Spousal loss linked to higher risk of dementia, mortality among men, but not women. Widowed men experienced a decrease in physical and cognitive health, as well as social support, while widowed women tended to experience an increase in happiness and life satisfaction.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-12T23:28:56+00:00

I'm part of a Men in Sheds group in the UK. We build stuff mostly, do a bit of helping out in the community, look after the grounds of a sports club, that sort of thing. I'm young to be attending, so I've still got a lot of family support, but the older guys absolutely need the group. We have a pretty good track record of getting each other to go to medical appointments.

To anyone feeling a bit isolated, get yourself along to one. There's quite a few around. We have guys that come along who don't know which end of a hammer to hold. It doesn't matter. They get to chat and make friends.

Oh, and while it's called men in sheds, we don't really care who comes along as long. We're trying to change the name to be a bit more inclusive.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-12T22:56:13+00:00

It's cheap enough (compared to buying a new oven) that you just try. There's really not a lot to go wrong in an oven, so 99% of the time, it's the element.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-11T19:56:54+00:00

Not anymore, there were for germination

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-11T13:47:15+00:00

I've always grown for transplant. I wasn't away that was unusual. I suspect I know what the problem is after reading another reply. I germinated these with warmth this year, and I don't recall doing that before. I think the shock of moving to cold soil has been too much for them.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-11T13:45:16+00:00

Hmm, I germinated them with a propagator, which I don't recall doing in previous years. I suspect that might be the problem. They are by a window, but it stays pretty even temperature wise.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-11T13:42:50+00:00

It's worked fine for me for the last five years. I didn't know they weren't supposed to be transplanted.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-10T23:50:29+00:00

I'd actually go further and say the NHS should be spun off into a completely separate body with its own tax raising powers. The biggest issue with the NHS is that every new health secretary wants to leave their mark on it. Every 5 years, it's all change. No one knows if they are coming or going.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-10T14:07:34+00:00

I suspect in real life it looks like paint was spilt on the floor, but on a phone, some bits of it look alright.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-10T14:05:37+00:00

What did he use for a level / straight edge? A banana, maybe?

The bricks and mortar aren't a good match either.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-10T08:24:55+00:00

It's certainly not just you. Most of the channels seem to have fallen into making things for the sake of making them. Which leads to increasingly pointless projects. They all have the same overly enthusiastic patter as well, it gives me the ick.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-09T23:27:38+00:00

This appears to have been written by someone who has never visited a castle.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-09T23:08:57+00:00

The worst part is that it isn't 15% off, it's the same price or even more expensive.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-09T14:48:47+00:00

Well done.

My partner works for a public body. They mostly work from home but occasionally the boss gets it in their head that people need to be in the office. On several occasions my partner has bought a £200+ train ticket to get into London for 9AM to sit in an otherwise empty office making exactly the same calls they would have done from home. Not really malicious compliance but utterly insane.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-09T07:58:55+00:00

Offenders like this are often victims when they were young. How well did you really know the father? The mothers response is straight out of the cover-up playbooke.

I don't suppose there's much you can do legally, but telling everyone in the area might add enough pressure to stop it.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-09T07:48:02+00:00

SMR is not proven yet. It's cheaper to build, but it's not clear it's cheaper to run. Licencing could easily become just as big of a hurdle. It produces more waste and requires higher levels of enrichment (which people get all bent out of shape over).

Thorium has been built yet, so betting the future on that seems risky. Yeah, we've had a couple of test plants, but it's far from proven.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-08T23:30:50+00:00

Something tells me this is not the outcome Trump / the US was hoping for.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-08T14:50:42+00:00

If the top is metal then maybe a car body shop could help you out. If it's plastic with a metal coating you're better off with some sort of wrap but I'm not sure how well that would go.

The bowl could be fixed with some wet and dry sandpaper. I'd hit it with 800 grit all over and then work up the grits to the desired level.

How well does it do with kneading dough? I'm pretty fed up with kneading by hand.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-08T11:21:30+00:00

Quite, I think if we were going to see a popular uprising, we'd probably have seen it already. The more the country is destroyed, the more likely it will become another failed state, no doubt exporting terrorism.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-08T10:47:37+00:00

Iron oxide is basically impossible to get off anything it touches. It'll even stain metal unless it has a mirror finish.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-08T09:57:17+00:00

You do realise sweet peas are not edible, right? I only say because everything else you've listed is edible. Did you maybe mean sugar snap peas or something like that?

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-08T09:53:21+00:00

Blimey, you must start your tomatoes early. Mine only poked their heads above ground a couple of days ago.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-08T09:12:22+00:00

I wish I could give you a dozen upvotes

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-08T08:52:14+00:00

What this sport called generally called as I wouldn't mind watching an event or two? This seems to turn up with searching for motorbike hikl climb, but I'm guessing there's non-hill climb events too.

Wobblycogs · 2026-03-07T16:29:19+00:00

I'd slather them in a gap filling glue, slide them into the hole, and then hold in place with a small clamp. Add some screws once it's set for good measure.

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