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YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 7 months ago

Discussion Thread 🐚 Tuesday 27 January 2026

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Discussion Thread 🐚 Tuesday 27 January 2026

YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 7 months ago
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    Holy shit balls. I just paid the whole mortgage off 🤯

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone
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      Best feeling in the world. 🥂🎆🎇🎉🎊🏅🥉🥈🎖🏆🤩

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      🍾🥂

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
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        I would but don’t want go out to get any!

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      !!! Holy shit congrats!

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
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        Am I an adult now??? Still have no idea what I’m doing.

        • Taleya@aussie.zone
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          yeah that’s normal.

        • TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone
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          You have skipped the adult stage and gone straight to boomer parity.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      Grats!

      One (1) [House] has been added to your inventory.

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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      Congrats!!!

    • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
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      Weeee!! That’s so exciting!!

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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      Congratulations!

    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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      Well done!! That’s a huge feat 🥳🥳

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      Congrats 🎉

  • tasho@leminal.space
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    keep those of us without air conditioning in your thoughts today 🥲

    • YarraByte@aussie.zoneOPM
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      Refrigerated spray bottle & fan

      • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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        I thought getting wet was bad for bots? Stay safe yarrabyte, we don’t want any short circuits!

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        Holy shit YarraByte. You talk!

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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          Oh crap he could have heard us talking about him…

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            Could possibly be a christian soul who is all about loving your neighbour and forgiving sins against him. Unlikely, but possible. Or just a really really nice person.

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              I hope so or the bot uprising will go badly for me

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          Oops, hopped on a machine that was logged in as !YarraByte@aussie.zone

          Spray bottle with fan does such a great job, optionally can refrigerate the water.

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        thats a great idea! I should get a spray bottle for next time.

        my strat has been to close all windows and blinds to the world & have regular cold showers. plus frozen grapes.

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      I just assumed you all died, it’s good to hear that at least one of you is still alive. I don’t do well with heat, if I didn’t have AC I’d either be camped out in the shower running cool water over myself or on the floor crying. I wish I was more like Miss Meow, who is currently voluntarily outside.

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      I used to survive by wringing out a shirt in water and putting it on, and having icy poles or frozen drinks

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    Has anyone heard from just_kitten or Duenan lately? Hope they’re doing well

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      I have seen a few posts from just_kitten recently at the other place.

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      I got a dm from Duenan a while ago. He said he was doing well so I left it at that.

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      Duenan left after TinyBreak did iirc. They still post on the other place regularly. Same with Baku.

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        ;-;

        Edit: We seem to have lost a lot of people since this started, leaving a core group of regulars.

        There would be talks of cliques on the other place DT so could there be the perception of that issue here? I really think we are welcoming to everybody though, I just talk to everyone (nobody escapes me 😈).

        There’s probably more activity in the other place but I haven’t gone back because I don’t recognise many people there and may no longer fit.

        As well as the whole ‘owner emulating you know who’ thing.

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        I’m out of the loop, why did they leave?

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      I did notice that just_kitten was gone, I haven’t heard from Duenan either

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    Good luck everyone!

    I’m changing the strays water every couple of hours. Theres shady spots where they live. I’ve put ice in the bowls to help hopefully.

    Am also freezing some water bottles for them to lay next to if required

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      I just topped off my strays water and food. Used the last sachets of food, went and got some more from Savemore, went back to drop them off and it’d been eaten. Caught a glimpse of the cat. Savemore also had 3/$5 Linda McCartney vege snags which is a fuckin bargain.

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        Nice work man!

        I put out the dry food and it’s been gobbled up real quick.

        I bought a bag of ice and put it in a shady spot near where my live. Hopefully they see it and figure out the ground will be cool near it.

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      I have cheap litter boxes / pans under the trees during summer, birds are going apeshit. Also stealing all my appls and pears.

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    I’ve hung the washing out and am having an iced coffee. When I finish my coffee, it’ll be time to bring the washing back in.

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      I just had an iced coffee myself. I contemplated doing some washing, but there is no way I’m going outside to hang it in this heat, you are much braver than I am.

