Yes!!

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/112/360/074/105/893/201/original/be9e7774f9a51015.png


When I heard of the outcry over Katie Britt’s State of the Union speech I was initially alarmed, thinking she might have been accusing Biden of assaulting a 12 year old girl. Of course, that wasn't the case, but now people are equally alarmed at the lies she told.

She lied about a woman who as a young girl was trafficked and raped. But during Bush's presidency, not Biden's. And the incident  occurred in Mexico, not in the US or on the border.

https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/heres-why-everyone-should-call-on


I have just been forced to create a gmail email, and use it to contact a lot of my contact list, because Google (hiss spit) are blocking many of my emails from my usual domains.
No wonder I haven't been hearing from people.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y AWWWWW, feeling better now!


nostr:npub1h3t28gelg2xc4j8zjulj7jz62j5cernn0aga9srvy8w9qeqwxmtsnldkep I actually have a place in my imagination that I call the screaming forest. I run through that mentally screaming aloud (but not in reality so as not to scare anyone in the house). And that works almost as well as the real thing.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y I am VERY tired after two bad nights, and feeling down. I just spilled my breakfast down my jumper. And the car is nowhere to be seen. Last we heard he was "waiting for a part". Oh, and my coffee is cold.
😠


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Mornin squire! How's you?


Have you noticed? This world (or at least the internet part of it) is full of people who have no idea what they are talking about, do no research (in fact despise it) and live happily in their small lives believing every bizarre theory that is presented to them.
Days like today I feel like screaming very loudly.


Caturday comes round so quickly. So here's my contribution.
#catsofmastodon #catstodon #catlife #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Kitten #Cats #CatsOfFediverse

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/193/192/194/274/659/original/0c22c793abe9af2d.jpg


squareword.org 613: 12 guesses

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#squareword #squareword613


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y grumble mumble, twenty years of numb thumbs and struggling and he doesn't even warn me. Well I dunno.


https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/letter-boxed

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/188/361/798/394/322/original/f118d6b87f9f3d1a.png


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Tsk tsk, you didn't give me a heads up to that trick! }:


Blossom Puzzle, October 6
Letters: A E I P R T Z
My score: 262 points
My longest word: 10 letters
 💮 💐 🌸 🌺 🌷 🏵 🌹 🌼 🌻 💮

Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


What's happening today? I keep being able to get the answers.

Connections
Puzzle #117
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Thank you for an easier one today!
Phrazle 1072: 3/6
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#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


nostr:npub19muy43l5l0wd3w93t2cpnp7mhfn48n7puq5xlkq5h2u4u8vp02rs2k98da I put them all into tubs to begin with, then every week transfer them to a marked container, one section per morning/evening of each day of the week. So if something is still in last night's section I know I forgot to take them.
There are a lot, because as well as three lots of prescription ones, I take a lot of vitamins.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/188/268/208/398/679/original/cf7a368347b9d1ed.png


Not too bad at FoxiMax today

🦊#FoxiMax #405 5/8
https://foximax.com/

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nostr:npub1exwuhzenpzh79z6f3hk7h0rm8g9r776n986jx0zcjrc3qzyxch9syftpya It amazes me that they all know when the day has arrived to take the flight, and also, they know where to go! (And know to come home again next year.)


I hate the weekly/monthly task of popping my prescription tablets out of their plastic strips (I do them all at once and store them in a tub, makes life easier in the long run.)
BUT only today did I devise a method of making the popping easier - slit open the backs with the scissors before pressing them out of their pods. SO much easier!!

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/188/222/537/457/603/original/4fa4089f44887a1f.png


This is the sight and sound of my early morning. Now I know Winter is coming! Our local geese fly in at Spring, and out in Autumn, giving us a clock-watch on the seasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Ge3Jjdk4c


Hillary Clinton acknowledged that Trump would “likely” be the Republican 2024 nominee.

Trump is the “classic tale of an authoritarian, populist who really has a grip on the emotional and psychological needs” of his base and the “Make America Great Again” slogan was “a bid for nostalgia, to return to a place where people could be in charge of their lives.”

“It is like a cult and somebody has to break that momentum,” Clinton added.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-cult_n_651fa8c1e4b0049f8b6db899


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y The impact for me is not so much not having the car - because I don't drive - but the worry, the expense and watching hubby turning to drink because he's lost his "beloved" again.


nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 I've just been trawling the Net just in case it's available somewhere, but no. Without paying it's impossible to watch it - and we are already paying for Prime! Paramount have clamped down on ALL their shows.


nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 I'd love to watch it, but Amazon Prime are now charging (on top of their Prime subscription) to watch it - and most other things too.


You wanted an  update on the car, didn't you? Sigh.
So, it went back in on Monday. It's now Friday and the only news (upon request) is that he's "waiting for a part" to solve the oil leak.
If we have to wait another two months to get it back... words fail me.


nostr:npub1dvrptcmq7hkc390hngzhwr407qkghcx63gk95v5gh6ycw30mttqqd4emf4 He is amazing. So talented even from a young age. ( I saw some young children playing the piano, too, and it took my breath away.)


From CNN: Trump endorses Jim Jordan for House speaker, after accepting the temporary position himself

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/politics/trump-considering-capitol-hill-visit-speaker


At least 40 people dead after glacial lake flooding in Indian Himalayas. Many more are missing. Yet another tragic flood, another dam break and untold misery for those affected.
https://news.sky.com/story/at-least-40-people-dead-after-glacial-lake-flooding-in-indias-himalayan-region-12977956


Looks like 10 is my ballpark solve on this one

squareword.org 612: 10 guesses

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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword612


nostr:npub12nwzjmjf5nhk70juf4t6dh6207qpaukaaev2hyqz5vfcmg30klfsqkg8d8 Yeah I know - it's hilarious isn't it? He let his lawyers opt for no jury then spends the rest of the time moaning about not having a jury!!!,


I appreciate real talent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpF64xyNPrQ


https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/letter-boxed

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/182/974/382/441/222/original/537078c1fb7a35f9.png


Just had one of those fake HMRC calls to my mobile, robotic voice telling me I was in big trouble for not paying my taxes hahahaha, I reported it. The number they used was +44 7479 337712


Blossom Puzzle, October 5
Letters: A D G I N R W
My score: 226 points
My longest word: 10 letters
 🌼 🏵 💮 💐 🌻 🌷 🌹 🌸 🌺 🌼

Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


nostr:npub1z5amzuw7tcky688jqkvynmfdwxfjjwfe5zfdl3c2dyydqy2hwu3ql8kdlf nostr:npub17rz9zwg7tzsclsf82pzep3nd0xwusujhsncly8qj20fdzt8hckzss5nrdk nostr:npub128kyrxn837mp0ce2qasplphyuj9n4qk54frajmevrqn984datxuqjmgrvv
They are either very elderly and stuck in their ways (knowing nothing beyond Facebook) or I don't know them well enough to tell them what to do with their social media choices. Besides that, I have nothing else myself, except here (which would totally freak them out) or Twitter (YUK). And then there's a number of special interest groups I run on FB that are years old and have lots of members. So there's no way I can leave.


No that one was too hard.

Connections
Puzzle #116
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Phrazle 1070: 4/6
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🟨🟩🟨🟪    ⬜🟪⬜🟨⬜    🟪⬜⬜🟩🟩

🟨🟩⬜🟨    🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


Wordle 838 5/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


Trump shouts HELP in Truth Social post. He starts by ranting about A.G. #LetitiaJames and Judge Arthur #Engoron.

"The ridiculous A.G. case [is being]... mocked all over the World, ... and the highly political, #Trump Hating Judge, are DESTROYING the Image and Reputation of the NY State Legal System & Courts. I don’t even get a Jury!!"

"HELP!" The respected Commercial Division, where it should have been sent in the first place, must take over this 'sh.. show.'"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-civil-fraud-trial-2665800586/


nostr:npub1xauatzzf05gc8340kvdf2nedkm5mm68n7kvl8dmna6zw7pvqd5zq0upfnu I used a program last year to do a complete backup and put it on an external drive. Then when I dropped and lost one of the other external drives I returned to the backup file - but it would not open or run!!  I lost faith in the program and what it did and vowed never to do that again.


nostr:npub1cgrut86etmhvh0fw0z5mkhwhysah8gnwss7wwczgla2fg0fppv5s88axxk Doesn't Windows incremental backup only do the user files, not the apps and programs etc?


nostr:npub1jn0wcmt989yv6umk4h7qs2pde0ly8qm0mfcjln7crfy33p95xy7sewwdap Okay I understand. I have a range of external drives, so I'd just have to plug one of them in permanently. What happens when the laptop is switched on and off - does that affect the drive at all? Could I just leave it plugged in?


nostr:npub1jn0wcmt989yv6umk4h7qs2pde0ly8qm0mfcjln7crfy33p95xy7sewwdap I think if I was using a standard computer on a desk I'd work towards that but at present I have a laptop on a trolley over the bed, and nowhere to stand or plug in anything extra (just have a speaker, that's all.)


nostr:npub1jn0wcmt989yv6umk4h7qs2pde0ly8qm0mfcjln7crfy33p95xy7sewwdap My husband has two computers and NO backups at all. I have often asked him about that and he just shrugs and says, it doesn't matter.


nostr:npub1cgrut86etmhvh0fw0z5mkhwhysah8gnwss7wwczgla2fg0fppv5s88axxk When you say leave a hard disk attached, would that be an external drive plugged into usb?


nostr:npub1awcq9xqxfugnras4xarfaxth79qgm43z9yu9v694xs7zxuh62xts9pngjg I did stop backing up all of Windows a while ago, having realised just what you said about reinstalling... but then I start thinking about the other stuff on the Windows drive, that I wouldn't have in a reinstall, so I go back to doing the backup. Sigh.


