scribblans (fs)

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Alter ego of another bloke. He's odd too.
now tooting from@brumph
I may make a comeback. I am giving it some thought, and that is a pretty unusual occurrence I can tell you.
One benefit of living in the sticks is, now we have it at last after years of waiting, the fibre internet service is a pretty good to-the-premises sort. They just hit me with an offer to get a 1Gb service at a quid more a month than the current 150 Mb. Quick mental numbers comparison shows 1Gb is a quite a lot bigger number than 150Mb, so I said, yeah, why not?

I have no idea what to do with this stupid extra speed I didn't really need. Perhaps you'll get my messages nth's of a second quicker now. And I'll get yours before you've even typed the last letter and pressed toot.

But the quid a month for a much bigger number has got to be worth it, just to see its magnificence on the speed test result, hasn't it?
Grey, raining, blowing a hooley. Must be a Bank Holiday weekend approaching.
Good morning. If you enjoyed the summer break from the football that included the Euros 2024 championship football and the Olympic football, you won't be pleased to hear that the Premiership football has started in England and today marks the first proper match day (ManU and Fulham started last night but there wasn't much football in it apparently).
Note that these buttons are in a less obviously visible lower part of the dash under the steering wheel - I didn't see it for a week.
Mrs S went out to the car about a week ago and came back in grinning. I asked her what was up, and she just said "You'll laugh when you find out." Then I forgot all about it.

Found out today. I laughed.
Still trying to figure out how an Olympiad is 4 years when the competition lasts for 5 years.

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

Discworld politics explained
Terry Pratchett, Mort

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

With the amount of blood, I should have got a cup of tea, a biscuit, and a medal for such a generous donation.
You get a handy reminder that you are currently on anti-coagulants when you get an innocent little cut on your finger in the garden. Mrs S nearly feinted when I came in asking for a plaster, so I had to clean it to demonstrate how this wasn't serious and we didn't need to call an ambulance.