• PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    18·
    16 days ago

    In the interests of low cost weekend activities, my Minipeelers and I have decided;

    1. to have our own festival,

    2. to do craft about it, and

    3. to call it “Craftmas.”

    It will involve liberal amounts of polymer clay and wool, and focus on making Xmas decorations and gifts (for those we would like to give something to, but either don’t want to buy for or don’t know what to buy). I’m really looking forward to it and am actually excited for this!

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
      7·
      16 days ago

      That sounds like fun! Can highly recommend orange and clove pompadours to make as a cheap gift.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      7·
      16 days ago

      sounds so cool , and not just you but all the peelers 🥰

      for xmassy baubles you can press beads into the clay

    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      16 days ago

      Back when I was a kid, mum & dad were going through a difficult financial patch so we made xmas decorations from gum tree twigs - painted with thin flour & water glue and tinfoil laid on like it was gold leaf. Then wove the twigs into garlands and a whole xmas tree (small). Peach pits got the same treatment and were the baubles along with gingerbread shapes baked hard. Looked and smelled very nice. I remember it as kinda messy but very fun. I think I remember painting the peach pits before they were covered with tinfoil so the colours showed through the inevitable gaps in the tinfoil. The downside was our cat decided she liked the gingerbread shapes to chew on and this wasn’t good for her digestion.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    17·
    16 days ago

    Well mum’s eye pressure is back up. When she fell it ruptured the back of her eye where she had an op (for glaucoma) a few years ago which is re-stitched. How they get to the back is beyond me. Her pressure was 2 when it’s supposed to be 10-20.

    With any luck it won’t get worse (basically just before she went in she all of a sudden had a ‘blob’ in the middle of her vision).

    I think this is a situation where the damage is done but not sure to what extent yet.

    Brings into question cooking on the stovetop which will be a bit dangerous and golf (her main form of socialising).

    Plan of attack is to get the food sitch down first. Can’t eat solids too well (it’s a long medical history) so I’ll make a bunch of different soups that can be microwaved for dins. Brekky should be fine she just does yogurt w/ fruit blitzed.

    Socialising will be a tough one but she has a good network of buds so we’ll see what happens there.

    It’s going to be depressing for her so that’ll have to be managed too.

    It’s scary how one fall and head strike can alter so many things so quickly.

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    16·
    16 days ago

    I have successfully convinced my daughter to move back to Melbourne.

    And what sold her on it was Slurpees. I was telling her how good they are and now she wants to move back.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    16·
    16 days ago

    Hey guys.

    I’m not going to start the thread at midnight anymore , or at least I might if I’m up but I just can’t keep staying up for the thread. I’m a natural riser with the dawn and I want to stay up in the mornings, not go back to bed because I need the sleep.

    You’ll still all get good night kisses. 😘😘😘

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    16 days ago

    Guzzling water like a hydro-slut for the blood donation.

    I did well yesterday too, only one coffee and then just water all day. Today will be the same.

    Im here to smash snacks and save lives 😂

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    13·
    16 days ago

    Lots of tears flowing here at work today.

    Thankfully not mine but it’s going to be a long day today.

    I hate Mondays.

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    12·
    16 days ago

    Working on my resume and thinking maybe I can just live in a cardboard box.

    e: and by writing a resume I mean convincing the Applicant Tracking System into passing my resume onto an actual human.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      10·
      16 days ago

      Omg LOL! good way to break the councillors code of conduct 😂 I don’t think the authorities will like this one (would it be a vec issue? Ultimately I suppose a police issue re: the doxxing).