Left the laptop on overnight to finish the backup of Windows. Woke up 3am; it had finished so I turned it off, forgetting the drive was still attached.

Morning: panic - would the drive be recognised when I turned the laptop on? Yes, thank God it was still there.

Then I saw (in contents) I had ALREADY done a backup of Windows, couple of months previously!! Now I had 2 copies of it taking up GB of space.

Could have saved myself the time and effort by simply updating the previous backup!!  DUH.


I will have to leave the laptop running all night to finish this backup. I started this morning and it's 9.30pm now. The backup of Windows is about 80 percent done.


Why did I decide to include windows in my backup? I was being overly consistent but I knew it would take forever. I can kiss today goodbye.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y I now have two identical current backups, on different drives. I learned the hard way to have two backups, having dropped an external hard drive and lost everything on it.


Venice coach crash aftermath an 'apocalyptic scene' as 21 killed - including two children. It plunged off a bridge onto railway tracks.. what could possibly have caused that?
https://news.sky.com/story/at-least-20-dead-after-coach-crashes-off-overpass-near-venice-12976152


nostr:npub15axslcpkj56yfdtzs4pp5zhtd3ecv3uavpfchsched0r4x0cjl2qwplqq5 I have a cupboard full of drives that I have bought over the years, because I seem to keep everything and fill up a drive, then move on to the next one. That is one reason I would like one huge drive to store it all.


Just thinking about hard drive capacity and how storage gets larger all the time, I remember my first "proper" computer was standard 10MB drive but I opted for the larger 15MB drive and I thought it was amazing.

Today I could download one single file that large and not really notice it. How times change.


I'm a bit slow today because I am doing backups. What's that you say, I am slow every day? Hrmph.
What I would like is a gigantic backup drive large enough to combine all my drives from years of computing. The largest I can feasibly buy is 5TB and I've already used half of that.


nostr:npub18pgg079sknh9fyn5pv02yzp93j7wf7ad6ppgzyhwd6jtwsrktd4q7lvu8p have you tried vaping? I would prefer you to not smoke at all, but vapes are supposedly less harmful.


nostr:npub18pgg079sknh9fyn5pv02yzp93j7wf7ad6ppgzyhwd6jtwsrktd4q7lvu8p Beware of the triggers. (Not people shooting you, :) I mean whatever happens in your mind and heart and life for which the only remedy is alcohol.)


nostr:npub1pwxtgfu0lfjkvxsd9up6g0hr9zk4sh3rycf6s75474nkqf8phuaqqgxk5j sigh, groan, laugh.


Kevin McCarthy: US House Speaker removed from office for first time in history
https://news.sky.com/story/kevin-mccarthy-us-house-speaker-removed-from-office-for-first-time-in-history-12976003


US and Russia both testing nationwide emergency signals. The UK has already done so. What are they not telling us?
https://www.newsweek.com/us-russia-emergency-alert-drills-1831776


I do think I'm autistic to some degree and (too late) I see it even more in my brother too - he's dead now as of three years ago. I really wish I had understood that earlier, for both of us.


nostr:npub1c3mvuvn365m9t4yk9v6avqzdh2w39t8lurmsreuz03v5jzx53teskv43se I agree. What were they aiming for with that photo?


While researching autism I came across an anxiety syndrome called Avoidant Syndrome and reading the underlying triggers in childhood I suddenly realised, that is exactly what I went through.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201105/cold-people-what-makes-them-way-part-1


nostr:npub165qgkr4y4yd0sr4m3faxs2wfkaeuw464cwyk03w9ys5m9agschcsyy8nft I love it, but I can't seem to guess it quickly enough. Yesterday's was really hard.


nostr:npub1rafsg7nh974f7sn82c2u8dd6u4mfaltpllkemmgerq4kukxxdx4q44nw8h Nice boots!!


Can't do this is less than 10

squareword.org 610: 10 guesses

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#squareword #squareword610


I can't share Letter Boxed so I'm sharing it! I can normally do this in the required number of words.
https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/letter-boxed

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/171/311/965/479/334/original/8b2f2dfe8e3ef812.png


I'm catching onto this game now.
Blossom Puzzle, October 3
Letters: E I M T O P R
My score: 261 points
My longest word: 10 letters
 🌼 💮 💐 🌷 🏵 🌻 🌸 🌹 🌺 🌼

Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


I'm glad I got the first three. I had no idea on the fourth.
Connections
Puzzle #114
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Phrazle 1066: 3/6
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#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


🦊#FoxiMax #402 8/8
https://foximax.com/

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Good luck (or clever choices) stay with me....

Wordle 836 3/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


I could not resist watching the finale of "Only Murders..." and it was more cohesive than the previous episode. But what about that ending huh?
This confirms there's going to be another season. So good!


He's more Republican than Democrat so he could appeal to MAGAs. Trump must be quaking.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/this-is-going-to-fck-trump-rfk-jr-insider-says-independent-run-will-help-biden/


nostr:npub1te2ddccxwknlkxuhh45wvggd9yp3jtqeyrrp2jxz08sfc0xk5h4qv7g2cg Oh go on, open it. Spread it THINLY onto bread, toast, a cracker, whatever. It's even better mixed with cheese spread.


Exclusive: John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump.
And what he says is deeply disturbing. You can also watch the video of what he said from this link.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/politics/john-kelly-donald-trump-us-service-members-veterans


Huge fireball lights up sky after explosion in Oxfordshire. This must have been scary!
https://news.sky.com/story/huge-fireball-lights-up-sky-after-explosion-in-oxfordshire-12975298


Live updates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/02/trump-fraud-trial-ny-2/


Donald #Trump arrived at a New York court today for a fraud trial that could see him paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

He's accused of using false financial statements to make himself and his businesses wealthier, helping him broker deals and obtain financing.

“This is the single greatest witch-hunt of all time,” Trump said as he headed into court, and said the case was being overseen by a “rogue judge”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/02/trump-fraud-case-new-york


nostr:npub165qgkr4y4yd0sr4m3faxs2wfkaeuw464cwyk03w9ys5m9agschcsyy8nft I was stuck on this one too. Took me ages to guess the last one.


Just what happened to fashion shows?
The plan seems to be to come up with the most bizarre thing possible - I really feel for the models who have to walk up and down in these things. And it's getting stranger day by day.

https://www.reckontalk.com/weird-and-funny-fashion-show-trends-part-1/


Blossom Puzzle, October 2
Letters: A E H R T V W
My score: 171 points
My longest word: 8 letters
 💮 🌼 🌸 🏵 🌻 🌺 💐 🌷

Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


Connections
Puzzle #113
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nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 Maybe it was a narrative for your dreams.


Whoa. It seems not having vowels helps me. (Did I just void my vowels?)

Wordle 835 3/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


nostr:npub1hemdxvjcfz0zt39ymgxwv77k5vrr4tkk25zzg486e4t8sw5rwyksafrq92 Oh yes, plenty of butter first. It soaked in.


The mechanic turned up shortly after they arrived, (and in response to a text message to him??) so at least the wait wasn't long. BUT it does look like we've lost the car again for a week (or more???) Let's wait and see.


Mmmmm...toast and marmite!!
mouthwatering.
Just what I needed.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/165/506/065/948/483/original/386684ee3a9a79c2.png


I do not believe this! Hubby got the car to the garage, having arranged for a friend to drive him home, and they arrived to find the garage locked up and nobody there!!! Two wasted journeys. Unbelievable.


I dreamt an entire two storey house was emptied of everything except light blue shag pile carpet everywhere. Remember shag pile? What was the point of it?


And here we go again. The car is back in the garage, the same one as last time, to deal with the oil leak, the engine light being on and the handbrake...and who knows what else.
These are problems the car didn't have when it went in last time... when we had to wait nearly two months to get it back, and pay over a thousand pounds for it.


nostr:npub1garuv4g7j9fy5a2tujkv4z8zdu9rc3rscysdphxrv85uf2ej8rjq5t2hs8 Oh, I haven't done that. Next time I'll check it out.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpEbpSrNdXE


nostr:npub1garuv4g7j9fy5a2tujkv4z8zdu9rc3rscysdphxrv85uf2ej8rjq5t2hs8 Wow I'm impressed. It took me a while to get more than 100. I didn't realise at first you could use the letters more than once in a word.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y I've liked his stuff for a while, and people are (quite rightly) moved by the Lonely Cat one. That's become popular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwLLFbC1H0c


oops I posted the wrong link. This is the Kiffness one I wanted to share.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CUe8SUn3Wg


The Kiffness is always a joy. Don't give up until you hear the last second - gave me a laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwLLFbC1H0c


nostr:npub1c2q2xfy9lwr4vte69rnpgvnnjcpn2gev6kzejxdd9yhegut6j65s4e9wjj I think so - same with the plan to "get homeless off the streets" to make himself look better, not to offer help to the homeless. That's my guess.


nostr:npub1cwnapn4ct05nd379f28sv99z67gn203rvuefnudz9l9u6t5r5hhq9hpd8e I either fail at Foximax or get annoyed with the words they use. I still play it, but not happily.


nostr:npub1cwnapn4ct05nd379f28sv99z67gn203rvuefnudz9l9u6t5r5hhq9hpd8e It's better than Foximax that just seems to invent words nowadays. I even looked up one of theirs on Google and Google didn't have it.


