MrsDoyle

Aaaand then there's slime moulds. Some of which can run a maze...

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

It's sooo clickbaity - I didn't even click because I knew how boring the actual story would be.

I tell you what freaked me out - I was tidying up my contacts and my late sister's photo had changed to that of a nice-looking youngish man. She died of brain cancer in Jan 2020. I'd left her contact there out of sentiment, but of course her number has been recycled. Ooof.

I hate headlines like this. There is no "chaos". A bunch of politicians are arguing and having meetings. Bureaucracy chunters along as usual. Paralympics are happening.

If the politicians were having shootouts in the Champs Elysées and disrupting traffic then yes, a bit of chaos in Paris. But they're not. Sigh.

It wasn't always this way. When I first started working in the early 70s, women weren't allowed to wear trousers at work. Or have bare legs, even in summer. Women called bullshit, and the rule was relaxed in most places to allow us to wear trouser suits. But as late as the mid-80s I was chastised for wearing trousers at work. I had to point out that the then prime minister, a woman, wore trousers at work!

If you want the dress code to change, then lobby for it to change. I honestly feel sorry for men locked into their own notions of what they're "allowed" to wear. I remember a friend whining enviously about how breezy my summer skirt looked. I suggested he wear a skirt himself. "I can't! People would think I'm gay." Sigh.

Also - men used to make an effort! https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5ec9401b929e439dacc2a56a/master/w_1280%2Cc_limit/Piepenbring-Codpiece02.jpg https://www.thecultureconcept.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/404448.jpg

I'm on my second Oppo. Decent specs (I like the 512Gb, double SIM slot, superfast charging) and cheaper than anything comparable.

Couple of HR people had sex on a desk, not realising they could be seen from the upmarket hotel across the street. Oops!

There were quite a few other incidents - it was quite a lively workplace - but this was the funniest.

He then shared particular frustration with the sudden change in his opponent, suggesting that the Democrats had orchestrated Biden's withdrawal to improve their chances.

Gosh, I don't think anyone else has figured that out! This guy is hella smart.

I was out walking with a friend the other day and he tripped and fell. His watch told him, “It seems you’ve fallen sharply.” He had to tap the screen to stop it calling the emergency services. The other friend walking with us said his wife’s watch tells her to stand up if she’s been sitting too long. “And she does it!” I’m officially a curmudgeon, grumbling about tech taking over.

THE WARDROBE.

https://www.omifacsimiles.com/brochures/zeghere.html

Hilarious!

I’m going with beekeeping as my “field” because it’s my main hobby now I’m retired. So. Many. Misconceptions. The Bee Movie was not a documentary, people! The mating process for honeybees is horrifying and you don’t want to know. Male bees have one job, and then they die. If they don’t do that job, they still die; their sisters kick them out at the end of summer. Plus, I was talking to someone the other day who didn’t realise we let the bees just roam around.