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I didn’t even know it was being filmed, started reading these a long time ago so I’m looking forward to this!

My smart watch finds my phone for me! One of its most used functions sad to say.

I’m the same. I have a number of watches including two really beautiful expensive ones but all I wear any more is my Apple Watch. Edited to add: I have a Swarovski crystal surround and bling-y strap on it but it’s still a big clunky smart watch

If Ireland had a half-decent climate we’d probably have moved back by now. At the moment most of our family members are in Spain, Italy, and Malta escaping to warmth and sunshine!

My husband had absolutely NO interest in the eclipse until his brother sent a WhatsApp message Sunday asking what percent of it we’d get over here. Of course the day before the eclipse, on a Sunday morning as well, there were no eclipse glasses to be found. A very kind person at an event we went to Sunday afternoon gave us two pairs so we sat out in the back garden and enjoyed our 95% of the eclipse!

Interestingly I think I read Acheron and a redemption arc for Styxx sounds like something she would do. If my memory isn’t gone she also wrote medieval stuff under another name and there was one book series that ended with the evil stepmonster immediately forgiven and redeemed because “she sewed him a banner with her own hands and she’s sorry now”. I understand the rage blackout.

Thank you for solving my dinner choice tonight, I will be having eggs fried in salted (Kerrygold) butter. No shame here! 😁

I *love* Discworld and reread them all the time, City Watch and the Witches are my favourites. There are just so many little things that I find amusing, I have some on Audible and listen to them when I can’t sleep at night. I wish I could “see” the eclipse but it’s more than two hours’ drive north of here and not worth braving the crowds so I need to look for glasses. There was one at home nine years ago but it wasn’t dark enough for me to even notice as totality was up in the northwest of the country. I expect this will be the same.

Right now I have my husband, but I’ve wondered if services like this existed if something happened to him. I don’t have anyone else who would notice a thing and when I see stories of people who died years before being found I sometimes think that could be me someday.

I used a toothpick and my sewing machine brush to clean out my husband’s charging ports but went out and bought some little plugs to protect them. Mine never have problems but I tend not to keep my phones as long as he does, plus they don’t fit in my pockets and my handbag doesn’t have linty stuff in it.

It’s been a few years since I was in one so things may have changed, but I buy my Apple devices online directly from Apple so if there’s an issue visiting the store is an option. Their insistence on “helping me” set up whatever device I’m purchasing is what I’m keen to avoid. I prefer trying things at Best Buy as the local Apple store employees are waiting to pounce the moment you approach the door. Plus if there’s a new device just released they have queues to let you in and I’ve better ways to spend my time. I’ll be in the market for new iPads as soon as they’re announced (our six year old devices are developing unwelcome quirks) and expect to preorder immediately so trying them isn’t an option. Apple do have a great return policy!

I spent my entire working life in the computer field and when people assume I need to be guided step by step to do things I get VERY annoyed. I also prefer not to set foot in the Apple Store but order online because I hate being treated as if I’m stupid based on my age. YouTube and online support pages are a wealth of information and I can usually solve things that way.

Tried to watch this week’s episode but left it on mute and ended up deleting it before it finished. I keep having to remind myself that I (a book reader and fan of the original series) am decidedly NOT the target market for this show. I think I’m only recording it for the beautiful scenery.

I’ve been saying this ever since we moved to the US. Take my money please and give me something decent to watch!!

I really needed a change of pace and saw someone mention that several of The Murderbot Diaries books are on Kindle Unlimited so I’m reading those right now and enjoying them. I love Anthony Trollope’s books, they’ve been my comfort reads for a very long time (especially the Barchester series). I enjoyed Edward Rutherfurd’s books so when Princes of Ireland was first published I bought it immediately. I never got past the second chapter. I knew the history from school, just wanted to be entertained, and (at least back then) that book wasn’t doing it for me. I never even bought Rebels which I might have related to better!