Part Two

* Investigate pharma companies
* Re-evaluate NATO
* Downplay Russia as a problem.
* Set up import penalty on most products
* Phase out Chinese imports
* Remove the U.S. from Paris climate accord
* Complete border wall with Mexico

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-2024-platform-so-far-1.6961527


If Trump wins the election, this is what he will do:

Part One.
* Investigate/jail Biden
* Fire Civil Servants
* End gender-affirming care for minors.
* Bring back death penalty
* Bomb Mexico to stop drugs
* Use National Guard against drug gangs
* End birthright citizenship
* Bar "Marxists" entering the U.S
* Force homeless off streets
* Bring back mental asylums
* End racial equity programs
* Get more presidential control


squareword.org 608: 12 guesses

🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟧🟨🟧🟩🟧
🟧🟨🟨🟨🟧

<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword608


Blossom Puzzle, October 1
Letters: A E G N O R T
My score: 124 points
My longest word: 7 letters
 🌸 💮 🌺 💐 🌼 🌻 🌹

Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


Connections
Puzzle #112
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🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦


Phrazle 1062: 4/6
⬜⬜🟩    🟩🟩🟩    ⬜🟩⬜⬜

⬜⬜🟩    🟩🟩🟩    ⬜🟩⬜⬜

🟩⬜🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩
#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


🦊#FoxiMax #400 5/8
https://foximax.com/

🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
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⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧
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Wordle 834 3/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


nostr:npub15wtkkf7yxmea8g4mstwjlu4hsm40luj6f65m99hqjyjh7nes8eqstl7rek And there are MANY more series that are no longer free on Amazon and come only with a subscription to Paramount (or maybe others as well.) I'm not paying twice. What's the point of  paying for Amazon Prime if I could get it on Paramount anyway?


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y
https://mastodon.online/@alison/111156715638385217


Do any of you subscribe to Amazon Prime and therefore watch video series and movies there?
Well I haven't been there in a while but I used to watch cartoons etc... I just went to see Lower Decks new season and to my disgust everything now is "subscription" to Paramount - seven day "free trial" after which it auto renews to £6.99 a month... hang on, we are already paying Amazon to watch videos!!!
Everything in my watchlist is now by subscription, or "free with adverts".
I'm furious.


nostr:npub18khwazk5cnscc6hf2yhgcgajtd2307zh2apgjkk2ywqcpqu7lnvqqvv8r8 He's found the scent of his humans and is indulging in a love-in.


nostr:npub1werf6mxcee5h9kt06lcl294yy6qf739vsan230uqfgs5dvamsnzqgkcfkg That would have been nice any other day but this, however I am suffering aches and pains in my legs and hips from doing all the work in the garden yesterday. I feel about 100 years old today, I'm hobbling everywhere and groaning. :)


nostr:npub1werf6mxcee5h9kt06lcl294yy6qf739vsan230uqfgs5dvamsnzqgkcfkg I use CPAP for sleep apnoea so that's already taken care of. But as far as getting any medical help these days in the UK, you have to be at death's door before they notice.


I don't understand.
How can I have a broken night, sleep (badly) for six hours and feel normal and awake the next day......
BUT when, last night, I slept well as far as I know, no interruptions, eight hour's sleep, and got up at 7.30 and now feel as tired as can be.
The difference is inexplicable.


nostr:npub1kzc2e92nrjuyhtstuzeyyufjzsh6nh8vsp9nmr75y3mkhxes3tfqkenegm It looks lovely. I wish I could afford to fund it for you. Also, I wish I could travel around living in a motorhome.


Sycamore Gap: Police search home of 69 year old former lumberjack as they probe felling of 'iconic' tree. Theories abound but nobody is sure of the motive. It may have been someone with a grudge against the National Trust.

https://mol.im/a/12578491


New York flooded, many homes uninhabitable, streets under water.
https://news.sky.com/story/new-york-flooded-as-citys-infrastructure-struggles-to-cope-with-changing-climate-12973472


nostr:npub1qfukf3axktpyj2eps3l40qyan0vp5f9lr3y57uw7jlmfz5dwhw8sp7w0ya Do you know, you look almost exactly like my brother (he passed away some years ago.)


nostr:npub1rkuyuucd8exd3f6z3p0atrr6ya25t5zyam34zkew9ky2mfyuweus8hsqsh nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y I'm type 2. I try to keep away from sugary things - they actually make me feel bad. I have medication for it, and I'm not on insulin yet thank goodness.


nostr:npub1sre0wuqsrck68ycschkt47u55wg9rht0akadhtavjp3kjpkuysdsgamny9 At the moment nobody knows why it was done, or who did it. They just turned up in the middle of the night and cut the tree down. It's a mystery. The country is incensed because it was a local landmark and an important/famous sight that people travelled to see.


only 9 this time.

squareword.org 607: 9 guesses

🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟩🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword607


nostr:npub1rafsg7nh974f7sn82c2u8dd6u4mfaltpllkemmgerq4kukxxdx4q44nw8h You got it quicker than I did. (We seem to be on different timescales. I had a different puzzle.)


Blossom Puzzle, September 30
Letters: C D L E N O S
My score: 158 points
My longest word: 9 letters
 💐 🌷 🌼 🌸 🌺 💮 🏵 🌹 🌻

Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


Easier today, thank goodness.
Connections
Puzzle #111
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🟦🟦🟪🟦
🟦🟦🟪🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦


Phrazle 1060: 4/6
🟨🟨🟪    ⬜⬜⬜    🟩⬜⬜⬜🟪

🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜

🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩⬜🟩🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


Whoa, three the same? Well okay then.

Wordle 833 4/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


nostr:npub18tatra77nlxd6zd5ap2gxjhqeef8wjg84fva2zwy05q8hun3ph9qvtg9jm Thank you!!


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y OOOh cake! (But I mustn't, I'm diabetic.) I had the coffee and a nice shower, and now I'm back, somewhat rested and needing.... well.... cake. (go on then.)


nostr:npub15axslcpkj56yfdtzs4pp5zhtd3ecv3uavpfchsched0r4x0cjl2qwplqq5 I remember her. But we called our little twig of an apple tree Twiggy when we first planted her in our garden, and the name stuck. Of course she is full grown now.


Phew. I did the garden!!
I picked up all the fallen apples that Twiggy (our naughty apple tree) had dropped, trimmed the bushes and bagged up the clippings. Now I just need a dry day or two to be able to sweep the yard.
And I'm exhausted. I need a shower. But first --- you guessed it, a coffee.


nostr:npub1y7em0nywnfk2ddj8axepzkwllelcpvtut6rc35dh8c9ysnfnwkwsp5ne6m You're right, no fun being woken up and equally no fun thinking you heard something when you didn't.


My offering for #Caturday. You don't think it's very realistic? But, all cats love dogs and vice versa, eh?? (Oh, you meant the bit about him using the laptop... well that's completely believable.)

#catsofmastodon #catstodon #catlife #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Kitten #Cats #CatsOfFediverse

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/153/328/970/884/722/original/498326f528a9e560.jpg


nostr:npub1pgl5j0wjvqw88rsan9jguayj5atlrayhf45twqmznk550mufv7gq88x6mf I've had that knocking on the door thing as well.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Just looked it up and it's called hypnogogia. Apparently it's not uncommon.


nostr:npub1ujxgw6vqum2enn9n2ljl5fajcft4cwkvh0sm9y223fg6dgfhjrsss72t4y I once heard myself say something aloud, but I realised I hadn't moved my lips. I hadn't spoken, but I heard my own voice speaking. Odd. I was in bed at the time, though I don't know if I was asleep.


Weird night.
First I was woken up at 2.30 am by the phone ringing. Except it didn't ring.
(I have had this happen before, and also been woken by the doorbell, but the doorbell didn't ring and there was nobody at the door.)
Then abruptly woken again at 5.30 am by something falling onto the hard floor. Except nothing fell and the floor is mostly carpeted. I even got up and wandered around looking to see what had made the noise.
I couldn't get back to sleep so now l am both puzzled and annoyed.


New York: State of emergency declared as 'life-threatening storm' causes flooding
https://news.sky.com/story/new-york-state-of-emergency-declared-as-life-threatening-storm-causes-widespread-flooding-12972511


Sycamore Gap tree: Second person arrested in connection with felling of iconic landmark.
I have thought from the start there are more people involved. I hope the true motive is revealed in due course.
https://news.sky.com/story/sycamore-gap-tree-second-person-arrested-in-connection-with-felling-of-iconic-landmark-12972772


Did you know about this? I didn't. It comes into force at the weekend... so many businesses are going to be fined!
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/single-use-plastic-ban-takeaways-firms-no-warning/


nostr:npub18pgg079sknh9fyn5pv02yzp93j7wf7ad6ppgzyhwd6jtwsrktd4q7lvu8p Everybody is asking the same question. And nobody knows.


