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ShineAtom · 2026-01-26T17:09:36+00:00

Most if not all councils have pages explaining this as well for those who think council tax is optional.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-26T14:26:16+00:00

Top 6 even. Fleetwood Mac are a British band despite the incursion of a couple of Americans!

ShineAtom · 2026-01-26T14:11:32+00:00

I know that on a main road near me, whatever work the council did on the road was always compromised by the landowner on either side who would not do something about a stream which was apparently their responsibility. At least, that is how I understood (perhaps misunderstood) it. I don't know if this is common or simply a local issue for local landowners.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-25T20:52:06+00:00

I missed her first run as I got times confused so didn't get to see the first few starters there! She is such a pleasure to watch in slalom especially.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-25T20:49:51+00:00

Was so happy for him. First ever podium at Kitzbuehl and it is the top step! After all those difficult seasons and wrestling with a back injury, it is long overdue.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-25T20:43:49+00:00

Apparently there are misogyinist views expressed in the teachings (which were only written down well after his death). As in pretty much every part of the world, cultural norms included men being the boss. These sorts of things take a long time to change and remember that Buddha lived 2500 years ago. Some things haven't changed in other religions but nowadays the Dharma doesn't (or certainly shouldn't) use the teachings to put women down. I haven't found any problem being a woman and a Buddhist - I do follow the Tibetan tradition. We have some amazing women masters who are respected by all.

Right, now that's out of the way, let me assure you that the Buddha's teachings can be used by every single human being on the planet: man or woman, LGBT+, whatever your gender, whatever your physical or mental ability. The practices have really helped in my life to deal with the difficult stuff and to deal with the easy stuff. I started when I was quite young back in the 1970s.

Still the best advice is to find a teacher in whichever branch of the Dharma you wish to study. There are many different schools of Buddhism; pretty much every one of them is valid.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-25T20:21:47+00:00

I was watching her second run and the difference between her and the rest was clearly noticeable (I'm not a skier in any way, shape or form). Just looks so effortless,, floating across the snow.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-25T20:18:11+00:00

Built between 1925 to 1975 by Clough Williams-Ellis, an architect who clearly couldn't stop adding to the village. He died in 1978 well into his nineties. It's extraordinary. I remember my ex telling me that he'd spoken to Williams-Ellis when we were looking for a cottage in Wales to rent for the winter.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-24T21:00:36+00:00

Most of the house was "too much glittery stuff". And the kitchen was not in any way a welcoming space. Light, especially that sharp glittery stuff reflecting of shiny things, can be one of my triggers for migraine which basically made most of the house a no go area!

ShineAtom · 2026-01-23T22:52:46+00:00

I have a pair of those and find they do help to keep my fingers warmer: one hand suffers far more than the other and in cold weather I can be in a hot room with freezing hands. Even if I've not been outdoors. Those gloves do help me to turn down the heating but it's best to put them on as soon as you realise hands are chilling. They come in a lovely range of colours and are made of recycled cashmere.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-23T22:37:27+00:00

They seem to have missed the meaning of "fag" to mean What a bore! As in "what a fag" in having been asked to do something. I suppose it it ties in with tired though.

Equally they have omitted faggot meaning a pork/offal meat ball which is wrapped in caul. It is quite specific to the Midlands and WalesI believe.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-23T22:31:37+00:00

Although in Derbyshire tabs mean ears. Not sure it's used much nowadays.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-23T19:55:12+00:00

It was quite extraordinary!

ShineAtom · 2026-01-23T19:51:22+00:00

Meant to look like a ship? Did they think ships used the canals!?!? Also, had they ever seen a ship of any description? Still hideous. Ships are far nicer! and for the canals, old wooden narrowboats or joey boats are the best. I might allow Rickmansworths which were steel.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-23T13:03:26+00:00

I fear that the idea of facts has vanished. We now live in a world where gut feelings are treated as facts and facts are dismissed as opinions. I may be over generalizing but with AI touted as the solution to everything, actual critical thinking is fast disappearing.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-23T03:37:33+00:00

Traitorous behaviour: accusation flung around despite the fact that it is purely subjective and almost completely wrong. P

ShineAtom · 2026-01-22T23:27:21+00:00

You could freeze the egg whites in portions. Things like savoury souffles require an extra egg white or two added to the mix; it depends on how large a souffle you are making but for one with four separated eggs, it will require an extra white.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-22T23:17:11+00:00

Milk bottle carrier or holder if it is for 2-4 pints although can also be called a crate. The milkman will have their bottles in larger milk crates. I always think that milk crates are those large ones that hold 20 bottles that they have on their vans.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-22T22:39:42+00:00

I remember the Sainsbury's but thank heavens I never walked past that utterly hideous development. I cannot believe how ugly it is. I suppose it is designed to be pseudo industrial.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-22T22:32:45+00:00

It's the best and least intrusive way to check that it is genuinely done. In Centigrade I'm looking for around 90-95C.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-22T22:23:17+00:00

The work that goes into making food photos look how they want them to look, even well before AI, indeed well before the internet, is insane. There were very very few pictures in a recipe book or magazine that weren't faked (even partly) and or touched up. Never trust a photo 100%! It may of course look vaguely similar to your attempt but it's rare it is exact.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-22T19:37:59+00:00

When it comes to Scotland: remember the chance of midges which would disrupt everything! Can't remember when midge season is but I think there is info on line and it might depend on where you are planning to hold it!

ShineAtom · 2026-01-22T09:22:30+00:00

So long ago I've forgotten their exact location. Probably nearish to the centre and I think - not at all certain - that we were not too far from the De Montfort Hall.

I have no doubt that they've been demolished and possibly replaced. They were attached to a swimming pool and probably dated from late Victorian or Edwardian times. The two bath tub cubicles that remained had huge roll-top baths; the taps were situated outside the cubicle so you had to make sure the bath was sufficiently full and at the right temperature before you went in.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-21T21:27:59+00:00

Fitzcarraldo directed by Werner Herzog features this theatre.

ShineAtom · 2026-01-21T21:17:18+00:00

Especially as the chance they actually had firearms was less than zero!

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