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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

the flies down at the beach are driving me crazy lately, I think they are march flies, they stick

I seriously feel like Pigpen while I'm down there

apparently they like denim, ok, I will wear light colours and see what happens

It's the talk of the fly gun made me wonder if I could use one ...lol

[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's March. March flies are allowed. Come April then we can complain about them.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

they are nasty

also, I did not find one single murex or spindle shell today ๐Ÿ˜’

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Be careful carrying one around outside the house because they may fall under imitation firearm

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's ok, in oz pretty much noone thinks of guns

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

My ex housemate got in strife because he's an actor and had a prop cowboy style gun. One of the neighbours saw it on his bedside table and called the police. Turned into a whole fiasco.

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

My old LARP group had a "no weapon props" rule for those reasons.