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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

all the tapestries are washed, ironed and ready for patchwork making , I hope it looks good when done

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just because you can does not mean you should. If I have to eat coffee it will be whole beans (unused) covered with chocolate.

I'm not sure how eating used grounds would work. Are people spooning them straight from the plunger or maybe going for a mid-morning coffee ground sandwich?

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

It would be like eating dirt. Ew

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can probably also eat used tea leaves. Nope.

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[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah. Not for me. Even the fine ground Turkish coffee stuff where I accidently went right down to the bottom is like sand or never ending fine grains.

It’s not a nice texture so I’m with you. Hard pass.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah if I get a bit in my mouth, it gets spat back into the cup it came from.

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might seem odd as well but while I love drinking warm or hot coffees I hate cold coffee and also coffee flavoured lollies/sweets.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

How nutritious is it? Not very I would say or we would be eating it already.

[–] bull@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Got 3 x $10 scratchies from my sister for my birthday. Didn't win a single dollar. I guess all of the luck is saving itself for the $40m Powerball ticket she also got me.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

🀞🀞🀞

[–] fullkitwanker@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Travelling to the UK next month. What card should I take? Is there a 101 on this somewhere? I'm with CommBank.

[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you use your regular bank card, very likely you will be charged currency conversion fees for every transaction you make overseas. I’m with CBA and they charge these fees for my everyday account.

What you need is an account that doesn’t charge currency conversion or ATM withdrawal. Look at Bankwest for debit or Latitude for credit.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm watching The Trojan Women, a 1971 movie from a Euripides play.

It's full of great tragedy. It's meant to be emotional, it was written to shame perpetrators of war. This is like Sophie's Choice x 10.

I think I watch too many movies that require concentration and empathy as I find my reactions just too intellectual.

How many murders a day do I see on screen?

The other thing is i keep on asking myself how they did a shot or what dramatic device is this that makes me think a thing. I find myself changing focus from the story to the how.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These ancient places that have such a big place in our own society's cultural identity, even if just in stories passed down onto us, these places were so small.

I have been to Troy, just drove past really, it's just a small place. A city state that used to be on the coast but is now inland. It had only 10,000 people. Their men and children murdered and then the women forced into slavery. The movie is harrowing. ( In modern times this is what happened to the Yazidi women of Syria. Their men and children were murdered and then the women were forced into slavery. )

A suburb is like living in a town, I can't help putting myself, my loved ones and my neighbours in the place of these characters. I suppose that's what makes it a great play.

5 Hobbits.

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I think I’m peckish but no snack foods.

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