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I think I fucked up with the birdseed idea. She will not move for anything! So now I administer treats at the back door:

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5 points

she has you trained 🤭💗

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It happens so gradually, you don’t notice lol

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13 points

Holy fuck there was a car accident right in front of my house. I’ve never seen a car crash in person before, it was louder than I thought

Nobody seems to be hurt

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It started leaking oil so the fire brigade came out to sweep it up with sand. I’d already called 000 and the Ambos had already arrived before I write the above comment btw

The cops are slow as usual, but they just called to get further info. The ambos arrived first and they’re still here, I overheard them saying they’re waiting for police

The dude driving the car rear ended a van that’s parked across the road, nobody was in it luckily, and the driver seemed fine, just a bit dazed

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Had something similar happen outside my place a few days ago. The bloke over the road had his legally parked bmw flipped clean across the street into the street tree outside my house by a carful of idiots driving too fast through the roundabout in the rain. Horrible noise, the death throes of beautiful engineering. Again, thank goodness, no one was hurt.

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4 points

Jesus Christ that sounds horrific… This wasn’t that bad, seems to have been fairly low speed, but it was freaky to witness

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It’s an arresting sound for sure, especially out the front of your house. It happened years ago out front of a place I lived in a real quiet side street. Basically a situation where one car has to pull over and let the other car through because there wasn’t enough room and neither car did, so they had a really slow head-on collision. Myself and neighbours went out front to scratch our heads and ponder the 2 sheepish and embarrassed drivers!

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I’m not positive on the story, but it seems that the driver was distracted and didn’t see the van parked on the side of the road so rear ended it when he turned the corner right in front of it. Super happy nobody was injured

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Mr Procrastinata and I are on holiday in Germany. We’ve arrived in Frankfurt and it’s -2° this morning! Heading for Würzburg where it’s snowing. Winter’s here!

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5 points

Thou shalt visit at least one christmas market. This is obligatory! And share some photos with us. We have much to learn about christmas markets done properly.

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3 points

and have warm mulled wine

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1 point

Glug glug glug…

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I’ve already visited Frankfurt and Würzburg and they’ve both been really fun. Frankfurt was very crowded but a great atmosphere, Würzburg was much quieter and more laid back. Super fun!

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2 points

So envious! Enjoy! ✨

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I am! It’s wonderful!

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10 points

Read that 7-11 in Australia has been bought over by the Japanese parent company. I almost never go to convenience stores myself, but hope this means Australian 7-11s will up their game. Japanese kombini food is legit.

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Game changer if they invest in it. There is such a market for GOOD fast food in this country. I saw a line for KFC drive through the other day and almost died of shock. Who queues for food that crappy?!

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6 points

Hungover bastards craving grease

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5 points

Drive through has much power over those seeking convenience.

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Oh man! Japanese quality 7-Eleven would be incredible!

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4 points

omg yes

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So I live near the carmelite monastery and just witnessed two nuns buy an UNHOLY amount of cheese and crackers at Leos.

They weren’t messing around for a monday,

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10 points

There’s a Cheesus Christ joke somewhere here I can smell it. Maybe that’s just the cheese.

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nun reading the nun rules “no sex, no booze, no blasphemy, etc and so on” looks up at a room full of anxious nuns “nothing about cheese”
many cheers.

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3 points

gossip, they love to gossip

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6 points

Communion with a twist.

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Ooh, hoity toity. Same postcode but the far less glamorous side over here…

That said, I’ve always preferred the cheese selection at Toscanos. (Get some nice markdowns from time to time) I’d do cheese there and crackers at Leo’s.

And maybe if they bought some Jarlsberg or Emmental it might be less unholy. Gouda bless them.

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