The tree was over 70ft and would have required muscle and specialist equipment to chop down cleanly.

Someone holding a torch would have been needed to know where to cut. That suggests an accomplice.

The Sycamore also appears to have been cleanly sliced at the trunk - leaving behind a smooth stump.

Mike Pratt, chief executive of the Northumberland Wildlife Trust, believes a professional was behind the vandalism.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24197547/three-clues-sycamore-gap-tree-cut-down-planned/


nostr:npub16amtep93lsyxlk38p9n6gxnn8awxcutqp2ufmpyezcw4x7tg40us7dr9cr Absolutely, there is more to this than they are saying. It was a professional felling, and the white paint mark was possibly done beforehand as a marker for later on. Who stood to gain from this? Who had a grudge? It needs more than just an arrest of a 16 year old.


Did you know Michael Gambon died? He played Dumbledore in Harry Potter.

Also, another Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid died aged 72.

(He also appeared in ITV detective drama Cracker and the James Bond films Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough.)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/michael-gambon-actor-played-dumbledore-harry-potter-films-dies-82-rcna117801


I just downloaded two youtube videos, a two-part series, and it was information I wanted to have about someone I used to work with, but as much as I wanted to listen, one video was over three and a half hours long and the second part was over four hours long.
I don't have the time or patience to sit there for a day just to gain this information.
I skipped through most of it, but come on, who makes videos this long? It's longer than a movie.


Now Twitterites will have to submit a profile photo and official ID to be verified on #Twitter. This is to "deal with false profiles" amongst other things. But Twitter will hang onto the information for at least 30 days and submit it to a company based in Israel. See below

https://uk.pcmag.com/social-media/148267/verifying-your-identity-on-twitter-will-require-taking-a-selfie


nostr:npub16pvaug3cqvfj09fs2nnqm24dr963knksr9ks60xag75kmeyutzmq5l3utc Sadly we cannot have solar panels. We live in a conservation area that is very strict, down to the colours we are allowed to paint our woodwork. No alterations or modernisations on the houses.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Scittish Power keep begging us to get a smart meter, but the signal reception in our house is awful for one thing, but also I've heard and read so many bad reports that it's put me off forever.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Ooooo, get you :) We have E7 so all the appliances are set up on timers. Even so, we are spending three times as much on electricity now. We don't have any gas.


Kneejerk reaction number 143:
😜
I was watching a video of a cleanup in the kitchen of a hoarder's house. The cleaner rescued the crockery and glassware and put it into the dishwasher.
Then she (gasp) switched it on. **During the DAY.**
When I'd recovered consciousness I thought, well maybe she doesn't live in this country with the highest energy prices in the world. Maybe people elsewhere can afford to run their appliances in the daytime.


squareword.org 606: 11 guesses

🟧🟩🟧🟧🟧
🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨
🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩

<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword606


Somehow, it escaped my notice that you could use any letter more than once... now I'm on a roll.

Blossom Puzzle, September 29
Letters: G H N I O S T
My score: 181 points
My longest word: 8 letters
 🏵 🌹 🌼 🌺 💐 🌸 🌷 🌻

Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


I'm just useless at this.

Connections
Puzzle #110
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦


Phrazle 1058: 4/6
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩    ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨

🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩    ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨🟪🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟨⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


Annoyed at these words - who said they could use that? Grrr.

🦊#FoxiMax #398 8/8
https://foximax.com/

🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜
🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧


A difficult answer - I was lucky in my choice of start word today.

Wordle 832 4/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


nostr:npub1tpsxqun7jgcc8m4au2f6ta9ndxjww4gfmdlcygd3p9r2rcuh35qsk69rmt You are so right. I renamed my Alexa to Echo and gave him a male voice. (Mind you, it's now pleasant to have a man as my servant LOL)


It is truly disturbing to see knee jerk reactions to everything these days. (Especially so when someone is killed because of it... like that 15 year old schoolgirl who was knifed recently.)


People everywhere tqalking about the #SycamoreGap tree felling, and some are claiming it was a "TikTok challenge" (which I doubt) and others saying he was paid to do it by somebody who knew (and marked the tree with white paint beforehand) --- I have a fantasy reason (more suited to a conspiracy group) that someone in officialdom wanted the tree gone (rather like the Wonky Pub which mysterious burnt down and was demolished.)


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y nostr:npub1hppwfjh735m6h59axq943qspm6970syddtg0nw202nn8djjgy7cskjcswm oh boy, I do remember, and I still see in my memory the brick wall along our back garden swaying back and forth.


nostr:npub1hppwfjh735m6h59axq943qspm6970syddtg0nw202nn8djjgy7cskjcswm nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y I'm with you on that. In autumn we do normally get a bit of wind and rain. But for most of my life that was called weather not a named storm.


nostr:npub1dvrptcmq7hkc390hngzhwr407qkghcx63gk95v5gh6ycw30mttqqd4emf4 Sorry to hear this. I have missed you. Life can indeed get tiresome and crappy....but anytime you want to engage or share, we are all here for you.


How did "Storm Agnes" affect you? Here it's been calm, a bit of rain, stiff breeze yesterday for a while... just usual weather. I haven't read up on the effects elsewhere.


Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall 'deliberately felled'.
There is much more to this story that has not been revealed. How does a boy get there with a huge chainsaw and get away without notice? Why was white paint marked on the trunk showing where to cut? And the biggest question... why?
https://news.sky.com/story/sycamore-gap-iconic-tree-at-hadrians-wall-deliberately-felled-12971594


nostr:npub10n7mfypvdpnve4xxl7uadyquwgud8q0p59jx6drae8lgr4s26ags9krvsj this was so clearly done by a professional who knew how to fell trees. The question is why, as well as who.


nostr:npub1cwnapn4ct05nd379f28sv99z67gn203rvuefnudz9l9u6t5r5hhq9hpd8e I can't get any references to singers or movies. I just don't know any.


nostr:npub1cwnapn4ct05nd379f28sv99z67gn203rvuefnudz9l9u6t5r5hhq9hpd8e Yes, I can only get the last one by eliminating all the others, and I'm still scratching my head over it.


After all my annoyance with Google this morning, I looked on my Tablet just now and the screen was covered by demands (invitations) to set up and use "Google Assistant" and they listed all kinds of ways they could access even more of my data and be more intrusive (um, I mean, be helpful to me.)


nostr:npub1g9h0v9u7v404h8m598zrfdg3hd5nzh2p25xxwj4h4ychg6ce7pwqd063j0 I forget. I think you have to pay them to do it, but my hosting company won't work with them any more anyway.


I'm getting a bit better at this
Blossom Puzzle, September 28
Letters: A G O E S T U
My score: 114 points
My longest word: 7 letters
 💐 🌼 🌸 🌺 💮 🌷 🌻

Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


nostr:npub1wspe7uh3tv90ff6ql6uh52ktp2l4p33xh0nsmq5zkmn50h90668q2njysc Yes, the orchestral music, the song lyrics - the people who crafted those did such a good job. And Charles singing, which of the twins did it.... superb!


I'm only just doing my games. It's been that sort of a day. I need coffee.

Wordle 831 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
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⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


I watched the next episode of "Only Murders" (episode 9) and was a bit disappointed. It seemed contrived and the scene at the end wasn't believable at all. What did you think?


nostr:npub1g9h0v9u7v404h8m598zrfdg3hd5nzh2p25xxwj4h4ychg6ce7pwqd063j0 My host has stopped using Lets Encrypt. Anyway, I tried that and I couldn't work out how to set it up... I have decided I have to pursue SSL certificates via my host and ask them to set it up. But it's so expensive. And between now and April they are moving ALL the data to a new server anyway, so I might limp onwards until then and get a different package with SSL included. Here's hoping.


nostr:npub1qctl0jvua2jwra8tvhg8wa6xgejkr4ecnjagv5apw06dg3lrz03qaprs5r Thanks for the reply. My problem isn't the app/program I'm using. It turns out Google are blocking my account+email because the domain doesn't have an SSL certificate. So it cannot be resolved at the moment.


I now have to throw up my hands in despair and surrender to Google...
I could not afford to get a SSL certificate for all my domains (and they are 20-30 years old) but up to this year it didn't cause much of a problem. But now Google has tightened up and I'm getting blocks on my emails as well as "security alerts" for my websites.
Trying to turn on "less secure apps" to get my gmails resulted in the message: "Less secure app access-
This setting is not available for your account."
So it's over


nostr:npub1v66js5tq3260dynhxvknc733s4fjxg70xzlndsd7534t86vukw9q76qlzr I'm using Outlook on my laptop, and my previous gmail account (with the same settings) sends and receives without a problem. But I think I might have uncovered the problem - with the other gmail I had turned on "less secure apps" in that google account. So I went to turn it on with this google account and got the message:
This setting is not available for your account.


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Apart from anything else, if parasites or viruses arrive and the human race has no immunity we are screwed.


