Thursday, November 07, 2024

Stop, distance and bacon sandwiches.

1. Google Assistant starts to tell me the news, and then the feed stops for a technical reason, and there's no clear way to re-start it.

2. It's quiet out today -- most of the people seem to be far away in the mist, out of reach.

3. Nick declares that we're having bacon sandwiches for lunch.

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