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elzbethmrgn

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Hi guys welcome back to my video web log! Former historian, current email exclamation mark enthusiast, buying books and talking about them on YouTube. she/her

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geordie, to random
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LBT: Apple very deliberately went with “your next computer isn’t a computer” as a strategy and now they sell a computer and a “not a computer” and everyone is scratching their heads.

elzbethmrgn,
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@geordie nah, Millennials know there's little computer and Big Computer tasks and you need both.

timrichards, to random
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Doing my photo deletes for today's date, and happened across this one from 23 April 2022. Off to Fiji! Ah pandemic-era overseas travel, what fun.

elzbethmrgn,
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@timrichards photo deletes by day is a fantastic idea!

timrichards, (edited ) to random
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Crikey I did 10,000 steps yesterday. Pretty good for a day largely devoted to presenting travel writing talks at libraries.

Lots of walking in the towns though, from train stations and to libraries etc; eg I had time to kill before my Mooroopna talk, so I did some writing in the local pub, had a pizza then walked to the local library.

Being very atypical in actually walking around country towns rather than driving, I know. :)

elzbethmrgn,
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@timrichards the best thing about living in my country town is I can get everywhere I need to get on foot. If you're not interested in accessing any sort of non-internet based cultural experience, small country towns are excellent 15 minute cities

elzbethmrgn, to random
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My ISP sent me a text and an email to let me know they were calling me to tell me that further updates they have for me will be emailed 🙃

elzbethmrgn, to random
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My new Medicare card has a little "40 years of Medicare" logo on it which is very sweet but also reminds me we are of a similar age and brokenness.

elzbethmrgn, to random
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New rule: customers aren't allowed to talk to me until after lunch, unless they agree to not be stupid.

elzbethmrgn, to random
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Apparently Corowa is hosting the 50th anniversary shindig of the Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia (an organisation I just learned about) in April so I better see some of you plane nerds in my town.

elzbethmrgn, to random
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Oh my uni comms team was doing so well recently with the gender of alumna/emerita 🤦 it's taking willpower to not comment the correction, I don't wanna be that guy

geordie, to random
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"We should celebrate Australia Day on March 3rd" is the best of the takes about Australia's national celebration, but a better yet take is a four day work week. Why do we have a national day of celebration?

elzbethmrgn,
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@timrichards it's the day the Australia Acts came into effect that made us independent of the British Parliament. @geordie

lenjet, to random
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$269 for a copy of an Australian Standard… surely there is somewhere to download a back of the truck version?!

elzbethmrgn,
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@decryption @lenjet as a former corporate librarian I can tell you just how much it was costing your institution 😭 brilliant scam

elzbethmrgn, to random
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Candle scents I'm gonna market:

Freshly baked bread
Baking lasagne
Frying off onion & garlic
Soft warm kitten lying in the sun

elzbethmrgn, to random
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Current status: having lusty thoughts about crusty bread

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    elzbethmrgn,
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    @noellemitchell oh it's so much fun, I love it

    elzbethmrgn, to random
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    Spending my whole lunch break driving my kid to her job but I got to see a cow frolic in her paddock so it balances out

    elzbethmrgn, to random
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    Driving through a thunderstorm on waterlogged country roads with the usual dickheads also on the road and I will not be surprised if I see or be in a fatal crash today.

    elzbethmrgn, to random
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    My neighbours happened upon me at my workplace a few weeks ago:

    N: Elizabeth?
    Me: Yes?
    N: Hi!
    Me: Yesss?
    N: we're you're neighbours?
    Me, frantically searching memory: Yeeeesssss?
    N, explaining which house
    Me: Ah, yes!

    We've been neighbours for at least five years. Still couldn't pick them out of a lineup, could tell you exactly when it's going to rain based on how many days their washing has been on the line.

    elzbethmrgn, to random
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    My public school attending child has a three fucking hundred dollar calculator on the book list for VCE

    kcarruthers, to random
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    Endometriosis: new Australian longitudinal research, which looked into multiple symptoms of endometriosis, was the first of its kind in the country,

    “Other symptoms included bowel and urinary conditions, severe tiredness, difficulty sleeping, allergies, heart palpitations and headaches,” Dr Gete said.

    “These broad range symptoms along with a tendency to normalise and dismiss period pain meant diagnosis took between 7 and 11 years on average.”

    https://womensagenda.com.au/life/health/endometriosis-increases-likelihood-of-severe-symptoms-new-research-finds/

    elzbethmrgn,
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    @kcarruthers The wild number of things not right with me that were suddenly fixed after my adenomyosis (similar to endometriosis) surgery is mind blowing, all of them tiny little things in themselves the cumulative effects were disabling, and all of which seemed to be linked to my dodgy uterus

    elzbethmrgn, to random
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    Good morning to everyone, especially @geordie

    Dangerous_beans, to random
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    Does anyone know an biodegradable, food safe, non-petroleum product alternative to mineral oil /liquid paraffin?

    elzbethmrgn,
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    @Dangerous_beans for what use?

    elzbethmrgn,
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    @Dangerous_beans I use orange oil for this 😊

    damonism, to random
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    What are your favourite insults that aren’t swears, ableist, sexist, racist, misogynistic, any-other-ist, or overly aggressive? I tend to like “dipstick”, but I’m always keen to expand my vocabulary.

    elzbethmrgn,
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    @damonism we use "nuff nuff" at work

    timrichards, to random
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    Boring, it's only parallel parking. Come to Melbourne and try the hook turn, baby!

    The majority of drivers are anxious about this manoeuvre, survey finds https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/anxiety-about-parking-survey-australia/

    elzbethmrgn,
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    @timrichards you can't be anxious about stuff you refuse to do :drake_like:

    elzbethmrgn, to random
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    fifteen years of marriage results in my leaning over to whisper in my husband's ear that there's washing on the line and can he please deal with it so I can hang the next load, and in no way is any of this a euphemism.

    elzbethmrgn, to random
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    Many weeks ago @geordie posted a roadworks notice sign that said 'get hype' and my child was thoroughly disgusted with this millenial 'humour' when I showed her. So as you can imagine, 'get hype' is now a regular part of my speech.
    Nugs for dinner, get hype!
    I'm picking you up from work tomorrow, get hype!
    Your turn to do the dishes, get hype!

    Thank you for these precious parenting moments, Geordie.

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