@matigo Huh. I see your M1s and raise you a 2018 A12x 12.9" iPad Pro & an i3 Macbook Air (although it was an i5 when I bought it, but when the motherboard died the only replacement available was an i3).
I do have a new-ish basic A13 iPad, bought last year to replace my 10.5" Pro with an A10X (too tight to spring for the newer iPad, an Air or another Pro). Also hoping my iPhone 13 will last another year or so. Though I might get a 17, as it's a prime number. Or hang out for a 19… 🤔
// @peemee
@variablepulserate You mean there are people who don't?
I have wondered the same, but the other way round. I think tor-toys might be more northern and tortus southern. I've always said the later, but I had non-northern parents.
According to t'interwebs it comes from Latin (tortuca), so tortus is more appropriate a pronunciation. I did wonder if there was a French influence, given the -oise ending, which would have meant tor-twahs would be more accurate. However, it apparently got that ending from a 16th century spelling "tortoyse". It rarely pays to assume where words derive from, though I find it a fascinating topic.
@peemee I bounced off a kerb once - backwards & took a chunk out of the boot of my car on a road sign. 🙄
Dad clipped a kerb which was someone's drive edging, which was sharp stones. It shredded his tyre and tore up the wheel as well. He got forced onto the edging on a corner by a delivery van belting round the corner in the opposite direction.
@matigo Yes indeed. Though, technically, all my eggs went in medical waste 19 years ago. 😂
You know where you are with dogs. And although Poppy can be needy, I forgive her much more than I would a human.
@matigo Hmm. As you know, relationships bring with them all kinds of problems. I don't always like the isolation, but there are worse things… i am lucky, though, as I have a good circle of friends & loneliness is rarely an issue.
I have just deleted all the social media apps from my phone, apart from this site & a history discord I sometimes check in on. Messaging apps are staying, but the others will only live on my iPads. Time for a break from these things for a while.
@matigo Well I plan to freeze it either in portions, or sliced. Got to get yeast and strong flour first.
// @phoneboy
@matigo I have just been given some sourdough starter by a friend. I plan to resume making my own bread - with as little yeast as possible and no nasty preservatives. Whenever I go to my friend’s for coffee she makes sourdough scones and they don’t upset my stomach at all, unlike shop bought (or even café provided) ones.
When I was little I don’t remember moldy bread, but I do remember stale bread, which Mum always turned into delicious bread pudding.
// @phoneboy
@matigo So with all their technology Japan can't handle real-time tax deductions? That's bonkers - so in the first year of working people have to put money by against potential future unemployment and taxes owning?
Our system may not be perfect, but at least each month tax is deducted from your pay based on how much tax you should have paid at that point in the year, assuming you remain employed at that salary for the year. If you aren't, you either get a refund, or an adjustment in subsequent years. I assumed other countries took the same (sensible) approach!