Sir Balthazar Wobbly

Same here. I've had Lily from about 8 weeks (when she was the prettiest English Springer Spaniel puppy *ever*) to her being a frail 15 year old lady. I still love her just as much now but I fear 2026 might be the year of heartbreak.

The only bad thing about dogs is they don't live long enough...

I can trump your mere "hammer", Sir, with an actual sledgehammer I picked up from the hard shoulder* of the M5 motorway.

*for those from our former colonies "hard shoulder" simply means "side of the motorway" or freeway. Or autobahn. Or Very Big Road.

I'm tempted to get some black insulating tape because it is incredibly annoying.

Nothing else in my PC has LEDs apart from the on/off switch and even that gets on my nerves occasionally.

I never had a control app for a video card before. And I can't seem to find one either.

I might resort to applying black insulating tape...

Can someone tell me how the heck to turn the damn LEDs off???

#PC #nvidia #LEDs #damnAnnoying

So, I upgraded my old video card (a GEForce 210 from 2009) because Microsoft Word was getting a bit sluggish.

I've replaced it with an RTX 5090 (which was an absolute *bugger* to fit into the case!!) which I discover lights up like the mothership from Close Encounters of the 3rd kind 😡

Surely you're not suggesting the The Dear Leader has been telling lies. 😮

No! I simply refuse to believe it...

#trumpLiesAllTheTime

Well, that was a particularly lovely episode of The Archers.

Love is in the air, apparently

#TA

"still run tubes"? Seriously???

Me, I'll be riding bikes with tyres with inner tubes until I die.

Patches, whether self-adhesive or with rubber solution squeezed out of a tube at 2am at the side of a road in the middle of nowhere, WHEN APPLIED PROPERLY, last years.

I'm confused.

Not least by the term "new old ladies".

Congrats.

Careful though. I just celebrated my 36th (anniversary, not marriage) it can be a life sentence...

This is true for all genders, not only men.

Enlighten me.

Keep in mind I left Leicester almost 40 years ago...

KFC, Nando's, and others ditch chicken welfare pledge as demand soars Wingstop, Burger King, and others have walked away from an industry commitment to avoid using fast-growing chickens

Such an utterly shameful decision by greedy companies.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If I was still a meat-eater I could at least have the pleasure of boycotting KFC, Nando's, Burger King and the like.

I plead with the chicken-eaters out the to at least ensure you buy from ethical companies.

Great news.

And, as someone who nearly moved to Stoneygate (a VERY long time ago!) I am genuinely surprised. The demographic appears to have changed somewhat.

Fingers crossed this is replicated elsewhere.

The character Hilda Ogden from the TV series "Coronation street"

Being a keen follower of all things athletic and Olympic, imagine my surprise at hearing that British curlers are in the news again

Thank you, kind sir.

I struggle to raise much enthusiasm for social media these days since the muskrat destroyed the only social media place that was worth engaging with.

I live in hope that, one day, the blue Twitter bird with escape and fly free again.

When elon musk pledges something then you know it won't ever happen.

Hyperloop, anyone? How about Full Self Driving? Solar roof tiles? Inter-city rocket travel? The everything app? etc. etc.

He lies almost as often as trump does.

the outside cover of a box of frozen battered Brussels sprouts

It's the 21st century and now, at long last, finally, battered Brussels sprouts are finally here!!!!

On reflection, I'm not 100% convinced this is *that* Philip Glass.

#gutted

I'm sure there's another plot twist or two in the pipeline

Or, at least, I hope so.

#TheArhcers

A screenshot of a Facebook friend request from Philip Glass!

erm... what?

Talk about "life out of balance".

#PhilipGlass

Goodness me, what is that??

Reform UK warns Worcestershire County Council is facing bankruptcy Worcestershire County Council is asking for £71m in emergency support.

I've lived in Worcester for well over 20 years.

Now we have a Reform-led council and...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1980s.

You?

(((Ogri)))

Hey! At my age I now struggle to sneak under the BRM time for a 400.

#audax

ECE. Adding miles/km by masochists and points chasers.

It's a recognised mental health condition.

A facebook notification showing something "near me"

Oh Facebook! How trustworthy you are.

A new #Audax event "near me"

It's in Dumfries. 250 miles away you halfwit.

Best of luck. Moving's no fun.

If I had a cargo bike, I'd have nipped up to help shift your stuff :)