PhobosAnomaly

Ah man, tough week then.

Old folks - family or otherwise - can be challenging. I suppose one never really knows what it’s like to lose independence until the day finally arrives. I deal with loads of folk who really shouldn’t be driving, but it’s hard to keep encouraging them to surrender their licences when a) it’s their lifeline in a rural community to stay social, and b) a lot of places are built around a car as the primary mode of transport these days. None of the above excuses driving dangerously, but you can see why people cling on to their independence for as long as they can. I hope your dad finds a compromise soon.

Silly question about your phone, can you wireless charge it? If it’s a fucked charging port then it may be easier to circumvent it altogether. My other half just bought a phone (well, I pay the bills, but it’s her phone so obvs she gets to choose) and I’m consistently stunned with how much they’re costing over the contract length these days. I’m loathed to buy anything other than a Nothing phone and a SIM only deal with mega grandfathered rights these days!

Good luck with the bairns. The six hours of peace and quiet is nice, though 😊

yeah alright cheers fella, how was yours?

I can’t quite see whether they’re addressing the outright theft of handsets; or the increasing amount of thefts of the infinitely more valuable staff handheld terminals.

It’s a shame either way. I suppose an answer would be to stun or disable all phones until they are activated at a point of sale, rather than the opposite way round.

It still doesn’t mitigate the attack vector of a corrupt employee though.

Brilliant! I’ve booked to take the squad next year too. Last minute hols are always exciting though, I hope you enjoy it.

An old touristy shop fairly close by didn’t survive the pandemic finances, but has reopened this week as a motorsport themed cafe. There’s some cool stuff in there, and got pub-like massive TV’s at one end of it so I’m quite looking forward to going down on a Sunday and watching a GP there. Should be a giggle.

yeah alright cheers mate, how about yours?

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Nice one dude. I watched the qual live, but honestly most times I watch the praccy, qual, and race highlights on the Formula 1 YouTube channel now. They’re pretty good at getting the highlights up within an hour, so it’s not a mega drama to dodge spoilers.

They generally put highlights of the F2 and F3 up as well which is always a good waste of twenty minutes each day.

Hopefully the rest of your week stays unremarkable!

yeah alright cheers mate, how was yours?

I don’t know, can you??

…and other great 90s teacher questions!

I enjoyed that game. Not sure how it was ever pushed out as a full release rather than a Net Yaroze style special, but fair play to them.

Kurushi (as it was known in the UK and Europe) is like rocking horse shit now. A nice little treasure if you find one in your collection.

Tough line to draw really.

The legal system is built on “innocent until proven guilty”, so it’s understandable why entire careers aren’t brought to a halt because of one or more allegations of misconduct.

Problem is, how do we let that continue while listening to complainants, making them feel heard, and safeguarding future potential victims?

I’m not asking you in particular, you’re just the comment I’ve replied to - it’s one of those impossible situations to draw a line in the sand without fucking over one of the sides.

Yeah they do, and when it gets busy with folk razzing about between tables, the staff do the serving and the bots just take the dirty plates and empties back to the kitchen.

The meal was… decent, not great, but certainly not poor - but I guess you went for the presentation, the bots, the cocktails presented in steaming bell jars, and kids meals presented on a shovel. It was comparatively inexpensive too which gives it a thumbs up.

Good luck with the physio though. You’ll be out banging miles back into the tarmac before you know it.

Excellent mate. I went out as well, there’s a place in town that has those autonomous wheeled bot things that guide you to your table, and bring your food to you and stuff. My boy wanted to see them for ages so off we went.

Only downer this week is my Pokémon Blue save died when it crashed while saving. Ten hours down the drain, that was my project for this summer.

Did you get sorted for new running hooves after?

yeah alright cheers mate, how about you?

I agree - I’m not expert but I know that the mining of rare earth metals and the disposal of some EV components are problematic. It’s not a perfect solution.

That said, better solutions such as fuel cells or hydrogen are still 10-15 years away, and “better” shouldn’t be the enemy of perfect. I’m not particularly car proud and cars tend to last me twelve-fifteen years so I went for an EV hoping that an even better tech will be available by the time I need a car next time round.

Yeah alright cheers mate, how was yours?

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Glad you’re feeling better. Here’s to a lot more brighter days for you 😊

yeah alright cheers dude, how was yours?

Brilliant mate. Love sci museums. If you ever fancy going a bit further afield, Techniquest in Cardiff is an absolute banger; and the National Museum in Edinburgh is mint on the sci front too, and has a couple of 2010s F1 cars to boot.

Enjoy your week dude.

Fair assessment. Big Max didn’t really put a foot wrong in fairness.

The Williams were absolutely stellar though. Alex Albon has been shoving that Williams in places it really has no business being. It’s super impressive and Sainz has been solid too (giggity)