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MrsDoyle

@ MrsDoyle @lemmy.world

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  • Saudi Arabia: MBS forged father's signature in Yemen war decree, ex-official says

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  • I just watched that BBC doco about the guy, blood-freezing stuff. The way he worked his way up from being a minor prince to de facto king... yikes.

  • Palestinian newborn twins killed as father obtained birth certificates

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  • The article begins: "Mohammed Abu Al-Qumsan had just picked up birth certificates for his newly-born twins when he found out they had been killed, along with his wife and her mother, by an Israeli strike on the Gaza apartment where they were sheltering."

    There's more detail about the attack (tank shell) and a photo of the grieving man.

  • What's your favourite country and why?

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  • Scotland, hands down. I feel so lucky to be living here. I was only going to stay three years & then go back to New Zealand and settle down. Thirty-five years later I'm still here. I fell in love with the hills - and the freedom to walk on them - the lochs, the ancient ruins. But most of all I fell in love with the people. Their craic, their warmth and craziness, their generosity, their music. I love that you can talk to anyone and you'll often hear an amazing life story.

    I love things like this: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/anti-deportations-group-issues-guide-24107754

    I love the cultural richness that's come from successive waves of immigration, from Italy, India & Pakistan, China, Poland and more.

    I love the food. I love haggis and Arbroath smokies and Aberdeen butteries and shortbread and oatcakes and Tunnocks caramel wafers.

    And least I forget, yes, I love the weather.

  • What's your most profound "small world" moment?

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  • Vanuatu is one of the best places I've ever been. Really interesting people.

  • What's your most profound "small world" moment?

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  • I was on a work trip back in the 80s that took me to one of the northern islands of Vanuatu. Our plane landed on a football field, that's how remote our destination was. After we set up camp, someone said they'd heard there was a teacher from New Zealand in the nearby village. Well I'm a New Zealander too, so off I went to meet her. Within the first few minutes we had worked out that not only were we originally from the same small town... she was my older brother's first girlfriend.

    But actually because NZ has a small population and we all travel a lot, it's not as mad a coincidence as all that. It sometimes feels like we are all just a couple of degrees of separation from each other. "Oh you're from Oamaru? Do you know XY?" "Not really, but one of my cousins works for his sister, ZY."

  • Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?

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  • I had this issue with an Android recently - but it was my own phone, an old one I wanted to test a SIM on. I couldn't remember the PIN, couldn't even recall having a PIN for this phone. I had to dig deep through the tech forums to find a solution, but got there eventually. And yes, I read that over and over during my search, "it's for your security". Argh!

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    Meanwhile in California

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  • In the UK I'm paying about £1.41 to £1.45 per litre. I'm no good at maths sorry, you'll have to do the calculations.

  • Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users.

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  • That's an excellent idea! I'll mention it to her.

  • Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users.

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  • A friend has a notebook next to her computer with all her passwords in it. Initially I was horrified - what if you're burgled? - but actually it's genius. Much more secure than letting a browser remember them, and she doesn't even need to memorise a Bitwarden password.

  • When you pair your Bluetooth earbuds and one hasn't charged

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  • This happens with my hearing aids. They cost a small fortune, but the audiologist won't do anything about it because it's intermittent - I can never show it happening. "The charging case must be dirty" etc. The manufacturer, Phonak, says any fault reporting must be done through the retailer. It seems to happen mainly when I've got something on where I really really need to be able to hear properly, or when I want to use Bluetooth to listen to music.

    AAAARRRRRRGHHHHHHH is putting it mildly. My fury knows no bounds.

  • What's the cheapest thing you had bought that by the end of its usefulness made you say "wow, this was worth a lot more than what I've paid for!"

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  • I'm still loving my iPod Classic. I got it a little Bluetooth dongle so I can listen via my hearing aids. I find iTunes beyond irritating though and am always looking for an alternative for adding music.

  • Rishi Sunak reveals his favourite meal is sandwiches in last-minute appeal to voters

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  • Hi, I'm Freya, nice to meet you!

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  • Frosted tips are making a comeback I see....

  • Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments

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  • What's funny is that (according to the old testament) when Moses came down off the mountain with the tablets and found everyone worshipping the golden calf, he had a big hissy fit and smashed them. So then after doing quite a bit of murdering he had to go back up the mountain to get a second set. Exodus 32-34

    I asked a religious relative how it was ok for Moses to murder people when he had only just be told by God himself "thou shalt not kill", and she said it was because the don't kill thing came further down the list than having only the one god.

  • This man is living the dream

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  • "I was layin' out there for two damn hours before anyone came to check on me! Heat stroke, it turns out. Just as well it wasn't a stroke stroke, I'd be dead."

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  • I just listened to a podcast on this whole saga - what a wild ride.

  • What is your favorite kid friendly book made just for traumatizing children?

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  • Struwwelpeter. We had an English copy handed down by my grandfather. It's insane.

    Example: "Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug ("The Very Sad Tale with the Matches"): A girl plays with matches, accidentally ignites herself and burns to death. Only her cats mourn her."

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter

  • Average vs Fame

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  • -- pay for a large residence and security on the outskirts, then stay inside. Use disguises/body doubles when going out.

    So ... you can everything you want, except sponteneity? Or privacy, with all those staff hanging around. And there'd still be some douche tracking your private jet.

  • Feeling lost and with no direction, what skill should I learn?

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  • Ha ha, read this wonderful piece through thinking, sounds great but what would I ever make? And then omg, yarn winder. I'm a knitter, and my yarn winder is a plastic monstrosity. I mean I'm never going to do it myself, but there definitely is a market for beautifully machined yarn winders.

  • Knitting @lemmy.world
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    A tale of two (pairs of) socks