That’s so weird - I heard about, for the first time, and looked up this ice-cream only this morning. There was a failed petition to change the name, which generated a number of counter petitions.

Me too. Still the celebrity death that most upset me. Would have loved to see him do Taskmaster too.

Someone I know was working with a person who has a therapy dog. Apparently the dog is trained to understand when they become overwhelmed and just sit on them. It sounds like it has a similar mechanism to these techniques.

Our house is about 150 years old and we dug down to the dirt floor in one of the downstairs rooms. We found suspicious white bits, and had to send a sample off. Luckily it came back clear. It was unlikely anyway, as asbestos wasn’t in widespread use here in the 19th century.

However, we do have corrugated asbestos roofing on our “scullery” but it’s in one piece so can be left until we renovate that part, then disposed of safely. It’s pretty common to find it on sheds and outbuildings here.

Thank you so much! I will try some magnesium glycinate. I am taking iron as well as I’m almost always low on that. Appreciate you taking the time to help.

Some are more gentle on your stomach.

You may have helped me solve a mystery. I started taking it a few weeks ago and I’ve had a lot of abdominal discomfort recently, but never put the two together. Also, I’ve unfortunately not seen any improvement in my chronic fatigue.

Oh, you don’t like bonfire night? Fireworks too loud? /s

Edit: Seriously, good luck to you guys - I’ll be watching nervously from the UK (where our election was on 4th July.)

Man I love those books. Only time I’ve finished a series and gone straight back to the beginning again.

She should take the opportunity to debate an empty podium

Or a handbag

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/nicky-morgan-is-replaced-by-a-handbag-on-have-i-got-news-for-you/

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Yeah, I was quite surprised by this as I’m so used to how capitalism ruins everything.

https://adirondackgirlatheart.com/feed-sack-fabric/

This is what I read and it was a shock to me that companies not only improved the quality of the cloth when they realised people made garments from sacks, but also strove to provide fashionable designs and wash-off labels. There are some really gorgeous prints on here.

Nowadays, it feels like they would make the original packaging more coarse, then sell the product with nicer packaging at a premium, whilst making sure their logo was indelible.

Thank you for sending me down a delightful little rabbit hole looking into this

Oh wow, this is my orange doing the same thing! It’s his preferred position.

Thank you for sharing.

Childbirth, but my son’s birth, not mine. Lost a lot of blood and had to have meds to slow it, surgery to stop it, and a transfusion to replace it.

I don’t think anything would have got me before then, but I’m vaccinated, so who knows?

Of course it’s in Scunthorpe.

He looks like a tardigrade