• Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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      5 months ago

      Close resemblance, but definitely not Miss Meow. Based on the positioning of the back legs I believe this particular feline may be a ballerina.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Oof I didn’t even notice that. I hope kitty is alright :(

        It looks like he’s had his adoption fee waived, but he’s only 4, so it seems likely there’s some issues. The site also mentioned he’d been with the RSPCA for a while.

        We got an older border collie who reached the end of his working life and got dumped on the side of a road out in Gippsland for free. He was a good boy

        • Catfish@aussie.zone
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          5 months ago

          Black cats have a statistically poor adoption rate. Because…. People are dumb.

          He looks like a sweet smoochy boy. I can’t have a 3rd cat!

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    Israel doesn’t care what Australia thinks about Palestine. This is taking up way too much space in newspaper headlines.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      5 months ago

      Bloody mental how up in arms the media are now that an aussie is dead. Lets just ignore the tons of dead Palestinians.

      • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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        5 months ago

        I’m bored with fluffy statements from Australian politicians and diplomats. You have no power, Israel doesn’t care about you so shut the fuck up until you have something useful to say.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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          5 months ago

          That what Australian press has been doing since the 1890s when jingoism and a fake image as a rural pioneer country was started to distract city folks from the nascent industrial city based workers rights movements in Europe

      • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
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        5 months ago

        Like the joke that was the voice campaign. They could have just done it instead of diverting attention from the of living and housing crisis

  • nurunuru@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    up and at em…! getting ready for work and planning to finally give my notice of resignation. I’m nervous but I’ve been feeling awful here for a long time.

  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    I just kind of want to take my eyes balls out of my head and give them a rest in a jar of eyedrops. My vision is shocking today from pounding my pupils on a screen for about two weeks, not to mention my poor hips from sitting way way waaaay too much.

    I miss my bike, my bed and would like to be somewhere apart from dorm rooms with slamming doors that start from some ungodly hour in the morning. Yep, yah Llab is tired. You know, whine, whine.

    In other news, how are we? I escaped before the poor weather, please regale me with tales of your happenings… Pretty please… <3

  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    Definitely time to reinstall the electric blanket…

    Watching the cat snoozing under the heater while I force myself to go outside for an hour of lunch break exercise in the cold.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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      5 months ago

      I am in a love hate relationship with my electric blanket. Love the warmth in winter, but it’s a bit lumpy and stiff. The warmth wins out though. Can someone invent a soft breathable electric blanket please. Agree it’s almost time to put it back on, nights are getting chilly!

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      5 months ago

      I wonder if I should buy one of those electric throws from K-mart when I can afford one.

      I haven’t owned any soert of electric blanket before but I figure it’d be nice to be on the couch with one.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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        5 months ago

        the electric throw on the couch is good as! I brought the mrs one from kmart for mothers day last year and it got a fair workout all winter.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    Did you know the Wombat from Diary of a Wombat is called Mothball? It’s in the dedications at the start I think

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    I had the beginning of a root canal today and it was the first time I was in pain even with anaesthetic. Poor dentist had to squirt the stuff straight onto my tooth.

    So afraid to bite anything using that tooth…

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    Hi all,

    I want to run an idea by you to see if I am missing something.

    My 4th Van Diemen’s Valley book is releasing later this month and I was thinking of contacting local schools/ones I’ve done author talks with, to run a competition for the kids to write a short story for a chance to win signed copies of my books.

    I want to get schools involved for exposure and advertising it to the kids but also to give it some sort of authenticity and allay any fears parents might have. I wouldn’t need access to their details aside from their name as well. It’s really just write a story, put your name on it, give it to the library, I can pick it up (or if they do it on computers, get it sent to me), decide on the winner and deliver the books to the schools.

    I don’t see anything really worrisome about it but wondering if there are any outsider perspectives on this/if it’s a good idea or if I’m missing something that might concern parents/schools? Thanks,

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    Oof. Walking to find ginger ninja cut into my physical energy so badly I crashed and woke up at 11pm, extremely dehydrated and late with Melbcat’s supper and meds. It might be that I can’t afford the energy and just don’t have the capacity to keep pursuing a cat I might not be able to catch. And I don’t have the comfort level to engage with rescue groups. Currently it’s really difficult to even care for my own pet and myself.

    There’s also online friend group drama which I didn’t cause and am not involved in but am still affected by. -_-

    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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      5 months ago

      Sounds like lots of signs to pull back and take care of yourself and melbcat. Rebuild yourself and let the universe find another way to care for orange cat and the conflict take care of itself. Hope you can get some good rest and cat cuddles

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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        5 months ago

        Thanks, the signs have been there for a while (and there’s bigger shit I don’t post) but like a numbskull I keep pushing.

        I’m hoping orange cat gets picked up by someone else or recovers. I’d help if I was able but those orange buns are elusive.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    At the p’s clearing out their rain tank filters from on top about 2.5m up.

    Reminded me when I was a teen scaling them (wasted) at night without a ladder full ninja to sneak in when I forgot my keys as the laundry window which was never locked is directly above one. Used to get in so much shit for doing that.

    Now it’s sanctioned, with a ladder, sober and far less exciting.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
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      5 months ago

      Twice I’ve locked myself out of my house. Had to take the glass slats out of the toilet window, scale up the down pipe, perch on the window sill and decide whether I wanted to take a giant leap missing the toilet or risk sliding off the lid and slamming into the closed door. We now have a spare key hidden in the yard.

        • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          5 months ago

          I really wish they’d let us have spare keys. So far I haven’t locked myself out when nobody’s home, but if I do I’m probably fucked. I would just take the keys to Bunnings and get a spare one cut and hide in myself, but they’re those stupid security ones no locksmith will duplicate. I guess that’s good since they don’t change the locks when people move out, but it’s also a PITA because they refuse to authorise a spare key

          They gave some half arsed excuse about how people could break in by smashing a lockbox with a brick or a rock. They don’t seem to realise that windows can also be broken with bricks and rocks

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        5 months ago

        In those instances it’s better to see if you can hold on to the ledge and scale or drop down instead of jumping or making a leap.

        It would significantly reduce the height from which you come down if you did that or had room to do that.

        Learnt this from if we ever had to escape a fire from out of a window.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
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      5 months ago

      I remember being accidentally locked out as a kid, and having no trouble breaking in through the aluminium-framed bathroom window. Bit of a worry in hindsight, and lucky there weren’t more crims around at the time.