I don't think I've ever been 'lonely'.
Being alone, sure, that happens quite regularly as my spouse and I don't live glued together and I'm not the kind of dude that needs to be constantly surrounded by friends or people. But when I'm alone I will most probably have a book nearby and I can hardly imagine better company ;)
Seems rather fitting to me, considering TikTok and its too many 'Social Media' siblings have ushered our societies into a new Dark Age.
I would say:
Both can be done on a phone I suppose.
P.S.: The notion I'd put there - Russia is a good, useful example of how privacy and the rule of the law (and logic) can be eradicated, the one europeans should be aware of when their own lawmakers try to pass e2ee ban or something similar.
Naaah, could not happen with us. Not ever. We're the good guys. We only track down assholes, you know that. /s
More seriously, reading your comment I could not but wonder what are the differences with what our own legislators are trying to devise around here? I'm French and it has been a few years already since I've kinda expected VPN to be declared illegal for the average user, as I'm pretty sure legislators, NGO, and journalists would get an exemption.
Don't know if you're aware but there are a few permanent inks for fountain pen that are available. They are not india or acrylic inks (those will kill any fountain pen) but real fountain dedicated fountain pen waterproof/water resistant inks. That's what I use for my watercolors. I can suggest:
They are rather flat inks (I remember you mentioning that in other discussion), the flatter being DeAtramentis and Platinum, but Platinum still feels much smoother. They all work fine with my a Lamy Safari F or EF.
BTW, Platinum Black is the same brand as the Platinum Preppy cheap fountain pens and they work together flawlessly which makes them a great duo four outdoor use ;)
I feel like breaking up and getting back together isn't a healthy way of dealing with relationship problems so when I've broken up with someone it's been final.
My spouse and I have been together for almost 30 years and counting. If we never broke up we've had our fair share of 'issues'. None of us being perfect, imho, all what matters is our shared willingness to make things work.
The thing is, when I write entries, I tend to write several pages. Is there a way to "work around" this
Have you considered a refillable agenda, like a Filofax or anything similar? I mean, you can easily use it as a journal and you can easily add as many pages as you need for any given day.
50+ and I can feel it every single day. Often, at night too. I've a few severe health issue that certainly do not help. I learned to ignore that constant negative feedback from my body to focus on the positive feedback it also is sending me like feeling better because I try to take good care of whatever is still working in it ;)
That being said, I still don't feel like an adult... or maybe it would be more correct to say I feel the same I felt when I was a little boy which did not felt much like being a kid.
Ma compagne et moi n'avons pas possédé de voiture depuis... 25 ans. Edit: un choix de vie (comme celui de ne plus prendre l'avion)
Est-ce rentable/viable? Ça va dépendre entièrement de ta situation (tu as quoi comme modes de transport alternatifs, quelles distances à parcourir et à quelle fréquence) et de l'usage fait du véhicule.
Pour nous, c'est largement rentable: pas d'assurance ni de parking à payer, pas d'acrochages (on vit à Paris), pas de stress (voir parentthèse précédente ;), pas de vol (idem),...
Cela nous coûte moins cher d'en louer une de temps en temps, quand on a vraiment pas le choix ce qui est rare, ou encore de prendre un taxi/Uber quand tout simplement marcher ou encore utiliser les transports en commun ne sont pas une option.
This was later replaced with dot-matrix printers,
My very first printer, lent to me by a friend, was a dot printer. I both hated it (for the stupid amont of noise it was making and the (lack of) printing quality) and loved it (because it was so cool, and it was my first printer). I printed an entire book draft using that and probably started losing some hearing at the same time too :p
Congrats! I failed so badly when I tried to fix my first machine!
Oh, an azerty Layout? The Frenchie in me wholeheartedly agree with that ;)
Stress? The cost of which can be dramatic.