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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Probably the biggest chilli tree I've ever grown (just behind the zuch at the front). Hab crossed w/ thai:

Really taken off for some reason.

That looks awesome man!

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Oh man, next time try a rocoto. We had one in a hydro bucket, went apeshit

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Co-worker had to bring his kid in today due to an emergency situation and wow what a little Princess brat.

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Give it a candy bar as it goes home for the day.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

and a high caffeine coke

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Missed opportunity!

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds awful.

Has your Pokรฉmon been crashing horridly today per chance?

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nope, but I haven't really opened it much! Hopefully whatever it is gets fixed quick!

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Utterly unplayable. Am irked.

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I was late with Melbcatโ€™s breakfast and meds because of amazing morning cuddles. I didnโ€™t want to disturb her or let them end.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago

That's so sweet โค๏ธ

I could do with a pat on the head and a little scratch behind the ears rn.

[โ€“] Eagle@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Cat paralysis is a real thing!

[โ€“] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm more surprised she didn't end them first when she realised breakfast was to be late.

[โ€“] tone212_@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ok I have locked in AO plans with some friends for my birthday, I think thatโ€™s much better than the home sulking option which was option 2. No working on that day too.

[โ€“] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Ugh, too early. Puts on eye mask

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago

Driving a hybrid car while I wait for news on my little Beastie and the noise it makes when the EV kicks in makes me both laugh and wince. I've nicknamed the car Myrtle after Moaning Myrtle because of it.

[โ€“] _miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Iโ€™ve implemented some long awaited admin improvements at work and itโ€™s such a relief having it done. Cuts down on the brain clutter.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Always so nice when you have a success like that!!

[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

hugs from a little distance, hope you feel better soon

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

There's a samurai double feature on at Nova tonight. I'd love to go but it starts at 7 and that will just be impossible with where i live and dealing with kids. I watched one of the movies years ago and it was good so it would be great to watch again

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 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€“] Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Can I please have a fancy baguette with French cheese and fancy ham?

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

that's what I'm having for lunch today

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

๐Ÿ’Ž๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿง€๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ–

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Carn Ol' Mother N give us some of your big wet stuff cos my car is filthy.

[โ€“] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I backed into a tree yesterday because I couldn't see out the back with the sunset on the dust. Luckily the tree is fine and my van is a shitbox tank.

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fell asleep putting the kids down last night and woke up at 10pm. Feeling very Glugged now. However I did start a sorcerer run of Dark Souls and I can see how it's the unofficial easy mode

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've never played any of the Dark Souls games, I wonder if I should give it a go sometimes. Though I'm very tempted to give Baulder's Gate III another crack. But I've also got Mario games to play. Sadly boyo got bored of Traveller's Rest very quickly.

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

They're fun once you get used to them. Probably the biggest thing is they're very replayable since there are so many weapons and builds you can do

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

yay, we're going to the chef/cookware stores in Richmond

any requests?

[โ€“] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ooh where are these? I'm looking for fancy icing tips/nozzles.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

https://unicornkitchenware.com.au/

also chefland and various asian stores

[โ€“] Pilk@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel like catering cling wrap shits all over the supermarket brands. If you don't mind buying 600m at a time.

[โ€“] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Grab new a knife sharpener?

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this is the one I bought last time, it's awesome if I remember to use it

[โ€“] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, tried it. Incompatible with our bench tops.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Listening to an old historic album and it had this gem from the 1930s

Let's Take a Trip to Melbourne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLd8anZtEU4

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

after having a little bit o dairy at lunch then coming home and having some anti-histamines I'm just not hungry for dinner.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Put the skeleton of the server rack in my office and racked my UPS, webserver and home automation proxmox enclosure. Oh it's ever so handsome, even if I haven't done the sides yet or finished stuffing it with delicious goodies.

(the sides were those pieces I was template routing last week. Not sure if want to carve or applique or paint, still mulling the baroque ideas. But I knew for certain I wanted the farkin' servers off my goddamn office floor, so I templated them so I could populate the frame)

[โ€“] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you are going for baroque, I must insist that there be gilded papiermache cherubs at the corners - preferably blowing trumpets. Some nice scrollwork would be an advantage I feel. Strap & jewel work might not be quite the right vibe, but you can't go wrong with roundels.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I am also considering a ridiculous mash of victorian steampunk and floral themes. The two apetures are going to be pop off windows, but i can get wonderfully baroque or gothic window films that I can put on the Perspex that's going to be the windows. Also going to backlight them very subtly.

the environs

(Please ignore tape and crap everywhere)

[โ€“] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oooh, go hogwild! I would be very tempted to let Grinling Gibbons be my guide (see example) - but Victorian steampunk sounds pretty damn fantastic.

example

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

gmta, I actually snagged this a few weeks ago to see how well it held up /stained

I must be physic.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Good night everyone, sweet dreams ๐Ÿ˜˜

New team leader started this week after being 6 weeks with no team leader! Just had our first catch up and she seems super lovely and easy to get along with. Fingers crossed, loved old TL.