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Rusty Raven

@ RustyRaven @aussie.zone

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  • Discussion Thread 🐏 Monday 13 April 2026

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  • I'm out at the slightest hint of dodgy. I'd rather over react and miss out on a few items that might have been legit than walk into a bad situation.

    Sellers being reluctant to hand over an address in advance is one of my major red flags - I want to be able to check where I am going and let someone else know too. I've had sellers do this whole run around where they won't give you the street number until you say you are in the street. I've no idea how they think that's going to protect them from dodgy buyers, but I'm not following breadcrumbs to walk into a stranger's house. If people are not upfront I just don't deal with them.

    People who are very pushy about wanting you to move off the sales platform and phone/text are also a red flag for me. Your phone number is important personal data that it's better to avoid giving out unnecesarily. Especially if you have Pay id linked to it, because then you are also giving out your real name.

  • Discussion Thread 🐏 Monday 13 April 2026

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  • Pork casserole with apple and sage. The flavours all melded in together very nicely, and I have lots in the freezer for later too.

  • Discussion Thread 😛 Sunday 12 April 2026

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  • I am very glad I took tomorrow off work. I didn't realise just how exhausting carving a wooden spoon was going to be, today has been a bit of a write off due to a complete lack of energy.

  • Discussion Thread 😛 Sunday 12 April 2026

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  • I think today is going to be an

    Edit: I did just go on the compulsory daily dog walk. 🥶

  • Discussion Thread 😛 Sunday 12 April 2026

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  • Coles has done a surprisingly good job of the substitutions this week, and there is only one thing left out entirely (although I do question whether they truly had nothing that could substitute for the pack of chicken fillets, there should be many options available).

    I spent nearly twice as much as normal this month, but I am going to be very well stocked up on dried fruit and nuts as well as buying some extra meat for bulk cooking. But for today I just have to muster the enthusiasm to carry everything inside and put it away.

  • Discussion Thread 📮 Saturday 11 April 2026

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  • They were very big on safety procedures and they also had cut resistant gloves. I did not cut myself or come anywhere close to doing so. I did however cut myself last night on a piece of dried chicken marinade baked onto a baking rack, so I think it's fair to say that washing the dishes is an inherently more dangerous endeavour than spoon carving.

  • Discussion Thread 📮 Saturday 11 April 2026

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  • It's the 'Rare Arts and Lost Trades' centre at Ballarat. It's next to Sovereign Hill, in what used to be the gold museum.

  • Discussion Thread 📮 Saturday 11 April 2026

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  • Assembly was required. Fortunately there was an expert instructor and all tools required.

    It started out as a chunk of firewood, then we used an axe and various carving tools to turn it into a spoon. The wood is from a nectarine tree. Once it has dried out fully in a few weeks time I can sand and oil it to finish it off.

    It was rather hard work, and I am definitely cancelling tomorrows planned weightlifting session, as I am unlikely to be able to grip anything, let alone lift it.

    I also got a bonus couple of garbage bags full of woodchips to put on the garden.

  • Discussion Thread 🛩️ Friday 10 April 2026

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  • I am starting to seriously look at buying a house, however my enthusiasm for the process is about on a par with going to the dentist. I wish I could just pick a house out of an online catalogue and skip all of the tedious looking/inspecting/negotiating bit.

  • Discussion Thread 🛩️ Friday 10 April 2026

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  • An assortment of pretzels and some fruit salad, please.

  • I think Melbourne is more signposted than anywhere in the world.

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  • What the place really needs is a couple of moving billboards and a board advising of upcoming roadworks that scrolls through the information so you never manage to actually read it all. There's nothing like increasing the visual clutter on the roads to enhance safety.

  • Discussion Thread 🪷 Wednesday 8 April 2026

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  • I've had a good result with beetroot and a couple of other root vegies - I have a few beetroot ready to pull up now. I need to do some more planting, I haven't really gotten onto doing any of the leafy veg yet, but I keep intending to.

  • Discussion Thread 🪷 Wednesday 8 April 2026

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  • My pumpkin vine has put out a bunch of new female flowers, it must feel like it's in with a chance for more fruit than the 10 currently ripening. The squash and zucchini are also making a late fruiting run.

    The snow peas on the collapsed trellis had some dried peas so I've planted those on the remaining trellis and will hopefully get some new plants growing, and also harvested some fresh snow peas from one plant which decided it's just going to keep growing on the ground. The climbing bean is also being pretty productive at the moment, so even though I didn't get everything growing in the garden I would have liked it has been a fairly successful year.

  • Discussion Thread ☕ Tuesday 7 April 2026

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  • I think I got a bit overexcited putting in my grocery order, nearly got up to $500! Normally it's around $350-$300 for the month. It's probably a touch of anxiety making me want to stock up, I got the stuff to make a big batch of canned chili and some canned chicken. Plus a lot of nuts and dried fruit which are always a touch expensive. Hopefully they will actually have most of the stuff, they do have a tendancy to not actually provide the meat I order and if that happens I'm going to have to hunt down some mince for the chili from elsewhere.

  • Discussion Thread ☕ Tuesday 7 April 2026

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  • I just had this converseation with someone at work! I feel like I'm running late when I arrive in the dark, I do not like it.

  • Discussion Thread 🦕 Monday 6 April 2026

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  • A bit on the wet side today. Mr Woof did get to rock his flouro yellow raincoat on our walk, not that anyone was out to see hin anyway.

    Driving down to Melbourne without all the traffic was pretty nice, cut about 40 minutes off the trip. Plus all the clouds meant I didn't have the usual problem of the sun straight into my eyes, so I'm counting it a pretty good day.

  • Discussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026

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  • I managed to get through my to-do list. It was a bit of an overloaded day, but I did a big batch of cauliflower soup (15 serves!) a batch of yoghurt, a sandwich loaf and a cheese and herb plait, chopped veggies for snacking on, prepped all meals for the next two days, mowed the front lawn, folded the washing, assembled a small cupboard and did my exercises.

  • Discussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026

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  • Lawn is mown. Soup is simmering. Yoghurt is straining. Bread is baking. Washing is folded and put away. Vegetables chopped into snackable sticks. Why do I still have lots left to do today?

  • Discussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026

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  • Lovely looking day out there again today. I plan to mow the front yard (back was done yesterday), make some cauliflower soup, sort out meals for the next few days at work, and lift some heavy things.

  • Discussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026

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  • Personally I find it a bit of a sad intitement of our society that we equate shops/services being closed with 'nothing to do'. Are we really that unable to entertain ourselves?

    I've always thought public holidays are a great thing because it gives us time to do things together - get together for a bbq or a picnic, play board games, have a movie night, whatever you like. Don't just feed the consumerist machine.