• just_kitten@aussie.zone
    2·
    9 minutes ago

    Well, I left it right till the last minute and am only now having a shower and dinner (because otherwise I would’ve felt like curling up in bed…)

    But I have cleared out 90% of unused/expired things in my pantry!! and consolidated 70% of what remains (the rest I’ll still need to use for a while). There was an embarrassing amount of nuts (esp almonds) I had to throw out :(

    I’ve also cleared out random boxes in my car from months ago from when the new car stereo was installed. Recycling bin pretty full after all this.

    Pretty satisfied with today’s effort! This weekend’s big cull is the clothes. I think I’m making decent progress. I seriously need to book a mover ahead of time tho, any recommendations?

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    3·
    19 minutes ago

    I think I’ve worked out part of a water colour and western calligraphy project I have.

    I’ll choose a lovely modernish font, one that is free flowing and a little artie. Maybe I’ll do two, one that is a little more serious but in the same family of fonts. And then I will practice my arse off and write out the alphabets, photograph and then upload as my own typeface on the puter. 👍

    also, fuck nibs and textas, I’m awesome at using a blade to write and that’s what I’ll do. I have never used a quill tho.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      3 hours ago

      Fuck it I might watch it just for the brain distraction. I think I still have that link you sent me months ago, it would be on that site yeah?

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
        4·
        3 hours ago

        It’s actually on free to air through the channel 7 website or app.

        The link I sent you awhile ago is dead.

        I can send you another for cricket if you want to avoid ads.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    18·
    5 hours ago

    I walked Ted to Lort Smith for some vaccinations and bum fur trimming. He was a total champ. 🐈‍⬛ Never whinged or meowed, liked looking around when he was in his walker. Of course he tried to nip the doc and nurse. He loved seeing all the other animals in the hospital waiting room.

    He is also overweight so he is on a diet of less food. Here he is home again with Bill looking over shoulder.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        8·
        5 hours ago

        Oh. He wont make it 4 years. He’ll be lucky to make it 1. But then they are stuck with couch fucker, which honestly may not be so bad depending on which persona shows up on any given day. And maybe next time democrats get into power they wont fuck around for 4 years. They had 4 years to lock the fucker up and they did nothing. Should be a lesson in that for all of us, seize the bloody day.

        • dumblederp@aussie.zone
          5·
          4 hours ago

          He’ll have a farm of concubine slaves to produce stem cells to prolong his life. Somewhere between the plots of Shoot em up and Perdita Durango.

        • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
          6·
          5 hours ago

          Biden could have stepped aside earlier and Dems could have had proper primaries. But hindsight, eh?

          I don’t know what to think of Vance, honestly. He’s either 100% committed to Trump OR was clever enough to say what needed saying to get Trump’s endorsement. I watched a portion of the VP debate, and he was pretty sharp.

          His policies however…oh boy.

          • dumblederp@aussie.zone
            7·
            3 hours ago

            They probably would’ve had a better chance with Walz/Harris than Harris/Walz. Honourably putting a great black/asian woman forward was a massive hurdle for the American shitbags to overcome.

            • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
              6·
              3 hours ago

              Her being an extension of Biden didn’t help much. And only reason he’s unpopular cause he inherited a steaming pile of shit from Trump and actually went about fixing it.

              But yeah…yanks prefer a rapist traitor with dementia over a smart woman from a visible minority.

              • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
                6·
                3 hours ago

                yanks prefer a rapist traitor with dementia

                It’s projection lol they don’t think being a kiddy fiddler rapist is wrong because they want to do it too. That’s how I’m just gonna view everyone who voted for that… Thing

      • Eagle@aussie.zone
        8·
        7 hours ago

        I used to have a competition with an old Italian fella on who could have the first ripe tomato of the season. Much to his disgust, I won more than him. He’s with God now, but I see his son around so now it’s a second generation battle. And I’m gonna win again this year! Next year I’ll pull my finger out and grow one of his plants from seed, because I wanna beat him at his own game.

          • Eagle@aussie.zone
            3·
            3 hours ago

            My two pots of tomatoes were a poor cousin to his backyard filled with plants, but I still won more than I lost.

