Maybe yours does.

I can sympathise with the problem, but are people not writing down somewhere which sevices they’re logged into with Google? I’m sure there’s a bit in the settings where you can see it, now I think.

Mine’s quite tame, reading some of these, but I remember once using a stick blender to make soup, and I saw a bit of food stuck in the blade, and the thumb hovering over the go button twitched slightly, and even though I was alone I pulled a face as if to someone watching, because I knew I was millimetres from losing a finger. Now if I ever want to touch the blade, I unplug the thing first.

I’m now going to exhaust the interesting things I know about this by saying: he won a competition with his design of the Anglican cathedral despite being a Catholic himself; the Catholic cathedral in Liverpool was conversely designed by an Anglican. The city was a lot more sectarian then than it is now and the cathedrals stand at either end of a road called Hope Street.

In the north! Probably not the same station then.

Well it’s like saying a house plant grown from a cutting isn’t naturally occurring. It is naturally occurring, it just wouldn’t naturally occur that a clipping is put in its own pot and cultivated. So, sorry, but I didn’t just say that.

I know it’s a completely normal typo that anyone could make, but “Wondows” has just made me a laugh for a good few seconds.

You know what they say: it’s how you tell em.

I think I was working in that station on that day, because I have a very similar anecdote. Actually someone came to buy a ticket, and was annoyed because they thought they might miss their train having to wait for the minute’s silence to end. Not even the most callous passenger I’ve come across either.

At least there’s a concrete answer to his question!

Former, you say?

I’m not an expert, but “cunt” is related to similar Germanic words meaning “arse”. Etymonline just says the American “fanny” came from the British: https://www.etymonline.com/word/fanny#etymonline_v_1119

Ah shame. To be honest I use dedicated public transport websites and apps anyway, or I just do it the old-fashioned way when I’m not away travelling and remember the routes.

It is naturally occurring though; it’s just cultivated artificially.

He also designed the Anglican cathedral in Liverpool, I believe.

I have no clue what that means sorry!

You can look at routes and stops on it and that’s about it, but I maintain that Google Maps is awful for public transport. I used to work on the railway and I have some anecdotes about it.

I’ll second Openstreetmap, I use it exclusively. There’s also a set of lightweight versions that are locally hosted, so I use osmap.nl if I want to quickly look at where something is. It also forces the names to the language of the server, so you can use it to improve a second language.

I use an adblocker on my phone called Blokada. It blocks adverts in apps as well as on websites, so I don’t get adverts if I play something like Words With Friends for example. Also blocks adverts on Youtube which is an absolute godsend. Advertising is one of the few things I get irrationally upset about.

I make music using LMMS. It has its limitations but it’s quite versatile if you’re handy with it. This song was made in it for example: https://on.soundcloud.com/dTqgb

I use Betterbird for email on my PC. It’s Spartan in design, which is what I’m into, and you can sign in with multiple addresses. I use K-9 Mail on my phone which has the same advantages.

I use an app called Saisonkalender to look at what veg is in season. Quite niche but it’s handy for ordering ingredients for soup of the day in work.

I have a game on my phone called Lexica which is basically Boggle. It’s good fun.

I usually only say this in person, but I’m constantly surprised that no one’s tried to assassinate Elon Musk and his ilk.

I’ve never heard “strike” so I assume you know more about doors than I do.