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Post by Liiisa on Sept 24, 2023 13:42:01 GMT -5
Sophie unfortunately “candy thermometer” is way beyond my energy level, but thank you!
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Post by jimm on Sept 24, 2023 16:59:20 GMT -5
Found on Facebook. This is pretty funny..... AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIANS The following has been written by the late Douglas Adams of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" fame. "Australia is a very confusing place, ... Didn't make me laugh. Maybe I'm just being over sensitive, or it's too early in the morning, but I don't like the Brits' idea that 'ridiculing other people is funny'.. (sorry that's clumsy grammar but I haven't had breakfast yet) I don't check my boots for spiders (unless I've left them outside) and I don't check under the toilet seat.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Sept 24, 2023 18:24:56 GMT -5
Liiisa that's hilarious. Next time do what we used to do as kids: Melt some chocolate, stir in rice crispies until coated then form into chunks allow to cool and eat. We used to use cupcake cases but you could put in a baking tray and slice I suppose. You can add a lot more rice crispies than you think. For fanciness you can add marshmallows etc but we never bothered as kids. Not sure if you have copha in Europe or the US, but this is the classic Australian childhood chocolate crackle recipe. I think our Rice Bubbles are your rice crispies. www.kelloggs.com.au/en_AU/recipes/chocolate-crackles.html
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Sept 24, 2023 18:28:45 GMT -5
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Post by Liiisa on Sept 24, 2023 19:00:21 GMT -5
Wow, that suddenly brings back a memory from childhood, that people would melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips and stir in these canned fried chow mein noodles and you'd get little spiky chocolate things. (Copha sounds kind of gross, like coconut-flavored Crisco?) WOW THAT IMAGE IS VERY LARGE, SORRY
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Post by tzarine on Sept 24, 2023 22:53:34 GMT -5
Wow, that suddenly brings back a memory from childhood, that people would melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips and stir in these canned fried chow mein noodles and you'd get little spiky chocolate things. (Copha sounds kind of gross, like coconut-flavored Crisco?) WOW THAT IMAGE IS VERY LARGE, SORRY yes liisa i remember those! homecookingmemories.com/no-bake-chow-mein-noodle-cookies-recipe/
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Post by tucano on Sept 27, 2023 2:48:28 GMT -5
The @letsdoubledutch account on Instagram. Highly recommended.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Sept 27, 2023 9:08:10 GMT -5
The latest Facebook phenomenon coming from Honiara as the $6.4 million spent on toilet paper for the South Pacific Games. My friend took her unaccompanied baggage to Brisbane today, including a box of 48 rolls from Who Gives a Crap, and another Who Gives a Crap box packed with personal effects. I’m wondering what funny looks she’ll get from customs!
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Post by sprite on Sept 27, 2023 10:31:32 GMT -5
our walk today included leeches. A lot of leeches, falling from the sky. Gross atthe time,but now we're all exchanging our leech war stories.
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Post by psw on Sept 27, 2023 11:15:23 GMT -5
Wow sprite! At summer camp we swam in a lake with leeches. They kept a generous supply of salt at the waterfront. Never heard of leeches falling from the sky - or is that a figure of speech?
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Post by Liiisa on Sept 27, 2023 11:32:50 GMT -5
our walk today included leeches. A lot of leeches, falling from the sky. Gross atthe time,but now we're all exchanging our leech war stories. Ah yes, the terrestrial leeches! My twitter screen name was created in honor of the leeches of Kerala. (But wait - falling from the sky?)
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Post by Queen on Sept 27, 2023 15:29:17 GMT -5
I also laughed at Gary Shteyngart in the Guardian calling the new book about Elon Musk an "insight-free doorstop." Guardian reviews are the best
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Sept 27, 2023 19:10:19 GMT -5
When I was twenty, I went on an amazing hike with friends to Burning Palms, a beach in the Royal National Park just south of Sydney. It included witnessing a total lunar eclipse from the headland where we camped. But before we got there, we had to ford a creek. Several hours later, I discovered a leech on my thigh, under my jeans. Ugh!
