• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    18·
    6 days ago

    All is well! Vet rang. I pick her up at 2:30pm.

    May as well use this opportunity to open the windows lol

    Btw does anyone here play Destiny 2 lol

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

    I think Mickey is going to fare better in the cattery than I will being around 3 children under 5 for 3 weeks.

    At least the woman who runs the cattery is a massive Cat Woman; she isn’t great with people but amazing with cats.

    I am not amazing with children, it’s very difficult to censor myself or not say something inappropriate (it’s a My Family Surname issue 🤦‍♀️). I guess I will just do my best to take an interest in what they want to talk about, though I’m sure they will be rather preoccupied with each other rather than the adults.

    So maybe I can sneak off for my durries, joints, and beer without too much fuss 😂

    Also, stupid question I could Google but I’m very lazy: I have a number of Sally Hansen insta dry nail polish, can I take that on the plane? Either carry on or the other thing where they store big bags (words espace me, I’m hungover, sorry)

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      5·
      6 days ago

      yes, you can take nail polish but not nail polish remover

      cargo hold

      and you will do fine with kids, just treat them like adults with special interests

      ok, a miss seagoon story

      when Miss Seagoon was 3.5 she went to her grandpa and step grandma’s house to stay for a weekend. Step grandma was a very prim and proper person. My parting words to Miss when her dad drove her over was , "don’t say any rude words like fuck. " I had friends over and they laughed when they heard the goodbye. We all swear a lot.

        • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone
          5·
          6 days ago

          It’s three kids once a year. I mostly do it because my mate is in town so I crash their family xmas and my removalists tongue sets off the swear jar comments. I grew up with looser parents who just swore around their kids.

          • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
            41·
            6 days ago

            I read it as every time you swear 😂 my bad lol I was like “bruh, I’d need 10x $50s just to cover me getting up in the morning” 😂😂

            And yeah same, dad swears quite a bit and mum’s as bogan as they come so there was no hope for me 😂 many a detention spent picking up litter at lunch for saying “fuck” in primary school 😬

            • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone
              5·
              6 days ago

              They’re $5 a swear so I just pre-buy some credit. I still need to watch my language, it’s good practice. I’ve just been so shitfaced with my mate I forget that his more conservative family is at the table with us. They’re lovely people but they’ve never snorted drugs off another human.

              • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
                2·
                6 days ago

                i’m not conservative and I’ve never done that

                been very careful protecting my status to get visas

    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
      4·
      6 days ago

      Excuse me if you’ve already mentioned this somewhere, but where are you off to?

      If you’re flying domestic, you should be able to bring most things except weapons?

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    9·
    6 days ago

    Saw dolphins at the beach. My goal for the outing was to enjoy myself but also see something moving, and it surpassed all expectation. Below is a shitty pic of a fin! The dolphins kept jumping up and splashing around. It looked like they were fighting with each other. At one point, a dolphin jumped out of the water. Was very cool. I wish my eyes were cameras sometimes.

    I was inspired by Seagoon to find out what the things I saw were, and there were lots of sea snails. I love how they camouflaged with the sand in one of the photos. I liked how the rocks (?) in the rock pools looked like brains 🧠

    [](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/adb158a9-c87f-4a9b-bce8-b99dddee1ff6.jpeg)

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 days ago

      It’s an awesome picture. It must have been very exciting to spot a dolphin. I bet it looked huge to naked eye, microscopic in a photo. I try to zoom everything but I don’t have a good camera, it has limitations.

      And omg, did you get a pic of a live Pheasant Shell? They are so pretty, I’ve never seen one live.

      It’s definitely a beautiful world out there. 😊

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
    10·
    6 days ago

    Last week I started getting off the tram earlier and earlier on the way home and walking the rest of the way. Today I decided to just walk the whole way, took an hour on the dot. It’s about half an hour using trams. It felt good! Can see myself doing this almost every day I think (weather permitting). My GP will be happy if it lowers my blood pressure.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 days ago

      When I worked in the cbd and lived closer I used to do that all the time. It also took about an hour, and was a great way to unwind after work

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 days ago

      I think about this with riding the bike. It’s 10 minutes slower than driving. I could see that as 20 minutes of exercise a day instead of wasted time getting to and from work

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    Well. So here’s the thing.

    Gibson doesn’t like to wear things. And after several rounds of Mortal Kombat (and antibiotics for me and a tetnus shot tomorrow) we had to go back to the vet for the cone of shame.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    8·
    6 days ago

    Today at the beach I saw a Polycheate, a bristle worm. I did not touch it, luckily, as many of these marine animals are venomous.

    it’s the purple and red worm looking thing with a hundred legs. It moved quite fast when my shadow crossed it. ( it was so brightly coloured irl, really pretty even if it was a monster )

    I also saw a sea urchin in a rock pool, it was moving it’s spines.

    and a cloudy day over the bay, I dressed warmly and the breeze was quite nice

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 days ago

      we’re getting a good education on beach and sea life here on this board 🤓

      I have to look everything up to see what they are before I post here, I can’t just say, "here is a thing with a lot of legs "

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
    8·
    6 days ago

    I have bought myself my first mango of the season. Bit worried it’s too early for them to be good yet, but the aroma got me when I walked past them, couldn’t help myself.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    10·
    6 days ago

    My absurd candle order arrived.! The house smells amazing and I’ve not even lit anything 😸

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      4·
      6 days ago

      I had that with a candle I bought for my girlfriend. You didn’t even have to light it, you could just open the lid and smell it since it was so strong.

      Also, I remember reading a guide on how to burn a candle years ago. It sounds like a silly concept but it was advice on how to stop the wick tunneling into the wax so it was actually quite useful

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
        3·
        6 days ago

        These are just 100% beeswax, no added scents. Ideal burn time is a thing, you’ll waste them lighting for too short a period.

        • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
          5·
          6 days ago

          Running the figures. 1kg of wax needs 8kg of honey, so 130kgs of honey for 16kgs. Say you put 10g of honey on toast that’s 13,000 slices of toast w/ honey (!).

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    6·
    6 days ago

    Just spending the evening doing some sewing and mending.

    It annoys me no end good jumpers are being eaten by moths. I use eucalyptus wash, I hang up moth repellant, I store carefully, I hunt down moths. I still get damaged jumpers. Maybe I should buy acrylic instead.

    • Kudra :maybe_verified:@aus.social
      4·
      6 days ago

      @Seagoon_ @YarraByte noooo. I’m trying to get rid of the plastic in my wardrobe. It’s slow going but I’m getting one or two new op shop finds most times I look. Got the most gorgeous tie-die silk top for peanuts the other week, I had honestly forgot how lovely silk is, been a while since I wore any.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        3·
        6 days ago

        I have vintage silk scarves ( 1950s ) , they are lovely, so light weight

        I do like natural fibres but they get eaten