Likes cats, science, sci-fi. 3 degrees, 3 ABRSM grade 5s, cycling proficiency certificate, black belt, yoga teacher, has ME.
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Last Notes npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig And much of their 'success' is due to the farce of how the list votes work. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Yup, husband's geology lecturer in the 90s told the class WW3 would be fought over water, which comes in four types, "Too salty, too dirty, too much and not enough." npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig If someone who can walk in and out attends A&E it is frequently because they have been told to attend by NHS triage (GP, pharmacy or 111). npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig The current #SarlaccPit puzzle has been solved by @npub1uyv…yspw npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Let's play #SarlaccPit, the Star Wars-themed word game! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Let's play #SarlaccPit, the Star Wars-themed word game! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Let's play #SarlaccPit, the Star Wars-themed word game! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig #SarlaccPit I am so sorry, there was an issue with formatting on the poll when I posted it this morning, as if markup was being triggered and the first word was reduced to “T _ T” so I edited it to fix it back to “T _ _ T” completely forgetting that this would re-set the poll. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Let's play #SarlaccPit, the Star Wars-themed word game! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Let's play #SarlaccPit, the Star Wars-themed word game! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Let's play #SarlaccPit, the Star Wars-themed word game! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Let's play #SarlaccPit, the Star Wars-themed word game! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Let's play #SarlaccPit, the Star Wars-themed word game! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig I am not suggesting that these changes be implemented instantaneously in a policy vacuum absent any other changes; that would be absurd. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Yes. Yes it would. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig There's always going to be a % of homes that are between viable occupiers. The bigger issue is 'hoarding'. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig The very largest stores by us are the ones which carry a full range of goods and are the bases for the Click & Collect and Delivery services. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig The government playing whack-a-mole with social mobility is bad policy. From a safe position at the top of the cliff they are smacking down the next generation because their parents had the audacity to climb one rung up the ladder. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig A lot of people my age, encouraged by the '50% of school leavers should go to university' policies of previous governments are the first in their families to go to university, get degrees and graduate jobs. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig The only place I've met people who talked about the fast-track was when I lived in Edinburgh, after securing a job outside of it! In the four or five other places I've lived nobody ever spoke of it, and I doubt most know what it is. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Another stupid policy with foreseeable adverse outcomes. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig One of the most convincing arguments I've seen was that the government are hell bent on making the Drs accept 'pay restoration' based on CPI (about 5%) whilst these Drs student loans are increased by RPI (closer to 20% over the period). npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Or a whole series called, "Space Dock," where the poor Star Fleet engineering corps toil to fix the gaffer tape and string solutions those maniacs in the officer class have done. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig In Scotland we call it juice. Sometimes the prefix fizzy will be added. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig We have a term for this sort of thing in our household, "Fractally wrong." npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig There's a great post on this from @npub1f2t…y7ng from two weeks ago, similar opening reference, but actually plunges into some thoughts on what's going wrong. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig I hadn't, thanks for sharing! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Idea for increasing demand for Gilts*. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig interesting that you observe that they keep themselves to themselves. In traditional Christian churches as well as the other faiths mentioned upthread, placing themselves at the heart of the community and reaching out is part of their 'DNA'. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig But far more telling is that the biggest 'pro' argument the BBC got out of that GP survey, and two of the smaller scoring ones, come down to dignity, pain and palliative care in death. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig That's an excellent point, and one worth raising with the BMA and Royal Colleges. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig This has been happening all over the country for years. Nice of the FT to finally notice. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Next campaign should be for the time restriction on young persons' & student railcards* to be removed. Currently there is a minimum spend of £12 on any travel between 04:30 and 09:59 Monday to Friday (except July and August). npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Just checked the seasonal recycling calendar, and it seems that with Christmas and New Year being mid-week we're missing out on food waste recycling two weeks running, so there will be three weeks between food waste pick ups, but we're otherwise unaffected by seasonal issues. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Husband was on a training call the other day and a really graphic example was used. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig It's not just consumers turning their backs, but businesses. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Or, radical thought, they should be charged £100/litre for the first million and exponentially more for every litre not initially requested. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig How a misinterpretation of a BMJ publication from 1996 caused (and yes, I do mean caused) the explosion in rates of peanut allergy. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig The stick will only reduce car use if the carrot of frequent, accessible, affordable public transport is there to take up the journeys. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig I have a horrible suspicion. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Mostly, I just want to know if whoever came up with the title is a Richard Morgan fan and: npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig This. If we'd been aware of the plan to cave to Farage's mob and give the UK a Brexit referendum, more of us might have voted, "Hell yes, get us out of here before they lock us in with them." npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Thank you. I am all for attacking the diminishment of humanity at the heart of capitalism! npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig This sign has hung in our house for over 14 years. The only time it wasn't hanging was during our major refurb earlier this year, and it was one of the first things to get propped back up. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Whilst pottering around Portree near the end of the trip, we came on a shop selling all kinds of local products, souvenirs, and yes, a live laugh love sign was in the back. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig We took months off from work to spend time together, making up for lost years apart, rebuilding me as a person and us as a couple. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Husband came back into my life, saw me as a whole person, and began to help me along the road to recovery. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig In 2009 I was in a very bad place. In the spring of 2010, my now husband took me on our first holiday together, to the Isle of Skye. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Thanks Chris, I know you're very thoughtful. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig Oh but it does. npub1u3gpu2hdz0xsnkg32nxyev77pel94ty6tlayg7tntdx82d7gjg2qsuqqts Fiona Craig I think there are errors in this CBC article.
