Go on go on go on go on go on
I was completely underwhelmed by Times Square. For a start, it isn’t really a square? It just seemed to be a street, and not an interesting street. Big billboards yes, but so what. Recently I visited Tokyo, and took a look at the Shibuya Scramble. That’s more like what I expected Times Square to be.
(Not my pic.)
Ooooh, ok. I didn’t think a silly hat would have such a dramatic effect.
He’s wearing a T-shirt, I think in an accident his helmet snagging would be the least of his worries.
I’m about to pull the plug on Windows because MS says I need to replace my PC to install Win 11. Nothing wrong with my PC at all, it runs fine. So I’ve flashed a usb stick, checked the Linux distro will run ok, backed up my data and am ready to go. Just have to get a day free of distraction…
I got my first PC in 1983 I think it was. Second-hand, running MS-DOS. I’ve done a lot of computing since then, at work as well as home, almost always Windows. I’ve had Linux on an ancient laptop for a few years, various distros. I like to tinker, so that aspect of Linux doesn’t put me off at all.
Yes, I still want to throw shade.
That’s Piccadilly Circus, in the middle of London. Don’t like it? Hop on one of those buses and go somewhere else. Or use the Underground - there’s a station right there. Direct route to Cockfosters, and the station there is right next to Trent country park. http://trentcountrypark.com/Welcome.html
I have a ceramic filter holder that sits on a mug. It uses two-cup paper filters, which I compost after use. https://algeriancoffeestores.com/products/ceramic-filter-cone
When I have people to stay I dig out my old filter coffee machine, the kind with a water tank and a glass jug. I have a couple of cafetieres, but rarely use them; some of my visitors prefer them.
Bluey. I’m an adult and don’t have children. It’s my guilty pleasure.
I’m not talking about rowing machines. I’m out on the water with a crew, hauling on an actual oar. It’s the best thing ever.
Rowing and swimming (in a pool, not because the boat capsized). Both are non weight bearing, easy on the joints. Rowing is excellent for your core.
Espresso is proper coffee!!
No, is the answer. Moving to another ISP when my plan runs out. I’m paying extra for a VoIP line and want to move to WiFi calling.
I do a lot of water sports in the UK and we use VHF radios. Certain frequencies are used by marinas and the like, and nearby boats will be tuned into them. Then there is a frequency used for emergency calls - the coastguard listens on that and answers, and will move your call to another frequency for more details, leaving the mayday one open again.
We mainly use VHF for boat-to-boat comms, or boat-to-shore. The local range is decent - a few miles from our base, depending on atmospheric conditions, obstacles etc. I honestly have no idea if you could use VHF radios between cars though. It’s not private for a start - everyone can hear you - and once someone is yammering on the marina frequency no-one else can transmit. So it’s just brief messages with protocols.
I hate the SMS ones, because I don’t have a good phone signal in my home, so I have to ruin around trying to get a couple of bars so I can get the effing code. My banking app just uses a fingerprint.
Swimming works for me. I joined a gym at a hotel that has a pool, reasonable price and usually fairly few people. I like to swim lengths, thinking of nothing at all, for half an hour to an hour. Good for general fitness, stamina.
I thought it was interesting that she was ok with all the neighbourhood surveillance until it was used against her.
Since at some point recently. You can still email files (epub not mobi now) to your kindle, but usb transfer doesn’t work any more.
A live hedgehog. He was obsessed with them. They would roll up tight to protect themselves and he’d grab them, prickles and all. To get them off him was a real pain, literally. What worked best was holding his head so tight he couldn’t move, and repeatedly pinching his nose until he dropped the poor creature. We both caught ringworm, a variety unique to hedgehogs.
What worries me is that these Boko Haram arses have kidnapped lots of children and young women over the years - I fear some could be killed in these strikes.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nigeria-mass-abduction-boko-haram-girls-kidnapped-reports-isis/