My handwriting starts legible and becomes increasingly cryptic line by line.
I capitalize the beginning of every word on lists too.
I capitalize the beginning of every word on lists too.
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Yes on the handwriting... I can usually read the first couple lines of my memo about a phone call. Then any stranger off the street and I would be in the same boat as to reading whatever I had scrawled next.
On the notes: OK so I'm an outlier, but the only way I'd write Broccoli is if it started a full sentence. I had a professionally tyrannical tutor when I was six. She herself had been taught English by strict nuns in France, who permitted only English to be spoken in those classes, i.e., not even French, much less her own first language, which was German.
So all that by-the-book English grammar was possibly half-beaten into her in school. I won't say that only my meek compliance may have prevented the same from happening to me, as she was a very kind hearted person.
But on this matter of lists, since her own first language was German, it would have made perfect sense to her if one ran grocery lists of capitalized words.... in GERMAN. I learned if it doesn't start a sentence, it's not capitalized if it's a common noun, with certain exceptions making distinctions in a class, e.g. "presidents" or "a president" but "the President".
Meanwhile in my also being taught at that time some German and French, I then had to struggle to remember that in German, one writes, for instance, "I habe kein Gelt."
Anyway half what she taught me of English-based grammar went out the window but the difference between English and German on how common nouns (that are not part of an idiomatic phrase or predicate adjective) get treated has stuck with me all these years, go figure!
I hasten to say whatever I remember now of German is mostly from music and of French, hmm... I can get through most of a news article if I've a little context from having read in the topic on the same day in English. So much for education. Well it makes my enjoyment of movies and operas easier and more fun sooner, so I'll say it's been worth it.
In the manner that I'm active, I don't gain weight. Water bloating, yes. I've been drinking fluids since yesterday and it's beginning to flush out. To be fair, their expiry date was nearing and I was the only one who was in the mood for crisps and a joke about "you should simply eat it all" was taken quite literally.
Does the USA cable channel play anything other than Law & Order: Special Victims Unit between 4 & 8pm? 🤔
Wow, they do that? Ugh. After-school tutorial? I had no idea that show ran in such hours. What a terrible idea. Or am I getting all political. nm. i don't have a tv so don't keep up on these things.
Every time I turn on the TV at around 6pm, I run thru my handful of cable channels. All I know is that until 8pm, L&O:SVU is having another mini marathon. I think one weekend a month also. When you have as many episodes of SVU available to show though, ( 20 years I think? ) can you blame them?
I don't think so. I think you'll be waiting for their version of a streaming service to see Wings again.
That’s my problem. Desk job. It does nothing for your waistline.
I’m also not very active in the evenings and weekends.
Still buying a project house should change that for the next few months.
I throw in any exercise or movement when I can. Funny thing about houses. Even if you bought a very newly constructed one using the very best of everything, you'll be working on it here and there after a year or two. I forget who said it, some writer, but houses are "living things" and they need maintenance sooner than most expect them to.
Country house then? I can't remember if I asked.
Yes in a little village (maybe 40 houses).
It’s a run down bungalow built in the late 60’s/early 70’s.
Needs everything doing!
I'd think about long term landscaping once you've settled and gotten things done. Tubers and bulbs would probably be your best bet. Minimal fuss, regrow each year. Easy to divide and expand. Winter freeze won't affect them either.
I'd definitely look into developing a garden. I suspect Mrs. AFB would be very appreciate of that!
Yeah, I pick up some additional "workouts" just by doing things around the house, I mow my own yard, I wash my own cars (you know what they say about letting someone else wash your car* ...), even our recent garage/estate sale, I must've climbed into the attic 50 times (which included bringing stuff down the stairs, etc.).
I love doing things like yard work, especially given my profession, it's clears my head
* Don't ask, it's not "forum appropriate", use your imagination ...
I love doing things like yard work, especially given my profession, it's clears my head
* Don't ask, it's not "forum appropriate", use your imagination ...
A wonderful challenge which I think (and devoutly hope) you will both enjoy.
Not what you're referring to, but from one of the - if not THE - best opening paragraph of weird fiction:
"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill house, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for 80 years and might for 80 more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone."
(Shirley Jackson's, "The haunting of Hill House")
For sure. The garden is well established but after we remove a few trees there will plenty of scope to do things. But probably not until spring!
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I always clean my own car (and Mrs AFB’s) as well as mow the grass.Yeah, I pick up some additional "workouts" just by doing things around the house, I mow my own yard, I wash my own cars (you know what they say about letting someone else wash your car* ...), even our recent garage/estate sale, I must've climbed into the attic 50 times (which included bringing stuff down the stairs, etc.).
I love doing things like yard work, especially given my profession, it's clears my head
* Don't ask, it's not "forum appropriate", use your imagination ...
Anything that isn’t sat at a desk makes me happy.
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I’ll let you know how it goes!
Hahaha, so I guess coming soon is no support to convert C4D. Currently, there is, umm, not, no support ...
That there really isn't a better beverage for a coldish evening accompanied by a mild cold than rum. Clears the sinuses nicely while somewhat gently clouding the rest of body from the neck up.
Other than that, I'm mildly annoyed by the fact that my left ear has more or less been blocked (there's probably a clinical term for this but it escapes me at the moment, something to do with pressure in the middle ear being out of whack) for the better part of a week now. That's the one thing the rum does not work on.
Other than that, I'm mildly annoyed by the fact that my left ear has more or less been blocked (there's probably a clinical term for this but it escapes me at the moment, something to do with pressure in the middle ear being out of whack) for the better part of a week now. That's the one thing the rum does not work on.
Ear drops for the ear, or a visit to the doctor to have it syringed.
Hot rum can appeal, but, consumed neat, this is a beverage I have yet to acquire a taste for.
I have to get my ear syringed each change of season it seems, worse during allergies.
I think a doctor is what's needed at this stage, haven't just been able to find the time until now. It's on the docket for tomorrow, though, so we'll see how that goes. For as long as I can remember I've had trouble with my ears, so this really isn't something new. Just hope it's not an infection.
I have to confess it's a pretty new one for me as well, but I have developed a real taste for it neat. Obviously I'm only beginning to explore the drink, but I like what I'm tasting so far.
Roughly every fifteen to eighteen months, this is also an issue for me, and my ears require medical attention and a robust syringing.
Ear-glue is the term used.
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I have severe sinus issues (but plenty of hydration - i.e. I consume the best part of two litres of water a day irrespective of where I am) which may also have had an influence on my ears.
Neither ears nor sinuses are quite as bad as they sed to be, but it is still an issue.
@Mefisto: Domestic remedies will not clear this up (voice of bitter, hard earned experience speaking, here), but ear drops in advance of your visit may serve to soften the wax (and ensure that it is easier for the medics to remove when they inevitably have to attend to it).