This is appalling.

Beautiful day here Looking N/N.W over golden fields of oil-seed-rape, from Kirk Merrington [image: 1776087872851-20260413_125140-resized.jpg] And N/NE with Durham Cathedral Towers just visible above the centre of the white building [image: 1776087820353-20260413_125134-resized.jpg]

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@shirokuro Thank you!

Facebook report. I can't get used to the site. Not only that but it was sending me notifications every hour. I looked on YouTube for how to turn notifications off. I've turned off every notification category. I'll probably keep the app for a few months. I'm pretty sure I won't benefit from access to it after that and will remove it. I don't know why Zorba hated it so much. I never asked him. I myself think it's very strange. As a child of the '70's we were raised in a time when you kept all your personal information and especially information about your children private. I know a lot of people like FB. I'm old school though in appreciating the function of anonominity vis a vis internet communication (socks and all that). I don't feel like telling FB to **** off but I can't get used to the idea either.

I'll get the cite for you, jon. No problem. It was some Bizzaro legislation but it happened. Apologize for the delay. Very busy, high stress in my house. I'll focus on it.

https://www.bentley-skinner.co.uk/brooches-pendants-lockets/55189-the-gigantas-pendant/ Wow.

@wtg Would you please tell us for people who aren't that familiar with Chicago (like myself) about the Old Town neighborhood?

@jon-nyc Because being judgemental is more fun?

I wish I were one of them. I had the flu about a month ago. It's a different experience each time. I'm sure you all know that but this time for me-- my lungs were infected. Even after the initial healing, the lung symptoms lingered for about two weeks. I couldn't breathe without fluid (?) getting in the way. My lungs would make a disconcerting sound every time I breathed in or out. I looked up bronchitis and pneumonia to try to figure it out. Then it stopped. Thank God.

I'm trying to stay away from political topics but this would be a fitting quote for him to engrave on his tombstone.

Where's that Andrew Young? We need to talk universal basic income.

Looks amazing. Off topic but I was thinking about Charles III's famous garden at Highgrove (Georgian FTW) of course now owned by William with the ironic and strange twist that on the King's Duchy there exists a revenue producing toxic waste dump with a neighborhood next door who have tried and tried and failed to have the environmental situation remedied while their health deteriorates. I guess the scandal now is that he isn't seen to be the Defender of the Church and William doesn't seem all that interested in the role. I'd like to have a garden but don't think it's in the cards.

I didn't, actually. "Can you afford it?" Well if I could, I'd be living there. On second thought, the library is perfect. The main thing I don't like is the kitchen island. I'd make it minimalist, change it to stone, make it parallel to the wall with the stove, get rid of the bar stools, and then put a rectangular table parallel to the island.

WTF finally delivers the enlightenment I always expected.