blueamigafan

joined 9 months ago
[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I saw a video on YouTube showing how to use them for knitting gloves, you can still buy plastic versions

[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The two reasons I'm still on Facebook are 1 my parents are on their, 2 to keep and eye on what bands are on locally at the pub

[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

A very toxic industry to be in, I used to be an engineer for a company that looked after slot machines here in the UK. High Street betting shops would regularly get smashed up by people after they lost all their money, but they would just pay us to repair them and let them back a few weeks later because they knew they'd be back. Completely taking advantage of people with a very real problem.

[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If anything I have the opposite with my garmin watch that shows my heart rate. I've gotten used to seeing what my heart rate does just before I have a panic attack. This has really helped me 'catch' myself before it happens and calm myself down. I've not had one for over 2 years.

[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I'll be honest those would be amazing in the winter

[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 79 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I have a dead uncle because of these nonsense theories he refused to wear a mask, social distance etc. The inevitable happened and he passed from covid within a week. All because of anonymous people on Facebook who I will never meet, and will never suffer the consequences of their actions. Makes me so angry

[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Here in the UK we have a shortage of builders electricans plumbers etc, mainly because my millennial generation couldn't get trained, there was a focus on only taking on experienced people, with apprenticeships seen as old fashioned, so very few offered them. In fact apprenticeships have only come back in the last 15 years or so in a big way because the government subsidises them. The thing I remember vividly were a few newspaper articles talking how lazy my generation were, when we were literally cut off from decent employment opportunities.

[–] blueamigafan@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Someone told a mistruth on the Internet?! Surly this must be a first, we should do something about this post haste