Protecting one's mental health when told to self isolate & cut off social contact

[Hot Pepsi]

I confess that I woke up the other day really thinking about if this is a world worth living in. But then I talked to my dog.

[Cal Alamein]

Been quite awhile since I last put this puzzle together. We have the empty table space and we have the time. I know we got it when we lived in Norway, I would guess the map is circa 1973/74.


I'll update only when it is complete!

[pebblethefish]

You have to do that without looking at the lid though, or it's cheating

[Cal Alamein]

I think that once I get going on it I would not need to look at the lid...much.

[tee rex]

No Jubilee Line.

[Cal Alamein]

And with Strand and Aldwych stations.

[San Bernardhinault]

I have a much more modern one of those with the DLR and a bunch over overground. I did it last year. There's a ton of white space which is an utter bastard.

[Sporting]

You and me both

"Il contenuto non è disponibile"


What was it,about, please?

[ursus arctos]

It was a clip of the water in a Venetian canal running clear.

Not sure why it was taken down.

[ursus arctos]

This one (three minutes of scenes of empty cities) is also very striking (and should work)

https://video.repubblica.it/dossier/...C12-P6-S1.8-T1

[Various Artist]

We had a cat called Poppy. I wonder if it's a common feline name.

My aunt's cat is called Poppy. She's had her a good dozen years, before which she had another cat for a while who she sort of inherited from her ex-boyfriend, until I think he eventually changed his mind and took her back – the cat I mean. And that cat was called... Poppy.

[gt3]

"Il contenuto non è disponibile"


What was it,about, please?

Sporting, I posted this on the previous page but here you go. This is from the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...rist-free-city

[Tactical Genius]

Is that dog on your bed?

[Hot Pepsi]

Of course! It’s a big bed.

[gt3]

[gt3]

The view from Observatory Hill in Greenwich Park this morning

[Nocturnal Submission]

The view from Observatory Hill in Greenwich Park this morning

If I'm being completely honest the Isle of Dogs developments do tend to detract from the view of the Royal Naval College ever so slightly.

[Benjm]

We had a cat called Poppy. I wonder if it's a common feline name.

When I was growing up, if I heard someone call out the name Ben in a public space it was invariably because they were trying to attract the attention of a dog. I don't think that I met another human Ben until I was about fifteen. This must have been a local deficiency, as there are plenty around these days, up to my age and even older.

[Femme Folle]

When I was growing up, if I heard someone call out the name Ben in a public space it was invariably because they were trying to attract the attention of a dog. I don't think that I met another human Ben until I was about fifteen. This must have been a local deficiency, as there are plenty around these days, up to my age and even older.

Are you sure they weren't calling out for their pet rats?

[Snake Plissken]

Or bears.

[Benjm]

Suddenly the self isolating does seem more manageable, appealing even.

[Femme Folle]

Did you know that if you are Icelandic and have a baby, you can only select a name from an approved list, and if you want to name your child something not on the list, you have to apply to the Icelandic Naming Committee, who may reject your request? You also have two weeks from the date of birth to select a name.

[blameless]

Also not a dog, this handsome chappie is George, our current guest cat (mrs b does fostering for a cat charity):



(apologies for the poor image quality, the camera on my tablet is pretty shite)

[Femme Folle]

Cute cat!

[Sits]

Nice moggy.

And stair rods! That’s not something you see every day. We had them in our last place in the UK.