Never expected this would happen anyway.
I can only imagine he's sick of being asked the question all the time.
Put it to bed people, it's over.

https://metalinjection.net/news/alex-lifeson-on-performing-together-with-geddy-lee-as-rush-that-would-be-just-a-money-grab

"There's no chance that we're going to get a drummer and go back on the road as the rebirth of Rush or something like that. And if we wanted to write new material, nobody cares about new material anymore. They just want to hear the old stuff from guys like us." 

and

"Maybe the feeling is that it's just really about taking people back to an earlier time in their lives that they have very fond and vivid memories of, and I get it and that's great. And then you do it for the money. And that's not what we were ever about or what we would want to do."

and, perhaps most surprisingly, on discussing the idea with Geddy:

"He knows that I do have issues both physical and emotional with this whole idea. And he respects that we have so much respect and love for each other. I would do something like that, that he wanted to do because I love him and I want to make him happy. But he knows that I wouldn't be happy."

https://metalinjection.net/news/alex-lifeson-on-performing-together-with-geddy-lee-as-rush-that-would-be-just-a-money-grab

Plural forms are rare as well, at least I have not seen any unless plural and single form are the same. That probably affects the number as well?

I saw Mariusz and Mikał from Riverside outside a cafe in Bristol and they thanked me for my support, saying it's nice to see familiar faces.

Not at all like Neil Peart, but they did snigger when I walked off...

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Quote from: R6GYY on Today at 12:47:43 PMWordle 1,066 4/6*

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I didn't think they did that kind of word, so I was a little surprised to see them all turn green. Ho hum.

Feels like they are running out of options.

That's an interesting thought I asked chat gpt how many 5 letter words there were and how many of these would be considered common...

QuoteDetermining the number of five-letter words that are not considered obscure can be subjective, as "obscure" can vary based on the individual's familiarity with the language, regional usage, and context. However, we can make an educated guess based on common usage.

Let's use a rough classification:

Common Words: Frequently used in everyday language.
Moderately Common Words: Used less frequently but still recognizable to most people.
Obscure Words: Rarely used or known, often specific to certain fields or archaic.
Based on frequency analyses of English words, such as those derived from corpora like the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) or word frequency lists, we can estimate:

Common and Moderately Common Words: These are likely to constitute around 25-30% of all five-letter words. This estimation includes words that are regularly encountered in daily conversations, media, and general writing.
Given that the Scrabble dictionary lists approximately 8,996 five-letter words:

Common and Moderately Common Words: About 25-30% of 8,996
25% of 8,996 ≈ 2,249
30% of 8,996 ≈ 2,699
Therefore, around 2,200 to 2,700 five-letter words would be considered not obscure, meaning they are reasonably familiar to a majority of English speakers. This is a rough estimate and can vary depending on the specific criteria for what is considered "not obscure."

I asked this as the game seems to provide words that are well known to everyone.  I suppose the game designers have 3 choices if they want to continue the game indefinitely...

1. start introducing the odd obscure word occasionally to mix up obscure and non obscure words

2.  When it runs out of common words move onto obscure ones

3.  When it runs out of common words, start again.

As it appears to be approaching half-way with common 5 letter words it would probably need to start including some obscure words now if it wants to go for option 1.

^ Same here (I'm in a cottage in the Cotswolds). Airsonic is working well as is Jellyfin - we are watching the TV Show: Interview with a Vampire from my home server (I took a Firestick with me, but the TV in the cottage is an LG so I could have out Jellyfin on that). The broadband here is crap though, 11 mbps, but it steams 1080p just fine. I'm also trying Tailscale which is great too, but needs to be installed on the Host and Client - so it's on my music NAS and phone.

I'm also watching our house through a Hikvision CCTV system and a Blink doorbell camera. Also a few cheapy cameras secreted around the house inside.

Quote from: R6GYY on Today at 12:47:43 PMWordle 1,066 4/6*

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I didn't think they did that kind of word, so I was a little surprised to see them all turn green. Ho hum.

Feels like they are running out of options.

Living in Cyprus many tried to learn Greek. In the 4 years I was there I didn't meet anyone who had learnt enough to converse. I could get by with the pleasantries but most Cypriots spoke English too.

Yeah couple of years ago j got glowing praise at a restraunt for ordering the food ...bottle of white wine and bottle of water.. very chuffed

Yes, I've had similar experiences to you, Fishy and James, for instance when I've spoken Greek in Greece - the thing is, I'm quite a way beyond the Hello-and-Thankyou level of the vast majority of fellow Brits Abroad (and I'm not criticising them for it, even as they almost always get the stresses in pronunciation wrong), and once that's clear to a Greek native they seem to presume I'm fluent and will rattle off rapid-fire sentences back to me in their own tongue, and I'll be lucky if I fully understand half of it.

Of course, I take it as a compliment, and I politely say in Greek, "Sorry, I speak very little Greek, I'm English(man)".  Usually this prompts a great deal of praise, particularly about my pronunciation, and it's always a massive buzz for me when that happens.