@librarygirlknit Oh I often get accused of doing things to be all hipstery, when really I'm just old enough to have done everything popular when it was rubbish and uncool.
@nicholasroyle And if you write short stories, they often don't pay at all. And that's not counting reading fees for many competitions. It's more practical to just write your work on fire bricks and light them to keep warm.
Nothing quite says "weekend off" like one of the neighbours' house alarms screeching away for an hour. At least it makes a change to the car alarm, which lives about three yards from my bedroom window and gets triggered by ladybird farts and distant clouds.
304: Legend has it that St Lucy of Syracuse was harassed by a man who said that he couldnt stop thinking about her beautiful eyes. In response she cut out her eyes and sent them to him, asking that he now leave her in peace
@MooseAllain I was making a small winch for a school project way back, but couldn't remember the word for it and promptly announced, "I am having trouble with my wench."