not reportable). Which might set off a bunch of other dominos. Nothing much I can do from here at this stage but it weighs on my mind. Would be nice for all that to hold off until late June thanks.

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    I’m going to need a lot more potting mix to pack up all the plants I want to take with me. The iris at least can be divided and stored over winter without soil, but most of the other things will need to be potted up.

    I’m hoping the landlord will let me plant a bunch of stuff in ground so I won’t need to buy bigger pots etc. for the future. It’s a pretty ratty garden at the moment, so I can’t see why they’d say no. Plus they can’t “unreasonably refuse” permission to have a vegetable garden, and most of my stuff is edible.

    I planted up a pot with some flowering bulbs this morning, I should also be able to take nasturtiums, kangaroo paw, borage, comfrey, artichoke, canna edulis (arrowroot), midjin berries, raspberrries, strawberries, lemon, lime, mandarin, apple, pear, thyme, rosemary, mint and maybe a bay tree. I’m sure I’ll find a few others as well.

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      You are not just renting a house you are also renting the land. You can have gardens.

      good luck saving all your plants 👍🙂

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    Amazon doesn’t even try with deliveries. I have an empty plant pot next to my front door, perfect for concealing delivered parcels. The Australia Post guy who does the deliveries in my hood gets it. Amazon just leaves the package on my front door mat for anyone to pinch. Hopefully it’s still there when I get home tonight.

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      I set up a big concrete planter box with drainage plumbing and everything just for concealment purposes.

      Deliveries end up behind it maybe half the time if I’m lucky.

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      We have a mailbox at our doorstep literally made for parcels and most deliveries just get put behind it instead of inside

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    Woke up at 6, went to the bathroom and a wasp stung me on the back of my neck. Never seen a wasp like it. Fastest most erratic insect I’ve ever seen. Whole right side of the head felt like it was on fire for about an hour. Felt like a bullant sting but went for way longer.

    Don’t normally get too upset will little bites but this really tested my limit. Cheaper than a coffee though.

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        I guess the silver lining is now I know I won’t die if get stung again by the same one lol.

        I wish I knew what sort it was but it was way too fast.

        First wasp bite though, so that’s exciting.