MrsDoyle @ MrsDoyle @lemmy.world

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Ha ha, that would be my choice too, to wind my friends up. That or Jeff Buckley singing Dido's Lament, everyone weeping into their hankies. "Remember me, remember me, but oh forget my fate...."

Nah, Yacketty Sax!

I was a good two hours on that bloody site, yawning my head off but unable to look away.

He’s died now.

My late mother's method was to put her children to work. From an early age we did almost all the housework - dusting, vacuuming, polishing brass, ironing, dishwashing, and helping with laundry. We hated it, but the house was always clean and tidy.

I don't have kids, so I live in mild squalor.

I love the look on that poor dog's face - "Such a big bed, and I'm only allowed this little corner? Do something!"

She was quite a character.

A long-dead cat for your pleasure. She arrived on my doorstep a starving kitten; after extensive travel in New Zealand she went to live in Canada, where she apparently lived to a ripe old age.

Purely anecdotally, from seeing what happens to other women's hair, scraping it hard back from the face into a bun or ponytail (aka "Croydon facelift") does lead to a receding hairline. Making your hair stand up doesn't pressure the hair follicle like that though, so I think you're good. I still have all my hair after decades of stand-up styling.

I only tried Spotify once. I read a reference to a song I wanted to listen to but didn't own. Searched for it on Spotify, found it, and clicked to play it. It played something else entirely, not even by the same artist. I tried a few times, but it wouldn't play that song or anything by that artist. I guess I just don't understand Spotify?

I live alone, so a warm toilet seat would be terrifying.

Ah yes, Google Music was nice.

I'm so happy to still have my trusty iPod Classic 128Gb. I have a little Bluetooth dongle for its headphone jack (remember those?) that pairs with my hearing aids. All my tunes and podcasts in my pocket, no phone signal required.

Not answering the question really, but it prompted me to check out property prices in my home town in New Zealand - small town near a small city in the south. Example: 3br "character" wooden villa on a small section, NZ$700k (US$434k, £350k). I had heard about the explosion in NZ house prices, but that really took me aback. The house I live in now, 3br mid-terrace with garden in a similar sized Scottish town, would sell for about £250k. Even that seems crazy expensive, but at least it's within half an hour of a fantastic city.

(The estate agent's website lists previous sale prices, it shows the kiwi horror story: 2022: $570k; 2019: $430k; 2011: $271k; 1988: $52k; 1984: $26k.)

Scotland and Northern England not in Britain? Mind definitely blown.

No, it's a mandarin.

You’ll be wanting a cup of tea so. Go on have a cup, it’s fresh. No? Ah go on! Have a cup of tea. Go on! Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on …..

Will you have a cup of tea? Ah go on, there’s plenty in the pot. Go on, have a cup of tea, so. Go on! Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on ….

I think any rational person who has the capacity for independent thought and has a shred of empathy for other humans will inevitably oppose Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

Agreed. I would only add that opposing that treatment of Palestinians is NOT antisemitic.

White tea is supposed to help control diabetes. Source: a tea shop in Darjeeling, India.

The thing is though, I might want to sell before I die. I've got a good 20 years in me!

I kind of like it too. When I was 12 my parents asked what colour I wanted my bedroom painted. "Purple." They painted it off-white. I'm over 70 now and still have never had a purple room. My kitchen is pale grey ffs.

Off to look at paint charts ....