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        Your planning was better than mine, I needed a sit down after I hung it and after I collected it! Even 10min is too much outside for today. I ventured out just now again to refresh the birdbath, and now I’m not leaving my aircon until the cool change comes.

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    Vic emergency map has a cool new feature - the little red triangle with the warning “evacuate immediately” now has the red triangle and a little running man blinking on and off. Really stands out. Check it out at the Otways fires.

    Aaaand it looks like most of the Otways are going up in smoke rn.

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      You should have a look at bushfire.io it includes the information from the Vic Emergency app, and also has overlays with the wind speed/direction, satellite detected hot spots which show where the fire is actively burning, and where the fire fighting aircraft are. It’s really interesting and I presume it takes a bit of pressure off the Vic Emergency app and helps stop it getting overloaded.

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        Thanks! That looks like a really useful take - especially the closed roads.

      • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
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        That site is utterly fascinating, thank you so much for sharing it!

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      😞

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    sewing on a patch onto my new tshirt

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      That is so adorable!

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        It is? I don’t see people wear stuff like this, especially at my age, so I get a bit insecure about it. I dress weird …lol Think of this way, at my age I could shop at Katies or Blue Illusion. I actually shop at Dangerfield.

        Mr Seagoon hasn’t seen it yet, I think he will like it. 🙂🚀🐈

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          Rock it, girl!! I love seeing people wear bright and interesting things or dressing however they feel. More and more I dress only for comfort!

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          It is very cool. Embrace the weird!

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      Love it

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      Love it! 😍

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        Thanks. I put the same design patch on a denim jacket too 😻it’s cute

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    My dad told me that I should hurry up and get a full time job or I’ll be washing windows on Punt Rd.

    Why Punt Rd specifically mate, why aren’t you thinking bigger? 💪🤟

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      If you can learn abseiling window washing can be quite well paid. Great job for an introvert, just you, a bucket, a squeegie and a really long way down.

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        and cats. Cats love windowashers

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        How thrilling

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      Yes, Hoddle street has way more lanes. Reach for the stars!

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        funny you should say that

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      Royal Parade is shadier, and there’s median strips which could make the process safer. You could offer to clean the side mirrors too maybe.

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      Alexandra Ave and Wellington is always choccas and the Wellington St lights take ages.

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      I’ve got a lot of nsfw stories about the window dudes at that intersection lol

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        Storytime!

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          deleted by creator

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      Spencer Street 👍

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    Mate left at 5am to catch his flight, and immediately after Mickey came and started meowing at me. It’s too early, my furry son, and I have work 😭

    But now I’m awake so that means coffee time ☕

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    Good morning! Got an early start to try beat the heat today… hopefully we’ll be outta there before it gets too hot 🥵

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    ahhhh train cancellations and delays due to the heat. Never change, Melbourne, love ya 😂🥵

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      Dear cat jesus, thank you for letting me work from home today. I will dispense the appropriate treats to your people.

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      I haven’t heard a train in hours 😬I thought this might happen, it’s why my husband didn’t take the train this morning, could not rely on it in the afternoon heat

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    Went to take the bins out and ran into neighbour doing the same.

    He’s loving this heat, or so he claims.

    He ain’t right in the head, is he?

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      Does he walk around saying ‘how about this heat’? /s

      NSFW https://youtu.be/UrgpZ0fUixs

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        Hahaha

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      I’m down with it. My low blood iron has me feeling cold more often than not. Today is fine by me.

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        Hearing ya with hypothyroidism!

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        And the rest of us are cooking slowly

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      🤡

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        I honestly think he just runs cold. He was running his fireplace into December when it was high teens/low 20s.

        I don’t get it

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          he could have very poor circulation

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            That’s what I’m thinking

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    Work done, drinking a cold cider and playing JSAB with the teenage offspring, then off to the pool.

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    Gonna take the dog for the arvo walk and by walk I mean take him out to the front porch where he’ll stare at me with the “What the fuck?!” look but at least he’ll stop with the “where’s my fuckin walk” looks I’m getting now.

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    Thank god this gig tonight is at the Croxton. It’s close to home and has decent parking. Just as long as the air conditioner works well in there

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