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U9. String them in the trees to decorate a city street. Here's one Melbourne prepared earlier....

10. Squeeze out blackheads. Um... 10 Things to use 100s n 1000s (sprinkles/jimmies)

6. To do overnight ringlet curls

10. End your marriage without a divorce. (Only works if the other half uses the bath) Bobby pins

See now I wanna be nice to Sugar Britches and have the little fella arrive before his due date.... but I dunno, I reckon he's nice n comfy in there...and you might need to serve eviction papers (have an induction) ... so..... 25 April is my guess (sorry sugar britches).. then he can always have a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand for his birthday.

So there's this Japanese tradition of glue broken pieces of a cup back together with gold so gold shows through at the cracks...the beauty of an imperfection. You mob are my gold.

Congrats Boo... Wot a ripper quit. Not much to say that hasn't been said but... Thank you, thank you, thank you... for your support, For your guidance and so many freakin laughs. For graciously (& unknowingly) accepting the role as my quit brother... I mean thinking of ways to shit stir you (poke the bear) got me through many a crave...don't think I've ever confessed that before... I mean pointing me to stick of the day I'm sure you weren't expecting to see welding sticks or the total lunacy it devolved into...so for anyone wonder @Boo is 100% responsible for the genius of stick of the day. Seriously though, I'm sorry if any of the shit I pulled hurt or upset you... stirring the shit outta someonelse is a pretty immature way to cope with your own crap but please know you dragged my arse through some really dark places, and down under havin a sledge or hangin shit is how we treat our mates. Just wanted you to realise just how much of a difference you did make and still do to people all over the world. Those tin lids of yours really lucked out in the dad department. Oright, enough of that crap.... great job mate, ripper quit for a bonza bloke. 😀

So we've played guess the sex (we all got it right) and guess the weight, just waiting to see but young master Jackson Boo gives another fun challenge..... When will he arrive? So quite simple peeps, put ya thinking caps on and have a guess, what date will Baby Boo 2.0 join us on the outside... first in best dressed with the guesses....the prize, of course, is bragging rights.... so come on you mob let us know just when you think the lad will arrive.

Omg.. just realised I've missed creating an important thread...off to do my thang.

See queens untuck in daylight bogan

7. Dry papermache layers on the pinata you are making.

Happiness is the kid ending phone calls with "love ya mum" even when she's on a bus full of other teenagers...every, single time. Happiness is the kid ringing you at 3.04 once she's on the bus to apologise for being a farkin cow that morning. Happiness is remember waiting for the school bus to arrive in the morning, blurring circus music from your car and getting out to loudly wave and shout goodbye to ya kid because she just told you you were to old and fat yo wear colourful clothes, you looked like a clown and to go home and change....oh nope, wait that's just revenge....but made me feel happy.

Oh I want cake. 🎼🎶Pineapple Pineapple🎶...bloody ear worm..I wonder where Barry is... How have the Britskis taken the news that Neighbours is no more....wait where will Australua get our mediocre pop stars from now? Oh time to cook dinner.

Not sure if you mob up north have a product called Nil Odour ... it's like the Chuck Norris version of fabreeze. A few drops in your cat and smells gone. Really just popped in to say good luck at tge dentist tomorrow. Oh, and we have had members here who have just decided to quit and they were done, then we have had others who have fallen off the train more times than I have fingers and toes, some who have dragged themselves to the 1 year line with much angst, the point is every quot is different no two journeys are the same but the destination doesn't change so just keep swimming.

Congrats mate. That is an achievement and a win. See the thing with a successful quit is we need to celebrate the wins. They may be small, the may be big but celebrate them, reach over and pat yaself on the back. Fun fact, 4 or 5 months into my quit I had a melt down panic attack because I was scared to use my sewing machine because it was so linked to smoking for me...sew a seem, have a durry....rejoice in your achievement it's a big step, come Wednesday's dentist trip you already know you can do this, cos guess what, you just did.

BOWLIN' WARNIE.

Yep for the cricket savvy the is Boonie in drag at the pub... oh this is here for the beer ad after a bit of cricket... during this match, everytime a player hit a 6 (over the fence on the full) a celebrity would be dunked in the water tank.

Mourning Warnie..

Another RIP post... Shane Warne, King if the cashed up bogans, cricketing legend passed suddenly last night. 52 people. So for those not from a cricketing nation, Warne is the greatest leg spin bowler (like a pitcher) of all time, anywhere in the world. He bowled the ball of the century. He was a total bogan and a larrikin...wore #23 for my beloved Saints (Aussie footy) before switching to cricket. He was a bit dodgy off the field, there was a gambling problem, a drug issue when his mum gave him some diet pills and sex scandles. Not only did Australia's greatest song writer pen a tune about him...so to did Kevin bloody Wilson but he even had a musical written about him. He had a failed attempt as a NRT spokesperson 😞, but he was our Warnie and his loss will be mourned by all Aussies and cricket fans around the world.

Oright you mob, time for a public service announcement from the great land down under..... You've quit before and failed? You are not alone, many others have too, it does not mean you can't quit. STEP 1...ask yourself "wot did I learn" and "why did I fail". STEP 2... don't beat yourself up, don't dwell on the negative, put your focus on now and this quit and move on. STEP 3... Quit again. STEP 4... Never give up, because you are worth it.

Oi, be kinder to yourself there mate. Statistics show it takes most people more than one crack to get their successful quit. So lets just look at your previous quits and take the positives.... Wot did ya learn?...then apply that...DON'T waste time or energy beating yourself up over failing, you lost your quit, it happened, can't turn back time and change it so just look forward, only worry about this quit, your sticky one, and let it grow. Instead of "I could have been 4 months" rest your energy and focus to "I'm 1 day, hour, week, etc, etc, ad nauseum." Biggest tip I got when I first quit was just quit for 1 day, then repeat it. 6 months in my target was still to just quit for 1 day, I mean by then I knew I could do 1 day without a smoke cos I'd done a whole heap already. When I'd get a niggle, NOPE not smoking today. Dwelling on the past makes it more likely to repeat it...for the next few quit months live in the now, hour to hour, day to day goals.

And it's a NOPE from me

@Cbdave glad to see your message. Hope you have power and not too much damage. Stay safe and Viva la Mud Army and all those who saw a way they could help and did. Lismore was terrifying, so quick too. You are right, no point blaming the government, just gotta roll up our sleeves and get it done.

Nope .... waiting on today's, hoping Cbdave has dry feet and power where he is.