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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The man turns 50 next week. That's 30 years knowing each other. I say to him "I know you better than you know yourself". He says "that's true".

He has the week off. It's gonna be a blast.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฅ‚๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽต๐Ÿฅฐ

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

๐Ÿ˜‚

We might play a little Scrabble with words you don't find in the Oxford dictionary.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Someone at work has decided that Wednesdays in the office need jazzing up

They want to start something called The Hump Day Quiz and are looking for volunteers who want to be (I wish I was making this up) The Humpmaster

I can't.....

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Lol, give it a search with safety off. You might be able to cut this off at the pass. I suggest the Wendnesdayinator or MC Wed.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

I did message the person asking if they thought the name through fully.

No reply yet

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yesterday I found out Iโ€™d made a mistake with the ato about 3 years ago that will most likely result in a very significant debt.

It was my fuck up, and I accept that.

Iโ€™m the one who approached them first, when I realised something was wrong which will work in my favour in a big way.

But still Iโ€™d be lying if I said I wasnโ€™t really, really worried about the outcome.

So far theyโ€™ve been pretty good and have asked for more info. The tone of the call with the debt team was surprisingly light and the guy I spoke to said โ€œeveryone makes mistakesโ€.

But yeah, I have enough shit to deal with right now and this on top is a lot.

Thanks for listening.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 9 points 10 months ago

The ATO will happily work with someone to pay a debt off! They only take legal action if the entity in debt is being obtuse and evading.

You did the right thing, it will work in your favour, and you will have the option of a payment plan!

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago

You can stretch it out over about 24 months so at least it won't be a big hit all at once

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago

the only way to handle this is confronting it head on and getting good legal advice

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago

all G my friend. Hubs ADHD meant he didn't file his return for five years and the spankering, while impressive, was something they worked with him to develop a payment plan for.

[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yarp. I love carrot cake, so I had to

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Carrot cake = best cake

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

It called your name. You had no choice. It's my favourite too. Enjoy

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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Dinner is served

Parmigiana, potato & vegies in cheese sauce

[โ€“] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Oh hell yes.

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[โ€“] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I have locked myself out of my house like a dill. Waiting for a locksmith to come to the rescue.

[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago
[โ€“] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Update: I'm unclear on whether my house is Fort Knox or whether this guy is a terrible locksmith. I suspect the latter.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hope you agreed on fees upfront - I've read wayyyyy to many horror stories!!

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Goodnight all โค๏ธ

A queen's crown.

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Feeling a bit better about the situation I mentioned earlier. Thanks for all the advice :)

[โ€“] Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago

Mernda/Hurstbridge lines broken, recommend walking home

[โ€“] Pilk@aussie.zone 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Edit: Actually, who cares about the other place. ;)

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I saw an article about a woman whose game was taken down as part of all this censorship bullshit, so she put it up on her own website as freeware. I think that's where the internet is going to have to head more now.

I'll download a game for free from somewhere, then I might just make a donation to someone for totally unrelated reasons. And do you think torrent sites will put up age verification? They're already illegal.

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm way more inclined to donate towards freeware. Calibre, VLC, WinRAR, WinAmp, uBlock, Firefox. Been using these for years. Happy to throw them a few bucks here and there.

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[โ€“] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago (6 children)

At some point today I must be an adult and go - in person - to the bank

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

I too need to do this in the near future.

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just got a message from the Young Seagoons, they are going to visit Young Master Seagoon's fam in Canada. ๐Ÿ˜ญ This is so good, I've been so sad for him, he's been half homeless ( tho he will always have a home with us ) since covid. That's a long time not to have your own pillow.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago

soooo if you visited archie bros moorabbin and used their "Get $50 credit for $35" thing check your bank statement

Fuckers charged me $50. They're double fucked because I kept the receipt. Which says "$35"

[โ€“] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

I have finally located my sandwich press, and a few other odds and ends I've been looking for (including the cat food, Miss Meow will be pleased). I think the list of things I'm still looking for now only contains my vacuum food sealer and a bottle of oil. And I'm wondering if I imagined the bottle of oil and had actually used it all and forgotten.

I think a celebratory parmigiana for dinner might be in order.

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Iโ€™ve started a new medication thatโ€™s meant to help my stomach and almost immediately

spoiler

[โ€“] tone212_@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Iโ€™m going to sleep and I can hear magpie warbling in the distance. Thatโ€™s so strange at this hour.

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The running theory, from what I understand, is that with how loud the daytime is, birds have taken to communicating when it's quieter, i.e nighttime

It's 3.07am and I can hear two magpies warbling to each other.

[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago

It's also sexy season for magpies I think. Last year I had a juvenile near me all summer who would practice singing all day and night. I still can recognise his little personal song.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can I have uhhhh 12-8pm work day please

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿ•›โžก๏ธ๐Ÿ•—

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[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

BACK ONCE AGAIN FOR THE RENEGADE MASTAAA

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