      • Eagle@aussie.zone
        5·
        7 hours ago

        Probably a month, maybe 5 weeks. They are a random cherry tomato they had for sale at a supermarket. Its the earliest I’ve ever put them in, but they’re looking good.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    8·
    7 hours ago

    scored a pile of flagstones on buy nothing group, now time to move them all into the back yard…

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    12·
    9 hours ago
    Probably an overshare, but I'm angry

    My grandma is too far gone with the religion and political stuff, and I think it’s time for me to stonewall her. She lives next door, which will make it a bit hard, but I don’t want to put up with her bullshit anymore. During COVID, she got so into religion that she tells us we’re going to hell for not believing. All day, everyday, she sits on her butt, watching YouTube videos about religion and people converting to her religion. She has not many friends, only goes to church and the supermarket, likes my aunt’s dogs more than she likes her own grandchildren and refuses to put in any effort with my younger cousins because their mother chose to keep in contact with her cheating father after my grandma and him got divorced. She doesn’t believe the priests or other clergy members could do anything wrong. Called Kamala a demon and said that she would make the US a communist country. And America will be saved, Trump is Christian yada yada yada. Absolutely no critical thinking skills whatsoever.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      8 hours ago

      Brutal. When they get that deep it’s practically impossible to pull them out; they don’t believe they need saving. My mum is the same, though non-denominational

        • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
          7·
          7 hours ago

          Eh I just meant more I get the feeling of dread lol, interacting with people like that is so exhausting, especially when it’s a family member. If you can’t go low/no contact or don’t want to, then grey rocking is best. Don’t engage with political or religious conversation with them, and if they start it, then change the subject and give very little info about your opinions away.

          I’m sorry your Gran is deep in it, it hurts. Remember to look after yourself too, and put yourself first 💜

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      6·
      8 hours ago

      she sounds lonely and in need of guidance from someone as intelligent and kind as you

      maybe you can share non political yts with her, like nature yts or something . Don’t react to her provocations.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
        8·
        7 hours ago

        goons, I know you mean well and radical empathy is a thing, but no one makes the choice of stonewall or going NC without trying everything possible first. And I mean everything, including eating decades of shit.

        • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
          7·
          7 hours ago

          Lol I feel this. Took me too long to go no contact with mum haha kids don’t do it lightly and without much shame, guilt, and fear.

          And I have empathy for my mum too, her life sucked so hard. But sometimes it’s the only way to get healthy, to cut out the people that hurt us.

        • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
          6·
          7 hours ago

          Hmm I feel like I haven’t exhausted all of my options yet though. I shall try with the nature videos and hopefully that will do something. I just wish she was open to seeing a counsellor or something. She never got counselling or had someone to talk to about her divorce after it happened.

          • SituationCake@aussie.zone
            6·
            5 hours ago

            I know this situation well. She will not go to a counsellor, because she believes she is right and you and other non believers are wrong and influenced by evil. Put yourself in those shoes - would you listen to someone telling you to go to a counsellor to turn you against your righteous religion? (Rational person would not, but once beliefs get to this stage rationality has left the building). You will not change her mind. She will always view you with disdain. You have to accept this if you want to continue contact. Try to stay away from religious topics, but when inevitably she raises it you will need to brush it off and pretend she didn’t say hurtful things. This might be acceptable to you for the sake of maintaining a relationship. If it’s not, then the other option is to break contact. I know people mean well when saying try to empathise, but I have been in this situation and there is no solution that I know of. They will only come back if they decide it for themselves first. And very sadly, family is usually not enough of a motivator. The religious grip can be that strong.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
          21·
          6 hours ago

          this isn’t radical empathy, it’s knowledge and expertise gained from decades of study and interacting with close family members who were in a very destructive religious cult, think scientology

          the point is to not use words or ideas that set them off

          Spud wrote it out very well, I’m just going the one further step. You can get them to change their mind, you have to talk about other things.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
          4·
          6 hours ago

          so many hugs, it can be very sad to see this happen to family, it’s like they have changed and become lost and relationships become very difficult