[Rookie]

59 minutes ago, 18ck said:

Staying the fuck off English twitter isn't really helping me to stop arguing.

-takes twitter device and replaced with human arm?- 

 

[Harriet]

Oooh, what a theme! Can I join? I'm interested in....er....  very, very low-plant diets.

 

[18ck]

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

Oooh, what a theme! Can I join? I'm interested in....er....  very, very low-plant diets.

 

By all means. There's plenty to go around! 

 

7 hours ago, Rookie said:

-takes twitter device and replaced with human arm?- 

 

Hm, OK, thanks, that helps. (*wipes mouth on sleeve*)

 

Maybe I just need to go cold turkey until there is nothing interesting happening in the world that I can argue about. 

[18ck]

On 5/4/2022 at 7:13 AM, 18ck said:

Um... Not sure actually. Weight room, maybe - I haven't done that for a while. 

I actually did do this today. Long walk, voted, carried a couple of bags of compost to the allotment, watered my plant babies and spent some time lifting weights, then wandered home. 

 

Ate well - unless I go crazy in the next couple of hours I should be well. Inside bounds. And my goals are all goalwd too so

 

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I'm about a month away from my epic nocturnal bike ride. The Alzheimer's Society pinged me to remind me to start fundraising which surprised me because (and I promise this isn't a bad-taste joke) I'd totally forgotten I'd signed up to fundraise for them. In my defence it was almost a year ago. I'd better get on that then hadn't I. 

[juliebarkley]

22 hours ago, 18ck said:

Maybe I just need to go cold turkey until there is nothing interesting happening in the world that I can argue about. 

1. Sign up for instagram.

2. Find a an account posting cat pictures. A Portuguese one. Follow.

3. Follow more recommended Portuguese cute animal accounts.

4. Scroll and post to your heart's content when the itch hits. Voila: language practice and social media fix without the anger.

[Rookie]

6 minutes ago, juliebarkley said:

1. Sign up for instagram.

2. Find a an account posting cat pictures. A Portuguese one. Follow.

3. Follow more recommended Portuguese cute animal accounts.

4. Scroll and post to your heart's content when the itch hits. Voila: language practice and social media fix without the anger.

Thats actually really smart.

[18ck]

5 hours ago, juliebarkley said:

1. Sign up for instagram.

2. Find a an account posting cat pictures. A Portuguese one. Follow.

3. Follow more recommended Portuguese cute animal accounts.

4. Scroll and post to your heart's content when the itch hits. Voila: language practice and social media fix without the anger.

Oh I'm on Instagram too. I post about vegetables and books. It's just twitter - I tell you... I'm sure they are pumping some sort of crazy-making drug through that thing. 

[18ck]

It's my birthday and I'm 53. Celebrated with a run. I have broken my food goals, obviously, but everything else has gone well. Running, gardening, eating cake, hanging out in the park with Flyer reading blockbuster thrillers. Lovely. 

 

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[Elastigirl]

Happy birthday! Sounds like you are celebrating well.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Happy Birthday!

[18ck]

23 minutes ago, Elastigirl said:

Happy birthday! Sounds like you are celebrating well.

 

3 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Happy Birthday!

 

Thanks both! 

[fearless 2.0]

OH!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY; FAVORITE DUDE!!!!! Have a great "new year"! wishing you all the good things !!!!!  

[18ck]

6 hours ago, fearless 2.0 said:

OH!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY; FAVORITE DUDE!!!!! Have a great "new year"! wishing you all the good things !!!!!  

 

 

[18ck]

Its surprising how much difference even half a bottle of wine can make to my mood. 

 

Well, lots to do the day so I'll just try and keep busy and not wallow. 

[18ck]

#scoutheroes #birdfitness

 

[Salinger]

Hope you’re doing ok this eve? X

[18ck]

19 minutes ago, Salinger said:

Hope you’re doing ok this eve? X

Hyep

[18ck]

Holding pattern day. I felt a bit rubbish after drinking yesterday. Wrote a blog post (sort of related to my challenge theme since it was about eating cyclists!) and spent a good long time at the allotment putting up nets and hoeing and repotting, and I am calling that my daily exercise, but I didn't count calories, didn't really feel like I was super-controlled about eating (but probably not suoergbad either). And slipped at least one of my important tasks. OK, not great. Not terrible but not great. 

Planning an early run tomorrow followed by some work and then some more Al fresco reading with Flyer so it's a packed day. Early bed, clothes in the chair. 

 

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[18ck]

Today was amazing - despite having catch-up work today do from Friday when I basically took half a day off. Flyer had homework too so we just worked together and tried to keep it focused do er could enjoy the remainder of the day. 

I woke up at ridiculous o'clock, did a tennish km run, and managed to run it all. Well, almost all: I had a brief stop to rest my foot when my Achilles heel started complaining. But it didn't last, and I can safely say I have crossed a bridge on my road back to fitness. Got to keep going though. 

 

After bout 1 of work we went to Kew Gardens and read our books for about three hours under a tree. Then back home for more worky work. 

 

My calories are on point despite having eaten a cinnamon bun and all my chores are done. I rule. Let's have some cannibal-themed music to end the first proper successful week I've had for quite some time. It's from the eighties and it shows 

 

 

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Three runs in a week! 

[Harriet]

On 5/6/2022 at 11:31 PM, 18ck said:

Oh I'm on Instagram too. I post about vegetables and books. It's just twitter - I tell you... I'm sure they are pumping some sort of crazy-making drug through that thing. 

 

And bots. Don't forget the bots. More bots than people, maybe. All trying to inflame us and make us feel cynical so we don't bother voting. And maybe so we do therapeutic shopping, I don't know. And there's probably lots of really nice reasonable people just keeping a bit quiet because they're uncertain about saying things online where it's forever and people may shout at you. But vegetables sounds like a safe topic. Right?

[18ck]

Um... Not so good. 

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Not a total car crash - I walked out and did some gardening, I ate OK, I did most of my list items. But didn't really hit any of the targets. Not paying attention. 

[18ck]

4 hours ago, Harriet said:

But vegetables sounds like a safe topic. Right?

Parsnips are racist!!! 

 

Sorry, spent too long on Instagram. 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

38 minutes ago, 18ck said:

Parsnips are racist!!! 

 

Sorry, spent too long on Instagram. 

No, parsnips are problematic. 

Radishes are racist.

Try to keep up with the alliteration please.

[Salinger]

Hope you have a lovely day x

[Harriet]

17 hours ago, 18ck said:

Parsnips are racist!!! 

 

Sorry, spent too long on Instagram. 

 

17 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

No, parsnips are problematic. 

Radishes are racist.

Try to keep up with the alliteration please.

 

The fact that you've both chosen underground vegetables to target shows that you're both racist against underground races, such as dwarves, and also underground vegetables, like turnips. Clearly the only path forward is to eschew all vegetables, since Michael Pollan has proven them to be sentient, and Paul Saladino has proven them to be poisonous. Anyone who disagrees with me is a sheeple moron and also the very cause of the decay of democracy.