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feather1952

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Still learning…but this is me. Love physical exercise like yoga 🧘🏼‍♀️ pilates or balance 🤸🏼‍♂️plus a bit of pump 🏋🏼‍♀️ but also happy to just walk 🚶‍♀️ I believe we’ve lost our way when it comes to food & am a proponent of J.E.R.F. Just Eat Real Food & very little processed or packaged food. Love my garden, especially when I grow my own produce. Not very good at it, but that’s ok. At 71 life is pretty damned good, healthier than I was 30yrs ago & intend to stay that way for as long as I can. Wiradjuri country.

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timrichards, to hongkong
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Some cool street art I saw in Hong Kong in 2017. It's quite small, just above the steps.

#HongKong #Art #StreetArt #Dragon

feather1952,
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@timrichards
I love it 😍.

anathema_device, to random
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This sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces

Researchers engineered a hair-thin fabric to create a lightweight, compact, and efficient mechanism to reduce noise transmission in a large room.

https://news.mit.edu/2024/sound-suppressing-silk-can-create-quiet-spaces-0507

feather1952,
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@anathema_device
I’ll have these down the side of my unit so I don’t hear the dogs barking & one for the back bedroom to cut the road noise out.
Actually - I’ll have curtains out of this for every room in the house - I love the sound of silence.

timrichards, to melbourne
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this looks good. Another fancy sandwich place,but this time serving something unusual called a tigella. Sounds tasty.

Emilietta sandwich shop in Melbourne CBD serves Italian sandwiches

(maybe paywalled) #melbourne #food https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/melbourne-eating-out/this-hatted-city-restaurant-is-now-serving-a-rare-italian-sandwich-you-should-know-about-20240509-p5jb8a.html

feather1952,
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@timrichards
This type of thing would definitely appeal to me, maybe for the next time I’m in Melbourne. It says it’s in Gills Alley, but I can’t find it on the map 🤷🏼‍♀️.

feather1952,
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@timrichards
Thank you ☺️. I know exactly where that is now.

timrichards, to hamburg
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A photo I took on this date in 2016 - a somewhat nautical mural on the stairs at the Ameron Hotel in Hamburg, Germany.

feather1952,
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@timrichards
It’s pretty cool. I love finding things like this in places I visit.

johnquiggin, to random
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Hard to see much difference between and these days Fortunately, my local member is Elizabeth Watson-Brown, so neither will get a preference from my votes.

feather1952,
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@johnquiggin
Minority government next time around I think.
Although honestly a minority Lib government isn’t at all appealing as they’ll have the Nats on side every step. Minority Labor would be best.

feather1952,
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@Susan60 @johnquiggin
Labor need another bloody big scare imo. Maybe 🤞🏼if they get one we’d actually have an effective government not just after the next election, but the one after that.
Dutton & the Libs can get on the scrap heap. They don’t work for anyone but themselves & their cronies now.

luciedigitalni, to random
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Today's random bonus item in my Woolies delivery is a $46 bottle of magnesium tablets

feather1952,
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@luciedigitalni
I take one of these every night & that’s one expensive bottle!

timrichards, to random
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Every time I read or hear the word "eshay", I look it up and then immediately forget what it means. I've just been watching Heartbreak High, looked it up, and now I think I've forgotten it again. Will not stick.

feather1952,
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@timrichards
I had to look that up as I’d never even heard it before.
I’m the same with shortened or initialised phrases like tgif - & that’s the only one I can think of right now because I don’t remember them!

chestas, to food
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I don't usually do food posts, but I've never tried cooking feta before and it was fantastic.

We had cherry tomato and feta bake, flavoured with garlic, shallot, and fresh basil and served with falafel.

#food #vegetarian

feather1952,
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@chestas
Yummy.

timrichards, to random
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Taking a break from trains, via a cruise on the Thomson River.

feather1952,
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@timrichards
I was feeling quite happy with the sunset here - then I saw yours! Beautiful.

feather1952, to auspol
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Something certainly needs to be done!

The case for banning billionaires • Inside Story

https://insidestory.org.au/the-case-for-banning-billionaires/

timrichards, to random
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Off on this gorgeous outback train for an excursion today. They don't make them like this anymore.

feather1952,
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@timrichards
Lovely. Have a great day.

feather1952, to weightroom
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Cheers everyone. Having a glass of wine tonight, maybe two. My X-ray results are really good, I don’t need a knee op after all. There is more damage & deterioration but my doctor doesn’t think an op is needed. So I’ll just keep working away, doing what I do to stay fit & healthy - I am a bit bemused though as it does beg the question - why in 2020 just before Covid hit was I told I needed a knee replacement, not by my doctor but by an ortho surgeon! What has changed in those four years 🤷🏼‍♀️. Anyway - maybe I should be thankful to Covid because I’d have had the op by now as I was on the list. #Healing #Exercise #Health

feather1952, to food
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We don’t need the sweet stuff in our diet, sugar isn’t a food, it isn’t even a nutrient & artificial sweeteners are just that - artificial. We don’t need it - but people eat & drink so much of it that they crave it, they’re addicted, just like a drug. The only people that benefit are those that make it all, not the consumer.
Just Eat Real Food! You can get all the sweetness the body needs from real food. Break the addiction!

