• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    13·
    6 days ago

    Off to a gig tonight at the croxton. 3 hand built nose bleed decibel speaker systems. Two playing in synch in one room which will be dub / reggae, another system playing DnB / jungle. Don’t normally fork over $40 unless it’s a DnB international but these guys spend an inordinate amount of coin and time on these things so it’s worth it just to keep the scene alive.

    Also hambams on his walk / run today ran into a mum and her kid (probably 3yo). He was so gentle w/ her. He might not be all there upstairs at the dog park but around the very young kids he changes and is very mindful. So credit to hams.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    12·
    7 days ago

    Just a few more hours and I’ll be finished up working in my current office. Twenty years with some of these people, it doesn’t feel quite real yet to be leaving.

    There has been a lot of food and some lovely gifts. All warmth themed, as befits a move to Ballarat. Plus an ice scraper for the car windscreen!

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    My wife surprised me with a bottle of whiskey. Peated from England. Also cask strength, nearly 60% strong.

    Is nice

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    11·
    7 days ago

    The donut festival has a stall where all the offerings are missing essential attributes of donut.

    No sugar, no dairy, no gluten, no YEAST, no…basically, no donut

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    7 days ago

    “oh hai, you’re awake! Is it too early for a treat?”

    Edit: too early to be awake. Back laters.

    This photo was taken at 4am lol

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    8·
    6 days ago

    I’ve been reading more books! In between working, doing laundry and going to the donut festival I’ve been reading a couple of Lin Anderson books, a Joshua Moehling book called And There He Kept Her, and started a couple of others I didn’t like so I didn’t persist with those. Loving the internet archive and Libby, free entertainment to offset the cost of taking the Minipeelers out!

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      2·
      6 days ago

      There’s plenty of options if you want to sus out a decent Z-lib mirror or get on tor to find the official deep web version.

      The baseline kobos go pretty cheap too, or you could get a second hand kindle, jailbreak it - which is meant to be really easy, and install KOReader.

      That’s the eBook app I use on my phone and it’s great. The interface is a bit intimidating at first, but it’s good once you get used to it

      • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
        4·
        6 days ago

        I loved the style and characters of the Joshua Moehling book and wanted to read others but there weren’t any more I could borrow from my library. The Lin Anderson books are set in Scotland and are very gritty forensic detective novels. Luckily for me she’s a very prolific writer. The one I enjoyed the most so far was probably The Wild Coast, but I also really enjoyed Driftnet. I seem to be really enjoying the whole crime suspense thriller thing. It’s just pure page turner enjoyment for me.

        I ended up reading all of the Helen Forrester autobiographical books last week. I’ve gotten back into that old habits of mine where if I wake up during the night I’ll read for a few hours in the quietness (or what passes for it around here).

  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
    10·
    7 days ago

    Impeccably dressed toddler has matched the tractors on his gumboots to the tractor on his jumper, and matched both to the exact shade of yellow on his bucket hat.

    Mum says he chose it himself. If so, kid’s got style!

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    10·
    7 days ago

    I finally bit the bullet and got an ebike. Velectrix Adventurer. It’s pretty much a step through mountain bike, so it has front suspension, dropper post, fat tyres, and a stronger motor.

    It also comes with mud guards, a rack, and integrated lights wired to the battery. Plus it has hydraulic brakes, which feels like the necessary minimum for an ebike.

    There are higher spec bikes out there, but this is all I need for a 15km trip to work that I’ll do a few days a week in between regular bike rides.

    I could have gone even more basic with the Velectrix Brunswick, but I thought my girlfriend could ride this one because of the frame and dropper post. It seems a little big, but I’d like to get her on there

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    10·
    7 days ago

    I appear to have misplaced the cat. She woke me up for food at 6 and now she must be snoozing in a hidey hole but I can’t for the life of me find where. I know she can’t get outside. I heard a random meow in response to me before but she’s not answering now. I am mildly concerned and VERY curious…where is kitty??!

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    Feel effed today. Pretty sure it’s from lowering my anti dep dose. I feel content but still a bit anxious.

    Last few days have been amazing, so I know I just have to wait it out.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    8·
    7 days ago

    Beach. I got quite close to a spoonbill today.

    it looks 100 miles away in the pic

    I experimental with the horizon, I usually do a low horizon or high horizon

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    8·
    7 days ago

    Getting close to the end of the 2 chilli ferments. Seems to be doing its thing correctly, good bubbles, cloudy brine no mold etc.

    Always crazy to think it takes almost a year from seed to bottle. I think if I had kids it would definitely be an effective learning activity as it covers everything from soil, nutes, plant life cycle and biology, pests diseases management, science w/ fermenting / food safety. Had that to an extent at uni but had to pull things together from different subjects (mostly out of books) without anything unifying or an end goal. This process knocks a whole lotta shit over in one.