      Edit: lol local gov inspectorate

      • Pilk@aussie.zone
        5·
        16 days ago

        You could submit a question on the subject to a council meeting or attend a meeting directly, depending on how committed you are. You could also contact the councillor for your ward and raise it as an issue. Not sure what other options might be available.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    11·
    16 days ago

    Quick update on the Christmas saga. Mrs B spoke to my mother in law who was like “Of course we dont have to go to the extended family thing if you dont want to”. And Mrs B now sees the light of how dumber idea it was in the first place. More than a little annoyed that it speaking to her mum rather than listening to her husband to see that, but whatever. Saves a fight, 1k and promises to be a more chill Christmas.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    10·
    16 days ago

    Alright gang. I have managed to connect to the multi dimensional VPN. I can now download you TV shows or movies that dont exist in our reality from other dimensions. Hit me up with your favorite shows that almost existed or got cancelled early. Personally, i cant wait to watch season 2 of firefly. And maybe figure out where TF stargate universe and stargate atlantis were going with their next seasons.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      16 days ago
      I'm an idiot
      • Babylon 5 - 5 seasons, actual start/middle/end to the narrative, and amazingly progressive for it’s time. Ivana was my TV crush.
      • Farscape - because it’s fun and cool, and has Claudia Black (another childhood crush of mine 😍😍)
      • Stargate SG1- because it’s amazing
      • The Mummy 1 and 2 - they’re fun, silly, and Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are hot 🥵🔥
      • Steven Universe - it’s a beautiful show, about trauma and acceptance, and it’s kid appropriate. The art style, the stories, I just adore it.
      • Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency - the actors and actresses are phenomenal, the story is amazing, and they cancelled it after 2 seasons 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️
      • Freaks and Geeks - old but gold if you can get over young James Franco’s punchable face lol
      • Firefly - because it’s Firefly
      • Surface (2005/6) - one season, 15 EPs. Cancelled. It was really fucking cool ffs

      My actual answer:

      • Dead Like Me - needed more seasons dammit and the premise is cool af
        • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
          3·
          16 days ago

          Damn. I’ll have to go for more seasons of Warehouse 13. Or for Warehouse 14, as I think 13 was destroyed at the end of the series.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      16 days ago

      Two more seasons of The Expanse

      Proper S4-S5 of Boardwalk Empire

      Newsradio with a very much alive Phil Hartman

      3 more seasons of 30 Rock

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        3·
        16 days ago

        Oh heck yes. Seeing those void cities (or whatever they were called) take on the magnatar vessel for the sol system, bobbie going down guns blazing! the Siege of Liconia. all woulda been amazing to see.

        • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          16 days ago

          The whole occupation of Medina would have been great!! I loved S1 on Ceres for the atmosphere, and can only imagine they could so much more with a proper budget.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      5·
      16 days ago

      Definitely putting Seasons 2-10 of Firefly on the list.
      The book-accurate version of the later Game of Thrones series, please (and I’ll take the completed eBooks of ASOIAF while you’re at it). And there’s an error with the final episode of Star Trek Enterprise in our reality. Can you grab the real one without the stupid stuff ours had, please?

        • Nath@aussie.zone
          3·
          16 days ago

          I’m talking about the final episode of the whole series - S04E22 “These are the Voyages” specifically. It had the establishment of the Federation, with the founding species etc. That part was great. There was a silly cross-over with the TNG holodeck though, and there was a thing with Trip that must have been some historical inaccuracy with the holodeck record, because it was beyond stupid scriptwriting otherwise.

          • indisin@aussie.zone
            1·
            16 days ago

            We’re not supposed to talk about that episode. We’re meant to enjoy the rest of the seasons and wish for more.

    • indisin@aussie.zone
      4·
      16 days ago

      Please don’t tease me on all those shows, I literally had a wave of sadness. And if they don’t exist in my places I know you’re lying :'(

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      16 days ago

      Boondocks - 2 more seasons

      Adventure Time - many more seasons

      Heroes - 1 more season

      Lost - 1 more season

      Please and thank you 🙏

    • zugzug@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      Any more Breaking Bad, that doesn’t invalidate or ruin what we already have?

      Ooh or any more Wonderfalls? Ended waaay too soon.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      1·
      16 days ago

      I would like more Babette’s Feast in some form please

      Also someone to take on Tim Powers properly, either Declare or Last Call (less fussed about the related books)

      More A Stitch through time

      More Trapdoor

      Tanith Lee’s Don’t Bite the Sun would be difficult and expensive, but probably worth it

      And undead Anthony Bourdain