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As I am off today, and my wife is at work, I’m on dinner duty. We’re having sausages and mash, with peas and onion gravy.

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Surprising what you can get done in a short time. In 45 minutes, I’ve instaleld a new CO Detector on the ceiling, and re-installed smoke alarm too. I’ve also put a new motion detector on the wall by the front door. Put out the trash for recycling. Cooked and made bacon sandwiches and more coffee.

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Anyone out here use Roon?

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#Music

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This Morning’s Listening:

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Monday mornings deserve a challenge!

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Björk - Medúlla

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music.youtube.com/playlist

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#Music

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It’s 8 am now. I think it’s time for another mug of the brewed bean juice.

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It’s Monday morning, 6.30 am. Day off today. About to make a mug of coffee.

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@webhat I hear you loud and clear. I’m giving it serious thought

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@diva007.bsky.social Last time I went there was before the fire. That was a few years ago now!

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That’s it! Four days off now. On the bus going home.

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Six and a half hours to go, and I’m out of jail for four days! LOL.

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@crucibleofwords.bsky.social How should Labour deal with immigration? This administration inherited the ‘boat people’ issue from the previous Government, but if they’re not seen to be doing something, then that gives fuel to the Farage crowd.

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@around-the-outside.bsky.social At least some of it. Also, social media doesn’t help, as there’s way too much uninformed shouting going on. Heck, Starmer is not perfect of course, but his administration isn’t ALL negative either. Let’s have some balance.

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@crucibleofwords.bsky.social Nothing wrong with a little café. However, unless you impose an outright ban, many folks will go for that lunchtime pint if the opportunity and venue is there.

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I don’t particularly get excited about Fridays as I often work at the weekend. I have four days off after today, so my mood is a bit lighter this morning. Still, I have a ten hour shift ahead of me yet, before I get to have some time to enjoy stuff.

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@katkimjac.bsky.social I was at work.

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Quick Portable Blogging Session \"\" : ianbmay.com

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Thursday Morning. Another blue sky day. Temperatures forecast to be in the low 70’s this afternoon. Another day nearer a four-day break.

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@manton I got my first sub-domain back in 1994, with a whole 5MB of web space. I went on to get my own domains, and set up several blogs over the years.

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I’ve come to your platform, for two reasons. 1. Cross posting is made easy. 2. I can blog without having to bother with any coding at all. I can build a website, but I can’t be bothered anymore.

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It’s a bit like hardware. I used to build PCs when tower systems were the thing. These days, I run Apple hardware. It just works.

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I guess I just want to be a consumer now, plug-and-play if you like. I’m tired of hacking and cracking.

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@stevewfolds That’s good. I donate a few dollars each month on a regular PayPal payment.

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@crucibleofwords.bsky.social Nothing to do with control around alcohol. People talk. In public places anyone can listen. Safer to keep the workforce in a private bar.

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@crucibleofwords.bsky.social I am not saying it’s ok to drink at work. I can’t and don’t. However, only about 10% of those working in The Palace of Westminster are MPs. The rest are mostly civil servants and other support staff. Do we really want them drinking in pubs outside where any careless chatter could give away secrets?

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Had a lousy night’s sleep. Went to sleep by ten pm, but then woke around 1 am, and was mostly awake until about 5.30. Then I sleep for about two hours. Feel bolloxed today.

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@kevinschofied.bsky.social Largely fuelled by the rotten UK Media.

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4:04 am and the milkman just delivered the milk on the doorstep

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Not online much today \"\" : ianbmay.com

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Sunday Morning 8am. Already had one large mug of coffee. About to brew a second.

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Pizza and a Pint \"\" : ianbmay.com

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The sun is shining, the weather is warmer (currently 68°F - 20°C) and the everything are lighter longer. It makes me feel up lifted. How about you?

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Plenty of things in the ‘old days’ were great. Some wonderful memories for many. However, if you continually look in the rear view, you’ll not be prepared for anything ahead.

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This afternoon, I made my way back to Richmond. I met my wife for a lunchtime coffee ( she’s not got time to order a meal, and she wasn’t hungry). I saw her back into work and then spent the afternoon in the pub opposite editing all the photographs I had taken, and enjoying a couple of beers.

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@stevewfolds I have used the same roaster for over different years now. 18 months ago, I switched from a cafetiere to a bean to cup machine. Definitely, took the coffee up a notch.

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This morning I went to work with my wife. We had breakfast together at Ole & Steen. She went to work, and I went into London for a photowalk. I visited the LT Museum and the Apple Store. I took a number of photos.

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Saturday morning 6.30 am. Let’s get some coffee brewing!

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Bed Time

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It’s Beer O’Clock \"\" : ianbmay.com

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It’s not good. I’ve been sitting here reading for a while, and neglecting the fact that my coffee mug is empty. This is going to be rectified right NOW!

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First things first

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  1. Coffee
    2. \n
  2. Another Coffee
    3. \n
  3. Journaling.
    4. \n
  4. More Coffee.
    5. \n
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@manton When my wife and I are out and looking for somewhere different to eat, we have quit checking reviews first. Firstly, they’re usually a mixed bunch, and secondly, it can take all night!

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@stevewfolds That looks good!

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@manton I’ve not yet found a serious use for Freeform. It’s a great idea in principle, but I just don’t use it. Is it very popular I wonder? I don’t use Journal as I’ve been a Day One user for some years now.

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@bkryer When my parents discovered I was smoking as a teen, at one point my mother offered me a cigarette and said, “Don’t tell your Dad’, and my Dad offered me a cigarette a short while later, telling me not to tell my mother. This was fifty years ago.

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@manton In the UK, one can smoke outside restaurants, bars, pubs, and so on, but not inside.

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@manton I keep a journal. I sometimes use AI to add a little varnish to my words, but I write the original words to start with. So for me, in that use case, AI is an extra, not the foundation.

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@manton Time Zones are weird though. I’m in the UK, and much of Spain is actually west of the UK, yet western Europe is an hour ahead. Portugal has the same time zone as UK though.

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@robertbreen I have an M4 pro Mac mini and an M3 macBook air. I am use my M1 iPad Pro a lot though

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@manton There’s a chain of pubs in the UK called Wetherspoons. Over 800 across the UK and Ireland. There is a Facebook group just for discussion and photos of the carpets in each of these establishments.

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@manton The folks I don’t understand are those that seem to be grumpy about everything all the time. Always negative, never positive.

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@news Indeed. I did initially purchase a domain through micro.blog, but over the past weekend I set up one that I already owned.

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@missbluesky.bsky.social Let’s be honest. Farage and his limited (intelligence) company haven’t really got a clue have they? They shout loudest for whoever is paying them the most this week.

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@manton On the other side of the coin, how about those people that we are good friends with for some time, and then, for one reason or another you drift apart, and never see them again, and wonder what they’re doing now.

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