@mindofaaronw Thanks! I think it’s pretty obvious that I’m a fan 😁
@mindofaaronw Thanks! I think it’s pretty obvious that I’m a fan 😁
@Burk Four 😭. The alarm clock gets reset on the day the clocks go back or bad things happen. The one in the car gets reset the first time I panic that I'm an hour late getting somewhere. The one on the mantel piece might wait a day or two, but gets changed fairly quickly, but the kitchen clock (which needs a stepladder to get up to change) can be an hour out for months 🤣. We have given up entirely on the microwave clock...
@pimoore Sounds like a good plan! Or buy a belt… seriously though, well done on making great progress towards your goal 🎉
@pimoore Congratulations / Commiserations 😂
@pimoore Happy Birthday! 🥳
@pimoore Heh, I’m sure I’m not! I am a fairly fast reader, but I’ve got an unusual (for me) number of books on the go at the moment, so I am feeling the pressure of that wish list!
@pratik 😂 I do think my to read list is going to grow a lot faster than my ‘have read’ pile, and I’m ok with that.
@BestofTimes Glad you are enjoying them. I was lucky to find a second-hand pair of Tracker Forest ESC boots on eBay, and loved them for long walks on the South Downs. I tripped over much less!
@BestofTimes Glad you like them! Those tactile pavers at road crossings are a particular foot massage treat.
@odd It’s definitely too far to commute, unfortunately! I would like to find somewhere similar though.
@odd 😂
@odd Interesting! I remember seeing a T-shirt with “Republic of Pangea” on it once and it made me laugh.
@hollyhoneychurch Weston-Super-Mud?
@BestofTimes I haven’t tried them. What I like about Vivobarefoot is that they make them to be repairable, so you can send them back and get the sole replaced for eg.
@BestofTimes I hope you enjoy them. They seem incidentally to have helped increase my foot flexibility and strength.
@BestofTimes I’m gradually switching to barefoot shoes for walking. I got a very minimal pair of Vivobarefoot shoes which I love for everyday, then some second-hand walking boots by the same brand for hiking. Extremely comfortable for 10+ mile walks and you feel much more in contact with your surroundings.
@jeremycherfas Very neat wrapping! I tend to find that I do the first side and it looks great, then the second side looks like a dog’s dinner.
@alans That’s it, yes. It came across as a bunch of well written short stories. I have seen the book compared to Cloud Atlas (which I love) but I thought that Cloud Atlas made the linking and resolution of each of the stories much more satisfying. Thinking about it, I think the problem with this book was that none of the stories really were resolved in an emotionally satisfying way, or only when we heard about the characters’ arcs through a third party. I did find it enormously thought provoking though!
@benedwards Sorry to hear that - it really does a number on you, doesn’t it? My sleep has been fine thankfully, but I have just needed much more of it than usual!
@Annie Thank you!
@BestofTimes Beautiful.
@BestofTimes Nice! What’s the third from the left (blue and silver)?
@hollyhoneychurch They look like tiny little palm trees 🌴
@pratik 😂 The ‘fix’ was: hold this button for 15 seconds then release and hold for 5 seconds, then press these three very imprecise and rubbery buttons simultaneously - SIMULTANEOUSLY!!! - and then press OK (and sacrifice a chicken and pray to the Great God WiFi 🙏)
@pratik It’s not even that smart, but it got seriously confused by the outage.