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  • omoikiri@aussie.zone
    27·
    15 days ago

    Hello! It’s been a hot minute. What’s new?

    Quick update. Mr. Omoikiri and I finally got hitched a week ago

    spoiler

    And Mabel is still the cutest puppy in the world

    spoiler

    ✌️

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    16·
    15 days ago

    Ruff in there tonight:

    End of life phone so it was comin’ in with me.

    Surf at that beach isn’t really like that normally.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    16 days ago

    Sat a bit ‘funny’ on the couch yesterday and now suffering from a mildly sore back.

    Damn you old age. Damn. You.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      16 days ago

      Stay active and stretchy. Go join a pilates / yoga club.

      Seriously, It’s been nuts watching friends / in laws / hubs grumping about farting wrong and throwing their backs out, meanwhile i actually broke my back a few years back and am older and don’t have issues.

      (I also did gymnastics for years. Can’t do a full floor routine no mo but can still very easily roundoff / cartwheel/back arch as i barrel to my fatarsed 50’s)

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        16 days ago

        Normally I’m quite active, but recent issues have sidelined me. My current exercise regimen is limited to walk and bike rides. Yoga isn’t a bad idea. I was doing it for 3 years (started during lockdowns) and gave up due to lack of time.

        • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
          6·
          16 days ago

          Small but fun thing to make you go “fuck” - sit on your couch.

          Now get up without using your hands.

          It’s amazing how our own laze sneaks up on us.

          • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
            4·
            16 days ago

            Hahaha…I do that all the time. Thankfully my core is pretty strong so I can usually do it…with a lot of grunting of course.

            When picking things up on the floor, keep one leg straight, and lift the other one behind you (also straight) while bending at the waist.

            Kids make fun of me, but honestly little challenges like that add up over a long time.

          • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
            3·
            16 days ago

            Thankfully I can still do this! (At least from a chair. Dunno about a couch.) But it’s only because I’m constantly getting up and down off the floor.

            For me lockdown and worsening health issues/medical neglect undid all of the progress I’d made through physio.

            Maybe if I can work out a way to get enough calories in and actually get my blood pressure managed I can go back to physio

            • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
              3·
              16 days ago

              do you do the neurodivergent “not sitting in chair as apparently intended”? That helps XD

              Currently sidesaddle while his lordship crosslegs

              • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
                2·
                15 days ago

                Usually lying on side or deep squat rather than sitting, and mattress is on the floor so I’m getting up and down from that position.

                It’s to avoid falls for me and so Melbcat doesn’t have to jump but it is good for retaining the ability to get up

          • 00Steve@aussie.zone
            1·
            15 days ago

            One good test of overall fitness/mobility is to sit cross legged on the floor and then get up without using your hands :)

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        2·
        16 days ago

        Legit been thinking about Pilates. Just didnt wanna be the only bloke or only 30 something there.

    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
      6·
      16 days ago

      I hear ya. I’m fully expecting to throw my shoulder out while shaking my fist at those dang neighbourhood kids to get off my lawn!

      Very late 40s now and I’m falling apart at an alarming rate…

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        16 days ago

        Recovery takes so long for the mildest of things now. Only upside is lack of caring and needing less sleep.

        • 00Steve@aussie.zone
          3·
          15 days ago

          Maybe if you were sleeping more, you would recover quicker :P

          On a more serious note, have you had your iron/ferritin levels checked recently? I was right on the low end of okay for Ferritin but my GP has a sports medicine background and knows how active i am, he said he would like to see the level at around 80 instead of the 20 it was at. I have to supplement to get to that level but i feel so much better for it and feel like my body recovers alot better now which was one of the main reasons he wanted me to boost my levels

          • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
            0·
            15 days ago

            I did have my iron levels done earlier this year. They were good…can’t recall the number though.

            My sleep is actually okay. I just wake up refreshed after about 6 hours. Really hard to get more. Even if I have some weed I get maybe 7.

