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And on the Seventh day God rested - and I think we should keep the tradition going.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (5 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Bro with a mo.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Look at that glorious mustache.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

He's rocking the Hulk Hogan moustache

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Thinking about getting back into the dating scene, and the moment I thought of it 2 flies landed on my arm and started going at it :(

Come on flies read the room.

But then I realised I've never seen 2 flies fornicating (I don't think, at least not on me). So I had to wonder.. my google question "How long do flies fuck for" and the result was 30-120 minutes which was surprising and makes me feel even more inadequate.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Does that include foreplay or a chat first or straight in?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Should make you feel more than adequate that if we must humans can get the job done in a timely manner

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

they also make 500 kids at a time

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Gibson's blood test came back with no issues! She must just be sleeping a bit extra as she gets older

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Bit of set back, just found out the fun little procedure I had 10mths ago has done nothing and may in fact have made things worse (small reversal will fix that). Doc is very surprised at the results, so it's on for more tests and looking at what else can be done that's not removing that whole area of my person.

Feels bad man, but hopefully we can move onto better things soon.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

hugs, ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I had a bath with a pineapple shaped bath fizzer that made the water turn radioactive pine lime cordial colour.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Little one starts grade 2 today. Where does the time go?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Mine just started to crawl. It really does just blow by doesn't it.

Edit: Time. Not the kid. He's still pretty slow.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

race-car speed baby vrooooooming

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Once they get going they can be surprisingly fast

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

My daughter is 2 years away from finishing high school. I still remember her in her primary school clothes.

I ain't ready.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Kept dreaming about religious iconography and a white hippo, so I'll be starting my very own cult any day now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

The House of Fungus sounds good!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I discovered the most beautiful poem by an Australian poet - Erin Hanson, the other day:

There is freedom waiting for you,

on the breezes of the sky.

And you ask, โ€œWhat if I fall?โ€

Oh, but my darling, โ€œWhat if you fly?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hit my daily brick wall and the damn things seems extra reinforced. So many frustrations at work today, I'm feeling sorry for the people in my BJJ class this evening.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I hear you. After 4 straight hours of meetings my brain is fried, so itโ€™s couch time over here

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

When we wake up and have to deal with the consequences of late night emailsโ€ฆ.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (5 children)

so tired, so sore, need hugs and better meds

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Hugs & hope youโ€™re feeling better soon

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

About to pack to go live at my parents for 6 days but as luck would have it, I'm due to do laundry so all I have to do is throw my clothes in the direction of my suitcase rather than pack them nicely.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Ha. Second day in a row there's been a miscommunication with a client.
On the plus side she's safe and well and I got paid for a two hour shift where I sat around or did my own Aldi run. ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Breakfast 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€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A stiff drink and some good deodorant please

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Espresso martini and to be fanned by a fit man in booty shorts plz

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš’๐Ÿชญโ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿธ
๐Ÿฉฒ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Exciting news from my mechanic - for once there are no unexpected extra expenses to add on to my car's service. That's a bit of a rare occurrence these days, and quite welcome after the last few have ended up quite expensive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

sooo: Question.

  • The guys who installed the aircon fucked us around and didn't give us the electrical certificate until TODAY. Looking at it, they marked the works (non prescribed) as "completed 21st of jan". The job was completed 21st december. How much trouble will this cause?

I know they did it because (as we pointed out to them) they were wildly in excess of the 30 days notice, which is an offense, and they don't want to get into widdle trouble but fuck them.

(yes we are feeling cuntish the company in question has fucked us around beyond any measure of kindness.)

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

old phone dead, new phone is being started up

good bye old phone , it fitted in my pocket easily and had everything I needed

next I have to finish transferring my computer files and data, sciatica got in the way of doing stuff

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If I lie in bed all I think of is pain, need some distraction

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I put a movie on, was asleep before the opening titles ended ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I'll make the next thread because I'm staying up watching Call the midwife.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Itโ€™s that sad time of year where peaches are starting to get floury and past their prime. I love peaches. So disappointing to get a bad one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I could eat a peach for hours.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Movin' to the countryyyyy...

Hey, if you put that song in my head, I might as well share the love =)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Feeling a bit overwhelmed. I've hated my current job for a while due to the owner of business being a pretty toxic, uncaring individual. Last week I got approached by a friend who I know through a previous job to come and work for our former Creative Director/CEO who has started his own company. At my current job, I'm a casual but work full times hours. My friend has mentioned the new role might only be one day a week. I know my current employer will not allow me to reduce my hours and stay on as the store manager. I also know that if I decide to step down but stay on as a regular casual, she will be vindictive and most likely prevent me from receiving enough hours to get by. I'm meeting my old CEO for a coffee tomorrow and I just feel really sad that this great opportunity to work with some great people will slip through my fingers and I'll be stuck at my current shitty job and that nothing good can come way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Sorry about that. I don't know what the right advice is, but if I were in your place I would have an honest chat with your old CEO. There's nothing to lose by being honest about what you want (but I would steer clear of being too negative about where you are at). It might be the chance of a lifetime and it might not but it definitely sounds more awesome because where you are is shitty. So - tell them what you need to get by, see where they are at. It might open a door, it might not be the right time. But you are miserable so start looking / talking and see what happens.

Best of luck!

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