• Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’ve been wanting to watch some of the classic movies for a while now. I think on Friday night I’m finally gonna do it. I’ve been told the godfather and the Shawshank redemption are the 2 “must watches” so since there’s godfather posters in every pizza shop in the country, it seems only fitting I order a pizza

    Eventually I want to watch vertigo and some of the other hitchcoxk movies since they’re always spoken of super highly too

    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      I watched Casablanca a few weeks back and had a lovely time. There’s a specific scene that’s so much better if you know it’s real

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      6 months ago

      My favourite Hitchcock movie is Shadow of a Doubt. Some must watches

      To Kill a Mockingbird

      Night of the Hunter

      Battle of Britain

      Judgement at Nuremberg

      Young Savages

      Deer Hunter

      Midnight Cowboy

      The Searchers

      A Tale of Two Cities

      Odd Man Out

      The Third Man

      O Lucky Man

      From Russia with Love

      Cape Fear ( with Gregory Peck )

      Imitation of Life

      • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        Ooo love me some oldies:

        • North by Northwest
        • Maltese Falcon
        • Rear Window
        • Dial M for Murder
        • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

        While not really a musical fan, I do like Oaklahoma, South Pacific etc.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        6 months ago

        That’s a lot. I don’t think I have enough attention span to watch all of them

    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      Have you seen the modern classic: Bee Movie? It brings together a remarkable ensemble cast (even though it’s animated). Its effectively an allegory; a representation of the human rat race (if you will) depicted as a bee colony. It follows the life of the protagonist Barry B Benson as he (long story short) saves the world. It leaves us with a heartwarming answer to the question: Can you ever bee enough? The answer is yes.

  • bacon@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

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

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    6 months ago

    Had a moderately busy day , did not have any pain killer and didn’t think of my bad back once. iow, it’s better. 😊

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    The weird jingoism in the media reporting around the Sydney stabbing is extremely cringe. “Warrior” cops and “god tier legends”. Really? You know it’s possible to report the news without being all tabloid about it.

    Also “thoughts and prayers” from insert various people. Cool thanks for letting us know. Completely meaningless and predictable “sentiment”.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      Yes, surprised the word Cobber didn’t come out at this end of April. Especially since so many were yelling to instant grant citizenship/residency without any knowledge of the chaps in question wanting that.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      6 months ago

      This makes me glad I don’t consume much aussie news media

      it seems that I’m not missing out on information and have missed all the nastiness

      Why don’t I watch or read much news? because of decades of experience with the shitshow of aussie media I don’t even expect it be news worth watching

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    With the recent community hyper-fixation on bees, I’d like to draw our attention to another issue: the lack of easy to attain quality soy sauce.

    I went to KT Mart today, I was looking for two things: a sweet refreshing beverage that I didn’t know what it was until I drank it, and some decent soy sauce.

    I got my beverage (Milkis), and I went looking for soy sauce. I found a small range of low-quality “cooking” soy sauce, which taste terrible, but for the life of me I couldn’t find any decent table soy sauce. There was all other kinds of sauces, terriyaki… kelp broth… dumpling dipping sauce… low sodium soy sauce… BUT WHERE WAS THE ACTUAL SOY SAUCE?!

    My last purchase of soy sauce of questionable provenance was a low sodium variety from ALDI. I couldnt use it, it was disgusting, and it’s in the bin now.

    I’m at a loss. Is this related to climate change?

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    6 months ago

    I’m reading an old travel book about Arabia and Abyssinia starting in the 1930s and continuing post war. 😕 As per usual women and children are invisible.

    And it’s more brutal than I imagined and i’ve read Speke, Bruce and Burton and they generally didn’t tone it down. TE Lawrence did allude to some brutality.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Sands

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    The way I pick fruit compared to my husband is vastly different. I pick it up, put it in a bag. That will do. He carefully selects a piece, examines it, caresses it, talks to it before carefully lowering the chosen piece into a bag. I am a very patient wife.

  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Just got home after 2nd six-monthly checkup post cancer. I am happy to say that I am still cancer-free. Peter Mac Hospital in its infinite wisdom has removed all the free books for reading while waiting to see the doctor. This is a major step back. I found a couple of beauties last year while I was in treatment. Things I would never in a million years have actually spent money on, but were splendid reads. On the plus side, the new station at Parkville is just outside the door and is looking splendid and hopefully will be available for use soon. The new tram stop in Royal Parade is excellent and nearly big enough. Also the coffee in the Wellness Centre is still good but the selection of bikkies has reduced somewhat.

