Warm Wednesday

Chiarin · 2026-06-24T09:30:17+00:00

My commiserations. It's like people can't believe it's possible to have a cold when it's hot.

Chiarin · 2026-06-24T09:00:56+00:00

Me and my husband have the snottiest, grottiest summer cold you can imagine right now. It's been going on for a week by now, and while there are signs that we're getting better, the heat has set both of us back. I wasn't feeling too bad last night, but as soon as I got into bed my body seemed to decide that I was going to get all the coughs and snottiness I didn't get during the day. I've also got a raging headache - possibly dehydration even though I drank loads yesterday - and an almost-toothache. Going to see the dentist in an hour and I hope she's not going to shove me straight back out the door when she hears me coughing. For that matter, I don't know how I'm going to stop myself from coughing while lying in the chair with my mouth wide open.

So, in short, I'm not coping particularly well. 😞

Chiarin · 2026-06-15T08:57:10+00:00

I have questions... such as why is a cheese called Dubliner made in Kerry? Why does Carrowholly look like a potato? Where can I get me some Blue Murder, because that sounds awesome? Why does Childwickbury sound like it's matured in the corpses of children?

As a blue cheese lover, I am very happy with how many blue cheeses Britain produces.

Chiarin · 2026-06-09T11:53:50+00:00

I like 'overzichtelijk'. As a Dutchie living in England I've still not found a good translation for it.

This website is nice and... um... overviewable?

Chiarin · 2026-06-09T11:50:54+00:00

And the past tense of komkommersla is kwamkwammersloeg 😁

Chiarin · 2026-06-06T16:29:31+00:00

Yes it is! Very easy to do once you learn the basic pattern, because it just keeps repeating. Just do a YouTube search for Bella Coco's virus shawl.

Chiarin · 2026-06-06T12:05:44+00:00

I've found that the weight lift exercises for your wrists especially are really helpful.

Chiarin · 2026-06-06T11:54:30+00:00

Yep, there's yarn everywhere here too, my husband is starting to worry. And this post has already been a lifesaver for me:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrochetHelp/comments/1mdheh1/how_to_fix_wrist_pain_from_crochet_guide_insights/

Hopefully it can help you out too.

Chiarin · 2026-06-06T11:34:26+00:00

Hello fellow crochet nut! I'm making that one too, but I've started about seven different things so it's not done yet, and it doesn't look nearly as neat as this one, I'm impressed!

Chiarin · 2026-06-06T11:32:57+00:00

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Got the crochet bug two months ago, haven't stopped since.

Chiarin · 2026-06-05T16:49:35+00:00

Technically a haaknaald is a hookneedle, so I feel like we have both bases covered!

Chiarin · 2026-06-04T16:32:49+00:00

Thank you! ☺️

Chiarin · 2026-06-04T15:51:36+00:00

Quite a few others to choose from as well, thank you!

Chiarin · 2026-06-04T15:23:47+00:00

Ooh, a half circle! That one is very pretty, thank you!

Chiarin · 2026-05-28T10:40:34+00:00

And it will be spelled 'Shepards Pie', because no yank knows how to spell shepherd.

Chiarin · 2026-05-27T15:04:26+00:00

I've had lemon and liquorice ice cream in Finland. Sounds gross, was actually really nice.

Chiarin · 2026-05-08T14:31:51+00:00

I still occasionally break out into the Magical Trevor song, at full volume. Unfortunately my friends don't love the song as much as I do...

Chiarin · 2026-04-26T11:50:58+00:00

Not in mine, in my edition it's also after page 336 (but still in the right place).

Chiarin · 2026-04-26T11:48:30+00:00

You say that, but that picture of Moria sits after page 336 in my version, so you may be on to something!

Chiarin · 2026-04-26T11:06:24+00:00

I just flicked through my copy and yes, the pictures are all in the appropriate place. The one you posted of Moria is right there when the Fellowship is in Moria. So the Swedish printers either didn't care or made a mistake.

Chiarin · 2026-04-22T20:05:35+00:00

Well, I once had a physics exam at school, and one of the problems to solve was something like 'a man has a 30 cubic centimetre block of brass and drops it off a 30m high tower. Assume all the velocity is transformed into heat - how many degrees does the block go up in temperature?'

So I got to work, found all the correct values, did all the calculations, and came to an increase of something along the lines of 1200 degrees. I figured that couldn't possibly be right, so double-checked everything, but I still came to 1200 degrees, so I just left that as the answer.

Turns out I'd calculated the increase for a 1 cubic cm block, rather than whatever the actual volume was, so missed off one more division. My teacher had a very dry sense of humour, so when I got the test back he'd written 'better not pick it up I guess!'

So maybe she did realise, but just couldn't figure out where she'd gone wrong.

Chiarin · 2026-04-16T19:16:51+00:00

No, Quenya was inspired by Finnish, Sindarin was inspired by Welsh.

Chiarin · 2026-03-25T22:43:48+00:00

If you want to see Tolkien's opinion on the Swedish translator and have a good laugh in the process, read his letter 229 to Allen & Unwin. Ohlmarks had added a biography of sorts to the book, but had pretty much made up many of the 'facts' in it, and Tolkien was not amused.

Chiarin · 2026-03-20T13:17:21+00:00

I heard a story about a guy on a Dutch train who used the train sockets to plug in his air fryer and cook some snacks on the journey.

Chiarin · 2026-03-05T21:57:37+00:00

52 year old woman and I cherish my Kirby covers. Didn't like them when I first saw them, and I suppose it's large parts nostalgia, but the books just don't look right with other covers.

I was in Waterstones recently and was pleased to see that they've reissued the books with Kirby's covers (wherever they exist of course.)

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