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    About to get out of here and head up to Beechworth to camp with some animals. I think the boys will love it and it will feed their dinosaur phase

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    Unreasonably annoyed at an old boss who went out of her way to criticise me for ordering Who Gives A Crap toilet paper for the office because I “didn’t understand how women’s bodies work” and that “women need soft TP”. Mind you this was when WGAC was brand new and before the order had even arrived, and we were a fellow Melbourne startup so I thought pretty good karma at least to support their brand.

    Caught her several years later on social media saying how she has always loved WGAC. No babes. You have not.

    Anyway, I think of this anecdote whenever I refill my toilet roll. Haha.

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      It’s true women do love a soft tp but anything is better than nothing so fuck her.

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        First to admit that labia-friendliness was not one of my considerations. I certainly received an education.

        Slightly unrelated but what also prompted my post was stumbling upon this thread about/with deadmau5. People will remember how you made them feel and all that.

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          Oh wow. That was wild. I then googled Deadmau5 and he sounds like an arsehole.

          My labias (I like to call them the main gate and the fly strips) are pretty robust so wouldn’t really care what bog roll was in there.

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      stir the pot. Call her out! “Oh really? Guess you dont remember the time you went off on my cause you claimed it wasnt soft?”

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        Haha, I think it was the catalyst to simply unfriend her. But I’m certainly not above being that messy.

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    Confirmed I have to hand over to feckless coworker.

    She rang me almost in tears freaking out about it. I feel bad for her, but she has had to do very little as previous manager protected her.

    Edit: She just rang me so I could dictate an email to her. Jesus christ.

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      She just rang me so I could dictate an email to her. Jesus christ.

      You didnt help, did you?

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        I said I was busy.

        I sent her a link to my Asana board with everything neatly set up and she goes “I don’t get it, I’m confused”.

        Looks like favouritism bites them in the ass. She can’t even compose an email hahaha

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    The kid had a sample of what gastro is like last night. Yep both ends, simultaneously. Gave her a little shock it did.

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      Bucket by the toilet when gastro comes knocking. Better to be safe than sorry. And I’d rather clean vomit out of a bucket than the other stuff outta pants or off the floor.

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        Apparently what happened was she lent over to turn the taps on the bath and up it rose and out so she squatted down and it came out the other end.

        I heard a weak “mummy”. I go in, see what’s happening, hold her hair back. She says “do you think it was the pasta I had at school? And I’ve shat on your mat”. I reply “yes and dear god”.

        The child then had a shower with undies on and one soiled bath mat.

        I explained what to do next time. Run to the toilet with the bucket.

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          That’s quite a complex problem, I don’t think I could accomplish getting to the toilet in that state, my sympathy for your daughter, hope the rest of your family and yourself will be ok.

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      She’ll learn to love hydralyte over the next few days. All the best to her. It’s not fun.

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    tinyest now knows “Mine”. You’d be surprised by the amount of things that are now suddenly his.

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    Drama at the gym! Two guys yelling at each other, thought it was going to turn into a punch on. Others broke it up. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen anything like that in a gym, it’s usually a happy place.

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      “Bro!!! I fucking told you! Your arms look better than mine”

      “fuck you!!! Yours are waaaay better!”

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        The “bro”’s were definitely flying around in their argument haha

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          I so, so wish the gym dude stereotype wasn’t as bad as it is lol

          Ah well. You win some, you lose some.

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    dinneeerrrr

    Love it when I have the enthusiasm (and money) to make exactly what I want. I do think the booze this evening helped 🤪

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      Looks like it comes from a fancy restaurant, except I can tell your rice is better. Immaculate grain seperation

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        Heheh thanks I am quite particular about my rice. Rice cooker every time. It is basmati and not jasmine rice though.

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      That looks delicious. I am on diet, that’s die with a t. 😭I would have a tiny bit of each component of the dinner.

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    Packing continues. Even tho I culled large amounts of belongings over the past 8 months I still have a lot to pack.

    I am still very excited to move.

    It’s a quiet area and I will have so much more privacy too. I hope to get so much work done, art projects and life skills projects, and recuperate from living in this stressful place.

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    Decent day of field work owning some data, didn’t get too caught up in disgusting traffic on the way back managed to get to the Todd Rd exit and take some back streets through Port Melbourne. Back at it tomoz to finish up unassessed areas and then (ugh) redo some areas with dodgy existing data … May need an extra day to get through it all.

    Then I’ll need to hurry up and prepare the data for an entire other area up north and start attacking that asap. Goal is to finish it all by the end of the month. I might just squeeze it in bearing in mind I have a friend visiting from overseas for a week as well…

    But for tonight, after having had a couple of drinks with colleagues I am gonna give in to my seafood craving and make a nice Thai seafood curry. I’d normally get takeaway but I think I prefer to spend my money on getting heaps of prawns to make it myself at home. And then I get to really enjoy this week’s tv 😎

    E: also the stripe on my finger is not cancer, whoopee

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        I’m going to find out when I actually sit down and analyse the data (still collecting it in the field). P sure there will be some dread and woe buried in there and much refining will be needed. I may need a music dance experience to motivate myself

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        First on the list once I’ve made dinner and had a shower! Kind of feel like maybe I should’ve got takeaway as it’s gonna be well past 8 by the time I finish - just walking back home with the goodies - but I’m going to believe that I’ve saved enough money to be worth it…

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            I really rate it, though I do think S2 has wobbled a bit compared to S1. It’s a slow burn and really more about the eerie vibe at the start but holds up so well to rewatching once you realise what is going on

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              I agree with, felt like the last episodes have really stalled because of what the resolution might unveil.

