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@matigo Agreed. It was instilled into a lot of my generation through Scouts, Brownies & Guides. Not sure how popular they are nowadays.

It’s a scarily isolating world at times, though I’m lucky to live in a fairly small community - but conversely I don’t have the usual network of Mums whose children have gone through school together, or local work colleagues.

We now have a cohort of youngsters who missed out on valuable socialising thanks to Covid. Some kids fared worse than others, but most people I know say their children/grandchildren were affected to some degree. My younger nephew found it quite hard at times, I think. I do wonder quite what we have done to the next generation - nothing much that’s good!

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@variablepulserate Trust you to be weird! I'm slightly unusual in that my astigmatism is because of mis-shapen lenses in both eyes: most often it's the shape of the eyeball, or the layer of fluid in front of the eye.

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@matigo I'm firmly in the analogue camp, with my Seiko 5. I had a Fitbit for a few years, but I find having to get new batteries for quartz watches irritating, so the Fitbit annoyed me; imagine what an Apple watch would do for me. Although, with my post-Covid balance issues, and living alone, I rather like the fall detection on them. Still, I can't see me deserting my old-style watch any time soon.

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@matigo No they won’t - not if you keep a count of the rows you have done. It’s easy! They even have little twisty things to put on needles to make it easy to do, though I tend to tick mine off using pencil & paper.

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@variablepulserate Perhaps your handsy hobby should be knitting or crochet, so you can make yourself some nice warm jumpers. Says the knitter/crocheter who has a couple of projects on the go, but who bought a fleecy top (budget Oodie) from Amazon. Just preparing for the winter and avoiding crippling energy bills…

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@jussipekonen Love her books.

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Watching a tv programme with actual adverts. There's one for Pandora which opens with a woman singing "there's a light…" Unfortunately for them, my brain immediately fills in "over at the Frankenstein place".

@matigo I remember that phase well! Luckily I was able to part ways with my employer. 5 years ago at the end of this month!

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@matigo You also work full-time+. I don’t - I just walk the dog, play for choirs & church services and generally mess around with music. Plenty of time to indulge my reading habit.

// @jussipekonen

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@jussipekonen Well you see, that is impressive. I can only read books in English. I used to be ok with French, but I think I’d struggle now.
I have at least 6 non-fiction books on the go, but I find them hard going at times. Fiction I can finish in a day/overnight.

// @matigo

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