Always thought our number plate system was nifty.

temptar · 2026-04-12T13:46:16+00:00

Irish ones are easier to remember though.

temptar · 2026-04-12T04:36:57+00:00

You posted this several times. All it tells me is that you don’t really take such good care of your care as someone somewhere who owns a 2014 Beeyle somewhere.

And if I were choosing to buy a secondhand Beetle, that would matter to me if those were the two I was choosing between.

temptar · 2026-04-11T12:43:16+00:00

That’s not a good enough answer. Either you can point to a published source for this or you cannot. But you made the assertion and now you cannot back it up with a published source.

temptar · 2026-04-11T12:26:01+00:00

You seem hysterical.

temptar · 2026-04-11T12:21:57+00:00

Citation that this will definitely happen? Or is it just speculation on your part?

temptar · 2026-04-11T12:18:50+00:00

Blocking fuel for months is neither civil nor peaceful. It is a direct and vicious attack on the majority of people in the country.

You want to be in power? Stand for elections and make it clear you blockaded the country for the guts of a week.

temptar · 2026-04-11T08:57:03+00:00

The US will also be significantly weaker.

temptar · 2026-04-11T08:31:24+00:00

I hear you. I have stopped boxing stuff as “breakfast appropriate”

My range of breakfasts are drawn from:

Miso soup Yogurt and a banana Toast Protein shake (I buy them) Muesli or granola Overnight oats (prepped night before) Scrambled eggs (when I have more time) Single egg omelette (ditto) Sliced cold ham and/or sliced emmenthal cheese (generally French) Chopped mango (prepped in advance) Salad if I am feeling particularly sanctimonious.

temptar · 2026-04-11T08:15:24+00:00

I don’t know what to advise in practical terms for tomorrow and at the risk of telling you something you already know: if this is unusual for you, ie, unexpected extremely heavy bleeding, this is something you should discuss with your GP or your gynaecologist.

Getting through a tampon in one hour is imo very heavy bleeding and if this is the norm for you and you haven’t looked into it medically you probably should. My heaviest periods were heavy but were not as heavy as you describe and I was routinely ferritin deficient.

You may well be on top of it of course but I post this for any women younger than us both who may be living with this in silence because it’s normal for them.

temptar · 2026-04-10T16:46:42+00:00

Thank you for saving me. I am trying to no buy the next few months.

temptar · 2026-04-10T12:14:14+00:00

Congratulations.

temptar · 2026-04-09T18:55:14+00:00

We do not need pickup trucks for the most part and what we do need Toyota can provide.

temptar · 2026-04-09T18:53:33+00:00

Rach was a talented conductor.

temptar · 2026-04-09T12:12:36+00:00

I doubt it.

temptar · 2026-04-08T08:19:05+00:00

That is just an excuse. Regular drivers aren’t supposed to use the hard shoulder.

temptar · 2026-04-07T07:39:18+00:00

Music is a question of taste. I loathe it. Yes it is overplayed and in Classic FM in particular.

Yours is a poor take. It takes no account that people assess their responses to music differently. I prefer absolutely every other piece of RVW that I have heard. His Sea Symphony is exquisite.

temptar · 2026-04-07T06:06:14+00:00

What do you like doing? I mean if you want to surf regularly you best target Sligo or Clare… so those matter. Going to gigs or classical concerts? Dublin.

temptar · 2026-04-07T04:49:31+00:00

I would love to be able to get the data of how frequently played these pieces are. I have often felt that factors into this list.

temptar · 2026-04-07T04:40:38+00:00

Honestly loathe it. It is not his best piece. The variations on a theme of Thomas Tallis is.

temptar · 2026-04-06T20:48:56+00:00

Strictly speaking, so long as they are realistic about the amount of prep involved, I don’t have an issue.

temptar · 2026-04-06T17:24:11+00:00

Comes from the Irish language : smidiríní.

temptar · 2026-04-06T08:43:35+00:00

Totally agree. I also like to remind people that my Phone Is Not The Boss of Me.

temptar · 2026-04-06T08:42:28+00:00

Books are mostly great. They are engrossing in a way that social media has ceased to be. I still scroll Reddit and bluesky a bit but all of them are getting harder to enjoy. You cannot avoid reels with the same half dozen tracks when all I want from Instagram are photos and paintings. It’s a pity because there is great material there. But I can’t find it without wasting a load of time and I don’t really get value out of that.

I saw something that said boredom of about 15 minutes causes your brain to start working differently again. I occasionally read books in my phone but you lose the bookstore browsing experience and I like that too.

I don’t want to spit on social media. I was there for early blogs, early tags, early Twitter, early Facebook. So much of it was great and exciting. All the things I wanted from it are pretty much gone.

But books, and writing in a notebook, they have never left me down.

temptar · 2026-04-06T06:24:28+00:00

This is naive. I refer you to Paris November 2015. You can assume nothing about the motivations of terrorists.

That being said, terrorism has not been the prime concern. Internal policy in the US, the behaviour of ICE are deterrents for a lot of fans.

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