• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    Thanks everyone for reading and responding to my rant yesterday.

    Lotta good advice and things to think about so thank you :)

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    Noooo my perfect ancient pair of grass shears have died. Now i must to the land of shitty modern manufacturing

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    Off and away out of town again for the birthday of an old family friend. Not sure of the wisdom of being in Brisbane on the same day as the Lions in the final AND the Broncos playing a home semi in the NRL … At least I am getting really good at this travel malarkey again. I used to travel a lot in an old job but I had gotten rusty.

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    In 2016 I went to the Grand Final. My team was playing for the first time in the GF since I’d been alive but I wasn’t a member, basically impossible for general public to get a ticket. I saw a ticket advertised for sale at like 1pm on the day on a fan group on Facebook. It was about 20% more than the cost price. In hindsight, most people probably thought it was a fake but it was a physical ticket and paying in person outside the MCG, I thought that seemed safe. Got to my seat around midway through the first quarter, so missed all the pre-game stuff. But then my team won and it was just such an incredible atmosphere and great day. I won’t forget it.

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    Road trip day! And breaking out the glam tent. Hope it hasn’t gone funky since it’s last excursion.

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    The ballet has been watched and the hot pot meal devoured. May have had a bit much spicy for my tum, but we’ll see! All round an excellent day and traffic was EXCELLENT. Getting and out of the city was just about the easiest run I’ve had!

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        Okay full confession: I forgot there was no speaking/singing in ballet. I remembered 20 seconds into the performance but I definitely had “ohhhh yeah” moment.

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        We went to Panda Hot Pot and there’s an RMIT/public parking garage right behind it, so just parked there. Super easy!!

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            Suchhhh a win! Probably could have scored some street parking, but I had a plan and was thrilled when it worked out.

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        We saw Dracula! It was interesting! The music was a jukebox of classical pieces. The Brides, Dracula and the Wife were amazing, the Husband was great but a little wooden compared to the rest. Fantastic use of lighting and great set pieces. There was sadly less cape tossing than I was hoping for!

        The crowd was amazing though, so many fantastic outfits.

        At the hot pot place we saw a performance of face changing and it was so well done!

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          That sounds really interesting and modern. 👍

          I think in the original story the husband is meant to be repressed.

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            That’s an interesting point!! It was more that he was very focused on the dance and when he was interacting with others you could tell he was paying attention to where his hands were. However he was still great to watch!

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    Had a bit of unfun morning with headache and upset gut. Seems to have mostly resolved now which is nice. I’m planning to refresh a couple of pots around the deck with some punnets of flower seedlings. A load of washing or two and then a lazy afternoon.

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    Productive and relaxing day.

    Grocery shopping and house cleaning done.

    Quick nap, good Japanese restaurant for dinner

    Few drinks, few puffs and the new Fantastic 4 movie at home with the family.

    Seeing my wife and kids snuggled under blankets across the couches, fills me with immense joy.

    Kids are almost adults but they’ll always be my babies.

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    I swear to god with these regional cafes. I don’t think I’ve ever paid for an eggs Benedict where it was just served on regular white toast