Yarrabyte's gone missing again. Last seen behind the tapestry wool in Spotlight. No way of knowing if still there. Should we send out a search party?

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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I wanna let youse know YarraByte is with me and we are getting pissed together. They may not turn up for work tonight because my parties can get pretty wild.

Cheers everyone 🍺

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Did they have an excuse for not turning up last night?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Perils of living with the colourblind, he keeps stealing my toothbrush

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm sorry this made me laugh. What colour is it and what colour does he think it is?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I has new friends thanks to pizza:

    The friends:

    The pizza:

    They're not quite at the stage of the one down the beach (who just does whatever it wants). It's a start.

    Which calls for a rave choon

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Here's hoping the weekend will help me recharge a bit after feeling sick last weekend. I had the last few days at work to myself but I've felt so flat and out of it, I just need a longer rest I think

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    Yeah last I saw Yarrabyte was cracking into the sewing machine oil and chatting up the computerised Singers. Probably still hungover

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I have successfully revived the robovac! Of course we now have the same cat based problem as before, the LittleOne just cannot leave it alone to charge. Off to internet ways to disable the too tempting Ding!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I need to grab one of those for fluffball to ride around on when I’m at work lol

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Mr Woof's really not doing his guard dog duties well today. There is someone at the front door dropping off the groceries and he's just nonchalantly wandering around the back yard.

    Edit: I just left him unattended with some of the shopping bags for a moment. Instead of getting into the lamb roast that was in one of the bags he thoroughly investigated the box of long life milk. He's just not dogging properly at all today 🀣 Maybe he just needs a good walk.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Pizza is here, music apps installed, all my shit from band rehearsal last night is plugged back in.

    Fuck yeah Friday night. Cheers ❀️

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    WHEN WILL THERE BE A FOOD QUIZ?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    UNDER NEPOLIAN III WHAT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE DINING UTENSIL MADE OF / ELEMENT.

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    **Nupolion.. fuck we're getting there.

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    !

    That's always a surprise to me.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The shopping has all been put away. When you do a major shop monthly that takes quite a while. Sadly they didn't have the bag of potatoes I ordered and for some reason they decided they couldn't substitute them. Is there a major potato shortage I am unaware of? Fortunately I am not completely out, but I will have to go low potato for a while.

    Other substitutions today include giving me red curry paste instead of yellow and a different cut of beef which won't work well for what I planned. So I'm making red curry beef instead of yellow curry chicken, and will make a different style of chicken curry from ingredients I already have.

    This afternoon I will be doing some packaging of meat for the freezer and a few other food preps, and hopefully get a bit of gardening done too.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yes there is a potato shortage. Something to do with a drought in South Australia.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How very rude of the universe to do this to me. This is one of the downsides to moving house, I would have had some from the garden if I hadn't done that.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Given that Ballarat is right in the middle of Victoria's Big Potato district, you should be able to find some in specialty shops. Try the local shop in Trentham or Ballan. Cost per kilo will be astronomical (at least $3 per kilo), but the spuds should be nice & fresh and mega delicious. Yes, seed potatoes are grown all around Buninyong and Ballan and Trentham for most of Vic & SA. Ditto horseradish and parsnips. Something to do with the height above sea level preventing some diseases from getting into the seed potatoes. Plus fairly reliable rainfall at zigacktly the right times of the year and a very reliable cold season.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This explains why my local had no potatoes last time I was there, sweet potato was the only option. Love sweet potato but it is not a substitute!

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    I think Seagoon is gonna do really well with this one. No pressure.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    4kg onions = 31 serves of caramelised onion. That should last me a while.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

    I am about to make a really big batch of caramalised onions. There will be tears. πŸ§…πŸ˜­

    Edit: 4kg of onions sucessfully cut and in the saucepan to caramelise. There were tears, but not as many as I feared. Now I can start dealing with some less defensive vegetables.

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    Knife was sharpened. Onions had the ends cut off and then straight into water to be peeled. They were then sliced in the food processor, which was opened under the exhaust fan to put into the pan. I managed to get away with only needing to wash my face to end excessive teariness once, which is pretty good for me as I seem to be very sensitive to onion.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    get lost or something might happen

    Japan is super safe.

    I'd say ditch the tour and just organise it yourself. Getting lost is half the fun :)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I've been lost many times, just find a main road, they often have maps or duck into a cafe and ask

    if it's bad grab the closest taxi and ask to go to the nearest landmark you know

    or to your hotel. Take a business card from your hotel's front desk and pass that to the taxi driver

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    You can plan your own holiday and part of that might be organised day or two day tours if you are interested. It might be cheaper and easier than renting a car for longer trips.

    get a big tour guide book and see what you want t do, DK or frommer is good, lonely planet is clueless. Booking is so easy now because internet.

    Think of it this way, you live in a really big city so you already know how to do this :)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    Tours are great but you pay a premium for having everything taken care of you. Also, less flexibility in your trip. I love solo travelling but I understand the thought of it is super daunting. Japan is a great place to have your first experience with this - it's very safe (taking the usual precautions you would anywhere else). Having to navigate a new place yourself is part of the experience, you can do a lot more than you think. And there are other ways to connect with solo travellers. I'm not coming from this with the female perspective though, you can do research on other solo female traveller experiences in Japan to see what it might be like.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Today’s gone well so far. Let this continue

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