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I made these today
Following this recipe
https://www.recipetineats.com/fried-chicken/
They were crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside but fuck they were bland and too salty. Nothing like kfc. I'll stick with korean fried chicken because they do flavour and spicy. I do not recommend unless you play around with spices.
Palworld is going to eat up my whole weekend and I welcome that.
I reckon if cats could make cups of tea and coffee they would be perfect
Ok so I did it. I booked the flights to Vietnam. But it's going to be a very flat out three months at work up until holiday time I'll say that much.
Meanwhile can I just say hospitality in this country is pretty shit. You are basically treated with a thinly veiled contempt at any hotel.
Ooh jelly.
Where in Vietnam are you going?
Mostly central Vietnam ie Hue, Da Nang and Hoi An. I'll spend a couple of days in Saigon, but won't stay there long because I can only handle crowded city vibes for so long.
Bedroom decals are now also done
I think the light switch one is my favorite.
The flowers are so pretty
My own wildflower meadow. All the pretty with none of the allergens ๐
I just remembered I have like $1500 play-cash in my backpack from my cruise which I didn't spend because I was sick.
I could just go to the bank and deposit it back into my savings orrrrrr... the weather up on the border is looking pretty good for today/tomorrow.
Hello Friends! I just realised I haven't posted or logged in a much longer period of time than I thought. I hope you're all well! For once I'm not here to vent or complain. Lol.
Good to see you back!
We had a 7-hour power outage yesterday afternoon, along with 1500 other homes, all because someone a bit further down the street released a helium-filled metallic balloon which floated up to the power lines and blew them up. All credit to the fire service who arrived quickly to secure the scene, and also to the United Energy crews who turned up with three massive cherry-picker trucks to thread it all back together again.
In better news, Groundhog Day: The Musical was fantastic, highly recommended. It's surpassed Wicked as my favourite theatre musical of all time. The sets, the humour, the cast...just brilliant.
What area was that in? We had a similar-looking situation this morning near our place; fire, police, and energy company.
Parkdale/Mordialloc area
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Toasted bogan smear please
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Beer roasted bogan please
Hey. I have a name ya know! ๐
I thought you drank them not shoved the can up your jaxi
If it's free why not.
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Mmmm moist
A nice healthy salad please. And a decadent cafe au lait with whipped cream on top and chocolate shavings.
That would be a vienna coffee. Made with chantilly cream is delicious.
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Thanks!
Apparently an hour nap at like 4:30pm has meant I'm still awake at 5am. What is this bullshit, body? We've been alive long enough to have the hang of falling asleep by now, idiot.
Goodnight everyone โค๏ธ and somehow it's the perfect time for Gibson's zoomies and sneak attacks lol
Happy hottest 100 day! Would anybody be down for a thread in c/rage where we can discuss the H100? It was one of my favourite things from over on Reddit. All of us who cleared our days just to listen to the hottest 100 would sit around and pretty much all day "yeah this song's fuckin shit ay" with the occasional old person hopping in to rant about how much better music was last century. Then once every 10 songs we'd all day "yeah I'm not a fan of [artist] but this song is actually alright"
Ok I probably didn't sell that very well - there's a reason I don't work in sales! But jokes aside, would anybody be keen for something like that? Wouldn't be as much fun because there's less people here, but I reckon with a few of us it'd be decent enough?
Go for it! I will dip in and out of the countdown today (as I grumble that it ain't what it used to be :)) I hang out in the thread
The last time I sat and listened to the Hottest 100 was 2008 (the year I moved to Melbourne). I am super out of touch with whatever is on the airwaves these days. Smartphones killed the radio star.
My exposure to Triple J these days is pretty much limited to the car ride to the weekly shopping trip, so not much, but I donโt think iโve heard a single thing that didnโt have that stupid hollow auto tune voice effect. Can anyone actually sing anymore?
I only hear the radio when I'm in shops and all they seem to play is Torn and Gravity
I pretty much only discover new stuff through the hottest 100