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Post by groo on Sept 27, 2023 19:19:01 GMT -5
I live on the top of a hill with few trees and minimal undergrowth, but we still get leeches after heavy rain.
I will never forget the sight of Jude dropping her daks in the middle of Tasmania's Overland Track when she became aware of an interloping leech.
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Post by tzarine on Sept 28, 2023 0:25:39 GMT -5
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Post by riverhorse on Sept 28, 2023 4:32:52 GMT -5
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Post by Liiisa on Sept 28, 2023 5:30:11 GMT -5
That looks hilarious. What was she laughing at? Sorry, I abandoned German again for the time being so that article is a bit beyond me.
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Post by riverhorse on Sept 28, 2023 5:39:46 GMT -5
She was laughing at a comment a colleague had just made in the background talking about the rules of rugby, apparently,but what could possibly so funny about rugby I have no idea!?
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Post by Liiisa on Sept 28, 2023 9:18:58 GMT -5
Thank you! I guess she was in a goofy mood already.
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Post by groo on Oct 1, 2023 22:31:38 GMT -5
Forgive me. I'll wipe it if you wish.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 2, 2023 3:10:37 GMT -5
Pete Garret and Midnight Oil have come out in support of the Yes campaign for the Voice referendum. They have made a video dealing with misinformation.
There are all these comments on social media from men (it is generally men) saying they will no longer be a fan of the band, will never buy any music by them again.
And I'm sitting here thinking, did they never actually listen to any of Midnight Oil's lyrics? Did they not stop to think when singing along to Bed are Burning? Or recall the Sorry outfit Pete Garret wore at the opening of the 2000 Olympics? The tour they did in support of the Uluru Statement from the Heart?
Pissing myself laughing.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 2, 2023 5:22:37 GMT -5
lmao groo, no please don't wipe it - that's hilarious.
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Post by tzarine on Oct 2, 2023 18:36:33 GMT -5
"Emotional Healing Session to Dissolve Heaviness, Sadness and Boost Mood"
thanks for the insult is heaviness water soluble?
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 5, 2023 21:33:04 GMT -5
A friend shared a review of a baby day spa that is fairly local to us. And it turns out there are a few of these boutique baby bathhouses popping up.
The best bit of the review was the line saying it was best to do 8 sessions so you learnt how to properly massage your baby. Ha.
For those with too much money.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 5, 2023 21:34:06 GMT -5
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Post by Queen on Oct 6, 2023 1:04:11 GMT -5
Technically yesterday's laugh but anyway...
We pay for a platform for the whole company to use and they are launching avatars for use in meetings.
Ended up in a conversation with a bunch of geeks, probably 95% male 80% introverts and 90% neurodivergent, discussing the fashion sense of avatars.
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Post by sprite on Oct 6, 2023 6:14:47 GMT -5
Went out into the back yard after being away for 2 weeks. The animals have beaten paths into the grass.
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Post by tzarine on Oct 6, 2023 11:39:06 GMT -5
A friend shared a review of a baby day spa that is fairly local to us. And it turns out there are a few of these boutique baby bathhouses popping up. The best bit of the review was the line saying it was best to do 8 sessions so you learnt how to properly massage your baby. Ha. For those with too much money. hal, that cracked me up when tzarevich was born, clueless mothinlaw insisted i learn this "baby massage" i was just trying to manage feeding the lad & eating enough to produce milk and hoping to getting sleep
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 6, 2023 15:57:04 GMT -5
I think babies are perfectly happy just being held and carried around! Why do you need to massage them?
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 6, 2023 16:04:37 GMT -5
pero and me trying to visualize how large a 33-acre swap meet would be, and it's hilarious because we keep trying to come up with proxy items as a base measurement ("a big parking lot?" "the lake at the park?") and are failing miserably. And it's particularly amusing since this really isn't important for us to know at all, but we've been having this conversation for 15 minutes and it still continues...
lol he now has Google Maps open
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