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I really like the smart cruise control. Keeps me in the lane and follows traffic ahead. Perfect when things are slow on the highways in or out of the city.

@AndyD Nice! Reminded me of one of the projects that I saw on Grand Designs. I also looked at this related listing: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/91462938#/?channel=RES_BUY Both this one and the one you listed seem to have graveyards associated with them. Not sure how I'd feel about that. Lots of deep emotional energy stored in cemetery space.

@wtg thanks for this. My most recent hotel stay was actually on a university campus, so I used the campus wi fi service (which is called eduroam and should be very secure). But I have a lot of conference travel coming up this fall and next spring, and most of those are massive hotel/convention center places.

RIP Jackie. At a campground last week we got to watch an eagle fishing in the lake. He had a mate, whom we could see with binoculars, but he did all of the fishing. Magnificent bird, elegant and majestic, who never failed to capture the fish he dove in to catch. A real pleasure to view.

@DougG

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!

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?