During the time my entire neighbourhood was trick-or-treating last night, an Amazon driver had the bright idea to deliver packages. I hope the candies were worth driving around at 2 km/h and dodging small kids.

I agree that most radio stations are shite. Fortunately, I live in Ireland, which still has publicly funded broadcasters. I have my phone permanently tuned to Lyric FM, which plays classical music with almost no commercials.

My current phone is Samsung XCover 4. It’s a fairly newish rugged phone; still has a FM receiver.

The headphone wire also serves as a FM radio antenna. You can’t get that with wireless headphones or a connection via the USB jack.

Local area code + 8675309. Used it since the early 00’s. As an added bonus, many places have discounts set up for that number.

Applies to airport security checks as well.

I chose making fun of astrology. Dodged a bullet there.

I just checked my copy of the book. Even though it was first published in 1939, my copy was still published under the original titlein 1963.

Time flies. I was in the industry, working for one of the first companies to install electronic tachographs into trucks. When I left in 2011, our customers were largely hazardous materials transporters, with a sprinkling of companies that were caught with so many HOS violations that the DOT ordered them to use devices like hours. That was indeed more than a decade ago, but it feels like yesterday.

Finally a good reason to brush up on my Irish.