Iraqi. Gamer. Geek. Geriatrician. Greyhound owner. Reader of books. Father who knits and crochets. Massive Jean-Michel Jarre fan. The artist formally known as GeriatricGamer on Twitter.
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Last Notes npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Question for older (gen x and beyond) UK people out there: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Mother-in-law mosaic tapestry #crochet blanket update: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian My wife tells me that she would happily display her mother’s blanket on the reverse side, she says she thinks it makes a lovely pattern. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian It’s done. Took an hour 😭 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian You see children, this is why it’s so important to make a swatch AND wash and dry it before you start working on your #knitting or #crochet project! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I just completed this amazing tapestry #crochet row, 195 stitches long…. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Get a #greyhound they said. They’re dignified and regal they said. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Trust the NHS to surprise you with shit you’ve never seen no matter how many years you’ve been on this planet 😅 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…uvy4 oh, loads. I live in the UK and that’s very multicultural. And I work for the NHS which has a very high number of brown and black workers, so we naturally meet white people there. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…9zp0 BLOCKED™ npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…9zp0 I’m gonna pretend the shear/sheer typo is a clever pun 😝 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Morning musing: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…8r69 MARRY ME npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian My heroes npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…4ds9 see. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…9zp0 wow it’s like looking in a mirror!!! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Since someone asked and I made a video for them, here’s how they look in action. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…35la yeah it’s a life saver for me! I don’t like DPNs, I prefer magic loop or CrasyTrio, but I have this laddering issue like you. The only way to solve it is the extra stitches. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…whvf New place. Local hospital, substantive not locum. No idea what possessed me... npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Good morning. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian #crochet friends, I have severely underestimated just how much of a Yarn Monster the waffle stitch Afghan is! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I’d like a medal please, I just finished a 294 stitch foundation double crochet row. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…wg9p oh well. His music is still ace though. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…6sfk thanks. My other foot can wait haha. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…wg9p does he want to chuck all us darkies out of the country he hasn’t lived in for 30 odd years? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Single papaya sock finished #knitting now! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…wg9p good album but I don’t like it all. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I had to make the dog walk last longer so that Jarre’s Oxygene 3 could finish. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…vn5k not an Italian one? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Good morning. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I made a #knitting mistake so stupid yesterday and unfixable that I couldn’t even frog the stitches back. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Is it wrong to be sat inside #knitting while the weather is 28 degrees and sunny? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I’m still waiting for transparent tech to come back. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…cl3c you can also enable it in the filament settings under cooling. So no need to mess about with g-codes, and it’ll always remember it for whenever you use said filament. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Shetland #yarn for my custom #knitting jumper arrived yesterday. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…quyk what’s so funny? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…9zp0 haha yes! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…9zp0 yessir!! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…9zp0 thank you! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…dall the GOAT npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian The only thing that can possibly make it better is a Project X-style audio announcement saying things like “SELECT NOW FOR STRIKE POWER UP!” npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I’m so happy I picked up SEKTORI again, this time on the #nintendo #switch. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Thumper the #greyhound 🤪 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…s9av yes thanks and I don’t mean this as a humble brag but that’s too long for me 🙈 I tend to get obsessed with whatever is on the hook/needles so it should’ve been quicker but real life got in the way. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Some Stats for Nerds™ npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian #crochet overlay mosaic bookcase blanket is complete! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I’ve been very much in a New Age music mood today, one of my favourite genres (second only to electronic music) and let’s all just agree that Enigma’s “the CROSS of changes” is not only one of the greatest New Age music albums ever, it’s one of the best albums of the 90s full stop. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…6sfk no way that’s the same hook haha! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…cl3c yo dude, since you’re trying fizzy drinks, you ever tried Sinalco? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…g278 tell me about it haha. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…nmdu a valid point. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…nmdu BUT THEN I WON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO MOAN ABOUT 🎻 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian My issue with this double border BS is that the first round on each side is worked into slip stitches, so tight and a pain in the bum to work each stitch. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I’m not the biggest Yanni fan, but this beauty is a very good new age album. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian FML😭 #crochet npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian I fucking hate double borders 😒😒😒 #crochet npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Double border time 😭😭😭 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Zoolooking npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian A little #knitting story: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…9mz9 I’m paying for it privately (in the UK) from a registered pharmacy and I regularly show them my weight and do video calls so they can see progress and when it stalls. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian #mounjaro #weightloss update: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Book case #crochet blanket update: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Talking of music, has there ever been an album with as perfect a trio of songs one after the other as Thriller/Beat It/Billie Jean? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Seems like as good a day as any to listen to this magnificent, crazy album of electro-pop splendour. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…hvy8 also sorry to hear you got sick. Hopefully better/mending now? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…hvy8 no. These are Phillips Hue lights added on all over the place, controlled with a hue sync box. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…5807 No. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Two things I’ve said before but I’m going to say again host because. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Gamers, do you find there’s some stuff you will never skip, no matter how many times you see or hear them? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian "Keep your face [and 👅] to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows” - Helen Keller npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…m5rq NOT GONNA HAPPEN. I'll be lucky if I can park my car there before I retire. They guard the car park like it's their only first born child. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Friends, my bacon was just well and truly saved by the 3-2-1 backup rule!! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Bookcase #crochet blanket update: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Had our boiler changed today and the workmen have just left after 8 hours. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Friends: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…hvrq I’m really not sure what he was going for. Disjointed and all over the place maybe. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Despite being a fan of the original Tubular Bells trilogy, I’ve never actually listened to The Millennium Bell, released by Mike Oldfield in 1999. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian An update friends: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…6sfk that is their sole purpose on this planet, yes. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Grandpa Dasher says he’s woken up too early for a Sunday morning. #greyhounds #dogs #dogsofmastodon npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…g278 please can I join? npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian My brother just reminded me that I had tickets to see Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” concerts in London back in 2009, which of course never happened. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Not me about to ladder down to correct these two errant purl stitches even though they really don’t matter but I know they’re there so they gotta be fixed or else 😅😅😅😅 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…vn5k npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian That went OK I think. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Suited and booted for the second time this month 🙄 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Quick #knitting question: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…wxxc have I tempted you to learn yet? As complicated as it looks, it’s really simple. One colour at a time, only two basic stitches required. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…uunl not sure I get what you mean but thanks! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…4qnc @nprofile…shln get crocheting! npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Bookcase #crochet blanket update: npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…cl3c @nprofile…cvt5 not like you can talk, you rejected my proposal also. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…cvt5 BLOCKED™ npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…cvt5 MARRY ME npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Apparently this is papaya-coloured 🤷🏽♂️ npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian SILENCE! I KILL YOU! #knitting npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Goodness me folks, I just ran the Razor 1911 demo (released this year at Revision 2026) and wow what a brilliant, nostalgic look at the last 40 years of computer evolution. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian Thanks to an irresponsible dare from my wife, I am this close 🤏🏼 to breaking my cardinal rule of monogamous knitting and casting on some socks while the Zelda scarf is still a WIP. npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…wxxc I need to design it first 😅 npub1hjdl0u4trzged02y2mh7ew5uazu62kr8g7ysk9fpk0szh69q3vyq94spga Sobtanian @nprofile…6sfk bit too warm then. Damn.
