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@cstross@wandering.shop until now I'd never realised how much I associate a leather handbag and a string of pearls with Margaret Thatcher.
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mastodon 4.7.2Former long-distance motorcyclist.
Former long-distance cyclist.
Former chef.
Still a bass player.
Still easily distracted.
Still thoroughly average.
Determined never to work in tech again.
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@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social I ate surströmming on a beach one day. My partner wouldn't finish her portion and decided it was best disposed of by throwing it into the sea. Some gulls swooped down to feast on the floating remains.
I have never seen a bird slam on the brakes and jam their engines into reverse before, it was a remarkable sight.
Well that's the first MOT of the year successfully completed. A 2013 car that's still dutifully operational.
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@Bluerock@mastodon.online @fesshole@mastodon.social I was wondering about that too. I hope the costume was Velma and not Scooby.
I've just read the phrase "...American AI’s profit model is at stake if the Chinese start..." and I had to stop to collect myself. American AI’s profit model is already broken, Chinese competition has nothing to do with this!
I re-oiled our kitchen worktops yesterday. Consequently all of yesterday's washing up is stacked on every remaining flat surface (mostly the hob and the windowsill). I have to leave in 45 minutes, and I still have to wash & dry all the dishes, clean & dry all the worktops, apply another coat of oil, pack all my painting gear, have a shower, get dressed and leave.
I just want to go back to bed.
Edit: on top of all that our arthritic old cat has just now fallen out of his bed upstairs (I could hear the thumps and the dismayed yowl from here) and now he needs some attention and loxicom.
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@dan that's a great idea! Ours gets what we reckon is human fluoxetine, because while it's liquid (handy for mixing), it's also mint flavour, that well known feline nemesis.
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@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social There's just something *special* about extreme smells from foodstuffs that just says "eat me" 😆
Tell me about the Dutch herring, this is a new one for me?
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@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social @Tjader@mastodonsweden.se @fesshole@mastodon.social I've tried both. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. And perhaps the approbation of those nearby when you open the can...
It always astounds me how much personal information people are prepared to share without prompting and without purpose, in public places and to complete strangers.
Is it from a place of wanting to have human contact? Or is it about feeling self-conscious and as if the contact is an interruption, and an attempt to justify or defend that?
I mean: I have a man's address, phone no., email, holiday destination, date & duration, and GP's name & practice.
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@Brit_In_Moldova@toot.community y'know I had that exact thought as I posted it but, well, I just ran with it
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@Richard_Littler@mastodon.social I'd like to meet these people who represent this "growing demand for ultra-fast deliveries". I don't think they're real.
It's 10:39am, I am in a terrible mood and now I want ice cream.
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk No, all I have are infinite biscuits! Infinite biscuits when what I really want is a King Cone.
Maybe I'll just have a biscuit.
I've just been relieved of my Saturday obligations and now I can look forward to a lie-in tomorrow. BOMPF!
Are there no vulnerable demographics that the BBC won't throw under the bus in aid of the right wing project?
I have had a tab open for about 3 months now, an article about PJ Proby.
I've never knowingly heard a performance by this artist, and honestly I do not know why I care or even if I do.
But still I can't bring myself to close the tab.
This thought occurred to me while on the trainer this morning: those DVD boxsets at the bottom of the bookcase that have been there for 10 years and will most likely remain unwatched forever, maybe I could rip them and watch them while training?
I'm a little embarrassed that I've only thought of this now, in 2026.
The Adjunct Ensemble. Wow. Awesome. #NewMusic #Sonorities
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@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social This led to a feud with Chris Gaines that still rages on today.
That animal Blundetto.
#locks #padlocks #locksmith
I have two Squire CSL1 combination padlocks. One has become locked open and is no longer unlocked by its code and today the other has become locked closed and similarly won't unlock.
I suspect we've accidentally performed the series of movements required to reset the combination, but now I have two dead, reasonably new, reasonably expensive locks and I really want to find a way back from this.
Can anybody help?
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@anon_opin@mastodon.social I've often wondered if local villagers of the industrial revolution thought the massive mill buildings, railways and associated out-workings that sprang up in their fields & valleys were eyesores, and if history has simply failed to record it because no newspapers cared and local opinion stayed local.
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I'm double-plus unpleased to report that this hilarious jape has been the gift that keeps on giving, judging by the strings of goo spider-webbing my brand new cassette.
Nnnnggggggg. Vile.
Come to think of it, I've never seen Mozart and Blackmore in the same room.
A difference between VCs and civilians is that VCs give their money with the promise of having their desires met, while civilians have their money taken with the promise of having their needs met.
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Honestly, finally replacing them all felt like becoming an adult. And that was happily ameliorated by the ridiculous patterns and colours of their replacements 😆
Believe me: the hammer is coming...down! down!
Someone on this bus is deep, deep in the lore of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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@CppGuy@infosec.space I was tempted to try this out until I thought about it for more than a second. Has the OP reinvented cheese, chutney & crackers?
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk It really was! Buses should have posters warning against making phone calls while onboard!
Oh dear. I've been using the word 'nonplussed' incorrectly all my life. Whoops.
I've just watched a piper hold a drone, a single unwavering pair of notes, in front of a sold out theatre crowd, for three, maybe four minutes.
Hearing a pin drop wouldn't be in. The audience tension was serious.
Chagrin. I'm remembering why I traditionally get haircuts mid-week.
The BBC are really doing the right wing's work for them here
I just looked at LinkedIn to try and understand something someone said. First time on there in years.
I am so glad I am out of the tech environment and cut off from that kind of engagement and thinking. Reading some posts was like taking my winter gloves off to touch something very cold. No thanks.