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Boorloo. Crochet, cats, chickens, the occasional rant. Yarn dragon. Disabled. Soapmaking, cheesemaking, gin, coffee, books. Medicine, linguistics, lefty as f*&k. She/her.
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The only way to make FB bearable is to use the chronological Friends feed. www.facebook.com?filter=frien...
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I was surprised we didn't hear in the press conference something like "the vehicle the assassin was driving is a police vehicle that was reported stolen on [date]". That's when my spidey sense started tingling that it could be an actual cop.
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Wait what? Congrats!!
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Ours is probably Bon Scott, though I could make a case for Tim Minchin.
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Calling your own answerphone was a game changer!
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If it was a big field of wildflowers, way bigger than a patch, I'd call it a meadow
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And sometimes you had to call their house and leave a message, then they had to call their house and retrieve the message from their parents/housemates (or, once they were a thing, their answering machine).
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My kids have just binged The Pitt, and I've told them just how much they're gonna enjoy ER
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(addition of (4.) for a global audience, or maybe (0.): Check your local rules first for the minimum number you need to rank to make your ballot formal!)
Ranked-choice slaps and there should be more of it.
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That sounds absolutely infuriating. I'm so happy my annual specialist (optho) books me for a year down the track as I leave each time. So does the rheumy, but that's every 4-6 months.
And when there's literally no good reason for them being so frustrating ... gah.
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sooooo.... what's your plan when you take up the next hobby? *whistles innocently*
As someone who makes both soap and cheese, I have QUITE the collection of giant stainless steel stockpots. Which I now can't find buried under the pile of yarn
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I'm feeling directly attacked rn
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It's like Whamageddon, but a billion times worse.
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thanks! I love how it turned out
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All still bangers!
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We sang "May it Be" (which has an Elvish chorus) with my choir just before the ceremony, and the reading was Tolkien.
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Wasn't that the number of people in the USA who narrowly escaped being murdered by fentanyl last week?
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Do other new cars not have voice commands? We just got a BYD Dolphin and there are voice controls for sunroof, music volume, aircon adjustment, finding a nearby charge station, etc.
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No, I think racism, particularly anti-Aboriginal racism, is a centrist stance in Australia, not at all limited to the right
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The 98th Parallel
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Less of a talent pool, more of a vaguely moist manure heap
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I don't mind watching the remaining ones fight over scraps; I just don't want to ever see Dutton's face again
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Yikes, please take that disgusting slur back to the hellsite, we don't do that here
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One of the most extraordinary exhibits at the War Memorial is her uniform with a bullet hole in it from her time as a POW...
www.awm.gov.au/collection/C...
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Oh wow! "before surrendering to a Japanese naval patrol. Bullwinkel disguised her injuries by adjusting the belt of her dress to cover the entry and exit holes from the bullet. "
Thanks.
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Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel was a fascinating woman! She was a nurse/midwife, a war hero, and the sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre. After being a POW for 3.5 years, she later served a distinguished career in nursing leadership and the Aus War Memorial council. #auspol
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So the seat of Bullwinkel is named after one of our national heroines. A life not wasted. www.awm.gov.au/collection/P...