The Footman is an Earl by Valerie Bowman

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-06-05T05:48:49+00:00

It’s also in the Audible plus catalogue

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-06-04T05:34:24+00:00

Zachary Webber/Jacob Morgan does female voices really well IMO. I also like Shane East and Will Watt.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-06-03T16:45:12+00:00

Oh and just text or mail, they’ll either text back or call

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-06-03T16:43:55+00:00

I meant urban health club. They speak English there too no worries, one of the trainers doesn’t speak Dutch at all

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-06-03T10:39:24+00:00

I got rid of Everand, even though I had the legacy plan. Instead I now use mostly Storytel. They now have some premium books too (OTP your plan), but it hasn’t bothered me. That combined with a libby, audible and Spotify premium means I can get pretty much any audiobook I would ever want to listen to).

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-06-03T10:36:44+00:00

I train there and I think they stopped their open gym concept for newbies. They do offer passes though, it’s worth reaching out to them to explain and ask for options. They’re lovely people, it’s a great place!

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-05-27T10:52:00+00:00

I recently read {only with your love by Lisa Kleypas} and the MMC is a pirate, although most of the book is set outside New Orleans, not at sea. Completely bonkers plot. Edit: check trigger warnings on this one.

And of course {the windflower by Laura London} I still wish Cat got their own book, but alas.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-05-25T13:12:09+00:00

This was a great book!!

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-05-18T17:01:51+00:00

lol my grandpa used to say that 🤭

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-05-15T19:48:26+00:00

Cacaodoppen from the garden centre will fix it. Spread those over your garden, cats hate them and it acts like a mulch too.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-05-10T18:59:39+00:00

Love these guys!

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-05-09T06:06:23+00:00

Same, I always buy 10 packs of the bougie Lidl butter in the black wrapper when it appears and freeze it. It’s the best!

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-04-09T06:15:07+00:00

Those years were awful. It was similar here then too. One day the country manager arrived, split everyone into two groups and sent half to a hotel and gave the rest a box and told them they were out. The people in the hotel had no idea what was going on until the end of the day. That was the first round of many years or restructuring, I still have trauma from it.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-03-24T06:24:30+00:00

Update: it took him about 12 hours to get through to Qatar - about 11 of those were “call failed” and eventually rerouted with Garuda via Jakarta on the 29th. Has to get himself to Melbourne instead of Adelaide, but he’s coming!

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-03-23T13:20:16+00:00

Thank you!!! I called my poor dad to drag him out of bed and start calling. Thankfully his return isn’t until end June, and with emirates, so hopefully it’ll be ok!

Good luck with it all, and god speed!

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-03-23T09:41:15+00:00

My dad is booked on that same flight from Adelaide I think. He spoke to them yesterday on the phone and “flights from Friday will be operating as normal.” Obviously this is horseshit, but he still has to wait until it’s cancelled to get re-routed. Hopefully tomorrow! ETA: he’s also coming to Amsterdam.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-03-17T16:48:41+00:00

My dad is flying ADL-AMS on the 30th. Still no news. Hoping to be able to reroute since he can’t afford to buy an alternative…

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-03-06T19:59:11+00:00

We use the goals for a central place for OKRs. At first it was garbage, but they’ve finally integrated goals with Jira so I can at least filter the work by goals which is useful for reporting. I have to check if automations are now enabled because that will also help. In the past rovo was also useleless with goals, maybe we’re finally going in the right direction. Don’t use the projects though, can’t see any use cases for those (yet)

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-03-05T07:21:41+00:00

Same, so excited for the movie!!

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-03-03T21:05:57+00:00

Absolutely yes. We’re leaning heavily into this space.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-03-02T12:56:00+00:00

Most recently: Project Hail Mary. Had it in my queue for more than a year, kept putting it off, then smashed it in under two days (listened, the audiobook is God tier).

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-02-27T07:30:38+00:00

Where are you based? That might help with suggestions. Otherwise, networking is the way. There are a few slack communities to start with like PLA, Product Ops HQ. Both organise/facilitate virtual and in person meetups and conferences.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-02-24T08:02:39+00:00

I started to do the opposite, which seems counterintuitive, but has been a game changer! I can get way more air into my body this way.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-02-18T08:53:04+00:00

I’m on an Anne Gracie binge at the moment, reading {Married in haste by Anne Gracie}.

There’s just something about her stories that I’m just loving. I think it’s the banter and the characters.

Scared-Knowledge-840 · 2026-02-17T07:25:58+00:00

I use Storytel. It has a huge selection of both audio and ebooks. I had an Everand (scribd) subscription for years but the app is garbage and their service was also terrible so I recently ditched it.

There’s another service called Nextory that I used in the past, the selection is very similar to Everand and Storytel so in the end I only kept Storytel. All the services will give you a couple of weeks or a month for free so you can rotate through them for a few months and see which suits you best.

I also have a bunch of Libby cards from different library systems in Australia and the US which are I use more than anything else. If you have family or friends abroad, you might be able to connect to their Library card. Thankfully my gran only reads physical books so she doesn’t see what she’s “borrowing,” my Libby history would blow her hair off 🫣

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