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    When I see Aussie boganism on full display overseas the cultural cringe is real and I just can’t.

    I’m like there are Australians here? Ok let’s go somewhere else.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      That’s been my argument against going to Bali for decades. “Why would I want to fly all the way to another country to sit on a beach full of Australians?”

      Apparently, the answer is because it’s cheaper. I looked at booking a chalet on Rottnest Island over the Christmas break for a week. It’s literally cheaper to fly to Bali and stay at a resort for the week.

        • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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          6 months ago

          A lot of Aussies here in Vietnam. And to be fair they aren’t all bad (me included), but there is a lot of boganism. I listen to the accent and I hope I don’t sound that grating.

      • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        6 months ago

        10 years ago I went to Patong in Phuket, Thailand and I imagine Bali to be that but worse and it was quite seedy. I refuse to go to Bogan Island. Call me unAustralian but I just won’t do it.

        • Nath@aussie.zone
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          6 months ago

          My wife and I went to Phuket for our sorta-honeymoon/sorta last holiday as a couple before parenthood. We stayed at a lovely resort that was far away from where all the Australians went. We had a wonderful trip. We barely saw any Australians that week.

      • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        Price of anything in Australia is honestly a joke. Australia is an obscenely expensive country and any tourism is no exception.

        Only the very wealthiest can afford to travel to Australia!

  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Ah well my insurance won’t cover a nurse on call so I have to look at other options to get my dressing changed. Are there any cheap GPs or other services that could help me with this?! (Somewhere preferably closer to the city / inner SE)

    Update: omg the beautiful hospital worker got back to me saying that I can’t go without the dressing so the hospital will cover the costs for the first 3 visits 😭 that’s so nice of her to do that for me!!

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      I love it when healthcare workers are so understanding to people outside the Medicare system and know how annoying it is to organise shit that most people take for granted!

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      You should qualify for post acute care, which will supply 3 days of dressing supplies and 7 days of home visits. Following that, you can do a search and find your local HACC/PYP provider in your local government area and call them to see if they can help.

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        Because it’s super easy to dislocate your neck to see what you’re doing when dressing your own butt crack…

        • Eagle@aussie.zone
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          6 months ago

          Might still be worth a call. My workplace (too far out to help you) routinely services people who don’t fit traditional funded services with low fees. We don’t like to see people not serviced.

          • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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            6 months ago

            post acute care

            Ok thanks @Eagle, I will give them a ring and find out. Actually, “The Post Acute Care (PAC) Program provides short-term services and support forthose who need extra help at home after a public hospital stay”. My stay was at a private hospital unfortunately but I can still call and find out :<

            • Eagle@aussie.zone
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              6 months ago

              You might have more luck with the HACC/PYP services, or a GP clinic, even if you can reduce the dressing frequency to 2nd daily. It’ll probably be Bolton Clarke. They should have the ability for you to pay a fee for service, but they are a private company and can be pricey. Its worth a look though. And it’s a shame you’re not further out, we’d be happy to look after your butt crack for whatever you could afford!

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      That’s awesome. Healthcare workers are real heroes and deserve so much more.

      Is that enough to cover your needs or would you still need help?

      • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
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        6 months ago

        They really are. I remember when the anaesthetist drugged me I told the nurse I really appreciate what you do. Very corny but I really do! I also don’t remember anything that happened in the hour after that! I will take their offer for the first 3 days and probably head to a GP for the other 2. I will check if they can extend their offer to all 5 days (as they suggested changing the dressing every day for 5 days)

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    For the past 2 weeks, the shower has been leaking really, really badly.

    Plumber came and fixed it.

    I didn’t realise how fucking loud it was until it was repaired. Holy shit that was fucked lol

  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    I was made redundant last week, which I’m still coming to terms with. But after wallowing for a week or so, today I went to the zoo and saw the baby elephants. And now I’ve opened champagne. It’s my birthday today, my (quite large) payout’s just come through, and I have an interview on Friday. I’m going to be fine.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Today’s car inspection wasn’t the slam dunk I hoped it would be, but still a decent contender… I would like to decide by this evening if I want to pull the pin and get a pre purchase inspection done on it. Annoyingly I still might not be able to get it ready by next week to use for work.

    Argh!! This is where my overthinking, paralysis-analysis affected brain really struggles. I need so much time with each decision. Really to be honest, I need to sleep on it tonight, but that’s then another day gone… but no I think I’ll give myself this much.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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    6 months ago

    Random kitty I saw on my way to work. S/he declined my offers of affectionate pats, but was happy to sit neatly and enjoy me saying nice things.