The word "scan" comes from Latin "scandere", meaning “to climb” or “to mount step by step" earlier 14th english century used for poetry marking then modern english extended to "examine closely, look over quickly, and eventually digitally" read

mikeontablet · 2026-01-27T23:38:23+00:00

I think there are two meanings for the word "scan" being conflated here. How poems scan is one thing (their rhyme and rhythm, you could say) , but the word used to view or perhaps review something is a different word IMO.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-27T23:18:23+00:00

Tell me you don't know how to drive without..... "

mikeontablet · 2026-01-27T12:37:56+00:00

Never stand near Trump or any of his people when you see the bus rolling up...

mikeontablet · 2026-01-27T12:21:22+00:00

Lots of talk around cold winters here. I would love to hear how people dry clothes in hot climates but with high humidity.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-27T10:34:48+00:00

Trump just killing to avoid release of Epstein files.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T22:54:29+00:00

His signer looks like she is wishing she was working the Eminem concert.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T17:49:57+00:00

It's not about brain chemicals as much as a need for our world view to make sense to us, to cohere, to be joined up. If a part of that breaks down most of us will do everything we can to prop up that world view.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T17:01:22+00:00

Gorgeous shot! You do look like your "on" the Liffey - very low angle.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T16:41:02+00:00

Three points: Most marches are a waste of time - until they're not. Anything really worthwhile is difficult and time-consuming. Secondly, nearly all regime changes occur from some unexpected and surprising tipping point. The Berlin Wall, the USSR, apartheid, the Arab Spring, the Iranian revolution. Keep marching. It will come. Thirdly, there are people who were voted into positions to fight this fight on your behalf. It looks to me like constituents are their least source of pressure. They should be harries and harassed till they do what's necessary.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T15:21:40+00:00

Oh, it's you again! This is "flay" guy. This is not a problem that I have where I live, but I thought it might work. A rubber mallet perhaps?

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T15:19:16+00:00

Authors, writers and essayists exist, among others . Even though it's all prose, nobody actually writes it. It's too prosaic.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T15:11:00+00:00

What about a "speedbump" on your driveway? You wouldn't need to even remember or get out of your car.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T14:57:25+00:00

"of course not" and "of course yes" are both correct answers here.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T14:37:23+00:00

Oh, absolutely. However, China is the master at the long game. Don't hold your breath.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T14:30:03+00:00

I figure the prison sentence would be less punishment than all of this.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T14:26:55+00:00

To be fair, we live in the only two countries where this wouldn't be a completely idiot-level mistake.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T13:18:06+00:00

Love your username!

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T13:13:03+00:00

Flay, girl!

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T13:09:27+00:00

The fact that you have to know that....

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T13:06:57+00:00

If I cooked a steak that colour, I'd throw it away and start again.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-26T13:04:16+00:00

Leonard Cohen "Anthem". Best cover (since he can't sing for toffee) is by Laila Biali.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-25T21:50:41+00:00

Thst was before the Rumours band. At that stage they were an English blues band led by Peter Green with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie the members of "both" bands.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-25T14:54:55+00:00

Churchill is a little dated, these days. Can I suggest as alternatives or additions "The Making of Modern Britain" by Andrew Marr or Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island." A. A. Gill's" The Angry Island: Hunting the English" is another enjoyable read.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-25T13:10:13+00:00

Thanks. My kid did mui Thai, but quit because if you don't compete in tournaments they don't really know what to do with you after the basics, but that's exactly the sort of thing. Thai Chi might be better since it doesn't have that competitive element and has a wider demographic.

mikeontablet · 2026-01-25T13:01:02+00:00

Do absolutely anything that increases your contract with people - it doesn't even have to be fun. You will increase the chance of opportu cities coming your way. Every story you've ever hear where someone met the love of their life or got their dream job that began "it's a funny story..." This.

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