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  • What nursery rhymes and playground songs were popular when you were very young?

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  • Saßen zwei Gestalten

    auf dem Donnerbalken

    und sie schrien

    nach Klopapier

    Klopapier ...

    Und dann kam der Dritte

    Setzt sich in die Mitte

    Und sie schrien

    nach Klopapier

    Klopapier ... (this continues counting till ten. It's about an old fashioned wooden many-seated outhouse without toiletpaper which breaks down in the end. It's one of two songs about poop my dad taught us, which briefly made my brother and me the rockstars of the playground. Poop!)

  • what are you reading nowadays that's not crap?

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  • From the same author, Erich Maria Remarque, "A night in Lisbon" is also very good.

  • Wonder if this deal is still available. :P From the inner sleeve of George Benson - Breezin' (1976)

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  • 'The miracle of Mail-order can bring you Supergroup in just weeks!' Not really good enough for the modern prime customer, but nice try.

  • Can't enjoy anything out here

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  • ...unless there's a profit to be made. Hype rice into the next superfood and watch people grow it in the desert.

  • Anyone feeling like this?

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  • Guilty as charged. I've been working gently to ease this feeling. I believe it doesn't help that there are so many opportunities for self expression and entertainment that are easily available. These days, I focus on just two hobbies: plants, and equines. And mushrooms, art, and music, and long history rabbit holes. Baking bread. Textile crafts.

    Then again I think it's beautiful, bring on the chaos, and who cares if I do anything well. I keep telling myself that I am okay the way I am. I don't need a diagnosis, I just need to function in my own time. Lately there have been so many small moments of me truly enjoying myself.

  • It's about the option

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    • Laughs in Opel Corsa A

    Real people having to go to real places in the mountains here just use the car they happen to have, usually a small and cheap one.

  • Don't you want to see goofs and spoofs? Wondermark #1582

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  • I feel very called out in these trying times

  • I bought my first table saw

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  • Go for it, slow. As a small but determined girl I split quite a number of large-ish boards with a monstrosity of a table saw from the 80s to make beams of the desired width for a tiny house. The important thing is always go slowly. Prepare well. Where is each piece and cutoff going to be at each time of the process. Where are your fingers going to be. Play this through in your mind, only then start cutting. If you cut large pieces build some kind of support they can be pushed onto, falling or hanging heavy pieces are always a bad idea - I also had some wheels screwed onto a support for easier moving of the large stuff. I guess the danger is what makes woodworking so meditative. Lose your attention, lose a finger.

  • me_irl

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  • Many people I'm talking to in recent years feel like this. I was expecting to slowly be better by now, but some days are just rough. It's like someone has turned on "wade through jelly mode" for a large part of the population including me. I've so far assumed it's depression due to the poly-crisis state of the world and just keep wading through the jelly best as I can. I fulfill my part in the crumbles, slowly and with style.

  • Shopping with the lady

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  • It's dreadful. A few years ago the "The wife did [insert silly thing tech-averse or shopping-obsessed person does] so I did [insert I-am-very-smart-action]" jokes were dying out, or so I thought. But hey, they are back en masse, and worse, re-done by a younger generation who fancies themselves emancipated and modern. Yuck. If you find living and/or spending time with your chosen person of the opposite sex so horrible please just don't?

  • How to solder with only one hand

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  • Word of encouragement, I'm sure it can be done: my great-uncle got his arm and leg blown off in WWII - he founded a family, worked, went to summer holidays abroad in his camper with the family every year - and he also was a stained glass artist who somehow used his one hand to cut small pieces of glass into exact shapes and solder them together with lead. I only saw his setup once and it's 24 years ago - so I can't remember details. I think there were plenty of different types of clamps and a work area with an edge to press things against and keep them from sliding off the table.

    I guess take it as a challenge. If it's for hobby stuff then congrats: you now have an even more challenging hobby to get obsessed with. I imagine that you could try to find creators of all kinds of crafts and diy stuff who work with challenges similar to yours to get ideas. I'm pretty sure my late great-uncle is cheering you on from the afterlife, you've got this!

  • Is this you?

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  • These days I'm old and wise. I'll remember asking about the other person right after the conversation ended, not a week after.

  • I finally fixed my car's oil consumption

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  • I just remembered checking Anna's archive and found the Hayes manual for my beloved Corsa A. Now I can do informed maintenance and at least some repairs.

  • I finally fixed my car's oil consumption

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  • VAG = Volkswagen AG? As far as I'm aware Opel (Vauxhall) isn't

  • I finally fixed my car's oil consumption

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  • Oh no, I will not engage with LLM chatbots ever, for anything. Before I do that I'll gladly walk, as the proud and stubborn luddite I am (which is why I'm driving a car from 1988 in the first place).

  • I finally fixed my car's oil consumption

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  • Searching for coke's manuals gives me all information about how to repair my coca cola vending machine, and what are LON chatbots, please?

  • I finally fixed my car's oil consumption

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  • No Opel brand on this page as far as I can see .... other than that great resource!

  • Shudder

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  • Just came in from an attempt to get farm work done. Wrong socks in my wellies, they end up as a lumpy mass inside the wellies harassing my feet. I swear if I run around like this for too long it sets off the migraine.

  • I finally fixed my car's oil consumption

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  • Not dull enough, I need more of this information! So where do I find explosion drawings and diagrams for my beautiful Opel Corsa A? He was eating a lot of oil. Doing strangely well since somebody overfilled the oil. The mechanics I've asked don't want to fix, if they had time, they would replace piston rings (not enough mechanics around here).

    I want to keep the Corsa on the road, it's such a good car. I wish it was only an oil separator - or better, if only I could keep ignoring the problem till doomsday as I have done so far. Inspection end of this month will tell how bad it all is I guess.

  • What laser pointer dot are you chasing?

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  • Maybe send Frank to have a look down there?

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    What laser pointer dot are you chasing?

  • Enshittification @slrpnk.net
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    Cracks where the light shines in or sth

  • Solarpunk @slrpnk.net
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    A New Economy | Inside the Revolution You’re Not Hearing About

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Bots everywhere or am I losing it?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Where would you draw the line?

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    What keeps you going?

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Experimental activism - creating a community one market at a time

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Experimental activism: building a community, a reflection about living the crumbles

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Creating a community chronicles, 2nd market on the way

  • DIY @slrpnk.net
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    Server as heating device - how do I do this?

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Building a community center - yay, we raised a crowd!

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Experimental activism: building a community center, ~ two months in

  • Solarpunk technology @slrpnk.net
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    Hydro Power Overview

    www.builditsolar.com /Projects/Hydro/FlowOfRiver/FlowOfRiver.htm
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml
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    suv

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Experimental activism: building a community center, part :P

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Creating a community center, chapter 8

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Creating a community center, intermezzo

  • DIY @slrpnk.net
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    Water is running again, ram pump installation year 2

  • Community community @slrpnk.net
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    Experimental activism: building a community center, step 7

  • Self-hosting @slrpnk.net
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    Comparison: Coop Cloud, Yunohost, similar platforms