I can find 8, 9, 11, 12 mm spanners but can I find a 10 mm one when I need it? No. And the socket won't do because it's not deep enough to swallow the bolt protrusion and the adjustable won't do because it's jaws are too fat for that little gap. FFS.

It seems that Americans do
verb: practice
noun: practice

Whereas we do
verb: practise
noun: practice

I read a bit of Substack but it’s more like opinion columns than web logs.

matigo.ca.

Well, after decades of not going to funerals as the extended family kept dying around me, I finally went to my first one. So that's what a funeral is like. Weird. It was nice meeting some people though. You know it's been a long time when you don't recognise your cousin.

I like that smell.

jussipekonen.10centuries.org.

Cyndi Lauper was blasting loudly out of an amp from the local church just now (8:50pm). I wonder what that is about.

Sometimes I think I should get something with more fidelity but I don't even use my bluetooth speakers as much as my laptop speakers so probably no point.

peemee.10centuries.org.

How big is the sound quality gain when you add a second one?

peemee.10centuries.org.

That boy was good.

peemee.10centuries.org.

One thing I learned a while ago is that when you've had pain for a long time, the pain centres in the body can become over-sensitive and start firing when there's no danger of injury. The latest advice seems to be to keep working and conditioning the painful bits rather than rest every time you get pain. The human body is strong and resilient and you're unlikely to do permanent damage with normal exercise. A physio sent me some links about it and some of the testimonials were people saying 'I wish I'd known about this years ago'. Of course, this doesn't apply if it's pain caused by a disease like lupus or arthritis. Exercise won't magically fix that.

Does this sound consistent with what you were told during your recent rehabilitation?

peemee.10centuries.org.