            I’ll talk to my GP about iron next time. Thanks for the tip 😁

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    13·
    15 days ago

    Just received a work email with (should we send to all staff???) in the subject line. Spoiler: they sent to all staff 🤣

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    11·
    15 days ago

    I’d like to introduce my newest friend, who moved in just outside my kichen window. Today is the first day she has added a cross to her web.

    scary spider

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    11·
    15 days ago

    Woman sitting outside my apartment complex for 30 minutes. I asked her if she was ok. ☹️ She was not ok, just had her electric bike stolen and she was sitting there too afraid to go home and tell her guy. She said she was just away from it a few minutes and then it was gone. Not much I could do other than console and say call the police.

    I suspect the thieves were following her in a van and stole it real quick because what are chances of a bike being stolen like that?

    but bloody hell that is rough and just before xmas too

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      2·
      15 days ago

      That’s pretty rough 🙁 I witnessed an attempted bike theft at Coburg station a few days ago. Broad daylight, bike locked up right in the main bike parking bit as you walk into the station, heaps of people around. Suddenly this kid across the road yells out, “OI! THAT’S MY FUCKIN’ BIKE!” He was with 3 mates and they looked like they were gonna run out onto the road (but thankfully didn’t because Bell Street). I looked and there’s this dude trying to undo the lock or something. He legged it and when the lights changed the kids came across the road and went to the bike. One of them said, “oh man, look what he’s done to your lock! You’re gonna have to call your parents.” Dude had obviously wrecked the lock in the process of trying to steal it and the kid couldn’t undo it. Bloody thieving is out of control!

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
    11·
    16 days ago

    I’m gonna start the thread off with a thank you and ackolwedgemenr:

    A big thank you to the mods who are always on the ball with pinning these posts. You guys are the silent magicians that whisk everything into shape but are always forgotten. Thank you :)

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      5·
      16 days ago

      (you can tell I don’t know how to spell at this hour without autocorrect saving the day)

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    11·
    15 days ago

    Toastie time

    Edit: damn that was good. Contained cheddar, bocconcini, onion and sauerkraut. 10/10 would toast again

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    11·
    15 days ago

    Some of my friends who are often hours late to catchups are trying to get me to meet them on the far side of town for a late dinner. I’ve just been stood up so many times in the past that I really don’t have the energy for that nonsense. I like them, but they’re not reliable for catchups, so I’m not busting my balls for a catchup.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    15 days ago

    Hair feels much better now (although transitioning between styles so a bit boofy). Remembered at the last minute to water my friend’s plants near home. Managed some wins at uni too so I’m feeling alright. Things are under control for a moment!

    Maybe I’ll set up my new phone tonight. I’m quite ready to have my work stuff separate to personal again

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    10·
    15 days ago

    How the fuck does one not get attached when house hunting? Obviously we need to like a place to throw that much money at it. Don’t think my brain can deal with getting invested over and over and over

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
      8·
      15 days ago

      It’s horrible, there’s no two ways about it. Happened to me time and time again. I had to change mindset to “hopeful” of getting place X but not get too attached and realise it’s not the only suitable option that will cross your path. Easier said than done.

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
        4·
        15 days ago

        Thanks. Glad to know I’m not oughtright bonkers. But like I have to make mind plans about where things might go and how the place would flow. I do this for rentals, buying is a bigger scary if we miss something.

        • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
          22·
          15 days ago

          But the plus side is, you can always knock out a wall, put in a window, move a cupboard, etc, if things don’t flow right. Even more money or course, but you do also have that possibility, especially for any more minor alterations (that would still be a big no in a rental)!

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      51·
      15 days ago

      In the case of rentals, particularly if you’re on the lower end of income, I think the honest truth is, you get rejected for so many you give up hoping until eventually you move into whatever mould dungeon you can afford and will accept you

      In the case of buying, I have no clue. It’s weird. You’ve gotta visualise yourself/your family actually living there to figure out if it’s right for you, but that process is almost certain to cause some attachment

  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
    10·
    15 days ago

    At this point, dinner is roast potatoes. I might add some salmon and veg, but straight potato is sounding pretty alright for now.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    10·
    15 days ago

    Watering sys. fixed!

    Thank fuck for the ol’ boys hoarding gene, found the right obscure bits. That took way too long to do.

    All good now though. Big sigh of relief. Pulling that thing apart and redoing it was not fun.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      Yay hoarding and scared to throw things away! I don’t understand how whenever I decide to throw away or donate something I’ve never used before, somehow the next day I need it