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  The 1st of October! Here’s your monthly reminder that it’s a good day for taking monthly medication and doing monthly health checks, if that’s what you do.

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  The Greens already have my vote, but if they didn’t this announcement about long distance passenger rail could definitely sway me! #NZPol #PassengerRail https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1701879/green-party-announces-plan-for-passenger-rail-between-major-nz-cities

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  Just got the latest newsletter from my health centre. Among the new staff is someone who has joined the “Administrative Care Navigator team (Reception)”. 😧 #Gobbledegook

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  In this house there are - clocks that need adjusting for DST that are intuitive and easy to do: the microwave - clocks that need adjusting and I have to check the manual: the hot water timer; the weather station - clocks that need adjusting and I have to check the manual but I refuse to do it and it can stay wrong for 6 months or until a power cut forces a reset: the oven 😵‍💫 #DaylightSavingTime #clocks

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  Anyway this has made me curious. Do people even know these songs still? 🤔 This calls for a poll! Do you know the song ‘Show me the way to go home’ and/or a parody version?

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  For some unknown reason I have an earworm of the ancient song “Indicate the route to my abode”, a parody version of “Show me the way to go home”. I haven’t heard anyone sing it for decades but my brain decided to dig it out. I haven’t been drinking either 😆 For those who aren’t familiar, Wikipedia has various versions, none of which exactly match the one I know. #earworm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Me_the_Way_to_Go_Home

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  @CiaraNi@mastodon.green Thanks! It’s very comfortable and practical, like all Twig and Tale patterns.

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  The swan was in her movement And the morning in her smile All the roses in the garden They bow and ask her pardon For not one could match the beauty Of the Queen of all Argyll Silly Wizard - The Queen of Argyll (audio only) #JukeboxFridayNight #Royalty https://youtu.be/fhwy4j_tF9M

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  A classic from the 1980s 😍 Sade - Your Love is King #JukeboxFridayNight #Royalty https://youtu.be/k1ljpLQ1V6Y

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  When I saw tonight’s prompt, other than Dolly’s own songs, this 1960s hit was the first thing I thought of. Dolly was famously kind ❤️ Glen Campbell - Try A Little Kindness #JukeboxFridayNight #BeLikeDolly https://youtu.be/Rl_Qrxwwvuc

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  As the time to pay the annual domain fee approaches, I’m considering deleting my blog. I haven’t posted on it for over 2 years! Due to fatigue it’s unlikely I’ll want to post during the next couple of years - it’s always been a thing I do occasionally when I feel like it, but it requires mental energy. I started it in 2015. There are only 22 posts, but they are mostly quite long. Topics are varied, including some history things, my breast cancer experiences, being car free, and quite a few on b...

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  This podcast about the history of pockets is an interesting listen! #pockets https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nxhmrm

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  I just emailed my power company, Ecotricity, to express my annoyance at their cheerful introduction of a new AI chatbot assistant. Their whole shtick is about being fully renewable and climate positive (though of course they’re now part of one of the bigger power companies so we have to take that far less seriously than we once could). Energy-greedy AI does not sit well with that ethos. I’m sure they won’t take much notice of my views, but maybe other customers will contact them too. #AI #ene...

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  It’s the 1st of August and I remembered to take my monthly medication 💪🏼 Here’s a reminder in case you need to do that too!

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  This is an especially poignant one, since this great Irish singer died in a motorbike crash the other day 😭 RIP Glen Hansard - Love Don’t Leave Me Waiting #JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting #GlenHansard https://youtu.be/Jb18Tf8iE0k

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  Had a good appointment with my GP yesterday. Sadly the change in medication did not help my fatigue. I have 2 years of my 5-year course to go, and I’ve decided to stick with it. My particular sort of breast cancer has a high risk of recurrence so I want to do my best to prevent that. It means I will be living with fatigue for 2 more years, but I know (from a 6-week trial break) when I finish the meds I will feel a lot better! After 3 years I have adjusted (mostly) to living this way - some thi...

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  I’m sad to learn of the death of one of this country’s best historians, Erik Olssen. A great researcher, writer and teacher and also a very nice person. RIP. The news hasn’t reached Wikipedia at the time I post this, but was in this morning’s ODT. #NZHistory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Olssen

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  Pumpkins are such good value. I haven’t grown any this year, but last week I bought a crown pumpkin cheap. So far I’ve used it as the main ingredient for soup (5 servings), risotto (4 servings) and curry (6 servings). There’s still a quarter left! #pumpkins #thrift

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  So it seems our government wants to invest in an industry that - checks notes - is making the world a worse place, as well as using massive amounts of energy and water 🤦🏻‍♀️ So depressing. The story is in this morning’s ODT but paywalled (apologies but I don’t have the spoons to transcribe the whole thing and obviously won’t use AI to do that). #NZPol #DataCentres

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  Don’t feel #eqnz in Dunedin very often but that was decent 👀 Hope it isn’t big somewhere else.

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  Nice to see TVNZ+ is featuring some Sam Neill movies in his memory, including his first, Sleeping Dogs. Free to view in Aotearoa. I’m now watching Jurassic Park for the first time 👀 (never been a big action movie person 😆) #SamNeill

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  Mānawatia a Matariki e hoa mā! Matariki greetings fedi friends, happy new year. #Matariki

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  Here we go again. I put on my raincoat and gumboots to take the bins out - it’s persisting down out there. We’ve had 19mm of rain so far today. This is the second big rain event this week, and it’s only Wednesday (we had 100mm on Sunday/Monday). #Ōtepoti #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary

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  I’ll protect you from the hooded claw Keep the vampire from your door … Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love #JukeboxFridayNight #PowerPlay https://youtu.be/WtdRv6GT9Zg

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  The 1st of July! I remembered to take my monthly medication 💪🏼 Here’s your regular reminder that it’s a good day to do any monthly health checks and take monthly medication, if that’s what you do.

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  I finished the socks I was knitting. Now I’m starting a new mission - to make more using all the leftover bits of sock wool. As you can see it’s a while since I last did that! I think there’s enough here for several eccentric pairs 😆 #knitting

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  One from the 1970s - a Scottish band that wasn’t average and broke a few stereotypes … Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces #JukeboxFridayNight #stereotypes https://youtu.be/MfAJLGFWxYo

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  A cute song that mentions Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, June Carter and Johnny Cash, a tribute from a younger generation of musicians. Sung live to Emmylou herself! First Aid Kit - Emmylou #JukeboxFridayNight #MusicMusiciansAndMashups https://youtu.be/Y3TzP-o4vhs?

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  This is definitely the best song about musicians IMHO - getting in early before anyone else 😆 It’s nearly 50 years old now, still sounds great to me every time I hear it! Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing #JukeboxFridayNight #MusicMusiciansAndMashups https://youtu.be/h0ffIJ7ZO4U

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  I’m very late to the party, but AFAICT nobody has yet shared the wonderful soulful voice of Aotearoa’s own Teeks, so here he is! Teeks - Wash Over Me #JukeboxFridayNight #MusicWithSoul https://youtu.be/H4Pt_OmacGk