Good morning Fedifriends.
I want to ask some questions about setting up gmail in Outlook. There's a lot to this story but I'll try to summarise it.
I set up a second gmail email because the one I have isn't suitable, but it refuses to connect to send mail. The other one sends and receives with no problem, and I set up the new one identically, yet that won't connect.
I wondered about the password, am I right that the gmail pwd is the same one as your corresponding google account?


nostr:npub19j8tywkpwkspzrjfmc3e4mjypscez3aja007carauw648e39cfpstp7n2u That word is also a perfectly respectable Latin term meaning "with" so if someone used it in that context would they also be banned?


aaaaaand I'm BACK.
https://tenor.com/wt34.gif


Hello and happy Wednesday folks.
I've been offline all morning, working. What did I miss?


nostr:npub1dsfxzp587xemvu5sd8wcv7nmwgm5d9ln05jznwnk6dshkg66amcq76msr5 Our two cats did in fact learn to vocalise Dad and Mum (which they picked up from the way we referred to ourseves when speaking to them.)
The first time I noticed that was when my husband was chasing a large dragonfly in the house and had to climb up onto a cabinet and one of the cats shouted "Dad!!". We both looked at her in surprise. But eventually it become normal for them to do it.
If I was in the toilet and she wanted me to come out she'd sit outside the door saying "Mom".


Ha, so much for the research. I played all my online games and thought, okay now I have no excuse, I need to read the articles and watch the youtubes.
Discovered that the two linked youtubes are both over three hours long. Three hours. I would have to spend all day watching both of them.
Not gonna happen. Maybe if I fast forwarded... but then I'd miss a lot of the information...
Hrmph.


nostr:npub1e03etx7eqmw6ytfxy38tp5llhal3m02mrhnxezzrwsxz5twe8vwqsazt79 I wish they would list the tries on the same page, not separately where you have to click to see them. I need to write my tries down to remember what I've said.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y What can I say, I'm very convinceable


Does anybody do this in less?
squareword.org 603: 11 guesses

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#squareword #squareword603


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Will do!!!


Blossom Puzzle, September 26
Letters: C E H L I S T
My score: 72 points
My longest word: 6 letters
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Play Blossom:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/blossom-word-game


Connections
Puzzle #107
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Phrazle 1052: 4/6
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#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


🦊#FoxiMax #395 4/8
https://foximax.com/

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Wordle 829 5/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


Oh, I just realised I haven't done my round of online games today - I have been too occupied with the unpleasant task of reading/viewing the for-and-against rants about someone I used to work with who has since become, what's the word, famous? Notorious?
I actually hate ploughing through it all, with many deep sighs... but I feel I owe it to myself to be informed.
Do I continue, or do I play games... I know which I would prefer.


I can't believe I forgot to watch the next episode of Only Murders In The Building last week! So now I have two to watch --- which is good. Looking forward to it.


nostr:npub14u236zuhv78m8sgznnclprmaff96v0vtm6q7ktex8ykz9pznxzhqypzq27 I'm a square


nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 I read the news this morning and thought, again, why is everyone I know dying? (Perhaps because I am ancient?? Oh yeah, it must be that.)


nostr:npub1qfukf3axktpyj2eps3l40qyan0vp5f9lr3y57uw7jlmfz5dwhw8sp7w0ya Presumably Arius did (but then how would you know where to click to find him) and I'd have to say the one who fell asleep at the bottom because he missed the vote. Am I right??  LOL


Him: I've decided not to use the Barber because it costs £25, so I'm going to shave my head every morning.
Her: Hmmm, okay
Him: So I've bought a safety razor, packs of replacement blades, shaving foam, after-shave gel and moisturiser...
Her: How much did that cost?
Him: About £40 I think
Her: So. We made a big saving there then.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/130/977/678/767/190/original/8adf823c6f771fba.png


nostr:npub1wp52peqxrj3j62sv5uk6rn07yfzmf9nrp60gfet55dzq6x0gg3kq8uve33 I did wonder that but the lane outside makes the headlights point away from the window, and also the curtains were drawn. The other window is a skylight and that has no blind, hence my thoughts about a comet or something in the sky.


nostr:npub14sn27durxxv0d3wqsclksqawmhywkygz8nccek23jkzsf6r5njaslwm86r nostr:npub1ctzfsxpkgj59uvjv8za2qtx8lcl3ukalp6ud5v4tmn3s3jwzgamsg2zyq5 Not sure what you mean but I just say omelette. As it looks.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Change of password probably. But spoofing doesn't mean he has my account details, so I'm not rushing to change it.


Thanks for suggesting these games


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Then we'd need to buy a different car. So nothing gained. (I did think about that however.)


nostr:npub15z7trl42537k63q6e2n2yh7ycc9kxuvalk2l2s9sprn7epwf2lksztkxjn Oh how lovely it would be, but it's impossible, because we both need to have a car (even though I don't drive) and selling it wouldn't leave much after paying the bill.


I see that someone has finally written a book about misophonia - the strange fact that certain noises are unbearable to people who have this problem.
I do suffer a bit from this - certain noises like the rustling of cellophane or a certain grade of plastic, and the clicking of something like old typewriter keys or wooden sticks... and other things...I find very unpleasant.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/17/misophonia-phenomenon-sounds-unbearable-new-book-dr-jane-gregory


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Hubby is almost dancing for joy. But then, he doesn't have to worry about finding the money. He just gets his beloved toy back.


nostr:npub15z7trl42537k63q6e2n2yh7ycc9kxuvalk2l2s9sprn7epwf2lksztkxjn  I quite often get a surprising inner intuition that suggests just the right word. (And equally often I don't.) The most amazing thing is that on a few occasions I have typed in the right word just off the bat, first time - out of all the millions of words in the dictionary I chose the right one. I cannot explain that.


Flooded in Dawlish today...

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/081/207/448/722/748/original/0bbec5fb89282680.png


Just heard about the car, at LAST, that it will probably be ready this coming Tuesday. All I need now is to know how much it will cost - probably thousands. (There is, he says, more work to be done on it because the heater pipes are blocked but, thankfully, he realises that would add another week to our wait.)


nostr:npub10qxyx0vkge05jgqwmpx667vet80hnxjnnctspeghc4v7f4ghpe8sezters nostr:npub1y0sqcehlrcaa7uvuhfh4e494wp7xa3cjpucktvpx2ajv98qv0ccszqpzt3 Exactly. As I recall, that point was made in the article, too.


proud of myself for doing it in 9 today

squareword.org 594: 9 guesses

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Connections
Puzzle #98
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Phrazle 1034: 3/6
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#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


nostr:npub1rr83fjpdq6fjqp8640mu4qmuycw309dcwc864yrmfl8rxd445ufqprkmy5 We need one!!


🦊#FoxiMax #386 6/8
https://foximax.com/

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Earlier this month, a new record was set after the seventh consecutive day of temperatures above 30C in the UK - the longest run ever recorded in the month of September.


Wordle 820 5/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


The Met Office says as much as 10cm of rain could fall on Sunday.

A yellow weather warning has been issued for large parts of the UK, with much of southern England and South Wales set for "severe" thunderstorms.

It is set to be in place from 1pm on Sunday, until 6am on Monday.

Another yellow alert is in place, warning of heavy rain and thunderstorms for the southwest of England and South Wales throughout Sunday.

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weather-heavy-rain-warning-for-parts-of-england-and-wales-as-forecasters-warn-of-wet-and-windy-week-ahead-12963311


nostr:npub1y0sqcehlrcaa7uvuhfh4e494wp7xa3cjpucktvpx2ajv98qv0ccszqpzt3 I actually think he might be re-elected... and the consequences are universally horrendous.


nostr:npub1n76zmulzfxy0z99ymxdlfywswhq6rg3c00mdyucfytfgpt7m6xvsvsdl3s agreed! :) (but I was able to do the simple sum that we are now getting eight fewer rolls for our money (albeit they are a bit larger.)


Another bit of fancy footwork, seeming to offer choice or a better deal but in fact sneaking the prices up.
We always bought a 24 pack of Cushelle toilet rolls. Recently we noticed the rolls had shrunk. Typical.
But last time we bought it, they boasted how they had made the rolls LARGER - except now there are only 16 in the pack.
The rolls are larger, yes, but 16 instead of 24 is a false economy, and actually is charging more for less!

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/079/687/176/165/547/original/767f8dfbc1600d76.jpg

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/079/687/263/062/497/original/2bc1ddd493332976.png


Latest news on Hurricane Lee.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hurricane-lee-advances-new-england-eastern-canada-rcna105396


nostr:npub12f3yy6jsz083fw4ul5pdvfyqqhcydu9ax5dk5er5lhr2fpsdg27svdad49 Yep. "Be a loyal customer, take out a loyalty card and buy things at the same price as everyone else, except the normal customers are now going to pay much MORE". Clever eh?


nostr:npub1garuv4g7j9fy5a2tujkv4z8zdu9rc3rscysdphxrv85uf2ej8rjq5t2hs8 I wouldn't have minded dreams. The way it affects me is it keeps me up all night with stomach pains.


hmm, ten again. I think I will struggle to do better.

squareword.org 593: 10 guesses

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Connections
Puzzle #97
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I feel bad I didn't get this sooner

Phrazle 1032: 4/6
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#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


Not too bad!
Wordle 819 3/6

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I don't know whose kitten this is, but it's too cute to miss, on #Caturday

#catsofmastodon #catstodon #catlife   #CatsOfMastodon #Kitten #Cats #CatsOfFediverse

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/074/485/980/238/030/original/3404169a179b0d3a.jpg


Okay I have trawled through my phone settings and the FB app settings, trying to turn off anything I can. I seem to have stopped FB notifications, I hope. But the FB settings are huge and so complicated no ordinary person is going to wade through all that lot.


nostr:npub19lca5xp2adz2dm20zu9e58fskmu4f5g506r7l6zpqcvqwj0qm7xq09h3vq And for "group chats".... I don't know anybody in these groups, why would I want to chat with them? And of course you can't opt out of, or delete, the adverts.


nostr:npub18pgg079sknh9fyn5pv02yzp93j7wf7ad6ppgzyhwd6jtwsrktd4q7lvu8p Sadly I have to, because I run a number of important local groups there, and also it's my only contact with elderly relatives.