Artificial sweetener could harm your gut and its microbes

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/health/2024/04/29/artificial-sweetener-gut-health

timrichards, to random
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Hmm shall I go tram+bus or train+bus to get to Melbourne Airport the cheap-arse way tomorrow morning?

Less walking to the tram stop, but longer in the cold open air waiting for the connecting bus.

By train, I have to walk to Melbourne Central but can wait indoors at Broadmeadows Station for the connecting bus.

Thinking Think GIF by Adam Lambert

feather1952,
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@timrichards
Train+bus - a lot more comfortable than the tram & probably not as crowded. You can even grab a coffee at Melbourne central if you wanted.

timrichards, to food
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Interesting. Where I grew up in country WA we had very little in the way of fast food outlets or corner shops, so luckily my intake of this stuff was limited. As an adult who didn't eat it as a kid, it's hard to imagine yearning for McDonald's. Weirdly soft, fairly flavourless pap.

How to tell if you’re addicted to junk food (and what to do about it)

(maybe paywalled) https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/tips-and-advice/how-to-tell-if-you-re-addicted-to-junk-food-and-what-to-do-about-it-20240426-p5fmrq.html

feather1952,
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@timrichards
The occasional Friday night fish & chips was about it for us & I’m like you regarding McDonalds -

feather1952,
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@timrichards
Some great memories here from everyone & yeah - toasted sandwiches. I still will have these in winter along with my soup. The only difference from back then to now is I make my own bread.

luciedigitalni, to random
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Are you sure that's a good idea?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/26/melbourne-second-ferris-wheel-south-wharf-docklands-star

feather1952,
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@luciedigitalni
Nope. I heard sometime ago that the Star was going to be relocated to SouthBank - obviously brand new is a better option as the eyesore remains at Docklands rusting away. What a bloody waste of money.

feather1952, to auspol
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For people like me that sometimes have difficulty understanding it all, this is a great easy explainer. #AusPol #NetZero #Climate

The truth about getting to net zero, according to the numbers – video | Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2022/oct/07/the-truth-about-getting-to-net-zero-according-to-the-numbers-video

luciedigitalni, to random
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Not my best baking but a reasonable first attempt under some time pressure, I reckon

feather1952,
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@luciedigitalni
One tray crunchy & the other chewy 😁. Enjoy.

Susan60, to actuallyautistic
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What do people read?

I was an avid reader of fiction when I was a child. Novels about challenging issues or strange fantasy worlds. In many ways reading was an escape to a safe place, but those books were also places where I could learn about how “people” worked. How they thought, felt & behaved. The diversity in those things.

I loved The Little Princess and The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, because they were about children who were different & how they coped. I loved The Chronicles of Narnia because, although quite dated now, the girls had real adventures alongside their brothers. There was a series of books about witches, good & bad, which I loved but can’t remember the titles or author.

I loved Ivan Southall’s books, where tweens & teens faced dangers, often without the support of adults. (Marsden’s Tomorrow when the War Began is reminiscent of Southall.)

And as an adult, I still like youth & YA fiction, probably for the same reason, because I’m still learning how humans work. I also like adult fiction, but the naivety of youth fiction appeals.

And TBO, I read much more non-fiction than fiction nowadays. Obviously there’s the Autism & ADHD stuff that is currently dominating my reading, but also social commentaries of all sorts, by feminists, sociologists, etc.

@actuallyautistic

feather1952,
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@Susan60 @actuallyautistic
I’ll read pretty much anything that sparks my interest, fiction or non fiction. One of my favourite books from my childhood is the Borrowers series by Mary Norton. I also have quite a number of books & ebooks on nutrition & food science.

ki_sekiya, to auspol
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… can we just block X entirely:

It is no longer Twitter, and it only provides abusive and pornographic value to Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/elon-musk-reacts-to-esafety-commissioner-asking-x-to-take-down-/103748930

feather1952,
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@andyjennings @ki_sekiya @luciedigitalni
Agree, there are other platforms they could use.
I’d like to see it go under personally!

timrichards, to random
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Jeez. If visiting country Victoria, don't accept anything made from mushrooms.

Clunes death: ‘Magic mushroom’ probe after woman dies at Soul Barn wellness centre
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/one-dead-two-hospitalised-over-suspected-mushroom-drink-poisoning-at-health-retreat-20240416-p5fk8y.html

feather1952,
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@timrichards
I often see mushrooms, puffballs etc when out walking but even though I think I know which type they are, I never pick them as I can’t be absolutely positive.

feather1952, to baking
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Just about to eat my dinner. I baked a cheese & onion loaf this afternoon & made a huge pot of zucchini soup. I wasn’t sure about the soup, but it’s delicious & as I do with pumpkin soup, I’ll be adding grated cheese to the bowl next time. The bread is awesome too & yeah it looks like a lot of butter spread on it - my excuse is that it goes into the holes so not my fault 😁. Lots of containers of soup for the freezer, the bread I’ll keep eating in the days to come.

feather1952,
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@chestas
Oh yum - that’s another favourite of mine - with lots of good cheese 🧀 😃

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