Regarding washing machines, Miele get my confident vote. My good friend has had his for over 20 years, recommended the brand and we've had ours for about 15 years, and it moved house with us. This last year the machine has been washing for two households... it ran 6 washes today!

Brilliance

So I make a post to the word association thread, and the first phrase WTG thinks of is “dim wit”. unfortunately, I’m not smart enough to figure out if I should be offended…

Most amazing beat boxer you’ve ever heard. https://x.com/jayroo69/status/2086192986929373462?s=20

Air travel continues becoming even more dismal.

Latest excellent series of Van der Valk, starring Mark Warren https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/van-der-valk-season-4-release-date-itv/

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Well I played a bit today badly of course; tuned and left out on a stand, so fingers crossed. Back in the 1990s in Malaysia, a brother in law who plays with a bannd lent me a cassette (I think it was called 3.5 Hours) by David Qualey. It had an acoustic version of Scarborough Fair like this earlier version: https://cover.info/en/song/David-Qualey-Scarborough-Fair I loved his playing so much it ended up me buying one of his guitars! The steel string I have was bought because of this: https://m. Link to video Although it's not a 12 string, the tuning would drive me crazy. If I ever indulged again, I'd like a really small deep bodied one like this, I think its Japanese, hand made yamaha? https://m. Link to video

How kind. Thanks so much Dol and jon.

It's all about priorities.

What could go wrong?

Black-eyed Susans and glads. Classic late summer flowers! My Susies are going great guns, now that I've eliminated the rabbit menace. They used to eat them down to the ground by June and I never used to see any flowers. I'll divide and move some around either later this fall or next spring. They've been flower for three solid weeks and show no signs of slowing down.

Paint it British Racing Green and you'd never notice it was there

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Makes perfect sense.

@Bernard said: Rahm's name isn't on the list. I wonder why. He may be followed by the "mayor 1%" name he earned during his Chicago years... https://inthesetimes.com/article/rahm-emanuel-chicago-retirement-schools-mental-health "Their main focus was not his policing strategy or position on gun laws, but rather his failure — or refusal — to invest in the South and West sides: African American and Latino neighborhoods ravaged by violence. While the national movement ignited by the teenagers from Parkland, Florida has focused largely on gun control, in Chicago, marchers on the expressway and countless other residents say devastating gun violence has caused by Emanuel’s actions over his tenure in City Hall: closing public schools, slashing city jobs, shuttering mental health clinics and investing in trendy neighborhoods while struggling ones languish." He was BAD for kids in Chicago public schools when I worked there...

@wtg those are fun! I have a piano score the for Wellerman Sea Shanty, but it’s not very fun as a solo piano piece! @axtremus that’s hysterical!