Grrrr, I would say "unbelievable" but it's not, it's Facebook.
FB messenger used to be for people you know to message you. Now it's turned into yet another way for FB to send people to your profile, open up group chats, encourage everyone in your group to message you and - yes - to send you ADVERTS in Messenger.
Now my phone is going PING every few seconds with more of this tosh.


Loyalty card scam.

Looking at discounts on Tesco Clubcard and Sainsbury Nectar card  29% of the items were only at their ‘regular’ price for a very short time.

A 200g jar of Nescafé Gold Blend sold at Sainsbury’s for £8.10 to general customers but £6 with a Nectar card.

BUT the regular price had been £6 until it rose to £8.10 just two days before the Nectar price was introduced, the report said.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/15/which-tesco-and-sainsburys-hiking-prices-before-loyalty-discount-19503815/


nostr:npub17vjhqu8nd8gk0uahk0mrek0605nycuz547u8nhwmp9xp8d3xc22sqtg088  I think I did that once... when I was about 9 years old. Maybe.


nostr:npub15axslcpkj56yfdtzs4pp5zhtd3ecv3uavpfchsched0r4x0cjl2qwplqq5 How is it we can feel wide awake in the middle of the night, and half dead in the morning? It's just not fair.


Yup. I'm pretty sure this is many of us.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/074/130/185/028/721/original/4cb931c29a43330e.jpg


nostr:npub15axslcpkj56yfdtzs4pp5zhtd3ecv3uavpfchsched0r4x0cjl2qwplqq5 Yes, me too - and once it becomes a habit, your body gets used to the routine and then, bing, at 2.30 you wake up feeling like it's morning.


nostr:npub1zswzrgqatxgrzgmph696rk8mh9x5v7fgektxmjtrnfc9dcde52jssq73vl I have enough to do without hand washing all the china and glassware every six months.


Sadly, although much in need of a good night's sleep, I had what I think was a garlic attack most of the night (I'm garlic intolerant but it's put in almost everything these days).
I woke around 2.30am and couldn't get back to sleep until nearly 4am.


Added to the news that the horrific Libyan flood disaster was partly man made, due to negligence, there's now a move to prosecute those responsible.

"The chief prosecutor of Libya's eastern government has said he will prosecute those responsible for the neglect of two dams in Derna as the city struggles to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble."

https://news.sky.com/story/libyas-chief-prosecutor-vows-to-put-on-trial-those-responsible-for-derna-dam-neglect-12962281


nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 I find it depends which forecast, which website, you look at. I feel that some are presenting the news they want or hope will be true, rather than the genuine records.


#Trump is escalating his threats of fascist violence. During a recent interview, Trump told Glenn Beck that he is going to put President Joe Biden and his other "enemies" in prison if he takes back control of the White House.

He's openly planned to become America's first dictator and unleash a reign of revenge and tyranny. It is now said Trump is a psychopath (see remarks here by Dr. Lance Dodes)

Trump isn't a presidential #candidate, he's a fascist.

https://www.salon.com/2023/09/11/criminal-labels-and-orange-jumpsuits-experts-on-how-weaponizes-his-own-fears/


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Hmm, ten, not too bad

squareword.org 592: 10 guesses

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Connections
Puzzle #96
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wow, first I got Foximax in one and now Phrazle in TWO.

Phrazle 1030: 2/6
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#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y OOOH you arsonist!!!  But I bet it was fun.


Someone is on my side this afternoon!

🦊#FoxiMax #384 1/8
https://foximax.com/

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Lucky today - there was nothing else it could be.
Wordle 818 3/6

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No news on getting the car back. Hubby is livid. It was suggested to him it "might" be this weekend but no, apparently there is more work to be done so now it's next week "maybe".
The car has been in the garage for two months now.
I'm terrified of the cost. Mechanic said there's £400 in parts, so how much is the labour going to be??


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y We got a gas stove eventually, when I was at Primary school. My memory of that isn't pleasant because I came home from school and there was the lovely new stove and in praise I said "Oh thank you!". And my mother said grumpily, "I didn't buy it for you."


nostr:npub1na26x4haz5a6gen4p7czfmkcg3x2ayz7y0ywxhfx4zp0nl2ru8ts9skqmz This was rural Norfolk, England. The houses were built in the 1930s to house people after the first world war, rented by the local Council.


nostr:npub1hknk0c7q4w6fmneufrejsveukmzdrtcss4n6ap7kcfl8d6n84phqkuaplt We eventually had a paraffin stove stood on the landing upstairs, to try to heat the bedrooms. Luxury!! :)


People say, no bathroom? How did you bathe, wash or go to the loo?
You had a potty under the bed, you had an outside privvy for during the day, you washed at the kitchen sink, and to bathe once a week you had a tin bath that you filled with water, in front of the fire, and every member of the family took turns.
Our water was from the big tank outside fed by the downpipe, so lovely soft rainwater, which was heated up in the copper in the wash-house and carried in with buckets.


nostr:npub1rafsg7nh974f7sn82c2u8dd6u4mfaltpllkemmgerq4kukxxdx4q44nw8h Did you get plagued by the "encyclopaedia salesmen" that came round, rather like the Avon lady or the JWs of today? They were a menace. If you signed up for one volume you were stuck buying the entire set, month by month.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Noooooooooo!!!  Is it affecting your property?


nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 That is good, but what about the many that are already owned?


How old am I?
#OldPeopleOfMastodon
I was born in a house with no hot running water or bathroom, and initially the cooking was done on a range over an open coal fire.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/069/638/546/181/132/original/6fa75929e1e51650.png


nostr:npub15u6ywgz5gk5vjkh5p07y4g4smptr9azdppdzqcheva8d202gdzxq37qc6k I had to lie down, wobbly and a bit sicky. But I feel better now. I might tackle the rest tomorrow, weather willing.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Yes, many thanks indeed for the sun, much appreciated. If you could send some more for tomorrow that would be great.


I have overdone it. I failed to realise I am no longer young and strong, but I tackled the garden with great gusto, and then not only ran out of gusto but now feel rather poorly as a result.
And I need to finish the job.


nostr:npub1n8x76e7glvxc440a302uyrxwegsfftasf6efdfcl3tes6xmycjksspn8kx OHHH... yes, that makes sense now, it's what he would say (did say).


#Trump confessed to criminal allegations against him on TV, telling Megyn Kelly that the Presidential Records Act gave him the right to keep classified materials after leaving the White House and then refuse to comply with a subpoena seeking their return.

It gave prosecutors powerful evidence. "It's there on tape," said Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor. "The government is in an incredible position because they have the defendant on tape confessing to the crime."

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-classified-documents-2665435734/


nostr:npub1fec3jf8jqyh94kx6edmje06e7n9hgvhlmwh8ff0c67k8nds6x4sqxrs7uv Animals do seem to sense these things. I know our cats reacted.


nostr:npub1n8x76e7glvxc440a302uyrxwegsfftasf6efdfcl3tes6xmycjksspn8kx Nope, you will have to tell me.


I'm afraid this might be me. Cough cough.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/068/482/128/290/331/original/5ba9648df8ca2b85.jpg


nostr:npub12nmnyzsrq35vrs7cfqpzh9q0xyqyheta28c7kwz3hzwzwgltd9xqkyf3ur I was wondering the same thing, not perhaps the vape but before they arrived. Bad news for those who pin their hopes on such as her.


nostr:npub1rz4jnslgq2ugg2r7jvxnzgkvrdfhy5r2m7emt5hke7rl3twn7l9s3zd0xa Have a good day. My day is looking similar to almost every day and I'm only waiting for the weather to improve to get stuff done.


nostr:npub1n8x76e7glvxc440a302uyrxwegsfftasf6efdfcl3tes6xmycjksspn8kx OOPS


nostr:npub1n8x76e7glvxc440a302uyrxwegsfftasf6efdfcl3tes6xmycjksspn8kx My days of destruction are over. (Not that I am admitting to anything, mind you) But I do have a hankering for experimentation...and I'm wondering what would happen if I put this fork into the socket of.....


nostr:npub1rafsg7nh974f7sn82c2u8dd6u4mfaltpllkemmgerq4kukxxdx4q44nw8h That's worrying. And there is continuing talk of variations, and even new varieties coming on the scene. The world seems to have entered a phase of continuing pandemic.


