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It will probably never fully go away, but it's nowhere near the same problem it was four years ago. I've been living with this "no problem" worldview for most of the past four years. It became pretty obvious very early on that most of the things we were expected to do were just posturing. Even...

Aired out is relatively easy because it's something you can take some blame for yourself if you feel minded to mention the issue. You can either open your windows, or make some comment about getting a bit sweaty so the hosts might want to crack the windows for a bit (or substitute something else...

Hey, if there's any spare time after figuring out the person who looks like one thing prefers to be called something else maybe the professors might even teach the students something. Although maybe that's not the point of university any more, it's sometimes hard to say.

It's very seldom an issue for me but I agree, I'd want to put it in the box myself.

Floppy, too many years ago to count. CD, depends on whether you mean music or data. Data, too long ago to remember. Music, more recently.

My first car had cruise control and I used it a lot on the open road. It was a manual car and if I tapped the brake or the clutch even slightly it would disengage. I'd typically disengage it by tapping the clutch, so as not to flash my brake lights because I wasn't necessarily slowing down. My...

I'm not sure why people are surprised when someone who charges for their services, you know, actually charges for providing a service. People have this grand idea that email is free, and don't consider the time it takes to answer a question. I'm assuming my doctor doesn't keep my entire medical...

A gentle-ish 8 mile run today, running until my heart rate went into about the middle of my aerobic zone, then walked until it dropped to the middle of zone 2, rinse and repeat. Running doesn't feel particularly demanding at that pace, even though it's apparently the pace my tracker has...

Would you rather they did away with Daylight time or Standard time? Personally I prefer more daylight in the evenings but a few of the farmers I know prefer extra light in the mornings.

There's a fair possibility that all the monetary troubles baked into the system will turn into a serious headache for whoever is in office from 2025. It's always unfortunate that political cycles are short and monetary cycles don't necessarily align with them, so one government can create a...

I refuse to use anything like Alexa because I don't want some gizmo listening to everything I say and presumably routing it to some external server to process what I'm saying so it can respond. I do use a few smart devices in my home but nothing that's mission critical. I wouldn't use a...

Probably my first encounter with COVID. At the time I figured it couldn't be COVID because the boffins in government said it was confined to the north west, but a friend who had the exact same symptoms at the same time later tested positive for COVID antibodies. For me it was like the worst...

Personally I regard voting as saying "Candidate A is preferable to Candidate B" rather than "I really want Candidate A to be in charge". If I really struggle to like either candidate I'd still try to figure which one I'd rather have in office, even if the honest answer is neither of them...

Fair enough, I personally wouldn't worry too much about the pastor's information but that makes sense. Information about youth groups and things happening during the week can indicate a church that isn't just a Sunday morning thing.

Knowing where to find the church is kinda useful if you want to visit. Why do you consider the name of the pastor to be important?

Coming in a bit late but hopefully not to late to say hello and welcome!

I'd say the crucial things are what times everything happens and a statement of the church's beliefs. If anything about attending a service isn't readily obvious to a person who has never been to church before, or who has never been to that particular church before, that should also be listed...

It's a tricky one. It's reasonable that family workload should be shared more fairly than just dumping it all on the oldest girl but these days it seems just about everything is considered a trigger for all kinds of trauma, kids aren't expected to do anything except play regardless of its impact...

It was good to see a unanimous ruling. Had it split along party lines it would have made the election even more polarised. Since all the Democrats on the SC agreed that it was for Congress rather than individual states to invoke Article 14 it will hopefully tone down at least some of the...