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En ĉi mondo, kie oni povas esti io ajn,
estu tion kion vi volas, sed ankaŭ estu afabla.
~B69~
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I’m ending the week with kindness. The conversation I have with myself is the most important one of my life. I’m choosing to make it a supportive one. 🗣️
#SelfTalk #BeNice #BipolarLife
Read today’s Club post: https://open.substack.com/pub/speakingbipolar/p/explore-how-your-internal-conversation?r=y4fp9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
A word on quality and nostalgia.
Recently, I decided to try and acquire a couple of good old AEG SB2E drills. My dad had two of them and they started my DIY journey back in the 1980s.
Today, they are cheerfully cheap at around 20 EUR per piece, in working condition, and can be repaired quite easily if you have the parts.
Oh, and they are from a time when "Electronic" meant that there actually was a useful improvement, not a whole mess of software, bugs, and hassle. And they'll happily chooch along at full speed if you just jumper the electronics bits.
Just saying.
Having already found two of them, I went for a third for spares. It arrived today, again, in working condition.
Nobody placed a bid so I got it for 20 EUR plus shipping.
Nothing special so far, except for the quality of AEG from back in the day and, of course, warm fuzzy feelings about a childhood core memory.
3 kg of cast aluminium, reinforced plastic case, and steel gears.
I love it!
Now, the seller added a couple of lines of text that I missed the first time. He says, this machine was bought by his father-in-law in 1975, in the GDR of all places. (It must have been a big deal to get this one over from West Germany)
His FIL took good care of the machine (for obvious reasons), and now it needs a new home.
Not only has this machine been running for 50 years now; it also bridges both German republics.
Kind of neat.
I sent a message to tell him that this machine will not be parted out but instead become one of the stationary drills in my workshop once it received a good service. And that I intend on keeping it going for quite a while.
His answer was just: "THANK YOU! 🙏 🍀👍"
Yeah, this stuff may bring a tear to my eyes and I'm happy I took a minute to send a short message about something that seems irrelevant to most other people.
At least two people have been smiling today. 😊
Anyway, keep 'em running, folks!
And keep sharing those stories.
There's some talk of OFCOM banning X in the UK.
I doubt it will happen, but lets all be welcoming to people who do decide now is the time to try out Social Web alternatives.
#UK #X #OFCOM #Twitter #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Welcome #BeNice #Mastodon
Vicky said something simple but powerful...
“Be nice. Smiling at someone can make them smile back. Happiness is a choice.”
The world needs more people who choose kindness.
🎤 Real people. Real stories. Real lessons.
#benice #choosehappiness #smilemakers
"It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve."
Georgia O'Keeffe
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