Always always signal your intention. I heard a woman complaining that her new car had lane control, which forced her to indicate when changing lanes. "It's so annoying, I mean it's obvious I'm overtaking, I don't need to indicate!"
Also, as a frequent pedestrian I appreciate when drivers and cyclists indicate and judge heavily when they don't. So frustrating to be waiting to cross the road and someone turns without indicating.
I got married in 1976 and didn't change my name. My mother cried when I told her. "People will think your children are illegitimate!" At work I had to go to HR and explain, they acted like I had lost my mind.
Oh fantastic! My ancestors are mostly Scottish, I didn't realise when I moved here to Scotland that I could just TAKE some land! Off to appropriate my next door neighbour's back garden, they aren't using it much. Next week: taking over the house my great great grandfather built. It's by the beach!
Shout-out to the nice Indian gentleman whose YouTube video walked me through disassembling an ancient laptop so I could add a bit of RAM. I ended with a few leftover screws and a rattle, but it worked! Still chuntering away (slowly, it's geriatric) on Linux. I was amazed to find a video of the exact model.
The Guardian does an occasional feature called Flashback, where a celebrity recreates a childhood photo. It's a bit of fun! You have my permission to go right ahead. A sense of humour is very attractive.
My (perfectly good) PC isn't Win 11 compatible, so I can't upgrade from 10. I've got Linux running on an old laptop so I'm thinking of installing it on my PC. Buuut a few years back I moved from Google Drive to OneDrive and so now I'm looking at Proton Drive instead. It's all a big time soak, sigh. But worth it? I guess... The timing isn't great either - I've got an exam in October that I need to study hard for and do practical prep as well, plus I have travel plans. It's all a bit much. I'm too old to be this busy!
Words to watch out for are things like "attacked", "bashed" or "slammed" instead of "criticised"; "forced" instead of "chose", eg "company forced to cut jobs"; "muzzled" or "gagged" instead of perhaps "censored". The implied violence charges the story emotionally, it's the most common form of news manipulation. They're trying to make you feel - usually fear or anger - rather than think.
My sister moved house and noticed a weird smell from the kitchen sink. Plumber found a mini fatberg down the drain. The old bloke they bought the house from had been tipping everything down the plughole. For years.
Exactly. Everyone in Scotland knows what town former prime minister Gordon Brown lives in. Thanks to Google Maps, we know the exact address. It's the only blurred-out house.
I tripped and fell over one time and the racket I made woke my dog up. He looked across at me lying on the floor, yawned and went back to sleep. "Still alive? Jolly good. Wake me again at dinnertime."
That's true actually - they are escalating pretty hard already.
As a long-term peacenik though, I hate the thought of gun battles on the streets. I wish you all the very best. I first visited the US in 1976 and have toured around a lot since then. My one single bad experience was Homeland Security when transiting through LAX. We're tourists not terrorists, jeez cool your jets! I can't imagine how bad ICE is.
MrsDoyle @ MrsDoyle @sh.itjust.works Posts 1Comments 405Joined 2 yr. ago
Always always signal your intention. I heard a woman complaining that her new car had lane control, which forced her to indicate when changing lanes. "It's so annoying, I mean it's obvious I'm overtaking, I don't need to indicate!"
Also, as a frequent pedestrian I appreciate when drivers and cyclists indicate and judge heavily when they don't. So frustrating to be waiting to cross the road and someone turns without indicating.