Strange lights spotted in Morocco earthquake videos may be a phenomenon reported for centuries, scientists say.
Interesting study into lights that have been reported in earthquakes.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/world/earthquake-lights-phenomenon-scn


Theater video surveillance shows US Rep. Lauren Boebert escorted out of ‘Beetlejuice’ musical.
In effect, she and her friend were kicked out for their bad behaviour.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/politics/boebert-beetlejuice-musical


Libya: 'Disaster driven by human error' .
Reading about the dams that collapsed, I was thinking the same things but didn't want to sound unsympathetic. Nonetheless, this report is accurate.

 https://news.sky.com/video/share-12961235


nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 I could never bear to put my face under. I always avoided that.


nostr:npub15z7trl42537k63q6e2n2yh7ycc9kxuvalk2l2s9sprn7epwf2lksztkxjn You have asked some very important questions.


nostr:npub1awcq9xqxfugnras4xarfaxth79qgm43z9yu9v694xs7zxuh62xts9pngjg It sounds delicious! You need to come over here and help me with my garden - it's tiny and only needs tidying up. It would be a relief after what you have done in yours!


Soooo tired. I'm rather glad now we could not do the garden. And it's going to be pizza tonight not cooking a meal.
At least it's cooler, no fans running.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y
NO.
But I'll forgive you if you send us your nice weather for tomorrow.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y

* Cuppa - check
* Squirrely meme - check
* Looks at black clouds - hrmph


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Whassup matey?? 😔


I guess I should just be glad I can do it within 15 tries.

squareword.org 591: 13 guesses

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#squareword #squareword591


I got the first four easily, but the final four only by elimination

Connections
Puzzle #95
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Phrazle 1028: 4/6
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🟩🟩🟩🟩    ⬜🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟨🟪🟨    🟩🟩🟩    ⬜⬜🟩    ⬜🟪🟨⬜⬜⬜

🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    ⬜⬜🟩    🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


🦊#FoxiMax #383 6/8
https://foximax.com/

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Phew!
Wordle 817 5/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


nostr:npub1j89hwwxpkupt8v8qgxk9wrpne2gj2nqxf09sv39rp7yml8lmzdzsxe0dds I do take that, as it happens. I never have a problem getting off to sleep, it's staying asleep. I tend to wake up around 2am-3am and lie there thinking.


nostr:npub1gd7nk9u287uufqhye9s2q97w0q3786cwvcgt2uj869tc0mfds6eqxdazt6 Thank you!

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/063/204/869/841/092/original/6f6e6689950d7c15.png


I was SO hoping to get the yard and garden cleared today, in time for the (hoped for) return of the car at the weekend.
But I had another restless night, I'm tired, and now it's raining. Dammit.
This is beginning to give me unbearable stress.


Kim #Jong-un has pledged to support all of #Russia’s decisions as he met Vladimir #Putin..
Putin has reportedly promised to help the isolated state build satellites.
Speaking before the meeting, Kim said: “#Russia has risen to a sacred fight to protect its sovereignty and security. We will always support the decisions of President Putin and the Russian leadership … and we will be together in the fight against imperialism.”


Elon #Musk refuses to answer if his 'ignorance and ego' cost Ukrainian lives when he turned off Starlink to prevent an attack on Russia.
https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-refuses-to-answer-if-his-ignorance-and-ego-cost-ukrainian-lives-12960786


nostr:npub1mve0p3v048q8qqkx54jscrtsvt20jgpzq0kgtylh0dcnm8lj3rfqaz5yqq Thanks for your advice. As it turns out my husband wasn't prescribed them so I have no way to get them, which is probably a good thing.


It's mealtime!

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/059/300/084/690/668/original/67d1da27ad5d648e.jpg


nostr:npub15z7trl42537k63q6e2n2yh7ycc9kxuvalk2l2s9sprn7epwf2lksztkxjn They do choose some odd words, don't they?


nostr:npub1sdz0cadgn77ctv4rlnq399jl500cytg2wrd5uansp09wmtuskjdss43sw4 It usually takes me seven or eight


squareword.org 590: 11 guesses

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#squareword #squareword590


a tad easier today

Connections
Puzzle #94
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Phrazle 1026: 3/6
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🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


🦊#FoxiMax #382 6/8
https://foximax.com/

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Wordle 816 5/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


nostr:npub1tcu456rkq75jdyxawd2jpa23vg54q9r6zl8mtertumrjrv5mk8aqx3v36d When we visited my Great Aunt, when I was young, we walked to her village (didn't have a car) and she lived in a wooden cottage that her son had built for her, had an outside toilet of course, but also had a well in the yard where she drew all her water. That is about as basic as it got.


nostr:npub12vpkynmvedgqfxwqhuygckdprcy5nsyztx75dfunnhng0z2ntgjq262tzh Wow. That sounds awful. I feel sorry for you, that much money and losing the car for a month.


nostr:npub1wk7jjz78qjkztn5d2w6stfrv8wp49rzvxpyjylr339t5un394qasn59av4 Yah, to some extent, but I'm diabetic, so I have to be careful.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y When twin tubs arrived we thought they were magic, SO useful!

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/057/946/989/894/947/original/736bef1d4fb3ea2d.png


#ImNotSayingImOld but I've used an outside privvy, and a hand-operated wringer for washing.


Just had another phone call from the garage, about our car which has been in for repair for about a month and a half, and he's saying it MIGHT be ready by this weekend.
We asked the cost, but all he's said is that there have been over £400 in PARTS, but I know the labour costs will be horrendous.
I'm terrified to know what this might cost.


nostr:npub1mve0p3v048q8qqkx54jscrtsvt20jgpzq0kgtylh0dcnm8lj3rfqaz5yqq I looked it up and it's Lorazapam, which I think (I might be wrong) my husband was once prescribed. I wonder if he has any left.


Sometimes (but not seriously) I wish I took some kind of drug. I've never taken drugs and don't ever intend to, but sometimes when I'm depressed, tired, low, disheartened, unable to face another day, I wish there was an instant pep-up drug that would make me feel cheerful, active and wide awake.


Uh oh I fear the worst, just had the dreaded "Windows Update". I wonder what they messed up this time.


nostr:npub1fvwtd94pg85rztd5l37w6hlcjm3qj2vrqn8znm33sru5vjmwlzgsestars And you know this how....??


As you know, we both needed some solid good sleep last night. It was not to be.
Sometime after midnight, the phone starts ringing, and it's an unknown profile - would not take no for an answer. Had to 'decline' three times before it gave up.
Looking up the person's name today I discover what I already suspected, it's a Nigerian dating scammer trying to make contact.
Have now set the app profile to friends only and set up "do not disturb" on the phone!


squareword.org 589: 16 guesses

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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword589


I think I'll head over to Opera and do my alternative games, the ones I cannot share on Mastodon. I wish they would let me share the results, but I guess they are too "special" and "exclusive" to do that. Boo.


UK Heatwave to reach dramatic climax today - with yellow warnings for thunderstorms in place
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weather-heatwave-to-reach-dramatic-climax-today-with-yellow-warnings-for-thunderstorms-in-place-12958263


nostr:npub1v0j0mxl47dy9sftarv5vkd452mxkr5kljef0n93cyxxgnspxg49q6y9kyv Yes I abandoned my musical on the life of King David realising I just wasn't able to finish it, also a book on the origins of the OG and HUE which was fascinating but I realised nobody else would be interested.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y My naughty alter-ego getting out the cable cutters and eyeing up the internet cable.....

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/035/156/789/222/338/original/7a7fb687a9ed2766.png


nostr:npub1hw70uhs9dzu4gvqah637tmqldrfx5v7zl6vw6aw76u9rx3cwdmyqqdaq99 Not an easy one today


Yet again, American phrases.

Connections
Puzzle #90
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squareword.org 586: 13 guesses

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#squareword #squareword586


nostr:npub1erat83qtctkjzvr7zvay7jtdzseu5c8w7n7zhu2vc4f8v0lpt9asa5yt7p It was a difficult one today!


Phrazle 1017: 4/6
⬜🟪⬜🟪    ⬜🟪🟪🟪    🟪🟪🟨    ⬜⬜🟪⬜🟪🟪    🟪🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩

🟪⬜🟨🟪    🟪🟪⬜⬜    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟪⬜🟨🟪    ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟪🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟪⬜    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟪🟩🟨🟪⬜🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


🦊#FoxiMax #378 8/8
https://foximax.com/

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Wordle 812 4/6

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#DailyWordleClub #Wordlebuddies #Wordle #WordleWarriors nostr:npub1pypy53l0r32z52puz34qj2tpnqvgnpv607nh63als2lf60wcndtsa9gn77 #scoremywordle


Part two, after (or maybe even during) that dream of me cuddling the cats, I started humming a tune that I could not recall, and finally realised was Evergreen from "A Star is Born", a film I watched in 1976 and was SO moved by the song... but for some reason it rose up again in my brain this morning.

Two lights that shine as one
Morning glory and midnight sun
Time - we've learned to sail above
Time - won't change the meaning of one love
Ageless and ever evergreen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udLeOOy6em4


It was a strange night/morning, and I will incorporate this into #Caturday because for the first time since they passed away I dreamt of my two darlings, Sixie and Florrie, who - in a dream - came to find me and lay on my chest to be cuddled just like they used to do.

I also need to continue this dream event with another strange thing... in part two.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/034/184/797/907/573/original/ae08e953ae8ce17b.jpg


nostr:npub18pgg079sknh9fyn5pv02yzp93j7wf7ad6ppgzyhwd6jtwsrktd4q7lvu8p yep, that would work if I had the glass and card to hand, but I wasn't going to look away long enough to go get those.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y nowhere to be seen, on his laptop deeply involved in a game.


