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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

And the bird is in with a half lemon up the clacker and a good massage.

She's ready

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

the bird is going to get so hot

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I declare this cheese hunt successful a pile of cheese

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm gonna be cooking a chooko in the airfryer using native herbs and spices. Please pray for it to be juicy and tender.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Every piece of chicken I have done in the air fryer has turned out great. I think the high convection makes the cooking more even and avoids some of the over cooked dried out spots that can occur in a normal oven.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Are you using lemon myrtle and/or mountain pepper?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Halp

Kitty pushing me out of bed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I woke up wearing cat underwear. Most peculiar

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Today I need to tidy & clean my whole house. So far, I'm on my second pot of tea. Going well.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I'd like to give thanks to all those workmen out there who don't remove all their signs when they finish work. My cherry tomatoes are being supported on stakes supplied by Yarra Valley Water, my raspberries have a trellis made from a sign from an unknown road contractor, and the same sign provided corflute panels which are protecting the fence from built up garden beds.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉

Special extra large meal for botbot

🔋

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The pizza I had for dinns last night was dodgy - so some gastrostop and a dingo's breakfast please.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do my teeth hurt because my sinusitis or do my sinusitis because my teeth hurt

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Then you get stressed out and lock your jaw which makes both worse… Sympathy!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

update: Visual artificing suggests migraine . Disregard

(I get fucking cluster headaches on occasion, a migraine is actually very very little to me)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

i'm so excited about having to make my car passenger-friendly this week AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's my second last night out here before I return to Melbourne. A beautiful cool day and as the sun sets I can hear the lyre birds making their laser gun/magpie/alarm noises and feel an immense sense of peace.

Sadly, I did not finish off the last bit of outstanding work due to patchy internet and no electricity in the cabin (and, tbh, not being remotely in the mood for it while away). But I'm starting to see a way forward where I can finish it off when I get back with a sense of positivity and appreciation and relief at completing this part of life, rather than resentment and aversion and anxiety because I didn't finish it on time.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You crushed it this weekend, bot001 😎💅🔥🥳🪩

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Doing well botbot!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Happened a few years back but, just now reading about a school lunch chef in Nebraska fired for adding kangaroo meat to the chilli.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

This should have been a diplomatic incident.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Oh my golly gee gosh moses. That was the most juiciest chook I've ever eaten. Even the breasts which I usually avoid. Time for a nap.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (14 children)

Apologies in advance, but the Lemmy upgrade appears to have broken the bot's ability to post - it is trying, but it can't actually connect to any communities for some reason. ☹️

If one of the nightowls could make a post at midnight that would be great - we can declare it "Manual Monday" and I can poke at the programming tomorrow when I have had some sleep.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Th Lost City" was bloody awful. What a waste of time

Brad Pitt's 5 minute cameo showed he really is good. A few of the jungle scenes were pretty.

I give this movie 1/2 hobbits , for Brad Pitt and the jungle.

If you want a similar but good adventure movie that is fun to watch Romancing the Stone on Disney.

So why did this movie stink? The world view stunk. No one is nice, no one has good intentions, there was no one to identify with, and the shit the main characters did was just too unbelievable. The dialogue stunk and was delivered poorly.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

At my parents place. I have murdered no less than 4 flies. Here lies 2 victims.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I didn't do the figure drawing exercises. Just started something with my approximation of it.

Fuck it we ball

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Think I better have a to do list or I'll get nothing done again

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So it was just cold enough for a fire and I had a lot of old notebooks and course notes to burn.
The cats are very happy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

while squiting, the fireplace pattern looks a bit like teeth.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I know what you meant, but 'squiting' sounds like something you do when you're lactose intolerant and... indulged. 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Here's the brandy sauce for xmas pud recipe. You can always add more brandy of course

Can't go wrong with Delia

https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/occasions/christmas/christmas-puddings/delias-classic-christmas-pudding-with-brandy-sauce

For the brandy sauce: 11/2oz (40g) butter 2 tablespoons brandy 11/2oz (40g) plain flour 10fl oz (300ml) whole milk 11/2oz (40g) golden caster sugar 4fl oz (110ml) double cream Place butter in a medium saucepan with the flour, pour in the milk then, using a balloon whisk, whisk everything vigorously together over a medium heat. As soon as it comes to simmering point and has thickened, turn the heat right down to its lowest setting, stir in the sugar and let the sauce cook for 10 minutes. After that add the brandy and the cream. Pour the hot sauce into a jug, then cover the surface with clingfilm and keep warm until required.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Clean out and sweep garage ✅

Clean out and wipe down fridge ✅

Wash all windows inside and out✅

Not bad considering we drank all manner of weird liquids last night at the neighborhood Xmas party. Peach schnapps? Limoncello? Peanut butter whiskey and some crazy Croation plum hooch? Had to rescue MrsGod from curling up and sleeping on the front lawn.🥴🫡

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Not sure exactly why I’ve done this but I’ve gone back and pulled out some old Xbox 360 games and ps3 games and looking to play through through them.

Have a wide range of choice but felt like trying out Red Dead Redemption via backwards compatibility and maybe Ex Troopers and GTA4.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I washed the house today. The outside of the house. I did not know that was a part of home ownership. Looks good though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How is it I open one tab and task manager says I have opened 14?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I did tons of gardening today and now I'm exhausted. I still need to make dinner, but I am seriously lacking the energy. Some days I could really do with a wife 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I did nothing today and it was incredible!

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