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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Beers, music, and the new update to Slice n Dice. Perf Saturday evening

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What beer? I'm downing Pirate Life XPA and it's goooood

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have so many pain meds can't drink at all. πŸ˜”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

We'll drink on your behalf, worry not friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I'm going to the chemist for more robitussin, any other chest infection things I should get?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Humidifier and eucalyptus/tea tree oil. Just a bowl of boiling water and a towel over your head will do if you can’t get one. Liquorice is an expectorant too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Like in Crocodile Dundee.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Garlic, horse radish and vit c if mucous is an issue. Will dry it out and stop the post nasal drip that makes you cough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My dad's cure was hot milk with butter, honey and garlic.

It won't not work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel both our dads are kind of in the 'fuck that guy' category. At least you live on the other side of the planet.

Replace the butter and garlic with fresh lemon juice and ~40% alcohol and we're talking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Funnily enough this recipe dates back to when I was a kid AND my old man is a full on alcoholic. This may be the only time that alcohol is not involved in a home remedy of his.

You're not wrong about living far from him.

Haven't spoken with him in a few years and feel like I'm missing nothing.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Look Uluru would be interesting to see. Problem is it's not all that cheap to get there, nor is the accommodation or anything around it.

Out of curiosity I looked up flights from Melbourne to Alice Springs. The absolute cheapest was something like 678 dollars. That's not far off the cost of an international return flight to many places in Asia.

If you have limited time and budget it just doesn't seem worth it to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I went there back in 1991 - budgeted a week's stay in Alice and side trips to Uluru and Kings Canyon - both were mindboggling and a week wasn't long enough. If going, do it properly. Either fly or drive there, and reckon on spending at least 10 days seeing things in the area. There's a lot to see. Some crazy good museums and art galleries too. If driving, take a 4wd or a VW Kombi - the roads are NOT good. I went in September, after the first fall of rain in several years. The wildflowers were off the planet incredible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The young Seagoons drove there from Sydney last year, said it was totes worth it. It's very very far.

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