Well, my day had not ended, even though I tried... decided to make myself a sleepy tea, finish the final chapter of the book I was reading, play a game, and settle down to sleep.
Forgot to drink the tea and it went cold, got undressed for bed, turned back to see a large WASP sitting on my pillow.
Oh great. Just what I needed.
Searched for the fly spray and sprayed it all over my pillow, very hygienic. I still don't know where the wasp went or if it's dead, or maybe it's just waiting.


nostr:npub1c73t6tflspjkq9jcwp434r2a5knlavyxhr6huwratmutak920prqmj2gt5 Thank you so much for listening and caring!! I do appreciate it.


nostr:npub18pgg079sknh9fyn5pv02yzp93j7wf7ad6ppgzyhwd6jtwsrktd4q7lvu8p I was joking about it with my husband. It won't be long before we are complaining of the cold, and wanting to pile more blankets on the bed.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Earlier yes, but it's too late now, and ten minutes after I'm just as hot again.


I am not a happy bunny. Not only is this oppressive sticky heat getting me down, and despite two fans blowing I can't get cool, but now I have a drippy nose that won't let up. (Some minor irritation deep within but it cannot be resolved.)
I really don't know how to get through another night of this!


nostr:npub1gd7nk9u287uufqhye9s2q97w0q3786cwvcgt2uj869tc0mfds6eqxdazt6 I'm not surprised. It wasn't exactly easy. I just had some good luck.


nostr:npub1v94nty993vera3xdulnzhtj0aht0afqpagfqfeakwle5xdt6e4jqe62eps LOL I wish. No, I know little to nothing about popular music!


Connections
Puzzle #89
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These days I'm just glad I can get it within 15 tries. I'm not going to get better at this.
squareword.org 585: 12 guesses

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#squareword #squareword585


Phrazle 1016: 3/6
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#phrazle

https://solitaired.com/phrazle


Not a problem!
Wordle 811 3/6

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nostr:npub18pgg079sknh9fyn5pv02yzp93j7wf7ad6ppgzyhwd6jtwsrktd4q7lvu8p Exactly right! You got it.


nostr:npub1zmu5sd76fgmn07q0u6hl3vnme7hp059pt9uy4mhkj76ggw30ahssfxxxkn Arresting someone for a crime is not brutality. It was brutal that the suspect resisted and began a fist fight with the policeman. The fact that they were in a struggle on the ground in no way suggests it was a wrongful arrest. In the UK we just don't have the level of police corruption that you do. It exists of course but is not endemic such that EVERY arrest is "brutality". And standing around not helping or filming it is not to be praised.


nostr:npub1zmu5sd76fgmn07q0u6hl3vnme7hp059pt9uy4mhkj76ggw30ahssfxxxkn But they were not filming for that purpose and there was no police brutality. They were filming out of entertainment a police officer trying to make a genuine arrest and getting beaten up as a result.


Summarised this says that #Trump sees himself as a king or god:

Alexander the Great claimed to be the son of Amon, their high god. Why? “Because it’s a lot easier to seize and hold power when people think you have a connection to divinity.”

Trump is now openly encouraging his followers to think of him as divine or divinely inspired.

He's previously claimed to be like the 'King of Israel’ and ‘the second coming of God’. And “Hours later, said: ‘I am the chosen one.’”

https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trumps-mental-illness/


nostr:npub1ydev98jydpcpxc2hkeeevlr9r9yswajsazuh8893sqz466jry0ms9uhc0d WOW


nostr:npub1l5qgw90msllyd5hc02l7nwer245qvmjdtp3eq438sprgtkrhsy5qyvt3tk In this instance, I don't think there was any police mismanagement, just one officer trying to make an arrest and the suspect fighting back violently.


The old adage about the British Summer is "three hot days and a thunderstorm". Well it looks as if that is coming true with severe storms predicted for tomorrow. I just wish it could get rid of the intense heat, but somehow I doubt it.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Now that I have employed a secondary one, they keep me awake chatting all night.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Yikes. Thanks for responding. It's as if people now see everything as a kind of 'entertainment' video not as real life. (I watched another video of an elderly woman trying to retrieve her cane, and people just kept walking by... and also, how did I know that, well because somebody filmed it of course. Didn't help her, just filmed it.)


The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the county running from 2pm to 9pm on Saturday 10th.

The storm warning comes as parts of the UK face scorching temperatures which has seen the mercury break the 30C barrier.

A high of 32.6C was recorded on Thursday - the fourth day in a row where temperature were at or exceed the 30C mark - and more hot weather is to come.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/weather/topstories/met-office-issues-seven-hour-thunderstorm-weather-warning-for-gloucestershire/ar-AA1gqa5z


Our Alexa suddenly started bing bong and yellow light (notification).
So hubby asked what was the notification and she then proceeded to inform us that there was a major weather alert for heat and thunderstorms tomorrow (Saturday).
Since when does Alexa issue weather warnings?


Last night was even hotter. I had two noisy fans running and was still too warm.
It interfered with the quality of my sleep BUT this time I did manage to sleep better regardless.
So, a big thankyou to anyone who thought of me/prayed for me after what I reported yesterday!


I watched with dismay a video of a policeman grappling with a suspect he was trying to arrest and as they struggled on the ground people were standing around filming it on their phone (which of course is why I could watch the video as it was posted to Facebook)
I thought, is this what we have come to?
The only reason we can watch as someone falls, or drowns, or is set on fire, or wrecks their car or has any kind of accident is because someone else filmed it, just stood there and did nothing.


nostr:npub12nmnyzsrq35vrs7cfqpzh9q0xyqyheta28c7kwz3hzwzwgltd9xqkyf3ur They now say it "might" be next week.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Who, me?? Looks innocent. Hides cable cutters behind back.


CNN Exclusive: ‘How am I in this war?’: New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire’s Ukraine dilemma. He turned off Starlink connections to stop Ukraine attack.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink


London is hotter than St Tropez. This heatwave is very unusual - here's why:
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weather-this-heatwave-is-very-unusual-heres-why-12956665


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Wow, that is mega. I don't feel so bad about six weeks now.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y I don't think you are being stupid, your concerns are genuine. Cats will just eat and keep on eating (usually) and then, as you say, throw up. Also, they should not be fat. They should have regular set mealtimes and nothing in between.


Little update on the car repair. It's now been in the garage about six weeks and he says he will try to have it done by next week. I've never known such a delay, and we have asked for an estimate of the cost but he hasn't replied.


nostr:npub15axslcpkj56yfdtzs4pp5zhtd3ecv3uavpfchsched0r4x0cjl2qwplqq5 I tend to agree. The app isn't accurate really, and I don't know how it identifies light versus deep sleep, but if I've had a bad night (I think) I check to verify it.


I've only just checked my phone sleep records for last night - four hours of light sleep, two hours of wake time and nothing deep or refreshing at all.
No wonder I feel tired.


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nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Maybe he's hiding this?

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/023/851/134/309/773/original/b634ec8c5994c404.png


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y END OF NEXT WEEK????? Arghhhh


nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 I've been wearing a vest top and shorts for days.


I get that. It makes no sense of wearing it like that indoors, however.


nostr:npub1gd7nk9u287uufqhye9s2q97w0q3786cwvcgt2uj869tc0mfds6eqxdazt6 So many of the video "stars" online and "influencers" produce their voiceover while wearing a cap back to front. They are inside a room or studio, they don't even need to wear a hat, but I suppose they think it makes them look cool I beg to differ.


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y Me too, top of the sheets and I was still too hot. I had to turn the fan off at 2am because the noise was keeping me awake. Having to change my pillowcase again today because it gets so damp overnight.


nostr:npub147p9fsw66pz8dmmv330a03uc0n3kne5aeq636ru3pecz77y2jp3qx7jytl We never really changed from Fahrenheit, that is unofficially. Most people prefer it. It's like metric measurements and weights, people still say "and what's that in old money?" because it's so much easier to visualise a yard, a mile, an ounce, a pound than grams etc. Nobody says "oh it's up in the 30s today, they say, "it's up in the 90's."


I really have to get this off my chest. I know I'm probably in a small minority and this doesn't bother anyone, but it REALLY irritates me!!
(Of course, being British it's not something I see every day here so I mostly see it online.)
But I'm always thinking WHY?? What is the point?? It looks ugly and it's wrong and unnecessary.
So here goes: wearing a baseball cap back to front!! UGH

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/023/681/265/332/541/original/542b1163f5eb223a.png


nostr:npub1v78rrnac3vk7sf2gvrzn7redtkd63rqmcr7l0fm65kpq8ljsnv8qyutx9y so, no socks then?


nostr:npub12nmnyzsrq35vrs7cfqpzh9q0xyqyheta28c7kwz3hzwzwgltd9xqkyf3ur I need it, we all do. So hot, muggy, sticky and unable to get comfortable enough to sleep. Hopefully it won't last long.


nostr:npub1hufrg2g8x7yrxv0hlkjes2dv7qpcqg4y6v0tadfvqyuav45ercqsct252d nostr:npub1hw70uhs9dzu4gvqah637tmqldrfx5v7zl6vw6aw76u9rx3cwdmyqqdaq99 I think I need practise and a better technique.


nostr:npub1ztt9mw26k5nju6jccrm6fhvpu3f8t3mxjkgu6q5p4x62e7zy9gmshdtvss I am still using the CD of Office that I bought years ago. Up to now it still works, but eventually they will put a stop to it, I know.


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