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[โ€“] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

One year sober today - feels good man

Edit - you know what else feels good? All these positive comments from you guys! Thanks

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

Congrats ๐ŸŽ‰

Are you running more these days?

I've cut down heaps on a Friday night now.

[โ€“] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. Parkrun every week, give or take. Couple of other runs though the week. I just started using a capture-territory style app which has made it a bit fun.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

Wow! That's really inspirational!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽŠ

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

Congrats, that's awesome!!

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

Wow congratulations ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

That's awesome. ๐Ÿฅณ

Congrats! Thatโ€™s a big achievement! Iโ€™m chipping away at that goal but itโ€™s a bit stop & start

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago

Well done. Keep up the solid work.

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Gibsons surgery is delayed till next week, and Iโ€™m meeting the director of the company I applied to on Friday.

Polar morning.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

'sup everyone I'm back from my travels and back at work today before another conference. Absolutely loved my road trip and the sun and nature and helping out the family I care about. Nice to feel connected and part of something bigger. Life back in Melbourne feels awfully lonely in comparison. No closer to working out what I want to do with my life, but definitely a renewed conviction to get out there in nature and refill the tank more often. I do want to spend less time on the phone and more time being in life, with all its bumps and warts. Feels like having to detox or going to rehab because the urge to retreat into one's phone is so strong, coming back here...

[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago

Welcome back!

Glad to hear the trip went well :)

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yay welcome back to warm sunny Melbourne! Glad to hear you had a good time ๐Ÿ‘

Welcome back :)

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

Happy to have you home. โ˜บ๏ธ

Welcome back Kitten! So pleased you had a great trip

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[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Have decided to take the job offer from yesterday, if only because I need to really make a change. If it doesn't work out, so be it.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 5 months ago

That's the spirit! Congrats ๐Ÿฅ‚

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Exciting times ahead. I hope it works out

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

Effing zebra chickens are yelling in my backyard.

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

Magpies. Murder chickens are cassowaries, hyper chickens are emus, LGBTQA+ chickens are eastern rosellas, and bin chickens - well you know that one.

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

And for our Canadian friends there are cobra chickens

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Those bastards are pure evil.

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

Sparkling water on tap is working again in the office after three weeks. My life is complete once more

[โ€“] tone212_@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

My co-working has these taps, one of the main reasons I signed up. Itโ€™s a simple thing but feels like a luxury. Theyโ€™ve also got taps for cold and tepid water too, something for everyone.

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

I would be hydrated as fuck if we had sparkling water on tap here ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

That's a win.

[โ€“] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I worked in a place that had that......location near Southern Cross perchance?

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Electric water lol

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[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (5 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€“] Five@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)
[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

that reminds me it's so good not seeing near effing daily pics of carrot f-wit

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Everyone run, it's a terrorist who doesn't like carrots!! AHHH!!!

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[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Morning chef. Full english breakfast please.

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[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I saw the octopus and now I want some, please.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Let's see if I can get 13 hours of sleep.

Goodnight all โค๏ธ

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[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Fuck I'd love a bit of toblerone right now.

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[โ€“] Five@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago

Local radical radio, 3CR is offering a two-day podcasting course, October 12 and 19th. The signup link isn't working yet, but you can call 61 3 9419 8377 for more information.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

beach

back is much better today, will take it gently

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

Seems most of the strays are missing today. Hopefully theyโ€™re ok.

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

Traffic on the Western Fwy was way better tonight without the roadworks, plus I got to leave work a bit early. So I'm home way earlier than from the other trips to Melbourne - I'm already in my pjs on the couch instead of in the van still driving somewhere around Ballan. A definite improvement.

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've been riding the bike with the suspension on for a while and I decided to turn it off to see the difference. It's faster but you do feel the bumps. Maybe I turn it off going home because it trends uphill, or when the battery is getting low and I want to be more economical.

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