@stevenmenmuir @tjagain and @joshvegas Thanks guys, I’d really like that and I greatly appreciate the offer. I’ll see if I can arrange some kid free time and I’ll be in touch 🙂

I agree with @kryton57. It’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about this weekend but If I say anymore I’ll be accused of being a drama queen and attention seeking.

Sorry I’ve not been in touch with those suggested. I’ve had a knock to my confidence and wondering if it’s the sport for me

I came across this blog about what it’s like to receive an autism diagnosis at the age of 24. I could relate to a lot of what they said, though they still have hope for acceptance

https://www.facebook.com/theoddmumout/posts/2197487293677672?__tn__=K-R

Where will it lead?
https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/17502028.30-car-batteries-stolen-from-north-berwick-recycling-centre/

*edit* link didn’t work

@mikewsmith I’ve not watched it. That was the day I got knocked off my bike, I was strapped to a spinal board waiting for a scan and the nurse put the telly on. I couldn’t see it but I could hear the fear and confusion and people gasping as the victims jumped.
Gandhi said something like “there’s no ideas worth killing for, but there are ideas worth dying for”

🤔😉

I wouldn’t watch for entertainment but sometimes it is informative. It demonstrates the depths of moral deprivation and the extremes people will go to, yet it’s the smaller acts of physical and emotional violence that kill hundreds of thousands more people

I couldn’t listen to the Bowie version, he was singing a different tune to the band

I like a bit of Bowie but I prefer the Au pair’s version, I’ve not heard it before.

I had that Loaded album! Bit of a blast from the past.
I thought Bran Van 3000 showed loads of potential with this album but it was a hard act to follow

My playlist is growing thanks to this thread, some cool tunes and some, umm, err interesting ones 😃

I didn’t expect that to happen in NZ!
Events like this just make me want to shut the world out, it doesn’t matter how far away it is it just brings the hatred closer to home

Did it fit?

“One: Mathematics is the language of nature. Two: Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers. Three: If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature.”

Such A Shame

So did I 😀 it’s a good tune. This one gets me dancing, not to all of it ’cause I’m not that fit

I bought this, I’ve only ever really listened to the same 30 seconds 😂

A climbing Hydrangea will provide a bit of colour in the summer and it’s hardy down to -10°, it’ll also add a bit height to the border. Most online garden sites have recommendations for different positions, or even better you can ask at your local garden centre and they’ll also advise you on your soil type. Snails and slugs love Hostas so you’ll need to put down a deterrent, copper rings work best if you don’t want to kill the wildlife

@jivehoneyjive No worries, and like you say “it’s better to get things off your chest…” I’ve certainly learned from what I’ve read above

Oops, yeah innovative = intuitive
“How the hell do you manage parenting on your own?” (I’m not sure how to do that box thing)
I don’t, but there’s no choice so I just do the best I can. I cover the basics such as making sure they’re clean, comfortable, fed and safe, then if I can engage with them I’ll play a game or take them on an outing. Monday to Friday I’m pretty much emotionally unavailable and over stimulated after work, I’ll listen to their day but I go somewhere quiet if they’re watching telly, playing video games or being demanding of my attention. They know to articulate their feelings, though my eldest has discovered that slamming a door speaks volumes. I choose my battles and being a bit of an anarchist I don’t have that many rules other than be kind and considerate, and that their actions have consequences; such as if they wish to play in their room after bed time they still have to be up for school in the morning.
When I do get a break I’m either tidying up the kid carnage that’s built up, straight out on my bike or most likely wasting time weighing up what to do first and achieving nada.
JCB? With my driving skills 😀

My anti-virus is blocking it as phishing, but it still freezes the page so that I have to reload. It’s only happening on certain threads, none on the bike forum though

Does it depend on whether you have company or not? I’d stopped for about 10yrs, until I seperated from my ex and started socialising again. A friend told me that they could only handle being around me when we were drunk, now I don’t socialise but still drink to beat the boredom. I’ll have a whisky or two a few nights a week and maybe a bottle of wine at the weekend. You’re welcome to join me 😀

Breaking the Waves was set in Scotland and had a mainly British cast.
That was cool, thanks for the heads up

I’ll certainly be having weird dreams after watching this 🤣 reminds me a bit of Lars Von Trier’s films

Oooo, I am now

I had an invigorating ride this afternoon, I think I might have a touch of hypothermia now though

@wallop Thanks, you’ve expressed more compassion than my friend did at the time. The incidents were bad enough but it’s my friends reactions that scarred

*trigger warning* Yes, on several occasions. I saw my first flasher when I was 8, the second was when I was 12. I really couldn’t recall all the the times someone’s made unsolicited advances, like the stranger who was stood behind me and decided to put his hand down my top.
I do remember the first time a guy attempted abduct me from a busy street, I presume it was to rape me and the time another guy was successful