Baggins

I would prefer chillies or onions personally.

And so they should too.

Didn’t say it would happen tomorrow.

Nothing wrong with regional dialects or even languages, like we have with Welsh in UK. But overall we need to have a common language.

Not sure what we’d settle on, the most spoken probably.

Yes, yes, and yes.
One Europe, one set of laws, one defence force, one flag.
Eventually one language.
It’s going to take years as we literally have to wait for a generation to die off. I’ll never see it (am 68) but can dream.

What’s in it for the pig?

‘But if I could, I would recommend that the government gave watches and Fitbit to everyone.’ That would be preferable to handing it out here there and everywhere.

I’m not knocking you - you understand the process and know all to well that it affects different people in different ways. As I say, educating people is the key. Stop all the fast food ads on TV etc. Get people eating more healthily and pushing supermarkets to do the same. They won’t do it out of the goodness of their hearts.

Some of us just need more pushing than others ;-)

I don’t think should be freely available because (as a lifelong porker that knows you need to change your lifestyle and has aways struggled), people are not changing. They are branded as miracle cures. Well, I’ve got news for you pal, there is NO CURE!

Women at work are using them and telling me they can still eat all they want!

People need to be supported and educated. Sadly that’s not going to happen.

‘I switched to Qobuz and I like it much more than I liked Spotify.’ The sound quality was the best of the lot but like I say, the choice just wasn’t there.

And I never had a problem with iCloud. I had a mac.com email address from when they were first avail. I hadn’t use anything Mac since 2014 and when I picked up a used iPhone SE, everything was there when I logged in. iCloud is now avail online and all my old docs and pictures were there. All my iTunes music.

Horses for course I suppose - Never thought Tim Cook would bend the knee though :-(

‘but with pets in the house, and cooking a lot, it just works.’

Could you explain this bit please? I’m at a loss to see how this involves my cat.

Edit, I have some cast iron, but my wife can’t lift it. And NGL as I age it’s getting a bit heavier for me and I can see a point where I’ll not be too happy lugging it from cupboard to stove.

I think carbon steel may come to my rescue there - just cannot afford it at the moment. My Christmas list is stuck between a pressure washer and a carbon steel pan that was mentioned on here a short while ago. A German brand.

I know why you’re getting downvoted.

But sorry people, Spotify is streets ahead of the others (IMO) as there is a far better choice of music. For me anyway, YMMV but I’ve given up with the others.

Same with video streaming - you cannot deny that the quality (technical and production, if not content) of Apple TV surpasses the others. I gave up with Foundation and Silo (plots) but the quality was superb. For All Mankind is probably the best thing ever on TV after The Expanse.

iCloud is just so polished and seamless. I gave up with Proton Drive as it was just too clunky and flaky. And that’s after being a paid up Protoneer since almost day one. I still use Protonmail, Pass and VPN. Am just on a lower paid tier than I was before. Plus Vivaldi uses Proton for VPN.

I’m all for buying European where possible, (German bier, French and Italian wine, CachyOS or Mint) but am not going to wear a hair shirt and accept second or third rate performance because the internet says ‘America Bad!’

Until he changes his mind next week.

About time too. As a former artillery man, we never had enough rounds for training. Or stockpiled in case we were to use them in anger.

I’m not surprised. Some bloke turns up with a car and some paper bags with your shopping. Freezer stuff and all. Bread all squashed.

We tried it as it was free with Prime.

Didn’t try it twice.

Balloon - I’ve seen similar over fields around here in Hertfordshire.

In these days of 4k video and a 50mp camera on phones and we STILL get pix that look like they were taken on Dad’s 8mm home movie camera in 1967.

Edit for spelling.

He looks like he’s squeezing one out.

Proton

Sailed to here a few times whilst I was in Army in the 80’s. We’d sail out of the British Army Sailing Club at Kiel and potter about up and down the coast of Denmark. Damp, Flensburg, Sønderborg and once overt to Søby and then Ærøskøbing. Some of the best times I had in the army were sailing in the Baltic.