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Less than a minute. First line two finish in a long while.

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Very pleased with that after a grim start. Three minutes.

Lock And Key

Been running through my mind at various points over the past few days. I'd forgotten just how clever and intense this song is. Playing it usually means my brain will finally put it to bed again.

Quote from: dom on May 13, 2024, 03:07:34 PMAgree with all that ! And just to be clear, I'm not part of the "why bother" parade.

I've edited my post as it did look a bit accusatory and patronising. Hopefully it reads better now.

Quote from: dom on May 13, 2024, 01:04:45 PMI suppose part of it might be a natural follow on from the argument that the UK's actions will make little difference when you have the likes of China, India etc polluting and contributing to Global warming in such a disproportionate way.

 If a country of 60 million plus can make little difference, what difference will little old me make if I use or don't use my tumble dryer?

Well, leaving aside the planet's fate, bed linen feels so much better dried outside and any loose fabric from the process can be used by birds for nest material. Nothing better than fresh sheets just off the line. Plus it saves a few bob.

Love this, especially the part about drying your washing outside on the line. My neighbours don't have a washing line. I can hear the tumble dryer in their basement working around the clock. They both drive huge 4x4s. They've got three children. I have none, yet I seem to care more about the planet's future than they do. I just don't get it. Mind you, I love the local wildlife, especially the foxes and deer. I feed the birds and they have a plastic sparrow hawk perched on the fence to scare them away from their porcelain covered garden. We had a massive fall about me feeding the foxes, so I've increased it. I really wouldn't want to calculate my weekly wildlife feeding spend. It's a bit mad.

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A real struggle today. Twenty minutes. Had to use an incorrect letter on line three just to generate a word. Very fortunate that it gave me another letter.

I believe the middle photo was the view above my home in the early hours - and I missed it!🙁

I have no interest in this competition whatsoever yet always seem to end up watching most of it and kind of enjoying it. I find the whole voting process remarkable and quite entertaining. It's so ludicrous.

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Ninety seconds. Word ideas came easier than usual today.

Quote from: Matt2112 on May 11, 2024, 12:04:35 PMSlightly annoyed seeing all the spectacular pictures taken barely two miles from my village of last night's Aurora Borealis.

From the field I viewed it from I could see only a silver, ghostly glow emanating from Bootes - none of the other colours of the spectrum. 

Maybe I'll have more luck tonight.

My neighbour went to Loch Lomond last night to escape light pollution to an extent. He said most of it appeared just as a wavy glow, but his iPhone photos on night mode display all the colours. Wish I knew how to post them here, they are excellent.

I think I might add a hyphenated Jansen to my name in honour of the late great, Wim.

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I was always puzzled by the former Celtic player, Jan Vennegoor Of Hesselink's name. Looked it up last night and discovered that of is Dutch for or. Seems there was a marriage between two well to do families, the Vennegoors and the Hesselinks and they decided to keep both names. I'd mistakenly assumed that Hesselink was a place until now.

Weird one this morning. I bumped into an old acquaintance outside Waitrose earlier. Nice guy, successful businessman, and we have a short chat whenever we bump into each other which is usually every couple of years. Last night though I dreamt about his younger brother. I've never actually met him, only recognise him by sight but the last time I saw him was twenty of thirty years ago. It was a weird dream where we had a massive fall out over a work matter. I've never worked with him. Back to today's meet. I've been reading and watching things online about folk with narcissistic personalities. About a minute into the conversation Paul starts to talk about a funeral he attended recently of an acquaintance he had a difficult relationship with due to the guy's narcissistic nature. He went on to describe all the traits I had read about to the letter. Very strange double coincidence.