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Shawn

@swampy-kiwi.bsky.social

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He/him. Occasionally amusing. Mainly food bikes and dogs Kirikiriroa (Hamilton NZ) Pinned Skeet - I know we can't buy our way out of the climate crisis, but the joy I feel every time I ride my cargo bike makes me feel like it should be a thing.


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what was the original?? (I'm assuming you've tried steeping cardamom in oil or an alcohol)

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I'm a bit sad that there will be no more Cardamom and Sandalwood - its so good.

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I did get one saying they'd been packed but today's one was from Aus Post telling me that they had moved along their journey.

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Just got the email that my new batch of @veronicaf.bsky.social soaps are on their way. These soaps are beautiful and if you can afford to treat yourself I thoroughly recommend them.

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Came home to a sheep wrapped in an old sheet on the verandah left as koha for some plumbing my dad had done more than once growing up.

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How tall is he?

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And a deportment coach. It's like he's constantly uncomfortable in his own skin. All those repressed thoughts and feelings just struggling to escape.

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yeah - that looks like boggy ground and probably a dip based on the vegetation.

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I didn't zoom in but the image looked like it had been taken on a cheap android - so you're probably right some samsung AI processing on the phone, whereas I was looking for some stable diffusion type chicanery.

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which images?

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LOL - exactly this - Dad was a plumber, I worked for him while I was at Uni and can do 90% of it myself. Trades were always people we knew, who would do stuff at the weekend if we weren't doing it ourselves. We all did DIY on our house growing up too.

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ahh its ok - its just sometimes I get a shock that I'm actually a grown up. I have no problem getting someone to do it - its more the process of getting them in to do it. I've never really "got" that process.

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I've just booked some trades in to replace the spouting on my house and even though this is a thing that I know a) I can't do myself b) have budgeted for and know I can pay - I still feel like its something that I'm not capable of/is too grown up for me.

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Nasty weather forecast for Northern and Central Aotearoa, end of next week. Keep an eye on it people

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how much to you want to be it was her partner leering not the 8 yr olds.

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It's so cringe, like your 8 year old didn't notice them until you brought them up, also the "its the europeans" line from the pool manager - I can assure you, no european tourist coming to NP is going to your local pool. its locals, wearing the current fashion in swimwear thats back from the 90s

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I'd settle for media that didn't blow smoke up the pms arse.

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And the sun is out this afternoon! I quite like the foggy days though they feel atmospheric. (i do live in a warm house and dont have basketloads of washing to get dry so YMMV)

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The Onion's avatar The Onion @theonion.com
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"Besides MBS’s polycule with our three deputy managing editors and his torrid three-way love affair with columnists Gail Collins and Bret Stephens, several of our copy editors are in situationships with him."

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Apparently we are going to start taxing chewing Amanda and we wouldn't want people to get free chews.

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I don't understand the mixing bowl can never be used again. Like dishwashers exist.

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the worst bit about getting old is the - its that indigestion? stress? or a heart attack? mental arithmetic you need to do whenever a random chest pain starts.

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.0's avatar Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.0 @tammi.bsky.social
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I'm a no socks with shoes person, not all shoes but I don't like wearing socks, I've realised that this is probably for neuro spicy reasons but even though I could probably buy socks that don't make my feet cringe I still prefer no socks.

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He's right. But I only drink 0's these days so this was a welcome change.

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When you say kitchen do you mean room to cook in or do you mean room with a fitted kitchen? Because older houses would have had a table in the room with the fireplace for preparation and things cooked on the open fire. Some might have had a aga typr thing as well. Hitch dressers for storing plates

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I'm not a fan of their other tiny's but this is good.

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Men who have never had a girlfriend are never going make an app that understands actual real women

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Hey low alcohol crew. This stout from garage project is extremely good!!!

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You bought the wide collar so you can fill it with a proper knot. Instead you show the world that you’re still at school.

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I was like - why do you make this process so difficult for "us" - well you would want a correct diagnosis - well yes - but I also need some fricken coping mechanisims so how about you work on that shit rather than throwing me out after 10 minutes saying i'd wasted your time.

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I've not rescheduled... (also my guy was a dick about it so I'm unlikely to bother because F$%k that guy)

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I went to my second appointment for a diagnosis having forgotten to send the reading material and give my partner the heads up that she would need to be involved. She was battling a hard deadline so couldn't do it. went to the appt - was told it was pointless without her and to reschedule...

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Fuck! you mean I could drink all the coffee's I make not pour half of them down the sink cold??

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🦝Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝's avatar 🦝Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.bsky.social
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I’m telling you, fame cooks your brain

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He's beautiful! Zoe was a tricolour too. (She's gone grey now)

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