• Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    21 days ago

    I had a mysterious hand delivered letter in my mailbox today, addressed to some people who are not me and marked “private and confidential”.

    It can’t be too confidential because it was a card I was able to read through the envelope, which I presume would be meaningful to whoever it was addressed to but not to me. There is no address or anything so there is no way of passing it on to the right person. I’m thinking maybe just put it through the shredder?

    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Mark the envelope RTS and drop it in a mailbox. Let the post office open it and determine the sender which they are allowed to do if there is no return address on the envelope. The sender has to pay for the postage then. Which is an incentive to address items correctly. Does sound like it might be religious tracts or similar as per SituationCake below. Or you could open it “in error” and reseal it up again if it turns out to be genuine.
      E: for grammar.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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      21 days ago

      Could it be junk mail? I’ve gotten envelopes addressed ‘to the household’ or looks like handwritten ‘sorry I missed you’, and they are always realestate advertising, some kind of tradie magnets or religious spruiking.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        21 days ago

        No, it’s to specific named people. I can actually read the card inside through the envelope (I may have been nosy and held it up to the light 🤣) and it’s pretty much just a note that someone visited while they were out. Not the end of the world if they don’t get it, but I presume they would like to know.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    21 days ago

    Is Teepublic safe to order from?

    Edit: Ahaaa, there’s the catch. The actual Aussie dollar cost showed up at checkout and I’m gonna have to think about that one

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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    21 days ago

    I found one of my friends from the park face down next to his car yesterday. I think the old bloke had just tripped and no longer had the fitness to get himself back up. Helped him up and got him into his car. Helped pack away his fly fishing stuff that he practices with. He said he was okay from there but I reckon I should’ve drove him home. I was on the dog walk so finished that then went back to the park to check on him and the car was gone ~40 minutes later.

    I had another therapy client who fell at home and couldn’t get back up. In his 90s. Luckily we were close enough that I knew where his spare key was and alarm code so I let myself in for the appointment even though he wasn’t answering the door. Found him dehydrated on the floor, got him a drink an called the jewbalance (hatzolah).

    Lesson is, don’t let your fitness slide so much that you can’t get up off the ground… if you can help it.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    21 days ago

    mother’s day dinner for MIL done , present well appreciated. Got her a fancy throw rug and cushion for when she’s sitting watching telly.

    and Young Miss Seagoon has invited me to stay with her at Hobbiton, I mean that village near by in NZ. 🧝which is cool

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    21 days ago

    Miss Meow definitely likes the new mat I put in her carrier, she keeps napping in there. She’s in there now snoring away.

  • melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone
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    22 days ago

    I dont really speak to my mother anymore. tonight, for the first time in several decades, I got a little baked, chilled by the fire and then decided not to worry about Mothers Day at all…

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      22 days ago

      hugs

      all festive days are just another opportunity for people to show how they truly are so I just celebrate with my true loved ones or on my own

      • melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone
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        21 days ago

        I love my mum, a lot, but whenever we soend time together, something builds up between us until she explodes in a tirade of telling me all the things about me that she dislikes. Could take months, could take years. After hearing it all enough times, I finally decided it’s easier to just to remove the problem of spending time together to free her up to spend it with people whose company she actually enjoys. Much better for my mental/emotional health.

        Thanks for the hugs :)

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Happy mothers day to the people who are doing it tough today. Try to be kind to yourself, and do something that makes you happy ❤️

  • bacon@aussie.zone
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    22 days ago

    Beep Beep 🚚
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  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    21 days ago

    The other day, a neighbour posted that they were selling their coffee table, and it came with a free cat bed, as her cat has never used it.

    I don’t want or care for glass coffee tables, but I asked if I could buy the cat bed - she said it was free and she’d leave it outside her apartment for me!

    I grabbed it, thanked her, and gave it to Mickey a few days ago. The top can come off so I detached it and put treats in there for him over the last few days.

    Last night, he slept in it!