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                Yeah, this week’s episode was definitely one of the weakest, which was kind of what I was expecting. Not sure why certain characters are behaving so oddly, especially with that character calling the other one repeatedly and just casually dropping news, felt like a bit of a contrivance to get that group of characters back together to further the plot. Oh well, can’t be all bangers all the time, certainly does make me look forward to how they wrap this up

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                  I’m going to be watching it later today I think, I’ll let you know what I think later tonight.

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            I’m enjoying it for what it is, it’s quite unique and can be thought provoking and mysterious and interesting all at the same time.

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              it also has beautiful music, design and cinematography

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            It’s some of the more unique sci-fi out there. I like it.

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            It is very good.

            If you understand and remember all the facts as presented you will not get confused ( but not everything is explained at first )

            ( that was so me to write that …lol. luv u )

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    Confessional Friday:

    Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been many years since my last confession.

    I almost always answer the phone on the toilet.

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      As in if it rings while you are on the toilet you will answer, or when it rings you usually head to the toilet to answer it there?

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      I will never even take my phone in there unless it’s in my handbag and I have to use a public loo, which is very rarely

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      Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. I have never ever in my life stepped foot in a church, let alone confess.

      I confess that I make fun of my cat for having an empty nut sack.

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        I shall say a prayer for you and your feline. Seriously though, some churches are absolutely gorgeous inside. Check it out sometime.

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          Belief is not a requirement for aesthetic appreciation. And thank fuck it’s not

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          Ya seriously. So much money and time and artistry went into some of those things, they can be absolutely incredible

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            It’s something that we just wouldn’t DO now. It doesn’t matter to us enough to do it now

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              We’ve had a couple of new churches go up around our area recently ish. One is a lovely sandstone I think? It’s pretty but not stunning. And the other is a giant shed.

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                I watched the restoration of Notre Dame with fascination.

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        If you want to really understand the insides of christian churches, check out Margaret Visser’s incredible book The Geometry of Love.

        She looks in depth at an ‘ordinary’ suburban church in Rome, and dissects out the meaning of practically every inch of it. One of the most stunning books I’ve ever read I think - a sort of natural history of churches. I like her other books too.

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      hope you know if I sit down in a stall next to you I’m not putting down the firemans blanket and doing my absolute best to make sure your conversation partner hears the “kasploosh” sound.

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      Bless me father for I have sinned. I used to call my dog over for pats and rubs, so I could wipe my hands on him. Towels were too far away.

      RIP little guy

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      Bless me father for I have sinned. I once put a used toilet seat in the recycle bin because it had a little triangle on it. My efforts were poo-pooed by the recycling truck driver.

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      Most of my calls come through the PC with Nvidia broadcast mic filtering.

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    knock off in 3 and a half hours with 1 hour lunch break inbetween.

    Can’t wait to get out of here today. Avoiding everyone and hiding.

    I do admit I’ve been playing on my phone more than I should but I don’t really care today. I’ll do some work but I’m not going to fully commit because I’m pissy today.

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    I bought some knitting pattern books for baby clothes. Sent them to a local pharmacy for pickup to prevent thieving, I hope l can collect with no dramas. I’m not a kid person but I figure it would be easier to finish small fast projects. Places like St Kilda mums would always take them. Melbcat may even finally run out of luck and wear them

    Crocheting something to donate and thinking of Lemon.

    I probably made the right choice migrating given Spez’s stance on emulating the Muskrat and the developments there but I kind of thought I’d split my time equally between sites… until a rivalry emerged and the old place changed.

    I miss Lemon. Stompsie. Epicpillowcase. Smeg. I really like this sane low drama corner of the internet but there are so many people I wish had come with us.

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      I’m only a few days off it for lentish. Haven’t seen Stompsie about for a while. Epic still has a loser anti fan club of down voters. Lemon is moving house again but has quietened down quite a bit, I hope that’s a sign she’s recovering from the burnout.

      My gripe is that they started playing with posts, like if I sorted by new it wasn’t actually in order of newest post. Or sometimes it would appear that popular posts would be completely hidden from me for the first 24 hours. I’d check in the morning and see a day old post with a few hundred comments that just wasn’t there when I went to bed.

      I reckon with the IPO, a bunch of bad actors bought in and have been subtly playing at manipulating the feeds. Given what happened to digg, I reckon they’re trying minor tweaks here and there, but it leaves the user base as the proverbial frog in the boiling pot scenario. Part advertising, part billionaire mindthink.

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        Epic still has a loser anti fan club of down voters

        What happened there?

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          I think there’s a few people that can’t stand someone being so firm in what they say.

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          Epic is self-aware, intelligent and assertive. This apparently triggers some people to try to crush them.

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          No idea. They’re becoming one of my most up voted users because of it though. When I see reasonable advice at -3 imma chuck a doot on it.

          They even had someone try and impersonate them here in the early days.

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      I miss continental-drift , Lemon, Jaybb3rw0cky and omgaporksword.

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    I’ve made a few new friends this week, and reconnected with a few old ones too.

    I’m really happy about it. Things weren’t great since lock down and it’s nice to have a few different groups to hang out with.

    I’m a bit of a social butterfly, but lock down really fucked me up.

    It’s just nice to talk to more than 2 people all the time. I’ve just always felt like I’m an acquaintance to them whereas to me they were pretty much my only friends.

    Neither of them messaged me to say congrats on my 10 years sobriety even though they knew about it, and I posted it on Facebook where they would have seen.

    It’s a relief.