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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago

I just got back from dropping off my van at the auto electrician and will have to walk back in a few hours to pick it up. It's the last day wearing the fitness tracker for the study I am in, this week is going to have very different results from the last one, for which I barely moved from the couch because I had Covid. I guess that's the whole point of a control group though, to work out what normal variations occur so you can tell if your intervention is actually making a difference or just normal random variation.

It's good timing for the study to be over though, I want to use moving house to start incorporating some more activity in my general routine. It might mean shaking up Mr Woof's walking schedule, but as long as he gets to go out he should be happy. I'm hoping to get somewhere that has a few more longer walking options close to home, but moving away from Melbourne traffic means I will be more likely to drive places to walk too. I just need to get out of the habit of staying home as the standard.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

why is south melbourne market so hot

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[โ€“] Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Anyone know what happened on the Mernda line? Trains are delayed around 15 - 20 minutes and just kinda stuck that way.

How good is RTO?

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Went outside and saw my mum and aunt drinking coffee, whilst other aunt had a beer.

Cheers ๐Ÿป

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I kind of neglected my garden while feeling so sick for this past week.

Garden ramblesYesterday I went out and watered because everything was wilting and noticed the powdery mildew was really on the jack be little pumpkin leaves. Today I went out and theyโ€™re full of aphids I donโ€™t have the energy to wipe off. Iโ€™m still feeling pretty sick.

They look healthy still but Iโ€™m learning a lot for next go round. (With how much I need next time I should choose concentrates and combine the organic pesticide and fungicide into the same solution for efficiency.)

Thereโ€™s a fruit shriveling because I didnโ€™t pollinate it and a recently closed female flower I could still probably get pollen into, but Iโ€™m wondering if I should let the plants concentrate on maturing the fruits that are already set and growing. The weather is still warm but I donโ€™t know what to expect.

Feeling sad af. When starting all this I envisioned a bumper crop of zucchini to share out (as people always complain of them going wild) but it seems my space and energy limitations mean a lower yield. (I think those I did plant at the right time.)

With help I managed to sort out a dental appointment for May but thatโ€™s still a month away so I got another week of antibiotics from the gp to try and hold me. Worried about the wait tbh.

[โ€“] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago (11 children)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/weekly-news-quiz-april-11/105159430

I WAS 9 for 9, excited, hopeful. Question 10 though... No idea. Guessed wrong. Hopes dashed.
9/10

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[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago

Gah. Forgot about a bill that needed to be paid until I saw the email receipt of payment ๐Ÿ˜ข

[โ€“] dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Petrol looks like it's going up around the place today. My two local Ampols were 2.04 and 1.66.

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[โ€“] Nath@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)


This bit of shrinkflation amounts to a 20% price rise. For what is already a luxury/occasional purchase.

Err, I'll take the big one thanks, Aldi. And I probably won't be buying this treat very often any longer.

[โ€“] SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Shrinkflation really annoys me. I feel so betrayed when I buy something and notice after I open it that it seems less than before? Then not having the previous pack to compare, I wonder am I imagining it? And to add insult they keep the packaging the same size, so we fill up our landfills with unnecessary plastic all in the name of tricking the consumer. I would rather see the price go up so I can see what Iโ€™m buying.

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[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (9 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”‹

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

I'll need to crack open a can of Citray when I get home today. I received an email from La Sirene they've stocked up on the Praline as well. We'll probably be in Reservoir for a car show so I might get some

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

I forgot to mention that you now canโ€™t even read only let alone print a document without a Microsoft Word subscription. I switched to Libre Office

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Introducing copilot into 365 and upping the price by $100 was one of the best things to ever happen to Libreoffice. I've been meaning to do a presentation on Libreoffice for the old people I help so they can save money

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