@astronomerritt For some reason my laptop has started to refuse to automatically connect to my headphones. While this is a pain in the butt, it does mean that I get to see the current battery level when I settle in. This way at least I'm less likely to be surprised by the "battery is at 20%, please charge" or the dreaded "power off."

@astronomerritt Every piece of fiction written by an American but set in the UK or just featuring British characters seems to include at least one Simon, Nigel or possibly Ian.I find this exceedingly odd (and funny) as most real-life British guys seem to have names like Matt or George.

Fish, chips, burgers, kebab kinda things?

@LittleFrank 🫡

@astronomerritt I found the Sun article where the Pinterest people got it, and it's full sized and clear https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NINTCHDBPICT000581109300.jpg

@AlexanderVI @astronomerritt At one point, most of the mines in northern Ontario used a hoist he design. Then the commodity market collapsed in the late 80s and did something else