Old books and old ships

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:48:09 GMT

I read some old books about boats (and ships) and decided to ramble about them here.

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One thing all these books had in common was that they are print format, so I can read them 3 inches from my nose. I am definitely struggling a bit to read stuff at laptop screen distance at the moment, so I have been to the optician and ordered, with some fear and dread, some varifocal glasses. I hope I like them, they cost enough!

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Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:14:12 GMT

For some reason I haven't posted here in ages, but I don't really want to drop out of the habit, so here's an attempt to catch up.

Itching things
( Read more... )I am now feeding Theo the new insect-based dog food pellets, which he seems to like a lot, as much as almost anything apart from cheese. Cheese is his absolute favorite thing.

Nenya cat remains competent and untroubled by Woes.

Not even going to try to post about World Events. Times too interesting.

I read a copy of Neil Gaiman's M is for Magic which had been hanging around, to try to decide if I wanted to keep any of my Neil Gaiman books, now that it turns out he's a creepy sexual predator. Haven't decided, but did conclude the end of M is for Magic seemed oddly cold and depressing, so I will probably get rid at least of that one.

The number of orders arriving at the Shop on the Borderlands is up considerably on last year, but the value of orders is not: we are mooching along sending out about 20% more stuff, but with about the same money coming in as last year. Unsure if this is down to what we've got in stock, macroeconomic trends, or just... randomness. We have reduced the enormous backlog of RPGs in the house but not in the Shop, however, which has to be a good thing. We might even have slain the backlog by the New Year at this rate.

We took the canoe out a couple of days ago, just a gentle paddle for half an hour. I wanted to check that she was still in good condition, thinking of probably selling her in the Spring. She's not really best adapted for the amount of wind we get here, and we haven't used her much since we got the kayaks and the boat. I will miss her but hopefully we can find a more up-river home for her where she will get further moderately-sedate adventures.

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Old books and old ships

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