@Daniel
I was in a local jewellers a fortnight ago and was shown a fabulous tanzanite ring. £13,000
I kid you not, stunning rich blue, large of course.
It's gone
(no not me😇)
but they still have some earrings...

https://bradleysthejewellers.com/search?q=tanzanite*&type=product

Thank you

Amusing, I think. Especially the part where Musk and Ramswarthy scratch such others’ eyes out.

I intend to point and laugh.

Terrific article that makes me want to see the whole collection.

@Steve-Miller said in Conveyor belt road:

Reminds me of Robert Heinlein’s story “The Roads Must Roll.”

Exactly what I thought of when I saw this story. I suspect you and I had a similar taste in literature when we were young.

Big Al

@Big_Al I had exactly the same thought!

But I thought it was worth posting anyway....some habits will be hard to break....😁

I was diagnosed with Fuchs dystrophy in both eyes when I sought treatment for cataracts and received corneal transplants which successfully treated my condition.

I'm always interested in new research regarding the eyes, both for myself and for some loved ones.

Big Al

I think they meant rogue.

Recess appointments for me, but not for thee.

Here we go. Let’s see how fast the Trump revenge machine moves.

Genius indeed. Where to start, how about with one of the greatest albums ever:
Off The Wall, 1979 produced with Michael Jackson in his youthful prime.

Just the beginning.

Excellent piece. I'll be sharing it.

That was a very nice explanation of what occurs over the seasons.

I was concerned that the fall colors would be dampened by the near-drought conditions over part of the summer here, but the colors have still been fairly vibrant and the persistent warm weather seems to have allowed the leaves to hang on a little longer.

Big Al

That's what I'm thinking. @Mik

Nice!

Oh, dear

"Robot" is what I say into the phone when I get frustrated by those ubiquitous computer systems answering almost any business call these days some of them complex.

I'll start addressing the system as "robot" if I get frustrated and if I get very frustrated I'll repeat "agent' over and over until I get one or the computer ends the call. I'll call right back if that happens and start again. I find I have to deal with this a lot especially with healthcare.

The other side of the coin is seemingly endless forms on the internet coming to a dead stop if one letter, number, or character is incorrect.

This reminds to find a provider for an eye exam.

I don't think I'll do it until at least the end of the week. I have five medical appointments between Monday and Wednesday already scheduled.

I might take Thursday off and try to make an appointment on Friday.

I have three new medications to take from the specialist, a two month follow up appointment, and a referral to a urologist.

I don't know what to think about robots but I guess they're here to stay.

It seems appropriate that the gadget shows up on a website named odditycentral. The concept is very interesting and related to some other wind-powered digital instruments that cost 100s of times more, but the implementation looks minimally functional. I'd have to classify it more as a novelty than a game-changer. Maybe it's a digital kazoo.

Big Al

For my work, I am using a 2016 edition of Office, and the software lives on my hard drive. There is no connection to the cloud whatsoever. However I have a tablet and another laptop that use the online Office subscription, so I will definitely do as you report here for options. I didn't have any trouble finding an earlier edition of Office and getting it to work on my Win7 machine. One of the reasons for doing this is not wanting the intrusions of later versions of Windows. It's strictly for my writing. Web surfing and research happen on the tablet, which is run by Android. Thought I'd mention this in case anyone else here would like to escape Win11.

Yep.

That’s him.